ALPHABETICALLY, the references are to A (Group A of Cant. Tales); A. (Astrolabe); B (Group B of C. T.); B 1 ... B 5 (Boethius, books 1 to 5); C, D, E, F, G, H, I (Groups C to I of C. T.); HF. (House of Fame); L. (Legend of Good Women); R. (Romaunt of the Rose); T. i. ... T. v. (Troilus, books 1 to 5). The Minor Poems, numbered 1 to 23, are given above. When the letter '_n_' follows a reference, the given form will not be found in the text, but in the footnotes. ABBREVIATIONS. Besides _s._, _adj._, and _adv._, for _substantive_, _adjective_, _adverb,_, the following are used in a special sense:--_v._, a verb in the infinitive mood; _ger._, gerund; _pr. s._, present tense, 3rd person singular; _pr. pl._, present tense, 3rd person plural. Other persons are denoted by the figures 1 or 2. The etymology of words is given occasionally, in the case of some of the more difficult words. Languages are cited in the usual manner, as A.F. for Anglo-French, O.F. for Old French, A.S. for Anglo-Saxon, and the like. A large number of references are given, but they are by no means exhaustive. I have tried to include nearly all words to which any interest is likely to be attached. In the case of verbal forms, every form is duly parsed. References to 'notes' are to the Notes in the present edition. Proper names will be found in a separate Index. * * * * * A, the first letter of the alphabet, T. i. 171; the letter A, A 161. A, _indef. art._ a, A 24, &c.; _al a_, the whole of a, E 1165; one, D 1396; one and the same, 21. 5; about, some, L. 2075. A, _prep._ on, T. ii. 1098; A 3516; on (the), R. 163; in, H 318; for, 3. 370, 758; in (the), T. i. 363; A-nighte, by night, B 3758, G 880; A-dayes, a-days, E 1164, G 1396; A-morwe, on the morrow, A 822; A three, in three, A 2934; A goddes half, 'on God's side,' in God's name, D 50; A goddes name, in God's name, A 854. A! _int._ ah! 3. 213. A! HA! _interj._ aha! T. i. 868, ii. 589, iii. 65; B 1629, D 586; HF. 865. ABAISSEN, _ger._ to be dismayed, B 4. p 7. 56; Abaisshed, _pp._ abashed, B 1. p 1. 57; Abaysshed, _pp._ abashed, shy, T. iii. 1233; Abayst, _pp._ amazed, spell-bound, B 3. m 12. 23; abashed, cast down, T. iii. 94, 1122; disconcerted, E 317, 1011; Abaysed, amazed, E 1108. See ABASSHEN. ABAK, _adv._ backwards, A 3736, B 2017; aback, back, L. 864. ABAKWARD, _adv._ backward, B 3. m 12. 41. ABANDOUNE, _v._ devote, I 713; Abandouneth, _pr. s._ abandons, B 2767; Abaundoneth, B 2767. ABASSHEN, _v._ fear, be abashed, R. 1552; Abasshed, _pp._ abashed, confused, 5. 447; confounded, R. 805, 1519; disconcerted, B 568. See ABAISSEN. ABATE, _v._ lower, put down, B 3780; depreciate, R. 286; Abate, _2 pr. s. subj._ subtract, A. ii. 10. 8; Abated, _pp._ enfeebled, B 3. p 5. 33; put down, I 191. ABAUNDONETH, _pr. s._ abandons, B 2767. See ABANDOUNE.