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. 449 _boȝted_, curved.
450 _happed_, covered.
451 _a nos_ = a projection, opening (?) or is it a clerical error
for _abof_ = _above_.
452 _schaȝe_ = wood, shaw.
453 _glyȝt_, glanced.
460 _þe deuel_ ? _ded euel_, did evil.
470 _syfle_, blow.
473 _wyl_, wandering.
478 _wertes he swyþeȝ_, herbs he scorches.
P. 103.
l. 486 _wered_, protected.
489 _lansed_, uttered.
492 _waymot_ = angry, passionate.
502 _remen_, mourn, lament.
509 _soumme_, company.
P. 104.
l. 524 _gryndel_, angry.
526 _rakel_, hasty.
Errata (noted by transcriber)
Minor spelling variations-- such as added or missing final “e”-- between
the main text and endnotes were left as printed.
[33 Sidenote] ... peace and patience. [patience,]
[237 Sidenote] ... thank God, and perform ... [God. and]
[391 Sidenote] [Fol. 88b.]
[_missing folio number supplied from 1864 edition_]
[463 Sidenote] [Fol. 89b.]
[499 Sidenote] [Fol. 89a.]
[_text unchanged: 1864 edition has same error_]
NOTES
273 _faþmeȝ_, gropes.
[_body text and glossary have “fathme(ȝ)”_]
317 [316]
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GLOSSARIAL INDEX
Abate, lessen, put an end to, A. 123; B. 1356.
Abate, abode, A. 617.
Abayst, downcast, abashed, B. 149, pret. of _abaisse_ or _abash_, Fr.
_esbahir_.
Able, A. 599.
Abof, above, A. 1023.
Abominacione, B. 1173.
Abroched, commenced, A. 1123.
Abyde, (_a_) await, B. 436, 486; (_b_) endure, C. 7. A.S. _abidan_.
Abydyng, _sb._ C. 419.
Abyme, abyss, B. 363; C. 143.
Abyt, habit, dress, B. 141.
{Accorde, Acorde,} agreement, A. 509, Fr. _accorder_, to agree with.
Achaped, escaped, B. 970.
Achaufe, kindle, B. 1143.
Acheue, accomplish, A. 475.
Acroche, encroach, A. 1069, Fr. _accrocher_, to hook on; from _croc_,
a hook.
Adaunt = daunt, A. 157.
Adoun, down, A. 988; B. 953.
Adreȝ, aside, aback, B. 71. The word is used by Gower under the form
_adrigh_. _O-dreghe_, _one-dreghe_, are other forms of the word. Sc.
_on-dreich_.
“The tother withdrewe, _one-dreghe_
And durste do none other.” --(Morte Arthure, p. 352.)
“The tother droȝhe him _o-dreghe_ for drede of the knyȝte.”
--(Anturs of Arther, xliv. 3.)
“He with drogh hym _a draght_ & a dyn made.” --(T. B. 1224.)
{Adubbement, Adubmente,} adornment, A. 84, 85, O.Fr. _adoubement_;
_dober_, _douber_, garnish, deck; Fr. _douber_, to rig or trim a
ship; Prov. Fr. _adobar_, to arrange, prepare.
Adyte, A. 349.
Affraye, _sb._ fear, A. 1174; _vb._ frighten, B. 1780; Fr. _effrayer_,
to scare, affright; _effroi_, terror. Cf. _fray_, to scare birds.
Affyen, trust, C. 331.
{Agayn, Agayne, Agaynes,} against, B. 266, 826, 1711.
Agayneȝ, towards, B. 611.
Agayn-tote, _sb._ a looking back, B. 931. _Tote_, look, peep, as a
verb or a noun, is common in Old English writers.
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