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
CONTR['A]RIEN, _v._ go contrary to, oppose, F 705; _ger._ to contradict, B
5. p 3. 5; Contr['a]rie, _v._ oppose, E 2319; Contr['a]ried, _1 pt. s._
opposed, E 1497; _pt. s._ gainsaid, D 1044.
CONTRARIOUS, _adj._ contrary, adverse, B 2249, D 698; B 2. p 6. 57;
hostile, B 1. p 4. 215; Contrariouse, _pl._ B 2311.
CONTRARIOUSTEE, _s._ contrary state, I 1077.
CONTREE, country, R. 768; L. 5; A 216, 340, B 434, 1908, 1912, E 456, F
319, 800, I 104; region, B 4. m 5. 2; fatherland, home, B 2. p 4. 79.
CONTREE-FOLK, people of his country, L. 2161.
CONTREE-HOUSES, _pl._ houses of his country, homes, 7. 25. Lat. _domos
patrias_; see note.
CONTREE-WARD, TO HIS, towards his country, L. 2176.
CONTREFETE, _v._ counterfeit, T. v. 1578. See COUNTREFETE.
CONTRICIOUN, _s._ contrition, I 108.
CONTRIT, _adj._ contrite, I 128, 1005.
CONTUBERNIAL, _adj._ familiar, at home with (lit. sharing the same tent
with), I 760.
CONTUMACIE, _s._ contumacy, I 391.
_Contumax_, _adj._ contumacious, I 402.
CONVENIENT, _adj._ fitting, suitable, B 1. p 4. 187; I 421; Convenients,
_pl._ suitable, F 1278.
CONVERS; _in convers_, on the reverse side, T. v. 1810.
CONVERSACIOUN, _s._ conversation, i.e. manner of life, B 2501.
CONVERTE, _v._ convert, change, T. i. 308; swerve, C 212; _ger._ to change
his ways, T. iv. 1412; to change her mind, T. ii. 903; Converted, _pp._ T.
i. 999, 1004; Converting, _pres. pt._ turning back, A 3037.
CONVERT['I]BLE, _adj._ equivalent, A 4395.
CONVEYEN, _v._ convey, introduce, E 55; Conveyeth, _pr. s._ accompanies, L.
2305; C['o]nveyed, _pt. pl._ accompanied, conducted on their way, A 2737;
Conv['e]yed, _pt. pl._ E 391.
CONVICT, _pp._ convicted, B 1. p 4. 172, 177; overcome, 1. 86.
CONVOYEN, _for_ Conveyen, E 55 _n_.
CONY, _s._ rabbit; Conies, _pl._ R. 1404; Conyes, _pl._ 5. 193.
COOK, _s._ cook, A. 351, 379, 4325; Cokes, _pl._ C 538.
COOL, _adj._ unimaginative, dull, L. 258 a.
COOMEN, _pt. pl._ came, B 1805. See COME.
COOST, coast; see COSTE.
COP, _s._ top, A 554; summit, B 2. m 4. 4; Coppe, _dat._ hill-top, HF.
1166.
COPE, _s._ cope, A 260, B 3139; cape, R. 408; cloak, T. iii. 724; vault, L.
1527.
COPER, _s._ copper, HF. 1487; G 829.
COPIE, _s._ copy, T. ii. 1697.
COPPE, _dat. of_ Cop.
COPPE, _s._ cup, A 134, F 942; Coppes, _pl._ A 3928. See COUPE, CUPPE.
COR['A]G[`E], C['O]RAGE, _s._ heart, spirit, mind, disposition, mood,
inclination, R. 257, 423, 849, 1302, 1614; 3. 794; B 1. p 4. 183; B 2. p 1.
24, p 6. 34; B 3. p 2. 58; B 4. p 3. 80; E 220, 692, 787, 950, 1254; L.
397; A 22; courage, B 1970, 3836; will, desire, B 2713, 4642, E 907; soul,
B 4. p 4. 31; passions, B 3. m 5. 1; impetuosity, I 655; strength (Lat.
_robur_), B 1. p 2. 5; savage nature, B 3. m 2. 10; attention, H 164;
spite, R. 151; encouragement, R. 22; _of his c._, in his disposition, F 22;
Corages, _pl._ dispositions, B 4. p 6. 134; natures, A 11.
C['O]RAGEOUS, _adj._ bold, courageous, T. v. 800; B 3527; ardent, I 585.
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