The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser

misdesert, undeservingness, vI. i. 12. misdid, pret. did wrong, Iv. iv. 27. misdiet, improper feeding, I. iv. 23, II. xi. 12. misdight, pa. part. ill-clothed (fig.), v. vii. 37. misdonne, inf. to misdo, do wrong, III. ix. 7. misdoubting, pres. part, fearing, suspecting, VI. iv. 47, xi. 43.

miser, wretch, 11. i. 8, iii. 8.

misfare, mishap, misfortune, 1v. v. 30, vi. 2, viii. 5, 27, xii. 12, v. xi. 48, vI. iii. 24, xii. 14. misfaring, vbl. sb. wrongdoing, Clout 758. misfeigning, feigning with an evil intention, I. iii. 40.

misgone, pa. part. gone astray, S. C. July 201. misgotten, ppl. adj. ill-gotten, vì. i. 18. misgouernaunce, mismanagement, misuse, S. C. May 90; misbehaviour, S. C. Nov. 4. misguyde,sb.wrongdoing,trespass,H.Love 144. misguyde, vb. to misdirect, vi. iii. 47. mishappen, to happen amiss, 1. iii. 20. mishapt, ppl. adj. misshapen, 111. vii. 22. misintended, ppl. adj. maliciously aimed, Amor. Son. 16.

misleeke, to dislike, v. ii. 49.

mizzle, to rain in fine drops, to drizzle, S. C. Nov. 208.

mo, moe, more, 1. ix. 44, III. xi. 45, Iv. i. 24; other m. = many others, S. C. May 68. mochell, much, S. C. Feb. 109, Aug. 23. Cf. muchell.

mocke, act of derision, S. C. Aug. 120; mockes and mowes=derisive gestures, vi. vii. 49. mode, wrath, Iv. iv. 5.

mold 1, mole, spot on the skin, vi. xii. 7. mold, see mould.

moldwarpe, -e, mole, Clout 763, Love 182. mollify, to melt, soften (lit.), Amor. Son. 32 ; pa. part. mollifide, 1. vi. 7. mollifide, pa. part. rendered less obdurate, Iv. xii. 13. molt, pret. melted, II. v. 8. molten, ppl. adj. dissolved' in emotion, Gnat 245. moly, a herb of the liliaceous genus Allium, Amor. Son. 26.

mome, blockhead, vii. vi. 49. monastere, monastery, vi. xii. 23.

mone, sb. plea, III. ix. 12; grief, vi. v. 4; lamentation, S. C. Apr. 89 (makes m.), Teares 6.

mislike, to disapprove of, S. C. May 162; mone, vb. to bewail, bemoan, 1. iv. 49, Teares

to be ill-pleasing to, III. viii. 51.

is.

misliue, to live a bad life, S. C. May 87. misregard, lack of care, Iv. viii. 29. missay, -e, to speak wrongly, say what wrong, S. C. Sept. 2; pa. part. missayd, vI. xii. 2; to speak evil of, abuse, S. C. Sept. 106; pa. part. missayd, iv. vi. 27. misseeme, to misbecome, 111. iii. 53, viii. 26, Hubberd 804.

misseeming, ppl. adj. unseemly, 1. ix. 23, 11. ii. 31; vbl. sb. false show, 1. vii. 50. mis-shape, deformity, v. xii. 29. misshapen, ppl. adj. deformed, 11. xi. 8. missing, pres. part. failing, Iv. xi. 2. mistake, to imagine erroneously, 1v. viii. 55; pret. mistooke, III. xi. 13; mistooke, pret. fell upon grievously, v. viii. 8.

mister, myster, (what, such) kind or sort of, 1. ix. 23, III. v. 5, IV. vii. 10, xii. 22, VI. xi. 39, S. C. July 201, Sept. 103. misthought, wrong opinion, Iv. viii. 58. mis-trayned, pa. part. misled, v. xi. 54. mistreth, is necessary, III. vii. 51. misusage, abuse, S. C. July 184. miswandred, ppl. adj. gone astray, III. vii. 18. misweene, to have a wrong opinion, think wrongly, 11. Prol. 3, Past. Elegie 101. misween'd, pa. part. mistaken, v. viii. 46. misweening, vbl. sb. misjudgement, 1. iv. I. miswend, to go astray (fig.), Hubberd 128. miswent, ppl. adj. iv. v. 30.

