Privetre, n.

Private business.

Processe, n. Lat. Progress.

Profession, n. Fr. The monastic professioun.
Proheme, n. Fr. Gr. A preface.
Proine, v. Fr. Provigner. It seems to have signi-
fied originally, to take cuttings from vines, in
order to plant them out. From hence it has
been used for the cutting away of the superfiu-
ous shoots of all trees; which we now call prun-
ing; and for that operation, which birds, and
particularly hawks, perform upon themselves,
of picking out their superfluous or damaged fea-
thers. In allusion to this last sense, Damian is
said to proine and pike himself. Gower, speak-
ing of an eagle, says,

For there he pruneth him and piketh,
As doth an hauke, whan him wel liketh.

Conf. Am. 139.

Prolle, v. To go about in search of a thing.
Provable, adj. Fr. Capable of being demonstrated.
Provinde, n. Fr. Præbenda. Lat. A prebend; a
daily or annual allowance or stipend. See Du
Cange, in v. Præbenda.
Provendre, n. A prebendary.

Proverbe, n. Fr. Lat. A prudential maxim.
Proverbe, v. To speak proverbially.

Provostry, n. Fr. The office of provost, or prefect.
Præfectura.

Prow, n. Fr. Profit, advantage.
Prowesse, n. Fr. Integrity.

Pruce, pr. n. Prussia.

Pruce, adj. Prussian.

Pruned, pa. t. as Proined.
Ptholomee, pr. n.
Puella and Rubeus.

"The names of two figures

in geomancie, representing two constellations in heaven: Puella signifieth Mars retrograde, and Rubeus Mars direct." Sp. Pulchritude, n. Lat. Beauty. Pullaile, n. Fr. Poultry.

Pulled hen. I have been told that a hen whose feathers are pulled, or placked off, will not lay any eggs. If that be true, there is more force in the epithet than I apprehended. Punice, v. Fr. To punish. Pure, adj. Fr. Mere, very. Pured, part. pa. Purified.

Purfiled, part. pa. Guarded or fringed.

Purpos, n. Fr. Purpose, design, proposition in dis

Whoredom. Whoremongers.

Puteurs, n. pl. Pythagoras, pr. n. Aurora.

See the passage quoted in v.

Q.

Quad, Quade, adj. Teut. Bad. None quad: Nothing evil.

Quaile-pipe, n. A pipe used to call quails. Quaire, n. Fr. A quire of paper, a book. Quakke, n. seems to be put for an inarticulate noise, occasioned by any obstruction in the throat.

Qualme, n. Sax. Sickness, the noise made by a

raven.

Диарре, т. To tremble, to quake.
Quarels, n. pl. Fr. Square arrows.
Queint, n. See Junii Etymolog. in v.

Queinte, adj. Fr. Strange. I made of that lefe full queint. He made it strange.-Cunning, artful, trim, neat.

Queinte, pa. t. and part. of Quench, v. Sax. Quenched. Queintise, n. Trimness, neatness, excessive trimness, cunning.

A queen, a harlót. A hand-mill.

Quelle, v. Sax. To kill, to destroy.
Queme, v. Sax. To please. Wel me quemeth. Conf.
Am. 68.
Quene, n. Sax.
Querne, n. Sax.
Querrour, n, Fr. One that works in a stone-quarry.
Queste, n. Fr. A prayer or demand.
Quest-mongers, n. pl. Packers of inquests, or juries.
Quethe, v. Sax. To say, to declare. I quethe him
quite, is a translation of an old technical term in
the law; Clamo illi quietum. The original Fr.
has only Je quitte.

Quik, adj. Sax. Alive.

Zuikkest, superl. d. Speediest. The quikkest strete:
The most expeditious way.
Quiken, v. Sax. To make alive.
Quiked, part. pa. Made alive.
Quiked, pa. t. of the same v. used in a neutral sense,
Became alive.

Quinible, n. is the instrument, I suppose, which is

called in Barb. Lat. Quinterna and Quintaria. See Du Cange, and Carpentier, in v. Quinternizare; and Mehus, Vita d'Ambr. Camald, P. 323. Lyrâ, limbutâ, quintariâ, ribebâ, avená, tibiisque.

