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4'GLOSSARIAL INDEX.Assured, pp. bound by promise,3 b. 1 2o6. •Astart, V. to start aside, start from,19 n. 283.Astate, sb. F. state, 14. 308 ;pi.Astatcs, conditions, ranks, 18.xvii. 42.Astert, V. to start from, shun,escape ; wrongly used in the senseto startle, frighten, 28 a. 187 ;pr. s. Asterteth, starts aside, escapes,2. 282; pr. s. subj. Asterte,may escape, may be missing, 3 b.1361.Astoynde, pp. astounded, astonished,24. 29.At, conj. that, 6. 240. Dan. at.Athe, put /or of the, 7. 51.Attaynt, pp. F. attainted, marred,24. 15. Lat. tango, I touch.Attechyng, pres. part, attaching,indicting, 13. 266. Lat. tango, Itouch.Atteir, sb. F. attire, 11 a. 3.Atteynt, pp. F. convicted of treason,proved to be traitors, 3 b.1207. See Attaynt.Attones, adv. at once, 26. 759'>Attonis, 22. 5592; Attonys, 3 b.1162.Auale, V. F. to subside, 24. 19; tocondescend, 14. II 17; pp. Auailed,lowered, T9 /. 30. O. F. avaler,O. E. vail, to lower ; from d val,Lat. ad uallem, to the valley,downward. Cf. E. avalanche.Auaunce, imp. s. F. advance, 20c. 71. Lat. ab, from, ante, before; whence also E. van, vanguard.Avauntagis. sb. pi. F. advantages,5 b- I-Auchtene, num. eighteen, 6. 192.Auctor, sb. Lat. an author, 16.192.Aventure, sb. F. adventure, chance,3 b. 1232.Auld. adj. old, 6. 192. A. S. eald.Aunter, sb. adventure, chance ; annuntcr j/, it is a chance if, i.7S9.Auntrede, i p. s. pt. adventured(myself), i. 341.Avowe, sb. F. a vow, 7. i, 130.Cf. 'That make I myn avow;'Chaucer, Kn. Ta. 1379.Auowe, v. F. to maintain, ic. 147.Lat. iionere.Aureat, adj. golden, 13. 47. Lat.aurum, gold.Autorite. sb. Y. authority, 16. 253.Autour, sb. F. author, 18. xvii. 206.Auysyon, sb. F. vision, 8. iii. 62.Awalk, iynp. s. S. awake, 1 1 a. 2.The substitution of / for u, as inwaVii = watik = wake, is a' Scottishpeculiarity. See "Wolx.A"wance, v. F. to advance, 6. 366.Awaytede, i p. s. pt. perceived,beheld, i. 172. O. F. agaiter, towatch; cf. E. wait, wake, watch.A.'win., adj . own, 1 1 a. iS; Awn, 6.239; Awyn, 13. 72. A. S. dgen,own, from dga7i, to possess.Awkwaxt, adv. sideways, with aback stroke, 6. 407.Awoik, I p. s. pt. awoke, 11 b. 50;pi. s. Awoilk, II a. 27. SeeAwalk.A-wijpis, sb. curlews, il a. 18.Awter, sb. F. altar, 9. 167.Axed, pt. pi. S. asked, asked for, 2.600 ; asked, 2. 610. A. S. acsian.Ay, adv. ever-, continually. A. S. a,aa, ever.Ayer, sb. F. air, 24. 31.Ayr, sb. F. an itinerant court ofjustice ; afie a>r = in the court, 6.275. Law French eyre, Lat. iter.Ayr, prep, before, 13. 304. A. S.dr, ere.A5en-ward, adv. S. on the contrary,5 b- 53-Babelyng, sb. babbling, i. 551.Babishe, adj. babyish, 25. 72.Backside, sb. back part, 19 a. 594.Bade. See Baid.Bagage, sb. dregs, refuse, 26. 10S2.A quotation in Nares (ed. Halli-

