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
ALLER, of all, _gen. pl. of_ Al; _our aller_, of us all, A 823; _hir
aller_, of them all, A 586. A.S. _ealra_, gen. pl. of _eall_. See ALDER.
ALLIAUNCE, _s._ alliance, 2. 42, 83; A 2973, C 605; kindred, 1. 58;
Alliance, marriage, espousal, E 357; All['i]aunc[`e], alliance, B 3523;
Alyaunce, B 4. p 6. 221.
ALLONE, _adj._ alone, 4. 141, 5. 455; B 2294, D 1862; _lat me a._, let me
alone, i.e. trust to me, T. iii. 413.
ALLOW, _1 p. s. pr._ (I) approve, (I) applaud, F 676.
ALLYE, _s._ ally, G. 292, 297; relative, B 3593.
ALLYEN, _ger._ to ally myself, E 1414; Allye, C 613; Allyen, _v._ C 618;
Allyed, _pp._ allied, 2. 65; T. i. 87; provided with friendly aid, B 3720.
ALMENAK, _s._ almanac, A. pr. 67.
ALMES-DEDE, _s._ alms-deed, alms-doing, B 1156.
ALMESSE, _s._ alms, B 168, 2757, D 1609, I 377; Almesses, _s. pl._
almsdoings, I 1030.
ALMEST; see ALMOST.
ALMICANTERAS, _s. pl._ small circles of declination (in the celestial
sphere), A. i. 18. 2, 8. Arabic _muqantarah_, a solar quadrant, or
sun-dial; pl. _muqantar[=a]t_, circles parallel to the horizon; from
_qantara_, he bent.
ALMIGHTY, _adj._ 1. 1.
ALMOST, _adv._ almost, A 155, 894; Almest, B 3. p 2. 52; B 1948.
ALMURY, _s._ the 'denticle' or tooth-like point or pointer situate on the
Rete near the 'head' of Capricorn, A. i. 23. 1. Arabic _al-mur'[=i]_, the
indicator.
ALOES, _pl._ aloe, _in comp._ ligne-aloes, T. iv. 1137. (_Aloes_ is a pl.,
not a gen. case here; see _Aloe_ in the New E. Dict.)
A-LOFTE, _adv._ aloft, up, T. i. 922; on high, T. v. 259.
A-LONDE, _adv._ on land, ashore, L. 2166; _him were lever a-londe_, he
would rather be on land, L. 2413.
ALONG ON, along of, owing to, T. iii. 783; Along on me, along of me, T. ii.
1001.
ALOON, _adj._ alone, R. 450; _her aloon_, all by herself, L. 2378.
AL-OONLY, _adv._ solely, B 5. p 4. 95; Al-only, B 3. P 6. 35; T. v. 1779.
ALOSE, _v._ commend, T. iv. 1473. O.F. _aloser_, to praise; from _los_,
praise.
AL-OUTERLY, _adv._ entirely, absolutely, 3. 1244; L. 626; Al-outrely, T. i.
382, v. 1694; wholly, B 3. p 12. 82; B 4. p 2. 135, p 7. 3; All-utterly,
HF. 296. Lit. 'all utterly.'
ALPES, _pl._ bull-finches, R. 658. 'Alpe, a byrde, _Ficedula_'; Prompt.
Parv.
ALSO, AL-SO, _adv._ and _conj._ as, R. 212, 1122; T. iii. 1388; HF. 656,
1532; A 730, 3870, B 396, D 1215, H 80; Al-so, _adv._ so, A 3104; HF. 629;
Alswa, also (Northern), A 4085; Also many, as many, L. 528; Also muche as,
as much as, D 2134; Als, also, besides, 3. 728; HF. 2071; T. ii. 726; B
3973, F 1598; as, B 2850; _frequently used in expressing a wish_, 4. 267,
7. 202.
ALTERCACIOUN, _s._ altercation, dispute, B 4427, E 1473.
ALTEREN, _v._ to alter; Altered, _pt. s._ T. iii. 1778.
ALTHER, _gen. pl._ of all, A 823_n_. _The same as_ Alder, Aller, _gen. pl.
of_ Al.
ALTHER-FAIREST, _adj. superl._ fairest of all, R. 625.
ALTHER-FASTEST, _adv. sup._ as fast as possible, HF. 2131.
ALTHERFIRST, _adv._ first of all, at first, HF. 1368.
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