The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser

GLOSSARY.

The Faerie Queene is referred to by book, canto, and stanza, thus: 1. iv. 41.
Cross-references are not as a rule given to variant spellings showing the following interchanges

of letters: i,y; e, ee, ea; o, oa, oo; u, w; s, z; c, s.

a, in a Gods name p. 418, S. C. Sept. 100, Hubberd 111, Three Lett. pp. 611, 626, 629, Two Lett. p. 639.

aband, to abandon, II. x. 65.

abase, to lower, II. i. 26, 1v. vi. 3, vi. vi. 31, viii. 5. abashed, pa. part. astonished, 1. xii. 29; discomfited, II. iv. 8.

abashment, fear, astonishment, III. viii. 16, 34. abate, to diminish, decrease, tr., 1. iii. 7, 11. ii. 19, v. ix. 35; to depress, Hubberd 256. abeare, refl. to comport oneself, v. xii. 19, VI. ix. 45.

abet, sb. instigation, abetment, Iv. iii. II. abet, vb. to support, uphold, 1. x. 64, Iv. iii. 6,

VI. V. 22.

abide, to attend, 1. v. 17; to await, remain, rest, stop, III. v. II, v. viii. 5, Two Lett. p. 635; pret. (1) abid, I. iv. 32, (2) abode, III. xii. 37; to abide by, accept, v. i. 25; to endure, suffer, 11. i. 20, Thest. 154.

abie, see aby.

aby2, for abide (q.v.), abide by, submit to VI. ii. 19.

abysse, gulf, interior, Worlds Vanitie 66. accident, attribute, Two Lett. p. 639. accloy, to clog, choke; to encumber, render heavy, II. vii. 15, S. C. Feb. 135; accloid, pa. part., Elegie 2.

accompt, accoumpt, sb. account, vi. viii. 22, p. 419, Hubberd 307, S. C. Oct. Arg. 7. accompted, pa. part. accounted, considered, 1. x. 6.

accord, sb. consent, agreement, II. iv. 21, ix. 2. accord, vb. to agree, S. C. Feb. Arg. 7; pa. part. iv. ix. 40; to reconcile, IV. v. 25. accordaunce, agreement, III. iii. 30, v. viii.

14.

according, according to, I. x. 50, xii. 15, 11. iv. 26, xi. II; accordingly, II. X. 71. accoste, accoaste, to adjoin, border on, v. xi. 42; to fly near to or skim along the ground, VI. ii. 32.

accoumpt, vb. to take into account, consideration, Amor. Son. 26.

abiect, to cast down, throw down (with idea accourage, accóurage, to encourage, 11. ii.

of degradation), III. xi. 13, v. ix. 9. abode, sb. delay, III. viii. 19; stay, II. i. I. abolish, to annul, destroy, II. iv. 45. abord, aboord, alongside, 111. x. 6; abroad, adrift, astray, Hubberd 324, R. R. 185; abroad, across, Gnat 46.

abouts, about, 1. ix. 36. aboue, upstairs, IV. xii. 20.

abray, for abrayd (see next), to awake (intr.), IV. vi. 36.

abrade, abrayd, pret. abrayd, to awake, arouse, startle, III. i. 61, x. 50, xi. 8, Iv. iv. 22. abridge, to cut off, cut short, Daphn. 445. abridgement, cutting short, II. viii. 2. abuse, sb. injury, wrong, II. v. 21. abuse, vb. to deceive, 1. i. 46, 11. i. Arg. 19, Muiop. 277; to ill-treat, misuse, VI. i. 22. abusion, deception, II. xi. II, Iv. i. 7, v. xii. 40, Hubberd 1363; disgrace, discredit, Hubberd

220.

aby, abie', to pay the penalty for, expiate, 11. iv. 40, viii. 33, iv. vi. 8; to endure, suffer, III. iv. 38, R. T. 101; to endure, to remain, III. vii. 3, x. 3, vII. vi. 24.

