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
Cors, course, B. 264.
Corse, corpse, A. 320.
Corse, to curse, B. 1032, 1583.
Corsye, corrosive, B. 1034.
{Cortays, Cortayse,} courteous, A. 433; B. 512; pure, B. 1089.
Cortaysye, courtesy, A. 468, 480; good conduct, B. 13.
Cortaysly, courteously, A. 381; kindly, B. 564, 1435.
Corte, court, A. 701.
Cortel, kirtle, A. 203. A.S._cyrtel_. Dan. _kjortel_, a garment either
for a man or woman.
Corteȝ, courteous, A. 754.
Corupte, B. 281.
Coruen (_p.p._ of _kerue_), cut, reaped. A. 40; B. 1407.
Cost, contrivance, B. 1478. A.S. _costian_. O.Sw. _kosta_. Du.
_koste_, to try, attempt. This word is sometimes written _cast_.
See “William and the Werwolf,” p. 167.
Cost, coost, property, B. 1024, 1033.
Cost, coast, border, side, B. 85.
Costoum, custom, B. 851.
Coumforde, comfort, A. 369.
{Counseyl, Counsayl,} counsel, A. 319; B. 683, 1201.
Counte, B. 1685, 1731.
Countenaunce, appearance, B. 792.
Counterfete, defraud, A. 556.
Countes, countess, A. 489.
Courtaysye, courtesy, A. 457.
Cout, cut, B. 1104.
Couthe, knew, known, B. 813, 1054.
Coueyte, covet, desire, B. 1054.
{Couenaunde, Couenaunt,} covenant, A. 562, 563.
Couetyse, covetousness, B. 181.
Cowpe, cup, B. 1458.
Cowþe, could; cowþeȝ, couldst, A. 484.
Cowwardely, cowardly, B. 1631.
Coyntyse, skill, craft, B. 1287. _Coint_, skilful, occurs in
T. B. 125.
“hir _coint_ artys.”
Cf. _Coyntly_, T. B. 164.
Crafte, power, wisdom; _pl._ crafteȝ, A. 356; contrivance, A. 890;
power, C. 131.
Crageȝ, crags, B. 449.
Crak, sound, B. 1210.
Craue, ask, pray for, A. 663; beg, B. 801.
Crede, creed, A. 485.
Cresse, cress, A. 343.
Creste, A. 856.
Croked, bad, B. 181.
Crokeȝ, reapinghooks, sickles, A. 40.
Croneȝ, cranes, B. 58.
Crossayl, cross-sail, C. 102.
Croukeȝ, croaks, B. 459.
Cruppeleȝ, cripples, B. 103.
Cry, proclamation, B. 1574.
{Crysolite, Crysolyt,} chrysolite, A. 1009.
Crysopase, chrysoprasus, A. 1013.
Crystal, A. 159.
Cumly, A. 929. See _Comly_.
Cupborde, B. 1440.
{Cupyde, Cubit,} B. 315, 319, 405.
Cumfort, C. 485.
Cupple, pair, B. 333.
Cure, care, A. 1091.
Curious, B. 1353.
{Cyté, Ceté,} city, A. 927, 939.
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