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
DEEL, _s._ part, R. 1074; _never a deel_, not at all, I 1007; not a bit,
HF. 331; B 4024; _every deel_, every whit, wholly, T. ii. 590; G 1269;
Deel, _pl._ times, 6. 35; Del, part, R. 28; share, 3. 1001; _every d._,
every whit, A 1825; _eche a d._, every whit, T. iii. 694; _a greet del_,
largely, to a large extent, A 415; _a gret d._, very often, 3. 1159; _no
del_, no whit, T. i. 1089; _never a d._, not a whit, 3. 543, 937; R. 805;
Del, _pl._ times, HF. 1495.
D['E]['E]P, _adj._ deep; Depe, B 3988; _def._ A 3031; _as s._, the deep,
the sea, B 455.
DEEPNESSE, _s._ dejection, B 1. m 2. 2.
DEER, _s._ deer, T. ii. 1535; _pl._ animals, B 1926.
DEES, _pl._ dice, T. ii. 1347, iv. 1098; C 467, 623, F 690; Dys, A 1238,
4384, 4386.
DEES, _s._ da[:i]s, HF. 1360, 1658. See DEYS.
DEETH, _s._ death, B 3567, E 36, 510, F 1022; pestilence, plague, T. i.
483; _the deeth_, the pestilence (with special references to the
pestilences of 1349, 1361, and 1369), A 605; cf. C 675.
DEFACE, _v._ deface, HF. 1164; spoil, T. iv. 804; dim, T. iv. 1682;
obliterate, E 510.
DEFAME, _s._ dishonour, B 3788, C 612. See DIFFAME.
DEFAME, _v._ defame, T. iv. 565; Defamen, _pr. pl._ revile, T. ii. 860;
Defamed, _pp._ slandered, C 415. See DIFFAME.
DEFAUTE, _s._ fault, 22. 56; F. 790, I 99; fault (as a hunting term), 3.
384 (_were on a defaute y-falle_, had a check); lack, defect, want, 3. 5,
25, 223; B 2. p 7. 38; E 1018, G 954, I 182; sin, wickedness, B 3718, C
370; Defautes, _pl._ defects, B 2684, D 1810.
DEFENCE, _s._ defence, L. 279; resistance, L. 1931; interference,
hindrance, R. 1142; concealment, covering, 5. 273; prohibition, T. iii.
138, 1299; denial, D 467.
DEFENDAUNT, _s._; _in his d._, in defending himself, in self-defence, I
572.
DEFENDE, _ger._ to defend, B. 2631; to forbid, G 1470; _v._ forbid, T. ii.
413; Defenden, _v._ C 590; Defende, _1 pr. s._ T. ii. 1733; Defendeth, _pr.
s._ forbids, B 2. p 7. 103; Defenden, _pr. pl._ B 2411; Defended, _pt. s._
forbade, D 60, 1834; Defended, _pp._ forbidden, B 2. p 2. 25; B 2178, C
510, I 332; Defende, _imp. s._ defend, 1. 95. See DEFFENDEN.
DEFET, _pp._ exhausted, (lit. defeated), T. v. 618; cast down, T. v. 1219;
Defeted, _pp._ overcome, B 2. p 1. 7.
DEFFENDEN, _v._ defend, I 584; Deffendeth, _pr. s._ forbids, I 651;
Deffended, _pp._ forbidden, I 600. See DEFENDE.
DEFFENDOURS, _s. pl._ defenders, B 4. p 4. 193.
DEFFYE; see DEFYE.
DEFFYNE; see DEFYNE.
DEFOULEN, _v._ trample down, _hence_, defile, F 1418; Defouled, _pp._
trampled down, I 191; defiled, B 1. p 4. 181; T. v. 1339; F 1396, 1421,
1423; disgraced, B 4. m 7. 30 (Lat. _turpatus_). O.F. _defouler_, confused
with E. _foul_.
DEFYE, _1 pr. p._ defy, 10. 8; B 1592; Deffye, _imp. s._ E 1310. See
DIFFYE.
DEFYNE, _v._ define, depict, T. v. 271; Deffyne, _v._ lay (it) down, T.
iii. 834; Defyne, _1 pr. s._ pronounce, declare, T. iv. 390; Defyned, _pp._
laid down, B 3. p 2. 49. See DIFFYNE.
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