Algorithms; Arithmetic -- Early works to 1900; Mathematics -- History
+lede+ = lete, let, 8/37
+lene+, lend, 12/39
+lest+, least, 43/27 [[in “at the lest”]]
+lest+ = left, 71/9 [[in “the lest syde”]]
+leue+, leave, 6/5;
_pr. 3 s._ +leues+, remains, 11/19; [[first in 10/40]]
+leus+, 11/28;
_pp._ +laft+, left, 19/24
+lewder+, more ignorant, 3/3 [[written lewd{er}]]
+lust+, desirest to, 45/13
+lyȝt+, easy, 15/31
+lymytes+, limits, 34/18;
+lynes+, 34/12;
+lynees+, 34/17;
Lat. limes, _pl._ limites.
+maystery+, achievement; [[written mayst{er}y]]
+no m.+, no achievement, i.e. easy, 19/10
+me+, _indef. pron._ one, 42/1 [[first in 34/16]]
+mo+, more, 9/16
+moder+ = more (Lat. majorem), 43/22
+most+, must, 30/3 [[first in 3/12 and many more]]
+multipliede+, +to be m.+ = multiplying, 40/9
+mynvtes+, the sixty parts into which a unit is divided, 38/25
[[written mynvt{es}]]
+myse-wroȝt+, mis-wrought, 14/11
+nether+, nor, 34/25 [[in “It was, nether is”]]
+nex+, next, 19/9
+noȝt+, nought, 5/7 [[first in 4/8]]
+note+, not, 30/5
+oo+, one, 42/20; +o+, 42/21 [[first in 34/27; 33/22]]
+omest+, uppermost, higher, 35/26;
+omyst+, 35/28
+omwhile+, sometimes, 45/31 [[first in 39/17]]
+on+, one, 8/29 [[in “on vnder an-oþ{er}”]]
+opyne+, plain, 47/8 [[written opyn{e}]]
+or+, before, 13/25 [[in “or þou be-gan”]]
+or+ = þe oþ{er}, the other, 28/34 [[in “or by-twene”]]
+ordure+, order, 34/9;
row, 43/1 [[word form is “order”]]
+other+, or, 33/13, 43/26;
[[in “art other craft” on 33/13, “other how oft” on 43/26;
note also “one other other” on 35/24]]
+other . . . or+, either . . . or, 38/37
[[in “other it is even or od{e}” on 38/37;
there are earlier occurrences]]
+ouerer+, upper, 42/15 [[written ou{er}er]]
+ouer-hippede+, passed over, 43/19 [[written ou{er}-hipped{e}]]
+recte+, directly, 27/20 [[in “stondes not recte”;
also on 26/31 in “recte ou{er} his hede”]]
+remayner+, remainder, 56/28
+representithe+, represented, 39/14 [[written rep{re}sentith{e}]]
+resteth+, remains, 63/29 [[first in 57/29 and others]]
+rewarde+, regard, 48/6 [[written reward{e}]]
+rew+, row, 4/8
+rewle+, row, 4/20, 7/12;
[[in “place of þe rewle”, “þe rewle of fig{ure}s”]]
+rewele+, 4/18;
+rewles+, rules, 5/33
+s.+ = scilicet, 3/8 [[in “s. Algorism{us}”]]
+sentens+, meaning, 14/29
+signifye(tyf)+, 5/13. The last three letters are added above the
line, evidently because of the word ‘significatyf’ in l. 14.
But the ‘Solucio,’ which contained the word, has been omitted.
+sithen+, since, 33/8
+some+, sum, result, 40/17, 32
[[first in 36/21 in “me may see a some”, then in “the same some”
and “to some of”]]
+sowne+, pronounce, 6/29
+singillatim+, singly, 7/25
+spices+, species, kinds, 34/4 [[first in 5/34 and others]]
+spyl+, waste, 14/26
+styde+, stead, 18/20
+subtrahe+, subtract, 48/12;
_pp._ +subtrayd+, 13/21
+sythes+, times, 21/16
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