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Y-lent, pp. lent, G 1406.
Y-lered, pp. educated, T. i. 976.
Y-let, pp. hindered, obstructed, B 5.
P 4. 34.

Y-leten, pp. left, allowed, B 4. p 4. 308.

Y-leyd, pp. laid, A 3568.

Y-liche, adj. alike, similar, L. 389.
Y-liche, adv. alike, equally, A 2526.
Y-lissed, pp. eased, T. i. 1089.

Y-lived, pp. lived, T. v. 933.
Y-logged, pp. lodged, B 4181.

Y-loren, pp. lost, L. 26; Y-lorn, pp. lost,
T. iv. 1250.

Y-lost, pp. lost, HF. 183.
Y-loved, pp. loved, T. i. 594.

Y-lyk, adj. like, A 592; alike, A 2734;
Y-lyke, like, A 1539.

Y-lyke, adv. alike, equally, L. 55, 731. Y-lymed, pp. caught (as birds with birdlime), D 934.

Y-maad, pp. made, caused, HF. 691. Ymagéries, pl. carved work, HF. 1190,

1304.

Ymagined, pp. considered, intentional, I 448.

Y-maked, pp. made, L. 122, 222.

Y-marked, pp. set down, marked out, planned, HF. 1103.

Y-masked, pp. enmeshed, T. iii. 1734.
Y-medled, pp. mingled, T. iii. 815.
Y-mel, prep. among (Northern), A 4171.
Y-ment, pp. intended, HF. 1742.

Y-met, pp. met, A 2624; Y-mette, as pl. adj. met. B 1115.

Y-meynd, pp. mixed, mingled, A 2170.
Y-moeved, pp. moved, B 4. m 6. 7.
Ympne, s. lyric poem (lit. hymn), L.

422.

Y-mused, pp. mused, reflected, HF. 1287.

Y-nempned, pp. named, I 598. Y-nogh, adj. enough, sufficient, A 373, 3149; Y-now, G 1018; Y-nowe, pl. 5. 233. Y-nogh, adv. enough, sufficiently, 6. 13; Y-nough, R. 247.

Y-nome, pp. caught, overcome, T. 242; taken, L. 2343.

Y-norisshed, pp. educated, T. v. 821.
Y-offred, pp. offered, dedicated, L. 932.
Yok, s. yoke, E 113. 1285.
Yolde, -n; see Yelden.
Yolle, pr. pl. cry aloud, A 2672.

Yomanrye, s. yeomanry, A 3949.
Yon, adj. yon, A 4178.

Yond, adv. yonder, A 1099.

Yong, adj. young, A 79.

Yonghede, s. dat. youth, R. 351.
Yore, adv. formerly, of old, B 174, 272;
for a long time, a long while, A 1813;
iong ago, long, 1. 150; yore agon, long
ago, 5. 17; yore ago, A 3437; ful y., very
long ago, 7. 243, 346; of tyme y., of old
time, F 963.

Youling, s. loud lamentation, A 1278.
Y-painted, pp. painted, R. 892.

Y-passed, PP. passed, R. 380; past,
E 1892.

Y-payed, pp. paid, A 1802.
Y-piked, pp. picked over, G 941.
Y-plesed, pp. pleased, D 930.

Y-pleyned, pp. complained, T. iv. 1688.
Y-pleynted, pp. full of complaint, T. v.
1597.

Y-plounged, pp. plunged, sunk, B 3.

p II. 122.

Y-plyted, pp. pleated, gathered, B 1. P 2. 31.

Ypocras, Hippocrates; hence a kind of cordial, C 306.

Ypocryte, s. hypocrite, F 514.

Y-portreyd, pp. covered with pictures,
R. 897.

Y-porveyed, pp. foreseen, B 5. p 3. 45.
Y-prayed, pp. invited, E 269.

Y-preised, pp. praised, HF. 1577.
Y-preved, pp. proved (to be), A 485.
Y-pulled, pp. plucked, i. e. with super-
fluous hairs plucked out, A 3245.
Y-purveyed, pp. foreseen, B 5. p 3. 88.
Y-queynt, pp. quenched, A 3754.
Y-quiked, pp. kindled, I 536.
Y-quit, . quit, acquitted, F 673.
Y-raft, pp. bereft, snatched away, A 2015;
reft, robbed, L. 1572.

Yre, s. ire, anger, vexation, 1. 30.
Y-red, pp. read, T. iv. 799.

Y-reke, pp. raked together, A 3882.
Y-rekened, pp. accounted, D 367; taken
into account, F 427.
Yren, s. iron, R. 1184.
Yren, adj. iron, G 759.

Y-rent, pp. taken, T. v. 1654; torn, B 844.

Y-ronge, pp. rung, told loudly, HF.
1655.
Y-ronne, pp. run, A 8, 3893; continued,
L. 1943; run together, A 2693; inter-
laced, R. 1396; clustered, A 2165.
Y-rouned, pp. whispered, HF. 2107.
Y-satled, pp. settled, E 2405.
Y-sayd, pp. said, 3. 270.

