MED = Middle English Dictionary
OED = Oxford English Dictionary
adeyll
10v L4
v. To deserve, earn the right to; to merit.
aroute
10v L.9
v. 1. To cry out in pain or lament.
2. To rebuke.
asalis
10v L.9
v. 1. To attack or assault.
2. To afflict with suffering.
avalis
10v L.2
v. 1. To benefit or profit from.
2. To be useful or effective.
3. To be rewarded spiritually.
ay
7v L.26
adv. 1. Eternally, forever.
2. Constantly, unceasingly.
bard
10v L.29
v. (MED - beren) 1. To carry away.
2. To hold up, to keep from falling or sinking.
3. To accompany.
4. (MED - v2. Beren) To conduct oneself in a certain manner.
barnes
10v L.11
n.pl. (MED - barne) A group of retainers or warriors; a body of nobles or peers.
bayle
7v L.26
n.1. Torment, pain, anguish, misery, grief, sorrow.
2. The suffering or torments of hell.
bayn
10v L.11
n. (MED - ban) 1. A proclamation or edict of an overlord; a summons by proclamation.
2. A troop of warriors summoned by their overlord.
bees
11r L.20
v. To be.
bepynd
10v L32
v. To confine; to enclose.
bifolde
7v L.11
adj. Wrapped, enclosed, entwined.
bifoldys
7v L.13
ppl. Wrapped, enclosed, entwined in.
bowers
11r L.1
n.pl. (OED) 1. A dwelling.
2. An inner apartment.
3. A shady recess or arbour.
"Bi me..."
8r L.47
"Bi me he settys no store" - He does not depend rely on me, depend on me, believe in me.
brade
7v L.21
n. Pomp, arrogance, pride, ostentation.
brede
11r L.39
n. Roasted or grilled meat; a roast.
byr
11r L.18
n. (MED - bir) 1. In haste.
2. Swiftness, rush.
carp
llr L.9
v. (MED - carpen) To talk, converse, discourse.
catall
10v L.27
n. (MED - catel) 1. Property of any kind; goods, treasure etc.
2. Livestock.
cateractes
10v L.40
n.pl. (MED - cateracte) One of the 'floodgates' of heaven.
cloute
11r L.4
v. (MED - clouten) To patch, mend, repair.
comly
8r L.26
adj.Of appearance: beautiful, stately; of noble birth or character.
dam
10v l.25
n. (MED - dame) A mother.
dase
10v L.17
v. (MED - dasen) To be stunned, bewildered, or dumbfounded.
dedir
10v L.17
v. (MED - dideren) To tremble, shiver, shake.
dele
11r L.35
v. (MED - delen) 1. To separate (things).
2. To divide up among
persons.
3. To give away or distribute alms.
des
7v L.14
n.Dais. A raised table in a hall at which distinguished persons sat;
the high table.
destaunce
8r L.12
n.1. Disagreement, discord, strife.
2. Hostility.
Deus
8r L.27-28
ppn. Latin - "God"
devere
10v L.22
n. 1. One's duty.
2. One's best, all one can do.
domysday
7v L.25
n.(OED) Doomsday. The day of the last judgement in Christian scripture and theology, when God judges the living and the dead.
doore
11r L.22
n. (MED - dor) A doorway; a door or gate that shuts and entrance.
dote
11r L.16
v. (MED - doten) To behave foolishly or irrationally; to do foolish
things.
doyll
11r L.35
n. (MED - dol) 1. Distribution of alms, gifts.
2. Alms.
dyssever
7v L.27
v.1. To part company, to go away.
2. To stay away from.
3. To set
(people) apart.
emong
11r L.43
prep. Amid or among, in the presence of, between people or things.
ete
11r L.39
v. (MED - eten) To eat.
euen
7v L.8
adj.Level or flat. adv.1. On the same level, in line with; equal in number or magnitude.
2. Fair or just, with an even hand.
fe
10v L.27
n. 1. A money payment for any kind of work.
2. Renumeration for
service in office.
fee
10v l.13
n. (MED -fe) 1. An estate in land held inheritable or perpetual tenure
to a feudal superior or crown.
2. Something given or due as a share
of spoils or as a reward or prize.
