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
DEPEYNTED, _pp._ depicted, B 4. m 1. 13 _n_; L. 1025; A 2027, 2031, 2034;
painted, R. 478; stained, T. v. 1599; covered with paintings, 3. 322; 4.
86; Depeint, _pp._ stained, C 950.
DEPPER, _adj. comp._ deeper, B 2. p 3. 9.
DEPPER, _adv. comp._ deeper, B 1. p 6. 20; T. ii. 485; B 630, G 250.
DEPRAVE, _v._ calumniate; Depraven, _pr. pl._ 4. 207.
DEPRESSIOUN, _s._ the angular distance of the southern pole from the
horizon, A. ii. 25. 6.
DEPRYVE, _v._ deprive, T. iv. 269; Depryved, _pp._ 2. 69.
DERE, _adj._ dear, 1. 99; 4. 147, 293; A 1822, B 447, 1641, D 1087, E 101,
999, 1056, G 257, 321; _pl._ E 1089, 1093, F 272, 341.
DERE, _adv._ dearly, 1. 86; 18. 26, 37; L. 258; HF. 1752; A 3100, C 100;
_to d._, too dearly, C 293.
DERE, _s. dat._ deer, R. 1453.
D[`E]RE, _v._ injure, harm, T. i. 651; A 1822, B 3191, F 240. A.S.
_derian_.
DERELING, _s._ darling, A 3793.
DEREWORTHE, _adj._ beloved, dear, B 2. p 1. 55; valuable, B 2. p 6. 19.
DERK, _adj._ dark, R. 1009; 3. 170; I 182; inauspicious, 4. 120; _as s._
inauspicious position, 4. 122 (see note); Derke, _def._ 3. 155; A 1995, F
844, 1074; Dirk, obscure, A. ii. 6. 13; Derke, _indef._ 3. 912; Derke,
_adj. pl._ dim, 10. 36.
DERKE, _s._ darkness, gloom, 3. 609.
DERKEN, _v._ darken, B 1. p 4. 179; _pr. pl._ grow dim, B 5. p 2. 26;
Derked, _pp._ darkened, B 1. p 1. 18; obscured, B 3. p 2. 60; grown dim,
10. 36 _n_.
DERKEST, _adj. superl._ darkest, B 304.
DERKLY, _adv._ darkly, HF. 51.
DERKNESSE, _s._ darkness, B 1451; I 176.
DERNE, _adj._ secret, A 3200, 3278, 3297. A.S. _derne_, _dyrne_.
DERRE, _adv. comp._ more dearly, T. i. 136, 174; A 1448.
DERTH, _s._ dearth, HF. 1974.
DERYVETH, _pr. s._ is derived, A 3006; Deryved, _pp._ A 3038.
DESARMEN, _v._ disarm, B 1. m 4. 11.
DESCEIVAUNCE, _s._ deception, B 3. p 8. 34.
DESCENCIOUN, _s._ descension, A. ii. 4. 34; Discencioun, ii. 4. 35. The
technical signification seems to be--the 'house' or portion of the sky just
above the western horizon, so that a planet in his descension is about to
set.
DESCENDE, _v._ descend, R. 1399; 1. 92; Descendeth, _pr. s._ is derived, B
4. p 2. 152; results, B 5. p 6. 164; descends, T. v. 859; Descending,
_pres. part._ A 3010; Descended, _pt. s._ was descended, T. v. 1480; _pp._
R. 1575.
DESCENSORIES, _s. pl._ G 792. '_Descensories_, vessels used in chemistry
for extracting oils _per descensum_'; Tyrwhitt.
DESCENTE, _s._ descent, T. i. 319.
DESCERNE, _v._ discern, T. iv. 200; _1 pr. s._ T. iii. 9.
DESCHARGE, _pr. s. subj._ disburden, I 360.
DESCLAUNDRED, _pp._ slandered, B 674. See DISSLAUNDRED, DISCLAUNDRE.
DESCORDAUNT, _adj._ discordant, B 4. m 4. 8. See DISCORDAUNT.
DESCRIPCIOUN, _s._ description, R. 1631; HF. 987, 1903; C 117;
Discripcioun, F 580.
DESCRYVE, _v._ describe, R. 705; HF. 1105; L. 1098; Descryven, _v._ B 3. p
11. 152; I 533; Descryved, _pp._ described, marked, A. i. 17. 1. See
DISCRYVE.
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