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GLOSSARY.

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Amorwe. To-morrow, or on Are. Erst, formerly.

the morrow. An. To owe. "That me Gode an," p.148. What God owes me, i. e. Means to send me. An. Owen." Held his hert in an." Kept his mind to himself.

An. If, an than, as then when. Anay. One no. "This lond nis worth anay." This land does not merit even to be re

fused, if offered in a gift.

Are.

Oar.
Arere. Or ere, before.
A res. RES. Sax. Assault.
Aresound, p. 36. Criticised.
Aros. Arose.
Aroume. Around, at a dis-

tance.
Arst. Erst.
Aruwe.
Aside.

Arrow.

"Ich Aside," p. 19.

Every one side, every side.

Aski. Ask.

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Assise. The long assise. Ap

parently a term of chess, now disused.

Atire. Arrange. p. 32.

Atuinne. Between, or perhaps

at win, p. 26.
Atwinne. At winne.
Auentours. Adventures.
Aught. v. To pertain to.
Aughtest. Oughtest.
Auter. Altar.

Auwine. Accomplish their pur

pose. The Scottish phrase exists, " to win to a place," instead of to get thither. Awede. Swoon. An acute disorder in the bowels, is, in Scottish, termed a weed. Awrake. Did wreak, or avenged.

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Bayn. See BoUNE.
Bede. Gave. It is elliptical-
ly used for To bid to have.
See p. 159.

Bed, bede. Proffered, or pledged.

Bede. Prohibition, from BE

DEN, Sax. "Of gate nas there no bede." There was no pro

hibition of passage, p. 27. Beize, beighe, BET, BEAT. Cor

na, Sax. coronet. "Who gaf broche and beize?" Who distributed princely rewards.

Awreken. Awroken, revenged. Belami. BEL AMI, Fr. Fair

B.

Bade nought. Abode not, p 21.

did not remain.

Bailiff, p. 157, for bailiffry.

The office of Bailiff. Bak. Back.

Bake. Back.

Friend.

Beld. Build.

Beld. Bold. "Of bot sche was him beld." She courageously, or generously, gave him aid.

Bem, Beam. Sonne-bem, Sunbeam.

Bende. Bandage. Blod-bende.

Bandage to restrain the blood.

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Better spede. With greater speed.

Biden. Did abide.

Bleynte. Drew aside.
Blehand. Blue, from bleah. Sax.
Caruleus. Blehand brown,
A bluish brown.

Blinne. To stop, or cause to
stop. Sax. BLINNAN. Ces-

sare.

Blo. Dark, properly, blue.
Blod. Blood.

Bidene. Immediately, off hand. Boathe. Both.

Biforn. Before.

Bode. Order, appointment.

Bonair. De bon air. Fr. Cour

Behight, Promised. Hight is Bok. Book.

more commonly used.

Beseketh. Beseecheth.

Besieged. Besieged.

Be sight. By sight, apparent ly.

Bileighe. Bely.

Bist, p. 146. Abyest.
Bistode, bystaid. Withstood.
Bitake, v. To commit.
Bitaught. Committed to. “Bi-
taught hem God and gode
day." Wished them God's
guidance, and good day.

Bithen. Between.

Bithen. Then.

Biyande. Beyond.

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Botoun.

Bother. "Her bother blede,"
The blood of both.
Button.
Borwes. Boroughs. Thus, in
the romance of Sir Gy, in
the Auchinleck MS.
Therefore I asken you now
right,

Bituene, bitvene, bitwene. Be- Gif ye knowe our ani knizt,

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