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
DRESSE, _v._ direct, 14. 3; dispose, get ready, T. ii. 71; prepare, L.
1190; E 1049; set in order, A 106; _v. refl._ address oneself, E 1007, G
77, 1271; T. ii. 635; direct himself, go, A 3468; direct myself, R. 110;
address himself, direct himself (_or perhaps_, mount), T. v. 37; Dresse
her, settle herself, L. 804; Dresse, _ger._ to direct, B 2308; _ger. refl._
prepare himself, T. v. 279; prepare, 5. 88; Dresseth, _pr. s._ directs,
turns, B 4. p 6. 247; Dresseth hir, prepares herself, B 265; Dresse, _pr.
pl. refl._ array themselves, A 2594; direct themselves, go, B 263, 416, F
290; Dressede, _pt. s. refl._ raised himself, T. iii. 71; Dressed him, _pt.
s._ ranged himself, took up his station, A 3358; Dressed, _pp._ arrayed, E
2361; prepared, 5. 665; Dressed him, gone, E 1820; Dressinge, _part. pres._
addressing, directing, B 4. p 6. 117.
DREYE, _adj._ dry, A 3024, B 3233; _as s._, 5. 380; _pl._ T. iii. 352, iv.
1173; E 899. A.S. _dr[=y]ge_. See DRYE.
DREYE, _v._; Dreyeth, _pr. s._ dries up, drains, I 848.
DREYE, _ger._ to endure, T. v. 42 _n_. See DRYE.
DREYNT, -E; see DRENCHE.
DRINKE, _s._ drink, L. 177, 2040; A 345.
DRINKE, _v._ drink; Drinketh, _pr. s._ 5. 104; Drank (_better_ Drunke), _2
pt. s._ didst drink, B 3416; _pt. s._ drank, E 216; Dronk, _pt. s._ drank,
T. v. 1439; Dronken, _1 pt. pl._ A 820; _pt. pl._ 9. 8; B 3390; Dronke,
_pt. pl._ B 3418; Dronken, _pp._ drunken, drunk, B 3. p 2. 61; A 135, 637,
B 2602, D 246; Dronke, _pp._ T. iii 674; A 1261, 3128, B 3758, H 17.
DRINKELESS, _adj._ without drink, T. ii. 718.
DRIVE; see DRYVE.
DROGGES, _pl._ drugs, A 426. See DRAGGES.
DROGH; see DRAWE.
DROGHTE, _s._ drought, A 2, 595, 3196, F 118; Droughte, thirst (_siti_), B
2. p 7. 27.
DRONK, -E, -EN; see DRINKE.
DRONKELEWE, _adj._ addicted to drink, B 2383, C 495, D 2043, E 1533, I 626.
Cf. _costlewe_.
DRONKENESSE, drunkenness, T. ii. 716; B 771, C 484.
DROOF, _pt. s. of_ Dryve.
DROPE, _s._ drop, R. 384; 6. 131; 16. 10; T. i. 941; A 131, G 522; Dropes,
_pl._ A 1496. A.S. _dropa_.
DROPPE, _v._ drop; Droppedest, _2 pt. s._ didst drop, B 1. p 4. 185;
Dropping, _pres. part._ that drop with wet, leaky, D 278; Droppinge, leaky,
I 631.
DROUGH, _pt. s. of_ Drawe.
DROUGHTE, _s._ thirst (_siti_), B 2. p 7. 27. See DROGHTE.
DROUPE, _v._ droop; Drouped, _pt. s._ A 107. See note.
DROVY, _adj._ dirty, muddy, I 816. (Droupy _occurs as a variant_.)
DROW, -E; see DRAWE.
DRUERYE, _s._ affection, R. 844. O. F. _druerie_; from _dru_, a friend,
lover.
DRUGGE, _ger._ to drudge, A 1416.
DRUNKEN, _adj._ causing drunkenness, 5. 181. See DRINKE.
DRYE, _adj._ dry, R. 1566; 3. 1028; A 420, B 4038; dried up, wizened, R.
360; _pl._ left dry, 5. 139 (said of the fish caught in weirs which are
left dry by ebb of tide). See DREYE.
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