Ententifly, to the intent, purposely Envie, Envye, malice, ill-will, injury Er, Ere, before, are, Ere, ear Etermynable, p. 26, col. 2, inter- Evanished, s. vanished Everiche, every, each Ewbughts, or Ewe-boughts, s. are small inclosures, or pens, into which the farmers drive (Scotice, weir) their milch ewes morning and evening, in order to milk them. They are commonly made with fall-dykes, i.e. earthen dykes Ezar, azure Fach, Feche, fetch Fader, Fatheris, s. father, fathers Fadge, s. a thick loaf of bread, figuratively, 7, any coarse heap of stuff Fele, Fell, furious, skin Fendys pray, &c. p. 26, col. 2, from being the prey of the fiends Fee, reward, recompense; it also signifies land when it is connected with the tenure by which it is held, as knight's fee, &c. Fere, fear. Item, companion, wife Ferliet, s. wondered Ferly, wonder, also wonderful Fersly, fiercely Feztyng, fighting Fesante, pheasant Fette, fetched Fetteled, prepared, addressed, made Feys, s. predestinated to death, or Finaunce, p. 26, col. 2, fine, forfeiture Find frost, find mischance or disaster. A phrase still in use Firth, Frith, s. a wood. It., an arm of the sea, 1. fretum Fitt, division, part. Fitts, i. e. "divisions or parts in music," are alluded to in Troilus and Cressida, A. iii, sc. 1. See Mr Steevens's note. So in Shakspear's King Henry V. (A. 3, sc. 8,) the king says "My army's but a weak and sickly guard, Yet God before, tell him we will come on." Fauzt, faucht, s. fought. It., fight Fleyke, 134, a large kind of hur Faulcone, faulcon Fawn, s. fallen Fay, s. faith Fuyere, p. 7, col. 1, fair Fautors, deceivers, dissemblers, cheats Feare, Fere, Feire, mate Feat, nice, neat Featously, neatly, dexterously Fe, fee, reward; also bribe. But properly fee is applied to lands and tenements which are held by perpetual right, and by acknowledgment of superiority to a higher lord. Thus p. 26, col. 2, in fee, i. e. in feudal service, 1. feudum, &c.-Blount. Feil, s. Fele, many. So Hardinge has Lords fele, i. e. many Lords Fei", s. Fere, fear Feiau, Feloy, fellow dle. Cows are frequently milked in hovels made of fleykes Flindars, s. pieces, splinters Flowan, s. flowing Flyte, to contend with words, scold Foo, p. 9, col. 1, foes Fond, contrive, also endeavour, fly Fonde, found Forbode, commandment, p. 46, col 2, 6 ver. God forbode, [Præter Dei preceptum sit.] q. d. God forbid Force, no force, no matter Fre-bore, p. 21, col. 2, free-born Freekys, p. 3, col. 2, persons Freits, s. ill omens, ill luck, any old superstitious saw, or impression, p. 31. col. 2 An ingenious correspondent in the North thinks Freit is not an unlucky omen, but, "that thing which terrifies," viz. Terrors will pursue them that look after frightful things. Fright is pronounced by the common people in the North Freet, p. 31, col. 2. Freere, Fere, mate, companion Fuyson foyson, plenty, also sub stance Fowkin, a cant word for a fart Fyll, p. 25, col. 1, fell Fyled, fyling, defiled, defiling Fur, fire G Gaberlunzie, Gaberlunye, s. a wallet Gae, Gaes, s. go, goes Galliard, a sprightly kind of dance Gamon, p. 12, col. 2, to make game, to sport, a. s. Camenian, jocari. Hence backgammon Gane, Gan, began Gane, s. gone Gang, s. go Ganyde, p. 3, col. 2, gained Gare, Gar, s. make, cause, force, compel Gargeyld, p. 27, col. 1, from Gargouille, f. the spout of a gutter. The tower was adorned with