292.

moniment, trace, something serving to iden tify, 1. v. 38, v. viii. 43, Gnat 589; mark, figure, 11. vii. 5, xii. 80; record, 11. ix. 59; token, memorial, v. viii. 45.

monoceros, a fish with a 'horn', as a saw-fish, sword-fish, or narwhal, 11. xii. 23. moralize, to supply with a moral, 1. Prol. I. mores1, roots, plants, vII. vii, 10. Mores 2, Moors, vi. vii. 43.

morion, -an, a kind of helmet, without beaver or visor, worn by soldiers in the 16th and 17th c., VII. vii. 28, Muiop. 322, Bellay 201, Epigrams p. 608.

morish, moorish, swampy, marshy, 1v. xi. 29, Gnat 251.

morrow, morow, -e, morning, 111. xii. 28, v. iii. 7, S. C. March 3, 46, May 19. mortality, mortal existence; the estate of mortal man, I. X. I.

mortall, deadly, 11. iii. 22.

most, greatest, IV. xi. 9, vii. vii. 17; most what for the most part, S. C. July 46, Sept. 104, Clout 757

mot, mote, pres. may, 11. i. 33, vI. viii. 46, x. 3, Daphn. 265; pret. sing. might, could, 1. ii. 29, 11. iii. 18, 1v. ii. 8, vii. 47, v. viii. 26; moten, plur. 111. vi. 31; must, III. X. 7, V. viii. 5.

motioned, pa. part. proposed, suggested, Hubberd 125.

mott, pret. measured, appraised, Clout 365. mought1, pret. might, could, 1. i. 42, 111. x. 18, v. ix. 34, S. C. March 53.

ne, nor, not, I. i. 22, vi. 1, 1.iv. 56, p. 413, S. C. May 152, Nov. 19; ne... ne neither...

nor, 1. vi. II.

mought, must, S. C. p. 416, May 74, 157, Neæra, pseudonym, Clout 524. July 153, Sept. 133.

mould, sb.1 dross, vi. ix. 33.

neat, cattle, vi. ix. 4.

neate, clear, bright, Gnat 119.

mould, mold, sb.2 form, shape, 1. ii. 39, vii.neatheard, one who looks after cattle, S. C.

26, 111. ii. 25, Iv. ii. 41; structure, 1. iv. 5, vii. 33; bodily shape, body, 11. vii. 42; stature, iv. X. 10.

mould, vb. to moulder (fig.), 11. iii. 41. mount, mound, Gnat 660, 686, Clout 284. mountenance, space, distance, extent, III. viii. 18, xi. 20, v, vi. 36.

mouth'd, ppl. adj. having a mouth, 11. xi. 12. moue, to attempt, propose, Iv. ix. 31; moued speech spoke, vi. iii. 14.

mowes, grimaces, vi. vii. 49.

moyity, half, 11. xii. 31.

moyle, to defile, H. Love 220.

moystie, damp, vi. ix. 13.

Aug. Arg. 5.

needments, necessaries, 1. i. 6, vi. 35, Clout 195.

neesing, vbl. sb. sneezing, Three Lett. p. 615; (fig.) p. 618.

neglect, pa. part. neglected, Thest. 96. nempt, pa. part. named, called, 111. x. 29. nephew, descendant, grandchild, 1. v. 22, 11. viii. 29, III. iv. 22, R. R. 104.

nest, lodging, retreat, Iv. v. 32, vi. xi. 42. net, pure, clean, III. xii. 20, vi. viii. 45. Cf. neate.

nethelesse, nevertheless, S. C. pp. 418, 419. Cf nathlesse.

