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Glossary and Index of Proper Names (part 4)

  • tumbe, tombe, s. iv. 3665, viii. 1527, 1581, tomb.
  • tun, s. viii. 830, tune.
  • tunder, s. ii. 1274, tinder.
  • tunderstonde (= to understonde), ii. 815.
  • tunge, s. P. 61*, i. 678, ii. 1602, iv. 2639,
  • tonge, iii. 1799, tongue, language.
  • (false) tunged, a. ii. 1751.
  • tunne, see tonne.
  • tuo, two, num. P. 336, i. 810, 2041, v. 188,
  • bothe tuo, P. 1068, i. 851.
  • turne, see torne.
  • Turne, iv. 2186.
  • turves, s.pl. v. 4031.
  • tweie, num. P. 18, i. 1344, v. 3610,
  • tweine, tueine, ii. 3472, v. 4040, two.
  • twelfthe, tuelfthe, a. vii. 1215, 1402.
  • twelve, tuelve, num. P. 158, 526, i. 1134, ii. 97.
  • twenty, num. iv. 1356, vii. 1227.
  • twinklinge, twinclinge, s. i. 3033, v. 5935.
  • twinne, v.a. iii. 423;
  • v.n. ii. 2293: separate, be separated.
  • twinnes, s.pl. vii. 1033, twins.
  • two, see tuo.
  • twyes, adv. v. 4094, twice.
  • tyde, s. see tide.
  • tyde, v.n. v. 3755, happen.
  • tyding(e), see tidinge.
  • tye, s. v. 3559, case.
  • tyh, v.n.pret. v. 5709, came.
  • tymber (1), see timber.
  • tymber (2), vi. 1844, timbrel.
  • tyme, see time.
  • tymliche, adv. iv. 3163.
  • Tymolus, v. 6831.
  • Typhon, v. 798 ff.
  • Tyr, viii. 375 ff.
  • tyrannye, see tirannie.
  • tyt, adv. v. 5769, vi. 1751, quickly.
  • U
  • Uluxes, Ulixes, Ulixe, i. 516 ff., iv. 147, 1818 ff., v. 3099 ff., 3201, vi. 1392 ff., viii. 2623.
  • umbreide, v.a. v. 5034, reproach.
  • unable, a. vii. 585, 3275, useless, incapable.
  • unaffiled, a. i. 2287, untrained.
  • unansuerd, a. ii. 2706.
  • unaperceived, a. v. 6271,
  • unaparceived, v. 7147*.
  • unaquit, a. ii. 3332, unrewarded.
  • unarme, v.a. v. 3803.
  • unarmed, a. vii. 3589.
  • unarraied, a. vii. 2659, in disorder.
  • unavanced, a. v. 2328.
  • unavised, a. or adv. i. 2701, iii. 1097, iv. 1241, unwise, unwisely.
  • unbegunne, a. viii. 1, without beginning.
  • unbehovely, a. vii. 1134, viii. 2884, unprofitable, unfit.
  • unbende, v.a.pret. i. 1967, unbent.
  • unbesein, a. viii. 153, devoid.
  • unbinde, v.a. viii. 2812,
  • pp. unbounde, v. 159.
  • unbore, unborn, a. i. 3164, iv. 3221, v. 1748.
  • unbounde, a. v. 7734.
  • unbuxom, a. i. 1255, 1272, disobedient.
  • unbuxomly, unbuxomliche, adv. i. 1368, vii. 3569, rebelliously.
  • unbuxomnesse, s. i. 1394, disobedience.
  • unchaste, see thunchaste.
  • unclene, a. ii. 575, unclean.
  • unclennesse, s. vii. 474.
  • unclose, v.a. v. 2376, open.
  • unclothe, v.refl. v. 3494.
  • uncoupled, v.a.pp. i. 2298.
  • uncouth, a. v. 5694.
  • undefendid, a. PP. 223, not forbidden.
  • under, prep. P. 108, i. 27, 1104, undur,
  • v. 1573, (undir, viii. 3060, PP. 39):
  • adv. P. 76, i. 2237, ii. 418.
  • underfonge, v.a. P. 68, iv. 206, viii. 1486,
  • pret. underfing, v. 7182*, pp.
  • underfonge, i. 63, ii. 1751, iv. 418,
  • (undirfongen, PP. 264), receive, accept.
  • undergete, v.pp. ii. 1133, come under.
  • underling, s. vi. 2350, vii. 1294.
  • undernethe, prep. ii. 2933;
  • adv. v. 3130.
  • undersette, v.a. v. 2157, support.
  • understonde, v.a.n. P. 206, 481, i. 46,
  • pret. understod, i. 1798,
  • (undirstod, PP. 150),
  • pret. subj. understode, P. 460, i. 2774,
  • imperat. understond, i. 1882, ii. 3132,
  • pp. understonde, P. 34*.
  • understondinge, s. iii. 1950, vi. 972, understanding, significance.
  • undertake, v.a.n. i. 2020, 3232, iv. 1967, v. 2340,
  • (undirtake, PP. 159),
  • pret. undertok, v. 2130,
  • (undirtok, viii. 3107),
  • pl. undertoke, v. 2077,
  • pp. undertake, P. 241, i. 1108, undertake, take in hand, declare.
  • undeserved, a. i. 51, vi. 358.
  • undo(n), v.a.n. i. 2855, iii. 690,
  • pret. undede, v. 2380,
  • imperat. undo, ii. 2483,
  • pp. undo, ii. 1016, v. 7450.
  • undoinge, s. vii. 4099.
  • undren, s. v. 3669.
  • unenvied, a. P. 115.
  • unethes, adv. P. 846, i. 1221,
  • unethe, iii. 2536,
  • noght (ne) ... unethes, iv. 570, 3478,
  • unnethes, vii. 5033, hardly.
  • unevene, a. P. 803, v. 4547:
  • adv. P. 170, iii. 14.
  • unfolde, v.a. iv. 686.
  • ungentilesce, s. iv. 845.
  • unglad, a. ii. 234, 3117,
  • pl. unglade, ii. 3287.
  • unglade, v.a. v. 5680.
  • ungoode, a.pl. P. 489, viii. 239.
  • ungoodly, a. v. 6136,
  • ungoodlich, v. 6293;
  • superl. def. ungoodlieste, iii. 422.
  • unhapp, s. ii. 3085, iii. 1466,
  • pl. unhappes, iv. 1024.
  • unhappely, adv. i. 376.
  • unhappi, a. ii. 2280, iii. 1390, v. 5685, unfortunate, ill-omened.
  • unholpe, a. v. 1862, unhelped.
  • unholy, a. v. 7021*.
  • unhorsed, v.a.pp. iii. 2658.
  • unite, s. P. 987, vii. 78, unity.
  • universiel, universal, a. vi. 2261, vii. 215.
  • unjoynted, v.a.pp. iv. 274.
  • unkemd, vii. 5023, uncombed.
  • unkendeli, a. ii. 3124, unnatural:
  • cp. unkindeliche.
  • unkest, a. ii. 467,
  • unkist, iv. 2712, unkissed.
  • unkinde, unkynde, a. i. 2565, iii. 374, 2055, iv. 849,
  • thunkinde, viii. 222, unnatural, ungrateful.
  • unkinde, s. viii. 222.
