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
AGRYSEN, _v._ shudder, tremble, feel terror, B 1. p 3. 15; Agryse, _v._
feel terror, HF. 210; T. ii. 1435; B 614, C 280, D 1649; Agrysest, _2 pr.
s._ dreadest, B 2. p 1. 45; Agryseth, _pr. s._ trembles, shivers, B 1. m 6.
7; Agr[`o][`o]s, _pt. s._ shuddered, was terrified, became frightened, T.
ii. 930; L. 830, 2314; A-grisen, _pp._ filled with dread, B 3. p 1. 12.
A.S. _[=a]gr[=i]san_; pt. t. _[=a]gr[=a]s_; pp. _[=a]grisen_.
AGU, _s._ ague, B 4150.
AGUILER, _s._ needle-case, R. 98.
A-HEIGH, _adv._ aloft, B 5. m 5. 16.
AIOURNE (Ajourne), _imp. s._ adjourn, summon on another day, 1. 158.
AIR, _s._ air, D 2254. See EIR.
AIUGED (Ajuged), _pp._; _a. biforn_, prejudged, B 1. p 4. 72 (Lat.
_praeiudicatae_.)
AKE, _v._ ache, T. ii. 549; L. 705; _ger._ HF. 632; Ake, _pr. pl._ ache, T.
iii. 1561; Aken, _pr. pl._ B 2113.
AKETOUN, _s._ a short sleeveless tunic, worn under the hauberk, B 2050. Fr.
_hoqueton_, O.Fr. _auqueton_, a cloak, a stuff for cloaks; originally
_alqueton_, Span. _alcoton_, Arabic _al-q[=u]tun_, where _al_ is the
article, and _q[=u]tun_ is our _cotton_.
AKINGE, _s._ aching, pain, T. i. 1088.
AKNOWE, _v._; Aknowe, _pp._ conscious; _am aknowe_, I acknowledge, B 1. p
4. 109, B 4. p 4. 1.
AKORNES, _s. pl._ acorns, fruits, B 4. m 3. 19. See ACORNS.
AL, _adj._ all, A 10; Alle, _pl._ all, A 26, 53; Al, every, R. 1586; _as
s._ everything, T. iii. 1764; _al a_, the whole of a, A 854, G 996; _and
al_, and all, 3. 116; B 3275; _at al_, in every respect, wholly, C 633, E
1222; at all, D 1078; _in al_, altogether, entirely, B 1. p 6. 43; B 4. p
4. 193; _al day_, all the day, 3. 1105:--Al, _adv._ quite, entirely,
altogether, 5. 540; L. 1765, 1766; B 2289, 3215, 3451, E 1629, I 357; all
over, R. 840; _al on highte_, quite aloud, A 1784; _al by oon assent_,
quite with one accord, 5. 557:--Al, _conj._ although, HF. 1740; T. i. 17;
B 2173, C 212, D 87, F 878; L. 58, 160, 384, 1392, 1420, 1841, 2392;
whether, G 839; _al be_, although, albeit, 4. 274, 5, 436; A 297; _al be
that_, although, 5. 8:--Al and som, the whole matter (collectively and
severally), D 91, F 1606; T. ii. 363; L. 998, 2384; Al and somme, each and
all, all, the whole, 7. 26; Al and som, 5. 650; Alle and some, one and all,
A 3136, B 263, C 336, D 1643, E 941; T. iii. 607, v. 883; HF. 46; Al only,
_adv._ merely, simply, 2. 62; B 2662; Al so, so, E 1226; Al thing,
everything, R. 53; Al thus, exactly thus, 5. 30. See ALLE.
AL, _s._ awl, 13. 11. See OULES.
ALABASTRE, _s._ alabaster, A 1910.
ALAMBYK (['a]lamb['y]k), _s._ alembic, T. iv. 520; Alembykes, _pl._ G 794.
'_Alambique_, a limbeek, a stillatory'; Cotgrave. A kind of retort for
distilling. O.F. _alambic_, from Span. _alambique_; from Arab, _al-anbiq_;
where _anbiq_ answers to Gk. [Greek: ambix], a cup, also the cap of a
still.
ALAUNTS, _pl._ dogs of a huge size (see note), A 2148.
ALAYES, _s. pl._ alloy, E 1167.
AL-BE-IT, although, L. 1363; E 1537; A. ii. 12. 8; Al be it so that, A. ii.
31. 6.
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