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The html-edition I offer at [http://www.pierre-marteau.com/editions/1485-morte-darthur.html Marteau] is equipped with a dictionary to be read alongside the text. [[http://www.pierre-marteau.com/editions/1485-morte-darthur/arthur-dict.html Here]] the direct link. If you have problems with individual words leave a message on this page (with page reference) and I will refine the dictionary or give translations here on this page. --[[User:Olaf Simons|Olaf Simons]] 17:06, 13 August 2007 (CEST)
 
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The following dictionary does also appear alongside the html-edition I provided at [http://www.pierre-marteau.com/editions/1485-morte-darthur.html Marteau]. Do not hesitate to expand this list - I will follow your wishes and expand the html-list accordingly. If you have problems with words not listed here, do consult the OED [http://dictionary.oed.com/] or list your problematic word bellow and I will offer the translation into modern English. --[[User:Olaf Simons|Olaf Simons]] 11:24, 6 August 2007 (CEST)
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==A==
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'''abasshe,''' ''v.'' beat down, lower
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+
'''abate,''' depress, calm
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+
'''aboughte,''' ''v. pa. t. ''paid for
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'''abrayde,''' ''v. pa. t. ''got up
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+
'''accompte,''' count, reckon
+
 
+
'''accorde,''' bring to accord, reconcile
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+
'''accordement,''' agreement
+
 
+
'''actually,''' actively
+
 
+
'''acquyte,''' repay
+
 
+
'''adoubted,''' afraid
+
 
+
'''adrad,''' afraid
+
 
+
'''advysyon,''' vision
+
 
+
'''affyaunce,''' affiance, promise
+
 
+
'''afterdele,''' disadvantage
+
 
+
'''aknown,''' known
+
 
+
'''allegyeaunce,''' alleviation
+
 
+
'''allow,''' approve
+
 
+
'''almeryes,''' chests
+
 
+
'''amounted,''' mounted
+
 
+
'''anguysshly,''' in pain
+
 
+
'''anon,''' at once
+
 
+
'''apayre,''' weaken
+
 
+
'''apparelled,''' fitted up
+
 
+
'''appeach,''' impeach
+
 
+
'''appealed,''' challenged, accused
+
 
+
'''appertyces,''' displays
+
 
+
'''araged,''' (1) enraged, (2) confused
+
 
+
'''araysed,''' raised
+
 
+
'''arase,''' obliterate
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+
'''areared,''' reared
+
 
+
'''armyvestal,''' martial
+
 
+
'''array,''' plight, state of affairs
+
 
+
'''arrayed,''' situated
+
 
+
'''arsson,''' ''n.'' saddle-bow
+
 
+
'''askance,''' casually
+
 
+
'''assoyled,''' absolved
+
 
+
'''assotted,''' infatuated
+
 
+
'''assummon,''' summon
+
 
+
'''astonyed,''' amazed, stunned
+
 
+
'''at,''' of, by
+
 
+
'''at after,''' after
+
 
+
'''avaunt,''' boast
+
 
+
'''avayl at,''' at an advantage
+
 
+
'''aventryd,''' couched
+
 
+
'''avoyd,''' quit
+
 
+
'''avow,''' vow
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+
'''avoyded,''' got clear off
+
 
+
'''avysed,''' be advised, take thought
+
 
+
'''avysyon,''' vision
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+
'''away ward,''' away
+
 
+
'''awayt of (in),''' in watch for
+
 
+
'''awke,''' sideways
+
 
+
==B==
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'''bachelor,''' probationer for knighthood
+
 
+
'''bacyn,''' ''n.'' hollow vessel
+
 
+
'''barbycan,''' gate-tower
+
 
+
'''barget,''' little ship
+
 
+
'''baume,''' ''n. ''balm, annointment
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'''bawdy,''' dirty
+
 
+
'''bayne,''' bath
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+
'''beamous,''' ''n. pl.'' a kind of trumpets
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+
'''beclosed,''' enclosed
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+
'''become,''' ''pp.'' befallen, gone to
+
 
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'''bedasshed,''' splashed
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+
'''behest,''' promise
+
 
+
'''beholden (beholding) to,''' obliged to
+
 
+
'''behote,''' promise
+
 
+
'''behyght,''' promised
+
 
+
'''benome,''' deprived, taken away
+
 
+
'''besauntes,''' gold coins
+
 
+
'''beseke,''' beseech
+
 
+
'''besene,''' appointed, arrayed
+
 
+
'''beskyfte,''' shove off
+
 
+
'''bestyal,''' ''collective n. ''animals, horses
+
 
+
'''betaught,''' entrusted, recommended
+
 
+
'''betooke,''' committed, entrusted
+
 
+
'''betyde,''' happened
+
 
+
'''beverd,''' quivered
+
 
+
'''blee,''' ''n. ''complexion
+
 
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'''bobaunce,''' boasting, pride
+
 
