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Equipage, array, equipment, 68; to array, equip, Feature, fashion, form, character, 54, 240
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Errant, wandering, 201

Errour, wandering, 182, 210

Erst, 477. See Earst

Eschew, escape, 401

Esloyne, to withdraw, 29

Espiall, sight, appearance, observation, 280, 312
Essoyne, to excuse, 29

Estate, state, rank, 369

of,

Fee, tenure, 88; pay, service, 409, 553; property,
233, 276

Feeble, enfeebled, 51. Feblesse, feebleness, 271

Feeld (golden), an emblazoned field (of a knight's
shield), 433

Feend, fiend, devil, 70

Feld, let fall, thrown down, 109, 233

Fell, befell, 249; gall, 218

Fell, fierce, cruel, 172, 220, 337. Felly, cruelly, 36,
142, 242, 417. Fellonest, most fell, 239. Fellon-
ous, wicked, fell, 162. Felnesse, cruelty, fierce-
ness, 123, 270, 276

Eterne, eternal, 193. Eternize, to make eternal, 66, Feminitee, womanhood, 193
503

Eternize, to immortalize, 503

Ethe, easy, 467

Eugh, yew, 12. Eughen, ewghen, of yew, 70, 519

Evangely, gospel, 137

Evill, poor, unskilful, 416

Exanimate, lifeless, 146

Excheat, gain, profit, escheat, 35, 202

Expert, to experience, 482

Feood, feud, enmity, 232

Fensible, fit for defence, defensible, 127, 212
Fere, companion, husband, 60, 247, 308, 418
Ferme, lodging, 184

Ferry, a ferry boat, 108

Fett, tò fetch, 131; fetched (rescued), 307
Fleur-de-luce, the iris.

See Delice

Feutre, feutre, to place the spear in the rest, to
prepare for battle, 252, 258

Expire, breathe out, 72; to fulfil a term, put an Fiaunt, commission, fiat, 523

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Face, to carry a false appearance, 338
Fact, feat, deed, 210

Fail, fayl, to deceive, 222, 293; to cause to fail, 103
Fain, fayne, glad, eager, 12, 261, 378; faynd, de-
sired, 208; faynes, delights, 358

Fain, faune, to feign, dissemble, 34, 93; to mis-
take, 264; imagine, 420; 'fained dreadful '=ap-
parently dreadful, 228

Faitour, faytour, cheat, deceiver, vagabond, villain,
32, 234, 363, 459
Fallen, befall 459

Falsed, falsified, deceived, 20, 160; insecure, weak,
73. Falses, falsehoods, 305. Falser, a liar, 461
Faltring, faltering, 219

Fantasy, fantazy, fancy, 149; apprehension, 403
Fare, to go, proceed, act, deal, 80, 87, 251, 277
Farforth, very far, 211

Faste, having a face, 141

Fastnesse, stronghold, 345

File, to defile, 162, 266

File, to polish, smoothe, 15, 556

Fine, end, 151, 245

Firm, to fix firmly, 112

Fit, to be fitting, 87; Of loves were filled' = were
suited, furnished with lovers, 231

Fit, fitt, emotion, passion, grief, 229, 260, 314, 350;

a musical strain, 68

Flaggy, loose, 69, 178

Flatt, plain, 474

Flake, a flash, 163

Flamed, inflamed, 107
Flasket, a basket, 606

Flatling, flatwise, with the flat side (of the sword), 318
Flaw, a gust of wind,
Fleare, to mock, 519

Fleet, to sail, float, 146, 278, 552; to flit, 206
Flex, flax, 160

Flit, fleet, swift, 100, 222; changing, 161; unsub-
stantial, light, 217

Flit, flitte, to move, change, flee, 19, 222. Flitting,
fleeting, 70; yielding, 119, 161
Flong, flung, 503

Flore, ground, spot, 143, 370
Flout, to mock, deride, 397, 428
Flowrets, little flowers, 450
Flushing, rapidly flowing, 260
Fodder, grass, 222
Foen, foes, 93

Foile, a leaf (of metal), 27
Foison, abundance, plenty, 564

Folkmote, a meeting, assembly, 247

Fate, destined term of life, 200. Fatal, ordained by Fon, a fool, 449, 456, 552. Fonly, foolishly, 459

fate, 168, 210

Fond, foolish, doting, 58, 167; fondling, fool, 390.