GLOSSARIAL INDEX, 481well), shews that baggage sometimesmeans scum.Baid, pt. pi. abode, remained, lasted,lived, 22. 5475; Bade, abode, 6.260. A. S. bidan, pt. t. ic bad.Baill, sh. bale, sorrow, 13. 233,Bair, adj. bare, worn alone, 13,269.Bairnis, sb.pl. bairns, children, 22.4714. Moeso-Goth. barn, a child.Baite, v. to feed, 19 /. 16. Icel.beita, to cause to bite, to feed.Balks, sb. pi. S. ridges, 26, 1034.A. S. balca, a balk, heap.Baly, sb. belly, i. 763.Balys, sb. pi. woes, ills, 7. 140.A. S. bealu, bale, evil.Banne, pr. s. subj. may curse, 20c. 63.Banwart, sb. bonewort, 13, IT5.A. S, bdnwort, bonewort, a violet,perhaps the small knapweed (Bosworth).Barayn, adj. F. barren, 17 c. 15.Barm, sb. bosom, 13. 76. A. S.beartn.Barmkyn, sb. rampart, 13. 23.Certainly unconnected with E.harm, bosom ;probably allied toG. bravie, a brim, border, verbrdmen,to border. It is equivalentto O. E, barnekyn, the outermostward of a castle, which has beenconnected with barn, but doubtfully.I find no reason for connectingit with barbican.rampart-wall,Barmkyn-wall, sb.13- 97-Barrat, sb. F. confusion, 6. 253.O. F. barat, fraud, confusionBreton barad, treason (Burguy).Basnetes, sb. pi. helmets, 7. 67.O, F. bassinet, dim. of bassin, ahelmet in the form of a basin.Batayls, sb. pi. F. battalions, corps,15 b. 1. This use is common inEarly English.Battill, adj. rich for pasture, 13.115. Icel. beit, pasture.Baudkin. sb. cloth of gold, 26.777. It. baldacchino, a canopy ofcloth of gold, from Baldacca, i. e.Bagdad.Bauld, adj. S. bold, 6. 191. A. S.bald. See BawldBawd, />/. s. S. bade, 11 a. 18.Bawdry, sh. foul conversation, 13.210.Bawld, adj. S. bold, 11 a. lo. A.S.bald, Moeso-Goth. balths.Bay, sb. noise made by the unitedsongs of birds, din, 13. 232.Bayardes, sb. pi. foolish people,17 c. 27. Properly, a bli7id bayardis a blind horse of a bay colour.Bayne, sb. F. bath, 24. 67. F. bai7i."Be, prep, by, 3 b. 1147; be that =by the time that, 7. 15; or bythat time, 6. 409.Be. See Beis.Beades, sb. pi. S. prayers, 26. 872.See Bedes.Beamous, sb. pi. trumpets, 8. iv.21. (It should rather be spelthemes.') A. S. heme, a trumpet.*Beare, sh. bier, 28 a. 161.Bearyng, sb. in phr. bearyng inhand, i. e. false assurances, 20 e.Beauuize, prop, tiame. Sir Bevis,18. xvii. 208.Bebledd, pp. covered with blood,9. 181.Becoraen, pp. gone to, 8. iv. 44.Bede, v. S. to offer, 3 a. ;9 to bid,30.6; pt. s. Bawd, bade, 1 1 a.18: pt.pl. Beden, 2. 62 1. A.S.beodan, to bid, to offer.Bedes, sb. pi. prayers, i. 389.A. S. bed, a prayer, hiddan, topray.Bedreynt, pt. pi. completelydrenched, 24. 21.Been, sb. pi. bees, i. 727. A.S.beo, pi. beo7i.Beforne, prep, before, 7. 28. A. S.befuran.Begouth, I p. s. pt. began, 13. 306.Begrime, pr.s. subj. as imp. smear,daub, cover all over, 23.iii. 3.1 26. The verb would properlyhave been tohegrime in olderTi