38, III. viii. 34.

accourting, pres. part. entertaining (courteously), 1. ii. 16.

accoustrement, apparel, Hubberd 672. accoy, pa. part. accoyd, accoied, to appease, soothe, Iv. viii. 59; to daunt, subdue, S. C. Feb. 47.

accoyl, to gather together, assemble, 11. ix. 30. accrew, to collect, combine, IV. vi. 18; to increase, v. v. 7, R. R. 207; to come as an addition or increase, S. C. p. 417, Clout 655. accusement, accusation, v. ix. 47. accustom, to be used, wont, 11. i. 13. achates, provisions, 11. ix. 31. acquainted, pret. became acquainted, Elegie 131.

acquit, to free, release, deliver, v. iv. 39, viii. 6; pa. part. (1) acquit, 1. vii. 52, Amor. Son. 42; (2) acquight, 11. xii. 3; to perform, act, refl. vi. ii. 24.

adamant, diamond (fig.), crystal, iv. xi. 31. adamant rocke, hard rock, 1. vii. 33. adaw, to daunt, subdue, 1. vii. 13, v. ix. 35, S. C. Feb. 141; to become subdued, iv. vi. 26;

adawed, adaw'd, pa. part. daunted, terrified, aegide shield, the aegis or shield of Minerva, v. v. 45, S. C. Feb. 141.

adayes, daily, S. C. March 42.

Миіор. 321.

æmule, to emulate, rival, Clout 72, 73.

addeeme, to award, adjudge, v. iii. 15, vi. viii. aerie, aerial, in the air, II. iii. 19.

22.

addoom, to adjudge, vII. vii. 56.

addresse, skill, dexterity, Hubberd 1202. addresse, vb. to prepare, direct (refl.), 1. v. 6, IV. viii. 10, v. iii. 4; to direct one's course (refl.), III. iv. 6, x. 40, Hubberd 657; to clothe (refl.), vi. ix. 36. addrest, pa. part. prepared, ready, set up, IV. iii. 14, VI. ix. 40, S. C. Aug. 128, Bellay 61, Clout 562, Past, Elegie 106, p. 550; arrayed, clothed, equipped, armed, I. ii. II, III. vi. 39.

adioyned, pret. approached, drew near, III. vii. 42.

admirable, wonderful, 1. vii. 36. admiraunce, admiration, v. x. 39. admire, to wonder, wonder at, II. Prol. 4, IV. v. 38, vi. viii. 27.

adnihilate, to annihilate, destroy, Two Lett. p. 635.

adore, to adorn, IV. xi. 46.

adorne, adornment, III. xii. 20.

adowne, adv. down, 1. vii. 24, VI. viii. 49, Past. Aeglogue 132, Hubberd 1186; prep. 1. vii. 31.

adrad, adred(de), pa. part. frightened, 1. i. 62, 1v. iii. 25, viii. 47, Gnat 304, R, R. 232; adrad, pret. was afraid, v. i. 22. aduantaged, pret. benefited, Three Lett. p.

612.

aduaunce, to extol, praise, 1. v. 16, S. C. Oct. 47, Nov. 7; to claim, 11. iv. 36; aduaunst, pa. part. moved, impelled, 11. i. 20. aduenture, sb. enterprise, 1. ix. 6; chance, accident, IV. ii. 20, iii. 20, v. viii. 15. aduenture, aduenter, vb. to attempt, venture, v. iv. 31, Hubberd 1005, Three Lett. p. 623.

aduewed, pa. part. viewed, surveyed, v. iii.

20.

aduise, auise, -ze, to perceive, view, notice, look at, 1. v. 40, 11. ix. 38, 59, xii. 66, 1. ix. 23, xii. 10, Iv. ii. 22, iv. 25, VI. xii. 16; to consider, bethink oneself, remember (often refl.), 1. i. 33, iii. 19, viii. 15, 11. Prol, z, vi. 27, II. i. 18, ii. 22, iii. 6, 59, Iv. xii. 28, VI. xii. 12, VII. vi. 21, Hubberd 1238; to advise, IV. viii. 58.

aduizement, advice, counsel, consideration, I. iv. 12, II. v. 13, ix. 9, p. 412, S. C. Oct. Arg. 16, Hubberd 176, Two Lett. p. 635. adward, sb. award, Iv. x. 17. adward, vb. to award, Iv. xii. 30.

Aetion, pseudonym Drayton, Clout 444.
Aetn', Etna, volcano, III. ii. 32.
afarrs, afar, Elegie 167.

afeared, affeard, ppl. adj. frightened, afraid,
11. iii. 45, III. X. 52, IV. i. 50.
affamisht, ppl. adj. hungry: loue-affamisht,
Amor. Son. 88.

affeare, to frighten, 11. iii. 20.
affect, sb. kind feeling, affection, passion, vi.
i. 45, v. 24, Past. Aeglogue 46, Amor. Son.
6; imitation, counterfeit, Love 180.
affect, vb. to like, have a preference for,
7, x. 37.