Fondly, foolishly, 313, 628. Fondness, folly, 459, Found, established, 136
578

Fond, found, 151; tried, 196

Fone, foes, 20, 172, 358

Food feud, 50, 80

Foolhappie, undesigned, 38

Foolhardise, foolhardiness, folly, 88, 528

For, notwithstanding, 177; for fear of; what for=
what sort of? 454

Fordo, to destroy, 355. Fordonne, utterly undone,
ruined, overcome, 37, 172, 250, 277

Foreby, forby, hard by, near, 42, 43, 183; with, 349;
past, 157

Forecast, previously determined, 227
Foredamned, utterly damned, 217
Forelay, to lay before, or over, 94

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Foundring, toppling, falling, 250

Foy, allegiance, faith, 135

Foyle, repulse, defeat, 93; to defeat, ruin, over-
throw, 136, 351

Foyne, to thrust, push, 103, 124, 244, 317
Foyson, abundance, 564

Fraight, fraught, 473

Frame, to make, form, support, prepare, direct, 20,
52, 56, 157, 158, 159; to put in shape for motion,
385

Franchisement, deliverance, 351
Franck, free, forward, 90

Francklin, freeman, freeholder, 61
Franion, a loose woman, 90, 308

Fray, to frighten, terrify, alarm, 15, 17, 24, 75, 124,
149, 170; affray, 234

Frenne, a stranger, 455

Fret, ornamental border, 288. Fretted, ornamented
with fret-work, 129, 174

Frett, to consume, 90

Foreside, the side to the fore, external covering, Friend, to befriend, 236, 285
310

Forespent, forspent, utterly wasted, 256

Frigot, a little boat, 107
Friskes, gambols, 283

Forestall, to take previous possession of, to hinder, Frize, to freeze, 410

obstruct, 126, 461, 611

Foretaught, previously taught, 45

Forewent, gone before, 467

Forged, false, 21

Fro, from, 114, 405

Frolicke, 'fained her to frolicke'=desired her to be
cheerful, 372

Fronts, foreheads, 19

Forgery, fiction, deceit, 161; a counterfeit or as- Frorne, frozen, 450

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Frory, frosty, frozen, 203, 204

Frounce, to fold, plait, 28

Froward-fromward, at a distance from, 409
Frowie, musty, 467

Fruict, fruit, 449.

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Gage, pledge, 31, 72, 93

Gain, against (as in gainstrive, 264), 98
Gainsay, denial, 164

Galage (galoche), a wooden shoe, 450
Galingale, sweet cyperus, 534
Gail, bile, 13

Forthink, to repent, be sorry for, 380; to give up, Gallimaufray, hotch-potch, 442

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Forwasted, utterly wasted, 68, 136

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Gasping, gaping, 454

Gastfull, fearful, dreary, 471

Gate, a goat, 460

Forrearie (forwearied), utterly wearie, worn out, Gate, way, procession, 147, 178

Gaudy green, a robe of a light green, 458
Gazement, gaze, 307

Gealosy, gelosy, jealousy, 78, 100

Geare, gere, gear, dress, equipment, 99, 305, 398,
421; matter, affair, 372

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Gent, gentle, kind, accomplished, 55, 57, 83, 160
Gere. See Geare

German, brother, 33, 34, 124

Gerne, to grin, 356

Gesse, to deem, think, guess, 39, 230

Gest, deed of arms, 60, 124, 378; gesture, deport-
ment, bearing, 128, 165, 201

Ghastly, terrible, 162, 166. Ghastlinesse, terrible-
ness, 96

Ghess, to guess, deem, 39

Ghost, spirit, soul, 46

Giambeux, leggings, greaves, 109

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Gren, to grin, snarl, 265, 420
Grenning, grinning, 39
Gride, pierce, 507

Griefull, grievous, 231, 400

Griesie, thick, sluggish, 108; gray, 58
Grieslie, grisely, horrible, 36, 145, 157
Grieved, hurt, 49

Grimnes, severity, savageness (Embl.), 451
Grin, to gnash the teeth, 314

Gin, engine (of torture), 36; plot, contrivance, Gripe, to grasp, 70, 350

snare, 93, 194

Gin, ginne, to begin, 13, 40, 70, 205

Gipsen, a gipsy, 513

Griple, gripe, grasp; grasping, greedy, 30, 301, 377
Gronefull, full of groans, 144

Groome, man, a young man, a servant, 297, 376

Giust, tournaments, tilts, 11, 477,; to joust, tilt, Grosse, heavy, 70; the whole, 474
230

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Groundhold, ground-tackle (as cables, anchors), 377
Groveling, with face flat to the ground, 84, 159, 184
Ground, growled, 420

Grudge, grutch, to murmur, growl, 19, 84, 90, 167
Gryde, cut, pierce through, 123, 162, 209

Gryesy, grysie, squalid, 141, 226; foggy, moist, 162

Glib, a thick bush of hair overhanging the eyes, Gryfon, gryphon, griffin (a fabulous animal), per-
269, 630

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goodly appearance, 167

Gooldes, marigolds, 552

Gore-blood, clotted blood, 84

haps used for vulture, eagle, 33

Grypt, 'through grypt' = through-gyrd, pierced
through, 374

Guarish, to heal, 186, 244

Guerdon, reward, 66, 243

Guilen, to beguile, 206

Guiler, guyler, deceiver, 215

Guilt, guilded, 432

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Goodlihed, good lihead, goodness, 95, 369, 450; Gyre, circle, course, 102, 158

Gore, to pierce, wound, 162

Gorge, throat, 13, 69, 242

Gorget, armour for the throat, 242

Goshawke, a large kind of hawk, 315

Gossib, kinsman, 75

Gourmandize, greediness, 410

Governall, government, 150

Governaunce, government, 83,

Government, control, 254

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Gyvd, fettered, 314

Habergeon, haberjeon, a small coat of mail, armour
for the neck and breast, 109, 174

