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
DIGHTE, _v._ prepare, L. 1288, 2480; prepare (himself), L. 1000; _ger._ to
prepare, E 974; Dighte me, prepare myself to go, B 3104; ordain, place, T.
iv. 1188; lie with, D 767; Dighte, _pt. s. refl._ hastened, went, betook
himself, T. ii. 948; L. 2155, 2371; lay with, D 398; _pt. pl._ L. 1712;
Dight, _pp._ arrayed, equipped, T. iii. 1773; A 1041; served, H 312;
prepared, R. 941; prepared him to go, B 3719; Dighte, _pp. pl._ prepared,
L. 2611. A.S. _dihtan_; from Lat. _dictare_.
DIGNE, _adj._ worthy, T. i. 429, iii. 23, v. 1868; A 141, 2216, E 818, I
115; honourable, noble, B 2. p 4. 106; L. 321, 1738; B 1175, C 695;
suitable, B 778; proud, disdainful, A 517; scornful, repellent (see note),
A 3964.
DIGNELY, _adv._ worthily, B 3. p 10. 59; Digneliche, fittingly, B 2. p 6.
63; scornfully, T. ii. 1024.
DIGNITEE, _s._ worth, B 1. p 4. 178; dignity, 14. 5; C 701, 782; A. ii. 4.
31; rank, E 470; Dignetes, _pl._ A. pr. 77. Dignity, in astrology,
signifies the advantages which a planet has when in a particular position
in the zodiac, or in a particular position with regard to other planets
(Bailey).
DILATACIOUN, _s._ diffuseness, B 232.
DILIGENCE, _s._ H 141.
DILIGENT, _adj._ T. iii. 144; L. 70; A 483.
DILUGE, _s._ deluge, I 839; Diluve, I 839 _n_; Del['u]ge, 16. 14.
DIM, _adj._ indistinct, A 2433; Dimme, _pl._ dim, T. ii. 908.
DIMINUCIOUN, _s._ diminution, T. iii. 1335.
DINER, _s._ dinner, T. ii. 1489, 1560; B 1443.
DINT, _s._ stroke, HF. 534.
DIOCYSE, _s._ diocese, A 664.
DIRECT, _adj._ directed, addressed, 18. 75; direct, A. ii. 35. 11; _in
directe_, in a line with, A. ii. 44. 10. A planet's motion is direct when
it moves in the same direction as the sun in the zodiac.
DIRECTE, _1 pr. s._ dedicate, address, T. v. 1856.
DIRK, _adj._ obscure, A ii. 6. 13. See DERK.
DISAVAUNCE, _v._ defeat, T. ii. 511. O. F. _desavancir_, 'repousser';
Godefroy.
DISAVENTURE, _s._ misfortune, T. ii. 415, iv. 755.
DISBLAMETH, _imp. pl._ free (me) from blame, T. ii. 17.
DISCERNE, _v._ discern, see, A 1989; perceive, HF. 909; A 3003. See
DECERNE.
DISCEYVING, _s._ deception, R. 1590.
DISCHEVELE, _adj._ with (his) hair hanging loosely down, A 683; with hair
in disorder, L. 1315, 1720, 1829; Disshevele, with hair flowing down, 5.
235.
DISCIPLYNE, _s._ bodily mortification, I 1052.
DISCLAUNDRE, _s._ reproach, T. iv. 564; slander, I 623. See DESCLAUNDRED.
DISCONFITINGE, _s._ discomfiture, A 2719.
DISCONFITURE, _s._ defeat, A 1008; Discomfiture, discomfort, grief, 7. 326;
defeat, R. 254.
DISCONFORT, _s._ discouragement, discomfort, A 2010, F 896; grief, woe, T.
iv. 311; B 2174.
DISCONFORTEN, _v._ discourage, A 2704.
DISCONSOLAT, _adj._ T. v. 542.
DISCORD, _s._ discord, I 562; Disc['o]rd, E 432; Discordes, _pl._ enmities,
B 1. p 4. 76; Discords, strifes, HF. 685.
DISCORDABLE, discordant, T. iii. 1753; B 4. m 6. 14; B 5. m 3. 1.
DISCORDANCES, _s. pl._ discords, I 275.
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