Geoffrey Chaucer

Name: Chaucer's Works (ed. Skeat) Vol. VI — Glossary to Gamelyn
Author: Geoffrey Chaucer

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“Chaucer's Works (ed. Skeat) Vol. VI — Glossary to Gamelyn”, published in 1894, is a work by Geoffrey Chaucer. It explores elements such as tenements, verb and habundantia.

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Geoffrey Chaucer, Chaucer's Works (ed. Skeat) Vol… (1894)

“ Leedes, pl. people, serfs; 'the portion of the population which was bought and sold with the land'; Wright. See l. 61; in l. 71, we have leede, i.e. people. This is the right original meaning. But it would seem that leed was afterwards extended to mean tenement or holding. Robert of Brunne seems to use ledes to mean tenements, rents, or fees. The phr. 'londes and ledes' occurs in Will. ”

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Geoffrey Chaucer, Chaucer's Works (ed. Skeat) Vol… (1894)

“ See the note. 'Purchas, is to buy lands or tenements with one's money, or otherwise gain them by one's industry, contradistinguished from that which comes to one by descent from his ancestors'; Blount, Law Dictionary. ”

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“ Charite, s. charity, love; For seynte charite, for the sake of St. Charity, 513; also used with by, 451. Cf. Chaucer, Kn. Tale, 863. Ophelia also says by St. Charity; Haml. iv. 5. 58. (There was such a saint; see note.)
Cheep, s. market; To good cheep, too cheaply, lit. 'in too good a market,' 278.
Cheere, s. face; Foul cheere, displeased look, 319; Foul chere, 534.
Chese, imp. s. choose, 180.
Cheste, s. quarrelling, dispute, 328. A.S. cēast, strife.
Clepeth, pr. s. calls, 106; Clepide, pt. s. 110.
Clevede, pt. s. cleft, 150. The A.S. clēofan, to cleave, is properly a strong verb, with pt. ”

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“ Wraththe, v. make angry, 80; Wraththed him, pt. s. grew angry, 91.
Wreke, pp. avenged, 346.
Wrothe, adv. evilly, ill (lit. perversely) , 73. In Rob. of Glouc., ed. Hearne, p. 31, Lear complains that Cordelia returns his love wroþe, i.e. evilly.
Wroughte, pt. pl. worked, 525; Wrought, pp. done, 51.
Wurs, adv. worse, 740.
Wyde-wher, adv. far and wide, in various lands, 13.
Wyf, pl. wives, 713. See the note.
Wyke, s. week, 687.
Y-, prefix, of past participles (and occasionally of past tenses) of verbs. Common in Southern, occasional in Midland, and unused in Northern poems. ”

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“ Icel. hlýða, to listen, from hljóð, a sound.
Liven, v. live, 12, 27; Livede, pt. s. 9; Liveden, pt. pl. 899.
Liverey, s. allowance, 514. 'Livrée, a delivery of a thing that is given, the thing so given, a livery.' Cotgrave. ”

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“ Frere, s. friar, 529.
Fro, prep. from, 144. Icel. frá.
Fyn, s. end (of life) , 551. F. fin.
Fyn, adv. finely, well, 681; excellently, 427.
Gadelyng, s. companion, comrade (but used as a term of contempt, like vagabond) , 102, 106. A.S. gædeling.
Galys, Galicia, 277; Gales, 764. (In Spain.)
Gamen, s. sport, a game, diversion, 290, 342; Game, amusement, pleasure, 776; sport, 4. A.S. gamen.
Gan, pt. s. did, 475. Lit. 'began,' but often used as a mere auxiliary verb. See Gonne.
Gerte, pt. s. struck (with a yard or stick) , 304, 536. From gerden,
girden, verb; which from A.S. gyrd, gierd, a rod. ”

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“ Blyve, adv. quickly, 19, 585. Short for by lyue, i.e. with life, in a lively way.
Bokeler, s. buckler, 136. See the note.
Bon, s. bone, 489. See Boones.
Bond, pt. s. bound, 818.
Bonde-men, pl. husbandmen, labourers, 699. The prefix has no connexion with the verb to bind, but is the same as Icel. búandi, bóndi, a tiller of the soil. ”

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Geoffrey Chaucer, Chaucer's Works (ed. Skeat) Vol… (1894)

