HOSPITALERS, n. pl. LAT. Religious persons, of both sexes, HOSTELERE, n. FR. An inn-keeper. 4358. 15035. HOSTILEMENTS, n. pl. Household furniture. Bo. ii. pr. 5. HOTE, HOTEN, part: pa. of HETE. Called. 3939. HOUNE, n. for HOUND. T. iv. 210. Thus said both here and v. To administer the sacrament. R. 6437. P. 170, col. 2, 1. 69. To receive the sacrament. HOWVE, n. SAX. A cap, or hood. See the n. on ver. 3909. HULSTRED, part. pa. SAX. Hidden. R. 6146. HUMBLING, n. A humming. F. ii. 531. Hommelen; Bom- HUSBANDRIE, n. Sax. Thrift, economical management. 4075. HYLLED, part. pa, Sax. Hidden. 15061. See HELE. I. I, at the beginning of a word, in the common Editt, and even in the MSS. of Chaucer, is often used to express a corruption of the Saxon prepositive particle Le; which, in this Edit. of the Canterbury Tales, (as has been said before in the Essay, &c. p. xlvi.) is always expressed by y. All such words, therefore, occurring in the works of Chaucer not contained in this Edition, should be looked for either under y, or under their second letters. JACKE OF DOVER. 4345. See the note. JACKE FOOL. 3708. See the n. on ver. 14816. JACOBIN, pr. n. A grey-frier. R. 6338. JAKKE STRAW, pr. n. 15400. The noise made by the followers of this rebel, to which our author alludes, he had probably heard himself. It is called by Walsingham, p. 251. clamor horrendissimus, non similis clamoribus quos edere solent homines, sed qui ultra omnem æstimationem superaret omnes clamores humanos, et maxime posset assimulari ululatibus infernalium incolarum. Many Flemings (Flandrenses) were beheaded by the rebels cum clamore consueto. Walsingham, ibid. JAMBEUX, n. pl. FR. Boots; armour for the legs. 13804. JANE, n. A coin of (Janua) Genoa. It is put for any small coin. 8875. 13665. JANGLE, V. FR. To prate; to talk much, or fast. 10534. n. Prate; babble. 6989. JANGLER, JANGLOUR, n. A prater. 17292, 7. V. To jest. 13623.-To cheat; to laugh at. 1731. JAPER, n. A common jester, or buffoon. P. 161, col. 1, 1. 43. JAPERIE, n. Buffoonerie. P. 161, col. 1, 1. 45. ICH, ICHE, pron. SAX. I. So the ich. 12881. So the iche. 16397. So may I prosper. IDEL, adj. SAX. Idle; fruitless. In idel. 11179. P. 159, col. 2, 1. 29. In vain. IDOLASTRE, N. FR. An idolater. 10172. JEOPARD, v. To hazard; to put in danger. T. iv. 1566. JEOPARDIE, N. Danger. T. ii. 465. T. v. 1529. JEOPARDISE. Du. 666. JEREMIE, pr. n. Jeremiah. 12569. JEROME, pr. n. 6256. Our author has made much use of a IMPORTUNE, adj. FR. Troublesome. R. 5632. IMPOSSIBLE, adj. FR. used as a substantive. 6270. T. iii. 525. IN, prep. SAX. Upon. 6350. 14500. 14545. In with. 9460, 9818. Within. INCOMBROUS, adj. FR. Cumbersome. F. ii. 354. INECHED, part. pa. Sax. Inserted. T. iii. 1335. INFORTUNAT, adj. LAT. Unfortunate. 4722. INFORTUNE, n. FR. Misfortune. R. 5551. INGOT, n. A mould for casting ingots. 16674. 16701. 16782. INHABIT, part. pa. FR. Inhabited. C. D. 1400. INHILDE, v. SAX. To pour in. T. iii. 44. See HYLDE. INJURE, N. FR. INLY, adv. SAX. Injury. T. iii. 1020. Inwardly, deeply, thoroughly. 6930. I 397. T. iii. 1612. F. i. 31. INNE, prep. SAX. In. 14002. IN, n. Sax. A house, habitation, lodging. 