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
GENERAL, _adj._ with wide sympathies, liberal, 3. 990; general, 1. 60; F
945; _in g._, generally, 10. 56; 13. 26; in a troop, T. i. 162.
GENERALLY, _adv._ everywhere, T. i. 86.
GENT, _adj._ refined, exquisite, noble, 5. 558; B 1905; slim, A 3254;
Gente, _fem._ graceful, R. 1032.
GENTERYE, _s._ nobility, magnanimity, L. 394; gentility, D 1146; Gentrye,
gentle birth, I 452; rank, I 461; Gentrie, sign of good birth, I 601.
GENTIL, _adj._ gentle, refined, 5. 196; 14. 2; A 72, B 2831, D 1170;
gentle, worthy, B 1627, F 452; excellent, A 718, B 3123; mild in manner,
compassionate, A 647, F 483; noble, B 3. p 6. 31; well-bred, D 1111;
beautiful, R. 1081; charming, R. 1016, 1216; Gentile, _fem. adj. as s._
gentle (woman), H 217.
GENTILLESSE, _s._ gentleness, noble kindness, courtesy, good breeding, 2.
68; 4. 279; 18. 8; L. 610, 1010, 1080; A 920, 3179, C 54, F 1524, I 154,
464; nobility, B 3. p 6. 24, B 3854; gentility, 14. 1; D 1109, 1117, 1130;
worth, E 96; kindness, G 1054; condescension, B 853; high birth, I 585;
slenderness, symmetry, F 426; delicate nurture, E 593.
GENTILLESTE, _adj. sup._ noblest, E 72, 131; Gentileste, gentlest, T. i.
1080; most delicate, 5. 373; Gentilest (_before a vowel_), noblest, 5. 635.
GENTILLY, _adv._ gently, honourably, A 3104, F 1608; courteously, B 1093;
frankly, F 674.
GENTIL-MAN, gentleman, L. 1264; D 1116.
GENTILS, _s. pl._ gentlefolk, 7. 67; A 3113, C 323, D 1209, E 480.
GENTIL-WOMAN, _s._ lady of gentle birth, L. 1306; Gentil-wommen, _pl._ L.
1370.
GENTRYE; see GENTERYE.
GEOMANCIE, _s._ divination by figures made on the earth, I 605. See note to
A 2045.
GEOMETRIE, _s._ geometry, A 1898.
GEOMETRIENS, _s. pl._ geometricians, B 3. p 10. 28.
GERDOUN, _s._ guerdon, B 2. p 3. 47 _n_.
GERE (g[`e][`e]r[*e]), _s._ gear, armour, T. ii. 635, 1012; A 2180;
equipment, A 4016; property, T. iv. 1523; B 800; utensils, A 352; apparel,
A 365, 1016, E 372; Geres, _pl_. contrivances, F 1276.
GERE (g[`e][`e]r[*e]), _s._ changeful manner, 3. 1257; A 1372; Geres, _pl._
changeful ways, A 1531. Cf. GERFUL.
GERFUL, _adj._ changeable, T. iv. 286; A 1538. Cf. GERY.
GERL, _s._ girl, wench, A 3769; Girles, _pl._ young people (of either sex),
A 664.
GERLAND, _s._ garland, R. 566; A 666, 1054, 1929, 1961, G 27; Gerl['a]nd,
R. 869; Gerlond, R. 871, 1689; Garlands, _pl_. L. 2614; Garlondes, 5. 259.
GERNER, _s._ garner, A 593; Garnere, R. 1148; Gerneres, _pl._ B 1. p 4. 54.
GERY, _adj._ changeable, A 1536 (see note); T. iv. 286 _n_.
GESSE, _v._ suppose, imagine, R. 1115; T. iii. 984, 1241, v. 1616; HF.
1080; B 622; Gessen, _ger._ to judge of, B 1. p 4. 119; Gesse, _1 pr. s._
suppose, 4. 195; 5. 160; T. i. 656; L. 419, 893, 986, 1665; A 82, 117, B
3435, 3960, D 1195, E 469, F 609, G 977, I 175; Gessing, _pres. pt._
intending, L. 363.
GESSINGE, _s._ opinion, B 1. p 4. 202, 212, 219.
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