muchell, much, great, 1. iv. 46, vi. 20, 111. nether, no one, v. vi. 35.

vii. 32, X. 31. Cf. mickle. mum, not a word, iv. vii. 44.

mumming, vbl. sb. masking, Hubberd 802.
munifience, fortification, defence, II. X. 15.
mured, pret. blocked up, closed, vi. xii. 34.
murrins, plagues, diseases, 111. iii. 40.
murther, to kill, murder, vi. vi. 26.
muse, sb. wonderment, 1. xii. 29.
muse, vb. to wonder, 11. i. 19.

musicall, music, S. C. May 28.
must, new wine, vII. vii. 39.

mysterie, trade, profession, Hubberd 221.

name, quality, reputation, 1. xii. 13. namely, particularly, above all, v11. vii. 48. napron, apron, v. v. 20.

narre, nearer, S. C. July 97; near, close, R. R. 213.

nas, has not, S. C. May 61.

nathemoe, II. iv. 8; nathemore, 1. viii. 13,
ix. 25, 11. v. 8, III. v. 22, IV. v. 20, VI. xii. 32:
never the more.
nathlesse, nathe-, -les, naytheles, never-
theless, none the less, 11. i. 5, 22, v. 6, 1. i.
55, IV. V. 20, vi. 38, Hubberd 375, 1073,
Beautie 159.

nation, class, kind (of animals), II. xii. 36;
brutish nation=animal creation,Past.Elegie98.
natiue, natural, 11. iv. 1, v. vi. 27.
natúre, vi. viii. 41.

nay: if nay if not, Daphn. 130.

naythles, see nathlesse.

nicely, cautiously, gently, III. xii. 10.

nicenesse, luxury, effeminacy, iv. viii. 27. nicetie, -itee, reserve, coyness, 1. X. 7, 11. ii. 3. nigardise, niggardliness, meanness, IV. viii. 15, S. C. p. 458.

nigheth, approaches, S. C. March 4. Cf. nye. nighly, niggardly, sparingly, S. C. July 171. ni'll, nill, will not, 1. ix. 15, II. vii. 32, III. V. II, xi. 14, S. C. May 131, 151; will or nill willing or unwilling, 1. iii. 43. willed or nilled, pret. were willing or unwilling, IV. vii. 16.

nimblesse, nimbleness, v. ix. 29.
nip, to slander, Hubberd 712.

nis, nys, is not, S. C. May 144, June 19, Aug.
38, Nov. 9.

noblesse, nobility, 1. viii. 26.
nominate, to name, designate, 1. x. 64.
nonce, nones: for (the) n.=
for the purpose,
but used as a metrical tag or stop-gap, Bellay
74, Three Lett. p. 626.
noriture, nour-, nurture, upbringing, 1. ix.
5, 11. iii. 2.

Norueyses, Norwegians, III. iii. 33.
nosethrill, nostril, 1. xi. 22, III. ix. 22, xi. 41.
note, no'te, know not, 1. xii. 7, S. C. Sept.
110; cannot, 11. Prol. 4; could, might not,

11. iv. 4, 13, vii. 39, 111. iii. 50, vi. 40, xii. 26, | onely, alone, 1. vii. 13, xii. 29, 1v. vi. 46, v. IV. xii. 20, v. iii. 7.

nothing, adv. not at all, 1. iv. 4, 11. vi. 15. notifide, pa. part. proclaimed, known, 1. iii. 44.

nought, adj. bad, useless, 11. ix. 32.

xi. 30, Daphn. 503; singly, iv. viii. 28. on hed, ahead, Muiop. 420.

ope, open, iv. iii. 46, vi. vi. 19.

opprest, pa. part. fallen upon, taken by surprise, 11. xii. 81.

nould, -e, would not, I. vi. 17, v. viii. 41, vi. iii. or, before, ere, Hubberd 501; or ... or=

26, vii. 36, S. C. Feb. 192, 199. noule, head, vII. vii. 39.

