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
GANETH, _pr. s._ yawneth, H 35. A.S. _g[=a]nian_, to yawn, gape.
GAPE, _v._ gape, gasp, B 3924; Gapeth, _pr. s._ opens his mouth, L. 2004;
Gape (_also_ Cape), _pr. pl._ gape, stare, A 3841; Gaped, _pt. s._ gazed, A
3473; Gapeden, _pt. pl._ opened their mouths wide, B 1. p 4. 71; Gaping,
_pres. pt._ gaping, A 3444; with open mouth, B 4232; wide open, A 2008. See
CAPE.
GAPINGES, _s. pl._ greedy wishes, B 2. m 2. 11 (Lat. _hiatus_).
GAPPE, _s._ gap, A 1639, 1645.
GARDIN, _s._ garden, B 3732, D 759, 764, E 2029, F 902, 908; Garden, 5.
183; Gard['i]n, R. 481; Gard['y]n, R. 512.
GARDIN-WAL, _s._ garden-wall, A 1060.
GARDINWARD, _adv._ gardenward; _to the g._, towards the garden, F 1505;
_unto the g._, A 3572.
GARGAT, _s._ throat, B 4524. O.F. _gargate_.
GARLANDS, _pl._ L. 2614; Garlondes, 5. 259. See GERLAND.
GARLEEK, _s._ garlic, A 634.
GARNEMENT, _s._ garment, R. 896. O.F. _garnement_.
GARNERE, _s._ garner, granary, R. 1148. See GERNER.
GARNISOUN, _s._ garrison, B 2217; Garnison, B 2527. O.F. _garnison_.
GAS, _pr. s._ goes (Northern), A 4037.
GASTLY, _adv._ terrible, A 1984.
GASTNESSE, _s._ terror, B 3. p 5. 19.
GAT, _pt. s. of_ Geten.
GATE, _s._ gate, door, 4. 119; R. 442, 1279; A 1415, C 729, D 1581; Gates,
_pl._ 5. 154.
GAT-TOTHED, _adj._ having the teeth far apart, A 468 (see note); D 603.
GAUDE, _s._ gaud, toy, pretence, T. ii. 351; trick, course of trickery, C
389; Gaudes, _pl._ pranks, I 651.
GAUD[`E], _adj._ dyed with weld, A 2079. Cf. Fr. _gauder_, to dye with
weld. See WELD.
GAUDED, _pp._ furnished with beads called _gauds_, A 159. (The bead or
_gaud_ was formerly called _gaudee_, from Lat. imp. pl. _gaudete_; see
Cotgrave.)
GAURE, _v._ stare, T. ii. 1157, v. 1152; Gauren, _ger._ to stare, gaze, A
3827, B 912, F 190; Gaureth, _pr. s._ B 3559.
GAY, _adj._ gay, finely dressed, 5. 234; A 74, 111; T. ii. 922; joyous, R.
435; wanton, A 3769; Gaye, _def._ gay, I 411.
GAYE, _adv._ finely, G 1017.
GAYER, _adj. comp._ 3. 407.
GAYLARD, _adj._ lively, A 3336. See GAILLARD.
GAYLER, _s._ gaoler, A 1064, B 3615; Gaylere, L. 2051.
GAYNE, _v._; Gayneth, _pr. s._ avails, A 1176, 1787, 2755; Gayned, _pt. s._
profited, T. i. 352. Icel. _gegna_.
GAYTRES BERYIES, berries of the gay-tree or gait-tree (goat-tree), berries
of the _Rhamnus catharlicus_, or buckthorn, B 4155. See note.
GAZE, _v._ gaze; Gazed, _pt. s._ E 1003.
GEAUNT, _s._ giant, 5. 344; T. v. 838; B 1997, 3298; Giaunts, _pl._ B. 3. p
12. 98.
GEBET, _s._ gibbet, gallows, HF. 106.
GEEN, _pp._ gone (Northern), A 4078. See GON.
GEES, _pl._ geese, B 4581, E 2275. See GOOS.
GEET, _s._ jet, B 4051_n_. See IEET.
GEETH, _pr. s._ goeth, goes, L. 2145. A.S. _g[=ae]dh_, he goes, from
_g[=a]n_, to go. See GON.
GELDING, _s._ A 691.
GEMME, _s._ gem, T. ii. 344; C 223, H 274; Gemmes, _pl._ 9. 30; E 254, 779.
GENDRES, _pl._ kinds, HF. 18.
GENERACIOUN, _s._ engendrure, D 116.
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