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
BY AND BY, _adv._ one after another, in due order, in due place, L. 304, A
1011, 4143.
BY-CAUSE, because, A 174, F 961.
BYDE, _v._ wait, T. i. 1067; A 1576; B[`o][`o]d, _pt. s._ waited, T. v. 29;
stayed, A 4399; B[)i]den, _pp._ stayed, E 1888; Byd, _imp. s._ wait, T.
iii. 740.
BYE, _v._ buy, pay for (it), D 167; By (_for_ Bye, _before a vowel_), in
phr. _go by_, let us go to buy, G 1294; Byen, _v._ redeem, B 2. p 4. 22;
Bye, _1 pr. s._ buy, 7. 255; Byen, _pr. pl._ buy, I 772; undergo, B 4. p 4.
58 _n_; Bye, _pr. pl. subj._ 18. 26; Boghte, _pt. s._ bought, A 2088, C
293, I 132; redeemed, E 1153; _b. agayn_, redeemed, C 776, D 718; Boughte,
_pt. s._ 1. 117; Boghten, _2 pt. pl._ L. 258; Boght, _pp._ 4. 168; Bought,
_pp._ 1. 86. See BEYE.
BYFORN, _prep._ before, A. ii. 3. 15. See BIFOREN.
BYHIGHT, _pp._ promised, T. v. 1104. See BIHIGHTE.
BYING, _s._ buying, A 569.
BY-IAPED (Byjaped), _pp._ tricked, made a jest of, T. v. 1119; A 1585, G
1385, H 145. See BI-IAPE, IAPE.
BYNT, _for_ Bint, _pr. s. of_ Binde, _v._ bind; Bynt him, binds himself, 4.
47; Bynt her, 4. 48.
BY-PATH, side-road, by-way, T. iii. 1705.
BYRDE, _s._ maiden, lady, R. 1014. (Distinct from _bride_.)
BY-S['E]KE, _v._ beseech, T. iv. 131. See BISEKEN.
BYTE, _v._ bite, T. iii. 737; cut deeply, F 158; burn, A 631; Byten, _v._
HF. 1044; Byte, _ger._ to bite, B 3634; to sting, F 513; Byteth, _pr. s._
bites, L. 392; Byte, _pr. s. subj._ cut, 7. 270; B[`o][`o]t, _pt. s._ bit,
B 2. p 6. 40; B 3791; B[)i]ten, _pp._ bitten, L. 2318; Bytinge, _pres. pt.
as adj._ biting, sharp, A 2546; gnawing (_mordax_), B 3. m 3. 5; fretting,
vexatious, B 3. p 7. 15.
BYTINGE, _s._ wound, B 3. m 7. 5.
BYTINGLY, _adv._ sharply, sarcastically, B 2. p 7. 97.
BY-TWIXE, _prep._ between, A. ii. 28. 11, 14. See BITWIXEN.
BY-WORD, _s._ proverb, T. iv. 769.
BY-WREYE, _v._ reveal, T. iii. 367. See BIWREYE.
CAAS, _s._ case, circumstance, I 105; _sette caas_ = suppose, A. ii. 42.
15; Caas, _pl._ cases of law, A 323. See CAS.
CABLE, _s._ cord, 18. 33.
CACCHE, _v._ catch, G 11; lay hold of, 3. 969; come by, HF. 404; _ger._ to
catch, R. 1621; 3. 781; B 2368; to draw, I 852; Cacchen, _v._ take, gain, I
689; _imp. s._ lay hold of, T. ii. 291; Caughte, _pt. s._ took, conceived,
E 619; took, A 498; pulled, L. 1854; Caught, _pp._ caught, A 145;
perceived, A. ii. 17. 8; obtained, E 1110; taken, F 740.
CADENCE, _s._ HF. 623. See note.
CAGE, HF. 1985; A 1294, F 613, H 131; Cages, _pl._ F 611.
CAITIF, _adj._ captive, miserable, wretched, B 4. p 2,128; A 1552; Caytif,
R. 211; I 344. See below.
CAITIF, _s._ wretch, R. 340; 1. 124; T. iv. 104; Caytif, B 3269; captive,
T. iii. 382; Caityf, wretch, C 728; Caitifs, _pl._ captives, A 924;
Caytives, captives, I 214; Caytyves, wretches, A 1717. See above.
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