nource, -ice, nurse (fig.), S. C. May 118, R. T. 169.

noursle, to train, foster, rear, vi. iv. 35; pret. 1. vi. 23, v. i. 6.

noursling, nursling; object of a nurse's care (transf.), II. viii. 20, Teares 564, Gnat 282, R. R. 299.

nourtred, pa. part. trained, skilled, Past. Elegie 71.

nousell, to train, foster (fig.), S. C. p. 443.
Cf. noursle.

nousling, pres. part., Clout 763; ppl. adj.
Iv. xi. 32: burrowing.
nouells, news, S. C. Feb. 95.

whether ... or, I. vi. 15.

ordaind, ppl. adj. arrayed, drawn up (of a battle), 11. x. 18; set up, v. ii. 19.

order, sb. usage, practice, vi. viii. 36; plur. ranks, 11. ix. 15.

order, vb. to prepare, arrange, 11. ix. 31, 111. ix. II; pa. part. determined, S. C. p. 423. ordinarie, archbishop or bishop; one who has jurisdiction in ecclesiastical cases, Hubberd 562.

ordinance, -aunce, arrangement, II. ix. 30, Hubberd 173; ordnance, artillery, II. xi. 14; equipment, furniture, 111. xi. 53; decree, Hubberd 1162.

oricalche, yellow ore or alloy of copper, Миіор. 78.

noy, to annoy, vex, grieve, Two Lett. p. 643. orifis, opening of a wound, Iv. xii. 22.

noyd, pret. I. X. 24, xi. 45.

noyance, annoyance, noxiousness, 1. i. 23, iii. xii. 2.

Noyes, Noah's, II. X. 15.

noyous, troublesome, harmful, noxious, I. v. 45, viii. 40, xi. 50, 11. ix. 32, 111. i. 43, Teares 483.

noysome, harmful, noxious, vi. x. 7, S. C. July 22, R. R. 54.

nye, to draw near, S. C. May 316.

oaker, ocher, R. T. 204.

object, to reproach, accuse, vi. vii. 26. óblique, 11. ix. 52.

obliquid, directed obliquely, vii. vii. 54. obsequy, funeral rites, 11. i. 60.

occasions, reasons, 11. v. 21; pretexts, IV. x. 13. oddes, difference, v. Prol. I; advantage, vi. ii. 18.

of, by, 1. ii. 5, iv. 17, v. 8, 23, 11. vii. 2, ix. 18, xii. 31, IV. xi. 25, v. viii. 16; off, S. C. May 199; on, Iv. iv. I l. 4.

offal, dregs, scum (fig.), 11. iii. S.

origane, plant of the genus Origanum, probably Wild Marjoram, 1. ii. 40.

orpine, a succulent herbaceous plant, Sedum Telephium, Muiop. 193.

other, one of the two; left (hand, leg), 11. iv. 4,
v.xii. 36; other some some others, S.C.p.417;
otherwhere, other where elsewhere, 11. xii. 45,
VI. xi. 25; otherwhiles, other whiles = at times,
sometimes, III. X. 8, vi. vii. 49; other
other =some... other, iv. i. 7.

ought, pret. owned, 1. iv. 39, 11. viii. 40, VI.
vii. 16; owed, 111. i. 44.

out alasse, excl. of grief, Amor. p. 577.
outbarre, to bar out, 11. x. 63.

out find, to discover, Iv. xii. 25.
outgoe, to exceed, surpass, IV. V. II.
outhyred, pa. part. let out for hire, v. Prol. 3.
outlaunched, pa. part. thrust out, Muiop. 82.
Cf. launce, -ch.

outlearne, to find out, elicit, iv. viii. 22.
outly, outwardly, externally, Three Lett. p.
626.

outrage, violent outcry, clamour, 1. xi. 40; want of moderation, excess, II. ii. 38. outragious, violent, v. xi. 29.

offend, to harm, injure, 11. viii. 8, xii. 63, 111. outraigned, pa. part. reigned to the end of,

x. I, VI. iv. 25, ix. 6.

offer, attempt, v. viii. 42.

off-scum, scum, refuse (fig.), vII. vi. 30. off-shakt, pa. part. shaken off, 11. xi. 33. ofspring, origin, source, II. x. 69.

on, one, R. T. 1.

