GLOSSARY
adaunt, v. tr., to subdue or tame.
alleged, pp., Fr. alleger,.
comforted or eased.
among, adv., now and again.
ancille, n. (Fr. ), a handmaid.
anker, n., an anchorite or hermit.
bleveth, n. v., remaineth.
bobance, n., ostentatiom.
brochets. n.. spikes.
celyers, n., secret abodes.
cenacle, n., guest room.
cene-thursday, comp. n., maundy Thursday.
couthe, v. (kythen) gave.
culex. n.. a gnat.
defended, v., forbade.
did do make=caused to be made.
dizaines, n., divisions of ten each.
entremeted, v., dealt with
escroceles, n., scrofula.
eurous, adj. Fr. heureux, happy.
facound, adj., fluent.
feretre, n., a shrine.
governail, n., Fr.gouvernail tame. a rudder.
grewe, n., greek.
grinnes n. snares or traps.
guerished, pp., Fr. guerir, healed.
havoir, n., property or goods.
hele, v., to hide.
impetre, v., beseech.
karols, n., ring dances accompanied by song.
lavas, n., lavishness or freedom.
leasings, n., lies.
Iouting, pr. p., bowing, here used for lurking.
make, n., mate or companion.
maleurty, n., Fr. malheur, unhappiness.
mat, adj., sad.
mathesis, n., mathematical science.
meiny, n., retinue.
mesels, n., lepers.
mortuary, n., an ecclesiastical heriot or
death-fee.
moyenne, adj., medium.
pens, n., wings.
rechauf, n. tr., kindle spiritually.
reliefs, n., (Fr.), fragments of broken meat.
rought, v., i., heeded.
rume, v., to ease (?).
sacre, v., consecrate.
sadder, adj., firmer.
simulachres, n., Fr. simulacare, images.
suffrance, n., help.
taillage, n., toll or impost.
to-frushed. adj., much bruised.
trental, n., a series of thirty masses for the
dead.
truandise, n., imposture.
undern, n., from sunrise to noon.
unnethe, adj., scarcely.
unpurveyed, adv., unawares.
warned, v., refused.
windowed, p.p., pierced or fretted.
wood, adj., mad.
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