Quishen, n. Fr. A cushion.

Quistron, n. A beggar. Gl. Ur. I rather believe it signifies a scullion; un garçon de cuisine. Quite, adj. Fr. Free, quiet.

Quite, v. Fr. To requite, to pay for, to acquit.
Quitte, part. pa. Requited.
Quitely, adv. Freely, at liberty.
Qued, pa. t. of Quethe. Said.
Quoke, pa. t. of Quake, v. Sax. Trembled, shook.

Radevore. Tapestry. "Ras in Fr. signifies any stuff, as Ras de Chalons, Ras de Gennes, Ras de Vore, or Vaur, may be a stuff made at such a place. Gloss. Ur." There is a town in Languedoc, called La Vaur; but I know not that it was ever famous for tapestry.

Rafles, n. pl. Fr. Plays with dice,

Kevelrie, n.

Pleasure.

Revers, adj. Fr.

Contrary.

Reverse, v. Fr.

To overturn.

Revert, v. Fr.

To turn back.

Revest, v. Fr. To cloath again.

Rer, n.

Rise, n. Sax. Small twigs of trees or bushes.
Kishe, n. Sax. A rush.
Rist for Riseth..
Rit for Rideth.

Rivage. See Arivage.

Rive, v. neut. Sax. To split, to fall asunder. Rivling, part. pr. Sax. Wrinkling. Ruyffelen. Belg. Rugare. Kilian.

River, n. Fr. Fro river, or fro the river, i. e. from hawking at water-fowl.

Roche, n. Fr. A rock. Roches, pl.

Rode, n. Sax. The cross. Rode-beem. It is also called the Rode-tree; from its being made of wood.

Rode, n. Sax. Complexion.

Rody, adj. Sax. Ruddy.

In

Rewake, v. Sax. To waken again. Reward, n. Fr. Regard, respect. Take reward of thine owen value: Have regard to t. o. v. reward of: In comparison with. See Regard. Rew, v. Sax. To have compassion, to suffer, to have cause to repent.

Ryrs, n. pl. Dances, in use among the Dutch. Reye. Belg. Chorea celerior, chorea in longam seriem. Kilian.

Rysed. Journeyed. "Les Gandois firent une rese sur les marches, de Haynault, et dedans le pays pillerent, bruslerent, et firent moult de Mem. de la Marche, p. 384. Where a note in the margin says, Reyse en bas Alemand signifie un voyage ou course." Ribaning's, n. pl. Seems to signifie borders. Ribaude, n. A poor labourer. But the word generally implies profligacy of manners as well as meanness of condition.. See Du Cange in v. Ribaldus.

Ribaudric, n. Ribaldry, indecent words, or actions. R bibe, n.

Ribible, n. A small ribibe. Richard, pr. n. I. king of England. Richesse, n. Fr. Wealth. Richesses, pl. Riches. Ritdeled, part. pa. Plaited. Gl. Ur. In one place the French orig. has-Et'fut si bien cueillie et jointe, which Chaucer has translated-Lorde! | it was riddeled fetisly.

Ridden, part. pa. of Ride. He is ridden. They ben ridden, He had ridden.

Ride, v. Sax. He rideth him.

Rife, Rive, v. Sax. To thrust through.

Roignous adj. Fr. Scabby, rough.
Rokette, n. Fr. A loose upper garment.
Roking, part. pr. of Rokke, or Rogge, v. neut. Sax.
Shaking, trembling. Roggyn or waveryn. Vacillo.
Prompt. Parv.

Romances, reales. Royal romances.
Rombel, n. A rumbling noise, rumour.
Rome, v. Sax. To walk about.

Rondel, n. Fr. " A rime or sonnet which ends as it begins." Cotgrave.

Rone, pr. n. Rouen in Normandy.
Rone, pa. t. of Rain, v. Sax. Rained.
Ropien, part. pa. of Repe, v. Sax. Reaped.
Rosalgar. Red arsenic; a preparation of orpiment.
Chambers, in v. Realgar. It should rather per-
haps have been written Rysalgar, with Ms. C. 1.
as the Latin name is Risigallum.
Rosen, adj. Rosy.