+
'''bole,''' trunk of a tree
+
 
+
'''boote,''' remedy
+
 
+
'''borow oute,''' redeem
+
 
+
'''borowes,''' pledges
+
 
+
'''bote,''' remedy
+
 
+
'''bounde,''' ready
+
 
+
'''bourded,''' jested
+
 
+
'''bourder,''' jester
+
 
+
'''boyshe,''' bush, branch of a tree
+
 
+
'''boystous,''' rough
+
 
+
'''braced,''' embraced
+
 
+
'''brachet,''' little hound
+
 
+
'''brayde,''' quick movement
+
 
+
'''breste,''' burst, break
+
 
+
'''brethes,''' breathing holes
+
 
+
'''broched,''' pierced
+
 
+
'''broches,''' spits
+
 
+
'''bryef,''' shorten
+
 
+
'''brymme,''' fierce, furious
+
 
+
'''brysed,''' hurt, broke
+
 
+
'''buffet,''' blow
+
 
+
'''bur,''' hand-guard of a spear
+
 
+
'''burbley,''' bubbling
+
 
+
'''burgeis,''' burgess, townsman
+
 
+
'''burgene,''' ''v.'' blossom
+
 
+
'''burgh,''' ''n.'' city castle
+
 
+
'''busshe(ment),''' ambush
+
 
+
'''by and by,''' immediately
+
 
+
'''bystad,''' ''pp. ''hard pressed, attacked
+
 
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'''bywaryd,''' expended, bestowed
+
 
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== C==
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'''canelbone,''' collar bone
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'''cankered,''' inveterate
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'''cantel,''' slice, strip
+
 
+
'''careful,''' sorrowful, full of troubles
+
 
+
'''cast''' (1 of bread:) loaves baked at the same time (2) propose
+
 
+
'''cedle,''' schedule, note
+
 
+
'''cere,''' wax over, embalm
+
 
+
'''certes,''' certainly
+
 
+
'''chafe,''' (1) heat, decompose, (2) chafed, heated
+
 
+
'''chaflet,''' platform, scaffold
+
 
+
'''champayne,''' open country
+
 
+
'''charyot''' cart
+
 
+
'''chere,''' (1) countenance, (2) entertainment
+
 
+
'''chyerte,''' dearness
+
 
+
'''clater,''' talk confusedly
+
 
+
'''cleyghte,''' ''v. pa. t.'' clutched
+
 
+
'''clepyd,''' called
+
 
+
'''clypyng,''' embracing
+
 
+
'''cogge,''' broad transport ship
+
 
+
'''cognoyssaunce,''' badge, mark of distinction
+
 
+
'''comforte,''' strengtten, help
+
 
+
'''comynal,''' common
+
 
+
'''complysshed,''' complete
+
 
+
'''con,''' know, be able
+
 
+
'''conserve,''' preserve
+
 
+
'''conversaunt,''' abiding in
+
 
+
'''cordynge,''' agreement
+
 
+
'''coronal,''' circlet
+
 
+
'''coste,''' coast, side
+
 
+
'''costed,''' kept up with
+
 
+
'''couche,''' ''v.'' lay
+
 
+
'''courage,''' encourage
+
 
+
'''courtelage,''' courtyard
+
 
+
'''covert,''' sheltered
+
 
+
'''covetyse,''' covetousness
+
 
+
'''covyn,''' deceit
+
 
+
'''coyfe,''' head-piece
+
 
+
'''credence,''' faith
+
 
+
'''creme,''' oil
+
 
+
'''croupe,''' crupper
+
 
+
'''curteys,''' ''adv.''courteous, '''curteyst,''' most courteous
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+
== D==
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'''daffyssh,''' foolish
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+
'''daunger (in),''' under obligation to, in the power of
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+
'''dawed,''' (1) revived, (2) dawned
+
 
+
'''deadly,''' mortal, human
+
 
+
'''deal,''' part, portion
+
 
+
'''debonair,''' courteous
+
 
+
'''deceyvable,''' deceitful
+
 
+
'''defaded,''' faded
+
 
+
'''defaulte,''' fault
+
 
+
'''defende,''' forbid
+
 
+
'''defoyled,''' trodden down, fouled, deflowered
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+
'''degree (win the),''' rank, superiority
+
 