  • unkindeliche, adv. iii. 375, 2066,
  • unkindely, iii. 2065, viii. 2005, 2558, unnaturally, unkindly.
  • unkindenesse, s. v. 5141.
  • unkindeschipe, s. ii. 3103, v. 4699, 4887 ff.
  • unkist, see unkest.
  • unknet, v.a.pp. ii. 2372, v. 556, vii. 4828.
  • unknowe(n), a. P. 319, ii. 467, v. 1251, unknown; ii. 1105, v. 3148, not knowing.
  • unliche, unlich, unlike, a. v. 4415, vi. 1862, vii. 133, unequal, unlike, superior.
  • unliered, unlered, a. P. 233, iv. 611, untaught.
  • unloke, v.a.pp. P. 654, iii. 425, viii. 424, unlocked.
  • unlust, s. viii. 481, sorrow.
  • unlusti, a. ii. 1308, unhappy.
  • unmerciable, a. iii. 216, unmerciful.
  • unmete, unmeete, a. ii. 122, iii. 1100, iv. 3573, vii. 5030, unequalled, unworthy, far apart:
  • adv. v. 2140, beyond comparison.
  • unmyhti, a. v. 1502, unable.
  • unmylde, a. i. 1242.
  • unpeysed, a. P. 64*, unweighed.
  • unpike, v.a. v. 6509, unfasten.
  • unpinned, pp. iii. 424, unconfined.
  • unpitous, a. vii. 3411.
  • unpitously, adv. viii. 2994*.
  • unplein, a. i. 1058, dishonest.
  • unpreised, a. ii. 2078.
  • unprisone, v.a. vii. 3293, free from prison.
  • unprofitable, a. ii. 3108.
  • unpurse, v.a. v. 558, take from the purse.
  • unresonable, a. v. 761, viii. 2932.
  • unriht, a. ii. 2773, iii. 1247, wrong.
  • unrihte, v.a. ii. 506, v. 6744, set wrong, undo.
  • unrihtwisnesse, s. vii. 4724, 5270.
  • unsauhte, a.(pl.), vii. 2034, out of accord.
  • unschette, v.n. iv. 2997, vii. 4968, open.
  • unsein, a. v. 3572, unseen.
  • unsely, a. i. 88, v. 459, viii. 2360, unhappy.
  • unsemlieste, see thunsemlieste.
  • unserved, a. iii. 2277.
  • unsittende, a. vii. 1736, unfitting.
  • unskilfully, adv. vii. 4757, unjustly.
  • unsofte, a. iii. 123.
  • unsowed, v.a.pp. viii. 1183.
  • unsped, a. viii. 532, without success.
  • unstable, a. P. 863, ii. 1226.
  • unstoken, pp. v. 34, opened.
  • untame, a. iii. 245, wild.
  • unteid, a. iii. 830, iv. 3462, vi. 598, unrestrained, wandering.
  • unthewed, a. i. 3040, wrongly disposed.
  • unthryve, v.n. v. 2508, be unprosperous.
  • until, prep. i. 2061, iv. 3058, unto.
  • unto, prep. P. 80, 152, i. 2162, iv. 684, &c.,
  • un to, P. 339, viii. 3069.
  • untome (= unto me), iii. 99.
  • untoward, prep. iv. 559, v. 2622, towards.
  • untreuly, untrewly, adv. v. 5814, vii. 5239,
  • untrewely, v. 6976.
  • untrewe, a. P. 536, i. 1201.
  • untrist, untrust, s. v. 585, 717, mistrust.
  • untrowthe, untrouthe, s. i. 926, ii. 852, 2750, v. 5683.
  • untrusse, v.a. v. 4988, unload.
  • unwaked, a. vii. 4966, asleep.
  • unwar, a. ii. 1041, iv. 15, vi. 1262,
  • pl. unware, P. 393, ignorant, careless, unknown.
  • unwarli, adv. vii. 4784.
  • unwedded, a. ii. 785, v. 6436*.
  • unwelde, a. iii. 989, vii. 1855, unmanageable, helpless.
  • unwerred, a. iii. 2317, free from war.
  • unwis, see unwys.
  • unworschipe, s. vii. 2130, dishonour.
  • unworthely, adv. vii. 2479.
  • unwys, a. ii. 208, iv. 3529, unwis, viii. 2094, def. unwise, iii. 1799,
  • pl. unwise, v. 742.
  • up, prep. ii. 3469, iv. 1002, 1342, v. 160, upon:
  • adv. P. 570, i. 339, 1184, v. 3530;
  • cp. uppe:
  • up so doun, ii. 1744, iii. 80, iv. 561.
  • upbere, v.a., pp. upbore, v. 1814, viii. 405, 631.
  • upcaste, v.a.pret. iv. 3032, vii. 1156, pp.
  • upcast, i. 697.
  • updrawe, v.a.pp. ii. 794, v. 3313, viii. 599, brought up, drawn up.
  • uphield, v.a.pret. i. 985.
  • uplefte, v.a.pret. i. 1674, vii. 2264,
  • uplifte, i. 198, lifted up;
  • v.n. uplefte, P. 696, was raised.
  • upon, prep. P. 27, 61, 781, i. 968, 1000, 1197, 1599, 2673, ii. 2899, iii. 2425, iv. 236, 2080, 3101, (uppon, viii. 2959);
  • adv. v. 3556,
  • hier upon, v. 7206*: on, upon, into, with regard to, by reason of.
  • uppe, adv. P. 344, i. 2570, iv. 1831: cp. up.
  • upriht, upryht, a. and adv. P. 147, 656, 1028, i. 746, ii. 253, vii. 5282.
  • uprihtes, upryhtes, adv. P. 940, i. 2918, iii. 2634.
  • upriste, s. i. 2198, rising.
  • upset, v.a.pp. v. 2316, set up,
  • upsete, viii. 244, overthrown.
  • upward, adv. i. 663, v. 3978.
  • us, s. P. 359, i. 2695, v. 137, use, usage.
  • usage, s. v. 7542, vi. 664.
  • usance, s. i. 2027, vi. 569, custom.
  • use(n), v.a. P. 397, i. 342, 1373, 2101, v. 6578,
  • (pp. usid, viii. 2964), use, practise;
  • v.n. ii. 400, v. 38, be wont.
  • usure, s. v. 4384 ff.
  • V
  • vailable, a. vii. 1526, 3176, PP. 142, serviceable.
  • vailant, a. iv. 1633, valiant.
  • vaile, v.n. vii. 144, profit.
  • Valentinian, v. 6398.
  • Valerie, Valeire, v. 6360, vii. 3181.
  • valleie, s. v. 1013, vii. 3320*, valley.
  • value, s. ii. 3410, iii. 2765.
  • vanite, s. i. 451, 2784, v. 215, vii. 2410.
  • vanyssht, v.n.pp. v. 3959.
  • variance, s. P. 542, vii. 1758.
  • vasselage, s. v. 902, 6435*, prowess.
  • vecke, s. i. 1675, hag.
  • Vegecius, v. 885.
  • vegetabilis, iv. 2535.
  • veile, v.a. viii. 1261.
  • vein, a. ii. 1713,
  • def. vein, P. 221, i. 599,
  • fem. veine, P. 262, i. 2677,
  • pl. veine, i. 2689;
  • in vein, i. 1946, 2736, ii. 2253.