Roser, n. Fr. A rose-bush.
Rose-red, adj. Red as a rose.
Role, n. Sax. A root.

Role. A root, in astrology. See Expans yeres.
Rote, n. A musical instrument. See Du Cange,
in v. Rocta. Notker, who lived in the xth cen-
tury, says, that it was the ancient Psalterium,
but altered in its shape and with an additional
number of strings. Schilter, in v. Rotta.
Rote, n. Fr. Practice. By rote: By heart. Par
rotine. Cotg.

Rote, v. Sax. To rot.
Raten, part. pa.

Rother, n. Sax. The rudder of a ship.
Roughi for Raught, pa. t. of Recche.

Rouke, v. Sax. To lie close. But now they rucken in her nest. Conf. Am. 72.

Right, adj. Good, true.

Roumer, comp. d. Wider.

Rouncevall, pr. n. Perhaps the name of some fraternity now unknown.

See Du Cange, in v. Runcinus.

Roundel, o. fr. A sort of song. See Rondel.-A circular figure.

Route, n. Fr. A company.

Route, v. To assemble in a company.

Route, v. Fr. To snore, to roar.

Routhe, n. Sax. Compassion, the object of compassion.

Routheles, adj.

Without compassion.

Row, n. A line of writing. See Rew.

Row, adj. Sax. Rough. He loked wel rowe. Rowne, v. Sax To whisper.

Rubeus. See Puella.

Rubins, n. pl. Fr. Rubies.

Rucking, part. pa. of Rucke, or Rouke, v. Sax.
Lying close.

Rudde, n. Sax. Complexion. See Rode.
Ruddock, n. Sax. A bird, called robin red-breast.
Rufus, pr. n. A Greek physician, of whose works
some are extant. See Fabric. Bibl. Gr. L. iv. c. 3.
Ruggy, adj. Rough.

Russel, pr. n. The fox is call Dan Russel in ver. 15340, from his red colour, I suppose.

S.

Sachelles, n. pl. Fr. Small sacks. Sacked freres. Friars wearing a coarse upper garment called saccus. Mat. Paris, ad an. 1257. Eodem tempore novus ordo apparuit Londini de quibusdam fratribus ignotis et non prævisis, qui, quia saccis incedebant induti, Fratres Saccati vocabantur.

Sacre, n. Fr. A sacred solemnity.

Sade, adj. Sax. Grave, steady, sorrowful, repen

tant.

Sadly, adv. Steadily, carefully. This messager drank sadly ale and wine: This messenger applied himself to drink a. & w. Sadness, n. Gravity, steadiness. Saffron, v. Fr. To tinge with saffron. Saie for Srie, pa. t. of Se, v. Sax. Saw. Saile, v. Fr. To assail.

Sailours, n. pl. May mean dancers, from the Lat. Fr. So in Pierce Ploughman 68. For I canneither saylen, ne saute, ne syng to the gyterne.

The lines which Chaucer has here translated are not in the best edit. of the Rom. de la Rose. Paris. 1735. but they are quoted by Junius, Etym. Ling. Angl. in v. Timbestere, from an edit: of 1529.

Apres y eut farces joyeuses,
Et batelleurs et batelleuses,
Qui de passe passe jouoyent,
Et en l'air ung bassin ruoyent,
Puis le scavoyent bien recueillir
Sur ung doy, sans point y faillir.

Where it is plain that the author is speaking of jugglers rather than dancers.

Saine, for Seine, part. pa. of S., v. Sax. Seen.
Saine, pr. n. The river Seine.

Salade, n. Fr. A sort of armour for the head.
Salades, u. pl. Fr. Sallads of herbs.

Salewe, Salue, v. Fr. To salute.

Salued, part. pa.

Suluinges, n. pl. Salutations.

Sumite, n. Fr. Gr. A rich silk. See Du Cange, in

v. Examitus.

Sarlinishe. Should perhaps be Sarsinishe, from the Fr. Sarrasinois; a sort of fine silk, used for veils. See Du Cange, in v. Saracenicum and Sara. cenum. It is still called sarcenet.