+
'''delybered,''' determined
+
 
+
'''delyverly,''' adroitly
+
 
+
'''departed,''' divided
+
 
+
'''departycyon,''' departure
+
 
+
'''dere,''' ''a.'' (1) dear, (2) ''v. ''harm
+
 
+
'''descryve,''' describe
+
 
+
'''despoylled,''' stripped
+
 
+
'''devoyr,''' duty, service
+
 
+
'''disaventure,''' misfortune
+
 
+
'''discover,''' reveal
+
 
+
'''disheryted,''' disinherited
+
 
+
'''disparpyld,''' scattered
+
 
+
'''dispencys,''' expenses
+
 
+
'''disperplyd,''' scattered
+
 
+
'''dispoylled,''' stripped
+
 
+
'''distayned,''' sullied, dishonoured
+
 
+
'''disworshyp,''' shame
+
 
+
'''dole,''' (1) ''n.'' sorrow, (2) ''n.'' gift of alms
+
 
+
'''domyneth,''' dominates, rules
+
 
+
'''doted,''' foolish
+
 
+
'''doubted,''' redoubtable
+
 
+
'''doughty,''' valliant
+
 
+
'''draughtes,''' privities, secret interviews, recesses
+
 
+
'''drenched,''' drowned
+
 
+
'''dress,''' make ready
+
 
+
'''dressid''' (1) dressed, (2) raised
+
 
+
'''dretched,''' troubled in sleep
+
 
+
'''dretchyng,''' being troubled in sleep
+
 
+
'''dromoundes,''' war vessels
+
 
+
'''dure,''' (1) endure, last, (2) dared, (3) during
+
 
+
'''duresse,''' bondage, hardship
+
 
+
'''dwyned,''' dwindled
+
 
+
'''devysed,''' looked carefully at
+
 
+
'''dyght,''' prepared
+
 
+
'''dyndled,''' trembled
+
 
+
== E==
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'''eased,''' entertained
+
 
