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

by Joseph Jacobs

GLOSSARY.

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• abhomynable, 112

• adommage, hurt, 237

• aguyse, adorn, 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

• aspyed, spied, 61
• assoylled, absolved, 306
• aswowned, in a swoon, 159
• aualed, took off, 316
• aubyer, bramble, 234

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

• berd, beard, 116

• bienfayttes, benefits, 254

• boot, bote, bit, 14, 168
• bouked, boiled, 303

• brente, burnt, 254
• breste, burst, 61

• burgeys, citizen, 266

• can, know, 179, 221, 280?
• carryk, galley, 312
• Caym, Cain, 73
• caytyf, cunning, 21

• chepe, sell, 252

• commysed, committed, 63
• condempned, condemned, 63, 254, 262
• cope, canopy, 173
• corryged, chastened, 25, 89
• counterfayt, deceive, 272, 273

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

• dagged, jagged, 152

• dees, dice, 241

• departed, divided, 310

• dommage, danger, 85
• dommageable, dangerous, 77

• doubtous, doubtful, 67, 120, 181, 188

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

• erys, ears, 186, 220
• esprysed, taken, 281, 283
• euerychone, every one, 230
• excusations, excuses, 198

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

• flough, flew, 132

• flyes, fleece, 191

• force, give no, care not, 176
• formyce, ant, 55

• fyerste, fierceness, 68

• gallaunt, glutton (?), 266

• glose, comment, 78

• goglyed, goggle-eyed, 273

• grete father, grandfather, 128

• grynnes, traps, 29
• guaryson, cure, 232
• gwerdone, reward, 40

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

• herberowed, harboured, 29

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

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

• kynde, nature, 98, 105, 125, 218, 224, 272

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

• lawhe, laugh, 38

• leneth, supports, 15
• lese, lose, 236, 238

• lesyng, lying, 187, 188, 205
• lette, prevent, 122, 124, 125, 134, 141, 143, 199, 228, 308

• longynge, belonging, 316

• luste, desire, 40
• lygnage, lineage, 207

• lyuebode, inheritance, 172, 300

• 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

• moo, move, 184
• mowe, may, 240, 267
• mulet, mule, 128

• mylan, kite, 8
• myschaunt, mischievous, 55, 129
• myster, miss (?), 94

• natall, birthday feast, 116

• notary, known, 64

• orysons, prayers, 187, 188

• oultrecuydaunce, overweening presumption, 52

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

• poure, a poor man, 261

• procuratour, proctor, 260

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

• pyelarge, magpie, 204

• Rabe, rabbi, 294, 251

• releef, leavings, 149
• reluced, shone, 277
• remercye, thanks, 287
• resplendysshynge, bright, 21
• retcheth, recks, 6, 82
• ruffule, swagger, 241

• salewed, saluted, 117

• semblable, like, 112, 208
• sewrte, surety, 89
• separed, separated, 233

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

• 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

• terryer, lair, 152, 154

• theefly, like a thief, 81

• thradde, trod, 61
• thrested, thrusted, 61, 217

• tryst, sad, 223
• tumbours, drums, 95

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

• vtyle, useful, 15, 76

• vytupered, blamed, 76

• wodened, madness, 222
• wood, mad, 120, 242, 154
• wodewose, monster, 242, 243

• wreton, written, 272

• 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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