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
DEVIL, _s._ L. 2493; Devel, E 1436, I 132; _what d._, what the devil, L.
2694; _how d._, how the devil, T. i. 623; _a d. weye_, in the way to the
devil, in the devil's name, A 3134 (see note), D 2242; _a twenty devil
way_, in the way of twenty devils, i.e. to utter destruction, L. 2177; an
exclamation of petulance, A 3713, 4257; Develes, _pl._ I 171.
DEVISIOUN, _s._ division, B 3. p 9. 13. See DIVISIOUN.
DEVOCIOUN, _s._ devotion, R. 430, HF. 33, 68; L. 39, 109.
DEVOIR, _s._ duty, T. iii. 1045; A 2598, B 38, E 966; debt, I 764.
DEVOURE, _v._ devour, L. 1937; Devouren, _v._ I 195; Devoured, _pp._ 7. 14;
L. 1947; expended, D 1720.
DEVOURER, _s._ L. 1369, 1581.
DEVOUT, _adj._ devout, 1. 145; A 22.
DEVOUTLY, _adv._ 3. 771; A 482.
DEVYDE, _v._ divide, mete out, R. 878.
DEVYN, _s._ divine, astrologer, T. i. 66.
DEVYNE, _adj._ divine; Devynes, _pl._ B 5. p 2. 16. See DIVYN.
DEVYNE, _v._ guess, T. v. 288; B 1414, D 26; _ger._ to guess, fancy, T.
iii. 765; to prophesy (by), 5. 182; Devyneth, _pr. s._ guesses, suspects,
T. ii. 1741; Devyne, _pr. pl._ suspect, T. ii. 1745; Devyne, _pr. s. subj._
let (him) guess, HF. 14. See DIVYNEN.
DEVYNERESSE, _s._ female diviner, T. v. 1522.
DEVYS, _s._ device, contrivance, R. 1413; L. 1102; guess, supposition, R.
651; decision, direction, A 816; _at his d._, according to his own wish, R.
1326; _at point d._, with great exactness _or_ exactitude, R. 830; HF. 917
(see Poynt); Devyses, _pl._ heraldic devices, badges, L. 1272.
DEVYSE, _v._ to relate, tell, describe, T. iii. 41; A 34, B 154, 349, 613,
3132, 3842, F 1043; recommend, T. ii. 388; B 2453; devise, suggest, ordain,
L. 437; plan, L. 1453; E 698; _ger._ to tell, describe, 5. 398; to relate,
A 994, 1048, E 52; to describe, F 65, 279; to frame, E 739; to tell of, T.
i. 277; _v._ tell of, D 999; Devysen, _v._ describe, R. 1112; tell, 5. 333;
imagine, E 108; Devyse, _1 pr. s._ tell, B 3693; relate, L. 202; say, 4.
18; Devyseth, _pr. s._ narrates, describes, 5. 317; D 1904; Devyse, _pr.
pl._ imagine, discourse, F 261; Devyse, _2 pr. s. subj._ explain, B 4. p 6.
3; Devysed, _pp._ described to, told, R. 476.
DEVYSING, _s._ arrangement, A 2496.
DEWE, _dat._ dew, 3. 415; Dewe, _nom._ (_before a vowel_), R. 1013.
DEWE, _adj._ due, just, B 1. m 5. 23; due, I 867. See DUE.
DEWELY, _adv._ duly, B 1. m 5. 25.
DEWETE, _s._ duty, T. iii. 970 _n_. See DUETEE.
DEXTRER, _s._ a courser, warhorse, B 2103. Fr. _destrier_, a war-horse, Low
Lat. _dextrarius_, from Lat. _dextra_, the right hand. The squire rode his
own horse, and led his master's horse beside him, on his _right_ hand.
DEYE, _s._ dairywoman, B 4036. Icel. _deigja_.
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