  • veines, veynes, s. pl. ii. 3123, iv. 3463, v. 4164, viii. 1186, veins.
  • veneison, s. iv. 1996, game (in hunting).
  • Venenas, vii. 1393.
  • venerie, s. v. 1262, hunting.
  • venerien, a. vii. 795, 1347.
  • vengable, a. iv. 3510, apt to take vengeance.
  • vengance, s. i. 378, 1433,
  • (vengaunce, viii. 2997*).
  • venge(n), v.a. and refl. i. 991, 2578, ii. 1285, iii. 1013, vii. 2891, avenge.
  • vengement, s. i. 1457, viii. 220, vengeance.
  • Venus, i. 124, 235 ff., 2491, iii. 1462, 2555, iv. 419, 824, 1262, 1467, 1787, 3558, 3658, v. 650, 859, 917, 1388 ff., 1493, 4827, 4861, 5819, 5843, 6715, 6753, 7413, 7479 ff., vi. 506, 614, 639, 2425, vii. 20, viii. 2172 ff.;
  • (the planet) iv. 2473, 3245, vii. 773, 797, 1020, 1113, 1135, 1231, 1315, 1382, 1395, 1421.
  • venym, s. P. 858, ii. 2294, 3490.
  • Ver, vii. 1014.
  • Verconius, iv. 2433.
  • vernage, s. vi. 218, (a kind of wine).
  • verrai, verray, a. P. 978, i. 1450, 2451, ii. 3397, iv. 2275,
  • veray, verai, iv. 2519, v. 1774, true.
  • verrailiche, verraily, adv. i. 904, vi. 116, 866.
  • vers, s. vi. 70, order.
  • vertu, s. P. 79, 360, iv. 2327, vii. 1545, virtue, power.
  • vertue, v.refl. iii. 2766, endeavour.
  • vertules, a. vii. 1319, without virtue.
  • vertuous, a. P. 39, ii. 7, iv. 2635, vii. 1327, 1548, virtuous, powerful.
  • verveyne, s. v. 4039.
  • Vesper, iv. 3209.
  • vessel(l), s. ii. 1133, 3445, vii. 3500.
  • Veste, v. 892.
  • vestement, s. v. 7135.
  • viage, s. ii. 2528, iv. 218, 1948, viii. 1540, journey.
  • vicair, s. ii. 2804.
  • vice, s. P. 79, i. 577, 647.
  • vicious, a. vii. 792.
  • victoire, s. P. 1001, i. 2476, iii. 2681.
  • vigile, s. iv. 3252.
  • vil, a. P. 887, i. 2098.
  • vilein, a. iii. 1182, v. 7203,
  • pl. vileins, P. 738, worthless, cowardly:
  • subst. iii. 1244, iv. 2300, vii. 3062, boor, commoner.
  • vilenie, vileinie, s. i. 2408, v. 170, viii. 1431, worthlessness, unworthy deed.
  • vines, s.pl. iv. 2441, v. 1229.
  • vinour, s. vii. 1875, vine-grower.
  • Viola, v. 4811, 4849.
  • violence, s. ii. 2977, iii. 24, iv. 607.
  • violent, a. vii. 946, 4551.
  • virelai, s. i. 2709, 2727.
  • Virgile, v. 2032, vi. 98, viii. 2714.
  • virgine, s. v. 1773 ff., 6363 ff., viii. 52.
  • virginite, s. v. 6243, 6340 ff., viii. 204.
  • Virginius, vii. 5136.
  • Virgo, vii. 1081 ff., 1249.
  • visage, s. P. 112, i. 1684, ii. 1789, iii. 1784, vii. 4046, face, appearance, pretext.
  • viser, s. i. 637, ii. 2081, mask.
  • visioun, s. v. 7410.
  • visite, v.a. ii. 917.
  • vitaile, v.a. ii. 711, 1031, victual.
  • Vitellus, Vitelle, vi. 538, 563.
  • voide, a. iv. 2098, v. 1914, viii. 36, empty, clear.
  • voide, voyde, v.a. i. 1890, ii. 2125, iv. 2084, PP. 317, empty, drive away.
  • vois, s. i. 495, 1828, v. 995, 1721, voice, rumour, vote.
  • voisdie, s. vii. 3739, cunning.
  • voluptuosite, s. viii. 156.
  • vou, s. v. 5816.
  • vouche, v.a. iii. 486, iv. 668, affirm.
  • vowe, v.a. i. 3021.
  • Vulcanus, v. 642 ff., 956.
  • W
  • wacche, v.n. ii. 110, watch.
  • wacche, wachche, s. iv. 2808, v. 2241, watch.
  • wade, v.n. ii. 2221, iii. 228.
  • waile, weile, v.n. i. 3025, v. 7443.
  • waileway, interj. viii. 327.
  • waisshe(n), v.a.n. and refl. v. 301, 1471,
  • pret.s. wissh, v. 306,
  • wyssh, v. 3806, vii. 2283,
  • pl. wisshen, v. 3836,
  • pp. waisshen, i. 2846; wash.
  • waite, wayten, v.n. ii. 110, 117, iii. 915, 2090, iv. 802, wait, keep watch;
  • v.a. v. 7112, PP. 204, watch for, attend to.
  • wake(n), v.n. iii. 51, iv. 2709, 2837, 3314,
  • pret. wok, i. 914, ii. 1349, wake, stay awake.
  • wakere, s. iv. 3162.
  • wakinge, s. iv. 3142.
  • wal, see wall.
  • Wales, ii. 904.
  • walke, v.n. i. 99, ii. 758, 2094, iii. 364.
  • wall, wal, s. P. 836, ii. 1089, 2893,
  • pl. walles, i. 1155.
  • walle, v.a. v. 7230.
  • wane, s. v. 5369, vii. 591.
  • wanhope, s. iii. 281, iv. 3397, despair.
  • wantounesse, s. iv. 1277, v. 6116, vii. 798.
  • wantounly, adv. iv. 1017.
  • war, a. P. 508, i. 330, 1075, ii. 557,
  • pl. ware, viii. 1392,
  • be war, ii. 1606, v. 7838, aware, careful.
  • war, v.n. and refl. imperat. war thee wel, iii. 968, v. 7606,
  • war hem wel, iii. 1113,
  • war, vii. 1137.
  • warant, s. i. 1695, ii. 1237, v. 1924, security, warrant.
  • warde, s. i. 332, iii. 1953, v. 5298, guard;
  • pl. wardes, v. 1868, wards (of a key).
  • warde, v.a.n. i. 331, 536, iii. 1954, v. 5297, guard.
  • wardein, s. v. 6614, 7152*.
  • warie, v.a. v. 510, 3913, curse.
  • warisoun (-on), s. i. 671, 3349, property.
  • warm, a. iii. 314, iv. 422, vii. 4135,
  • al warm, ii. 2485, v. 679.
  • warme, v.a. viii. 1194.
  • warne, v.a. i. 2506, ii. 1436, 2092, iv. 1432, warn, command, inform.
  • warnynge, s. viii. 581.
  • was, were, &c., see be.
  • was, as subst. viii. 2435.
  • wast, a. P. 839, v. 7816, desolate, wasted.
  • wast, s. (1), i. 1192, v. 356, 4656, waste.
  • wast, s. (2), v. 7143, waist.