II. X. 45.

outstrained, pa. part. stretched out tightly, Gnat 280.

out ward, to ward off, keep out, v. i. 10. outweare, to wear out, away (fig.), 1v. ii. 33. outwore, pret.,-worne pa.part.spent, passed

(time), III. xii. 29, Amor. Son. 87; to wear ouersight, escape, 1. vi. I.

longer than, S. C. p. 467.

ouerstrooke, pret. struck above, v. xi. 13.

outwell, to pour forth, 1. i. 21. outwelde, ouerswim, to swim over, III. iii. 33. pret., Gnat 502.

ouert, open, 11. ix. 46.

outwent, pret. outstripped, v. viii. 4; sur- ouerthwart, opposite, iv. x. 51.
passed, S. C. Apr. 16. Cf. outgo.
out win, to get out of, Iv. i. 20.
outwind, to disentangle, extricate, v. iii. 9.
outwrest, to draw out, extract (fig.), 11. iv. 23.
outwrought, pa. part. completed, 11. vii. 65.
ouzell, blackbird, Epith. 82.

ouer all, in every part, all over, 1. xi: 9, Amor.
Son, 29; everywhere, 1. xi. 46, Hubberd 1180.
ouerbore, pret. overthrew, iv. iv. 40.
ouercame, pret. covered, spread over, 111. vii.
4.

ouercast, pa. part. covered over, 11. i. 24. Cf. ouerkest.

ouercaught, pret. overtook, 1v. vii. 31. ouercraw, to exult over, 1. ix. 50; pa. part. S. C. Feb. 142.

overdight, over dight, pa. part. overspread,
covered over, 11. vii. 53, 1v. viii. 34, Clout 493,
H. Beautie 93.

ouer-giue, ouergiue, to give, hand over, III.
iii. 41; to give up, Hubberd 249.
ouergo, to overcome, v. ii. 7. ouergone,
pa. part. excelled, S. C. Aug. 128.
ouergrast, pa. part, overgrown with grass, S. C.
Sept. 130.

ouerhaile, to draw over, S. C. Jan. 75.
ouerhent, pret. overtook, II. x. 18, III. v. 25,
v. iii. 11, x. 36; pa. part. overtaken, III. vii.
19, v. viii. 4.

ouerkest, pret. 111. vi. 10; pa. part., R. T. 457:
covered, overspread. Cf. overcast.
ouerlade, to overwhelm, v. xii. 19.
ouerlay, to overwhelm, v. xi. 51.
ouerlooke, to look over, peruse, III. xii. 36; to
look after, oversee, Hubberd 279. ouerlookt,
pa. part. considered, Hubberd 396.
ouerpasse, to cause to pass, alleviate, v1. iii.
14. ouerpast, pa. part. passed over, 1. ii.
32.

ouerplast, ppl. adj. overhanging, 1. i. 24.
ouer raught, pa. part. extended over, v. xii.
30; pret, overtook, vi. iii. 50.
ouer-red, pret. read over, III. xi. 50.
ouerren, to oppress, v. ii. 19; pret. ouerran,
v. iv. 44. ouerrun, pa. part. crushed, run
down, v. xi. 6.

ouersee, to overlook, fail to see, 11. ix. 44; to
overlook, look down upon, IV. x. 30; to over-
look, look after, Hubberd 283.
ouerset, ppl. adj. oppressed, vi. v. 22.
ouer side, over the side of, v. vi. 39.

ouerture, open or exposed place, S. C. July 28,
ouerwent, ouer-went, pret. went ove:.
traversed, n. iv. 18, p. 413; pa. part. over-
come, overwhelmed, v. viii. 7, S. C. March 2.
owches, gems, jewels, 1. ii. 13, x. 31, 111. iv. 23.
owe: owe her fall is bound to fall, R. R. 387.
owre, ore, II. vii. 5, III. iv. 18.
oystriges, ostriches, 11. xi. 12.