+
'''efte,''' after, again
+
 
+
'''eftures,''' passages
+
 
+
'''elate,''' ''adv. ''proud, high spirited
+
 
+
'''eme,''' uncle
+
 
+
'''emprised,''' undertook
+
 
+
'''enbrayde,''' upbraid, admonish
+
 
+
'''enbusshement,''' ambush
+
 
+
'''enchaffed,''' enchafed, heated
+
 
+
'''enchieve,''' achieve
+
 
+
'''endlong,''' alongside of
+
 
+
'''enewed,''' painted
+
 
+
'''enforce,''' constrain
+
 
+
'''engyne,''' device
+
 
+
'''enqueste,''' enterprise
+
 
+
'''ensure,''' assure
+
 
+
'''entermete,''' intermeddle
+
 
+
'''erraunte,''' wandering
+
 
+
'''estates,''' ranks
+
 
+
'''even handes (on),''' at an equality
+
 
+
'''even long,''' along
+
 
+
'''everyche,''' each, every one
+
 
+
== F==
+
'''fayter,''' vagabond
+
 
+
'''fare,''' behave, carry on, happen
+
 
+
'''faren,''' ''pp.'', treated
+
 
+
'''faute,''' ''v.'' lack
+
 
+
'''fealte,''' oath of fidelity
+
 
+
'''fear,''' frighten
+
 
+
'''fordyd,''' destroyed
+
 
+
'''feutred, feutryd,''' ''v. pa. t.'' set in socket
+
 
+
'''fewter,''' dedicated rest fo a lance on amour
+
 
+
'''flang,''' (1) flung, (2) rushed
+
 
+
'''flatlynge,''' prostrate
+
 
+
'''flete,''' float
+
 
+
'''flemed,''' put to flight
+
 
+
'''foote hote,''' hastily
+
 
+
'''forblede,''' spend with bleeding
+
 
+
'''force,''' ''n. and v.'' (1) force (2) ''n. ''concern
+
 
+
'''fordele,''' advantage
+
 
+
'''fordo,''' destroy
+
 
+
'''fore cast,''' preconcerted plot
+
 
+
'''foyled,''' defeated, shamed
+
 
+
'''foyned,''' thrust
+
 
+
'''foynes,''' thrusts
+
 
+
'''foynynge,''' thrusting
+
 
+
'''fur fared,''' ''v. pa. t.'' worsted
+
 
+
'''forfende,''' forbid
+
 
+
'''forfoughten,''' weary with fighting
+
 
+
'''forhewen,''' hewn to pieces
+
 
+
'''foriusted,''' tired with jousting
+
 
+
'''forthynketh,''' repents
+
 
+
'''fortuned,''' happened
+
 
+
'''forward,''' vanguard
+
 
+
'''forwounded,''' sorely wounded
+
 
+
'''free,''' noble
+
 
+
'''froward,''' away from
+
 
+
== G==
+
'''gad,''' ''n.'' wedge or spike of iron
+
 
+
'''gaynest,''' readiest
+
 
+
'''gar,''' ''v.'' cause, force, '''garte,''' ''pa. t.''
+
 
+
'''gentyly,''' noble
+
 
+
'''gerfaukon,''' a fine hawk
+
 
+
'''germayne,''' closely allied
+
 
+
'''geste,''' deed, story
+
 
+
'''glayve,''' sword
+
 
+
'''glasting''' barking
+
 
+
'''glatysaunt,''' barking, yelping
+
 
+
'''goblets,''' lumps
+
 
+
'''graythed,''' made ready
+
 
+
'''gree,''' degree, superiority
+
 
+
'''greed,''' ''pp.'', pleased, content
+
 
+
'''gresys,''' steps
+
 
+
'''grovellynge,''' on his face
+
 
+
'''grymly,''' ugly
+
 
+
'''gwerdonless,''' without reward
+
 
+
'''gysarm,''' halberd, battle-axe
+
 
+
== H==
+
'''haberion,''' hauberk with leggings attached
+
 
+
'''hale & how,''' a sailor's cry
+
 
+
'''halp,''' ''v. pa. t.'' helped
+
 
+
'''halsed,''' embraced
+
 
+
'''halsing,''' embracing
+
 
+
'''hand fast,''' betrothed
+
 
+
'''handsel,''' earnest-money
+
 
+
'''hangers,''' testicles
+
 
+
'''hauberk,''' coat of mail
+
 
+
'''haute,''' high, noble
+
 
+
'''hauteyn,''' haughty
+
 
+
'''hayr,''' a hair-shirt
+
 
+
'''harneis,''' armour
+
 
+
'''heavy,''' sad
+
 
+
'''hem,''' them
+
 
+
'''her,''' their
+
 
+
'''herbegeours,''' messengers sent to prepare lodgings
+
 
+
'''hert of greese,''' fat deer
+
 
+
'''hete,''' (1) ''n.'' heat, (2) ''v. and n.'' hate, rebuke
+
 
+
'''hit,''' it
+
 
+
'''holden,''' ''pp.'' held
+
 
+
'''holpe,''' ''v. pa. t.'' helped
+
 
+
'''holtys,''' woods
+
 
+
'''hors lytter,''' horse-drwawn stretcher
+
 
+
'''houghbone,''' rear thigh bone
+
 
+
'''houseld,''' to be given the eucharist
+
 
+
'''hoved,''' hovered, waited about
+
 
+
'''hurled,''' dashed, staggered
+
 
+
'''hurtle,''' dash
+
 
+
'''hyde,''' (1) ''v.'' hide, (2) ''n. ''skin
+
 
+
'''hye,''' ''v. ''hurry
+
 
+
'''(on) hyghe,''' aloud
+
 
+
'''hyghte, hyte''' called
+
 
+
'''hylled,''' covered, concealed
+
 
+
==I/J==
+
'''iaper,''' jester
+
 
+
'''iapes,''' jests