Habiliment, clothing, 74, 82

Habitaunce, habitation, 112

Hable, able, fit, 56, 70

Hacqueton, a jacket worn under armour, 123

Hagard, wild, untamed, 70

Haile, hayl, to drag, haul, 97, 98, 203

Hale, health, welfare, 560

Halfendeale, half part, 211

Grace, favour, kindness, 118; to give favour to, 67 Halfen-eye-half ordinary sight, i.e. one eye, 212

Graine, dye (scarlet), 43

Grange, dwelling, place, 431
Graple, to tug, 250

Hallidome, by my halidom' by my faith as a
Christian, 517

'Han (pl.), have, 452, 478

Hand, out of hand' at once, 182, 314; 'nigh
hand' near, 401

Handsell, price, reward, 413

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Hond, hand, 225

Hong, hung, 189, 190

Hardiment, hardihood, boldness, 56, 82, 156, 183, Honycrock, pot of honey, 303

211

Hardnesse, rudeness, 274

Hood, state, manner, 329

Hoored, hovered, abode, 556

Harnesse, weapons, 314

Hardyhed, hardihood, 31, 440

Harrow, an exclamation of distress, a call
help, 124

Hopelesse, unexpected, 185
Hore, hoary, 23

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Horrid, rough, 47

Harten, to encourage, incite, 529; hartned, encou-
raged, 278

Hartlesse, timid, 87

Huske, a wicker basket for fish, 480

Hospitage, hospitality, 212

Hospitale, a place of rest, 126

Hoste, to entertain, lodge, 270, 402, 506
Hostlesse, inhospitable, 218

Hostry, lodging, 345

Haubergh, hauberk, hauberque, hauberk, a coat of Hot, hote, was called, 71, 251, 475 ; mentioned, 467.

mail, 177, 223, 277

Haught, high, august, 41

Hault, haughty, 368

Haulst, embraced, 246

Haunten, to frequent, 467

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Hareour, haviour, deportment, behaviour, 193, 224. Hoye, vessel, ship. 138

455

Hayle, to drag, 302, 362

Hazardize, danger, 147

Hazardry, hazard, risk, 103; gaming, 161
Headlesse-hood, heedlessehood, heedlessness, 449
Heame, home, 481

Heard, herd, 448; a keeper of cattle, 403. Heard
groomes, herdsmen, 448

Heare, hair, 21, 126. Hearie, hairy, 157

least, hest, command, behest, 45, 245, 318; name,
290; office (of one who had taken rows), 420
Heben, ebony, 117; of ebony wood, 11

Hedstall, that part of the bridle which is put on
the horse's head, 309

Heedinesse, heedfulness, 326
Heedy, wary, 474

Heeling, heel, 514

Hefle, raised, 72; threw, 242

Hell, to cover, 282

Helme, helmet, 237

Hem, them, 459

Hend, to seize, grasp, 350

Henge, hinge, 70

Hent, took, seized, 111, 141

Her, their, 460

Herbars, herbs, 130

Herneshaw, heron, 392

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Imply, to enfold, entangle, envelop, 30, 70, 191
Importable, intolerable, 122

Importune, violent, savage, 73, 123; full of trouble.
173; to threaten, 157; to solicit. 342
Importunely, with importunity, 119
Impresse, to make an impression, 140
Improvided, unprovided, unlooked for, 77

In, inne, dwelling, lodging, 15, 148, 171, 547
In, in . . . lyte fall upon, 163

Incontinent, forthwith, immediately, 39
Indew, to put on. 191, 212

Indifferent, impartial, 163, 341. Indifferently, im-
partially, 431, 492

Indignaunce, indignation, 219
Indigne, unworthy, 233

Indignify, to treat with indignity, 364
Inferd, offered, 399

Infest, to make fierce or hostile, hostile, 377, 390
Influence, the power of the stars. 53
Informed, formed imperfectly, 188

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Kestrell kynd, base nature, 92

Kirtle, a coat fastened at the waist, 30
Knee, projection of rocks, 58

Knife, a sword, dagger, 103

Kon, know, 552. Kond, knew, 326
Kydst, knewest, 485

Kynded, begotten, 320

Lackey, to follow as a servant, 367
Lad, led, 154, 225
Lade, to load, 322
Laesie, lazy, 448
Laid, attacked, 277
Laire, plain, 273

Lamping, shining, 168, 573
Lanck loynes, slender waist, 189
Langurous, languid, 81

Lap, lappe, to fold, entangle, 94, 187
Larded, fattened, 449

Lare, pasture, 270

Large, bountiful, 50

Latched, seized, caught, 453

Launce, balance, 194

Launch, to pierce, 84, 261, 366

Laver, a basin, 151

Lay, field, lea, plain, 201, 214

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Kind, nature, 167, 283; sex. 163; occupation, 96. Libbard, leopard, 41, 94, 158, 166

Kindly, natural, 50, 161, 209

Kinred, kindred, 461

Lich, like, 196

Lief, liefe, dear, beloved, 25, 56; willing, 207; 'liefe

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