  • waste, v.a. P. 649, i. 2836, 3310.
  • wastour, s. v. 1053.
  • water, s. i. 2194, ii. 2189, 3170, iv. 3009, vii. 238,
  • water stronde, i. 1169,
  • water Nimphes, v. 1182,
  • water spoute, vii. 1193.
  • watergates, s.pl. iii. 689, 987.
  • waterpot, s. iii. 673.
  • wawe, s. i. 2945, ii. 24, 728, iv. 3083.
  • waxe, wexe, v.n. P. 629, ii. 2260, iii. 56, iv. 345,
  • 3 s.pres. wext, vi. 34,
  • waxeth, P. 1078,
  • 3 s.pret. wax, P. 914, ii. 1713,
  • 3 pl. woxen, P. 914, vii. 1995,
  • pp. woxe, v. 9, 6008.
  • way, see weie.
  • wayt, s. ii. 2447, 2999.
  • wayten, see waite.
  • we, pron. P. 2, i. 842, &c.,
  • cp. ous.
  • wedd, s. i. 1558, pledge;
  • to wedde, i. 1588, ii. 2662, iv. 2876, as a pledge.
  • wedde(n), v.a.n. i. 1587, 1741, 2486, ii. 623, 664, 1305, v. 486,
  • pp. weddid, iv. 650, wedded, i. 1761.
  • wedded, a. v. 4655, 5631.
  • weddinge, s. vii. 5326.
  • wede, s. ii. 1847, v. 6209, dress, cover.
  • weder, s. i. 2925, ii. 1888, iii. 1029, v. 7048, weather, wind.
  • weene, s. iv. 2595, expectation.
  • weene, v. see wene.
  • weer, see wer.
  • weie, s. P. 17, 232, i. 89, 818, 1002, 1712, 3440,
  • (weye, viii. 3058*),
  • wey, i. 1562,
  • way, v. 6596;
  • do wey, vii. 5408;
  • mi weie, his weie (= away), viii. 1452, PP. 336: way, road, means.
  • weie, v.a.n. v. 4412, vii. 1105, PP. 91,
  • pp. weie, PP. 320, weigh.
  • weile, see waile.
  • weke, s. i. 3110, vii. 957, week.
  • wel, adv. P. 92, 522, 616, &c.,
  • wiel, P. 648, vii. 816,
  • wel is, i. 1605,
  • wel you be, ii. 1513,
  • cp. iii. 840,
  • wel the more, &c., P. 55*, ii. 3512, 3523,
  • wel a fourtenyht, iv. 1418,
  • als (also) wel ... as, i. 1316, 2248 f., ii. 3408.
  • wel, wele, s. P. 547, i. 149, 2371, iii. 283, 780, iv. 1070, prosperity, happiness.
  • welcome, a. v. 3788.
  • welcome, v.a. v. 3373, viii. 1895.
  • welcominge, welcomyng, s. ii. 671, v. 3813, vi. 1504.
  • welde(n), v.a. ii. 2411, iv. 1828, v. 77, 1631, vii. 657, manage, rule.
  • welfare, s. ii. 225, iv. 3412.
  • welke, v.n. P. 934, wither;
  • pp. welked, viii. 2437.
  • welkne, s. P. 928, iii. 985, viii. 1042.
  • welle, s. i. 148, 2306, 2343, iii. 1408, well, spring;
  • welle stremes, vii. 251.
  • wellwillende, a. iv. 507, well disposed.
  • welmore, adv. i. 973, iii. 455, 797, much more.
  • welnyh, adv. P. 30, i. 983, vi. 1685.
  • welthe, P. 95, 787, i. 2495, ii. 1207, prosperity, wealth.
  • welwillinge, s. iii. 599, 2258, goodwill.
  • wenche, s. ii. 3097.
  • wende(n), v.a. v. 522,
  • pret. wente, ii. 2248,
  • pp. went, P. 246, iii. 878, v. 4450, vii. 442, turn;
  • v.n. and refl. P. 591, i. 2090,
  • 3 s.pres. went, i. 50,
  • pret. wente, i. 143, 826, 1163, v. 3314,
  • went, v. 7533, turn, go.
  • wene, weene, v.n. P. 337, 656, i. 681, 1603, 1897, ii. 2479, iv. 911, 2596,
  • pret. wende, i. 2005, ii. 2289, think, expect, trust;
  • v.a. i. 925, 1194, ii. 2018,
  • pret. wende, i. 1187, expect, believe.
  • wenge, see wynge.
  • wente, s. iv. 168, v. 2726, vi. 1029, vii. 2250, turn, way, device.
  • wenynge, wenyng, i. 1946, 1958, 2267, expectation, thought.
  • wepe, v.n. i. 115, 955, 965, 2325,
  • 3 s.pres. wepth, i. 2338,
  • pret. wepte, i. 2180, 2325, weep.
  • wepinge, s. i. 2188, 3171, viii. 522.
  • wepne, s. ii. 1767, v. 338, weapon.
  • wepneles, a. vii. 2850, without arms.
  • wer, weer, s. P. 143, i. 1924, iii. 1148, doubt, difficulty.
  • werche, see worche(n).
  • were (1), v.a. P. 356, iv. 1429,
  • pp. wered (oute), P. 870, wear;
  • v.n. were (oute), P. 368.
  • were (2), v.a. v. 3615, defend.
  • were, s. vii. 4813, wearing.
  • werinesse, s. vii. 3264*.
  • werk, s. P. 51, i. 1090, 2542,
  • pl. werkes, P. 491, iii. 1274.
  • werke, see worche(n).
  • werkman, s. i. 1091.
  • werkmanschipe, s. i. 2541.
  • werne, v.a. i. 1931, ii. 85, iv. 2066, viii. 948;
  • v.n. i. 2622, prevent, refuse.
  • werre, s. P. 129, i. 2463, 3288, war.
  • werre, v.a. iii. 2489, 2537, fight against,
  • pp. werred, iv. 1805, be engaged in war;
  • v.n. iii. 2584, v. 6420*, make war.
  • werre, see werse.
  • werreiour, s. ii. 2516, iii. 2348, PP. 130.
  • werse, a.comp. P. 638, iii. 1563,
  • worse, P. 57, iii. 2598;
  • as subst. the werse, iii. 587,
  • the worse, v. 7353,
  • the werre, P. 176, iii. 1646,
  • for bet, for wers, iv. 673:
  • adv. wurse, v. 6994,
  • worse, vii. 5293.
  • werste, a.sup. i. 3057,
  • worste, iii. 2102;
  • as subst. the werste, P. 641, ii. 1675, v. 7363,
  • cp. viii. 1067,
  • the worste, ii. 443, v. 3278:
  • adv. werst, worst, i. 326, iv. 420,
  • worste, i. 2360.
  • wery, a. iii. 1153, vii. 415, weary.
  • west, s. vii. 565.
  • westward, adv. vii. 576.
  • wet, a. i. 1680,
  • pl. wete, v. 4087;
  • as subst. the wete, vi. 1271.
  • wete, v.a. vi. 1042,
  • pret. wette, v. 3973, wet.
  • wether, s. v. 4045, vi. 429, ram.
  • wetinge, s. iv. 1109, wetting.
  • weve, v.a.n. v. 1283, vii. 4333,
  • pret. waf, v. 5770, weave.