+
 
+
'''iesseraunte,''' a short cuirass
+
 
+
'''incontynent,''' forthwith
+
 
+
'''ind,''' dark blue
+
 
+
== K==
+
'''kepe, ''' sb., care
+
 
+
'''kempys,''' champions
+
 
+
'''kinde,''' nature
+
 
+
'''kyndely,''' natural
+
 
+
'''knouleche,''' knowledge, message
+
 
+
'''know,''' acknowledge
+
 
+
'''knowlechynge,''' acknowledgment, confession
+
 
+
'''kytte,''' ''v. pa. t.'' cut
+
 
+
== L==
+
'''langerynge,''' sauntering
+
 
+
'''lapped,''' took in her lap
+
 
+
'''large,''' generous
+
 
+
'''largenesse,''' liberality
+
 
+
'''lasse,''' ''v.'' lessen, diminish
+
 
+
'''latoen,''' latten, brass
+
 
+
'''launde,''' waste plain
+
 
+
'''layne,''' conceal
+
 
+
'''lazar cote,''' leper-house
+
 
+
'''learys,''' ''n. pl.'' cheeks
+
 
+
'''lecher,''' fornicator
+
 
+
'''legeaunce,''' ''n.'' allegiance
+
 
+
'''leche,''' physician
+
 
+
'''lemman,''' lover
+
 
+
'''lerne,''' teach
+
 
+
'''lete,''' ''v.'' (1) cause to, (2) hinder
+
 
+
'''leve,''' (1) ''n.'' permission ''v.'' leave, (2) ''v.'' love ''a. ''dear
+
 
+
'''lever,''' rather
+
 
+
'''lewdest,''' most ignorant
+
 
+
'''long,''' ''n.'' lung, ''v.'' belong, be appropriate
+
 
+
'''long on (upon),''' because of
+
 
+
'''loos,''' praise
+
 
+
'''lotles,''' without a share
+
 
+
'''love day,''' day for settling disputes
+
 
+
'''loving,''' praising
+
 
+
'''lunys,''' leashes, strings
+
 
+
'''luske,''' lubber
+
 
+
'''lustes,''' inclinations
+
 
+
'''lycours,''' lecherous
+
 
+
'''lyef,''' dear
+
 
+
'''lyefer,''' more gladly
+
 
+
'''lymme meal,''' limb from limb
+
 
+
'''lyst,''' desire, pleasure
+
 
+
'''lythe,''' joint
+
 
+
== M==
+
'''makeles,''' matchless
+
 
+
'''makers,''' authors, poets
+
 
+
'''male ease,''' discomfort
+
 
+
'''male engine,''' evil design
+
 
+
'''male fortune,''' ill-luck, mishap
+
 
+
'''marches,''' berders
+
 
+
'''masse peny,''' offering at mass for the dead
+
 
+
'''matchecold,''' machicolated, with holes for defence
+
 
+
'''maugre,''' ''prep.'' in spite of
+
 
+
'''maymes,''' wounds
+
 
+
'''medele,''' melee, general encounter
+
 
+
'''medled,''' mingled
+
 
+
'''melyon,''' million
+
 
+
'''meve,''' move, bring, inspire, propose
+
 
+
'''meyny,''' retinue
+
 
+
'''mykel,''' much
+
 
+
'''mynever,''' ermine
+
 
+
'''mischieved,''' hurt
+
 
+
'''mo,''' more
+
 
+
'''more and lasse,''' rich and poor
+
 
+
'''mote,''' ''v.'' must
+
 
+
'''motys,''' ''n. pl.'' horn blasts
+
 
+
'''mountenaunce,''' amount of, extent
+
 
+
'''moche,''' much
+
 
+
'''myschevous,''' painful
+
 
+
'''myscomforte,''' discomfort
+
 
+
'''myscreauntes,''' unbeliever
+
 
+
'''myssaye,''' (1) revile, (2) missaid
+
 
+
== N==
+
'''naked,''' unarmed, bare
+
 
+
'''namely,''' especially
+
 
+
'''ne,''' nor
+
 
+
'''nedely,''' needs, on your own compulsion
+
 
+
'''nobley,''' nobility, splendour
+
 
+
'''noysed,''' reported
+
 
+
'''nold,''' would not
+
 
+
'''noselynge,''' on his nose
+
 
+
'''not for thenne,''' nevertheless
+
 
+
'''notoyrly,''' notoriously
+
 
+
'''noyous,''' hurtful
+
 
+
'''nyghe,''' near
+
 
+
'''nylle,''' will not, '''nylt,''' ''3rd. pers.''
+
 
+
'''nys,''' (ne is), is not
+
 
+
'''nyst,''' (ne wist), knew not
+
 
+
== O==
+
'''obeyssance,''' obedience
+
 
+
'''or,''' ere, before
+
 
+
'''orgule,''' haughtiness
+
 
+
'''orgulist,''' haughtiest
+
 
+
'''orgulous, orgulus,''' proud
+
 
+
'''orgulyte,''' pride, arrogance
+
 
+
'''other,''' or
+
 
+
'''ouches,''' jewels
+
 
+
'''ought,''' owned, belonged to
+
 
+
'''out cepte,''' ''v. pa. t.'' singled him out
+
 
+
'''outher,''' or
+
 
+
'''oute taken,''' except
+
 
+
'''over,''' all too
+
 
+
'''over evening,''' last night
+
 
+
'''over get,''' ''v.'' overtake
+
 
+
'''over hylled,''' ''pp.'' covered
+
 
+
'''over longe,''' ''prep.'' along
+
 
+
'''over slyp,''' pass
+
 
+
'''overthwarte,''' ''prep.&nbsp;''across, over, ''v.&nbsp;''bring to fall, cross ''n.&nbsp;''surprise<!--239-->
+
 