3347. 5517 13372. INNED, part. pa. SA x. Lodged. 2194. INNERESTE, adj. sup. SAX. Inmost. Bo. iv. pr. 6. INNOCENT, adj. Fr. Ignorant. 8150, 10840. INSELED, part. pa FR. Attested under seal. C. D. 1014. INSET, part. pa. Sax. Implanted. Bo. ii. pr. 3. INTERMINABLE, adj. FR. Infinite. Bo. v. pr. 6. INWITTE, n. SAX. Understanding. T. L. i. 320. b. Joce, pr. n. 6065. See the note. JOCONDE, adj. FR. Joyous; pleasant. 16064. JOGELOUR, n. FR. A juggler. 7049. JOINANT, part. pr. FR. Joining. 1062. JOINE, V. FR. To enjoin. R. 2355. JOLIE ROBIN. The name of a dance. R. 7455. De la danse le beau Robin. Orig. 12864.-See T. v. 1174. JOLIF, adj. FR. Jolly; joyful. 3355. 4152. JOMBRE, V. To jumble. T. ii. 1037. JONGLERIE, n. T. v. 755. should rather be Janglerie; Idle talk. See JANGLE. JORDANES, n. pl. See the n. on ver. 12239. Jossa, interj. 4099. seems to be partly formed from the FR. ça! Come hither! Jovis, pr. n. Jupiter. T. iii. 15. F. i. 219. F. iii. 917. IROUS, adj. Passionate. 7596, 7, 8. ISAUDE, pr. n. F. iii. 707. See BELLE ISAUDE. She is called YSEUT by Bernard da Ventador. MS. Crofts. fol. LXVII. Tant trag pena d'amor, Q'anc Tristan l'amador Non sofret maior dolor Per Yscut la blonda. And so in Fabliaux, &c. T. i. p. 242. Yscut la blonde. Petrarch calls her Isotta. Trionfo d'Amore. iii. 82. A late French writer, in what he has been pleased to style, "Histoire littéraire des Troubadours," (T. ii. p. 323.) having quoted a passage celebrating the love of "Tristan à Isault," adds very coolly-C'est une allusion à quelque Roman; which is just as if a commentator upon Ovid should say of the epistle from Paris to Helen, that it alludes to some Greek story. IT, pron. 3 pers. neut. gend. SAX. is used instead of He and She. 3764. 5529. 13144. ITAILLE, pr. n. Italy. 8142. JUBALTARE, pr. n. Gibraltar, 5367. JUBEE, n. A vessel for holding ale, or wine. 3628. 13000. JUDICUM. 14052. The book of Judges. So Metamorphoseos is put for the Metamorphosis of Ovid. 4513. and Eneidos for the Eneis of Virgil. 15365. JUGE, n. FR. A judge. 12057. 12190. JUPARTIE, n. FR. Jeopardie. See the n. on ver. 16211. JUSTINIAN, pr. n. R. 6615. The law referred to is in the K. KALENDER, n. LAT. A Calendar. 13136.-A guide, or director. L. W. 542. KALENDES, n. pl. LAT. The first day of the month; the beginning of any thing. T. ii. 7. T. v. 1633. KAYNARD. See the n. on ver. 5817. KELE, U. SAX. To cool. C. L. 775. KEMBED, KEMPED, part. pa. SAX. Combed. 2291. 2136. KEMELIN, n. SAX. A tub. 3548. KENELM, pr. n. 15116. See the note. KEPE, n. SAX. Care; attention. 4162. 8934. v. To take care. 2240. 2962. KERCHEF, n. 6600. a corruption of COVERChief. KERS, N. SAX. Water-cresses. Of paramours ne raught he not a kers. 3754. He cared not a rush for love. CRESSE is used, in the same sense, in T. L. i. 320. and ii. 332. b. KERVER, n. SAX. A carver. 1901. KICHEL, n. SAX. A little cake. 7329. See the note. KID, KIDDE, pa. t. and part. of KITHE. Made known; discovered. 9817. T. i. 203. R. 2172. KIKE, V. SAX. To kick. 6523. KIN, n. SAX. Kindred. By my fader kin. 9389. 