Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and IndexesChaucer, Geoffrey
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Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes
Chaucer, Geoffrey
English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500
BOTHE, both, A 540, B 221; 1. 63; Bothe two, both, A 3184; _your bothes_,
of both of you, 1. 83; _your bother_, of you both, T. iv. 168.
BOTME, _s._ bottom, R. 126, 1557; B 1. m 4. 5; B 4291, G 1321, I 363.
BOTMELEES, _adj._ bottomless, hollow, unreal, T. v. 1431; Botomlees, L.
1584.
BOUGH, _s._ bough, R. 1403; Bowes, _pl._ R. 108; 5. 183; T. ii. 821; A
1643, 2917.
BOUGHT, BOUGHTE; see BYE.
BOUK, _s._ trunk of the body, A 2746. A.S. _b[=u]c_.
BOUN, _adj._ prepared, F 1503. Icel. _b['u]inn_.
BOUNDE, BOUNDEN, _pp. of_ Binde.
BOUNDE, _s._ bound; Boundes, _pl._ bounds, limits, L. 546, 1673; T. iii.
1272; A 2993, F 571; Bondes, A. ii. 4. 18.
BOUNDE, _v._; Bounded, _pp._ bounded, A. ii. 39. 12.
BOUNTEE, _s._ goodness, kindness, 1. 9; 2. 38; HF. 1698; L. 522; B 2265, C
136, E 157, 415, 2246, I 368, 525; good deed, I 393; goodness,
delightfulness, R. 1444; Bontee, E 2289; Bountees, _pl._ good qualities, I
396; virtues, B 2. p 4. 27.
BOUNTEVOUS, _adj._ bountiful, bounteous, T. i. 883; C 110. From O.F.
_bontif_, kind.
BOUR, _s._ bed-chamber, HF. 1186; B 1932; lady's chamber, R. 1014; inner
room, B 4022; Boures, _gen._ bedroom's, A 3677; Boures, _pl._ chambers for
ladies, D 869; bowers, 5. 304.
BOURDE, _s._ jest, H 81; Bourdes, _pl._ D 680.
BOURDE, _1 pr. s._ jest, C 778; Bourded, _pp._ 5. 589. O.F. _bourder_.
BOWE, _s._ bow, 1. 29; 5. 213, 282; A 108, D 1369; Bowes, _pl._ R. 923.
BOWE, _v._ bow down, B 2638; Bowen, _v._ bow, bend, T. i. 257; give way, D
440; Bowed, _pt. s._ bent down, R. 1703; Boweth, _imp. pl._ C 909, E 113;
Bowing, _pres. pt._ 3. 1216.
BOWES, _pl. of_ Bough _and_ Bowe.
BOWGES, _pl._ bags, budgets, HF. 2129 _n_.
BOX (1), _s._ box-tree, A 2922; box-wood, L. 866, 4588; money-box, A 4390;
box, C 869; Boxes, _pl._ HF. 2129 _n_.
BOX (2), _s._ blow, L. 1388.
BOX-TREE, _s._ A 1302; 5. 178.
BOY, _s._ knave, D 1322.
BOYDEKIN, _s._. dagger, A 3960; Boydekins, _pl._ B 3892, 3897.
BOYLETH, BOYSTE; see BOI-.
BRAC['E]R, _s._ bracer, a guard for the arm in archery, A 111.
BRAGOT, _s._ bragget, a beverage made of honey and ale, A 3261.
BRAID, _s._ quick movement; _at a braid_, in a moment, R. 1336; Brayd, a
start, L. 1166. See BREYDE.
BRAIN, _s._; Brayn, T. iii. 1504; HF. 24; D 769; Braynes, _pl._ T. iv. 46.
BRAK, _pt. s. of_ Breke.
BRANCHED; see BRAUNCHED.
BRANCHES; see BRAUNCHE, _s._
BRAS, _s._ brass, A 366, B 4588, E 1168, F 115, 181, 303; B 4. m 5. 12; HF.
142.
BRASIL, _s._ dye made from a certain dye-wood (see note), B 4649.
BRAST, BRASTE; see BRESTE.
BRAT, _s._ cloth cloak, G 881 _n_.
BRAUN, _s._ brawn, muscle, A 546; brawn (of the boar), F 1254; Brawn, D
1750; Braunes, _pl._ muscles, L. 1071; A 2135, B 4645; Brawnes, muscles, B
3131.
BRAUNCHE, _s._ branch, T. v. 844; R. 558; Braunches, _pl._ 5. 304; A 1067,
I 114; Branches, D 1128.
BRAUNCHED (_written_ Branched), _adj._ full of branches, F 159.
BRAWN; see BRAUN.
BRAYD, _s._; see BRAID.
BRAYD, BRAYDE; see BREYDE.
BRAYN; see BRAIN.
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