pace, step, 1. iv. 3; place through which oue passes, tract, I. i. 19.

pack, vb. to go away, depart, vil. vi. 12; go pack, Teares 398.

packe, sb. burden, vi. ii. 21.

packed, ppl. adj. heaped up, amassed, S.C.
P. 443.

paddocks, toads, S. C. Dec. 70.
paine, payne, sb. pains, care, 1. vi. 33, 11. xi.
15; punishment, 11. vii. 21.

paine, payne, vb. refl. to take pains, exert
oneself, 1. iv. 15, v. xii. 10. paynd, pret. v.
vi. 40.

painefull, payne-, troublesome, laborious, VI. vii. 35; careful, painstaking, Two Lett. p. 636.

paint out, to depict, S. C. June 79.
paire, to impair, 1. vii. 41.
Palemon Thomas Churchyard, Clout 396.
paled',ppl. adj.: paled part per part = furnished
or marked with (vertical) stripes; in heraldry
paly, vi. ii. 6.

paled 2, ppl. adj. fenced in with pales, 1. v. 5.
Palin, pseudonym, Clout 392.
pall, sb. robe, cloak (esp. of rich material), 11.
ix. 37, v. v. 24, S. C. July 173.
pall, vb. to subdue, daunt, iv. iv. 5. palled,
ppl. adj. enfeebled, Past. Elegie 163.
palled, ? pallid, Past. Elegie 163.
panachæa, a reputed herb of healing virtue;
all-heal, 111. v. 32.

pance, paunce, pawnce, pansy, 1. i. 36, xi.
37, S. C. Apr. 142.
pangues, pangs, III. xi. 44.
pannikell, brain-pan, skull, iii. v. 23.
paragon, equal, match, 111. ii. 13, IV. ix. II,
VI. ix. II, Clout 451; emulation, comparison,
111. iii. 54, ix. 2, IV. v. 9, v. iii. 24, Muiop. 274,
Clout 344, Amor. Son. 66; mate, companion,
i. 33, S. C. p. 458; consort in marriage, Iv.

IV.

x. 43; pattern or model of supreme excellence, pauilions, tents, tabernacles, S. C. p. 420.
VI. i. 1, Clout 548; rival, competitor, Hubberd | pauone, peacock, 111. xi. 47.
1026.

paramour, lover, 1. i, 9 (fig.), Iv. v. 5, S. C.
Apr. 139, Gnat 678; rival, vi. ix. 39.
parauaunt, -ant, before, 111. ii. 16; in front,
vi. x. 15; pre-eminently, Clout 941.
parbreake, vomit, 1. i. 20.
parcell, part, H. Beautie 105.
pardale, panther or leopard, 1. vi. 26.
parentage, parent, 11. X. 27.

parget, ornamental work in plaster on a wall,
ceiling, &c., Bellay 23, Epigrams p. 607.
part, sb. side, v. vii. 3, vi. viii. 40; plur. con-
duct, habits, v. ix. 2, vI. v. 33; part per part,
VI. ii. 6 (see paled).

part, vb. to share, divide, 111. ix. 43, S. C. Apr.
153. parted, pret. departed, 1. iii. 22.
partake, to share (a thing) with another,
v. xi. 32; to make a sharer of, 11. iv. 20;;
? to carry through (a purpose), III. iii. 25, v. i.
(pertake).

particularities, particulars, Three Lett. p. 618.
parture, departure, 111. viii. 46.
party, side, iv. iv. 20, vi. i. 19.
pas, passe, to surpass, excel, 1. iv. II, II. vi. 25,
III. iv. 23, ix. 50, 1v. ii. 2, v. iii. 17, x. 3, vI. x.
5, S. C. June 74, Aug. 10; to disregard, take
no notice, 11. vi. 37; to care, reck, Hubberd
1150; as by care about, regard; to be be-
yond, Clout 837; pres. part. surpassing, H.
Beautie 70; ppl. adj. 1. x. 24, 31, Clorinda

