{ Cag, Cage, } cage, prison, 997, 2770. Can, an auxiliary verb, used nearly as we now use _did_. Careldis, plural of Careld, a merry-making, revel (?), 1318. “_Caraude_, réjouissance;” and “_Caroler_, danser, se divertir, mener une vie joyeuse.” Roquefort. Catifis, wretches, 2102. R. _caitif, captif_. Compare Ital. _cattivo_. Chalmer, chamber, 2281, 2308, 2427, 2808. J. { Chare, Cher, } chariot, 4, 735. R. _cher_. Charge, load, 693. Fr. _charge_; see _discharge_ in the line following (694), meaning to shake off a load. Chargit, gave attention to, 710, 2454. Fr. _se charger de_. Chen, chain, 2375. Cher, car, chariot, 735. See _Chare_. Chere, cheer, demeanour, 83, 341, 695; sad demeanour, outward grief, 2718. Fr. _chère_; compare Ital. _ciera_, the face, look. “_Wepinge_ was hyr mosté _chere_.” (Le Morte Arthur, l. 726.) Cheß, choose, 1611, 1636, 2368. A.S. _ceósan_; Ger. _kiesen_; Dutch _kiezen_. Clariouns, clarions, 771, 789. Clepe, to call, 90, 99. A.S. _clepan_. Clepit, callest, 93; called, 781. Clepith, is called, 1919. Clergy, science, knowledge, 504, 511, 2041. R. _clergie_. Closine, closed, concluded, 316. Closith, enclosed, shut up, 427. Cold, called, 753, 1579. Commandit, commended, 2802. Comprochit, approached, 2472, 2509. Conpilour, compiler, poet, 319. Conquest, conquered, 574; Fyrst-conquest, first conquered, 1545, etc. Conseruyt, preserved, 332. Conten (used as a reflective verb), to demean oneself valorously, to maintain one’s ground, 823, 1107, 1130. See R. “_contenement_, contenance, conduite, maintien, posture.” Contenit hyme, behaved himself, 3219; Contenit them, 2634. Contenyt, endured, 3190. Contretioun, contrition, 1415, 1426. Contynans, demeanour, 1693, 1747. Counter, encounter, attack, charge, 3239. Couth, could, 793. A.S. _cunnan_; past tense, _ic cúðe_. Cowardy, cowardice, 1023, 3287. Cownterit, encountered, 2609, 2621. J. Crownel, coronal, corolla of a flower, 59. J. { Cummyne, Comyne, } came, 807, 907. { Cumyne, 650, 1136, Cumyng, 447, Cummyng, 2498, } come (past part.). Cunyng, knowledge, 1455. { Cusynace, 1270, Cusynece, 2802, Cusynes, 2287, Cwsynes, 1185, } kinswoman. Cwre, care, 98, 266, 643. Lat. _cura_. (N.B. Though _Cwre_ = _cura_, yet _cura_ should be distinguished from A.S. _cearu_.)