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
EYE, _s._ eye; _at eye_, evidently, L. 100; Eyen, _pl._ eyes, 1. 88, 105;
3. 841; A 152, 267, B 2891; B 1. p 1. 4; Eyen sight, eye-sight, D 2060,
2071. See Y[:E].
EYED, _adj._ endowed with eyes, T. iv. 1459.
EYLE, _v._ ail, A 3424; Eyleth, _pr. s._ L. 311 _a_; A 1081, 3769, B 1171,
1975, 4080, E 2368, H 16; Eyled, _pt. s._ ailed, B 4290, F 501.
EYR, _s._ air, HF. 954; L. 1482; B 2. m 4. 13; T. v. 671; A 2992, I 174;
Eir, A 1246, 3473; Eyre, _dat._ air, gas, G 767.
EYR, _s._ heir, L. 1598, 1819, 2549; Eyres, _pl._ B 2. p 4. 65.
EYRISH, _adj._ of the air, a[:e]rial, HF. 932, 965.
EYSE, _s._ ease, D 2101. See ESE.
EYTHER, _adj._ either, 5. 125.
FABLE, _s._ story, description, R. 1439; I 31; Fables, _pl._ fables, 3. 52;
R. 2.
FACE, _s._ face, R. 323; A 199, 458; look, B 1. p 5. 25; a technical term
in astrology, signifying the third part of a sign (of the zodiac); a part
of the zodiac ten degrees in extent, F 50, 1288; A. ii. 4. 40.
FACOUND, _adj._ eloquent, fluent, 5. 521.
FACOUNDE, _s._ eloquence, fluency, 3. 926; 5. 558; Facound (_before a
vowel_), C 50. '_Faconde_, f. eloquence;' Cotgrave.
FACULTEE, _s._ capacity, authority, _or_ disposition, A 244; power, B 5. p
4. 109; branch of study, HF. 248.
FADE, _adj._ faded, R. 311.
FADEN, _v._ fade, B 4. p 3. 17; Fade, 7. 19; _ger._ 3. 564; Faded,_pp. as
adj._ R. 354.
FADER, _s._ father, 1. 52; L. 1828; A 100, B 274, 3622, G 1434, I 131;
Fader, _gen._ L. 1406; A 781, B 1178, 3121, 3127; _fader day_, father's
time, B 3374, E 1136; _fader kin_, father's race, ancestry, G 829; Fadres,
_gen._ 1. 130; L. 2608; B 3534, 3630, E 809; Faders, _gen._ L. 2449;
Fadres, _pl._ L. 730; C 93; ancestors, E 61; parents, originators, B 129;
Faderes, the Patres Conscripti, the Roman Senate, B 1. p 4. 150.
FADER-IN-LAWE, _s._ father-in-law, L. 2272; Fadres-in-lawe, _pl._
parents-in-law, B 2. p 3. 26. And see B 3870.
FADME, _pl._ fathoms, 3. 422; A 2916, F 1060; Fadome, _pl._ R. 1393.
FAILE, _s._ failure; _withouten f._, without fail, 2. 48; _sans faille_,
HF. 188; B 501; _withouten fayle_, R. 1572.
FAILEN, _v._ fail, grow dim, 5. 85; _ger._ 1. 64; Faille, _v._ A 2798, B
2642, 3955; cease, I 182; Faillen, _v._ A 2805; Failest, _2 pr. s._ 1. 112;
Failled, _1 pt. s._ failed, F 1577; _pt. s._ A 2806; Fayled, _pt. pl._ R.
775; Failling, _pres. part._ failing, remote, A. ii. 4. 19.
FAIN; see FAYN.
FAIR, _adj._ fair, lovely, desirable, B 2. p 1. 17; fine, D 2253; good,
excellent, A 154; _a fair_, a good one, A 165; Fayr, fair, seemly, L. 2548;
_as s._ a fair thing, excellent thing (sarcastically), T. iii. 850; Faire,
_def._ R. 1468; _def. as s._, the fair part, F 518; _voc._ F 485; O fair
one! HF. 518; _pl._ A 234; clean, R. 571; specious, R. 437.
FAIRE, _adv._ fairly, R. 774, 798; A 984; well, 5. 503; A 94, 124, 273;
honestyhonestly, A 539; courteously, R. 592; clearly, D 1142; prosperously,
L. 186, 277.
FAIRE, _s._ fair, market, B 1515; Fayre, _s._ fair, T. v. 1840; D 221.
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