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
LIST, _pr. s. impers._ it pleases (_usually with dat._), 5. 441; 7. 231; L.
2042, 2179; A. ii. 3. 1; A 1201, B 521, 701, 766, C 13, D 153, E 647, 933,
F 118, 122, 161, 315, G 234, I 69; _me list right evel_, I was in no mind
to, 3. 239; _you list_, it pleases you, 11. 77; List, _pr. s. pers._ is
pleased, pleases, T. i. 518, 797; 1. 172; 16.35; L. 2249; wishes, A 3176; B
3185, 3330, 3509, 3709; Listeth, _pr. s. impers._ (it) pleases, T. ii. 700;
_pers_. pleases, is pleased, HF. 511; likes, F 689; Listen, _2 pr. pl._ are
pleased, T. iii. 1810; Listen, _pr. pl._ list, choose, B 2234; Listen
trete, choose to write, L. 575; Liste, _pt. s. impers._ (it) pleased, L.
332, 1244; 7. 190, 199; A 102, 1052, B 1048, G 1313; T. iii. 21; _her
liste_, it pleased her, she cared, 3. 878, 962; 7. 190; _him liste_, he
wanted, 4. 92; _hem liste_, (it) pleased them, F 851; Liste _pt. s. pers._
liked, L. 1407; Liste, _pr. s. subj._ may please, R. 14; A. ii. 27. 1; L.
2387; D 318, F 327. A.S. _lystan_. See LEST.
LISTES, _pl. in sing. sense_, lists, a place enclosed for tournaments, A
63; place of tournament, A 1713, 1862, 1884, F 668.
LISTES, _s. pl._ wiles; _in his l._, by means of his wiles, 1. 85.
LISTETH, _imp. pl._ listen ye, B 1902, 2023. A.S. _hlystan_, to hear.
LITARGE, _s._ litharge, ointment prepared from protoxide of lead, A 629;
protoxide of lead, G 775. See Webster.
LITARGIE, _s._ lethargy, B 1. p 2. 14; Lytargye, T. i. 730.
LITE, _adj._ little, I 295; _as s._, a little, T. i. 291; A. ii. 12. 8, 15.
5; _adv._ little, T. iv. 1330. See LYTE.
LITEL, _adj._ little, 1. 38; A 87, 438, 490, B 73, 1190; _l. of_, small in,
deficient in, 5. 513; _into l._, within a little, very nearly, T. iv. 884.
LITESTERE, _s._ dyer, 9. 17. From Icel. _litr_, colour, dye; _lita_, to
dye.
LITH, _s._ limb (viz. of herself), B 4065; limb, 3. 953. A.S. _lidh_.
LITHERLY, _adv._ ill, A 3299. A.S. _l[=y]dher_, evil.
LIVEN, _v._ live, A 506, E 109; _ger._ 3. 17; A 335; Livestow, livest thou,
C 719; Liveth, _pr. s._ A 1028; Liveden, _pt. pl._ lived, D 1877; Livinge,
_pres. pt._ living, 22. 2, 52.
LIVERE (1), _s._ liver, D 1839.
LIVERE (2), _s._ liver (one who lives), B 1024.
LIVEREE, _s._ livery, A 363.
LIVINGE, _s._ life-time, 7. 188; manner of life, C 107; state of life, G
322; Lyvinge, C 847.
LIXT, liest; see LYE (2).
LO, _interj._ lo! 1. 15, 18; A 3017; T. i. 302, 399, 469, 480, 514, 1049,
&c. (Very common).
LODE (l[`o][`o]d[*e]), _s._ load, A 2918.
LODEMENAGE, _s._ pilotage, A 403. '_Lodemanage_ is the hire of a pilot, for
conducting a ship from one place to another': Cowel, Law Dict.
LODESMEN, _s. pl._ pilots, L. 1488. See note.
LODE-STERRE, _s._ polar star, lodestar, T. v. 232, 1392; A 2059; 26. 12
(see vol. iv. p. xxix).
LOFTE, _dat._ loft, upper room, L. 2709; _on lofte_, in the air, HF. 1727;
aloft, B 277.
LOGGE, _s._ lodge, resting-place, B 4043.
LOGGING, _s._ lodging, B 4185.
LOGIK, _s._ logic, A 286.
LOKE, _s._; see LOOK.
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