Emprife, Enterprise, Undertaking, (Fr.) Enaunter, left that.

Encheafon, (Old Fr.) Occafion, Accident.

Endofs, for endorse ; to write or en

grave upon. Endur'd, harden'd (Lat. induro.). Enfouldred Smoke (Fairy Queen) Book 1. Canto 11. Stanza 40, i. e. Smoke mix'd with Flames, and thrown out like Lightning; from the Fr. fouldroyer, to dart Thunderbolts, or to blast with Lightning.

Engorged, ficking in one's Throat.
Engraffed, ingraffed, implanted.
Enhaunc'd, rais'd.
Enfample, Exfample.
Enfeems (Fairy Queen, Book 4.
Canto 11. Stanza 35.) a made
Word, fignifying to breed, perhaps
from en or in and the Fr. femer,
to fow Seed.

Entail (Ital. Intaglia) Engraving.
Enterdeal, Mediation.

Enterprife, fometimes fignifies to give

Reception to any one.

Entertake, to entertain.

Efchew, avoid.

Fare, to go.

Fay, Faith, Truth; fometimes it fignifies Fairy.

Faytor, Doer; Falfe Faytor, a
Deceiver..

Fearen, to frighten.
Feculent (Lat.) foul, full of Dregs.
Feer, or Fere, Companion.
Fell (Lat.) Gall.

Ferm, as fleshly Ferm, F. Queen,
B. 3. C. 5. St. 23. i. e. fleshly
Prijon, perhaps the Fr. fermer,
to lock up.
Fiaunt, Warrant,
Flatling, flat.
Flight, Arrow.

Flit, to fluctuate, to be in motion,
Flourets (a Diminutive) Blooms,
or little Flowers.
Foemen, Foes.

Foil (Lat. Folium) Leaf; Golden
Foil, Leaf-Gold.
Foin'd, pub'd.
Fon, Fool.
Fone, Fors.
Fond, for found.
Fordo, undo.

Fordone, undone.

Forehent, feiz'd, caught hold of. Forefay, renounce.

withdraws to a distance.

Effoin, excufe.

Ewftes, Lizards.

Foreby, before and near to any

Place.

Forethink, to repine, or be concern'd at any thing.

Forlore, put by poetick Licence for
Forlorn.

Forlorn (Sax) loft, abandon'd, in
a desperate Condition.
Forray, to forrage, to prey upon;
Sometimes it is a Noun and fignifies
Forrage or Foraging.

Forfwonk, weary'd, over-labour'd.
Forfwat, exhaufted with Sweat.
Fortilage, Fort.
Forworn, much worn.
Fofter, for Forefter.
Fouldring (Fr.) thundring, blafting
with Lightning.

Foy lon

Foyfon, Plenty.

Franklin, a Perfon of a liberal Con

dition or Behaviour, a Freeman or Gentleman.

Sometimes Gree is us'd for
Degree.

Greet, to exclaim, cry out, complain.
Griefful, full of Grief.

Behaviour.

Fray, to frighten.
Frenne, Stranger.

Frize, fometimes put for freeze.
Frowy, musty.

G

G.

AGE, Pledge. (Fr.)
Galage, a Wooden Shoe, from

the Fr. Galoche.

Gan, for began.

Gazement, gazing.

Gear, Furniture, Equipage, Drefs.
Geafon, perplexing.
Gelt, Gold.
Gent, for gentle.

German, Brother, or near Kinfman.
Gefts, (Lat. Gefta) Deeds, Actions,
Exploits.

Giambeux (Fr. Jambes) Legs: Giufts and Turnaments, an old manner of fingle Combat on Horseback with Spears and Swords. Glade, an opening in a Wood. Glaive, Sword. (Fr.) Glitterand, glittering; a Participle us'd by Chaucer and the old Poets. Glee (Sax.) Gladness. Glenne, a Country Hamlet Borough.

or

Glode (Fairy Queen, Book 4. Canto 4. Stanza 23.) fignifies glanc'd, or is writ by poetick Licence for glowed.

Gnarre (a made Word) to Snarl or bark.

Gondelay (Ital. Gondola) Boat.
Goodlihead, Goodlines.
Gorge (Fr.) Throat.
Grail, is fometimes us'd for Gravel.
Greave, for Grove.
Gree, (from the Fr. Gré) Liking,
Satisfaction, Pleasure; as with
goodly Gree (Fr. a bon Gre)
with Complacency or Delight.

Hable (Lat. habilis) apt, nimble. Halfendeal, baif, a Compound Word; en deal from the Sax. Dæl) fgnifies in partition. Hallidom, Holy Dame; as by my Hallidom, an Oath by the Virgin Mary. Han, for have. Haqueton, a Piece of Armour. Harbrough, Harbour. Hardiment or Hardyhed, Hardy

nefs, Boldness, Daring. Harrow, to lay waste, to deflrey. Harrow! (an interjection) Alas! an old Word from Chaucer; Haro is a Form of Exclamation antiently us'd in Normandy to call for Help, or to raise the Hue and Cry. Haught, put by poetical Licence for baughty.

Heben (Lat. Hebenum) Ebony.
Hem, them.

Hend, to hold, or to take hold of;
Hent, feiz'd, caught hold of
Herfal, for Rehearsal.
Hery, or herie, to praise or cele-
brate. (Sax.)

Heft or Heat, Command, Precept.
Heydeguies, a fort of Country
Dance.

