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
LIGHTE, _v._ alight, descend, HF. 508; _pr. pt._ alight, L. 1713; Lighte,
_pt. s._ alighted, B 786, 1104, F 169, 1183, 1248; _in th' alighte,_
alighted in thee, B 1660.
LIGHTEN, _v._ shine, I 1037; shine out, B 3. m 11. 8; Lighted, _pp._
brightened, 1. 74; Light, _pp._ lighted, illuminated, L. 2506; Lighte,
_imp. s._ illumine, G 71.
LIGHTER, _adv. comp._ more easily, more readily; The lighter merciable,
more readily merciful on that account, L. 410.
LIGHTLES, _adj._ deprived of light, T. iii. 550.
LIGHTLY, _adv._ lightly, F 390; readily, 4. 205; quickly, I 534; easily, T.
ii. 289; A. ii. 14. 8; B 2229, G 1400, H 8, 77, I 1026, 1041; carelessly, I
1023; joyfully, A 1870; equably, B 2. p 7. 91.
LIGHTNE, _v._; Lightneth, _pr. s._ enlightens, clears, B 4. p 4. 132;
Lightned, _pp._ enlightened, illuminated, F 1050.
LIGHTNESSE (1), _s._ brightness, 5. 263.
LIGHTNESSE (2), _s._ agility, A 3383.
LIGHTSOM, _adj._ lightsome, gay, R. 936.
LIGNE, _s._ line, T. v. 1481.
LIGNE ALOES, wood of the aloe, T. iv. 1137. (Properly a compound, i.e.
_ligne-aloes_; where _aloes_ is a plural form.) See ALOES.
LIKEROUS, _adj._ lecherous, 9. 57; H 189; wanton, A 3244, 3345, E 214;
gluttonous, C 540; greedy after indulgence, D 466; desirous, eager, F 1119;
very vile (Lat. _nequissimi_), B 3. p 4. 19. Cf. O. F. _lekiere_, variant
of _lecheor_, a lecher.
LIKEROUSNESSE, _s._ lecherousness, D 611; licentiousness, I 430;
greediness, I 377; eagerness, I 741; appetite, C 84. See above.
LIKNED, _pp._ likened, B 2807.
LILIE, _s._ lily, R. 1015; A 1036, C 32, G 87, 220; _l. floures_,
lily-flowers, L. 161 a.
LILTING-HORNE, _s._ horn to be played for a lilt, HF. 1223.
LIMAILLE; see LYMAILLE.
L[)I]ME, _s._ limb, 3. 499; Limes, _pl._ limbs, R. 830; B 3. p 3. 64; T. i.
282, v. 709; A 2135, 2714, B 461, 772, 3802, C 35, E 682; members, I 136;
Limmes, _pl._ limbs, 3. 959; B 3284; Lemes, A 3886. A.S. _lim_.
LIMITACIOUN, _s._ limit, D 877.
LIMITOUR, _s._ limitor, a friar licensed to beg for alms within a certain
limit, A 209, D 874, 1265, 1711; Limitours, _pl._ D 866.
LINAGE, _s._ lineage, race, B 5. p 3. 146; A 1110, E 71, 795; family, D
1135; noble family, R. 258; descent, lineage, B 2751; noble family, R. 258;
high birth, B 3441, E 991; birth, descent, L. 1820, 2526; kinsfolk, B 2192;
kindred, B 999; consanguinity, L. 2602.
LIND, _s._ lime-tree, A 2922; Linde, _dat._ E 1211; Lindes, _pl._ R. 1385.
A.S. _lind_.
LIPPE, _s._ lip, A 133; Lippes, _pl._ A 128.
LIPSED, _pt. s._ lisped, A 264.
LISSE, _s._ comfort, T. v. 550; joy, T. iii. 343; assuaging, HF. 220;
solace, 3. 1040; alleviation, F 1238. A.S. _liss_.
LISSEN, _v._ alleviate, T. i. 702; Lisse, _v._ soothe, 6. 6; Lisse, _pr. s.
subj._ 3. 210; Lissed, _pp._ relieved, F 1170. A.S. _lissian_.
LIST (1), _s._ pleasure, T. iii. 1303; will, D 633. See LEST, LUST.
LIST (2), _s._ ear, D 634. A.S. _hlyst_, hearing; see _(h)l[:u]st_ in
Stratmann.
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