Early English Alliterative Poems: in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century
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Early English Alliterative Poems: in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century
English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500
l. 1501 _wlates_, is disgusted.
1504 _wayned_, granted.
1505 _glotoun_, a general term of reproach.
1507 _vus_ = _use_, drink.
1510 _kyppe_, take, seize, catch up.
1511 _birlen_, pour out.
1517 _dotel_, fool.
1520 as each one was disposed so tossed he off the cup.
P. 81.
l. 1537 _neue_, fist.
1542 _lers_, features, but (?) _fers_, fears.
1543 _as a rad ryth_, as a frightened hound (literally mastiff).
1545 _runisch saueȝ_, strange words.
1554 _skelten_, hasten.
1557 _þo draȝtes_, the characters.
1559 _ede_ = went, but _bede_, bade, commanded.
1560 _warlaȝes_, wizards.
1566 _malt_, to soothe.
1568 _gered_, clothed.
P. 82.
l. 1585 _he wed wel ner_, he became nearly mad.
1603 _in stoundes_, at times.
P. 83.
l. 1606 _spured_, asked, enquired of.
1634 _tede_ = _tene_, ten (?)
1637 _apyke_, adorn, clothe.
P. 84.
l. 1650 _loȝed_, made low.
1654 _pouer_, power.
1674 _wasterne_, wilderness; _dowelle_, dwelle.
1675 _braken_, fern.
P. 85.
l. 1678 _soly_, seat.
1684 _ay_ (?) = hay.
1686 _ouer-seyed_, passed over.
1690 _wykes_, members.
1692 _clyde_, plaister (?).
1694 _bresed_, rough, bristly; Sir F. Madden interprets it _broken_.
1695 _campe hores_, shaggy hairs.
1697 _glede_, kite.
1701 _wayned_, recovered.
1707 _haȝerly_, properly.
P. 86.
l. 1713 _auyled_, defiled.
1716 _wale wyne_, choice wine; _in waryed stoundes_, in accursed
moments.
P. 87.
l. 1755 _daȝed_, dawned.
1759 _blykned_ = _blaykned_, became dark, blackened.
1760 _Mourkenes_, becomes murky.
1761 _lyst_, path.
1768 _layted_, sought.
1773 _ledes of armes_, men of arms.
1775 _þester_, darkness.
P. 88.
l. 1785 _slyppe_, escape.
1786 _honde-whyle_, a moment.
1788 _blende_, mingled.
1792 _now is a dogge also dere_, now is as valuable as a dog.
1808 _telled_ = raised (?) _telles_ = raises.
1811 _gere_, clothing.
Errata (noted by transcriber)
Line 91 text: w{i}t{h} marchal
Note to line 91: þe marchal
[_Each line printed as shown_]
Minor spelling variations-- such as added or missing final “e”-- between
the main text and endnotes were left as printed.
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