spouts cut in the figures of greyhounds, lions, &c. Gar, s. to make, cause, &c. Garland, p. 23, col. 1, the ring within which the prick or mark was set to be shot at Gart, Garred, s. made Gayed, made gay (their clothes) Gear, Geire, Geir, Gair, s. goods, effects, stuff Gederede ys host, gathered his host Graithed gowden, s. was caparison- | Handbow, p. 47, col. 2, the long. ed with gold Gramercye, i. e. I thank you, f. Graunge, p. 77, col. 1, granary, also Gret, great, grieved, swoln, ready to burst Gret, Grat, great Growte, in Nothamptonshire is a kind of small beer extracted from the malt after the strength has been drawn off. In Devon it is a kind of sweet ale medicated with eggs, said to be a Danish liquor. Growte is a kind of fare much used by Danish sailors, being boiled groats, (i. e. hulled oats) or else shelled barley, served up very thick, and butter added to it. (Mr. Lambe). Grippel, griping, tenacious, miserly Grupe, a griffin Grysely groned, p. 8, col. 2, dreadfully groaned Gude, Guid, Geud, s. good Gybe, jest, joke Gyle, guile Gun, engine, contrivance Gyse, s. guise, form, fashion H Habbe ase he brew, have as he brews Habergeon, f. a lesser coat of mail with a pudding made of mince- Ha, Hae, s. have. Item, hall Ha, have. Ha, s. hall Hail, Hale, s. whole, altogether Halched, Halsed, saluted, embraced, fell on his neck, from halse, the neck, throat Halesome, wholesome, healthy Halt, holdeth Hame, Humward, home, homeward bow, or common bow, as dis tinguished from the cross-bow Han, have, 3 pers. plur. Hare swerdes, their swords Haried, harried, haryed, harowed. pp. 6, col. 2, 43, col. 1, robbed, pillaged, plundered. "He har ried a bird's nest."-Scot. Harrowed, harrassed, disturbed Harlocke, p. 79, col. 2, perhaps charlocke, or wild rape, which bears a yellow flower, and grows among corn, &c. Harnisine, harness, armour Hartly lust, p. 26, col. 1. hearty desire Hether, hither Hether, s. heath, a low shrub that grows upon the moors, &c. so luxuriantly as to choak the grass, to prevent which the inhabitants set whole acres of it on fire, the rapidity of which gave the poet that apt and noble simile, in p. (Mr. Hutchinson.) Heuch, s. a rock or steep hill Hevede, Hevedest, had, badst Heveriche, Hevenrich, heavenly Hewkes, heralds' coats Hewyne in to, hewn in two Hewyng, Hewinge, hewing, hacking Hey-day guise, frolick, sportive frolicksome manner This word is perhaps corruptly given, being apparently the same with HEYDEGUIES, or HEYDEGUIVES, which occurs in Spenser, and means a “wild frolick dance."-Johnson's Dictionary. Heynd, Hend, gentle, obliging great) ladies to wail, or, hasten, ladies, to wail, &c. Hie, Hye, He, Hee, high Hight, p. 13, col. 1, p. 3, col. 2, engage, engaged, promised, p. 40, col. 1, named, called Hi, Hie, p. 21, col. 1, he Hillys, hills Hilt, taken off, flayed, Sax. hylden Hinch-boys, Hench, properly haunch-men, pages of honour, pages attending on persons of office Hind, s. behind Hinde, Hend, gentle Hings, s. hangs Hinny, s. honey Hip, Hep, the berry which contains the stones or seeds of the dog-rose Hir, Hir lane, s. her, herself alone Hirsel, s. herself Hit, p. 3, col. 2, it Hit, it, Hit be write, it be written Hode, hood, cap Hoo, ho, p. 6, col. 1, an interjection of stopping or desisting, hence stoppage Hollen, probably a corruption for holly Holden, hold Hole, whole. Holl, idem