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
DESDEYN, _s._ disdain, contempt, A 789, F 700, I 142; Desdayn, indignation,
T. iv. 1191. See DISDEYN.
DESERT, _s._ wilderness, HF. 488.
DES['E]RT, _s._ merit, 4. 31; L. 608; F 532; Deserte, merit, B 3. p 6. 30;
deserving, thing merited (by), B 4. p 4. 91; Desertes, _pl._ merits, T.
iii. 1267; I 396; deservings, B 2. p 5. 106.
DESERT, _adj._ deserted, barren, B 4. p 2. 8; Deserte, lonely, HF. 417.
DESERVE, _v._; Deservede, _pt. s._ merited, B 1. p 3. 20; B 4. m 7. 42;
Deservedest, _2 pt. s._ didst deserve, C 216. See DISSERVE.
DESESPAIRED, _pp._ out of hope, in despair, 6. 7.
DESESPEIR, _s._ despair, T. i. 605; Desespeyr, T. ii. 6.
DESESPERAUNCE, _s._ despair, hopelessness, T. ii. 530, 1307.
DESHERITE, _ger._ to disinherit, B 3025; Desherited, _pp._ B 2941. See
DISHERITED.
DESHONESTEE, _s._ unseemliness, I 833.
DESIRE; see DESYRE.
D['E]SIRING, _s._ desire, R. 725; A 1922; Desiringes, _pl._ affections, B
1. p 6. 78.
D['E]SIR['O]US, _adj._ ambitious, 9. 59; desirous, T. i. 1058; ardent, F
23.
DESLAVEE, _adj._ foul, I 629; inordinate, unrestrained, I 834.
'_Deslav['e]_, pp. non lav['e], crasseux, sale'; Godefroy. '_Deslaver_,
ternir la reputation'; ib.
DESMAYE; see DISMAYE.
DESOLAT, _adj._ desolate, 4. 286; T. v. 540; forsaken, L. 1279; lacking
(in), B 131; depopulated, 7. 62; _holden desolaat_, shunned, C 598.
DESORDEYNEE, _adj._ unregulated, inordinate, I 818, 915; Desordenee, B 2. m
2. 13.
DESORDINAT, _adj._ inordinate, I 415.
DESPEIR, _s._ despair, A 3474.
DESPEIRED, _pp._ sunk in despair, 2. 91; T. v. 713; B 3645; I 696;
Despeyred, T. i. 36, 42, 779; F 943. See DISPEYRED.
DESPENCE, _s._ expense, D 1874; expenditure, money for expenses, B 105;
Despenses, _pl._ B 2842. See DISPENCE.
DESPENDE, _v._ spend, T. iv. 921; Despenden, _pr. pl._ B 2. p 5. 10; B
2796; Despendest, _2 pr. s._ wastest, B 2121; Despended, _pp._ spent, A
3983, B 1270, E 1403, I 253. See DISPENDE.
DESPENDOURS, _pl._ spenders, B 2843.
DESPENSE, _v._; Despensinge, _pres. pt._ dispensing, B 5. p 6. 212. See
DISPENSE.
DESPENSES, _pl._ expenditure, B 2842. See DESPENCE.
DESPERACIOUN, _s._ despair, 1. 21; Desperacion, I 1057.
DESPIT; see DESPYT.
D['E]SPITOUS, _adj._ spiteful, R. 173; angry, jealous, D 761; merciless, A
516; Desp['i]tous, scornful, A 1777, I 395; angry, A 1596. See DISPITOUS.
O. F. _despitous_.
DESP['I]TOUSLY, _adv._ scornfully, B 3785; angrily, A 4274; maliciously, B
605; cruelly, E 535. See DISPITOUSLY.
DESPLAYE, _v._; Desplayeth, _pr. s._ displays, spreads open, A 966.
DESPONE, _v._; Desponeth, _pr. s._ disposes, T. iv. 964.
DESPORT, _s._ sport, diversion, merriment, amusement, T. i. 592; B 2158,
3981, D 670, G 592; pleasure, D 1830. See DISPORT.
DESPORTE, _v._ rejoice, T. v. 1398. See DISPORTE.
DESPOYLED, _pp._ robbed, I 665. See DISPOILEN.
DESPUTEN, _ger._ to dispute, B 5. m 4. 2; Desputestow, _2 pr. s._ disputest
thou, B 5. p 6. 86; Desputedest, _2 pt. s._ didst dispute, B 1. p 4. 11.
See DISPUTE.
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