The fables of Aesop by William Caxton (Jacobs)/Annotated/Vol. II/Glossary

by Joseph Jacobs

GLOSSARY.

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• abhomynable, 112

• aboute, around, 111, 26
• adommage, hurt, 237

• adiousted, added, 119
• aferd, afraid, 18, 82
• aguyse, adorn, estimulate, 3
• almesse, alms, 60
• ambassade, embassy, 87
• amerous, lover, 280
• Annuel (generally Annueler, cf. Chaucer, Cant. Tales, 12,940), priest who says masses on the anniversary of death, 315

• anone, anon (straight away), 25 37
• anuye, anvie, envy, 74
• aspyed, spied, 61
• assoylled, absolved, 306
• aswowned, in a swoon, unconscious, 159
• aualed, took off, 316
• aubyer, bramble, 234

• backe, bat, 70
• balkes, ridges in fields, 202, 203

• barst, bursted, 22
• behoueth, behooves (benefits), corresponds, 16
• berd, beard, 116

• betake, commend, entrust, 147
• bienfayttes, benefits, 254

• boole, bull, 22
• boot, bote, bit, 14, 168
• bouked, boiled, 303

• bowes, branches, 161
• breed, bread, PAGEXXX
• breed, breadth, 174
• brenneth, burns, 12
• brente, burnt, 254
• breste, burst, 61

• bouteler, (butler) servant, 17
• burgeys, citizen, 266

• bylle, bill (beak), 19, 21
• byquethed, bequeathed (assigned), 172
• bytwexe, between, 57

• caas, case, circumstance, 23
• can, know, 179, 221, 280?
• carryk, galley, 312
• Caym, Cain, 73
• caytyf, cunning, mischievous, 21

• charge, burden, load, 31, 37
• chepe, sell, 252

• chorle, peasant, labourer, 67
• celer, sotoreroom, storehouse, 170
• commysed, committed, 63
• condempned, condemned, 63, 254, 262
• cope, canopy, 173
• corryged, chastened, 25, 89
• counterfayt, deceive, 272, 273

• courtyse, courtesy, PAGEXXX
• cratchyng, scratching, 310
• crymynous, criminal, 63
• curtois, courteous, 98
• curteys, cunning (?), 315
• Cyrurgeons, surgeons, 99, 157

• dagged, jagged, 152

• deceyuen, deceive, 15
• dees, dice, 241

• demaunden, request an answer, 61
• defowled, fouled (dirtied), 152
• departed, divided, 310

• desporten, to frolic, to be playful, 26
• daynen, approve, allow, 151
• disporte, disport (amusement), 25
• dommage, damage, danger, 8, 14, 85
• dommageable, dangerous, 77

• donghylle, dunghill, 4
• doubtous, doubtful, 67, 120, 181, 188

• duelled, dwelled (remained, waited), 139
• dyssymylen, asume a false appearance, 65

• empeched, prevented, 246, 247
• ensample, example, 85
• ensyewe, pursue, 30
• entremete, meddle with, 24, 25, 129
• entre, entrance, 253

• er, ere, or, before, 153
• eren, plow, cultivate, 144
• ers, arse, 151
• erys, ears, 186, 220
• esprysed, taken, 281, 283
• euerychone, every one, 230
• excusations, excuses, 198

• facyle, easy, 97
• fallace, fraud, 267
• fayt, deed, 251

• flee, flay (to strip the skin off), 185
• fleyen, lashed, whipped, 184
• flough, flew, 132

• flowre, flour, 102
• flyes, fleece, 191

• folde, land, earth, 168
• force, give no, care not, 176
• formyce, ant, 55

• found, invented, 3, 30
• fro, from away from, 15 26
• fyerste, fierceness, 68

• gallaunt, glutton (?), 266

• gallaunt, ???, 52
• glose, comment, 78

• godsep, godsib, close friend, 74
• goglyed, goggle-eyed, 273

• gree, satisfaction, pleasure, 72
• grete father, grandfather, 128

• greue, (grieve) to harm, 13
• grynnes, traps, 29
• guaryson, cure, 232
• gwerdone, reward, 40

• gynne, gin, device, trap, 27, 29

• Ha a, ha! ah! pass.
• habondaunce, abundance, 19
• heed, by, by [God's] head, 184

• heed, careful attention, one's ability to survive, 184
• herberowed, harboured, refuged, 29

• hert, herte, hart, red deer, 11, 47
• hewe, chop, 161
• hit, it, 18, 25, 33

• Improbes, Immorals, 3
• Incontynent, immediately, 67, 75, 103, 106, 116, 258
• induceth, introduces, 3
• iumelle, twin, 302

• Janneye, Genoese, 312
• Jene, Genoa, 312

• kepe, to keep watch for, 97
• kynde, nature, 30, 98, 105, 125, 218, 224, 272

• labourage, labour, 205
• large, generous, 166

• late, let, 11, 20
• lawhe, laugh, 38

• lenen, lend, grant, 14
• leneth, supports, 15
• lese, lose, 236, 238

• lesen, lose, 166
• lesyng, lying, falsehood, 111, 187, 188, 205
• lette, prevent, 122, 124, 125, 134, 141, 143, 199, 228, 308

