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
_Ignotum_, _s._ an unknown thing (see note), G 1457. Lat. _ignotum_, an
unknown thing; comp. _ignotius_, a less known thing.
I-GRAUNTED, _pp._ granted, T. iv. 665; see YGRAUNTED.
I-HALOWED, _pp._ view-hallooed (of the hart), 3. 379.
IK, I, A 3867, 3888; I, A 20, &c.; Ich, T. i. 678; B 39; &c.
IL, _adj._ evil, A 4174, 4184. (A Northern word.)
IL-HAYL, bad luck (to you), A 4089. (A Northern form.)
ILKE, _adj._ same, very, 3. 265; 4. 66; 5. 433; T. iv. 1253; HF. 1169; L.
538; A 64, 175, 3033, D 651, G 80, 501, 1366; _that ilke_, that same, B
3663; _ilke same_, very same, L. 779.
ILLUSIOUN, _s._ illusion, HF. 493; T. iii. 1041; F 1264; Illusion, F 1134;
Illusiouns, _pl._ T. v. 368.
ILYKE, _pl._ equal, A. i. 17. 17. See YLYKE.
IM['A]GE, _s._ image, T. iv. 235; Im['a]ges, _pl._ HF. 121, 1269; T. ii.
373; carved images, R. 142; statues, B 1. p 1. 19; images, figures, A 418
(see note).
IMAGINABLE, _adj._ B 5. p 4. 136.
IMAGINACIOUN, _s._ imagination, 3. 14; L. 355, 1523; D 2218; thought, HF.
278; fancy, notion, A 1094, 3612.
IMAGINATYF, _adj._; No-thing list him to been imaginatyf = it did not at
all please him to imagine, he did not care to think, F 1094.
IMAGINEN, _v._ imagine, T. ii. 836, iv. 1626; Imagining, _pres. pt._ E.
598.
IMAGINING, _s._ plotting, A 1995; fancy, 18. 36.
IMMORT['A]L, _adj._ immortal, 5. 73; Inmortal, T. i. 103.
IMPACIENCE, _s._ impatience, I 391. See INPATIENCE.
IMPACIENT, _adj._ impatient, I 401; Inpacient, B 2730.
IMPERIAL, _adj._ HF. 1361.
IMPERIE, _s._ government, rank, B 2. p 6. 8.
IMPERTINENT, _adj._ not pertinent, irrelevant, E 54.
IMPES, _pl._ grafts, scions, B 3146. A.S. _imp_.
IMPETREN, _pr. pl._ impetrate, ask for, B 5. p 3. 142.
IMPLYETH, _pr. pl._ involve, enwrap, B 5. m 1. 10.
IMPORT['A]BLE, _adj._ insufferable, B 3792, E 1144.
IMPOSICIOUN, _s._ imposition, tax, B 1. p 4. 66.
IMPOSS['I]BLE, _adj._ impossible, T. i. 783; L. 1839; _as s._, thing
impossible, D 688; Inposs['i]ble, T. iii. 525; F 1009.
IMPRESSEN, _v._ imprint, T. iii. 1543; Impresse, _v._ 26. 26 (see vol. iv.
p. xxx); T. ii. 1371; imprint (themselves), find an impression, E 1578;
Impresse, _pr. pl._ force themselves (upon), make an impression (upon), G
1071; Impressed, _pp._ B 5. m 4. 31.
IMPRESSIOUN, _s._ impression, T. i. 298; A 3613; remembrance, F 371;
Impression, E 1978; Impressiouns, _pl._ impressions, T. v. 372; notions,
HF. 39; Impressiounes, T. ii. 1238.
IMPUDENCE, _s._ I 391.
IMPUDENT, _adj._ I 397.
IN, _s._ dwelling, house, A 3547, 3622; inn, B 4216; lodging, B 1097, 1632,
D 350; Inne, _dat._ A 2436.
IN, _prep._ in, A 3, &c.; into, B 119; A. i. 16. 3; = come within, 20. 6;
on, I 105, 107; among, A. i. 10. 5; against, I 695.
_In manus tuas_, into Thy hands (see note), A 4287.
_In principio_, in the beginning, B 4353. Part of St. John, i. 1.
IN-AS-MUCHE, inasmuch, B 4611.
INCEST, _s._ I 963.
INCHE, _s._ inch, 3. 425.
INCLYNED, _pp._ bent aside, B 5. p 3. 132.
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