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
DWELLE, _v._ remain, 4. 74; A 1661; tarry, stay, 3. 712; Dwellen, _v._
continue, B 3. p 11. 143; Dwelle, _ger._ to delay, HF. 252; Dwelte, _pt.
s._ dwelt, remained, A 512; dwelt, B 134; Dwelled, _pt. s._ H 105; Dwelten,
_pt. pl._ dwelt, lived, L. 1965; B 550; Dwelled, _pp._ continued, B 2. p 4.
36; dwelt, A 1228; Dwel, _imp. s._ remain, T. iv. 1449; Dwellinge, _pres.
pt._ remaining, B 2. m 7. 21; dwelling, 7. 72.
DWELLING, _s._ 3. 404; habitation, 5. 51; Dwellinges, _pl._ delays (Lat.
_moras_), B 1. m 1. 20.
DWYNED, _pp. as adj._ dwindled, R. 360. A.S. _dw[=i]nan_.
DY, say; _Je vous dy_, I say to you, I tell you, D 1832, 1838.
DYAMAUNTS, _pl._ diamonds, A 2147.
DYE, _v._ die, 2. 7; B 644, 3324, E 38, I 213; Dyen, _v._ E 665, I 210;
_ger._ to die, B 114, C 217, E 859; Dyde, _pt. s._ died, HF. 106, 380; C
658; Dyed, _pt. s._ 2. 32; Dyde, _pt. pl._ 5. 294; _pt. s. subj._ would
die, D 965. See DEYE.
DYEN, _ger._ to dye, B 4648; Dye, _pr. pl._ F 725; Dyed, _pt. s._ steeped,
F 511; Dyed, _pp._ C 37.
DYERE, _s._ dyer, A 362.
DYETE, _s._ diet, B 4026. See DIETE.
DYINGE, _s._ death, B 3073. See DEYINGE.
DYKE, _v._ to make dikes or ditches, A 536. See DICHEN.
DYNE, _v._ dine, T. v. 1126, 1129; dine (upon), D 1837.
DYS, _pl._ dice, A 1238, 4384, 4386. See DEES.
DYTE, _s._ ditty, 23. 16; Dytees, _pl._ HF. 622. See DITEE.
DYVERSE, _v._; Dyverseth, _pr. s._ varies, T. iii. 1752. See DIVERS.
DYVERSITEE, _s._ diversity, T. iii. 405; Diversitee, variety, T. v. 1793.
EBBE, _s._ low water, A. ii. 46. 14; F 259.
EBBEN, _v._ ebb, T. iv. 1145; Ebbe, 10. 61.
ECCLESIASTE, _s._ minister, A 708.
ECH, _adj._ each, 1. 136; A 39, 369.
ECHE, _v._ increase, augment, T. i. 887, iii. 1509, v. 110; _ger._ enlarge,
add to, HF. 2065; Eche, _pr. pl._ augment, T. i. 705; Eched, _pp._ added, B
3. p 6. 10; T. iii. 1329.
ECHINES, _s. pl._ sea-urchins, B 3. m 8. 14 (Lat. _echinis_).
ECHOON, each one, 3. 695, 817; L. 290; A 2655, E 124; Echon, 3. 335; A 820,
B 1818; Echone, _pl._ (?), all, every one, C 113.
ECLIPSE, _s._ B 4. m 5. 14; Eclips, A. i. 21, 20.
ECLIPTIK, _s._ ecliptic, A. pr. 71. A great circle of the sphere, drawn
along the middle of the zodiac, making an angle with the equator of about
23deg 18'; the apparent path of the sun.
EDIFIED, _pp._ built up, B 4. p 6. 177.
EEK, _adv._ also, eke, moreover, 2. 102; A 5, 41, B 140, 444, 1877; Eke, B
59; Eek therto, _adv._ moreover, F 135.
EEM, _s._ uncle, T. i. 1022, ii. 162, 309, iii. 587; Emes, _gen._ T. ii.
466, 472. A.S. _[=e]am_.
EEST, _s._ east, F 873. See EST.
EEST, _adv._ east, eastward, 3. 88. See EST.
EET, -E; see ETE.
EFFECT, _s._ deed, reality, 10. 34; T. i. 748; result, HF. 5; Theffect
(_for_ the effect), the sequel, L. 622; _in effect_, in fact, in reality,
in practice, A 319, G 511; in the result, 5. 619; Effectes, _pl._ results,
L. 929; results to be brought about, 4. 165; causes, T. iii. 15. See
THEFFECT.
EFFECTUEEL, _adj._ effectual, D 1870.
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