The Master of Game: The Oldest English Book on HuntingEdward, of Norwich
History
The Master of Game: The Oldest English Book on Hunting
Edward, of Norwich
Hunting -- Early works to 1800
Vincentius Bellovacensis. _Bibliotheka Mundi._ Edit. of 1624.
---- _Speculi majoriis._ 1591.
Vyner. _Notitia Venatica._
Wagner, F. von. _Die Jagd des grossen Wildes im Mittelalter._ Wien,
1844.
Walton, for _The Compleat Angler_. By Izaak Walton. Used ed. London,
1815.
_Wardrobe Accounts for the reigns of Edward III. to Henry IV._
Werth, Hermann. _Über die Ältesten franz. Übersetzungen Mittelalt.
Jagdlehrbücher._ Göttingen, 1888.
---- _Altfranzösische Jagdlehrbücher._ Halle, 1889.
Whitaker, Joseph. _The Deer Parks of England._ London, 1892.
_Will. of Palerne._ _See_ G. de P.
Wright, for _A History of Domestic Manners in England_. By Thomas
Wright. London, 1862.
Wylie, for _History of England under Henry IV_. By James H. Wylie.
London, 1884-98. 4 vols.
Wynn, for _History of the Mastiff_. By M. B. Wynn. Melton Mowbray,
1886.
D'Yauville. _Traité de Venerie._ Paris, 1688.
GLOSSARY
OF OBSOLETE ENGLISH TERMS AND WORDS OCCURRING IN THE ANCIENT TEXTS OF
"THE MASTER OF GAME" AND IN APPENDIX.
ABAI, ABAY, being at bay, 29, 118
ACHARNETH, ACHARNE, to set on, to eat flesh, 59, 60, 62
ACHAUF, heat, 38, 98
ACQUILLER, ENQUILLER, to rouse animals of the chase with hounds, App.
AFERAUNT, the haunch, 38
AFFETED, fashioned, trained, 27, 141
AFORCE, _par force_, by force, App.
AIGUILLOUNCE, thorny
AKELID, cooled, 186
AKIRE, AKKERNE, acorns, 144
ALAUNTIS, ALAUNTZ, ALOND, allans or allauntes, a large hound, 3, 116-8
ALVELUE, covered with fleece, fat or woolly substance, App.
ANALED, for _avaled_, hanging down, 114
ANCEPS, HAUSSEPIED, a snare which caught the game by the foot and
lifted it into the air, 61
ANCHES, rosemary
APEL, French hunting-note, App.
APERYNG, stoned, the roughness of antlers, 143
APPARAILLE, dressed venison
ARBITTEN, bitten, devoured
ARBLAST, cross-bow, 27
ARECHE, reach, 60
ARERE, _arrière_, behind, back there, 182, App.
AREYN, spider, 137
AREYN, rain, 157
ARRACHER, to tear out; a term used for skinning certain animals, App.
ASAUTE, SAUTE, in heat, 64, 66
ASCRIETHE, ASCRIE, to rate, shout at, to scold, 63, 74, 170
ASSAIEN, try or test, 88
ASSAYE, ESSAY, to try; taking assay, to see by a cut the thickness of
the fat, App.
ASSISE, note on hunting-horn blown at death of stag which has been
hunted by stag-hounds, App.
ASTERTE, escape
ASTIFLED, inflammation in the stifle-joint, 103
ASTRIED, rated, shouted at, 170
ATHREST, thrust or push, 106
ATTE FULLE, when the stag's antlers show a certain number of tines,
App.
ATTIRE, the stag's antlers, App.
AUALED, AVAILED, hanging down, 106, 114
AUERILLE, _Avrille_, April, 30
AUNTELERE, AUNTILLER, AUNCULER, antler, 130, 140
AUNTRED, ventured, 28
AVAUNT, AUAUNT, a hunting cry, "Forward," 182
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Elsewhere in the archive
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account