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
AMONESTE, _v._ admonish; Amonesteth, _pr. s._ B 5. p 5. 14; I 76;
recommends, B 2484.
AMONESTINGE, _s._ admonition, B 5. p 1. 3; I 518.
AMONG, _adv._ as well, T. iii. 1816; all the while, 3. 298.
AMONGES, _adv._ sometimes, variously, B 2. p 1. 77.
AMONGES, _prep._ amongst, A 759, B 3344, G 608.
AMONICIOUN, _s._ pointing out, B 1. p 4. 7.
AMONTE; see AMOUNTE.
AMORETTES, _pl._ love-knots, R. 892.
AMOROUS, _adj._ full of love, 12. 22; R. 83; T. iii. 17; L. 1189; A 2861,
3355, F 1500; Amorouse, _fem._ T. iv. 1431.
AMOROUSLY, _adv._ E 1680.
AMORTISE, _v._ deaden; Amortised, _pp._ deadened, rendered dead, I 233 _n_,
247 _n_.
AMOR VINCIT OMNIA, love conquers all, A 162.
AMORWE, A-MORWE, on the morrow, A 822, 1621, D 593; L. 1757; in the
morning, 3. 1103; T. ii. 405; HF. 2106.
AMOUNTE, _v._ amount to, mean; Amounteth, _pr. s._ means, A 2362, B 569,
2258; amounts to, F 108; Amonteth, _pr. s._ A. i. 16. 4.
AMOVE; see AMEVE.
AMPHIBOLOGYES, _pl._ ambiguities, T. iv. 1406.
AMY, _s._ friend, C 318. F. _ami._
AN, a, A 575, &c.; A, 578, &c.; An eighte busshels, a quantity equal to
eight bushels, C 771.
AN, _prep._ on, L. 1191; An heigh, on high, E 2326; An hye, HF. 215.
ANCESTRES, _pl._ ancestors, B 3. p 6. 30.
ANCILLE, _s._ handmaiden, 1. 109.
ANCLE, _s._ A 1660.
ANCRE, _s._ anchor, 10. 38; Anker, L. 2501; Ancres, _pl._ B 2. p 4. 40.
AND, and, A 3, &c.
AND, _conj._ if, 6. 112; L. 217, 319, 357, 1790; A 1214, B 3140, E 2433, G
145, 602, 1371; T. i. 125, 695, ii. 289, iv. 1343.
ANES, _adv._ once (Northern), A 4074.
ANEXED; see ANNEXE.
ANGEL, _s._ angel, D 1678, 1682; Angels, _pl._ R. 672. See AUNGEL.
ANGELUS AD VIRGINEM (see note), A 3216.
ANGLE, _s._ angle (a technical term in astrology), B 304 (see note), F 263
(see note); angular distance from the meridian, A. ii. 4. 30; Angles, _pl._
angles, F 230.
ANGLE-HOOK, _s._ fish-hook, 4. 238.
ANGRE, _s._ anger, trouble, F 1553; anguish, R. 320.
ANGUISSH, _s._ anxiety, B 3. p 3. 22; anguish, I 169, 678; Anguish, E 462;
Angwish, A 1030.
ANGUISSHE, _v._ to cause pain; Anguissheth, _pr. s._ wounds, pains, B 3. m
7. 1.
ANGUISSOUS, _adj._ anxious, B 2. p 4. 56; tormenting, B 2. m 5. 22; full of
anxiety, B 3. p 2. 77, p 7. 17; full of distress, B 2. p 4. 53; distressed,
R. 520; sorry, I 304; Anguisshous, distressful, T. iii. 816.
ANHANGE, _ger._ to hang, C 259; Anhanged, _pp._ B 3945, 3949, 4252, 4330, C
275; Anhonged, R. 453; T. ii. 1620.
ANIENTISSE, _v._ annihilate; Anientissed, _pp._ brought to naught, B 2438.
Cf. O.F. _nient_, _neant_, nothing.
A-NIGHT, in the night, A 1042, 2007, D 202, E 464; at night, D 1827; L.
1292, 1475.
A-NIGHTES, _adv._ by night, R. 18; A 3214.
ANIMAL, _adj._ A 2749.
ANKER; see ANCRE.
ANLAS, _s._ a short, two-edged knife or dagger, broad at the hilt and
tapering to the point, formerly worn at the girdle, A 357 (see note).
ANNEXE, _v._ to annex; Annexed, _pp._ tied, 2. 72; annexed, attached, C
482, D 1147; Anexed, B 4. p 4. 80.
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