Abace, abase, to lower, to hang down, 82, 257, 397 Abashment, fear, 202, 203 Abeure, to behave, conduct, 356, 406 Adore, to adorn, 290 Adorne, ornament, 226 Adrad, adred, adredde, afraid, terrified, 162, 244, Abet, abett, to aid, support, maintain, 364, 383; Adrad, to be frightened, 299 Abid, abode, remained, 178 Abie, aby, abye, to pay the penalty of, to atone for, Abject, to throw or cast down, 219, 338 Abode, remained, 227; a delay, stay, 155, 202 Aboord, abord, from the bank, astray, at a loss, Abrade, to rouse, wake up, 218 Abray (pret. abrayde), to start up suddenly, to Abusion, abuse, deceit, fraud. 141, 230, 359 Accoasting, skimming along near the ground, 369 Accord, to grant, to agree, to reconcile, 255, 278, According, agreeably to, according to, 65, 75, 99, Accoste, to go side by side, to adjoin, border, 352 Accoustrement, garb, 519 Accoy, accoie, to subdue, daunt, tame, 448 Accoy, to coy, caress, 274 Accoyl, to assemble, gather together, 128 Accrew, to increase, 259, 317 Achates (Acates), purchased provisions, cates, 128 Adamants, chrystals, 288 Adraunce, to extol, 34; impel, 81 Adventure, chance, 237; opportunity, 243; to at- Adview, to view, 308 Advize, advise, to consider, perceive, take thought Affear, to frighten, 93, 96 Affect, affection, 365; sorrow, 566; imitation, 594 Affide, affyde, betrothed, 273, 306; intrusted, 322 Affrap, to strike, to strike down, to encounter, to Affray, to terrify, fray, 184; terror, 340, 345 Afront, to confront, encounter, oppose, 50, 176, 244 Affy, to betroth, espouse, 372, 376; entrust, 322 Afore, in front, before, 97, 170 Aggrace, favour, kindness, goodwill, 125; to make Aggrate, to please, delight, charm, treat politely, Agree, to settle, to cause to agree, 97 Agrise, agrize, agryse, agryze, to cause to shudder. Adaw, to adaunt, tame, moderate, 195, 260, 341, Aguise, aguize, to deck, adorn, fashion, accoutre, 449 Adayes, daily, 452 Addeeme, to adjudge, 307 Addoom, to adjudge, 435 82,83, 165, 306, 519; to disguise, 107 Address, to prepare, adjust, direct, clothe, arm, 176, Alew, howling, 323 192, 215. Addrest, ready, 243 Adjoyne, to approach, join, 198 Admire, to wonder at, 256, 266, 399 Algate, algates, altogether, wholly, by all means, in Annoy, annoyance, grief, hurt, 40, 91, 129 Astonish, to stun, 272 Astonying, confounding, 305 Attach, to seize, take prisoner (attack, 203), 142, Attaine, attayne, to find, reach, fall in with, 265 Attent, attention, 211, 406 Attone (atone), at one, together, reconciled, 83, 128. 206 Attrapt, dressed, 251 Atween, atweene, between, 185, 351, 390 Atwirt, between, at intervals, 224 Aumayl, to enamel, 94 Araile, avale, to fall, sink, lower, descend, bow Araunt, depart, 388 Antickes, antiques, ancient, or fantastic figures, 94, Avauntage, advantage, 103 112, 223 A pace, fast, copiously, 286 Appall, to falter, 260; to weaken, 160 Avaunting, advancing (boastfully), 92 Avengement, revenge, 30, 184 Avenge, revenge, 258 Appay, apay (præt, and p. p. appay'd, appaid), to Aventred, thrust forward (at a venture), 158, 242 Appeach, to impeach, accuse, 123, 144, 320, 342 Appease, to cease from, 25 Appele, to accuse, 341; to offer, 168 Appellation, appeal, 427 Aventring, pushing forward, 258 Avize, avyte, to perceive, consider, regard. view, Apply, to attend to, 65; to bend one's steps to, 106 Avoid, to depart, go out, 161 Arborett, little grove, 107 Aread, areed (p. p. ared), to