VI. vi.

affection, passion, II. 1v. 34, XI. I, III, iii. I, VI. vi. 7.

affectionate, pa. part.: well a. =. having
become very affectionate, well beloved, III.
iii. 62.

affiance, betrothal, II. iv. 21.
affide, see affy.

affixed, fixed, set, III. ii. II.
afflicted, ppl. adj. cast down, humble, Amor.

Son. 2.

afford, affoord, to bestow, give, 11. viii. 19, VI. i. 26; to consent, 11. vi. 19. affrap, to strike, 11. ì. 26, 111. ii. 6. affray, sb. fear, terror, v. x. 19. affray, vb. to frighten, terrify, iii. v. 27, S. C. June (Glosse, p. 443).

affray, pa. part., frightened, afraid, v. ix. 24. affrended, pa. part. made friends, reconciled,

IV. iii. 50.

affret, encounter, onslaught, III. ix. 16, 1v.ii. 15, iii. 6, 11.

affright, sb. fear, fright, 11. iii. 19, xi. 16. affright, pa. part. frightened, II. v. 37. affront, to face, confront, oppose, attack, I. viii. 13, 111. iv. 7, 1v. iii. 22.

affy, to betroth, espouse, vi. iii, 7; affide,-yde, pa. part. iv. viii. 53, v. iii. 2, v1. iii. 49; entrusted, v. v. 53.

aflot, in a state of overflow or submersion, Bellay 119.

afore, before, beforehand, in front, 1. xii. I, IV. vii. 7, v. v. 3, xii. 6, R. R. 258. afore hand, formerly, H. Love 186. afterclaps, unexpected strokes or events, Hubberd 332.

after-send, to pursue, send after, I. V. 10. agast, aghast, pret. frightened, terrified, 1. ix. 21, III. V. 3, VII. vi. 52. age, Iv. iii. 43. See quiet age.

agent, one who acts, Three Lett. p. 621.
aggrace, sb. favour, goodwill, 11. viii. 56.
aggrace, agrace, vb. to favour; agrast, pret.,
I. X. 18; to add grace to, 11. xii. 58.
aggrate, to please, gratify, II. v. 33, ix.
34, xii. 42, 111. vi. 50, viii. 36, v. xi. 19, vi. x.
33, Teares 406. intr. iv. ii. 23.

aglet, aygulet, tag, spangle, 11. iii. 26, vi. ii. 5.
agonyes, strifes, contentions, which were held
to be due to Saturn's influence, 11. ix. 52.
agraste, see aggrace.
agree, to settle, 11. iv. 3.

almner, almoner, 1. x. 38.
almóst, v. v. 10.

alone, only, Iv. v. 25.

along, without interruption, throughout, III.
iv. 3.

alow, vb. to praise, p. 409.
alow, adv. below, vi. viii. 13.

Al Portugese, in the Portuguese fashion,
Hubberd 212.

als, alls, also, II. i. 7, IV. iv. 2, xi. 31, VI. xii.
11, p. 410, S. C. March 40; both (als ....
and), S. C. July 8.

agreeable, in accord, similar, Three Lett. p. alsoone, as soon, S. C. July 101. 620.

agreeably, similarly, vi. vii. 3.

agreeue, to cause to grieve, R. T. 91, Elegie
82.
agrise, agrize, to cause to shudder, horrify,
11. vi. 46, 111. ii. 24, vii. vii. 6; Impers. v. x.
28; agryz'd, ppl. adj. of horrible appearance,
IV. viii. 12.

aguise, aguize, to array, deck, equip, fashion,
II. i. 21, 31, vi. 7, III. ii. 18, v. iii. 4, Hubberd
656.

a hungered, hungry, Three Lett. p. 618. aime, to guess, conjecture, H. Beautie 33. Alabaster, pseudonym, Clout 400. alablaster, alabaster, 11. ii. 42, vi. viii. 42, Bellay 45.

alaid, pa. part. allayed, Daphn. 173. Albanese-wyse, after the manner of the Albanese (Albanians?), III. xii. 10.

albe, albee, although, 1. x. 44, S. C. Jan. 67, Apr. 99; in spite of, v. viii. 3, S. C. May 265.

Alcon, pseudonym, Clout 394.