100.

passant, (her.) walking, looking towards the
dexter side, with three paws on the ground and
the dexter fore-paw raised, 111. i. 4.
passion, sorrow, grief, 1. ii. 26, 1v. viii. 3.
passionate, adj. that moves to compassion,
pitiful, Clout 427.

passionate, vb. to express with feeling, 1. xii. 16.
passioned, pa. part. expressed with feeling, 111.
xii. 4.

pastor, -oure, shepherd, S.C. Sept. 140, Past.
Elegie 9, p. 409.
pasture, food, 111. x. 59.

patcheries, things made of patches or frag-
ments (fig.), Three Lett. p. 632.

patience, a species of dock, called by old herbalists Patientia (= Rumex Patientia, Linn.), Gnat 678.

patronage, defence, 11. viii. 26.
patronesse, female protector, 1. x. 44.
paulting, paw-, trifling, paltry, Three Lett.
pp. 619, 629.

paund, pawnd, pa. part. pawned, pledged,
IV. iii. 3, S. C. Sept. 95.

SPENSER

pawnce, see pance.

paynim, pagan, 1. iv. 41.

paysd, pa. part. poised, 11. x. 5. Cf. peise. pealing, pres. part. appealing, vII. vii. Arg. peare, pere, peer, equal, 11. iv. 18; companion, v. i. 6, vi. ii. 31; rival, Worlds Vanitie 75.

pearling, pere-, pres. part. forming pearl-
like drops, Clout 507; ppl. adj., Epith. 155.
peasant, attrib. base, vi. iii. 31.

pease, pea; not worth a pease of no value,
S. C. Oct. 69.
Cf. peise.

peaze, blow, m. ii. 20.
peece, piece of work, structure, 1. x. 59; (of a
fortress, or stronghold), 11. xi. 14, III. X. 10, v.
ii. 21; (of a sea-vessel), 11. xii. 44.
peeced, ppl. adj. pieced, imperfect, S. C. Oct.
87..

peeretree, pear-tree, S. C. March 111.
peeuishnesse, folly, perverse conduct, vi. vii.

37.

peinct, to paint, S. C. Feb. 121.
peise, -ze, to balance, weigh, v. ii. 46; to press
downwards by its weight, Clout 849.
pele, peal, v. ix. 39.

pelfe, weaith, 11. vii. 7, 111. ix. 4, S. C. p. 443.
pen, to restrain, confine, v. ii. 19. pend, pa.
part., S. C. Oct. 72. Cf. pent.
pendant, something hanging (said of foliage
or fruit), Elegie 5 plur. ornaments hanging
down from a vault or roof, IV. x. 6.

penie masses, masses at which offerings are
made, Hubberd 452. Cf. masse penie.
pennes, feathers, 1. xi. 10.

pensifenesse, anxious thought, iv. v. 38.
pent, pa. part. enclosed, v. ix. 10.
penurie, lack of food, 1. ix. 35, v. v. 22.
penurious, poverty-stricken, destitute, v. v. 46.
perceable, penetrable, 1. i. 7.
percen, to pierce, 1. vii. 33.

A a

perdie, -y, indeed, verily, truly, certainly,
interj. 1. VI. 42, 11. iii. 18, 111. x. 7, 39, xi. 24,
S. C. May 37, Aug. 19; adv. 111. ii. 27, S. C.
March 104.

peregall, equal, S. C. Aug. 8.
péremptórie, -y, 111. viii. 16, v. ix. 44.
perfit, perfect, Two Lett. p. 640.
perfited, pa. part. perfected, Three Lett. p.
626.

perforce, -forse, of necessity, 11. iii. 3, S. C.
Nov. 127.

perke, pert, S. C. Feb. 8.

perlous, perilous, dangerous, 11. ix. 17, III. i. 19, vii. 28, xii. 42, Iv. x. 28.

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