tell, say, declare, de- Arear, areare, arere, arreare, to the rear, back- Aret, arret, to allot, entrust, adjudge, 120, 140, 254 Arguments, signs, indications, 391 Arke, box, chet, 248 Arras, tapestry of Arras, 28 Arraught (pret. of arreach), seized forcibly, 135 Aslake, to slake, abate, appease, 26 Assay, to try, attempt, assail, attack, 20, 28, 97, A stert, befall, come upon suddenly, 482 Aroure, to make avoure' to justify, maintain, 376 Babe, doll, 460 Bace, low, 36, 168 Bace, the game of prisoner's base, 476; bad bace' Baffuld, disgraced (as a recreant knight),391, 394 Bains, banns (of marriage), 77 Bale, grief, sorrow, affliction, trouble, 13, 46, 91, Balke, to disappoint, to deal at cross purposes, 164, Ban, banne, to curse (band, cursed), 197, 275, 302, Band, forbid, banish, 167; assemble, 31 Bane, death, destruction, 142 Banket, banquet, 190, 264 Bannerall, a standard (shaped like a swallow's Barbe, equipments of a horse, horse-armour, 87 Bard, ornamented with bars (ornaments of a Base, low, 18; the lower part, 339 Basenesse, a low humble condition, 371 Astond, astound, astonied, astonished, stunned, 269, Bases, armour for the legs, 318 Bastard, base, lowborn, 41, 96 Batt, stick, 506, 514 peril, 14, 85, 217, 267; treated, 388; attended, Bestaine, to stain, 265 Battailous, ready for battle, in order for battle, 33, Bestrad, bestrided, 301 173 Batteilant, embattled, fortified, 537 Battill (properly to fatten), to be of good flavour, Batton, stick, club, 395 Bauldricke, belt, 94, 297, 607 Baune, a hill, 642 Bay, a standstill, a position in which one is kept at Baye, to bathe, 44 Bayes (baies), laurels, 234, 386 Bet, did beat, 89 Betake (pret. betooke), to take (into), to deliver, be- Bethinke, to make up one's mind, 40 Betide, betyde, to befall, to happen to, 83, 110, 183: Bever, the front part of a helmet (covering the Byt, bait, artifice, 103, 404; to bait (a bull), 123; Bevy, company (of ladies), 128 to cause to abate, to let rest, 148 Beades, prayers, 14 Beadroll, a list, 239 Beare, burden, 561; bier, 371 Bewaile, to choose, select, 38 Bewray, to reveal, betray, accuse, 31, 36, 168, 244; Bickerment, bickering, strife, 311 Beastlyhead, your beastlyhead,' 'a greeting to the Bid, to pray, 14 person of a beast,' 461 Beath'd, plunged, 263 Beauperes, fair companions, 159 Beckes, beaks, 140 Bide, to bid, offer, 202 Biggen, cup, 460 Bilive, bylive, blive, forthwith, quickly, 36, 475 Become, to come to, go to, to guit, to happen, 62, Blame, to blemish, 120; injury, hurt, 156 Bed, bad, 59 Blanckt, confounded, put out of countenance, 170 Bedight, dressed, equipped, decked, adorned, 81, 111, Blatter, to bluster (in note), 704 Belaccoyle, kind salutation or greeting, 260 Belay, to beset, encompass, 575; adorn, 366 Belgard, fair (or kind) looks, 94, 211, 598 Ben (bene, been), are, 232 Bend, band, 94, 114, 816 Beneficiall, a benefice, 517 Bent, long stalks of (bent) grass, 377 Beraft, bereft, 236 Bere, to bear. 292; bier, 148 Beseeke, beseech, 246 aloud, 350; gasp out, 84 Braynepan, skull, 389 Breare, brere, briar, 64, 160, 213 Breech, breeches, 338 Breede, work, produce, 159 Captivaunce, captivity, 198 Bray (braie), to cry out suddenly, cry aloud, utter Captived, taken captive, enslaved, 98, 160 Breaded, braided, embroidered, 88, 168 Capuccio, hood (of a cloak), capuchin, 225 Card, chart, 112 Care, sorrow, grief, injury, 268, 349. Careful, sor- Carke, care, sorrow, grief, 16, 481 Breem, breme, boisterous, rough, sharp, 