Y-scalded, pp. scalded, A 2020.

Y-schette, pp. pl. shut, B 560.

Yse, s. ice, HF. 1130.

Y-see, v. behold, T. ii. 354; imp. s. see, look, T. ii. 1253; Y-seyn, pp. seen, L. 2076.

Y-sene, adj. visible, A 592, F 996; manifest, T. iv. 1607; L. 1394. A. S. gesëne, gesyne.

Y-set, pp. set, A 4337; placed, 5. 149; set down, F 173; seated, C 392; appointed, A 1635; planted, R. 604.

Y-seye, pp. seen, HF. 1367; Y-seyn, T. v. 448.

Y-seyled, pp. sailed, B 4289.

Y-shad, pp. scattered (Lat. sparsas), B 3. m 2. 33.

Y-shaken, pp. quivering, sparkling, B 1. m 3. 17.

Y-shamed, pp. put to shame, HF. 356.
Y-shapen, (strong) pp. shaped, prepared,
B 3420; provided, A 4179; contrived,
G 1080; Y-shaped, (weak) pp. prepared,
T. iii. 1240.

Y-shave, pp. shaven, A 690.

Y-shent, pp. put to shame, severely blamed, D 1312.

Y-shette, pp. pl. shut, B 2159.

Y-shewed, pp. shown, T. v. 1251; made manifest, 4. 181.

Y-shore, pp. shorn, T. iv. 996.
Y-shove, pp. borne about, L. 726.
Y-slayn, pp. slain, HF. 159; Y-slawe,
B 484.

Y-smite, pp. smitten, wounded, B 3.

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Y-swowned, pp. swowned, L. 1342.
Y-take, pp. caught, B 3514; taken, L.
617.

Y-thanked, pp. thanked, D 2118.
Y-thee, v. thrive, T. iv. 439.

Y-thewed, PP. disposed; wel y-thewed,
well-conducted, 5. 47; R. 1008.
Y-thonked, pp. thanked, T. iv. 2.
Y-throngen, pp. confined, B 2. p 7. 53.
Y-throwe, pp. thrown, T. iv. 6; cast out,
2. 89.

Y-told, pp. told, A 3109.

Y-torned, pp. turned, B 4. m 5. 1.
Y-travailed, pp. laboured, with difficulty,
E 5. P 3. 45.

Y-trespassed, pp. sinned, B 2609.
Y-tressed, pp. plaited in tresses, T. v.

810.

Y-treted, pp. discussed, B 4. p 1. 70.
Y-tukked, pp. tucked up, L. 982.
Y-turned, pp. turned, A 1238, 2062.
Y-twinned, pp. parted, T. iv. 788.
Yve, B 4156; see Erbe.
Yvel, adj. ill, evil, T. ii. 1001.
Yvel, adv. ill, R. 213, 1067.
Yveles, s. pl. evils, B 2618.

Yvory, s. ivory, B 2066; Yvoire, 3. 946.

Y-voyded, pp. removed, F 1159.
Y-war, adj. aware, T. ii. 398.
Y-warned, pp. warned, B 4422.

Y-waxen, pp. grown, become, T. v. 275;
Y-waxe, 3. 1275.

Y-wedded, pp. wedded, L. 1179.
Y-went, pp. gone, HF. 976.

Y-went, pp. weened, imagined, T. v.

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mented, R. 897; Y-wroghte, pp. pl. fashioned, 5. 123.

Y-wroken, pp. avenged, 16. 26; Y-wroke, wreaked, T. v. 589.

Y-wronge, pp. forced, L. 2527.

Y-wryen, pp. hidden, T. iii. 1451; covered, A 2904.

Y-yeve, pp. given, T. iii. 1376; Y-yive, T. iii. 1611.

Z.

Zeles, pl. zeal, T. v. 1859.

Zodia, s. pl. beasts, A. i. 21. 61. Zodiac, s. zodiac, A. pr. 109. An imaginary belt in the heavens, of the breadth of 12°, along the middle of which runs the ecliptic. The Astrolabe only showed the northern half of this belt.

GLOSSARY TO FRAGMENTS B AND C OF

THE ROMAUNT OF THE ROSE.

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THE following Glossary (which includes proper names) is separated from the preceding because Fragments B and C of the Romaunt are not by Chaucer.

Fragment B abounds in Northern words and forms. Words in Fragment C have 'C' prefixed to the number of the line.

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4041.

Abaysshed, pp. cast down, 3370.

Abey, v. (for Abeye), suffer (for it), pay
(for it), C 6713. See Abye.
Abiding, s. delay, 2222.

Abit, s. habit, dress, religious dress, 4914.
Abit, Abood; see Abyde.
Abood, s. delay, C 7697.
Aboven, adv. in luck, 4352.

Abraide, v. start up, break forth, 5156;
Abraid, I pt. s. awoke, 1806; Abreyde,
pt. s. broke out, 3967.
Abrede, adv, abroad, 2563.
Absente, pr. s. subj. abstain, refrain,

4911.

