Hether, hither.

Hount, hunt.

Hirsel, s. herself.
Hit, p. 9, it.

Hoo, ho, p. 15, an interjection
of stopping or desisting: hence
stoppage.
Hode, hood, cap.
Hole, whole; holl, Idem.
Holtes, woods, groves, p. 19. In
Norfolk a plantation of cherry-
trees is called a "cherry-holt."
Also sometimes "hills."*
Holy, p. 76, wholly. Or perhaps
hole, whole.
Hom, hem, them.
Hondridth, hondred, hundred.
Honge, hang, hung.
Hontyng, hunting.

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.
I wys, I wis, (I know:) verily.
I wot, (I know :) verily.
Iclipped, called.
Iff, if.

Jimp, s. slender.
Ild, I'd, I would.
Ile, I'll, I will.
Ilka, s. every.
Im, p. 61, him.
In fere, I fere, together.
Into, s. in.

Intres, p. 79, entrance, admittance.

Jo, p. 248, sweet-heart, friend.
Jogelers, p. 103, juglers.
I-tuned, tuned.
Iye, eye.
Is, p. 61, his.

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.†

Kind, nature.

Kit, p. 75, cut.

Leer, p. 253, look.

Leeve London, p. 217, dear Lon-
don, an old phrase.
Leeveth, believeth.

Lefe, p. 135; leeve, dear.
Lefe, leave; leves, leaves.
Leive, s. leave.

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,
Withouten lease, verily.
Leasynge, lying, falshood.
Lee, p. 92. Lea, the field.
Leeche, physician.
Leechinge, doctoring, medicinal

care.

mistress. A. S. leifman. Lenger, longer.

Lere, p. 40, face, complexion,
A. S. hleape, facies, vultus.
Lerned, learned, taught.
Lesynge, leasing, lying, fals-
hood.

Let, p. 4, hinder, p. 53, hindred,
Lettest, hinderest, detainest.
Lettyng, hindrance, i. e. without
delay.

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.
Longes, belongs.
Looset, losed, loosed.
Lope, leaped.

Lough, p. 131, laugh.
Louked, looked.

Loun, s. p. 249, lowne, p. 155, loon, ruscal, from the Irish liun, slothful, sluggish.

Louted, lowtede, bowed, did obeysance.

Loveth, love, plur. number.
Lowe, p. 68, a little hill.
Lurden, lurdeyne, sluggard,
drone.

Lynde, p. 131, 132, lyne, p. 66.
See Linde.

Lyth, p. 238, lythe, lithsome, pliant, flexible, easy, gentle.

M.

Mahound, Mahowne, Mahomet.
Majeste, maist, mayeste, may'st.
Mair, s. mare, more.
Makys, maks, mates.*
Male, p. 8, coat of mail.
Mane, p. 6, man. Item, moan.
March perti, pag. 12, in the
Parts lying upon the Marches.
March-pine, p. 237, march-pane,
a kind of biscuit.
Mast, maste, may'st.
Masterye, p. 66, maystery, p. 138,
a tryal of skill, high proof of

skill.

Mauger, maugre, spite of
Maun, s. mun, must.
May, maid, (rhythmi gratia.)
Mayd, mayde, maid.
Mayne, p. 43, force, strength, P.
64, horse's mane.
Meany, retinue, train, company.
Meed, meede, reward.
Men of armes, p. 23, gens d'armes.
Meniveere, a species of fur.
Merches, marches.

Met, p. 6, meit, s. mete, meet,
fit, proper.
Meynè, see Meany.
Mickle, much.

Minged, p. 35, mentioned.
Miscreants, unbelievers.
Misdoubt, p. 233, suspect, doubt.
Misken, mistake; also in the
Scottish Idiom, "let a thing
alone." (Mr. Lambe).

Mode, p. 131, mood.
Monynday, Monday.
Mores, p. 34, hills, wild downs.
Morne, s. p. 59, on the morrow.
Mort, death of the deer.
Most, must.

Mought, mot, mote, might.
Mun, maun, s. must.
Mure, mures, s. wild downs,
heaths, &c.
Musis, muses.
Mighttè, mighty.
Myllan, Milan steel.
Myne-ye-ple, p. 8, perhaps,
many plies, or, folds. Mony-
ple is still used in this sense in
the north (Mr. Lambe).
Myrry, merry.

Mysuryd, p. 75, misused, applied to a bad purpose.

N.

Na, nae, s. no, none.
Nams, names.

Nar, p. 5, nare, nor. It. than.
Nat, not.
Nee, ne, nigh.

Neigh him neare, approach him

near.

Neir, s. nere, ne'er, never.
Nicked him of naye, p. 49,
Neir, s. nere, near.
nicked him with a refusal.
Nipt, pinched.

Noblès, p. 72, nobless, nobleness.
None, noon.

Nourice, s. nurse.

Nye, ny, nigh.

0.

O gin, s. O if! a phrase.
On, one; on man, p. 6, one man.
One, p. 23, on.
Onfowghten, unfoughten, un-
fought.

Or, ere, p. 16, 19, before.
Or eir, before ever.

Orisons, prayers.
Ost, oste, oost, host.
Out ower, s. quite over: over.
Out-horn, the summoning to
arms, by the sound of a horn.
Outrake, p. 224, an out ride; or
expedition. To raik, s. is to go
fast. Outrake is a common
term among Shepherds, when
their sheep have a free passage
from inclosed pastures into
open and airy grounds, they call
it a good outrake. (Mr.Lambe.)
Oware of none, hour of noon.
Owre, owr, s. o'er.
Owt, out.

P.

Pa, s. the river Po.
Palle, a robe of state. Purple
and pall, i. e. a purple robe, or
cloak, a phrase.
Paramour, lover. Item, a mis-
tress.
Paregall, equal.

Parti, party, p. 6, a part.
Paves, p. 73, a pavice, a large
shield that covered the whole
body, f. pavois.
Pavilliane, pavillion, tent.
Pay, liking, satisfaction: hence,
well apaid, i. e. pleased, highly
satisfied.
Peakish, p. 230.

Peere, pere, peer, equal.
Penon, a banner, or streamer
born at the top of a lance.

Perelous, parlous, perilous;
dangerous.
Perfight, perfect.

Perlese, p. 77, peerless.

Pite, Pittye, pyte, pity.
Plaining, complaining.
Play-feres, play-fellows.
Pleasance, pleasure.
Pompal, p. 184, pompous.
Portres, p. 80, porteress.
Popingay, a parrot.
Pow, pou: pow'd, s. pull, pulled.
Pownes, p. 231, pounds, (rhythmi
gratia).

Prece, prese, press.
Preced, p. 133, presed, pressed.
Prest, ready.

Prestly, p. 133, prestlye, p. 40,
readily, quickly.

Prickes, p. 66, the mark to shoot

Pious Chanson, p. 144, a godly
song or ballad.*