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
IN-COMINGE, _s._ incoming, entrance, T. ii. 1308.
INCONSTANCE, _s._ inconstancy, D 1958.
INCONVENIENT, _s._ inconvenience, B 5. P 3. 121.
INCUBUS, _s._ D 880.
INCUR['A]BLE, _adj._ B 3790.
INDE, _adj._ indigo, dark blue, R. 67. O.F. _inde_; later applied to
_light_ blue. See Cotgrave.
INDETERMINAT, _adj._ not marked upon the Astrolabe, A. ii. 17. _rubric_.
INDIFFERENTLY, _adv._ impartially, B 5. p 3. 91.
INDIGNACION, _s._ insubordination, I 402.
INDULGENCE, _s._ D 84.
INDURACIOUN, _s._ hardening, G 855.
INEQUAL, _adj._ unequal, A 2271; A. ii. 10. 4; Inequales, _pl._ of varying
length; _houres inequales_, hours formed by dividing the _duration of
daylight_ by twelve, A. ii. 8. 1, 10. 1.
INESTIMABLE, _adj._ invaluable, B 5. p 3. 137.
INFECT, _adj._ invalid, of no effect, A 320; dimmed, B 4. m 5. 9.
INFECTE, _v._ infect, H 39; Infecteth, _pr. s._ B 4. p 3. 53.
IN-FERE, _adv._ together, 4. 290; 9. 250; 23. 6; L. 217 _a_; B 328, D 924.
Orig. _in fere_, in company; from A.S. _ge-f[=e]r_, company.
INFERMETEE, _s._ infirmity, I 913.
INFERNAL, _adj._ A 2684; Infern['a]l, T. iv. 1543; of the lower regions, L.
1886; Infern['a]ls, _pl._ T. v. 368.
INFINIT, _adj._ infinite, A. i. 8. 9; Inf['i]nite, A 1259, 2827.
INFINITEE, _s._ infinity, B 5. p 6. 22.
INFIRME, _adj._ insufficient, B 5. m 2. 3.
INFLUENCE, _s._ influence (of stars), A. i. 21. 44; E 1968; Influences,
_pl._ T. iii. 618.
INFORMACIOUNS, _s. pl._ instructions, B 3060.
INFORTUNAT, _adj._ unfortunate, unlucky, inauspicious, B 302; A. ii. 4. 21.
INFORT['U]NE, _s._ misfortune, ill fortune, T. iii. 1626, iv. 185; B 3. p
7. 19; A 2021, B 3591.
INFORT['U]NED, _pp._ ill-starred, T. iv. 744.
INFORTUNING, _s._ unlucky condition, A. ii. 4. 27.
INGOT, _s._ an ingot, a mould for pouring metal into, G 1206, 1209, 1223;
Ingottes, _pl._ G 818.
INHELDE, _imp. s._ pour in, infuse, T. iii. 44; Inhielde, T. iii. 44 _n_.
See HELDE.
INIQUITEE, _s._ injustice, A 940.
INIURE (Injyyr[*e]), _s._ injury, T. iii. 1018.
INKE, _s._ ink, T. iii. 1693; L. 2491; A. ii. 5. 12.
IN-KNETTE, _pt. s._ knit up, drew in, T. iii. 1088.
INLY, _adv._ inwardly, intimately, extremely, greatly, T. i. 140, iii.
1606; R. 397, HF. 31; wholly, exquisitely, 3. 276.
IN-MID, _prep._ into, amid, HF. 923.
INMOEVABLETEE, _s._ immobility, B 5. p 6. 51.
INMORTAL, _adj._ immortal, T. i. 103; Immortal, 5. 73.
INNE, _dat. of_ IN, _s._
INNE, _adv._ in, within, T. i. 387, 821, ii. 6, 851, iv. 906; A. ii. 46. 4;
A 41, 1618, 3907, B 3193, F 578, G 880.
INNED, _pp._ housed, lodged, A 2192.
INNEREST, _adj. superl._ innermost, B 4. p 6. 82, 134.
INNOCENT, _as s._, innocent one, B 1825, D 1983.
INOBEDIENCE, _s._ disobedience, I 391.
INOBEDIENT, _adj._ disobedient, I 392.
INORDINATE, _adj._ unusual, I 414.
INPACIENCE, _s._ impatience, B 2734, I 673; B 2. p 1. 72; Impacience, I
391.
INPACIENT, _adj._ impatient, B. 2730; Impacient, I 401.
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