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
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T. B. 5216.
{Bygonne, Bygonnen,} begun, _p.p._ of _byginne_, A. 33; B. 749; began,
A. 549.
Bygyn, begin, A. 547.
Bygynner, beginner, A. 436.
Byhelde, beheld, B. 452.
Byhod, behoved, A. 928. Cf. _bud_, behoved; _bus_, behoves.
Byholde, behold, A. 810; B. 64.
{Byhynde, Byhynden,} behind, B. 653, 980.
{Byld, Bylded,} built, See _Bulde_.
Bylde, building, A. 727, 963.
Bylyue, immediately, at once, quickly, B. 353, 610.
Bynde, bine, woodbine, C. 444. Sw. _binda_. Ger. _winde_. Eng.
_bind_-weed.
Bynne, within, B. 452, 467.
Byrled, poured out, B. 1715. See _Birle_.
{Bysech, Byseche,} beseech, A. 390.
Byseme, beseem, A. 310.
Bysulpe, defile, B. 575. See _Sulpe_.
Byswyke, defraud, A. 568. A.S. _swícan_, deceive.
Bysyde, beside, B. 673.
{Bytaȝt, Bytaȝte,} = betaught, entrusted, confided; _pret._ of
_biteche_, A. 1207; B. 528.
Byte, fierce, A. 355.
Byþenk, repent, B. 582.
Bytterly, _adv._ B. 468.
Bytwene, between, A. 140, 658.
Bytwyste, betwixt, A. 464.
Bytyde, betide, happen, A. 397; B. 522.
Byye, buy, A. 478.
Byȝe, crown, A. 466; ring, collar, B. 1638. A.S. _beáh_, _beág_, ring,
collar, diadem.
Byȝonde, beyond, A. 141, 146, 158, 981.
Cable, C. 102.
Cace, case, chance, C. 265.
{Cache, Cachche,} = catch, drive away, take away. (1) “_cache_ to,”
run to, B. 629; (2) take, B. 898, 1252. _Cachche_, to knock
together, B. 1541. _Cached_, caught, B. 1800. Prov. Fr. _cacher_.
Fr. _chasser_. It. _cacciare_.
Cachen (_3d pers. pl._ of _cache_), B. 16.
Cagged, drawn along (?), B. 1254.
Caggen (_3d pers. pl. pres._ of _cagge_), draw (?), A. 512.
“Cables were _caget_ togedur.” --(T. B. 3703.)
“He plyes ovir the pavement with pallene webis.
Mas on hiȝt ovir his hede for hete of the sone,
Sylours of sendale to sele ovire the gatis,
And sammes thaim on aither side with silken rapis,
And then he _caggis_ up one
Cordis, as curteyns it ware.” --(K. Alex. p. 52.)
Cal, _sb._ call, invitation, B. 61.
Calder, colder, A. 320.
Calleȝ, addresses, C. 411.
Callyng, _sb._ proclamation, B. 1362. N.Prov.E. calling, notice.
“_Callynge_, or clepyng to mete: Invitacio.” (Prompt. Parv.)
Calsydoyne, chalcedony, A. 1003.
Cambe, came, A. 775.
Canacle, B. 1461. M.Lat. _canicellus_, a little box, chest.
Candel, C. 472.
Candelstik, B. 1478.
Capeles, horses, B. 1254. _Capul_ or _caple_, horse. Caballus.
(Prompt. Parv.)
Capstan, B. 418.
Captyuidé, captivity, B. 1612.
Caraldes, C. 159.
Carayne, carrion, B. 459.
Care, sorrow, A. 50, 371; B. 777. A.S. _cáru_. Goth. _kara_.
Careful, sorrowful, B. 770.
Carf, carved, formed, C. 131.
Carfully, sorrowfully, B. 1252.
Carle, a low fellow, a churl, B. 876. A.S. _ceorl_, a man, countryman.
Du. _kaerle_. Ger. _kerl_.
Carneles, battlements, embrasures, B. 1382.
Carpe, _sb._ discourse, A. 883; parable, B. 23; speech, B. 1327.
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