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
MONTH, _s._ month, A 92; Monthes, _pl._ A 704; T. ii. 50; Monthes, _gen.
pl._ (after _twelf_), B 1674. See MONETH.
MOOD (m['o]['o]d), _s._ anger, A 1760; thought, C 126. A.S. _m[=o]d_.
MOON (m[`o][`o]n), _s._ moan, lamentation, complaint, L. 1169, 1799, 2379.
See MONE.
MOORNE, _v._; Morne, _ger._ D 848; Moorne, _1 pr. s._ mourn, A 3704;
Moorneth, _pr. s._ F 819; Moorne, _pr. pl._ B 1933.
MOORNINGE, _s._ mourning, plaint, A 3706; Moorning, A 2968, B 621.
MOOT (m[`o][`o]t), _s. pl._ notes on a horn, 3. 376. See note.
MOOT (m['o]['o]t), _1 pr. s._ must, shall, 5. 642; 6. 85; T. iii. 1195, B
1853, 3104, E 872, F 41; Moot, _pr. s._ must, ought to, A 232, 732, 735,
1169, B 3697, D 980; is to (go), B 294; Mot, _1 pr. s._ may, 4. 267; must,
have to, 5. 469; T. iii. 47; B 227, 737, C 327; Most, _2 pr. s._ B 104;
Mot, _pr. s._ must, has to, L. 388, 1945; Mote, _2 pr. pl._ may, T. ii.
402; Moten, must, 5. 546; L. 343; Mote, _pr. pl._ must, 4. 198; L. 1925;
Mote, _pr. pl._ must, A 742; Moten, B 2560; ought, D 589; Mote (_or_ Moot),
_pr. s. subj._ may, HF. 102; L. 843; G 634, H 80; is sure to, L. 1632; Moot
(_or_ Mote) I goon, may I still go, may I still retain the power to walk, F
777; So moot (_or_ mote) I thee, as I may thrive, as I hope to thrive, C
309, D 361; As ever mote I, A 832, D 194; Foule moot thee falle, ill may it
befall thee, H 40; Moot (_or_ Mote) thou, mayst thou, B 1626, E 557; Moste,
_1 pt. s._ must (go), B 282; Moste, _pt. s._ must, 4. 250; must (go), HF.
187; must, ought to, B 2031, 3232, F 442; had to, B 886, G 523; ought to
(be), F 38; was made to, B 3700; Mosten, _pt. pl._ must, should, L. 99;
Moste, _pt. s. subj._ might, L. 1573, 1574, 2264; B 380, E 550; _us moste_,
it must be for us, we must resolve to, G 946. A.S. _m[=o]t_; pt. t.
_m[=o]ste_. See further under MOST.
MORAL, _adj._ excellent in character, T. iv. 1672; moral, T. ii. 167, v.
1836; A 307, C 325, 460.
MORALITEE, _s._ morality, A 3180, B 3687; moral tale, I 38; moral writing,
I 1088; moral of a tale, B 4630.
MORDRE, _s._ murder, R. 1136; 9. 64; A 1256, B 1820; _m. wol out_, B 4242.
MORDRE, _ger._ to murder, kill, L. 1536; _1 pr. s._ 7. 291; Mordred, _2 pt.
pl. subj._ were to murder, 3. 724; Mordred, _pp._ B 4195, D 801, E 725,
728.
MORDRER, _s._ murderer, 5. 353, 612; E 732; Mordrour, L. 2390.
MORDRING, _s._ murdering, A 2001.
MORE (m['o]['o]r[*e]), _adj._ greater, 7. 240; B 4. p 2. 139; T. i. 643, v.
819; HF. 1495, 2067; B 2396, E 1231; larger, HF. 500; A. i. 13. 2; More and
lesse, all alike, every one, B 959, C 275, D 934, F 1054; More or lesse,
10. 61; More and more, HF. 532; _withouten more_, without further trouble,
T. iv. 133. A.S. _m[=a]ra_.
MORE (m[`o][`o]re), _adv._ more, A 219; further, in a greater degree, B
3745, 3842.
MORE (m[`o]r[*e]), _s._ root, T. v. 25. A.S. _moru_. (The _o_ is open and
not fully long.)
MORMAL, _s._ sore, gangrene, A 386. See note.
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