  • wevinge, s. iv. 1175.
  • wex, s. iv. 1055, vi. 1958, wax.
  • wexe, see waxe.
  • wey, see weie.
  • weyhte, s. ii. 341, 1926, iii. 1572, weight, balance.
  • weyve, v.a. i. 479, 2894, ii. 610, 2930, iii. 1061, iv. 3692, vi. 1456, 2058,
  • weive, iii. 1854, viii. 1288, put aside, refuse, leave, vacate;
  • v.n. ii. 3469, iii. 1768, 2509, turn aside, refuse, leave off.
  • whan, whanne, conj. P. 9, 343, i. 112,
  • whan that, P. 37, 337,
  • when, i. 1757, 2402.
  • what, pron. and a. P. 26, i. 881, (= whatever) P. 69*, i. 281, iii. 325,
  • what man, iii. 2508,
  • what womman, i. 1610,
  • what ... that, P. 68, 399, 997,
  • what as (evere), P. 487, i. 1830, v. 351,
  • what ... what, iv. 701, v. 527, 7583,
  • what ... and, viii. 856,
  • what time, iv. 1983.
  • what, s. i. 1676, iii. 1217, v. 4429, thing.
  • whel, see whiel.
  • whelp, s. i. 1259.
  • when, see whan, whenne.
  • whenne, when, interr. adv. iv. 578, viii. 738, 989,
  • fro whenne, ii. 3135, v. 614,
  • fro whenne that, ii. 1147,
  • fro when, iv. 1336;
  • conj. whenne as evere, i. 3375,
  • whenne that, ii. 1583: whence.
  • wher (1), where, interr. adv. P. 381, i. 126, 932;
  • conj. P. 288, i. 35,
  • wher that, P. 666,
  • wher(e) as (evere), P. 893, i. 37, iii. 2339, iv. 2877;
  • wher on, iv. 3001,
  • elles where, ii. 1979, iii. 2079: where.
  • wher (2), interr. adv.,
  • wher ... or, i. 57, 1811;
  • conj., wher ... or, i. 789, iii. 1000, iv. 1516,
  • wher so ... or, iv. 641, v. 466, 3569, viii. 2220: whether.
  • wherby, rel. adv. v. 4991.
  • wherinne, rel. adv. iv. 1835.
  • wherof, rel. adv. P. 47, i. 454, 829, 1203, iv. 1790, vii. 741,
  • (whereof, PP. 17 ff., wher of, viii. 2952 ff.),
  • wherof that, i. 541, 1266; of which, whence.
  • wherto, rel. adv. iii. 254.
  • wherupon, rel. adv. i. 12, v. 268,
  • (wher upon, vi. 1762).
  • wherwith, rel. adv. v. 2618.
  • whete, s. iv. 1710, viii. 469.
  • whether, a. ii. 1725, iii. 1733, iv. 1741, which (of the two), which ever.
  • whether, conj.,
  • whether that ... or, i. 1332, iv. 1092;
  • cp. wher (2).
  • whi, why, interr. adv. P. 32, 849, i. 2149, iv. 2023,
  • why that, P. 557,
  • whi ne were it (a wish), iv. 2855;
  • for why, v. 4717.
  • which, rel. pron. and a. P. 52, 75, i. 193, 766, 2411, iii. 343 (that which), 2527,
  • the which, P. 71,
  • pl. whiche, P. 707, i. 404, ii. 604,
  • which, P. 1016,
  • which that, i. 94,
  • which(e) as, i. 1653, ii. 2082:
  • interr. i. 827;
  • in exclamation, iv. 1212, v. 388, 1186.
  • whider, interr. adv. iv. 578, 3446, whither.
  • whiderward, interr. adv. vii. 777.
  • whiel, whel, P. 138, 444, 561, i. 2490, ii. 241, 1822, iv. 1196, wheel.
  • whil, whyl, while, conj. P. 252, i. 762, ii. 1010, iii. 1577, iv. 1495,
  • whil that, whyl that, i. 963, 3384.
  • while, whyle, s. P. 558, i. 706, 756, 1094, 1264, 1577, 2628, ii. 1846, 2324, 2862, v. 6752;
  • al the while (as conj.), iii. 2530,
  • the whyle, iv. 1565, (meanwhile): short time, time, leisure.
  • whiles, whyles, see therwhile.
  • whilom, P. 54, 886, i. 975, whylom, iv. 2347, formerly.
  • whippe, s. iii. 120.
  • who, pron.indef., who that, P. 13, 550, i. 481,
  • who so, P. 1002,
  • who so that, v. 50,
  • who as evere, iv. 1096, 1685,
  • as who seith, P. 43, i. 1381, 2794:
  • interr. P. 176,
  • who was who, vii. 2001, viii. 2461:
  • relat. whom, P. 85,
  • the whom, ii. 162,
  • whos, P. 444,
  • the whos, iv. 3039, v. 1798:
  • cp. which.
  • why, see whi.
  • whyt, whit, a. ii. 1506, iii. 797, iv. 1348,
  • def. whyte, iv. 859,
  • pl. whyte, i. 2045, iv. 1310:
  • as subst. whyt, iv. 1317,
  • the whyt, v. 3016,
  • the whyte, iv. 2571.
  • wicchecraft, s. vi. 1288.
  • wicke, a. ii. 571, iii. 115, 462, 1651, v. 7353,
  • wikke, viii. 3025, bad:
  • as subst. v. 5915.
  • wicke, s. i. 3312, ii. 495, evil.
  • wicked, a. ii. 496, iii. 1626,
  • wickid, iii. 649, vii. 3805,
  • wikkid, P. 459.
  • wickedly, adv. i. 959.
  • wickednesse, wikkidnesse, s. vii. 4723, 5060.
  • wide, see wyde.
  • wiel, see wel.
  • wierde, s. iii. 1819,
  • weerdes, (pl.) iv. 2765, destiny.
  • wif, s. i. 677, 765, 1573,
  • genit. wyves, i. 2500,
  • dat. to wyve, v. 2686,
  • pl. wyves, ii. 1283, v. 6019, woman, wife.
  • wifhode, s. i. 974, v. 456, vi. 1475.
  • wifles, a. i. 1411, viii. 1760, without wife.
  • wihssinge, s. iii. 1174, wishing.
  • wiht, wyht, s. i. 28, 315, 745, 1548,
  • wight, i. 3011, person, creature.
  • wikkid, wikkidnesse, see wicked, &c.
  • wilde, wylde, a. P. 68*, 1057, i. 1241, ii. 161, 2295, iii. 325, 1638,
  • a wylde fyr, v. 2178.
  • wildernesse, s. iv. 1975, v. 1263,
  • wyldernesse, vii. 3216*.
  • wile, see wyle.
  • wilful, a. iii. 2449.
  • wille, will, s. P. 477, i. 190, 928, 1953, iii. 1161 ff., iv. 1828,
  • (wil, P. 72*, viii. 3037*), will, pleasure, wilfulness.
  • willinge, s. v. 5744.
  • wind, see wynd.
  • winde, v.a., pret. wond, v. 6889.
  • winge, see wynge.
  • winke, wynke, v.n. i. 384, v. 1842, close the eye.
  • winne, see wynne.
  • winnynge, s. iii. 2284.
  • wirche, see worche(n).
  • wis, see wys.
