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
Freke, 30, fellow. This word generally occurs in a bad sense.
Frelnes, 108, frailty.
Frenchep, friendship.
Fryth, 264, an inclosed wood. See Sir F. Madden’s gloss. to Sir Gawayne,
in voc.
Fryhthis, 167, 183, possessions, as distinguished from money.
Fro, from.
Fruyssyon, fruition.
Fulfyllyd, 125, 127, filled full.
Fullyche, fully.
Gadere, gather.
Game, 133, sport.
Gan, began.
Gate, 51, way.
Gatys, 346, ways.
Geawunt, 15, giant.
Gebettys, 290, gibbets.
Gendyr, 61, engender.
Gent, 135, gentle.
Gerlys, 181, children (of either sex). Knave gerlys, male children.
Gerthe, 186, girth.
Gesyne, 150, parturition, childbirth. “Gesine, a lying in childbed, a
lying in,” Cotgrave.
Geste, guest.
Gett, gotten.
Gyde, guide.
Gyldyn, golden.
Gynne, 44, trap.
Gynne, begin.
Gynnyng, beginning.
Gyse, 118, fashion.
Glade, 168, fine.
Glathe, 171, welcome.
Glete, 165.
Glevys, 270, glaives, swords.
Glose, 9, gloss.
Godys, 34, goods.
Gomys, 384, gums.
Gonge, 345, little house.
Gost, spirit.
Governawns, 135, conduct.
Gowys, 179, _vide_ Golkys.
Grame, 2, 27, anger.
Gramercy, 56, thanks.
Grave, 227, buried.
Gre, great.
Grede, 181, cry.
Grees, 82, 85, steps. “Siste gradum, abide thor at grees,” Reliquiæ
Antiquæ, vol. i. p. 8.
Greff, grief.
Gres, grass.
Gyrlle, 230, angry.
Grym, 69, cruel. “Gryme, gryl, and horrable, horridus,” Prompt. Parv. “He
loked grymly or angerly,” Hormanni Vulgaria.
Gryscysme, 189, an educational book of the time.
Gryse, _vide_ agryse.
Grythe, 7, peace. Perhaps it ought to be spelt gyrthe, which would
complete the rhyme; and yet it occurs similarly in the Townley Mysteries,
p. 140.
Gronyn, 95, groan.
Groundyd, 1, foundation.
Grugge, 228, grumble. _See_ “The Voiage and Travaile of Sir John
Maundevile,” ed. 1839, p. 57. “Grucchyd, murmuratus,” Prompt. Parv.
Grw, 179, Greek.
Gun, 11, began.
Ha, 163, hedge.
Halle, 303, all.
Hals, 342, neck.
Halse, 323, embrace. From the Saxon hals, _i. e._, the neck, but used
generally.
Halwe, 61, hallow, sanctify.
Happys, 182, fortunes.
Haras, 147, a stud of horses. A “hous of haras” merely means a “stable.”
The following definition of this word is given in a poem of the reign
of Edward II., MS. Trin. Coll. Cantab. B. 14, 40:—“Haras seyth man of
coltys.”
Hardaunt, 15, courageous.
Harlot, 217. This word is applied to either sex. “Scurra, a harlotte,”
Reliquiæ Antiquæ, vol. i. p. 7.
Harpe, 181.
Harwere, 160, harrower.
Hastow, hast thou.
Hat, 13, hast.
Hatede, hated.
Hede, hide.
Hedyr, hither.
Hefly, 255, heavenly.
Hefne, heaven.
Heyde, hide.
Heylyght, 139, aileth.
Heyn, 237, heaven.
Heyn, 179.
Hele, health.
Helme, helmet. “Galea, a helme,” Reliquiæ Antiquæ, vol. i. p. 7.
Helmes, alms.
Hem, 30, home.
Hem, them.
Hende, 5, 174, fair.
Hendyng, ending.
Hendyr, 89, more gentle.
Hens, hence.
Hent, 12, 94, taken, take.
Herborwe, 147, habitation, lodging. Used by Chaucer. See Cant. Tales, ed.
Tyrwhitt, glos. in voc.
Herdys, 159, shepherds.
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