16297. By my father's kindred. adj. Of the same nature. 5557. KIND, n. SAX. Nature. 17130. T. i. 238. KINREDE, n. Kindred. M. 113, col. 2, 1. 33. KIRTEL, n. SAX. A tunic, or waistcoat. 3321. 11884. In kirtels and none other wede. R. 778. Qui estoient en pure cottes. Orig. 775. KITHE, V. SAX. To shew; to make known. 5056. 7191. Ne kithe hire jealousie. 11060. Nor slicw to her any jealousie. KITHED, part. pa. 16522. See Kin. KITTE, pa. t. SAX. Cut. 6304. KNAKKES, n. pl. SAX. Trifling tricks. 4049. The word seems to have been formed from the knacking, or snapping, of the fingers, used by jugglers. See Cotgrave, in v.-Matassiner des mains, and Niquet.-Trifling words P. 161, col. 1, 1. 49. KNAPPE, n. A short sleep; a nap. R. 4005. KNARRY, adj. SAX. Full of gnarres, or knots. 1979. KNAVE, n. SAX. A servant; properly, a boy-servant. 2730. 13240. A knave-child. 5135. 8320. A male child.-This boie knave. R. 3849. Ce garçon. Orig. KNEDDE, part. pa. of KNEDE, r. SAX. Kneaded. R. 4811. KNIT, part. pa. Sax. Joined; bound. 11299.-Agreed. 11542. KNOBBES, n. pl. SAX. Excrescences, in the shape of buds, or buttons. 635. See KNOPPE. KNOPPE, n. SAX. A button. R. 1080.-A rose-bud. R. 1702. a matter. KNOTTELES, adj. SAX. Without a knot; without any KNOWLECHE, v. SAX. To acknowledge. M. 118, col. 2, 1. 45 KYKE, . SAX. To look stedfastly. 3445. Kijcken. TEUT. L. LABBE, n. A blab; a great talker. 3509. LACHE, adj. FR. Sluggish. Bo. iv. pr. 3. LAD, LADDE, pa. t. of LEDE, v. SAX. Led; carried. 7260 13264. LAFT, pa. t. and part. of LEVE, v. SAX. Left. 16351. L. W. 168. LAIE, n. T. i. 341. 1002. as LAY. LAIED, part. pa. of LAY, v. SAX. With orfreys LAIED, i. e trimmed. R. 1076. So this word is frequently used by Hollinshed, vol. iii. p. 1317. LAID with gold lace.-LAID ON with red silke and gold lace.-LAID ABOUT with silver lace. See Couched. LAINE, inf. v. SAX. To lay. R. 184. LAINERS, n. pl. FR. Straps, or thongs. 2506. LAKE, n. 13787. It is difficult to say what sort of cloth is meant. Laecken, BELG. significs both linen and woollen cloth. Kilian. LAKKE, . SAX. Want. 10145. LAKKE, v. To find fault; to blame. R. 284, 4804. LAMBEN, n. pl. SAX. Lambs. R. 7063. LANGURE, V. FR. To languish. 9741. LAPIDAIRE. F. iii. 262. A treatise on precious stones, so entitled; probably a French translation of the Latin poem of Marbodus de gemmis, which is frequently cited by the name of Lapidarius. Fabric. Bibl. Med. Et. in v. MARBODUS. A fault; a disgraceful action. 10073 LAPPE, n. SAX. A skirt, or lappet of a garment. 8461 15480. T. iii. 59. 743. LARGE, adj. FR. Spacious; free. Prodigal. 13361. At large. 2290. At liberty. Til that it was prime large. 10674. Till prime was far spent. LARGELY, adv. Fully. 1910. LAS. n. FR. A lace. 394.-A snare. 1819. 1953. LASSE, LAS, adj. comp. SAX. Less. 4407. 13047. R. 3045. LATERED, part. pa. SAX. Delayed. P. 162, col. 2, 1. 62. LATON, n. FR. A kind of mixed metal. 701. of the colour of brass. 11557. LAUDE, n. LAT. Praise. 13335. LAUDES. 