  • wisdom, s. P. 13, i. 2267, viii. 1483.
  • wise, s. P. 463, i. 478, 747, 2018, 3027,
  • wyse, P. 8, manner.
  • wisemen, see wysman.
  • wisly, see wysly.
  • wiss, adv., als so wiss, v. 3487,
  • als so wiss ... as, v. 4444, surely.
  • wisse(n), v.a. P. 232, iii. 1640, v. 1669, inform, guide.
  • wisshe, v.n. i. 115, 3164, iii. 1575, iv. 11,
  • pret. wisshide, i. 120.
  • wisshes, s.pl. iii. 1507, iv. 1107, vii. 4826.
  • wist, see wite.
  • wit, witt, s. P. 14, i. 1309, 1907, iii. 609, 1163 ff.,
  • pl. wittes, P. 81, i. 296, mind, reason, wits, senses.
  • wite(n), v.a.n. P. 286, i. 2742,
  • 2 s.pres. wost, ii. 3528,
  • 3 s. wot, P. 27, ii. 226,
  • woot, i. 1640,
  • 3 pl. witen, i. 608,
  • pret. wiste, P. 1024, i. 911, 931, ii. 36,
  • wist, ii. 2010,
  • pp. wist, P. 503,
  • hadde I wist, i. 1888, ii. 473, iv. 305,
  • wiste, viii. 37,
  • imperat. wite, i. 2450, know:
  • cp. not.
  • with, prep. and adv. P. 85, 132, i. 248, 514, ii. 283, viii. 2501, 2553,
  • with that, i. 972, ii. 1528,
  • forth with, see forth.
  • withal, adv. P. 545, i. 1225,
  • withalle, i. 2307, ii. 1777,
  • withall, ii. 3474,
  • with al, i. 3421, therewith, moreover.
  • withdrawe, v.a. and refl. i. 2224,
  • pret. withdrowh, withdrouh, i. 930, iii. 2673, v. 6268,
  • pp. withdrawe, ii. 2582, iv. 2683, v. 2812,
  • imperat. withdrawgh, withdrawh, iv. 3220, v. 7738;
  • v.n. iv. 1924.
  • withholde, v.a. iv. 533, v. 3383,
  • pp. withholde, P. 101, 263, i. 262, iii. 851, keep, retain (in service).
  • withinne, prep. P. 989, i. 1158, 2954,
  • withinnen, viii. 959;
  • adv. P. 836, i. 360, 875,
  • (withynne, viii. 3081).
  • withoute, prep. P. 114, i. 119,
  • withouten, P. 985, iii. 55,
  • (with outen, with oute, viii. 2951, 3089*), without:
  • adv. withoute, P. 794, i. 597, ii. 4, v. 2279, outside, outwardly, without.
  • withsein, withseie, v.a. iii. 978, 2166,
  • 3 s.pres. withseith, ii. 2806,
  • withseid, iii. 1838, oppose, say in opposition.
  • withset, v.a.pp. ii. 2335, hindered.
  • withstonde, v.a. i. 787, iv. 1993,
  • pret. withstod, ii. 2973,
  • pp. withstonde, i. 91;
  • noght withstondende, v. 1611,
  • cp. vi. 683.
  • witles, a. vi. 163, 567, senseless.
  • witnesse, s. P. 907, i. 714, 2559, ii. 1696, iii. 487, iv. 2040, evidence, witness.
  • witnesse, v.a.n. ii. 3095, v. 2864, vii. 4821, bear testimony (to).
  • wo, s. P. 547, iv. 3031,
  • wo thee be, i. 1659, iii. 462,
  • cp. i. 1076, iii. 802,
  • wo worthe, viii. 1334, 2582,
  • wo begon, i. 1762,
  • wo the while, v. 6752.
  • wo, a. ii. 134, v. 3678, sorrowful.
  • wod, a. P. 1078, ii. 153, iii. 217,
  • def. wode, iii. 244, iv. 3064, mad, wild.
  • wode, s. i. 110, 344, ii. 2296,
  • (woode, v. 7026*),
  • genit. wodes, iv. 1308, wood.
  • wode, v.n. iii. 86, rage.
  • wodemayde, s. v. 6237, wood-maiden.
  • wodesschawe, s. v. 6324, wood.
  • woful(l), a. P. 255, i. 75, 1001, 1674;
  • sup. the wofulleste, vii. 5017.
  • wofully, wofulli, adv. ii. 1149, 3224, vi. 1009.
  • wol, v. 1, 3 s.pres. P. 482, 750, 963,
  • woll, P. 62, i. 838, 1266,
  • wole, i. 2389, v. 4516,
  • wile, i. 1865,
  • nyle (= ne wyle), iii. 961,
  • 2 s. wolt, i. 2254,
  • wilt, i. 3333,
  • pl. ye wole, i. 1831,
  • ye woll, i. 66, 3274,
  • wol ye, ii. 551,
  • 3 pl. wol, i. 1363 f., iv. 1678,
  • wole, v. 2107,
  • 3 s.pres. subj. (?) wole, P. 368, iv. 1171, 1215,
  • wile, P. 379, i. 35,
  • pret. ind. and subj. wolde, P. 17, 151, 461, i. 162, 816, 3169,
  • wold, v. 4217, 7137,
  • wolde god, iv. 899, 1148,
  • pp. wold, iv. 248; will, would (as auxil.):
  • v.a. i. 3169, iv. 3475, desire.
  • woldes, as subst. pl. vi. 923.
  • wolf, s. P. 419, iv. 328, vii. 3364.
  • wolle, s. iv. 2435, v. 45, 1203,
  • wulle, P. 399, iv. 2895, wool.
  • wollesak, s. i. 1692, sack of wool.
  • wombe, s. P. 609, iii. 190, iv. 2755, belly, womb.
  • womman, s. i. 681, ii. 56,
  • pl. wommen, i. 488.
  • wommanhiede (-hede), s. i. 1719, iii. 1607, iv. 602, 2305, v. 533, woman’s nature, womanliness.
  • wommanlich, wommanly, a. i. 2757, vii. 4879.
  • wommanysshe, wommannysshe, wommanisshe, a. i. 495, 913, iv. 1924, v. 6199, viii. 855,
  • wommannysch, womannyssh, i. 1530, vii. 4321, womanly, effeminate.
  • wonde(n), v.n. iii. 1569, 2215, v. 7036, turn aside;
  • v.a. vii. 5260, avoid.
  • wonder, s. P. 75, 243, i. 2798,
  • wondre, iv. 1972,
  • (wondir, viii. 3093, PP. 47),
  • pl. wondres, v. 1570;
  • no wonder thogh, &c., i. 1726, 2759.
  • wonder, a. i. 67, 411, 1328, wondrous:
  • adv. P. 604, i. 368.
  • wonderfull, a. P. 557, v. 349.
  • wonderly (-li), adv. ii. 1544, iii. 1157, iv. 2980.
  • wondre, v.n. P. 175, ii. 775, 1508, iv. 3647.
  • wondringe, s. v. 5149.
  • wone, s. i. 2276, ii. 3260, iii. 149, v. 468, custom, habit.
  • wone, v.n. i. 920, ii. 1053, iii. 150, v. 467, dwell.
  • wones, s.pl. iv. 2217, v. 210, vii. 4116, viii. 612, possession.
