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
Dobler, dish, B. 1146. O.Fr. _doublier_.
Doc, duke, A. 211.
{Doel, Dol,} sorrow, A. 326, 339, 642; B. 852.
Dole, part, A. 136.
{Dom, Dome,} doom, judgment, purpose, A. 157, 580, 667; B. 597;
command, B. 632; doom, C. 203.
Dongoun, dungeon, B. 1224.
Dool, part, B. 216.
Dool (dole), sorrow. See _Doel_.
Doole, gift, B. 699.
Dor, door, B. 320.
Dotage, folly, B. 1425.
Dote, act foolishly, B. 286, 1500; C. 125; be astonished, frightened,
B. 852. Sc. _doit_. Icel. _dotta_, to slumber. Du. _doten_,
_dutten_, delirare, desipere. (Kilian.) “Maddyn, or _dotyn_,
desipio.” (Prompt. Parv.)
Doted, foolish, wicked, C. 196. N.Prov.E. _doited_, stupid.
Dotel, a fool, B. 1517.
Doun, down, A. 230.
Doun, down, hill, A. 121.
Doungoun, dungeon, A. 1187.
Doured, grieved, mourned, C. 372. Sc. _dour_.
Dousour, sweetness, A. 429.
Doute, doubt, A. 928.
{Douth, Douþe,} brave, noble, A. 839, B. 270, 597, A.S. _duguth_, the
nobility, senate, etc. _Dugeth_, good, virtuous. _Dugan_, to profit,
avail, be good, etc.
{Doune, Dovene,} a female dove, B. 469, 481. Cf. O.E. _wulvene_, a
female wolf, and E. _vixen_, a female fox.
Dowe, avail, profit, B. 374; C. 50. See T. B. 5001. See _Douth_.
Dowelle, dwell, B. 376, 1770; C. 69.
Downe, dove, B. 485.
Downeȝ, downs, hills, A. 73, 85.
Dowyne, dwine, pine, A. 326.
Dowrie, B. 185.
Doȝter, daughter, B. 814.
Doȝty, doughty, valiant, B. 1182, 1791. See _Douthe_.
Doȝtyest, bravest, B. 1306.
Draȝ, draw, A. 699.
Draȝt = draught, character, B. 1557.
Drede, doubt, A. 1047.
Drepe, to kill, slay, B. 246; destroy, B. 599, 1306.
“This stone with his stremys stroyed all the venym,
And _drepit_ the dragon to the dethe negh.” --(T. B. 929.)
A.S. _drepan_. O.N. _drepa_.
Dresse, order, direct, prepare, A. 495, 860; B. 92; _pret._ _dressed_,
_drest_.
Dreue, drive, A. 323.
Dreued, drove, went, A. 980.
Dreȝe = dreghe, suffer, endure, B. 1224. Sc. _dree_. A.S. _dreógan_,
to bear, suffer, endure. Cf. “dyntes full _dregh_.” T. B. 935.
Dreȝly, sorrowfully, B. 476. See T. B. 2379.
Drof, drove, A. 30, 1153.
Drouy, turbid, B. 1016. A.S. _dréfe_, muddy, foul; _dréfan_, to
trouble, make turbid. O.E. _drove_, to trouble. Goth. _drobjan_, to
trouble. Du. _droeven_. “_Drovy_ turbidus, turbulentus.” (Cath.
Ang.)
“He (the fool-large) is like to an hors that seketh rather to
drynke _drovy_ watir and trouble, than for to drinke water of the
welle that is cleer.” (The Persones Tale: _Remedium contra
avariciam_.)
Drowned, was drowned, B. 372.
Droȝ, drew, A. 1116; B. 71; _pl._ _droȝen_, B. 1394.
Droȝthe = drouthe, drought. A.S. _druguth_. Du. _drooghte_. Sc.
_drouth_, from A.S. _dryg_. Du. _droogh_, dry.
Druye, dry, B. 412; dry land, B. 472.
Drwry, dreary (?), A. 323.
Drwry = drury, love, B. 699, 1065. O.Fr. _druerie_, _drurie_.
{Dryȝ, Dryȝe,} dry, B. 385.
{Dryȝ, Dryȝe,} heavy, sorrowful, A.
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