Morny, 104, mourning. Mornyng, mourning. Morwy, morning. Mot, must. Mot-halle, 298, court, judgement-hall. “Moote halle, prætorium,” Prompt. Parv. Mowe, 325, mouth. Mullynge, 160, pretty boy. Muste, 382, new wine. See Wickliffe, Acts ii. 13, ap. Collier’s Hist. Dram. Poet. vol. ii. p. 221. Nale, 61, ale-house. See Tyrwhitt’s Gloss. to Cant. Tales, in voc. This author supposes “at the nale,” in the few passages in which it is found, to be a corruption which has arisen from the mispronunciation and consequent miswriting of atte nale for atten ale. Negremauncye, 189, necromancy. This does not exactly imply the modern term. “He is all sette to nygrymancy and conjurynge, addictus est mathematicæ,” Hormanni Vulgaria. Neyhand, 172, approach, nigh at hand. Nempe, 53, name. Nesche, 32, tender. Nevene, 173, name. Ny, nigh. Nome, 96, taken. Norche, 208, nourish. Norchych, nourisheth. Noth, nought. Nowthty, naughty. Num, 158, took. See Nome. O, one. Oblocucyon, 70, interruption, Lat. Oyn, 14, eyes. Olyff, 196, in life, alive. On, in, as “on sondyr,” 45, and other places. Onbokylle, 200, unbuckle. Onethys, 147, &c., scarcely, with difficulty. Onhangyd, 305, unhanged. Ony, 103, honey. Onys, once. Onyth, 242, in night, at night time. Oo, one. Or, before. Ordenaryes, 87, ordinances. Ore, 78, mercy, grace, favour. “Thyn ore,” a common expression, signifying “with thy favour.” See Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, ed. Tyrwhitt, v. 3724, and notes. Ortografye, 189, orthography. Ostage, 147, hostage, lodging. Over, 385, too. Overest, 307, uppermost. Over-throwyht, 74, overthrows. Ovyr-lede, 262, over-reach, overbear. “Do not the people oppresse, nor overlede,” Lydgate’s translation of Boccace, v. 104. Ovyrsen, oversee. Ovyth, 52, behoveth. Owe, 28, own. Owyn, own. Owtrage, 62, outrageous. Oyn, eyn, eyes. Pace, 14, 120, pass. Pad, 164, toad. Padde, 185, _vide_ pad. Paddok, 164, a large toad. A distinction is here drawn between the “paddok” and the “pad,” the meaning of which is obvious. “Vana, paddoke,” Reliquiæ Antiquæ, vol. i. p. 8. Paphawkes, 179, parrots. I give this interpretation on the conjecture of a gentleman well skilled in the language, but I cannot find any authority for it. Parayl, 246, 269, apparel. Par-dé, 122, by God! verily. A common French oath. Paramowre, love. See Reliquiæ Antiquæ, vol. i. p. 27. Parfyte, 115, perfect. Parochoners, 71, parishioners. Partabyl, 275, partaker. Pay, 49, pleasure. Pawsacion, 89, pause. Peyr, pair. Peys, 236, weight. Pelle, 167, fur. “Wurth pelle” is a tautology. Pellys, 246, furs. The notice in this place of “pellys after the old gyse” is curious. Perchyn, 238, pierce. Perdure, 254, endure. Pere, equal. Pere, 131, appear. Pertly, 1, openly, promptly. Peté, pity. Pete, 29, 165, query to pitch or throw. Peusawns, 261, power. Phasmacion, 191, formation.