Alcyon, pseudonym, Clout 384.

altogether, without exception, S. C. July,
P. 447.

alwáy, always, v. ix. 24, Clout 888.
amain, amayne, at once, hastily, 1. vi. 41;
with force, violently, III. xi. 41, Iv. iii. 47, v.
38, vi. vi. 27, viii. 27.
amarous, lovely, 11. xii. 64.
Amaryllis, a shepherdess, Clout 435, 540.
amate1, to dismay, daunt, cast down, 1. i. 51,
III. iv. 27, vii. 35, xi. 21, VII. vi. 19. amated,
pa. part. dismayed, overwhelmed, 11. ii. 5, v.
xi. 64.

amate2, to keep company with, 11. ix. 34.
amaze, amazement, 111. vii. 7, IV. ii. 17, v. vii.
25, Amor. Son. 16, Epith. 181.
ambássage, embassy, Hubberd 472.
ambúshment, ambush, iv. x. 30, Gnat 532.
amearst, pa. part. punished, amerced, Amor.
Son. 70.

ámenage, to domesticate, control, 11. iv. II.
amenance, amenaunce, bearing, conduct,
behaviour, II. viii. 17, ix. 5, III. i. 41, Iv. iii. 5,
Hubberd 781.

amend, to retrieve, restore, III. iii. 23.

alegge, allegge, alleviate, assuage, 111. ii. 15, amendment, amends, 11. i. 20.

S. C. March 5.

aleggeaunce, alleviation, III. v. 42.
alew = halloo; lamentation, v. vi. 13.
algate, algates, entirely, altogether, always,
II. i. 2, III. iv. 26, 1v. vi. 13, 44; by any means,
Hubberd 1025; at all, in any way, III. viii. 9;
nevertheless, v. viii. 5, S. C. Nov. 21.
Algrin, pseudonym, S. C. July 213.
alienate, pa. part. alienated, withdrawn, S. C.
Apr. Arg. 9.

all, though, although, 11. xii. 57, 111. i. 21, vi.
47, vii. 9, 40, S. C. June 72; all were it
although it were, S. C. May 58. all and
some, entirely, altogether, III. xii. 30. all
as, as if, S. C. Feb. 4. all for, just because,
S. C. Sept. 109, 111, 114.
Alla Turchesca, in the Turkish fashion,
Hubberd 677.

ámiáble, iv. x. 31, 56.

amis1, hood, cape (orig. an article of costume
of the religious orders, made of, or lined with,
grey fur), 1. iv. 18.

amis2, misdeed, fault, II. i. 19.
amisse, wrongly, in mistake, Daphn. 234.
amounted, pret. mounted, ascended, 1. ix.
54.

amoue, ammoue, to move, stir, cause emo-
tion, 1. iv. 45, ix. 18, 111. ix. 24; to touch,
III. xi. 13; to arouse (from sleep, &c.), Daphn.
545.

Amyntas, pseudonym, Clout 434.
and, if, Three Lett. p. 632.

anduile, anduyle, anvil, 1. xi. 42, Iv. iv. 23,
Amor. Son. 32.

ángelick, angelic, Astrophel, p. 550 l. 76. annexe, to add, Iv. viii. 35.

annoy, anoy, grief, annoyance, 1. vi. 17, 11. ii. 43, ix. 35, R. T. 305, 322, Petrarch 82, Daphn. 514, Amor. Son. 62..

anon, anone, again, v. viii. 9; at once, immediately, v. xi. 37.

answer, aunswere, to make a responsive sound, re-echo, 11. xii. 33; to repeat (correspondingly), IV. v. 33; to return, requite, v. i.

24.

ánticke, sb. antique, relic; ancient or strange
figures or designs, 11. iii. 27, vii. 4, 111. xi. 51.
ánticke, ántique, adj. former, ancient, olden,
R. R. 232, 266, Amor. Son. 69.
apace, copiously, IV. xi. II; fast, v. viii. 5.
apay, appay, pa. part. apaid, apayd, to
please, satisfy, II. xii. 28, Iv. ix. 40, S. C. Aug.
6, Daphn. 70; to repay, requite, v. v. 33;
ill apaid=ill requited, 11. ix. 37, v. xi. 64.
appall, to check, quell, weaken, 11. ii. 32, iii.
44, III. i. 46; to fail, falter, iv. vi. 26.
apparaunce, appearance, 1. i. 52.
apparition, appearance, semblance, Hubberd

I 290..

appeach, to accuse, be an accusation to, 11. viii.
44, xi. 40, v. v. 37, ix. 47.

appeale, appele: praiers to a. to say
prayers, II. ii. 48; to remind, v. ix. 39.
appease, to check, cease, 1. iii. 29.
appellation, appeal, vII. vi. 35.
apply, pa. part. applide, applyde, to em-
ploy, use, 1. i. 38; to ply, follow, 1. x. 46; to
steer, direct, II. v. 10 (refl.), vi. 5, vii. v. iv.
21, xi. 6; to administer, II. xii. 32; to pre-
pare, make ready, Muiop. 84.