• lette, to trouble, 19, 27
• leue, live, 22
• leue, leave, 10, 30

• leuer, [to have] preference [over something else], 174
• lodgys, lodge (dwelling place, den), 152
• longynge, belonging, 316

• lost, ruined, 124
• luste, desire, 25, 40
• lygnage, lineage, 207

• lyke, alike, 112
• lyttre, litter (give birth), 14
• lyuebode, inheritance, 172, 300

• lyuelede, way of life, moral conduct, 172

• maculed, guilty, 261
• marzhaunt, merchant, 275
• meane, middle, 213
• meke, to humble, 247
• medycyn, a doctor, 66, 99
• meue, move, 175
• megny, men, company, 84, 90, 204
• molle, mole, 38

• mone, moon, 54
• moo, move, 184
• mowe, may, 29, 240, 267
• mulet, mule, 128

• myghte, (simple past tense of) may, 102
• mylan, kite, 8, 28
• myschaunt, mischievous, 25, 55, 129
• myster, miss (?), 94

• myster, need, necessity, 37

• natall, birthday feast, 116

• ne, nor, 21, 25, 26, 28, 42
• notary, known, 64

• nyghe, near, almost, 22

• oftyme, ofttimes (often), 21
• ones, once, 11, 12
• ongles, nails, 26
• ony, any, 13, 18, 26, 31
• orysons, prayers, 187, 188

• ought, in any way, at all, 178
• oultrecuydaunce, overweening presumption, 52

• pactions, agreements, 47
• partage, partnership, 11
• parysshēs, parishioners, 316
• payllard, payllart, coward, miserable, 25, 54, 57, 68
• pleted, pleaded, 261

• plommes, plums, 11
• poure, a poor man, 261

• pray, praid, request, supplicate, 13, 14
• procuratour, proctor, 260

• promytte, promise, 47
• propyce, propitious, 208
• provysed, provided, 8
• prytemps, spring, 110
• pulle, fruit of beech, 173
• purveye, provide, 143

• puyssant, powerful, 19, 26, 62
• pyelarge, magpie, 204

• Rabe, rabbi, 294, 251

• rauen, raven, 19, 21
• rauyn, raven (plunder), 75
• rauysshe, ravish (to kidnap), 74
• rassasyed, satiated, 161
• reherceth, rehearses, recites, 5, 10
• releef, leavings, 149
• reluced, shone, 277
• remercye, thanks, 287
• resplendysshynge, bright, 21
• retcheth, recks (regards, cares), 4, 6, 82
• ruffule, swagger, 241

• seche, look for, find, 154
• salewed, saluted, 117

• sauf, save, except, 154
• semblable, like, similar, 112, 208
• sewrte, surety, 89
• separed, separated, 233

• shrewe, wicked, 5
• slowful, ungrateful, 206, 299
• slowfulness, ingratitude, 64, 206
• slyked, cloven, 203

• solemptnyte, solemnity (formal ceremony), 161
• sonde, sound, bay, 303
• sowne, sound, 33
• slange, pool, 161
• spaehawk, deerhawk (?), 8
• sperehawk, sparrowhawk, 72
• subget, subject, 30, 91, 244
• subvertysed, subverted, 74
• sygalle, grasshopper, 123

• syth, since, 105

• terryer, (fox's) 'lair, 152, 154

• that is to wete, that is to say, 8, 172
• the, thee, 4, 13, 16, 17, 27, 92
• theefly, like a thief, 81

• them, themselves, 3
• thende, the end, 3, 7, 22, 58
• thens, thence (from here, from there???), 50
• thradde, trod, 61
• thrested, thrusted, 61, 217

• to, too, 152
• to gyder, together, 92, 18
• toune, town, 17
• trayson, betrayal, treason, 36
• tryst, sad, 223
• tumbours, drums, 95

• uertuous, virtuous, brave, 22
• vergoyne, shame, 52, 142, 189, 211
• vergoynous, ashamed, 296
• vexed, troubled, harrased, 151
• vnethe, scarely, 151, 183, 250
• vncōnyng, silly, 13
• vnyed, united, 109
• vpperest, uppermost, 67
• vpso down, upside down, 68, 157, 163

• vntrouthe, dishonesty, 9
• vtyle, useful, 15, 76

• vylayn, villager, 107
• vytupered, blamed, 76

• whanne, when, 8, 10
• what someuer, whatsoever, 156
• wenynge, weening (supposing, pretending), 10, 14
• wherfore, wherefore (therefore, because of which, "for what reason ...?"), 21
• wexe, become, 21
• weren, wear, 53
• wodened, madness, 222
• wood, mad, 120, 242, 154
• wodewose, monster, 242, 243

• wol, will, 28
• wonte, accustomed, 58
• worship, honour, 26
• wote, know, 120
• wreton, written, 3, 272

• wynne, win, 166
• wyse, means, manner, fashion, 186

• yate, gate, 117, 216, 253, 272, 279, 295
• ye, yea, pass.
• yeftes, gifts, 35, 36, 251
• yeue, give, 152
• yongthe, youth, 41

 

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