3655. The service performed in the fourth, or last watch of the night. Dicuntur autem Laudes, quod illud officium laudem præcipue sonat divinam, &c. Du Cange in v. LAUS 2. The same service was often called Matins. Idem in v. MATUTINI. LAVED, part. pa. FR. Drawn; spoken of water taken out of a well. Bo. iii. m. 12. LAVENDER, n. FR. A washerwoman, or laundress. L. W. 358. In the passage of DANTE, which is here quoted, Envy is called, LA MERETRICE, che mai dall' ospizio Di Cesare non torse gli occhi putti, Inf. xiii. 64. LAVEROCK, n. SAX. A lark. R. 662. LAUNCEGAY, n. A sort of lance. See the n. on ver. 13682. LAUNCELOT DU LAKE. 15218. An eminent knight of the round table, whose adventures were the subject of a Romance begun by Chrestien de Troyes, one of the oldest of the Romance-poets, and finished by Godefrois de Leigni. See Fauchet. L. ii. c. 10, 11. They have been repeatedly printed in French prose, and make a considerable part of the compilation called " Mort d'Arthur." His accomplishments, as a courtier and a man of gallantry, have been alluded to before, ver. 10601. Signor Volpi, in his notes upon Dante, Inf. v. 128. has most unaccountably represented Lancilotto, as innamorato di Ginevra, moglie del Re MARCO. If there be any faith in history, Ginevra was the wife of King ARTHUR. The story in Dante, which is the occasion of Signor Volpi's note, is a curious one. It is alluded to by Petrarch, Trionfo d'Amore. iii. 82. Vedi Ginevra, Isotta, e l'altre amanti, E la coppia d'Arimino. LAUS, adj. SAX. Loose. 4062. Laus. Island. Solutus. This is the true original of that termination of adjectives, so frequent in our language, in les or less. Consuetud. de Beverley. MS. Harl. 560. Hujus sacrilegii emenda non erat determinata, sed dicebatur ab Anglis Botalaus, i. e. sine emendå. So Chaucer uses Botcles, and other words of the same form; as Detteles, Drinkelcs, Gilleles, &c. LAWE, adj. for Low. R. 5046. LAXATIF, n. FR. A purging medicine. 2758. 14949. LAY, pa. t. of LIE, or LIGGE. 972. LAYEN. pl. 3210. LECHE, n. SAX. A physician. 3902. Lechecraft. 2747. The skill of a physician. v. To heal. C. D. 852. LECHEROUS, adj. Provoking lecherie. 12483. LECTORNE, n. LAT. A reading-desk. C. L. 1383. LEDEN, n. SAX. Language. 10749. See the note. LEDGE, v. C. L. 1065. as ALLEGE. LEES, n. FR. A leash, by which dogs are held. P. 155, col. 1, 1.3. adj. SAX. False. Withouten lees. R. 3904. Without lying; truly. LEFE, adj. SAX. Pleasing, agreeable. Al be him LOTHE or LEFE. 1839. Though it be unpleasing to him, or pleasing. For LEFE ne LOTHE. 13062. For friend nor enemy. He turned not-for LEVE ne for LOTHE. P. L. 286.-It sometimes signifies, Pleased. I n'am not LEFE to gabbe, 3510. I am not pleased to prate; I take no pleasure in prating. LEFULL, adj. Lawful. 5619. 9322. LEGGE, U SAX. To lay. 3935. v. FR. To ease. R. 5016. as ALEGE. LEIE, v. SAX. To lay. T. iii. 72. LEISER, n. FR. Leisure. 1190, 9708. Opportunity. 3292. LEITE, n. SAX. Light. Thonder-leite. Bo. i. m. 4. Lightning. LEKE, n. SAX. A leek. 3877. It is put for any thing of very small value. 16263. R. 4830. LEMES, n. pl. SAX. Flames. 14936. LEMMAN, n. SAX. A lover, or gallant. 4238. 5337.—A mistress. 14069. LENDES, n. pl. SAX. The loins. 