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
“She went up wightly by a wall syde,
To the toppe of a tower, & _tot_ ouer the water.” --(T. B. 862.)
Age, A. 412, B. 426.
Aglyȝte, slipped from, A. 245. _Glyȝt_, as a verb, signifies not only
to slip but to _glance_, look. Cf. _leme_ = gleam, glance, slip.
Alabaunderynes, B. 1470.
Alarom, alarm, B. 1207.
Al-bare, clearly, A. 1025.
Alce = als, also, B. 1377.
Alder = elder, A. 621, _Aldest_, A. 1042, B. 1333.
Alder-men, elders, A. 887.
Alegge, alledge, A. 703.
Aliche, alike, B. 1477.
Alkaran = alkatran, B. 1035.
Alle-kynneȝ, all kinds of, A. 1028.
Allyt = a lyt = ? a little, B. 599.
Almyȝt, almighty, A. 498.
Alofte, on high, B. 1183.
Al-one, A. 933.
Al-only, except, A. 779.
Alosed, destroyed, B. 274. See _lose_.
Alow, approve, praise, reward, A. 634. O.Fr. _louer_. Lat. _laudare_.
Aloynte, removed, far from (from O.E. _aloigne_, _alogne_, to remove,
carry off. O.Fr. _aloigner_).
Aloȝ, alow, softly, B. 670.
Als, also, B. 253, 827, C. 516.
Also, as, B. 984, 1045, 1792.
{Also-tyd, Als-tyd, As-tyd,} at once, immediately, B. 64. See _tyd_.
Al-þaȝ, although, A. 759.
Alþer-fayrest, fairest of all, B. 1379.
Alþer-fynest, finest of all, B. 1637.
Alþer-rychest, richest of all, B. 1666.
Alþer-swettest, sweetest of all, B. 699.
Alum, B. 1035.
Amaffised, B. 1470.
Amaraunȝ, B. 1470.
Amatyst, amethyst, A. 1016.
Ame, (1) _vb._ place, B. 698; (2) _sb._ purpose, C. 128. Germ.
_ahmen_. Bavarian, _amen_, _hämen_, to guage a cask, fathom,
measure.
Amended, B. 248.
Amesyng, _sb._ moderation, C. 400. See _mese_.
Amoneste, admonish, B. 818.
Amounted, B. 395.
Amoynt, company, A. 895.
And = an, if, B. 864.
An-ende (on-ende), lastly, finally, A. 186.
An-ende = anente, opposite, A. 1136; respecting, A. 697.
An-endeȝ = anentes, opposite, A. 975. Sc. _anens_.
Anger, A. 343, B. 572.
Angré, bitter, B. 1035.
Anguych, anguish, C. 325.
Ankreȝ, anchors, B. 418, C. 103.
Anon, at once (= anane, onane, in one moment), A. 584.
Anournement, ornament, B. 1290.
Anoynted, B. 1446.
Answar, answer, A. 518.
Anter, peril, C. 242. To _aunter_, put a thyng in daunger, or
adventure, _adventurer_ (Palsgrave).
An-vnder, under, A. 1081. Sc. _anonder_. Cf. _down_ and _adown_, _low_
and _alow_.
Aparaunt, B. 1007.
Apassed, past, A. 540.
Apert, openly, A. 589.
Apparaylmente, ornaments, A. 1052.
Apparement, ornaments, B. 1270. Fr. _appareiller_, to fit, suit.
Appose, _vb._ question, A. 902. Fr. _apposer_, to lay or set on, or
near to.
Aproche, A. 686, B. 8, 167. Fr. _approcher_, draw near. Lat. _prope_,
near.
Apyke, adorn, B. 1479, 1637.
Aquyle, demand, ask, obtain, A. 690, 966. O.Fr. _aquillir_, to gather.
{Aray, Araye,} A. 719, 1166; B. 816, 1442. O.Fr. _arroyer_, _arréer_,
dispose, set in order.
Arayned, arraigned, C. 191. O.Fr. _arraisonner_, _arraigner_.
Are, before, previously, B. 438, 1128.
Arende, errand, message, C.
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