  • wont, a. i. 2979, 3036, iv. 3105.
  • worche(n), v.a.n. i. 2615, ii. 215, 1850, iii. 357, 959, iv. 2595, v. 463,
  • werche, P. 450, i. 626, v. 1800,
  • (wirche, PP. 20, 199),
  • werke, i. 633, v. 1894;
  • pret. wroghte, P. 694, 1008, iii. 1117,
  • (wroughte, viii. 3002),
  • pp. wroght, i. 1061, 2613, work, do.
  • worchinge, s. ii. 3485, vii. 1369.
  • word, s. P. 113, 460, i. 746, ii. 1406, vii. 1509 ff.,
  • (pl. wordis, viii. 3118 ff.).
  • worde, v.n. iii. 742, dispute.
  • world, s. P. 10, 28, 383, 1081, i. 178, 1257, ii. 2972, iii. 626, iv. 2078, vii. 2521, 2702;
  • worldes blisse, &c., i. 1771, 2683, iii. 2470,
  • worldes deth, i. 2213,
  • a worldes womman, v. 5755: world, fortune.
  • worldesriche, s. iii. 2587, v. 87.
  • worldly, a. P. 219;
  • adv. vii. 2304.
  • worm, s. v. 3716, 5131, serpent.
  • worschipe, s. P. 785, i. 919, 1553, v. 188, 195, honour.
  • worschipe, v.a. P. 105, v. 1272, honour, worship.
  • worschipful, a. ii. 662.
  • worse, worst, see werse, werste.
  • wortes, s.pl. vii. 2297, herbs.
  • worth, s. P. 636, iv. 1327.
  • worth, a. P. 629, i. 1927, iii. 1652.
  • worthe, v.n. vi. 279, become,
  • wo worthe, viii. 1334, 2582.
  • worthi, a. P. 45, i. 203, 316, 764, iv. 1335, v. 105;
  • as subst.pl. v. 2058;
  • sup. the worthieste, i. 1432, vi. 1600.
  • worthili (-ly), adv. ii. 604, 2649.
  • worthinesse, s. P. 50*, i. 1435, iv. 1156.
  • wounde, s. i. 1426, iii. 308, vii. 1568, wound.
  • wounde(n), v.a. iv. 2002, vii. 4282,
  • pp. wounded, viii. 2818.
  • wow, s. iii. 1341, iv. 246, wall.
  • wowe, v.n. iv. 161, 2281, 2711, v. 2888, woo.
  • wower, s. ii. 52, wooer.
  • wrastle, v.n. viii. 2240 f.
  • wrathful, a. vii. 411.
  • wrathfulli, adv. v. 7202.
  • wraththe, s. i. 3325, iii. 83, 842,
  • wrathe, iii. 21.
  • wraththe(n), v.n. and refl. iii. 385, 401,
  • pret. wroth, viii. 1692, be angry.
  • wrecche, s. i. 2098, v. 4856, wretch.
  • wreche, s. P. 899, ii. 572, iii. 231, v. 388,
  • wrieche, vii. 537, 4731,
  • wreeche, iii. 2147, vengeance.
  • wreke, v.a. i. 1519, iii. 1109, iv. 3618,
  • pp. wroke(n), ii. 536, 2174, iii. 860,
  • wreke, ii. 186, v. 5869, avenge, satisfy.
  • wrenne, s. viii. 2227.
  • wrieche, see wreche.
  • wringe, v.a. iii. 1426, iv. 2673.
  • writ, s. ii. 3386, v. 1923, viii. 2698.
  • write, see wryte.
  • writere, s. iv. 2657.
  • writhe, v.a.pp. vii. 5341, twisted.
  • writinge, see wrytinge.
  • wroghte, wroght, see worchen.
  • wrong, a. ii. 2391, v. 5743,
  • def. wrong, ii. 295,
  • pl. wronge, iv. 3709.
  • wrong, s. P. 251, ii. 1739, iii. 2425, PP. 106,
  • with wrong (= wrongly), vi. 2320.
  • wronge, v.n. ii. 3070, v. 7634, do wrong.
  • wrongful, wrongfull, a. ii. 2980, iii. 2343, 2354, v. 7385, vii. 5247.
  • wroth, a. i. 368, 1204, iii. 217,
  • for wroth, vi. 1696,
  • pl. wrothe, P. 920, iv. 1873.
  • wryte(n), v.a.n. P. 6, 21, i. 74, &c.,
  • (write, P. 56*, viii. 3014*),
  • 3 s.pres. writ, P. 13, vii. 4560,
  • pret.s. wrot, i. 1487,
  • pl. write(n), P. 1, i. 1857, iv. 2525,
  • pret. subj. write, P. 41,
  • pp. write(n), P. 3, iv. 1662; write.
  • wrytinge, wrytynge, s. P. 38, ii. 3030, iv. 2924, vi. 2438,
  • writynge, P. 53*,
  • writinges (pl.), i. 8.
  • wulle, see wolle.
  • wurse, see werse.
  • wyde, wide, a. P. 100, i. 627, ii. 595;
  • adv. vii. 3320,
  • wyde where, iii. 1019, viii. 1460.
  • wydewhere, adv. vii. 3456, far and wide:
  • see wyde.
  • wyht, see wiht.
  • wyhte, a.pl. viii. 681, nimble.
  • wylde, see wilde.
  • wyle, s. i. 755, 2627, ii. 480,
  • wiles, (pl.) i. 2588, cunning, wile.
  • wympel, wimpel, s. iii. 1396, 1419, v. 6889.
  • wyn, s. i. 2549, ii. 1008,
  • pl. wynes, iv. 2442, wine.
  • wynd, s. P. 923, i. 2410,
  • wind, viii. 2851.
  • wynddrive, pp. vi. 1423, driven by wind.
  • wyndi, wyndy, a. vi. 1418, viii. 1146.
  • wyndou, wyndowe, s. v. 6513, 6661.
  • wyndrunke, a. vi. 547, drunk with wine.
  • wynge, winge, s. ii. 417, v. 6005, 6526,
  • pl. wynges, iii. 2107, iv. 111,
  • wenges, viii. 2655.
  • wynke, see winke.
  • wynne, winne, v.a.n. P. 265, 403, i. 792, 823, 1809,
  • pret. wan, P. 709, i. 3421,
  • pl. wonne, iii. 2049,
  • pret. subj. wonne, iv. 2782,
  • pp. wonne, P. 687, i. 755, iv. 2184, vi. 2231,
  • wunne, vi. 2092, win, get, make, gain;
  • v.n. winne (awey), v. 352, get (away).
  • wynter, s. i. 2355, 3253,
  • genit. wyntres, v. 5959,
  • pl. with num., wynter, i. 1153, 1803, ii. 3207;
  • as a. P. 938, i. 1167, ii. 1817, iii. 684.
  • wyny, a. viii. 2849.
  • wype, v.a. v. 6529.
  • wys, wis, a. P. 157, i. 1899,
  • def. wyse, P. 65, i. 3396,
  • pl. wise, P. 363, i. 2017, 2768, iv. 2367;
  • as subst. sing. the wise, ii. 3248,
  • pl. wyse, P. 7;
  • superl. the wiseste (as subst.), P. 666, i. 1097: wise.
  • wyse, s. see wise.
