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
KESSE, _v._ kiss, E 1057; Keste, _pt. s._ F 350. (A Kentish form.) See
KISSEN.
KEVERE, _ger._ to cover, B 2. p 2. 28 _n_; _v._ to recover, T. i. 917;
Kevered, _pp._ covered, 5. 271; HF. 275, 352.
KEYE, _s._ key, 7. 323; 10. 39; T. v. 460; L. 26; E 2044, G 1219; key (_in
place of_ rudder: see note), B 3. p 12. 55; Keyes, _pl._ keys, D 309.
KICHENES, _pl._ kitchens, D 869.
KICHIL, _for_ Kechil, D 1747 _n_.
KID, KIDDE; see KYTHEN.
KIDE, _s._ kid, A 3260; Kides, _gen._ kid's, E 1364.
KIKE, _v._ kick, D 941.
KILLE, _v._; _pr. pl._ kill, L. 1216.
KIMELIN, _s._ a large shallow tub, A 3548, 3621 (see note to 3548). Cf.
A.S. _cumb_, E _coomb_.
KIN, _s._ kindred, R. 268; L. 1864, 1980; B 3121; race, G 829; _som kin_,
of some kind, B 1137; Kinnes, _gen._ kind's; _alles kinnes_, of every kind,
HF. 1530.
KINDE, _s._ nature, R. 412, 1699; 3. 16, 56; 4. 282; 5. 672; 6. 2; 22. 56;
B 1. p 6. 30; L. 246, 2449; B 1840, 2973, G 41, 659, H 183, I 727; race,
lineage, stock, D 1101, G 121; seed, I 965; the natural world, HF. 584; T.
iii. 1437, F 469; natural bent, F 608, 619; natural disposition, 7. 149;
HF. 43; natural ordinance, 3. 494, 512; kind, species, 5. 174, 311, 360,
450; _of k._, by nature, naturally, T. ii. 370; F 768; Kindes, _pl._ sorts,
HF. 204. (Dissyllabic.)
KINDE, _adj._ kind, A 647; natural, T. ii. 970; HF. 834, 836.
(Dissyllabic.)
KINDE, _adv._ kindly, 7. 267.
KINDELY, _adj._ natural, HF. 842; Kindeliche, HF. 829; Kyndely, 3. 761;
Kindly, HF. 730.
KINDELY, _adv._ by nature, B 4. p 2. 69; D. 402; naturally, HF. 832, 852; I
491; Kindeliche, B 3. m 11. 16; Kyndely, by nature, 3. 778; Kyndly,
naturally, 2. 71.
KINDENESSE, _s._ kindness, 4. 298; love, devotion, L. 665.
KINDLED, _pp._ A 2295.
KING, _s._ A 324; (said of the queen bee) I 468; Kinges, _gen._ T. ii. 400;
3. 282; Kinges note, the name of a tune, A 3217; Kinges, _pl._ B 3558.
KINNES, _gen. of_ Kin.
KINREDE, _s._ kindred, T. v. 979; B 2558, F 735, 1565, I 201; relations, A
1286, 3967; birth, A 2790; family, L. 2094; Kinredes, _pl._ families, B 2.
m 7. 9. A.S. _cynr[=ae]den_.
KIRTEL, _s._. kirtle, A 3321; Kirtle (_dat._), F 1580; Kirtles, _pl._ R.
778; Kirtels, _pl._ 5. 235. A _kirtle_ usually means a short skirt with a
body. '_Kirtle_, jacket with petticoat attached to it': Schmidt, Shak.
Lexicon.
KISSEN, _v._ kiss, L. 761; Kisse, _v._ L. 768; Kesse, _v._ (Kentish), E
1057; Kisseth, _pr. s._ 4. 76; Kiste, _pt. s._ R. 1291; L. 2208; B 385,
3632, 3746, E 679; Keste, _pt. s._ (Kentish), F 350; Kiste, _pt. pl._ R.
788; Kist, _pp._ L. 1337; _kist they been_, they have kissed each other, B
1074. A.S. _cyssan_.
KISSING, _s._ kissing, R. 342.
KITTE, _pt. s._ cut, B 600, 1761, D 722. From infin. _cutte_ (C 954).
KNAKKES, _s. pl._ tricks, A 4051 _n_, I 652; contemptible ways, 3. 1033.
Cf. E. _knack_.
KNARRE, _s._ a knotted, thickset fellow, sturdy churl, A 549. Properly, a
knot in wood; see below.
KNARRY, _adj._ full of thick knots, gnarled, A 1977.
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