Abstinence-Streyned, i. e. Constrained Abstinence (personified), C 6341, 7366. Abyde, ger, to await, 4910; v. expect, 5329; watch for, 4913; Abit, pr. s. dwells, 4977, 4989; stays, 5012; Abood, I pt. s. endured, waited, 3694.

Abye, v. pay for, C 5888, 5976; Abyeth, pr. s. C 7642.

Accord, 1 pr. s. agree to, 2083; Accorded, pt. pl. agreed, C 5815; pp. reconciled, C 5846.

A-cold, adj. cold, chilly, 2658.
Acoye, v. quiet, allay, 3564.

Acquyte, v. defray the expense, pay for,
C 6742.

Ado (for at do), to do, 5080.
A-fere, adv. on fire, 4073.
Afered, pp. afraid, 3604.

Affray, s. terror, 3866; fear, 2034.
Affrayed, pp. frightened, 3113.
Affye, v. trust, 3155.

Aforn, adv. formerly, 3952.
Aftir, prep. according to, 2255.
Afyne, adv. completely, 3690.
Agast, adj. afraid, C 6106.
Ageyn-coming, s. returning, 2518.
Ageyns, prep, in comparison with, 5536.
Agilte, pr. s. sinned against, offended,
C 5833, 6784; Agiltest, 2 pt. s. C 7572.
Ago, pp. gone, 2932.

A-gree, adv. in good part, 4349.
A-greef, adv. in bad part; take not agreef,
take it not amiss, C 7573.
Aken, v. ache, C 6908.

Al, conj. although, 1754.

Al-day, adv. continually, 2484.

Alder, adj. gen. pl. of (us) all, C 6948.
Alderfirst, adv. first of all, C 7505.

Alegged, pt. pl. alleviated, 1768. See
Allege.

Aleggement, s. alleviation, 1890, 1923.

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Allege, v. exempt (lit. alleviate), C 6626;
Alleggith, pr. s. alleviates, 2588.
Allegeaunce, s. alleviation, 1871.
Allowe, v. approve of, value, 5186.
Almesse, s. alms, C 6624.
Al-only, adv. alone, C 5819.
Alosed, pp. noted, famed, 2354.
Al-out, adv. altogether, 2101, 2935.
Al-outerly, adv. utterly, C 6302, 7663.
Alowe, v. accept, approve of, 5175.
Also, conj. as, C 6767.

Amende, v. advance, succeed, C 5876.
Among, adv. sometimes, 2325, 3241, 3304.
Amourettes, s. pl. sweethearts, 4755-
Amyas, a curious error; for At Myas,

i. e. at Meaux, 3826. F. text, a Miaus. And, conj. if, 2051, 4441.

Anger, s. pain, anguish, 1877; Angres,
pl. torments, 2554, 3789.
Angerly, adv. cruelly, 3511.
Angre, ger. to vex, 3526.
Angry, adj. cruel, 2628, 3265.
Anguissous, adj. anxious, 1755.

Anker, s. an anchoress, a female recluse
shut up either in a cell attached to
a church, or living under a religious
rule in her own house, C 6348.
Anon-right, adv. straightway, 1778.
Anoy, s. discomfort, pain, vexation, 1919,

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A-queynt, pp. acquainted, 3080.
Aqueyntable, adj. affable, 2213.
Arace, v. pull out, 1752.

Arblasters, s.pl.men with crossbows, 4196.
Aresóneth, pr. s. reasons with, argues,
C 6220.

Arest, s. rest (for a spear), C 7561.
Arette, v. impute, 3327.

Areyse, v. raise up, 4361; rouse, C 7159.
A-rowe, adv. in a row, C 7606.

Ascape, v. escape, get out of the difficulty, C 6515.

Asker, s. one who begs, C 6674.
A-slope, adv. aside, awry, 4464.

Assay, s. attempt, 3449; quality, temper, 4350.

Assayed, pp. tried, proved, 2688.

Asseth, a sufficiency, 5600.

Assoile, v. absolve, C 6364; pp. explained,
C 6557.

Assoiling, s. absolving, C 6412.
Assured, pp. secured, 4309.

Astat, s. state, plight, 2416; Astate, condition, 4672, C 6856.

Astoned, pp. astonished, 3859.
A-sundir, adv. diversely, 4477.
A-swone, in a swoon, 1736.

At, prep. at the hands of, from, C 6870; At al, at all points, 5249; at leeste way, at least, C 5827; at wordis fewe, in a few words, briefly, 2129.

Attendith, pr. s. attaches itself, appertains, 5309.

Attour, s. array, 3718.

Augustins, s. pl. Austin Friars, C 7461.
Aumenere, s. purse for alms, 2271.

Auntre, v. refl. venture, 2495.
Avale, v. descend, 1803.

Avaunced,pp. promoted, C 6951; helped, 3468.

Avaunt, adv. in advance, forward, 3959.

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