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
MANNISH, _adv._ like a man, boisterously, E 1536.
MANSIOUN, _s._ dwelling, A 1974; (a term in astrology), F 50 (see note);
mansion (of the moon), F 1285; Mansiouns, _pl._ daily positions or
'stations' of the moon, F 1130.
MANSLAUHTRE, _s._ manslaughter, 9. 64; Manslaughtre, C 593, I 564.
MANSUETE, _adj._ courteous, T. v. 194.
MANSUETUDE, _s._ meekness, I 654.
MANTEL, _s._ mantle, cloak, R. 224, 459; T. ii. 380; A 378, B 3904.
MANTELET, _s._ short mantle, A 2163.
MANY, _adj._ many; Many a, A 168; Many oon, Many a one, A 317.
MANYE, _s._ mania, A 1374.
MANY-FOLD, numerous, 20. 1.
MAPPEMOUNDE, map of the world, 12. 2. F. _mappemonde_ (Cotgrave).
MAPUL, _s._ maple-tree, A 2923; Maples, _pl._ R. 1384.
MARBEL, _s._ marble, T. i. 700; A 1893; Marbul, F 500.
MARBLE-STOON, _s._ marble-stone, piece of marble, R. 1462; Marbul-stones,
_pl._ blocks of marble, B 1871.
MARCHAL, _s._ marshal, E 1930. See MARSHAL.
MARCHANDYSE, _s._ merchandise, barter, I 777.
MARCHANT, _s._ merchant, 9. 22; A 270, B 132, I 777; Marchaunts, _pl._ B
122.
MARCIAL, _adj._ warlike, T. iv. 1669.
MARCIEN, _adj._ devoted to Mars, D 610.
MARE, _s._; _see_ MERE.
MAREYS, _s._ marsh, D 970; Mareys, _pl._ marshes, B 2. p 7. 26; B 3. p 11.
76.
MARGARETES, _pl._ pearls, B 3. m 10. 12 _n_.
MARGIN, edge, A. i. 21. 6.
MARIAGE, _s._ marriage, A 212, 3095, D 3.
MARIE, _interj._ marry, i.e. by St. Mary, G 1062.
MARIED, _pt. s. trans._ (he) caused to be married, E 1130.
MARINEER, _s._ mariner, B 1627; Marineres, _pl._ B 4. m 3. 16; Mariners, L.
2169.
MARK (1), _s._ mark, fixed spot, L. 784; Marke (_read_ Mark), A. ii. 43
_a._ 3 (p. 231); sex, race, D 696; sign, I 98; Merk, image, F 880.
MARK (2), _s._ a piece of money, of the value of 13_s._ 4_d._ in England, G
1026; _pl._ Mark, i.e. marks, C 390. See note to C 390.
MARKE, _v._; Markede, _pt. s._ marked, B 4. m 7. 39.
MARKET, _s._ D 2188.
MARKET-BETER, _s._ swaggerer in a market (see note), A 3936.
MARKET-PLACE, _s._ E 1583.
MARKIS, _s._ a marquis, E 64; _gen. sing._ marquis's, 994. F. _marchis_,
Low Lat. _marchensis_, a governor of the _marches_ or frontiers.
MARKISESSE, _s._ a marchioness, E 283, 394, 942, 1014.
MARLE-PIT, _s._ marl-pit, A 3460. (Trisyllabic.)
MARSHAL, _s._ marshal of the hall, A 752; Marchal, marshal, E 1930.
MARTIR, _s._ martyr, A 17; T. iv. 623.
MARTIRDOM, _s._ martyrdom, E 2283; torment, A 1460.
MARTYRE, _s._ martyrdom, T. iv. 818.
MARTYRE, _v._; Mart['y]reth, _pr. s._ torments, A 1562.
MARY-BONES, _s. pl._ marrow-bones, A 380.
MARYE, _s._ marrow, pith, B 3. p 11. 86; Mary, C 542; Maryes, _s. pl._
marrows, pith, B 3. p 11. 84.
MASCULIN, _adj._ male, B 2. p 3. 28.
MASE, _s._ maze, labyrinth, L. 2014; bewilderment, T. v. 468; bewildering
position, B 4283.
MASED, _adj._ bewildered, 3. 12; B 526, 678; stunned with grief, 7. 322.
See MAZE.
MASEDNESSE, _s._ amaze, E 1061.
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