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GLOSSARY.

GLOSSARY.

AILED, p. 41.

AIRE, p. 14. Heir.

ALBIDENE, p. 34. From time to time, one after another. The word bidene is generally used for presently, in a short time, by and by; none of which senses seem to suit the present text: and the meaning is as doubtful in other places. Thus, in the ancient manuscript metrical romance of Ywaine and Gawin:

"His hert he has set albydene,
Whar himself dar noght be sene."

Again:

"The king himself, & als the quene,
& other knightes albidene."

Again:

"Now sal you have noght bot their awin,
That is the half of al bydene."

See BIDENE. BYDENE.

ALBLAST, p. 16. More properly ARBLAST; arcbaleste, FR. Arcu-balista, LAT. a cross-bow; put in the text for the arbalister, or cross-bowFabian uses Arblasters for cross-bows, (see p. 76 ante,) as Stow does Arbalisters, for cross-bow-men. Thus also Robert of Brunne:

man.

“That sauh an alblastere, a quarelle lete he flie." ALD, p. 8. Old.

ALLANE, p. 44. Alone.

ALLS, p. 4. Also. ALS, p. 3, 1. 4. As.-L. 19. Also.

ALWELDAND, p. 28. All-wielding, all-governing. ARE, p. 31. Ere, before.

ASCRY. HERD ASCRY, p. 14. Heard it spoken, cried, reported, or proclaimed.

AssoYL, p. 12. Absolve.

AT, p. 2. To.

AVANCE, p. 39. AVAUNCE, p. 4. Advance.

BADE, p. 20. Abode.

BALDE, p. 49. Bold.

B.

BALDELY, p. 20. BALDLY, p. 11. Boldly.

BALE, p. 1. Evil, misery, sorrow.

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BARE, p. 26. Boar. See the note.

BAVERE, p. 8. Bavaria.

BEDE, pp. 6, 19. Offer.

BELD, p. 27.

Refuge, help, protection.

BEME, p. 16.
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Bohemia.

BERE, p. 24. Bier. BROGHT ON BERE. Dead. BERE-BAG, pp. 7, 41. Bag-bearer, carry-sack, wallet-man. Froissart, describing the manners of the Scots, during their military expeditions, says: They cary with them none other purveyance, but on their horse bitwene the saddyll and the pannell they trusse a brode plate of metall, and behynde the saddyll they wyll have a lytel sacke, full of ootemele, to the entent, that whan they have eaten of the sodden flesshe, than they ley this plate on the fyre, and tempre a lytel of the otemele ; & whan the plate is hote, they cast of the thyn paste theron, and so make a lytle cake in

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