Hufyng, halting, delaying, 1046.
Hundyre, a hundred, 756, 1554.
I, in, 332.
Dan. _i_; Icel. _í_.
Iclosit, y-closed; i.e. enclosed, shut in, 53.
If, to give, 554.
In lines 1718-1910 the word occurs repeatedly in several forms;
as _iffis_, _iffith_, giveth; _iffis_, give ye (put for give
thou); _ifyne_, given, etc.
Ifyne, to give, 3454.
Iftis, gifts, 1741.
In the line preceding we have _giftis_.
Ilk; the ilk (= thilk) that, 629, 1601.
Literally, the ilk = the same.
A.S. _ylc_. See 1367.
Ilk, each, 2211, etc.
A.S. _ælc_.
Illumynare, luminary, 3.
{ Incontinent, Incontynent, } immediately, 253, 1215, 2647, 2834.
Still used in French.
In-to-contynent (= Incontinent), 3020.
In to, used for “in;” _passim_.
Iornaye, journey, 680.
Irk, to become slothful, grow weary, tire, 2709.
A.S. _eargian_.
Iuperty, combat, 2547.
Fr. _jeu parti_, a thing left undecided;
hence the meanings, 1. strife, conflict; 2. jeopardy, as in Ch.
See J.; and Tyrwhitt’s note to C. T. 16211.
{ Iwond, 245, Iwondit, 226, } wounded.
We find in A.S. both _wúnd_ and _wúnded_.
I-wyß, certainly, of a surety, 1709, 1925, 1938.
A.S. _gewís_; Ger. _gewiss_. Often _wrongly_ interpreted to mean,
_I know_.
See _Wit_.
Kend, known, 548, 906.
Laif, the remainder (lit. what is _left_), 1802, 3472.
A.S. _láf_. Burns has “the _lave_.”
Lametable, lamentable, 3265.
The omission of the _n_ occurs again in l. 2718, where we have
_lemytable_.
Larges, liberality, 608, 1681, 1750.
Fr. _largesse_.
Larg, prodigal, profuse, 2434.
Lat, impediment, 958.
A.S. _lǽtan_, means (1) to suffer, (2) to hinder.
Lat, to let, permit (used as an auxiliary verb), 803.
Latith, preventeth, 1927.
Lawrare, a laurel, 82.
Ch. _laurer_.
Learis, liars, 493.
Led, put down, beat down, depressed, overpowered, 2663.
It is the past tense of A.S. _lecgan_, to lay, to cause to submit,
to kill.
Lef, to live, 564, 3230.
Leful, lawful, 1427.
Legis, lieges, subjects, 1957.
R. _lige_; Lat. _ligatus_.
Leich, leech, physician, 106.
A.S. _lǽce_; Dan. _læge_.
See 520, 2056.
Leif, to live, 952, 1392.
A.S. _lybban_; Goth. _liban_.
Leir, to learn, 1993.
Comp. D. _leeren_.
Lest, to list, to please, 555, 621.
A.S. _lystan_.
Lest, to last out against, sustain, 811.
A.S. _lǽstan_.
Lest, least, 1628.
Let, hindrance, 2495.
Leuch, laughed, 3240.
A.S. _hlihan_, past tense _ic hloh_.
Lewis, liveth, 1209.
Lewith, left, deserted, 1854.
Liging, 376.
The sense requires _lay_, i.e. the _3rd p. s. pt. t. indic._,
but properly the word is the present participle, _lying_.
Longith, belongeth, 738, 1921, 2429, 2778.
Compare Dan. _lange_, to reach.
Longith, belonged, 3242.
Longyne, belonging, 433.
Lorn, lost, 2092;
destroyed, 2740.
See _For-lorn_.
Loß, praise, 1777.
Lat. _laus_. Ch. has _losed_, praised.
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