Hether, hither. Hount, hunt. Hirsel, s. herself. Hoo, ho, p. 15, an interjection Hoved, p. 79, heaved; or perhaps, hovered, (p. 19.) hung moving. (Gl. Chauc.) Hoved or hoven means in the north, 'swelled.' But Mr. Lambe thinks it is the same as Houd, still used in the north, and applied to any light substance heaving to and fro on an undulating surface. The vowel u is often used there for the conson. v. Hyght, p. 23, on high, aloud, I. I' feth, in faith. I ween, (I think :) verily. Jimp, s. slender. Intres, p. 79, entrance, admittance. Jo, p. 248, sweet-heart, friend. K. Kall, p. 77, call. Kan, p. 75, can. Karls, carls, churls, karlis of kynde, p. 72, churls by nature. Kauld, p. 61, called. Kawte and kene, p. 20, cautious and active, 1. cautus. Keepe, p. 239, care, heed. So in the old play of Hick Scorner, (in the last leaf but one) "I keepe not to clymbe so hye." i. e. I study not; care not, &c. Kempe, a soldier. Kemperye man, p. 54, a soldier, warrior, fighting-man.† Holtes seems evidently to signify Hills in the following passage from Turberville's "Songs and Sonnets," 12mo. 1567, fol. 56. "Yee that frequent the hilles, As also in this other Verse of an ancient Poet. "Underneath the Holtes so hoar." +"Germanis Camp, Exercitum, aut Locum ubi Exercitus castrametatur, significat: inde ipsis Vir Castrensis et Militaris kemffer, et kempher, et kemper, et kimber, et kamper, pro varietate dialectorum, vocatur: Vocabulum hoc nostro sermone nondum penitus exolevit; Norfolcienses enim plebeio et proletario Kind, nature. Kit, p. 75, cut. Leer, p. 253, look. Leeve London, p. 217, dear Lon- Lefe, p. 135; leeve, dear. Kithe or kin, acquaintance, or Leman, leaman, leiman, lover, S. laugh, Laithly, s. loathsome, hideous. Langsome, s. p. 248, long, tedious. Lang, s. long. Lauch, lauched, laughed. Launde, p. 132, lawn. Lay-land, p. 36, land that is not plowed: green-sward. Lay-lands, p. 41, lands in general. Layden, laid. Laye, p. 36, law. Layne, lain, vid. leane. Leane, conceal, hide; Item, lye, (query). Leanyde, leaned. Learnd, learned, taught. Lease, p. 133, lying, falshood, care. mistress. A. S. leifman. Lenger, longer. Lere, p. 40, face, complexion, Let, p. 4, hinder, p. 53, hindred, Lever, rather. Leyrel, ere, p. 237, learning, lore. Lig, s. lie. Lightsome, chearful, sprightly. Liked, p. 239, pleased. Linde, p. 132, the lime tree; or collectively, lime trees; or trees in general. Lingell, a thread of hemp rubbed with rosin, &c. used by rustics for mending their shoes. Lith, lithe, lythe, p. 120, attend, hearken, listen. Lither, p. 53, idle, worthless, naughty, froward, Liver, deliver. Liverance, p. 221, deliverance, (money, or a pledge for delivering you up). Loke, p. 238, lock of wool. Lough, p. 131, laugh. Loun, s. p. 249, lowne, p. 155, loon, ruscal, from the Irish liun, slothful, sluggish. sermone dicunt 'He is a kemper old man, i. e. Senex Vegetus est:' Hinc Cimbris suum nomen: kimber enim Homo bellicosus, pugil, robustus miles, &c. significat.' Sheringham de Anglor. gentis orig. pag. 57. Rectius autem Lazius apud eundem, p. 49.] Cimbros a bello quod kamff, et Saxonice kamp nuncupatos crediderim: unde bellatores viri Die Kemper, Die Kemper." Louted, lowtede, bowed, did obeysance. Loveth, love, plur. number. Lynde, p. 131, 132, lyne, p. 66. Lyth, p. 238, lythe, lithsome, pliant, flexible, easy, gentle. M. Mahound, Mahowne, Mahomet. skill. Mauger, maugre, spite of Met, p. 6, meit, s. mete, meet, Minged, p. 35, mentioned. Mode, p. 131, mood. Mought, mot, mote, might. Mysuryd, p. 75, misused, applied to a bad purpose. N. Na, nae, s. no, none. Nar, p. 5, nare, nor. It. than. Neigh him neare, approach him near. Neir, s. nere, ne'er, never. Noblès, p. 72, nobless, nobleness. Nourice, s. nurse. Nye, ny, nigh. 0. O gin, s. O if! a phrase. Or, ere, p. 16, 19, before. * As the words Make and Mate were, in some cases, used promiscuously by ancient writers; so the words Cake and Cate seem to have been applied with the same indifferency: this will illustrate that common English Proverb "To turn Cat (i. e. Cate) in pan." A Pan-cake is in Northamptonshire still called a Pan-cate. Orisons, prayers. P. Pa, s. the river Po. Parti, party, p. 6, a part. Peere, pere, peer, equal. Perelous, parlous, perilous; Perlese, p. 77, peerless. Pite, Pittye, pyte, pity. Prece, prese, press. Prestly, p. 133, prestlye, p. 40, Prickes, p. 66, the mark to shoot Pious Chanson, p. 144, a godly Mr. Rowe's Edit. has "The first Row of the Rubric;" which has been Reckt, regarded. Schoote, shot, let go. Schowte, schowtte, shout. Schrill, s. shrill. Reade, p. 17, rede, advise, p. 24, Se, s. see, sea, p. 5, see. hit off. Read, advice. Reek, s. smoke. Reid, s. rede, reed, red. Renish, p. 52, Renisht, p. 48, Richt, s. right. Ride, make an inroad. Roche, rock. Seik, s. seke, seek. Sene, seen. Sertayne, sertenlye, certain, cer. Setywall. See cetiwall. Shimmering, shining by glances. Shoen, s. shoone, p. 193, shoes. Ronne, ran. Ronne, p. 19, run. Shraddes, p. 63, vid. locum. |