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
Here, their.
Here, 6, hear.
Here, her.
Here, 226, hair.
Hest, 17, command.
Hete, 185, hit.
Hevy, sorrowful.
Hevyly, sad.
Hevyn, heaven.
Hey, high.
Hy, hie.
Hy, high.
Hyȝer, higher.
Hyght, 6, be called.
Hylle, 38, 253, cover, conceal. A Somersetshire word.
Hylte, 401, concealed.
Hoberd, 179, 325, a satirical term. It is used also in the curious old
poem on the Man in the Moon, printed in my Introduction to Shakespeare’s
Mids. Night’s Dream, p. 54.
Hol, 284, whole.
Hoo, who.
Hool, whole.
Host, 282.
Howe, 99, ought.
Howyth, 97, ought.
Howlott, 179, owl. See Hunter’s Hallamshire Glossary, p. 52.
Howte, 182, howl.
Howtyn, 179, hoot.
I or Y, at the beginning of a word, represents the Saxon prepositive
“ge,” and, when it occurs, is most frequently prefixed to the participle
past. See Sir F. Madden’s Glos. to William and the Werwolf.
I-crake, 342, probably a mistake in the manuscript for “to crake,” which
will make better sense.
I-fownde, 158, 179, found.
I-knowe, 141, known.
Inbasset, 77, embassy.
Incheson, 116, cause. “Enchesone or cause,” Prompt. Parv.
Indute, 204, clothed, indued (indutus, Lat.)
I-now, 385, enough.
Inportable, 291, unbearable.
Intille, into.
I-prest, 384, pressed. Perhaps this is an error in the manuscript for
“and prest.”
I-wys, truly, certainly. The Saxon adjective gewis, used adverbially. Sir
Frederick Madden “doubts whether it was not regarded as a pronoun and
verb by the writers of the fifteenth century.” V. Gloss. to Sir Gawayne,
in voc.
Jape, jest. Sometimes, as at p. 118, used in an obscene sense. “Mokkyn,
or japyn, or tryfelyn, ludifico,” Prompt. Parv.
Jebet, gibbet.
Jematrye, 189, geometry. A curious document, which affords a very good
illustration of geometry in England at this period, is printed in Rara
Mathematica, p. 56-71.
Jentylle, gentle, of noble birth, or breeding.
Juré, Jewry.
Jurediccyon, 302, jurisdiction.
Kage, 162, 166, cage, stall.
Kayser, 183, emperor.
Keude, kind.
Kendely, 34, natural.
Kerchere, 54, kerchief.
Kerchy, 318, kerchief.
Kydde, 49, known.
Kyknytes, 180, knights.
Kynrede, kindred.
Kyrke, 178, church.
Kyrtyl, 163, 310. “Kyrtyl, tunica,” Prompt. Parv. See Gifford’s Jonson,
vol. ii. p. 260.
Kyth, 159, native country.
Kythe, 180, make known.
Knad, 384, knife.
Knaggyd, 384, hanged.
Knave, 151, servant.
Knelende, 74, kneeling.
Knyt, 19, joined.
Knytes, knights.
Knop, 245, knob.
Know, 169, acknowledge.
Knowlage, 123, acknowledge.
Kold, 168, slain.
Kok, cock.
Kow, 299, cow.
Krepe, creep.
Kure, 54, cover.
Kusse, 78, kiss.
Kutte, 218, cut.
Lacche, 29, catch, take.
Lay, 161, law.
Lake, 387, den.
Langage, language. Hence, 40, dispute.
Lappyd, 125, were enfolded. “Lappyn or whappyn in clothys, involvo;
lappyn as howndys, lambo,” Prompt. Parv.
Las, 29, lace.
Lave, 98, washed.
Leche, physician.
Ledys, 183, people.
Lef, leave.
Leff, 267, well.
Leysere, 321, leisurely.
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