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
DISPEIRE YOW, _imp. pl._ despair, E 1669. See DISPEYRE, DESPEIRED.
DISPENCE, _s._ expenditure, expense, A 441, 1882, D 1263, E 1209, 1297;
what I spend, D 1432; cost, B 1195, 1206; lavish help, HF. 260; Dispense,
expenditure, R. 1141; A 1928, 4388; Dispenses, _pl._ expenses, R. 1144. See
DESPENCE.
DISPENDE, _v._ spend, B 3500; _ger_. F 690; Dispended, _pp._ spent, shared,
B. 2560. See DESPENDE.
DISPENSACIOUN, _s._ dispensation, B 4. p 6. 169; E 746.
DISPENSE; see DISPENCE.
DISPENSE, _v._; Dispenseth, _pr. s._ dispenses, B 4. p 6. 207. See
DESPENSE.
DISPEYR, _s._ despair, L. 660.
DISPEYRE, _v. refl._ despair, T. v. 1569.
DISPEYRED, _adj._ despairing, F 1084. See DESPEIRED.
DISP['I]TOUS, _adj._ spiteful, R. 156; T. iii. 1458; D['i]spitous,
grievous, sad, T. v. 199; D['i]spit['o]us[:e], _voc._ pitiless, T. ii. 435;
_def. fem._ cruel, 3. 624. See DESPITOUS.
DISP['I]TOUSLY, _adv._ angrily, A 1124; spitefully, T. v. 1806; cruelly,
HF. 161. See DESPITOUSLY.
DISPLESANT, _adj._ displeasing, I 544, 697.
DISPLESAUNCE, _s._ displeasure, T. iii. 480; offence, C 74; Displesances,
_pl._ annoyances, C 420.
DISPLESE, _v._ displease, E 506; grieve, I 141.
DISPLESINGE, _s._ giving (you) offence, 22. 70.
DISPOILEN, _v._ despoil, i.e. strip, E 374. See DESPLOYED.
DISPONE, _imp. s._ dispose, T. v. 300; Disponeth, _pr. s._, disposes,
orders, regulates, B 4. p 6. 38, 44; Disponede, _pt. s._ B 3. p 12. 33;
Disponed, _pp._ arranged, B 4. p 6. 64.
DISPORT, _s._ sport, pleasantry, A 137, 775; amusement, diversioun, D 839,
F 895; pleasure, B 143; sport, 4. 177; 5. 260. See DESPORT.
DISPORTE, _ger._ to amuse, HF. 571; L. 1441; F. 849; to exhilarate, T. ii.
1673; Disporten, _v._ amuse, T. iv. 724; Disporte, _v._ cheer, T. iii.
1133; Disporte, _ger._ to disport himself, A 3660; Disporten hem, _pr. pl._
sport, play, E 2040. See DESPORTE.
DISPOSICIOUN, _s._ disposition, A 1378; disposal, T. ii. 526, v. 2; HF.
2113; A 2364, B 2955; position, A 1087; frame of mind, B 2326; appointed
time, B 4. m 4. 2; organization, B 4. p 5. 31.
DISPOSE, _v._ dispose; Disposed, _pt. s._ purposed, E 244; Disposed, _pp._
disposed, T. ii. 682, v. 984; ready, T. iv. 230; _wel d._, in good health
(the reverse of _indisposed_), H 33; Disposeth, _imp. pl._ dispose, D 1659.
DISPOYLINGE, _s._ spoil, B 4. m 7. 21. See DISPOILEN.
DISPREISEN, _ger._ to dispraise, disparage, R. 1053; Dispreise, _v._ blame,
B 2261; Dispreisinge, _pres. pt._ depreciating, B 2741.
DISPREISINGE, _s._ blame, I 497; Dispreysinge, contempt, B 2876.
DISPUTE, _ger._ to dispute, T. iii. 858; Disputed, _pt. s._ 3. 505;
Disputinge, _pres. part._ arguing, T. iv. 1084. See DESPUTEN.
DISPUTISOUN, _s._ disputation, B 5. p 1. 19 _n_; argument, E 1474; dispute,
B 4428, F 890. A. F. _desputeison_.
DISPYT, _s._ despite, scorn, L. 1822; disdain, HF. 1716; grief, vexation,
R. 1487; _in d. of_, in spite of, HF. 1668. See DESPYT.
DISSENSIOUN, _s._ strife, 15. 9.
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