Ludus Coventriæ : $b A collection of mysteries, formerly represented at Coventry on the feast of Corpus Christi
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Ludus Coventriæ : $b A collection of mysteries, formerly represented at Coventry on the feast of Corpus Christi
English drama -- To 1500; English language -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.; Mysteries and miracle-plays, English
P. 10, l. 21. After _adultrye_ add semicolon.—P. 18, l. 5. For _therin_
read _ther in_.—P. 35, l. 22. For _deynful_ read _deyn ful_.—P. 65, l.
13. Add a full stop after _dwelle_.—P. 68, l. 27. For _shepeof_ read
_shepe of_.—P. 75, l. 10. Add a semicolon after _offens_.—P. 84, l. 6.
Dele _with_.—P. 91, l. 31. For _grannt_ read _graunt_.—P. 96, l. 6.
_Our_, forte _your_.—P. 101, l. 16. For _infere_ read _in fere_.—P. 101,
l. 30. For _allemanere_ read _alle manere_.—P. 103, l. 13. For _besteryd_
read _be steryd_.—P. 108, l. 19. Seyth be, _forte_ subtyl.—P. 131, l. 25.
For _ryngewele_ read _rynge wele_.—P. 145, l. 4. For _trybutehym_ read
_trybute hym_.—P. 154, l. 29. For _yourspede_ read _your spede_.—P. 156,
l. 17. For _asyne_ read _a syne_.—P. 238, l. 1. For _allewith_ read _alle
with_. P. 256, l. 16-19. These lines are repeated from p. 252.—P. 263, l.
8. For _behis_ read _be his_.—P. 283, l. 15. As, _forte_ and.—P. 385, l.
30. After _ded_ add a comma.
GLOSSARY.
The Arabic numerals refer to the pages of the volume. Words of frequent
occurrence have a limited number of references, and those which are
exceedingly common have none. Many of the words in this Glossary may be
found in Chaucer and contemporary writers.
A, sometimes signifies with, and before a verb is sometimes used for to.
A, sometimes have, as “a ffayled,” 45, have failed, and in several other
places.
A, sometimes a corruption of on or in, and occasionally at.
A, ah! an interjection of very frequent occurrence.
Abyde, stay, remain.
Accende, 214, animate, Lat.
Acorde, accord, agree.
Adawe, _vide_ dawe.
Adown, down.
Adred, afraid.
Advowtrye, 216, adultery.
Ageyn, again.
Aglottes, 241. This word is used to denote the tags or metal sheathings
of the points which were formerly so much in fashion. _See_ Palsgrave’s
Esclarcissement, “agglet of a lace or poynt, fer.”
Agresyth, 331, Agrise, _i. e._, to shudder, or to make to shudder; so
“agresyth me,” makes me shudder. See also p. 41.
Agryse, 159, see agresyth.
Aȝens, against.
Alye, 145, kindred.
Alle-be-dene, 4, by and by, forthwith. See Sir Fred. Madden’s Havelok,
730, 2841, and glos. in voc.
Allether, 14, 230, gen. pl. of all.
Alleredy, all ready.
Altheris, 202, of you all.
Althing, 57, every thing.
Amat, 294, dismayed. Chaucer and Shakespeare use the verb mate, which is
doubtlessly the same. _See_ The Knightes Tale, l. 957, and second part of
Henry VI., act. iii. sc. i.
Amonge, at intervals. Answers to the Latin word “mixtim.”
Amoure, 50, love.
An, and.
And, if.
Anow, enough.
Anvempnyd, 75, envenom.
Apayed, 67, pleased, contented.
Apert, open.
Apertly, openly.
Aqwyte, 335, requite.
Are, 44, hare.
Aren, _vide_ arn.
Arere, 132, 215, stir up. P. 240, raise up.
Aresyn, arisen.
Areste, 91, arrest.
Arn, are.
Arnde, errand, message.
Arneys, 283, harness.
Arryn, 316, seize.
Arwe, arrow.
Asayn, assay.
Askuse, 2, excuse.
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