  • wysly, wisly, adv. i. 536, ii. 2854, vii. 2482.
  • wysman, wisman, s. P. 68, i. 130, 1064, iii. 954,
  • pl. wisemen, vii. 1792,
  • genit. wisemennes, PP. 94.
  • wyte, s. ii. 430, iv. 2622,
  • (wite, P. 59*), blame, censure.
  • wyte, v.a. ii. 1844, charge;
  • to (forto) wyte, P. 530, i. 20, 263, 592, 1455, 2214,
  • (to wite, viii. 3013*), to be blamed.
  • wyve, v.n. ii. 3112, iv. 256, take a wife.
  • wyve, wyves, s. see wif.
  • Y
  • yare (ȝ), a. i. 1165, v. 3299, 5613, ready.
  • ybore, see bere.
  • Ychonithon, vii. 1453.
  • ydeac, vi. 1318.
  • ydel, a. i. 1986, iv. 1094, 2678, v. 4724, idle, useless, empty:
  • adv. iv. 1152.
  • ydeliche, adv. iv. 1197, idly.
  • ydelnesse, s. iv. 1086, 1104.
  • ydelschipe, idelschipe, s. iv. 1729, 2329, vii. 4390.
  • Ydoine, vi. 879.
  • ydolatrie, s. v. 1587, vii. 4497.
  • Ydomeneux, iii. 1949.
  • ydriades, vii. 835, (name of a stone).
  • ydromance, s. vi. 1297, divination by water.
  • ydropesie, s. v. 250, dropsy.
  • ye (ȝ), pron. P. 16, i. 182, 588, 1821,
  • yee, vi. 1071, viii. 1533,
  • obl. you, yow, i. 66, 173.
  • ye, yee (ȝ), adv. P. 373, i. 550, 740, ii. 17, 1387, yea.
  • ÿe, see yhe.
  • yede (ȝ), v.n.pret. ii. 856, vii. 2786, went.
  • yelde(n) (ȝ), v.a. v. 4926, 7092,
  • pret. pl. yolde, viii. 1265,
  • pp. yolde, iv. 2125, v. 5648, vii. 4639, render, surrender, repay.
  • yelpe (ȝ), v.n. iv. 3410, v. 6156;
  • refl. i. 26, 1651: boast.
  • yelwe (ȝ), a. vii. 4881.
  • yeme (ȝ), v.a. v. 6611, take care of.
  • yer, yeer (ȝ), s. P. 25, 779,
  • pl. yeres, ii. 711, 1218, 2259,
  • yeeres, iv. 481,
  • yer, i. 2922, 3134;
  • yer (yeer) to yere, yer to yeere, i. 342, ii. 239, v. 1242,
  • yer be yere, ii. 20,
  • yeeres dai, v. 1311: year.
  • yerd (ȝ), s. iv. 870, courtyard.
  • yerde (ȝ), s. iii. 369, v. 2363, vii. 4676, stick.
  • yeve (ȝ), see yive(n).
  • yhe, ÿe, s. P. 34, 330, i. 305, 903, 2362, v. 2034,
  • pl. yhen, i. 140, 774, eye, sight.
  • yhed, a.,
  • bryht yhed, vii. 1857, bright eyed (man).
  • yhte, s. v. 7307, possession.
  • yifte (ȝ), s. i. 794, 1100, ii. 330, gift;
  • god I yive a yifte, iv. 1114, I vow to God,
  • cp. iv. 1684.
  • yifteles (ȝ), a. ii. 997.
  • yis (ȝ), adv. ii. 235, 1251, iii. 416, 854, iii. 1269, yes (not specially after a negative).
  • yit (ȝ), adv. P. 62, i. 1284, 2364, ii. 60, iii. 199,
  • yet (ȝ), P. 179, i. 576, 786;
  • for the time yit, &c., vi. 311, 893: yet, as yet, moreover.
  • yive(n) (ȝ), v.a. i. 964, 1648, ii. 1208, iv. 1114,
  • yeve, P. 167,
  • 2 s.pres. yifst, v. 5856,
  • 3 s. yifth, P. 519, iv. 367,
  • pret. yaf, P. 226, i. 817,
  • imperat. yif, i. 135, 1972,
  • pp. yove(n), P. 332, i. 1125, iii. 1594, give.
  • yle, ile, s. i. 1578, iv. 435, v. 861, 1254,
  • thyle, v. 1071, island.
  • ylem, s. vii. 216 ff., first substance.
  • Ylia, v. 894.
  • Ylioun, v. 7236.
  • ymage, s. P. 604, i. 804, v. 1499.
  • ymagerie, s. v. 5771.
  • ymaginacion (-oun), s. i. 958, 2269, 3069, ii. 2845.
  • ymaginynge, s. vii. 3312.
  • ynche, s. i. 1112, inch.
  • Ynde, iii. 2447, iv. 2056, v. 1049, 1910.
  • Yndien, a. v. 4732.
  • Yno, v. 4271 ff.
  • ynowh, a. i. 929, 1565,
  • pl. ynowhe, ynowe, i. 1135, ii. 3226;
  • subst. ynogh, ynow, v. 84, 2485: enough.
  • ynowh, ynouh, ynow, ynou, adv. ii. 3319, v. 2607, 5010, vii. 2100, sufficiently.
  • Yo, iv. 3319 ff.
  • yock (ȝ), s. v. 108, yoke.
  • yoke(n) (ȝ), v.a. iv. 1836, v. 3519, yoke.
  • yomen (ȝ), s.pl. vi. 1811.
  • yong (ȝ), a. i. 488,
  • def. yonge, i. 790, iv. 503,
  • pl. yonge, ii. 3219, iii. 1800;
  • as subst. pl. i. 2086, v. 3930;
  • comp. yonger, v. 5395;
  • sup. the yongest, i. 3133.
  • yongly (ȝ), a. v. 7202*, viii. 2674.
  • you, yow (ȝ), see ye.
  • youre (ȝ), poss. pron. i. 2768, iii. 596, 1087,
  • your, iii. 627;
  • disj. youres, i. 1852.
  • yowthe, youthe (ȝ), s. i. 730, iii. 153, 793, iv. 1588, (person) viii. 2462 ff.
  • Ypocras, vi. 1409.
  • ypocrisie, ipocrisie, s. i. 585, 635, 1034, 1079, hypocrisy.
  • ypocrite, s. i. 591 ff.
  • Ypolitus, v. 967.
  • yren, see iren.
  • Yris, iv. 2972 ff.
  • ys, s. ii. 1824, vi. 245, ice.
  • Ysis, i. 806, v. 801, 816,
  • Isis, iv. 460,
  • Ysis temple, i. 842, 858.
  • Ysolde, vi. 472, viii. 2501.
  • Ytaile, iv. 93, 2183, v. 887, 903, 1223.
  • Ytalie, ii. 591.
  • Ytaspis, vii. 1785.
  • yvor, s. iv. 383, ivory.
  • yvy (lef), s. iv. 586, ivy (leaf).
  • ywiss, adv. i. 1281, ii. 2394,
  • iwiss, i. 1226, certainly.
  • Z
  • Zelpha, viii. 131.
  • Zenzis, iv. 2421.
  • zodiaque, s. vii. 697, 977.
  • Zorastes, vi. 1402, 2368.
  • Zorobabel, vii. 1802 ff.