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
LOOKINGE, _s._ gaze, B 1. p 3. 4. See LOKING.
LOOS (l[`o][`o]s), _s._ praise, renown, R. 1161; HF. 1621, 1626, 1722,
1817, 1900; B 2834, 3036, G 1368. O. F. _los._ See LOS (2).
LOOS (l['o]['o]s), _adj._ loose, 5. 570; A 4064, 4138, 4352; Lous, free,
HF. 1286. See LAUS.
LOOTH (l[`o][`o]th), _adj._ loath, odious, A 486, 1837, F 1519, 1599, H
145; hateful, A 3393; T. iii. 732; full of dislike, B 2. p 4. 28; _me were
l._, it would displease me, B 91; _as s._, what is hateful, misery, L.
1639. See LOTH. A.S. _l[=a]dh_.
LOOTH, _adv._ with dislike, T. ii. 1234.
LOOTHLY, _adj._ hideous, D 1100.
LOPPE, _s._ a spider, A. i. 3. 4, 19. 2. A.S. _lobbe_, a spider.
LOPPEWEBBE, _s._ cobweb, A. i. 21. 2. See LOPPE.
LORD, _s._ lord, A 65, 172, 355, 580; Lordes, _gen._ A 47, D 1151; Lordes
sone, the son of the lord, R. 1250; Lord, sovereign; 'lord of the
assendent,' A. ii. 4. 20; _by our lord_, pronounced _by 'r lord_, 3. 651,
690; Lordes, _pl._ A 943, F 91.
LORDE, _v._; Lordeth, _pr. s._, rules over, 4. 166.
LORDINGS, _s. pl._ sirs, C 329, 573, I 15; Lordinges, sirs, my masters, A
761, B 16, 2143, 2212, 2228, 3429, E 1163.
LORDSHIPE, _s._ lordship, rank, R. 1176; E 797; power, authority, A 1625, F
743, I 439; rule, B 2706; patronage, T. iii. 76; Lordship, T. iii. 79;
Lordshipes, _pl._ control, B 3. p 4. 3; official powers, B 2666;
authorities, I 752, 754, 757; posts of authority, I 441.
LORE (l[`o][`o]r[*e]), _s._ teaching, 7. 244; 10. 47, 49; L. 2450;
instruction, advice, T. i. 1090; lesson, T. i. 645. 754; ii. 397; teaching,
instruction, B 342, G 414; learning, B 761; study, G 842; learning,
experience, knowledge, B 4, 1168, E 87, 788; experience, C 70; profit, 5.
15; doctrine, A 527. A.S. _l[=a]r._
LORE, _pp. of_ Lese.
LOREL, _s._ wretch, worthless man, abandoned wretch, B 1. p 4. 222; D 273.
LOREN, _pp. of_ Lese.
LORER, _s._ laurel, R. 1379; Loreres, _pl._ R. 1313. See LAURER.
LORN, _pp. of_ Lese.
LOS (1), _s._ loss, 3. 1302; T. iv. 89; L. 997; A 2543, 4186, B 27, 28, F
450; occasion of perdition, D 720.
LOS (2), _s._ praise, renown, fame, L. 1514; report, L. 1424; _til her
loses_, for their praises, in praise of them, HF. 1688. O.F. _los_. See
LOOS.
LOSENGERE, _s._ flatterer, R. 1050; Losengeour, L. 352, B 4516; Losengeres,
_pl._ R. 1056, 1064, 1069. O. F. _losengeur_.
LOSENGERIE, _s._ flattery, I 613. (Occurs in P. Plowman.)
LOSENGES, _pl._ lozenges, HF. 1317; small diamond-shaped shields, R. 893.
LOST, _s._ loss, B 2. p 4. 120. See _lost_ in Stratmann.
LOSTE, _pt. s._ lost, 3. 75; T. iv. 1151; F 1016; Loste, _1 pt. s._ should
lose, T. ii. 1749; Losten, _1 pr. pl._ lost, A 936; _pt. pl._ B 4562, G
398; Lost, _pp._ 1. 152; 3. 703; 15. 7; B 175. From infin. _losien_.
LOT, _s._ lot, L. 1933.
LOTH (l[`o][`o]th), _adj._ loath, 3. 8; displeasing, R. 233; Lothe, _pl._
loathsome, 3. 581. See LOOTH.
LOTHER, _adj. comp._ more hateful, L. 191.
LOTHEST, _adj. superl._ most loath, T. ii. 237; F 1313.
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