4'GLOSSARIAL INDEX.Assured, pp. bound by promise,3 b. 1 2o6. •Astart, V. <strong>to</strong> start aside, start <strong>from</strong>,19 n. 283.Astate, sb. F. state, 14. 308 ;pi.Astatcs, conditions, ranks, 18.xvii. 42.Astert, V. <strong>to</strong> start <strong>from</strong>, shun,escape ; wrongly used in <strong>the</strong> sense<strong>to</strong> startle, frighten, 28 a. 187 ;pr. s. Asterteth, starts aside, escapes,2. 282; pr. s. subj. Asterte,may escape, may be missing, 3 b.1361.As<strong>to</strong>ynde, pp. as<strong>to</strong>unded, as<strong>to</strong>nished,24. 29.At, conj. that, 6. 240. Dan. at.A<strong>the</strong>, put /or <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>, 7. 51.Attaynt, pp. F. attainted, marred,24. 15. Lat. tango, I <strong>to</strong>uch.Attechyng, pres. part, attaching,indicting, 13. 266. Lat. tango, I<strong>to</strong>uch.Atteir, sb. F. attire, 11 a. 3.Atteynt, pp. F. convicted <strong>of</strong> treason,proved <strong>to</strong> be trai<strong>to</strong>rs, 3 b.1207. See Attaynt.At<strong>to</strong>nes, adv. at once, 26. 759'>At<strong>to</strong>nis, 22. 5592; At<strong>to</strong>nys, 3 b.1162.Auale, V. F. <strong>to</strong> subside, 24. 19; <strong>to</strong>condescend, 14. II 17; pp. Auailed,lowered, T9 /. 30. O. F. avaler,O. E. vail, <strong>to</strong> lower ; <strong>from</strong> d val,Lat. ad uallem, <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> valley,downward. Cf. E. avalanche.Auaunce, imp. s. F. advance, 20c. 71. Lat. ab, <strong>from</strong>, ante, before; whence also E. van, vanguard.Avauntagis. sb. pi. F. advantages,5 b- I-Auchtene, num. eighteen, 6. 192.Auc<strong>to</strong>r, sb. Lat. an author, 16.192.Aventure, sb. F. adventure, chance,3 b. 1232.Auld. adj. old, 6. 192. A. S. eald.Aunter, sb. adventure, chance ; annuntcr j/, it is a chance if, i.7S9.Auntrede, i p. s. pt. adventured(myself), i. 341.Avowe, sb. F. a vow, 7. i, 130.Cf. 'That make I myn avow;'Chaucer, Kn. Ta. 1379.Auowe, v. F. <strong>to</strong> maintain, ic. 147.Lat. iionere.Aureat, adj. golden, 13. 47. Lat.aurum, gold.Au<strong>to</strong>rite. sb. Y. authority, 16. 253.Au<strong>to</strong>ur, sb. F. author, 18. xvii. 206.Auysyon, sb. F. vision, 8. iii. 62.Awalk, iynp. s. S. awake, 1 1 a. 2.The substitution <strong>of</strong> / for u, as inwaVii = watik = wake, is a' Scottishpeculiarity. See "Wolx.A"wance, v. F. <strong>to</strong> advance, 6. 366.Awaytede, i p. s. pt. perceived,beheld, i. 172. O. F. agaiter, <strong>to</strong>watch; cf. E. wait, wake, watch.A.'win., adj . own, 1 1 a. iS; Awn, 6.239; Awyn, 13. 72. A. S. dgen,own, <strong>from</strong> dga7i, <strong>to</strong> possess.Awkwaxt, adv. sideways, with aback stroke, 6. 407.Awoik, I p. s. pt. awoke, 11 b. 50;pi. s. Awoilk, II a. 27. SeeAwalk.A-wijpis, sb. curlews, il a. 18.Awter, sb. F. altar, 9. 167.Axed, pt. pi. S. asked, asked for, 2.600 ; asked, 2. 610. A. S. acsian.Ay, adv. ever-, continually. A. S. a,aa, ever.Ayer, sb. F. air, 24. 31.Ayr, sb. F. an itinerant court <strong>of</strong>justice ; afie a>r = in <strong>the</strong> court, 6.275. Law French eyre, Lat. iter.Ayr, prep, before, 13. 304. A. S.dr, ere.A5en-ward, adv. S. on <strong>the</strong> contrary,5 b- 53-Babelyng, sb. babbling, i. 551.Babishe, adj. babyish, 25. 72.Backside, sb. back part, 19 a. 594.Bade. See Baid.Bagage, sb. dregs, refuse, 26. 10S2.A quotation in Nares (ed. Halli-

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