+
'''overthwartly,''' ''adv.'' askew
+
 
+
'''overthwart and endlong,''' by the breadth and length
+
 
+
== P==
+
'''palfroy,''' ''n.'' horse trained in the special pace suitable for women
+
 
+
'''paltockes,''' ''n. pl.&nbsp;''short coats
+
 
+
'''parage,''' descent
+
 
+
'''pareylle,''' like
+
 
+
'''parter,''' ''n.'' marshal
+
 
+
'''passing,''' surpassingly
+
 
+
'''paynture,''' painting
+
 
+
'''paynym,''' pagan
+
 
+
'''paytrellys,''' breastplate of a horse
+
 
+
'''pees,''' ''n.&nbsp;'' peace
+
 
+
'''pensel,''' pennon
+
 
+
'''peramour,''' lover
+
 
+
'''percloos,''' partition
+
 
+
'''peron,''' tombstone
+
 
+
'''perygot,''' falcon
+
 
+
'''pleasaunce,''' pleasure
+
 
+
'''plenour,''' complete
+
 
+
'''poyntelynge,''' aiming
+
 
+
'''porte,''' gate
+
 
+
'''posseded,''' possessed
+
 
+
'''potestate,''' governor
+
 
+
'''precessours,''' predecessors
+
 
+
'''presse,''' throng
+
 
+
'''pretende,''' claim
+
 
+
'''pretendith,''' belongs to
+
 
+
'''profre,''' offer
+
 
+
'''pryckynge,''' spurring
+
 
+
'''pryker,''' hard rider
+
 
+
'''pryme,''' 6 am
+
 
+
'''puyssaunce,''' power
+
 
+
'''purfyl,''' trimming
+
 
+
'''purfyled,''' embroidered
+
 
+
'''purvey,''' provide
+
 
+
'''pyght,''' pitched
+
 
+
'''pyke,''' steal away
+
 
+
'''pyked,''' stole
+
 
+
'''pyllars,''' plunderers
+
 
+
'''pyllynge,''' plundering
+
 
+
== Q==
+
'''quarels,''' ''n.'' (1) quarrels (2) arrowheads
+
 
+
'''questynge,''' barking
+
 
+
'''quyck,''' alive
+
 
+
'''quyt,''' (1) repaid, (2) acquitted, behaved
+
 
+
== R==
+
'''raced,''' (rased) tore
+
 
+
'''rake,''' herd (of bulls)
+
 
+
'''raynes,''' (1) reins (2) a town in brittany famous for its cloth
+
 
+
'''raumppynge,''' raging
+
 
+
'''raunge,''' rank, station
+
 
+
'''ransakyd,''' searched
+
 
+
'''rasshed,''' fell headlong
+
 
+
'''rasshynge,''' rushing
+
 
+
'''rasure,''' ''n.'' obliteration
+
 
+
'''rasyng,''' rushing
+
 
+
'''raundon,''' impetuosity
+
 
+
'''rere,''' raise
+
 
+
'''rechate,''' ''n.'' note of recall
+
 
+
'''recomforted,''' comforted, cheered
+
 
+
'''recounter,''' rencontre, encounter
+
 
+
'''recover,''' rescue
+
 
+
'''rede,''' (1) ''a.'' red, (2)&nbsp;''v.''&nbsp;advise, counsel
+
 
+
'''redounded,''' glanced back
+
 
+
'''relygyon,''' religious order
+
 
+
'''reneye,''' deny
+
 
+
'''reporte,''' refer
+
 
+
'''resemblaunt,''' semblance
+
 
+
'''retrayed,''' drew back
+
 
+
'''rightwys,''' rightly
+
 
+
'''rofe,''' ''pp.'' see '''ryve'''
+
 
+
'''romed,''' roared
+
 
+
'''roted,''' practised
+
 
+
'''rownsepyk,''' a branch
+
 
+
'''ryvage,''' shore
+
 
+
'''ryve,''' ''v.'' stab, split, tear, '''ryed,'''&nbsp;''pa.&nbsp;t.'' '''rofe'''&nbsp;''pp.''
+
 