Hie, to go, to haften.

Hight

Lufkifhnefs, Laziness. Lufty-hed, Luftine's, Vigour. Luftlefs (i. e. not luffy) weak. Lyeke, like.

Lythe, foft.

MA

M.

AGE (Lat. Magus) Magicician, Enchanter. Mahoune, Mahomet; by Mahoune. by Mahomet, a Ɛaracen Oath. Make (a Noun) a Mate, Confort; from the Sax. Maca. Make (a Verb) to compofe Verses; a literal Tranflation of the Greek Tole, whence our English Word Poet.

Mall, a verb, to beat or pound.
Malefices, evil Deeds.

Malegine, evil Artifice or Stratagem.
Maltalent, Il-will.

Martelled (Fr) hammer'd, beat.
Mated, conquer'd, fubdu`d.

Maugre (Fr. Malgré) in spight of.
Mazer, a Wooden Bowl.
Meare (Sax. Mera) Boundary.
Medle, to mingle.

Medled or medlyed, mingled.
Meed, Reward, Prize.
Ment, or meint, mingled.

Mell (Fr. mefler) to intermeddle.
Merciable, merciful.
Mefprife, Scorn. (Fr.)
Mickle, Much.

Mieve, for move.

Minish'd, for diminish'd.
Miniments, Toys.
Mirk, dark, obfcure.
Mirkfome, obfcure filthy.
Mifcreated, created amifs, ill-begot

ten.

Mifcreant, originally fignifies Infidel,
or one of a wrong Belief, - a
vile Wretch,
Mifdone, for misdo, i. e. to do amifs.
Miffare, Miffortune.
Milleek, Dislike,

Mifter; as Mitter Wight, Kind of
Perfon; Miller Malady, Kind of
Malady.
Mistereth not, needs not.

Mifween, to Misjudge. Mochel, much.

Mold-warps, Moles.

Morion (Fr.) Head-piece, Helmet.
Mott, did mete or measure.
Mountenance, the Amount of any
thing, Quantity, Distance.
Muchel, much.
Mured up, clofed up.

N.

[N. B. The Letter N is often added by Spenfer at the End of a Word Jometimes to lengthen it a Syllable) as Eyen, Eyes, Skyen, Skies, &c. and efpecially in Verbs, as viewen, to view, doen, to do, &c. in which he follows the old Saxon Termination.

AR, near or nearer.

N Nas, has not.

Nathemore, not the more.
Nathlefs, not the lefs, or nevertheless.
Ne, nor.

Needments, Neceffaries.
Nempt, named.
Net, clean. (Fr.)
Newell, Novelty.

Nill, will not.

Nimblefs, Nimbleness.

Noul (Sax.) the Crown of the Head.

Noul'd, would not.
Nourfle, to nurse.

Nourfling, Nurfe Sometimes it fig
nifies that which is nursed.
Noyance, Harm.
Noy'd, annoy'd or burt.
Noyours, burtful or baleful.

P.

Ais'd, pois'd.

Palfrey, & Hurle; most commonly it fignifies fuch Horjes as are kept for Women. Pall (Lat. Pallium) a rebe. Palnier, Pilgrim. Those who return'd from the Holy War were firft called fo, because they bore branches or flaves of Palm-trees in their hands, as a fignal that they had fought against the Infidels in the Holy Land. Pannikell, full, crown of the bead. Paragon (Fr.) Example, Pattern, Precedent, Comparison; Jometimes it fignifies Companion, as Fairy Queen, Book 3. Canto 10. Stanza 35. Paravaunt (Fr.) by chance. Parbreak, vomit.

Peark, brisk.

Peaze (for Poife) Weight.
Peece, is fometimes used for a Place
of firength, a Fort, or Paft.
Peregal, equal.
Perfent, piercing; in one Place, viz.
Fairy Queen, Book 3. Canto 9.
Stanza 20. it is used for pierced.
Perdie (Fr. par Dieu) an old Oath.
Pheer, Companion.
Pight, pitched, placed, fix'd.
Pill, to rob, to pillage.

Pionings, Works of Pioneers.
Plain, to complain.

Plaint, Complaint.
Pleafance, Fleafure.

Plight, circumftances, condition.
Poinant, karp, piercing.
Point, as armed to point, i. e.
armed compleatly.

Portefs, a Prayer-Book, or Pocket-
Book of Devotion; from the Fr.
porter, to carry.
Portaunce, Behaviour; from the
Fr. fe porter, to behave one's
Self.

Pouffe, Peafe.

Preafe or Preace, Crowd, Preacing, crowding.

Pricking on the Plain, i. e. riding

on the Plain. Prief, Proof. Prieve, to prove.

Prow, valiant, proweft most vali ant; from whence Prowefs, valour. Proyn'd, pruned.

Puiffance (Fr.) Power, Might.
Puiffant (Fr.) powerful, mighty.
Purfled, flourished with a Needle ;
from the Fr. pourfiler.

Q.
Uald, fubdu'd (a made Word,

Q perhaps instead of quaild or

quell'd.)
Quail, to languish.
Quaint, nice, curious.
Queint, quenched.

Queem or queam, please. (Sax.)
Quell, fometimes us'd by Spenfer for
die. Cweilan in Sax. fignifies
to kill.
Quest, exploit.
Quich, to flir.

Quight or quite, to deliver, to free.
Quite, to requite.

Quited, requited, return'd.
Quook, did quake.