Sarpleres, n. pl. Packages of a larger size than sacks. See Du Cange, in v. Sarplerium. Sarpillére, Fr. A piece of canvas, &c. to wrap or pack up wares in. Cotgrave. Saten, pa. t. pl. of Sit, v. Sax.

Satalie, pr. n. Save, n. Lat. Sauf, adj. Fr. cepted. Savete, n. Fr. Saule for Soule.

The ancient Attalia. The herb sage.

Safe. See Vouche.—Saved, or ex

Safety.

Savour, v. neût. Fr. To taste, to relish. Savouring, n. Fr. The sense of tasting. Savourous, adj. Sweet, pleasant. Sausefleme. Pimpled. But Ms. Bodl. 2463. furnishes another etymology, which I think inore probable. "Unguentum contra salsum flegma, scabiem, &c." See Galen. in Hippoc. de Aliment. Comment. iii. p. 277. λaxnv- γίνεται απα ΦΛΕΓΜΑΤΟΣ ΑΛΜΥΡΟΥ και της ξανθης χολης. And again, ὁ αλφοςὑπο το ΦΛΕΓΜΑΤΟΣ Χ. ΑΛΥΚΟΥ.

Saules, n. pl. Fr. Assaults.

Sautrie, n. Fr. Gr. A musical string-instrument.

See Rote.

Sawe, n. Sax. Speech, discourse, a proverb, or wise saying.

Say for Sey, pa. t. of Se, v. Sax. Saw.
Scall, n. Sax. A scale or scab. Ch, words to his
Scrivener. 3.

Scalled, adj. Scabby, scurfy.
Scantilone, n. Fr. A pattern, a scantling.
Scarce, adj. Fr. Sparing, stingy.
Scariot, pr. n.
Scarmishe, n. Fr.

Judas Iscariot.

A skirmish, a battle.
Scathe, n. Sax. Harm, damage.
Scatheful, Scathelicke, adj. Pernicious.
Scatheles, adj. Without harm.
Sclaundre, n. Fr. Slander.
Sclendre, adj. Slender.

Scochons, n. pl. Fr. Scutcheons of arms.
Scolaie, v. Fr. To attend school, to studie.
Script, n. Fr. A writing.

Scriptures, n. pl. Fr. Writings, books.
Scriven-like. Like a scrivener, or writing-master;
Comme un escrivain.

Séames, n. pl. Sax. Seames: Suturæ.
Secree, adj. Fr. Secret.

Secrenesse, n. Privacy.

See, v. Sax. To see. God you see; God him see: May God keep you, or him, in his sight! On to see: To look on. That-Ye wolde sometime friendly on me see: That ye would sometimes look friendly on me.

See, n. Sax. The sea. The grete see. A learned friend has suggested to me, that the sea on the coast of Palestine is called the Great Sea in the Bible (See Numb. xxxiv. 6. 7. Josh. xv. 12.); which puts the meaning of the appellation in this passage verse 59 out of all doubt, komm Sege, n. Fr. A seige.

Seignorie, n. Fr. Power.

Sein, part, pa. of Sec, v. Sax. Seen.

Seinde, part. pa. of Senge, v. Sax. Singed. Seint, n. Fr. Ceinct. A girdle.

Seintuarie, n. Fr. Sanctuary.

Seke, v. Sax. To seek.

Seke, adj. Sax. Sick.
Selden, adv. Sax.

Seldom. Selden time.

Sele, n. Fr. A seal. Seles, pl.
Self, Selve, adj. Sax. answering to the Belg. Self,
the Fr. Même, the Lat. Ipse, and the Gr. AUTOS.
-With the article prefixed it answers to the
Lat. Idem, and the Goth. Samo, from whence
our same. In the selve moment: In the same
moment. In the selve place: In the same place.
Selle, n. Fr. Celle. Cell.

Selle for Sille, n. Sax. A door-sill or threshold.
Selve, adj. See Self.

Sely, adj. Sax. Silly, simple, harmless.

Selynesse, n. Sax. Happiness.

Semblable, adj. Fr. Like.

Semblaunt, n. Fr. Seeming, appearance.

