GLOSSARY
adderbolt, n., a
dragon-fly, also the bolt of a crossbow.
adjousted, pp., Fr.
ajouter, to add. aliened, pp., separated. ayenbar, n., redeemer.
bourdon, n., a staff.
can, v., to be able. cheer,
n., the visage. colestaff, n., a pole for carrying a burden between two
persons. con, v., to know. corbanam, n., an offering.
dilation, n., delay. do
make, did do make = cause to be made,
engrassed, pp., Fr.
engraisser, to fatten or enrich. enseigned, v., Fr. enseigner, to teach.
eurous, adj., Ft. heureux, happy.
flom, n., a river. frushed,
v., Fr. fruisser, to crush or bruise.
goliards, n., jesters or
buffoons. guerished, v., Fr. guerir, to heal.
impedimy, n., disease of
the groin.
jape, n., jest or scoff.
jonkes of the sea, n,, juncus acutus, the great sea rush. jument. n.. a mare
kalked, v., reckoned or
calculated.
leasings, n., lies.
louings, n., praisings. Iowted, pp., bowed, used also for lurked.
maleurte, n., Fr. malheur,
unhappiness. mezny, n., company or retinue. more, adj., greater or elder. move,
v., to be able. moyen, n., middle, mean.
Nebuzar - adan, n. This name
means literally in the Hebrew (2 Kings xxv. ) 'chief of the slayers,' which the
English translators following the Vulgate understand as 'slayers of men,' and
so interpret the name as 'captain of the guard.' But in the Septuagint,
Nebuzar-adan is taken to be chief of the slayers of beasts, hence the title of
'prince of the cooks.' The French version, from which Caxton generally
translates, reads 'car il estoit prince des gueux,' but here Caxton seems to
have turned to the original, where Voragine, strange to say, follows the Latin
version of the Septuagint, and writes ' princeps cocorum.'
palpation, n., touching.
plaies, n., wounds. primetime or printemps, n., spring, prince of the cooks-See
Nebuzar-adan. propice, adj., favourable. pulment, n., pottage.
quatretemps, n., Ember
days.
rather, adv., earlier.
rechaet, n., in exchange for, in place of. renommee. n.. renown.
sieges, n., seats or
thrones. sithes, n., times. solder. n.. an upper chamber. sparteled, pp.,
scattered. spelunke, n., a cave or tomb. stacten, n., myrrh. storax, n.,
incense. styed, v., rose up, ascended. sweven, n., a dream. synechdoche, n.,
bringing together.
terebinth, n., turpentine.
tigurye, n., a small house. tourbe, n., a crowd. tree treen, n., wood. trewage,
n., tribute. turmes, n., troops, companies.
unnethe, adv., hardly,
scarcely. utas, n., octave.
veer, n., spring-tide.
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