“ Giltif, adj. guilty, 822; Gultif, 824. A false form, the suffix -if being French.
Girde, pr. s. subj. strike, 430. See Gerte.
Gon, v. walk, 312. A.S. gān.
Gonne, pt. pl. (as aux. verb) , did, 236. See Gan.
Good, s. property, 330, 704.
Goode, voc. O good, 199.
Goon, v. go, 236; ger. to go away, 126; Goth, pr. s. goes, 99; Goth, imp. pl. go ye, 36, 111, 714.
Gowe, for go we, let us go, 661. So also in P. Plowman, prol. 226.
Graven, pp. buried, 900.
Gray frere, a Gray friar, a Franciscan friar, 529. ”

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“ Formed with adv. suffix -e.
Neer, adv. nigher, 138, 352. See Ner.
Nekke, s. neck, 194.
Ner, adv. nigher, 109, 135. A.S. nēar, compar. adv. from nēah, nigh. See Ny.
Neyh, adj. nigh, 626. A.S. nēah.
Neyhebours, pl. neighbours, 55.
Niggoun, s. niggard, 323. Spelt nygun in Rob. of Brunne, Handlyng Synne, 5578.
Nom, var. of Nim, v. take, 782 (all the seven MSS. read nom or nome) ; Nome, pp. taken, 584, 683, 796.
Nones; With the nones = with then ones, with the once, on the condition, 206; For the nones, for the once, for the occasion, 456. (E. nonce.)
Norture, s. good breeding, 4. ”

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Geoffrey Chaucer, Chaucer's Works (ed. Skeat) Vol… (1894)

“ Rape, adj. hasty, 101. Not a Latin, but a Scand. word. Icel. hrapa, to hasten; Swed. rapp, Dan. rap, quick.
Rapely, adv. quickly, 219, 424. See above.
Rede, 1 pr. s. advise, 605; 2 pr. s. subj. mayest advise, advisest, 797.
Reed, s. counsel, advice, 429, 432, 819; Reedes, pl. words of advice, 601.
Rees, s. attack, 547; fit of passion, 101. A.S. rǣs (E. race) . 'Griffyn, kyng of Wales, eft he mad a res'; Rob. of Brunne, tr. ”

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Geoffrey Chaucer, Chaucer's Works (ed. Skeat) Vol… (1894)

“ A.S. hrīs, brushwood.
Woode-schawe, s. thicket of the wood, 638; Woode-schawes, pl. 670, 696. See Schawes.
Woon, s. abundance; Good-woon, abundantly, 125. 'Woone, or grete plente, Copia, habundantia'; Prompt. Parv. ”

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Geoffrey Chaucer, Chaucer's Works (ed. Skeat) Vol… (1894)

“ Fare, v. fare, 271; pr. s. subj. may fare, 616. See Ferde.
Fast aboute, very eager, 240, 785.
Fay, s. faith; By her fay, by their faith, 555. Anglo-F. fei.
Fayn, adj. glad, 103; adv. gladly, 15.
Feire, s. fair, i.e. business, 270. See the note.
Fel, s. skin, 76. A.S. fel.
Fel, adj. fell, cruel, 151, 256.
Felaw, s. fellow, 227; (as a term of reproach) , 276.
Felde, pt. s. felled, 593.
Fen, s. fen, mud, 588.
Ferd, s. fear, 854. This form occurs in Wyclif, Minot, Hampole's Prick of Conscience, and other poems (chiefly Northern) . ”

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“ With the wynde drye, to be dried by the wind, 880.
Dure, v. last, hold out, 831.
Dwel, imp. s. dally, 579.
Eeke, adv. also, 480.
Eeten, pt. pl. ate, 681.
Eighte, eighth, 331.
Elde, s. age, 649.
Elles, adv. else, 248.
Endited, pp. indicted, 710.
Enquered, pp. enquired, 862.
Eny, any, 318.
Er, adv. ere, 568. See Ar.
Est, s. east, 891.
Everich, each one, 443; each, 608; every one (of them) , each, 119; Everichone, every one, 866.
Eye, s. awe, 253 (see the note) ; 129 (see the note) . A.S. ege, cognate with Icel. agi (whence E. awe, a Scand. form) .
Eyr, s. heir, 40. O. F. eir. ”

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