3237. v. SAX. To lend. 613. 3775.-To grant. 7226. 13613. LENGER, adv. comp. Sax. Longer. 14437. LENTE, pa. t. of LENE, 13284. LENTON, n. SAX. The season of Lent. P. 148, col. 2, 1. 21. L'ENVOY, FR. was a sort of postscript, sent with poetical compositions, and serving either to recommend them to the attention of some particular person, or to enforce what we call the moral of them. The six last Stanzas of the CLERKES TALE are in many Miss. entitled, L'envoy de Chaucer à les mariz de notre temps. See also the Stanzas at the end of the Complaint of the Black Knight, and of Chaucer's Dreme. LEON, n. LAT. A lion. 1600. LEONINE, adj. Belonging to a lion. 14564. LEOPART, LEPARD, n. FR. A leopard. 2188. 14267. LEPANDE, part. pr. of LEPE, v. SAX. Leaping. R. 1928. for LEPED, pa. t. 2689. C. D. 2164. pr. n. A town in Spain. 12504. LERE, LERNE, v. SAX. To learn. 10002. 13466.-To teach. 16312. LERED, pa. t. and part. 577. 13449. LERE, n. SAX. The skin. 13786. See the note. LESE, n. FR, as LEES. In lustie lese. T. ii. 752. In Love's leash. adj. SAX. as LEES. R. 85093. v. SAX. To lose. 11672, 4. LESETH, 2 pers. pl. imp. m. 4439. Lose ye. LESING, n. SAX. A lie; a falsity. 15947. R. 4508. LESINGES, pl. 12525. LEST, LIST, LUST, n. SAX. Pleasure. 132. 192. 6215. 11124. LESTE, LISTE, LUSTE, v. To please. It is generally used, as an Impersonal, in the third person only, for It pleaseth, or It pleased. Him luste to ride so. 102. It pleased him t. r. s. Wel to drink us leste. 752. It pleased us well t. d. If you lest. 830. If it please you. Me list not play. 3865. It pleaseth me not to play. adj. Sax. superl. d. Least. 2200. At the leste way. 1123. At the leste. 5432. At least. for LAST. T. ii. 1330. LET, v. SAX. To leave; to omit. 1319. To leave; to per LETGAME, n. SAX. A hinderer of pleasure. T. iii. 528. LETTOWE, pr. n. Lithuania. 54. LETTRED, adj. FR. Learned. R. 7691. LETTRURE, LETTERURE, n. FR. Literature. 14414. 16314 LETTUARIE, N. FR. An electuary. 428, 9683. LEVE, v. for LIVE. 7114. n. SAX. Desire; inclination. 13952. adj. Dear. 3132. See LEFE. v. SAX. To believe. 10079. LEVETH, imp. m. 2 pers. pl. 3090. Leveth me. Believe me In R. 3519. Leveth is misprinted for Leseth. He leseth more than ye may doe. So this verse should be written. Plus y pert-il que vous ne faictes. Orig. In T. iii. 56. Lere is misprinted for Lene; and also in LEVELES, adj. SAX. Without leave. C. D. 74. LEVER, comp. d. of LEFE. More agreeable. It were me lever. 10995. I hadde lever. 10037. IIIRE hadde lever. 5447. See also ver. 16844. 16972. LEVESELL. See the n. on ver. 4059. though I am by no means satisfied with the explanation there given of this word. The interpretation of it in the Prompt. Parv. will not help us much. "LEVECEL BEFORN A WYNDOWE CR OTHER PLACE. Umbraculum." My conjecture with respect to the origin of the proverb, Good wine needs no bush, is certainly wrong. That refers to a very old practice of hanging up a bush, or bough, where wine is to be sold. The Italians have the same proverb, Al buon vino non bisogna frasca. LEWED, LEWDE, adj. SAX. Ignorant; unlearned. 6928. 