doon (A.S.) _to do_. _pres. sing._ dooth, _pl._ doon, don. _pret. s._ dide, _pl._ diden, 278, 392, dide, 389. _part. pas._ doon, do. _imperat. pl._ dooth, 152. to doone, 226, 263 dore-tree (A.S.) _a door post_ +dortour (A.N.) 463, _a dormitory_ doted (A.S.) _foolish, simple_ doughtres (A.S.) _daughters_ doute (A.N.) _fear, doubt_ dowen (A.N.) _to endow_. _pret._ dowed, 325, _endowed_ dowve (A.S.) 319, _a dove_ draf (A.S.) 173, 419, _dregs, dirt_. Things thrown away as unfit for man's food, particularly the dust and husks of corn after it has been threshed. Chaucer's Parson (C. T. l. 17329) says:-- Why schuld I sowen _draf_ out of my fest, Whan I may sowe whete, if that me lest? +drane (A.S.) 493, _a drone_ drawen (A.S.) _to draw_. _pret. s._ drough, 89, 98. drogh, 280, 437. drow, 376, _pl._ drowen, 222. _part. pas._ drawe, 175 +drecchen (A.S.) 478, 480, _to vex, grieve, oppress_ drede (A.S.) 434, _to dread, fear_. _pres. s._ he drat, 165. _pret. s._ dredde, 280. _pl._ dradden, 429. _imperat._ dred, 17 dredfully (A.S.) 352, _fearfully, terrified_ dregges (A.S.) 419, _dregs_ dremels (A.S.) 148, 247, _a dream_ drenchen, drenche (A.S.) 154, 237, _to drown_. _pret. pl._ a-dreynten, 198 drevelen (A.S.) 175, _to drivel_ drye (A.S.) 276, _thirst_ drien (A.S.) 16, _to be dry, thirsty_ drihte (A.S.) 262, _lord_. drighte, 279 drinken (A.S.) _to drink_. _pret. s._ drank, _pl._ dronken, 277, dronke, 278. _part. pas._ dronken, y-dronke, 354 dryven (A.S.) _to drive_ droghte (A.S.) 134, _a drought, deficiency of wet_ dronklewe (A.S.) 156, _drunken, given to drink_. The word occurs in Chaucer, C. T. l. 7625:-- Irous Cambises was eek _dronkelewe_, And ay delited him to ben a schrewe. Again (C. T. l. 12426):-- Seneca saith a good word douteles: He saith he can no difference find, Betwix a man that is out of his mind, And a man whiche that is _dronkelew_. The word used by Seneca is _ebrius_ drury (A.N.) 20, _courtship, gallantry_ duc (A.N.) 414, _a duke_. _pl._ dukes, 388 +duen (A.N.) 496, _to endue, or endow_ E. ech (A.S.) _each_. echone (i. e. _each one_) _every one, each_ edifie (A.N.) 371, _to build_ edwyte (A.S.) 99, _to reproach, blame, upbraid_ eest (A.S.) _east_ eft (A.S.) 354, 371, _again_ eggen (A.S.) 19, 386, _to egg on, urge, incite_ egreliche (A.N.) 334, 418, _sourly, bitterly_ +ey (A.S.) 464, _an egg_ eighe (A.S.) 180, 190, 306, _pl._ eighen, 5, 80, 127, eighes, 33, _the eye_ eylen (A.S.) _to ail_ eyr (A.N.) _air_ elde (A.S.) _old age_ elenge (A.S.) 12, 179, 425, _mournful, sorrowful_. elengliche, 231, _sorrowfully, in trouble_ eller (A.S.) 19, ellere, 168, _an elder tree_ ellis (A.S.) 6, _else, otherwise, at other times_ enbawmen (A.N.) _to embalm_. _pret. s._ enbawmed, 352 enblaunchen (A.N.) 301, _to whiten over_ engyne (A.N.) 384, _to contrive, lay a plan, catch_ engleymen (A.N.) 298, _to beslime_ engreyned (A.N.) 29, _powdered_ enselen (A.N.) _to put a seal to_
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