Holtes, woods, groves, p. 7, col. 1, in Norfolk a plantation of cherry trees, is called a "cherry holt," also sometimes" hills." Holtes seems evidently to signify hills in the following passage from Tuberville's "Songs and Sonnets," 12mo, 1567, fol. 56. "Yee that frequent the hilles, And highest HOLTES of all, As also in this other verse of an ancient poet, "Underneath the HOLTES so hoar." Holtis hair, s. hoar bills Holy-roode, holy cross Holy, p. 26, col. 1, wholly, or perhaps hole, whole Hom, Hem, them Honden wrynge, hands wring Honge, hang, hung Hop-halt, limping, hopping, and Houzle, give the sacrament Hoved or hoven means in the Howeres, Howers, hours Huggle, hug, clasp Hyp-halt, lame in the hip Hyndattowre, s. behind, over, or about Hys, his, also is Hyt, (intro.) it Hyznes, highness I Ich, I, Ich biqueth, I bequeath lika, s. each, every one I-lore, lost, I-strike, stricken Impe, a little demon Intres, p. 27, col. 2, entrance, ad mittance Io forth, corruptly printed so, should probably be loo, i. e. halloo Ireful, angry, furious Is, p. 21, col. 1, is, his I-ween, (I think) verily I wys, I wis, (I know) verily Junglers, talkative persons, tell- Jogelers, p. 35, col. 1, jugglers Jow, s. joll or jowl Jupe, s. an upper garment, fr. a petticoat K Kall, p. 26, col. 2, call Kauled, p. 21, col. 1, called Kempes, soldiers, warriors Kempt, combed Kems, s. combs Kend, s. knew Ken, Kenst, know, knowest Keepe, p. 80, col. 2, care, heed. So in the old play of Hick Scorner (in the last leaf but one), "I keepe not to clymbe so hye," i. e. I study not, care not, &c. Kepers, &c., p. 47, col. 2, those that watch by the corpse shall tye up my winding-sheet Kever-chefes, handkerchiefs, (vid. introd.) Kid, Kyd, Kithe, made known, shown Kilted, s. tucked up Kind, Kinde, nature, p. to carp is our kind, it is natural for us to talk of Largesse, f. gift, liberality Lauch, lauched, s. laugh, laughed Laye, p. 12, col. 2, law Layne, lain. Vid. Leane Leal, Leil, s. loyal, honest, true, f. loyal Leane, p. 8, col. 1, conceal, hide. Learnd, learned, taught Leiman, Leman, lover, mistress Leek, phrase of contempt Lemman, lover Leman, leaman, leiman, lover, mistress, a. s. lemman Lenger, longer Lengeth in, resideth in Lett, Latte, hinder, slacken, Lettyng, hindrance, i. e. without delay Leuch, Leugh, s. laughed Leeve London, p. 73, col. 1, dear Leves and Bowes, leaves and boughs Lewd, ignorant, scandalous Leyre, lere, p. 79, col. 2, learning, Libbards-bane, a herb so called Lichtly, s. lightly, easily, nimbly Langsome, s. p 83, col. 2, long, Lightly, easily tedious Lap. s. leaped Lightsome, chearful, sprightly Liked, p. 80, col. 1, pleased Limitours, friars licensed to beg within certain limits Limitacioune, a certain precinct allowed to a limitour Lingell, a thread of hemp rubbed with rosin, &c., used by rustics for mending their shoes Lire, flesh, complexion Lith, Lithe, Lythe, p. 40, col. 2, attend, hearken, listen Lither, p. 18, col. 2, idle, worthless, naughty, froward Liver, deliver Liverance, p. 74, col. 2, deliverance, (money, or a pledge, for delivering you up) Lodlye, loathsome. Vid. Lothly .... Loht, (Ballad 1, ver. 45) Loke, p. 80, col. 1, lock of wool Longes, belongs Lope, leaped Lorrel, Losel, a sorry worthless person Lore, lesson, doctrine, learning Looset, losed, loosed Lothly, (vide Lodlye,) loathsome The adverbial terminations