Havelok the Dane (Legendary character) -- Romances
Barb. Barbour’s Bruce. --Chauc. Chaucer. --Doug. Gawin Douglas’s Transl.
of the Æneid. --Ellis, M. R. Ellis’s Specimens of Metrical Romances.
--Gl. Glossary. --Jam. Jamieson’s Dictionary. --Laȝam. Laȝamon’s Transl.
of Wace (ed. Madden). --Lynds. Sir D. Lyndsay’s Works. --N.E. Northern
English. --Percy, A. R. Percy’s Reliques of Ancient English Poetry.
--P. Plowm. Piers Plowman. --R. Br. Robert of Brunne. --R. Gl. Robert of
Gloucester, ed. Hearne (2nd ed. 1810). --Rits. A. S. Ritson’s Ancient
Songs. --Rits. M. R. Ritson’s Metrical Romances. --Sc. Scotch, Scotland.
--Sir Tr. Sir Tristrem. --Wall. Wallace. --Web. Weber’s Metrical
Romances. --Wilb. Wilbraham’s Cheshire Glossary. --Wynt. Wyntoun’s
Chronicle. --B. Lat. Barbarous Latin. --Belg. Belgic. --Fr. French.
--Isl. Islandic. --Lat. Latin. --S. Saxon. --Sibb. Sibbald’s Chronicle
of Scottish Poetry. --Su. G. Suio-Gothic. --Teut. Teutonic. --_q.v._
Quod vide. --The Romances separately cited are sufficiently indicated by
the Titles. The numbers refer to the line of the Poem.
It may be useful to add that the names of the Romances edited by Ritson
are-- vol. i. Ywaine and Gawin; Launfal. --vol. ii. Lybeaus Disconus;
King Horn; King of Tars; Emare; Sir Orpheo; Chronicle of England. --vol.
iii. Le bone Florence; Erle of Tolous; Squyr of Lowe Degre; Knight of
Curtesy. Those edited by Weber are-- vol. i. Kyng Alisaunder; Sir
Cleges; Lai-le-freine. --vol. ii. Richard Cœur de Lion; Ipomydon; Amis
and Amiloun. --vol. iii. Seuyn Sages; Octouian; Sir Amadas; Hunting of
the Hare. Beowulf and the Codex Exoniensis are quoted from Thorpe’s
editions.
A, 610, 936. Apparently an error of the scribe for _Al_, but perhaps
written as pronounced. N.E. and Sc. _aw_. V. Jam.
A before a _noun_ is commonly a corruption of the S. _on_, as proved
clearly by the examples in Tyrwhitt’s Gl., Jam., and Gl. Lynds. _Adoun_,
q.v. is an exception. _A-two_, 1413, 2643. _See_ On.
Aboven, _prep._ S. above, 1700.
Abouten, _prep._ S. [_on-bútan_] about, 521, 670, 1010, &c. _Abuten_,
2429.
Adoun, _adv._ S. down, 567. _Adune_, 2735. _Doun_, 901, 925, &c. _Dun_,
888, 927. _Dune_, 1815, 2656. A.S. _of-dúne_.
Adrad, _part. pa._ S. afraid, 278, 1048, 1163, 1682, 2304. _Adradde_,
1787. _Adred_, 1258. _Odrat_, 1153. Sir Tr. p. 174; K. Horn, 124. _See_
Dred.
Agen, _prep._ S. [_on-gean_] against, 1792. _Ageyn_, 493, 569, 2024, &c.
_Ageynes_, 2153, 2270, &c. _Ayen_, 489, 1210, 2799. _Yen_, 2271.
_Ageyn_, toward, 451, 1696, 1947; opposite to, 1809; upon, on, 1828.
_Ayen_, towards, 1207. _Ageyn him go_, 934, opposite him, so as to bear
an equal weight. _Ageyn hire_, 1106, at her approach. _Ageyn þe lith_,
2141, opposed to the light, on which the light shines. V. R. Gl.,
R. Br., Chauc. &c.
Ageyn, _adv._ S. again, 2426.
Al, _adv._ S. wholly, entirely, 34, 70, 139, 203, &c.
Al, _adj._ S. all, 203, 264, &c.; every one, 104; every part, 224;
_plu._ alle, 2, 150, &c.
Albidene, _adv._ _See_ Bidene.
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