English poetry -- 18th century; Literary forgeries and mystifications -- Early works to 1800
Attenes, Æ 18. _At once_. C.
Attoure, T. 115. _Turn_. C.
Attoure, Æ 322. _Around_.
Ave, H. 2. 636. for _Eau_. Fr. Water.
Aumere, Ch. 7. _A loose robe, or mantle_. C.
Aumeres, E. III. 25. _Borders of gold and silver_, &c. C.
Aunture, H. 2. 133. as _Aventure_: adventure. Autremete, Ch. 52. _A
loose white robe, worn by priests_. C.
Awhaped, Æ. 400. _Astonished_. C.
Aynewarde, Ch. 47. _Backwards_. C.
B.
Bankes, T. III. _Benches_.
[Bante, Æ. 207. _Banned, cursed_.]
Barb'd hall, Æ. 219. [See Appendix, p. 317, § 8.]
Barbed horse, Æ. 27. _Covered with armour_.
[Bardi, H. 1. 305. _Bards_. (Latin plural!)]
Baren, Æ. 880, for _Barren_.
Barganette, E. III. 49. _A song, or ballad_. C.
Bataunt, Ba. 276. 292. [Evidently a musical instrument, but Sk. can
get no nearer an etymological explanation than O.F. _battant_, a
fuller's mallet.]
Battayles, Æ. 707. _Boats, ships_. Fr.
Batten, G. 3. _Fatten_. C.
Battent, T. 52. _Loudly_. C.
Battently, G. 50. _Loud roaring_. C.
Battone, H. 1. 520. _Beat with sticks_. Fr.
Baubels, Ent. 7. _Jewels_. C.
Bawfin, Æ. 57. _Large_. C.
Bayre, E. II. 76. _Brow_. C.
Beheste, G. 60. _Command_. C.
Behight, H. 2. 365. [_Name_; from _hight_, called.]
Behylte, Æ. 939. _Promised_. C.
Belent, H. 2. 121. [? from Speght's blent, _stayed, turned back_.]
Beme, Æ. 563. _Trumpet_.
Bemente, E. I. 45. _Lament_. C.
Benned, Æ. 1185. _Cursed, tormented_. C.
Benymmynge, P.G. 3. _Bereaving_. C.
Bercie, p. 278. 8. [No explanation.]
Berne, Æ. 580. _Child_. C.
Berten, T. 58. _Venomous_. C.
Beseies, T. 124. _Becomes_. C.
Besprente, T. 132. _Scattered_. C.
Bestadde, p. 286. 3. [_Lost_, K.'s _bestad_ (O.).]
Bestanne, Æ. 411. [=Bestadde.]
Bested, H. 2. 140. [_Contended_. ? from B.'s bestad, _beset,
oppressed_.]
Bestoiker, Æ. 91. _Deceiver_. C.
Bestreynts, H. 2. 634. [_Sprinkles_, from K.'s betreint (O.),
_sprinkled_; but affected by _bestrewed_.]
Bete, G. 85. _Bid_. C.
Betrassed, G. 7. _Deceived, imposed on_. C.
Betraste, Æ. 1031. _Betrayed_. C.
Betreinted, H. 2. [634] 707. [_Sprinkled_; from K.'s betreint (O.),
_sprinkled_.]
Bevyle, E. II. 57. _Break. A herald term signifying a spear broken in
tilting_. C.
Bewrate, H. 2. 127. [_Treachery_.]
Bewrecke, G. 101. _Revenge_. C.
Bewreen, Æ. 6. _Express_. C.
Bewryen, Le. 42. _Declared, expressed_. C.
Bewryne, G. 72. _Declare_. C.
Bewrynning, T. 128. _Declaring_. C.
Bighes, Æ. 371. _Jewels_. C.
Birlette, E. III. 24. _A hood, or covering for the back part of the
head_. C.
Bismarde, p. 285. 141. [_Curious, wondering_; from bismar, _curiosity_,
K.B. and Speght.]
Blake, Æ. 178. 407. _Naked_. C.
Blakied, E. III. 4. _Naked, original_. C.
Blanche, Æ. 369. _White, pure_.
Blaunchie, E. II. 50. _White_. C.
Blatauntlie, Æ. 108. _Loudly_. C.
[Blents, H. 2. 638. ?]
Blente, E. III. 39. _Ceased, dead_. C.
Blethe, T. 98. _Bleed_. C.
Blynge, Æ. 334. _Cease_. C.
Blyn, E. II. 40. _Cease, stand still_. C.
Boddekin, Æ. 265. _Body, substance_. C.
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