12370.-Lascivious. 10023. LEYE. v, SAX. as LEGGE. To lay. R. 4143.-To lay a wager. 16064. LEYES, pr. n. Layas, in Armenia. 58. See the n. on ver. 51. LEYTE, N. SAX. Flame. P. 169, col. 1, 1. 21. See LEITE. LIARD, pr. n. belonged originally to a horse of a grey colour. See the n. on ver. 7145. LICENCIAT, n. LAT. 220. seems to signify, that he was licensed by the Pope to hear confessions, &c. in all places, independently of the local ordinaries. See R. 6364—6472. LICHE-WAKE. See the n. on ver. 2960. LIGEANCE, n. FR. Allegiance. 5315. LIGGE, LIE, v. neut. SAX. To lye down. 2207. 1383 LIGGING, part. pr. Lying. 1013. LIGHT, v. SAX. To enlighten. 15539. 13401.-To make light, or pleasant. 10710. ―v. neut. To descend; to alight. 5524, 10483. LIGNE, n. FR. Lineage; lineal descent. T. v. 1480. LIGINE. C. D. 1517. should probably be Lignee, to rime to Compagnee. LIGNE ALOES. T. iv. 1137. Lignum aloes; a very bitter drug. LIKE, LIKEN, v. SAX. To compare. 5951. 3. 5. t. Sax. To please. 8382. T. i. 432. If you liketh. 779. If it pleaseth yon. It liketh hem. 5679. It pleaseth them. LIKEROUS, adj. SAX. Gluttonous. 12473.-Lascivious. 6048. LIKING, part. pr. Pleasing. R. 863. n. Pleasure. 12339. LIMAILE, n. FR. Filings of any metal. 16321. LIME, . SAX. To smear, as with bird-lime. T. i. 354. LIMED, part. pa. Caught, as with bird-lime. 6516. -part. pa. FR. Polished, as with a file. F. iii. 34. LIMER, n. FR. Limier. A blood-hound. Du. 362. 5. LIME-ROD. 14694. A twig with bird-lime. LIMITATION, n. LAT. A certain precinct allowed to a Limi tour. 6459. LIMITOUR, n. A Fryer licensed to beg within a certain district. 209. 253. 4. LIMMES, n. pl. SAX. Limbs. P. 149, col. 1, 1. 45. v. neut. SAX. To grow easy. R. 3758. 4128. LISSED, part. pa. of Lisse, v. SAX. Eased; relieved. 11482. LISTE, v. See LESTE. LISTENETH, imp. m. 2 pers. pl. of LISTEN, v. SAX. Hearken ye. 13642. LISTES, n. pl. FR. Lists; a place enclosed for combats, &c. See the n. on ver. 1715. LITARGE, n. FR. White lead. 16243. LITE, adj SAX. Little. 1195. P. 162, col. 1, 1. 47. for LIETH. 3653. 10349. LITHE, adj. SAX. Soft; flexible. Du. 953. F. i. 119. v. SAX. To soften. T. iv. 754. LITHER, adj. SAX. Wicked. C. N. 14. In the Editt. it is LITLING, adj. SAX. Very little. F. iii. 133. LODEMANAGE. 405. LODESTERRE. 2061. See the note on ver. 405. and the statute 3 Geo. I. c. 13. where Load-manage is used repeatedly in the sense of l'ilotage. LODESMEN, n. pl. SAX. Pilots. L. W. 1486. LOKE, V. SAX. To see; to look upon. Bo. iv. pr. 6. v. pr. 3 was LOCKE. LOLLER, n. A Lollard. See the n. on ver. 12923. and ver. 12914. LOLLIUS, pr. n. of a writer, from whom Chaucer professes to have translated his poem of Troilus and Creseide. See the note on P. 172, col. 2, 1. 23. I have not been able to find any further account of him. LONDE, n. SAX. Land. 4806. 5323. LONDENOYS. A Londoner; one born in London. T. L. i. 325. 16390. See ALONG. Loos, Los, n. FR. Praise. 16836. M. 117, col. 2, 1. 1. LOSES, pl. F. iii. 598. LORD, n. SAX. A title of honour, given to Monks, as well as to other persons of superior rank. 172. 13930.