433, 448, Carl, carle, an old man, 206; churl, 60, 257 Brenne, to burn, 246 Brent, burnt, 55, 71, 160 Brickle, brittle, 283, 494 Brigandine, a kind of light vessel, 533 Brim, margin of the horizon, 341 Brite, bryze, gadfly, 363, 537 Brocage, pimping, 441, 520 Broch, to commence, broach, 162 Brode, abroad, 247 Brond, sword, 121, 226 Brondiron, sword, 250 Bonds, embers, brands, 115 Carriage, burden, 375 Cast, to consider, plot, resolve, purpose, 71, 478. Castory, colour (red or pink), 129 Caudron, caldron, 169 Causen, to assign a cause or reason, explain, 208 Cared, made hollow, 256 Centonel, a sentinel, 59, 239 Certes, certainly, 164 Cesse, to cease, 274 Cesure, a breaking off, stop, 138 Brood, a brooding-place (? an error for bood=O.E. | Chaffar, to chaffer, exchange, 102, 473 bood or abood, an abode, resting place; cf. bode, Brutenesse, brutishnesse, brutality, brute-like state, Character, image, 322 Charge, assault, attack, 277 Charget, chariot, 198 Complyne, evensong, 517 Comportaunce, behaviour, 83 Charin, to tune, 549; a tune, song, 478, 500 chafe, 26, 27, 47, 96, 432; rage, 301, 368, 383 Chaunceful, hazardous, 513 Comprize, to comprehend, understand, 130 Compyle, to heap up, 164, 169; frame, 268; settle, Conceiptful, thoughtful, 419 Cheare, chere, countenance, favour, cheer, 12, 247. Concent, to harmonize, 236 Cherisance, enterprise, undertaking, performance, bargain, 126, 198, 220, 456, 459 Chickens (faithlesse), heathen brood, 173 Concert, harmony, 224, 598 Condign, worthy, 424 Conditions, qualities, 206, 270, 597 Conduct, conductor, guide, 415; management, 89 Congé, leave, 155, 523 Conjure, to conspire, 346 Chiefe, wrought with a chiefe,' worked with a Consort, company, companion, 428; concert, 160, Childed, gave birth to a child, 419 Chine, back, 371 Chorle, churl, 201 Chimney, fireplace, 128 Chynd, cut, divided, 259 Clark, clerk, scholar, 343, 501 Clare, clove, cleft, did cleave, 109, 510 566; to combine, unite (in harmony), 152 Containe, to restrain, control, 206, 354, 386 Contempt, contemned, 480 Contrive, to wear out, spend, 130 Controverse, debate, controversy, 232 Convenable, conformable, 474 Cleane, cleene, clene, pure, clean, 66; entirely, 264, Convent, to convene, summon, 431 346, 434. Cleanly, skilfully, 521 Cleep, to call, 92, 159, 282 Clemence, clemency, 329 Clew, plo, purpose (properly a hank of thread), 80 Clinck, clicket, latch, 461 Combe, climbed, mounted, 175, 257 Clouches, clutches, 339 Closely, secretly, 41, 166, 189 | Corage, heart, mind, 164; wrath, 214 Corbe, crooked, 448 Corbe, corbel, a projecting piece of wood, stone, or Cordewayne, cordwayne, cordovan leather, 94, 639 Coronation, carnation, 456 Corpse, a (living) body, 597. Corse, a body, 14, 20 Corsive, corrosive, 276 Cosset, a hand-reared lamb, 480 Cost, to approach, come to one's side, 543 Combrous, laborious, Cote, sheep-fold, 467 Cott, a little boat, 107 Couched, bent, 156; laid (in order), 69 Count, an object of interest or account, 345 Countercast, counterplot, 373 Counterchaunge, return of a blow, 207 Counterfesaunce, a counterfeiting, 54, 201 Compast, contrived, 195. Compast creast, the round Coupe, a cage, coop, 477 part of the helmet, 250 Compel, to cite, call to aid, 12 Couplement, couple, 247 Complement, perfection (of character), 187; union, Courst, chaced. 315 Complish, to accomplish, 352 Courting, attendance at court, 520 Couth, could, 118; knew, knew how, 450, 464 |