SOME and LY were applied indifferently by our old writers: thus as we have Lothly for loathsome, so we have UGSOME in a sense not very remote from Ugly, in LORD SURREY'S Version of Æneid, 11. viz." In every place the ugsome sights I saw." Loud and still, phrase, at all times Lounge, (Introd.) lung Lourd, Lour, s. Lever, had rather Louted, Loutede, lowed, did obei sance Loveth, love, plural number Lues, Luve, s. loves, love Luicks, s. looks Lurden, p. 43, col. 1, Lurdeyne sluggard, drone | Lyan, Lyund, s. lying Lyard, grey, a name given to a horse from its grey colour, as Bayard, from bay Lynde, p. p. 44, col. 1, 44, col. 2, Lyne, p. 23, col. 1. See Linde Lynde, p. 44, col. 2, the lime tree, or collectively lime trees, or trees in general Lys, lies Lyth p. 79. col. 2, Lythe, Lyth-, some, pliant, flexible, easy, gentle Lyven na More, live no more,no longer Lyst, light Maden, made M Mahound, Mahowne, Mahomet Majeste, Maist, Mayeste, may'st As the words make and mate were in some cases used promiscuously by ancient writers; so the words cake and cate seem to have been applied with the same indifferency: this will illus trate that common English Proverb, "to turn Cat (i. e. Cate) in pan." A Pan-cake is in Northamptonshire still called a Pan-cate. Male, p. 3, col. 2, coat of mail Mane, p. 3, col, 1, man. Item moan Mane, Maining, s. moan, moaning Mangonel, an engine used for discharging great stones, arrows, &c. before the invention of gun. powder March perti, p. 4, col. 2, in the parts lying upon the marches March-pine, p. 79, col. 2, Marchpane, a kind of biscuit Margarite, a pearl, 1. Marrow, s. equal Mark, a coin, in value 13s. 4d. Mart, s. marred, hurt, damaged Mast, Maste, may'st Masterye, p. 22, col. 2, Mayestry, p. 46, col. 1, a trial of skill, high proot of skill Maugre, spite of, ill will (I incur) Maugre, in spite of Manger, Maugre, spite of Meany, retinue, train, company Meise, s. soften, reduce, mitigate Me, men, Me con (men 'gan) Meniveere, a species of fur Mense the faught, s. p. measure the battle. To give to the mense, is to give above the measure. Twelve, and one to the mense, is common with children in their play Menzie, s. Meaney, retinue, com pany Merches, marches Messager, f. messenger Me-thunketh, methinks Mort, death of the deer Mote I thee, might I thrive Mude, s. mood Mun, Maun, s. must Mure, Mures, s. wild downs, heaths, &c. Murne, Murnt, Murning, s. mourn, mourned, mourning Musis, muses Myllan, Milan steel Myne-ye-ple, p. 3, col. 2, perhaps, many plies, or folds, Monyule is still used in this sense in the North. (Mr. Lambe) Met, Meit, s. Mete, meet, fit, proper Myrry, merry Midge, a small insect, a kind of Minged, p. 12, col. 2, mentioned Minstral, s. minstrel, musician, &c. Miscreants, unbelievers Misken, mistake, also, in the Scot- Mome, a dull stupid person nified a hill, (from a. s. mon, Mores, p. 12, col. 1, hills, wild Morrownunges, mornings Morne, s. p. 20, col. 2, on the morrow Mornyng, mourning Mysuryd, p. 25, col. 2, misused, applied to a bad purpose Myzt, Myzty, might, mighty N Naithing, s. nothing Nams, names Na, Nae, s. no, none Nane, s. none Nar, p. 2, col. 2, Nare, nor. Item, than Natheless, nevertheless Nat, not Near, s. Ner, Nere, ne'er, never Neat, oxen, cows, large cattle Neatherd, a keeper of cattle Neatresse, a female keeper of cattle Neigh him neare, approach him |