+
== S==
+
'''sacrynge,''' consecrating
+
 
+
'''sad,''' serious
+
 
+
'''sadly,''' heartily, earnestly
+
 
+
'''sale,''' room
+
 
+
'''salewe,''' ''v.'' salute, greet
+
 
+
'''samyte,''' ''n.'' silk stuff with gold or
+
 
+
'''san(c)greal,''' holy grail
+
 
+
'''sarpys,''' girdles
+
 
+
'''sawe,''' (1) ''v. pa. t.'' saw, (2)&nbsp;''n.&nbsp;''proverb, saying
+
 
+
'''scathe,''' ''v.'' harm, hurt
+
 
+
'''score,''' twenty
+
 
+
'''scrypture,''' writing, bible
+
 
+
'''search,''' probe wounds
+
 
+
'''seasse,''' ''v.'' cease
+
 
+
'''selar,''' canopy
+
 
+
'''semblable,''' like
+
 
+
'''semblaunt,''' semblance
+
 
+
'''sendale,''' fine cloth
+
 
+
'''servage,''' slavery
+
 
+
'''sewar,''' officer who set on dishes and tasted them
+
 
+
'''shaftmon,''' hand breadth
+
 
+
'''shawe,''' thicket
+
 
+
'''sheef,''' ''v. pa. t.'' thrust
+
 
+
'''sherthursdaye,''' thursday in holy week
+
 
+
'''shende,''' harm
+
 
+
'''shenship,''' disgrace
+
 
+
'''shente,''' undone, blamed
+
 
+
'''shoure,''' attack
+
 
+
'''shrewe,''' rascal
+
 
+
'''shrewde,''' knavish
+
 
+
'''skarmusshed,''' skirmished, fought
+
 
+
'''skyfte,''' changed
+
 
+
'''slade,''' valley
+
 
+
'''slake,''' glen
+
 
+
'''soyle (to go to),''' hunting term for taking the water
+
 
+
'''somme,''' some
+
 
+
'''sondes,''' messages
+
 
+
'''sorte,''' company
+
 
+
'''sperd,''' bolted
+
 
+
'''spere,''' ask, inquire
+
 
+
'''spered,''' asked
+
 
+
'''sperhauk,''' sparrothawk
+
 
+
'''sprente,''' sprinkled
+
 
+
'''stale,''' position
+
 
+
'''starke,''' thoroughly
+
 
+
'''stede,''' place
+
 
+
'''sterte,''' started, rose quickly
+
 
+
'''stonyed,''' (1) astonished, (2) became confused
+
 
+
'''stoure,''' battle
+
 
+
'''strene,''' race, descent
+
 
+
'''straked,''' ''v. pa. t.'' (1)&nbsp;stroke (2)&nbsp;blew a horn
+
 
+
'''strayte,''' narrow
+
 
+
'''stygh,''' path
+
 
+
'''stylly,''' silently
+
 
+
'''stynte,''' fixed revenue
+
 
+
'''sudgerned,''' ''v. pa. t.'' sojourned
+
 
+
'''sursenglys,''' saddle girths
+
 
+
'''swange,''' ''v. pa. t.'' swung
+
 
+
'''sweven,''' dream
+
 
+
'''swough,''' sound of wind
+
 
+
'''syb,''' akin to
+
 
+
'''sydelyng,''' sideways
+
 
+
'''syege,''' seat
+
 
+
'''sygnefyed,''' likened
+
 
+
'''syker,''' sure
+
 
+
'''sykernesse,''' assurance
+
 
+
'''syth,''' since
+
 
+
'''sythen,''' afterwards, since
+
 
+
== T==
+
'''talent,''' desire
+
 
+
'''tamyd,''' crushed
+
 
+
'''tatches,''' qualities
+
 
+
'''taylles,''' taxes
+
 
+
'''tene,''' sorrow
+
 
+
'''terme,''' period of time
+
 
+
'''the,''' (1) the, (2) ''pron.'' thee, thyself
+
 
+
'''thye,''' thigh
+
 
+
'''thylk,''' that same
+
 
+
'''tho,''' (1) those, (2)&nbsp;then
+
 
+
'''thrange,''' pushed
+
 
+
'''threstyd,''' ''v. pa.t.&nbsp;''thrusted
+
 
+
'''thrulled,''' pushed
+
 
+
'''to brast,''' burst
+
 
+
'''tofore,''' before
+
 
+
'''to morowe, to morne''' to-morrow
+
 
+
'''took,''' gave
+
 
+
'''to shevered,''' broken to pieces
+
 
+
'''thredys,''' threads
+
 
+
'''traced,''' advanced and retreated
+
 
+
'''trainys,''' devices, wiles
+
 
+
'''traverse,''' ''adv.&nbsp;''slantwise, ''v.&nbsp;'' move sideways
+
 
+
'''tray,''' grief
+
 
+
'''treatyce,''' treaty