—in ver. 830. Lordes is used in the sense of Lordings. LORDINGS, n. pl. Sirs; Masters. 763. 790. A diminutive of Lords. LORDSHIP, N. SAX. Supreme power. 1627. LORE, n. SAX. Knowledge. 8664.-Doctrine. 529.-Advice 3527. LOREL, N. SAX. A good-for-nothing fellow. 5855. Bo. i. pr. 4. where it is the translation of perditissimum. Skinner supposes it to be derived from the LAT. Lurco; and in the Promptorium Parvulorum, "LOSEL, or LOREL, or LURDEN," is rendered “Lurco." But Lurco, I apprehend, signifies only a glutton, which falls very short of our idea of a lorel; and besides I do not believe that the word was ever sufficiently common in Latin to give rise to a derivative in English. One of Skinner's friends deduces it with much more probability from the BELG. (rather SAX.) Loren; Lost; Perditus. LORNE, part. pa. of LESE, v. SAX. Lost. 8947. Undone. 10943. 13959. Los, n. SAX. Loss. 16477. T. iv. 27. part. pa. FR. Praised. T. L. i. 325. LOSENGE, n. FR. A quadrilateral figure, of equal sides but unequal angles, in which the Arms of women are usually painted. R. 893. In F. iii. 227. Losynges seems to signify small figures of the same form in the fret-work of a crown. LOSENGEOUR, n. FR. A flatterer. 15332. LOTEBY, n. R. 6339. In the Orig. Compaigne. A private companion, or bed-fellow. In P. P. 14. the concubines of priests are called their Lotebies. Perhaps it may be derived from the SAX. Loute; to lurk. LOTH, adj. SAX. Disagreeable; odious. 3393. LOTHER, Comp. d. More hateful. L. W. 191. LOTHEST, superl. d. Most unwilling. 11625. LOTHLY, adj. Loathsome. 6682. LOVE-DAYES. See the n. on ver. 260. and add T. L. i. 19. "Maked I not a Love-daye betwene God and mankynde, and chese a mayde to be nompere, to pat the quarell at ende?" LOVE-DRINKE, n. SAX. A drink to excite love. 6336. LOURE, v. neut. SAX. To look discontented. R. 7099. LOUTE, v. SAX. To bow. 14168. R. 4384.-To lurk. 15654. LOWLYHEDE, n. SAX. Humility. B. K. 315. LUCAN, pr. n. The Roman poet. 14637. LUCE, n. LAT. The fish, called a pike. 352. LUCINA, pr. n. The Moon. 11357. LULLED, pa. t. of LULL, v. SAX. Invited to sleep. 8429. LUMBARDES, n. pl. Bankers; Remitters of money. 13297. LUNARIE, pr. n. of a herb; moon-wort. 16263. LURE, n. FR. A device used by falconers for calling their hawks. 6922. 17021. v. FR. To bring to the lure. 5997. LUSSHEBURGHES. See the n. on ver. 13968. LUSTE, v. See LESTE. LUSTYHEDE, n. Sax. Pleasure, mirth. 17223. L. W. 1528. LUXURIE, . FR. Leacherie. 5345. LYNIAN, pr. n. 7910. See the note. A learned correspondent, to whom I am obliged for other useful hints, has suggested to me, that Fabricius, upon the authority of Ghilini, has placed the death of Joannes Lignanus in 1383. Bibl. Med. Æt. in v. This furnishes an additional reason for believing that the Canterbury Tales were composed, or at least collected into a body, after that period. MACE, . FR. A club. 2126. M. MACHABE, pr. n. The books of the Maccabees. 14497. 14573. MACROBES, pr. n. R. 7. MACROBIUS. 15129. Du. 284. A. F. 111. The author of the Commentary on the Somnium Scipionis of Cicero. MADDE, . SAX.. To be mad. 3559. R. 1072. MAнOWND, pr. n. Mahomet. 