English poetry -- 18th century; Literary forgeries and mystifications -- Early works to 1800
Lissed, T. 97. _Bounded_. C.
[List, H. 1. 544. ? _Pleasure_.]
Lithie, Ep. 10. _Humble_. C.
Loaste, Æ. 456. _Loss_.
[Lode, H. 1. 33. Probably as _load_, a _task_ or _burden_. Sk. renders
_praise_, as if _land_; this is far from convincing.]
Logges, E. I. 55. _Cottages_. C.
Lordinge, T. 57. _Standing on their hind legs_. C.
Loverd's, E. III. 29. _Lord's_. C.
Low, G. 50. _Flame of fire_. C.
Lowes, T. 137. _Flames_. C.
Lowings, Ch. 35. _Flames_. C.
[Lurdanes, H. 1. 36. From B.'s 'Lurdane, lordane, _a dull heavy
fellow_, derived by some from _Lord_ and _Dane_'. So the word becomes
for C. an opprobrious equivalent for _Dane_.]
[Lygheth, Æ. 627. _Lay_, from K.'s lig, _to lie_.]
[Lymed, E. II. 7. _Glassy, reflecting_. C.]
Lymmed, M. 33. _Polished_. C.
Lynch, El. 37. _Bank_. C.
Lynge, Æ. 376. _Stay_. C.
Lyoncel, E. II. 44. _Young lion_. C.
Lyped, El. 34. [? miswritten for _lithed_, Speght's lith, _to make
less_, so _wasted_. Sk. renders _wasted away_, deriving _lyped_ from
B.'s liposychy, _a small swoon_, which seems too far-fetched even for
Rowley.]
Lysse, T. 2. _Sport, or play_. C.
Lyssed, Æ 53. _Bounded_. C.
M.
Mancas, G. 136. _Marks_. C.
Manchyn, H. 2. 222. _A sleeve_. Fr.
[Mastie, H. 1. 348. 425. ? _Mastiff_.]
Maynt, Meynte, E. II. 66. _Many, great numbers_. C.
Mee, Mees, E. I. 31. _Meadow_. C.
Meeded, Æ 39. _Rewarded_. [The construction _meeded out_ is probably
affected by _meted out_.]
Memuine, H. 2. 120. [? _Body of troops_, ? _Command_. No explanation.]
Meniced, p. 285. 146. _Menaced_, q? [The sense is _threatened to make
him marry again_.]
Mere, G. 58. _Lake_. C.
Merk-plante, T. 176. _Night-shade_. C.
Merke, T. 163. _Dark, gloomy_. C.
Miesel, Æ 551. _Myself_.
Milkynette, El. 22. _A small bagpipe_. C.
Mist, Ch. 49. _Poor, needy_. C.
[Mister, Ch. 82. as _Mist_, poor, needy.]
Mitches, El. 20. _Ruins_. C.
Mittee, E. II. 28. _Mighty_. C.
Mockler, p. 283. 105. _More_.
Moke, Ep. 5. _Much_. C.
Mokie, El. 29. _Black_. C.
[Mokynge, H. 2. 584. K. and B. have moky (O.), _cloudy_; so perhaps
C. meant a brook the surface of which reflected the clouds. Sk. reads
_mocking_.]
Mole, Ch. 4. _Soft_. C.
Mollock, G. 90. _Wet, moist_. C.
Morglaien. M. 20. _The name of a sword_ [Morglay] _in some old
Romances_.
Morthe, Æ 307. [_Violent death_. K. has morth, _murder_.]
Morthynge, El. 4. _Murdering_. C.
Mote, E. I. 22. _Might_. C.
Motte, H. 2. 184. _Word, or motto_.
Myckle, Le. 16. _Much_. C.
Myndbruch, Æ. 401. [_A hurting of honour and worship_ (B.).]
Mynster, G. 75. _Monastery_. C.
Mysterk, M. 33. _Mystic_. C.
N.
[Nappy, Ba. 13. B. has nappy-ale, [_q. d. such as will cause persons
to take a nap_] _pleasant and strong_. But the word _nappy_ in this
connexion has nothing to do with causing sleep.]
Ne, P.G. 6. _Not_. C.
Ne, p. 281. 58. _Nigh_.
Nedere, Ep. II. _Adder_. C.
Neete, p. 280. 41. _Night_.
Nesh, T. 16. _Weak, tender_. C.
Nete, Æ. 399. _Night_.
Nete, T. 19. _Nothing_. C.
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