Abye:First English -abicgan,pay for.
Assoiled:absolved.
Avowe:"I make avowe,"I declare;not "I make a vow."
Avow-e:advocate.
Awayte:"awayte me scathe,"watch for opportunity of doing hurt to me.
Balis:evils.
Banis:slayers.First English -bana,whence "bane,"destruction or harm.
Barker:tanner.
Bedene:all bedene:bidene:promptly,altogether.
Belife:blive:quickly.
Bent:coarse grass.
Bete:make better,amend.
Bewray:disclose.
Bickered:skirmished.
Blave:stayed.First English -belaf (allied to German blieb.)
Boot:help,remedy.First English -bot.
Borrow:borowe:(noun)security.(verb)give security for.
borowhood:state of being security.
borrowed:redeemed,released by the fulfilment of conditions.
Bra':braw:fine;French -brave.
Braid:at a braid,with a sudden start.
Brittling:breaking up (of the deer)and distribution of its parts according to the usual custom.
Brook:broke:have use of,enjoy.
Busshement:ambush.
Busk:make self ready.Icelandic -bua,prepare;sik,oneself;
sk,for sik,was in old Norse or Icelandic a suffix marking the reflexive form of a verb.
Caddie:younger brother.French -cadet,a young fellow who runs on errands.
Clim:Clement.
Clough:a cliff or fissure of rock,a glen between steep banks.
Con thank:know thanks to be owing;therefore,pay thanks.
Coresed:cuirassed,harnessed.
Dang:struck,forced.
Dauties:darlings.
Dee:as in Kemp Owyne;do.
Dele:division,"never a dele,"never a bit.
Dereworthy:precious.
Derne:secret.
Devilkins:of the devil's kind.
Dight:made ready;dightand:being made ready.
Do gladly:make good cheer.
Do him drink:make him drink.
Donkir:moister.
Dowie:dull,sorrowful.
Dree:suffer,endure.
Dule:sorrow.French -deuil.
Eftsoons:again soon,soon after.
Fause:false.
Fay:faith.
Fend of:defend from.
Fere:companion.In fere:in companionship,together.
Ferre and fremd bestad:one from afar and among strangers.
Fet:fetched.
Flattered:floated to and fro.
Flyte:scold.
Fone:foes.
Force:no force:of no importance,no matter.
Forthinketh:repenteth.
Fosters of the fee:foresters in charge of the stock of deer.
Fou:bushel.
Freke:fighting-man.
Frese:curl,bend.
Fynly:substantial,heavy.First English -findig;Prov.Scot.-
findy.
Fytte:canto,song.First English -fitt (fem.)a song,poem.
Gane:(as in Sir Patrick Spens)convenient,proper for.
Garred me gang:made me go;Gang maiden:remain unmarried.
Gest:deed,adventure.
Gif:if.
Glede:live-coal.
Glent:passed suddenly,flashed.
Goodman:the master of the "good"or little property of house and field.There is the same sense of "good"in the first use of "goodwife,"or "goody."
Gowk:cuckoo.
Grain,cloth in:cloth of special quality with a fast purple dye.
Graithit him:dressed himself.
Gramercy:great thanks.French -grand merci.
Gree:satisfaction.
Gurly:gurgly.
Halfendell:the half part.
Halk:flat ground by a river.
Halse bane:neck bone.
Haud:hold.
Hie:high.First English -heah.
Hie:make haste.First English -higan.
Hilt:covering.
Ilke:same.
Iwis:certainly.First English -gewis.For the prefix i-,answering to First English and German ge-,see Y-.This old adverb is often printed as if the prefix were the pronoun I and wis were a verb.
Japes:trivial mockings.
Jimp:slender.
Kell:coif,woman's headdress.
Kipples:rafters.
Knowe:knoll,little hill.
Lap:started,were rent.
Launsgay:lancegay,a form of spear.
Lease:leasing:falsehood.
Leeful:"its leeful lane,""its lane,"alone;a Scottish idiom joins to "lane"the genitive pronoun,"his lane,"
"their lane,"etc."Leeful,"compassionate,the harp played of itself compassionately.
Lemes:gleams.
Lend:give.See Robin Hood -God lend.First English -laenan,to give,lend.
Lend:dwell,come into contact.See Robin Hood -"when ye together lend."Icelandic -lenda,to land;lendir saman,come close together.
Lere:learn,teach.First English -laeran.See Robin Hood -
"this lesson shall we lere;"
Lere:face.First English -hleor.See Robin Hood -"fell down by his lere."
Let:hinder.Letting:hindrance.
Lewte:loyalty.
Lift:sky.
Linde:lime-tree.
Linn:torrent;also the pool under a torrent of water.