+
 
+
'''tree,''' ''n.'' (1) tree, (2)&nbsp;timber
+
 
+
'''trenchaunt,''' cutting, sharp
+
 
+
'''trest,''' ''hunting term'' trap, point of ambush
+
 
+
'''truage,''' tribute
+
 
+
'''trussed,''' packed
+
 
+
'''tyll,''' (1) until, (2) to
+
 
+
== U==
+
'''ubblye,''' wafer, host
+
 
+
'''umbecast,''' cast about
+
 
+
'''umberere,''' the part of the hel et which shaded the eyes
+
 
+
'''umbre,''' shade
+
 
+
'''unavised,''' thoughtlessly
+
 
+
'''uncouth,''' strange
+
 
+
'''underne,''' about 9 pm
+
 
+
'''ungoodely,''' rudely
+
 
+
'''unhappy,''' unlucky
+
 
+
'''unhylled,''' uncovered
+
 
+
'''unneth,''' scarcely
+
 
+
'''unsyker,''' unstable
+
 
+
'''unwympeled,''' uncovered
+
 
+
'''unwrast,''' untwisted, unbound
+
 
+
'''upryght,''' flat on the back
+
 
+
'''up so doune,''' upside down
+
 
+
'''use,''' usage
+
 
+
'''utas,''' octave of a festival
+
 
+
'''utteraunce,''' uttermost
+
 
+
== V==
+
'''varlet,''' servant
+
 
+
'''venery,''' hunting
+
 
+
'''ventayls,''' breathing holes
+
 
+
'''voyded,''' slipped away from
+
 
+
'''vylayn,''' man of low birth
+
 
+
'''vyser,''' visor, the perforated parts of helmets
+
 
+
== W==
+
'''waggynge,''' shaking
+
 
+
'''wayted,''' watched
+
 
+
'''waytes,''' watches
+
 
+
'''wallop,''' gallop
+
 
+
'''wanhope,''' despair
+
 
+
'''wappe,''' ripple
+
 
+
'''warre,''' aware
+
 
+
'''waryson,''' reward
+
 
+
'''warne,''' forbid, refuse
+
 
+
'''weder,''' ''n.'' weather
+
 
+
'''wedys,''' garments
+
 
+
'''welde,''' ''v.'' wield, rule; carry
+
 
+
'''wene,''' ''v.'' believe, think, expect, '''wened,'''&nbsp;''pa.&nbsp;t.''
+
 
+
'''wete,''' ''v.'' know, find out; '''wote''' ('''wyste''') &nbsp;''pa.&nbsp;t.''
+
 
+
'''where,''' whereas
+
 
+
'''wight,''' brave, strong
+
 
+
'''wightly,''' swiftly
+
 
+
'''withinforth,''' on the inside
+
 
+
'''wold or nold,''' would or would not
+
 
+
'''wonder,''' ''adj.'' wondrous
+
 
+
'''wonderly,''' wonderfully
+
 
+
'''wood,''' ''a. adv.'' mad, insane(ly), fierc(ly)
+
 
+
'''woodness,''' madness
+
 
+
'''wood shawe,''' thicket of the wood
+
 
+
'''worship,''' honour
+
 
+
'''worshipped,''' cause to be honoured
+
 
+
'''wortes,''' roots
+
 
+
'''wote,''' know
+
 
+
'''wrake,''' destruction
+
 
+
'''wroken,''' wreaked
+
 
+
'''wrothe,''' twisted
+
 
+
'''wyde where,''' over wide space
+
 
+
'''wympeled,''' with the head covered
+
 
+
'''wynne,''' make way
+
 
+
'''wyte,''' ''v.'' blame
+
 
+
== Y==
+
'''yede,''' ''v. pa. t.'' went
+
 
+
'''yeftes,''' ''n.'' gifts
+
 
+
'''yelde,''' ''v.'' yield, '''yielded,''' ''v. pa. t.'', '''yelden,'''&nbsp;''pp.''
+
 
+
'''yerde,''' stick, stem
+
 
+
'''yeve,''' ''v.&nbsp;''give
+
 
+
'''yode''' ''v. pa. t.'' went
+
 
+
'''yolde,''' ''v. pa. t.'', yielded, '''yolden,'''&nbsp;''pp.''
+
 
+
'''yole,''' Yule, Christmas
+

Revision as of 17:06, 13 August 2007

The html-edition I offer at Marteau is equipped with a dictionary to be read alongside the text. [Here] the direct link. If you have problems with individual words leave a message on this page (with page reference) and I will refine the dictionary or give translations here on this page. --Olaf Simons 17:06, 13 August 2007 (CEST)