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
MAGNANIMITEE, _s._ magnanimity, I 731.
MAGNESIA, _s._ magnesia, G 1455. Lat. _magnesia_, so called because found
in Magnesia, in Thessaly.
MAGNIFICENCE, _s._ great well-doing, I 736; grandeur, E 815.
MAGNIFYED, _pp._ magnified, I 408.
MAGNIFYING, _s._ HF. 306.
MAGYK, -E; see MAGIK.
MAHEYM, _s._ maim, maiming, I 625. Mod. E. _maim_.
MAIDENHEDE; see MAYDENHEED.
MAILLE, _s._ mail, ringed armour, E 1202; Mayle, T. v. 1559. F. _maille_, a
mesh, Lat. _macula_.
MAISTER, _s._ master, B 1627, F 1202; doctor, D 2184; doctor (of divinity),
D 1638; (as a term of address) 17. 1; one in authority, A 261; _maister
tour_, principal tower, F 226; Maistres, _gen._ master's, F 1220; _pl._ A
576, B 141; Maystres, _pl._ B 3. m 2. 8.
MAISTERFUL, _adj._ masterful, T. ii. 756.
MAISTER-STRETE, _s._ chief street, main street, L. 1965, 2305; A 2902.
MAISTER-TEMPLE, _s._ chief temple, L. 1016.
MAISTER-TOUN, _s._ capital, chief town, L. 1591.
MAISTER-TOUR, _s._ chief tower, F 226.
MAISTOW, mayest thou, HF. 699; A. ii. 2. 6; A 1236. See MOWEN.
MAISTRESSE, _s._ mistress, I. 109, 140; 3. 797; 4. 33; L. 88; T. ii. 98; F
374; governess, C 106; Maistresses, _pl._ governesses, C 72.
MAISTRYE, _s._ mastery, great skill, R. 1208; A 3383; mastery, F 747, 764;
control, B 3689, C 58; superiority; _for the maistrye_, as regards
authority, A 165; victory, B 3582; specimen of skill, HF. 1074; art,
elegance, R. 842; Maistrie, mastery, B 2248, D 818; a masterly operation
(cf. F. _coup de m[^a]itre_), G 1060. O. F. _maistrie_. See MAYSTRIE.
MAIESTEE, _s._; _his real maiestee_ = his royal majesty, i.e. high treason,
B 1. p 4. 105, 156 (see note). See MAGESTEE.
MAKE, _s._ mate, 4. 17, 154; 5. 310, 371, 466, 587, 631, 657; L. 141; D
270, H 186; equal, match, HF. 1172; A 2556; wedded companion, wife, B 700,
1982, E 1289; bride, E 1882; husband, D 85, G 224; Makes, _pl._ mates, 5,
389; L. 158. A.S. _maca_, _gemaca_.
MAKE, _v._ make, A 184; compose, make up, write, 3. 782; L. 69, 364; B 96;
_ger._ to compose, to write (about), R. 41; Maken, _v._ L. 437; Make, _v._
pretend to, counterfeit, T. ii. 1522; Make, _1 pr. s._ write, L. 188; _pr.
s. subj._ may cause, L. 34 _a_; cause (it), T. ii. 959; Makestow, _2 pr.
s._ B 371; Maketh, _pr. s._ causes, A 3035; D 1833, 1884; Make, _pr. pl._
compose (poetry), 18. 82; Maken, _pr. pl._ make, utter, A 9; Maked, _pt.
s._ made, A 526, B 3318, 3690, D 1642, F 1000; Made, _1 pt. s._ made, A 33;
Made, _2 pr. s._ madest, L. 538; _pt. s._ composed, B 57; _hit m._, caused
it, HF. 1159; Made(n), _pt. pl._ made, 3. 510, B 3523; Makeden, _pt. pl._
T. iv. 121; Made, _pt. s. subj._ may have made, 4. 227; Made ... broght,
caused to be brought, HF. 155; Maked, _pp._ made, 3. 578; A 1247, B 1722,
1727, 2445, G 484, I 149; composed, 5. 677; Maad, _pp._ made, 9. 60; T. i.
251, 553; A 394, 668, B 3607, F 222, G 1459; Mad, _pp._ 3. 415; 4. 278.
MAKELEES, _adj._ peerless, T. i. 172. See MAKE, _s._
MAKER, _s._ author, composer, T. v. 1787.
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