Semeliche, Semely, adj. Sax. Seemly,

Send for Sendeth.

comely.

Sendall, n. A thin silk. See Du Cange, in v. Cendalum.

Senek, pr. D. Seneca, the philosopher. What is said of him in the Monkes, tale, ver. 1442114436. is taken from the Rom. de la Rose, ver. 6461-6499.

Senge, v. Sax. To singe.

Senior, pr. n. Senior Zadith, a chemical writer. Sentence, n. Fr. Sense, meaning, judgement. Septe, pr. n. Ceuta, formerly Septa, in Africa, over-against Gibraltar.

Sepulture, n. Fr.

Grave.

Serapion, pr. n. Joannes Serapion, an Arabian physician of the xith century. Fabric. Bibl. Gr. t. xIII. p. 299.

Sere, adj. Sax. Dry. Sergeant, n. Fr.

A squier, attendant upon a prince or nobleman. A sergeant of the lawe. See his Character, ver. 311-332. His name is derived from his having been originally a servant of the king in his law-business; serviens ad legem, just as serviens ad arma. The king had formerly a serjeant in every county. Spelman, in v.

Serviens.

Seuretee, n. Fr. Certainty, surety, in a legal sense. Sewe, v. Fr. To follow.

Sewes, n. pl. Er. Dishes.

Sey. See Seie.

Shadde, pa. t. of Shede, v. Sax. Fell in drops. Shadde, pa. t. of Shade, v. Sax. Shaded, covered with shade.

Shadowy, adj. Sax. Unsubstantial.

Shaft, n. Sax. An arrow.

Shal, auxil. v. Sax. is used sometimes with an ellipsis of the infinitive mode, which ought to follow it. Beth swiche as I have ben to you and shal, i. e. shall be. First tell me whither I shal, i. e. shall go. Yet all is don or shal, i. e. shall be done.

Shale, n. Sax. A shell, or husk. But all n'is worthe a nutte shale. Conf. Am. 66.

Shalmies, n. pl. Shalms; musical string-instruments, otherwise called psalteries or sautries.

Role.

Shume, n. Sax. Shames dethe: A death of shame; a shameful death. To York he did him lede, schames dede to deie.

Shamefast, adj. Sax. Modest.
Shape, n. Sax. Form, figure.
Shapelich, adj. Sax. Fit, likely.

Shapen, Shape, part. pa. of Shape, v. Sax. Formed, figured, prepared.

Shawe, n. Sax. A shade of trees, a grove.

Shefe, n. Sax. A bundle, a sheaf of arrowes.
Shevees, pl. of corn.

Shefeld, pr. n. Sheffield, in Yorkshire.
Sheld, n. Sax. A shield.

Sheldes, pl. French crowns, called in Fr. Ecus, from their having on one side the figure of a shield. Shemering, n. Sax. A glimmering. Shend, v. Sax. To ruin.

Shendship, n. Ruin, punishment.
Shene, adj. Sax. Bright, shining.
Shent, part. pa. of Shend.
Shepen, n. Sax.

Shere, v. Sax. Sherte, n. Sax. A shirt. I hadde lever than my sherte. I would give my shirt, i. e. all that T have. It seems to mean the linen in which a new-born child is wrapped. That shapen was my dethe erst than my sherte. Compare Troilus iii. 734.

O fatal sustren, whiche or any clothe

Me shapen was, my destinee me sponne

and Legende of goode Women, 2618.

Sens first that day, that shapen was my sherte,
Or by the fatal suster had my dome.-

In Troilus iv. 96. Alas! that I ne had brought her in my sherte! it seems to be put for skirt (or lap), which perhaps was the original word. Shete, v. Sax. To shoot.

Shetes, n. pl. Sax. Sheets.

Shette, Shet, v. Sax. To close, or shut.

Shette, Shet, pa. t. and part. So was hire herte shette in hire distresse: So was her heart overwhelmed with h. d.

Shift, v. Sax. To divide.
Shilde, Shelde, v. Sax. To shield. God shilde:
God shield, or forbid !

Shipman, n. Sax. A mariner, the master of a barge.
See his character, ver. 390-412.