appose, to examine, question, v. ix. 44.
approuance, approval, 11. xii. 76, Epith. 144.
approue, approuen, to prove, demonstrate,
test, 1. vi. 26, ix. 37, 111. i. 27, IV. X. I, V. X. 5,
VI. viii. 14, Elegie 152; to commend, approve,
III. i. 26. approved ppl, adj. tested, ii. v. 8.
arboret, small tree, shrub, II. vi. 12.
arck, arke, box, chest, Iv. iv. 15; arch, R. R.
89, 368, Bellay 46, Misc. Sonn. iii, Epigrams
р. 607.

aread, areed, pa. part. ared, to counsel,
advise, teach, 1. Prol. 1; to tell, make known,
proclaim, describe, show, 1. viii. 31, 33, ix. 23,
28, x. 17, II. iii. 14, III. iv. 59, v. xii. 9, vII. vi.
46, Love II, Clout 15; to divine, guess, dis-
cover, detect, understand, II. i. 7, IV. v. 15, v.
iii. 35, xii. 9, vi. vii. 10; to decide, adjudge,
VII. vii. Arg.; to take, assume, vi. ix. 33.
areare, arere, back, backward, behind, behind-
hand, 11. xi. 36, III. vii. 24, X. 23, VI. iv. 5,
Gnat 468.

aret, see arret.

arew, in a row, v. xii. 29; in order, consecu
tively, Thest. 186.

argument, theme, subject, I. ix. I; proof,
token, manifestation, vi. vii. I.
aright, rightly, vi. vii. 31; direct, Epitaph (i) 13.
a rights, aright, rightly, v. x. 4.
arise, to rise, Hubberd 419, 426.
arming: a. sword = sword forming part of arms
or armour, II. vi. 47.

armorie, armour, 1. i. 27, III, iii. 59.
arras, tapestry, 1. iv. 6, 1. xi. 39.
arraught, pret. of arreach, to seize, II. x. 34.
array, aray, to afflict, v. ii. 25, vI. ii. 42.
arreare, to raise, vr. viii. 23.
arret, aret, to entrust, deliver, consign, II. viii.
8, xi. 7, III. viii. 7, IV. V. 21.
as, as if, as though, 1. viii. 23 l. 9, xi. 21 i. 4,
II. ix. II, III. vii. 36, S. C. Dec. 110. as
that, in such a manner as I. i. 30. as then,
till then, v. iv. 36.

ascértaine, Daphn. 504.

askaunce, sideways (with idea of disfavour),
II. vii. 7, III. i. 41, S. C. March 21.
askew, askewe, sidelong (cf. askaunce),
asquint, angrily, III. x. 29, v. xii. 29, S. C.
Mar. Glosse, Amor. Son. 7.

aslake, to assuage, appease, 1. iii. 36, Amor. Son.
44, Beautie 4.

aslombering, pres. part. slumbering, 11, xii. 72.
aslope, aslant (fig.), m. iv. 52.
aspect, II. xii. 53, 11. vi. 12, vii. 22, xii. 7, 14,
iv. x. 39.

aspire, pa. part. aspyred, to inspire, IV. x. 26;
to desire, aim at, v. ix. 41; to ascend, rise up,
R. T. 408.

assaile, to attack, 1. vii. 6.
assay, sb. value, quality, 1. ii. 13, m. iv. 18, v.
viii. 37; tribulation, affliction, i. vii. 27, Pe-
trarch 25; trial, attempt, assault, attack, II.
iii. 12, 15, v. iv. 23, v. 52, Beautie 88; to all
assayes at every juncture, on every occasion,
v. ix. 39.

assay, vb., pa. part. assaid, to try, test, touch,
1. iv. 8, viii. 2, 11. iii. 4, vi. ix. 33; to assail,
assault, afflict, 1. ii. 24, vi. 11, IV. ix. 30, Gnat
491; to affect, v. xi. 64, S. C. Aug. 5.
assemblaunce, assembly, v. iv. 21.
assieged, besieged, 11. xi. 15.
assignment, design, II. xi. 10
assize, measure, Bellay 16.
assot, to befool, besot, bewilder, beguile, II. X.
8. pa. part. assott, S. C. Mar. 25; assotted

III. viii. 22.

assoyle, assoile, to absolve, free, release, 1. X. 52, II. v. 19, III. viii. 32, vi. v. 37, viii. 6, R. R. 263, Daphn. 259; to dispel, 1. i. 58, Iv. v. 30.

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