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
DOON, _v._ do, execute, A 960; do, 3. 194; F 323; act, B 90; cause, B 3618;
_doon us honge_, cause us to be hung, C 790; Don, _v._ do; _don her
companye_, accompany her, 4. 125; _leet don cryen_, caused to be cried, F
46; Do, _v._ cause, T. iv. 1683; use, B 2204; fulfil, B 1653; make, 3. 145;
_do werche_, cause to be built, G 545; Done, _ger._ to do, T. i. 1026; to
have business with, 4. 234; _what to done_, what is to be done, 3. 689;
_for to done_, a fit thing to do, I 62; to be done, L. 1597; Doon, _ger._
to do, A 78, 768; to commit, I 90; to cause, R. 1178; 7. 283; to force, 5.
221; Don, _ger._: _to don_, from doing, B 4. p 6. 202; Do, _ger._ to make,
3. 1260; 5. 420; to cause, T. ii. 1022; to commit, I 129; Doost, _2 pr. s._
makest, C 312; Dostow, doest thou, L. 315; Dooth, _pr. s._ causes, A 2396,
2621, B 724, I 121; doth, B 23; Doth, _pr. s._ makes, 2. 7; L. 1728;
causes, 6. 21; Doth forth, continues, E 1015; Do, _2 pr. pl._ cause, 5.
651; make, T. i. 426; Don, _pr. pl._ do, F 770; Doon, _pr. pl._ do, A 268;
Do, _imp. s._ make, H 12; bring (it) about, A 2405; cause, G 32; _do
hange_, cause me to be hung, G 1029; _do fecche_, cause to be fetched, B
662; _do wey_, put away, lay aside, G 487; take away, A 3287; _do stryken
hir out_, cause her to be struck out, D 1364; _do come_, cause to come, B
2035; Dooth, _imp. pl._ do ye, C 745, I 105; do, E 568; Doth, _imp. pl._ E
652; _as dooth_, pray do, F 458; Didest, _2 pt. s._ didst, T. iii. 363;
Dide, _pt. s._ did, 3. 373; R. 1705 (see note); T. iii. 811; caused, R.
607; put on, B 2047; _dide hem drawe_, caused to be drawn, B 1823; _dide
don sleen_, caused to be slain, caused (men) to have them slain (_sleen_,
like _don_, is in the infin. mood), D 2042; _dide of_, took off, 3. 516;
Diden, _1 pt. pl._ did, C 967; Dide, _pt. s. subj._ should do, F 1404;
Diden, _pt. pl._ made, 22. 28; _pt. pl. subj._ should do, L. 723; Doon,
_pp._ done, 1. 54; past, ended, 3. 40, 708, 1334; _doon to dethe_, done to
death, L. 889; _doon make_, caused to be made, E 253; _hath doon yow kept_,
has caused you to be preserved, E 1098; _doon ther write_, caused to be
written (or described there), R. 413; Don, _pp._ done, 5. 70; _don to dye_,
done to death, murdered, R. 1063; Do, _pp._ done, L. 957; 3. 528, 562, 676,
680, 868; G 745, 1155; ended, 5. 693, E 2440; finished, T. ii. 10. And see
DEDEN, DOTH, DON.
DORE, _s._ door, R. 537, A 550, E 282, F 80, 615, G 1137, 1142, 1217; _out
at d._, out of doors, D 1757, H 306; Dores, _pl._ doors, HF. 650; T. v.
531, 552; A 1990, B 3615, 3719; _out at d._, out of doors, B 4567. A.S.
_duru_.
DORMANT; _table dormant_, a permanent side-table, A 353.
DORRE, DORRING; see DURRE, DURRING.
DORSTE; see DAR.
DORTOUR, _s._ dormitory, D 1855. O. F. _dortor_, _dortour_, 'dortoir';
Godefroy.
DOSEYN, _s._ a dozen, A 578.
DOSSERS, _pl._ baskets to carry on the back, HF. 1940. See note. From Fr.
_dos_, back.
DOST, _2 pr. s._ performest, T. iii. 1436; Dostow, doest thou, D 239. See
DOON.
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