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
Dale, B. 384 (phrase: “doun and _daleȝ_,” hill and dale), A. 121.
Dalt, dealt, fulfilled, B. 1756.
Dam, stream, A. 324; the deep, B. 416. Icel. _dammr_. Dan. _dam_,
a fish pond.
Dampned, damned, condemned, A. 641.
Dampped, quelled, B. 989. Ger. _dampfen_, to suffocate, choke. Du.
_dempen_. Sw. _dåmpa_, to extinguish, repress, damp.
Damysel, damsel, A. 489.
Dare, to tremble, be afraid, A. 839. Sw. _darra_, to tremble, shake.
Dard = dured, endured, A. 609.
Daschande, dashing, C. 312.
Dasande, stupefying, B. 1538.
Dase, lie hid, cower, C. 383. Cf. _dare_, to lie hid, cower. For the
interchange of _r_ and _s_ compare O.E. _gaure_, to gaze.
Dased, stupid, frightened, A. 1085. Sc. _dozen_, _dosen_, to stupefy,
benumb. Du. _daesen_, to lose one’s wits; _daes_, _dwaes_, foolish,
mad. (Kil.) Prov. Ger. _dasen_, to be still.
“For he was _dased_ of the dint and half dede him semyd.”
--(K. Alex. p. 136.)
Date, A. 492; limit, A. 493; time, A. 504, 516; age, A. 1040.
Daube, daub, plaister, B. 313, 492. Prov.E. _daub_, clay. “_Dawber_ or
cleyman; _dawbyn_, lino, muro.” (Prompt. Parv.)
Daunce, dance, A. 345.
Daunger, power, A. 11; insolence, B. 71.
Dawande, dawning, C. 445. A.S. _dagian_, to become day. Icel. _dagan_,
dawn.
Daweȝ, days; “don out of _daweȝ_,” deprived of life, dead, A. 282.
Dayly, A. 313.
Daynty, B. 38, 1046.
Day-rawe, daybreak, B. 893; _rawe_ or _rewe_ signifies a _streak_. Cf.
_day-rim_, in “Owl and Nightingale,” l. 328.
“Qwen the _day-rawe_ rase, he rysis belyfe.” --(K. Alex. p. 14.)
Daȝed, dawned, became day, B. 1755. See _Dawande_.
Debate, strife, contest, A. 390.
Debonere, gracious, courteous, kind, A. 162; B. 830.
Debonerté, goodness, A. 798; C. 418.
Dece = dese, seat of honour, B. 38, 1399. See _Dese_.
Declar, explain, B. 1618.
Declyne, A. 333.
Decre, decree, B. 1745; C. 386.
Dedayn, disdain, displeasure, B. 74; C. 50.
Defence, prohibition, B. 243, 245.
Defoule, defilement, C. 290.
Defowle, to defile, B. 1129, 1147.
Degre, degree, condition, B. 92.
Degres, steps, A. 1022.
Dekenes, deacons, B. 1266.
Dele, deal, distribute, give, A. 606; exchange, B. 1118.
Dele, utter, B. 344.
Dele (dole), sorrow, A. 51.
Deled, dealt, C. 193.
Delful, doleful, sorrowful, B. 400.
Delfully, dolefully, sorrowfully, A. 706.
Delyt, delight, A. 642, 1116.
Delyuer, delivered, B. 1084.
Delyuer, deliver, A. 652; B. 500.
Deme, deem, judge, A. 312, 313; B. 1118; utter, decree, B. 1745;
C. 119; call, name, B. 1020, 1611. A.S. _déman_.
{Demerlayk, Demorlayk,} magic, glamour, B. 1561, 1578. S.Sax.
_dweomer-lake_, magic. A.S. _dweomere_, a juggler.
“And all this _demerlayke_ he did bot be the devylle craftes.”
--(K. Alex. p. 15.)
Demme, _vb._ become faded, lost, A. 223. A.S. _dem_, damage, hurt,
loss.
Demmed = dammed, collected (?), B. 384. A.S. _demman_, to dam, stop
water.
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