4644. See Du Cange, in v. MAISTERFUL, adj. Imperious. T. ii. 736. MAISTERIE, MAISTRIE, N. FR. Skill; skilful management. 3333. 6400.-Power; superiority. 6622. 9048. 11076. Love wol not be constreined by maistrie. Whan maistrie cometh, the God of love anon Beteth his winges, and, farewel! he is gou. I cite these elegant lines, as I omitted to observe before, that Spenser has inserted them in his Faery Queen, B. 2. C. 1. St. 25. with very little alteration, and certainly without any improvement. Ne may love be compel'd my mastery; For, soon as mastery comes, sweet love anone Taketh his nimble wings, and soon away is gone. Amaistrie. 16528. A masterly operation; Un coup de maitre. For the maistrie. 165. See the note. MAISTRESSE, R. FR. Mistress, governess. 12040. MAISTRISE, N. FR. Masterly workmanship. R. 4172. MAKE, n. SAX. A fellow; a mate. 2558.-A husband. 5667. 8716. A wife. 9175. 9696. MAKE or METCHE. Compar. Prompt. Parv. r. SAX. To compose, or make verses. L. W. 69. 364. To solace him sometime, as I do whan I MAKE. P. P. 60.To make a man's berde; To cheat him. See the n. on ver. 4094. MAKED, part. pa. Made. 2526. MAKE. Bo. iv. m. 7. Why MAKE ye your backes? We should read-nake, i. e. make naked. Cur inertes terga nudatis? Orig. MAKELES, adj. SAX. Peerless; without a fellow. T. i. 172. MAKING, n. Poetry. L. W. 74. MAKINGES, pl. Poetical compositions. L. W. 413. And thou mediest with MAKINGS. P. P. 60. MALAPERT, adj. Pert, forward. C. L. 737. And so we should read in T. iii. 87. with the MSS. J. K. instead of in all apert. The word seems to be evidently of French original, though I do not recollect to have seen it used by any French writer. Appert. adj. FR. signifies Expert, &c. Cotgrave. MALE, n. FR. A budget, or portmanteau. 3117. 12854. MALISON, n. FR. Malediction, curse. 16713. P. 156, col. 1, 1. 50. I gyve it my MALISOUN. P. L. 318. MALT, pa. t. of MELT, v. SAX. Melted. T. i. 583. MALVESIE, pr. n. Malmsey-wine. See the n. on ver. 9681. MALURE, n. FR. Misfortune. C. D. 599. MANACE, n. FR. A threat. 2005. r. To threaten. 7998. 9626. MANACING, n. Threatening. 2037. MANCIPLE, n. An officer, who has the care of purchasing victuals for an Inn of Court. See his CHARACTER, Ver. 269-588. The name is probably derived from the LAT. Manceps, which signified particularly the superintendant of a public bakehouse, and from thence a baker in general. See Du Cange, in v. MANCEPS. 2. The office still subsists in several Colleges as well as Inns of Court. MANDEMENT, n. FR. Mandate. 6923. MANERE, n. FR. Carriage, behaviour. 140. 10860.-Kind, or sort. A manere Latin. 4939. A kind of Latin, Swiche a maner love-drinke. 6335. Such a sort of love-potion. Swiche maner rime. 6709. MANGONEL, n. FR. An engine used to batter walls. R. 6279. MANNISH, adj. SAX. Human; proper to the human species. adj. Martial; under the influence of Mars. 6192. MARKET-BETER. 3934. See the note. But I am now more inclined to believe, that this word is to be understood in a sense similar to that in which the French phrases, Battre les rues-and Batteur de pavez are used. Battre |