3. Something given as offering or
tribute to a superior.
ferd
10v L.18
n. The emotion of fear, the state of being afraid.
feruent
7v L.8
adv.1. Hot, burning, fiery.
2. Of emotions or desires: ardent, powerful
fierce, keen poignant.
3. Of prayer: ardent, earnest.
feyndys
7v L.42
n.pl.Fiends, devils, monsters.
flyt
7v L.17
v.1. To flee, to escape.
2. Figurative: avoidance, departure.
fre
10v L.13
adj. 1. Having a priviledged status, especially exempt from something.
2. Of a road, passage etc.: unobstructed, clear.
frese
11r L.36
n. "no frese" - no matter, never mind!
fry
8r L.21
n.1. A free man, noble in character.
2. A gracious or beautiful
woman.
gar
10v L.43
adv. (MED - yerne) 1. Eagerly, earnestly, diligently.
2. Quickly, swiftly.
3. Immediately, without delay.
"garn on...."
10v L.3
"There is garn on the reyll" - There is other yarn on the reel, ie.
there are other matters at hand to think about.
gere
10v L.19
n. 1. Equipment of any kind.
2. Clothes, dress.
3. The harness of a
draught animal; the harness or equipment for pulling a cart or plow.
Gill
10v L.35
"Sir for Iak nor for Gill..." - Refers to the folk tale/nursery rhyme
of Jack and Gill:
"Jack and Gill went up the hill
To fetch a pail of
water.
Jack fell down and broke his crown
And Jill came tumbling after."
grame
8r L.44
n. Rage, anger, hatred, hostility.
hede
11r L.32
n. (MED - hed) Head.
hoyne
10v L.22
v. (MED - honen) To linger, tarry, or loiter (in a place).
hight
8r L.1
v.To adorn spiritually.
hus
8r L.1
poss. pr.n.His or us.
hy
11r L.18
adv. Hastily.
Iak
10v L.35
See "Gill."
ich
10v L.4
prs. pr.n. I
keill
10v L.5
v. To assuage (feeling, spirit, passion etc); to reduce, quench; to
relieve of sorrow or passion.
lese
11r L.35
n. 1. A falsehood, a lie.
2. "with no lese" - without a lie; truly.
let
10v L.39
v. (MED - leten) To leave, depart from, leave behind.
levyn
10v L.43
n. (MED - leven) A lightning flash
leyde
8r L.3
n.1. A people or nation.
2. The human race.
levyr
11r L.42
adj. In polite, deferential address.
liffand
8r L.28
adj. Living, alive, animated.
ligys
8r L.39
v. (MED ligien) To give the lie to, to contradict someone's words.
mayn
10v L.13
n. Might, strength, power.
measse
11r L.34
n. 1. A course or dish of prepared food sent to, and served at, the
table.
mell
7v L.43
v. (MED - melen) To tell of, to proceed with a narrative, to narrate (a
gospel story).
mone
11r L.6
n. The moon.
moyne
7v L.2
n. The moon.
mydyng
11r L.22
n. 1. A dunghill, manure pile.
2. Something vile or putrid.
neven
7v L.10
v. (MED - nevenen) To speak of , to give a name, to appoint.
nyghys
11r L/17
v. To approach, to come near to something.
od
8r L.12
adj.1. Of an odd number, not even.
2. Extraordinarily, truly.
3.
Outstanding, bold, brave.
onys
10v L.34
adv. 1. One time only, just once.
2. Only, just.
oone
7v. L2
n.One.
oostre
10v L.30
n. Oyster.
oyle
8r L.1
n. 1. Salvation.
2. A healing oil promised to Adam
paramoure
8r L.35
adv. 1. Fervently, passionately.
2. Loving God.
Peter
11r L.16
adj. Small, little; insignificant, minor.
As a name: St. Peter, one of the
apostle in the Bible.
red
8r L.1
v.To advise, give counsel, to persuade.
reprufe
8r L.39
n. 1. Shame, disgrace, dishonor.
2. A blameworthy person, thing, or
action.
ryfys
11r L.42
v. (MED - riven) To tear apart, dismember.
ryn
10v L.9
v. To rain, to fall to the earth.
saull
11r L.35
n. (MED - soule) The soul; understood to be the Christian soul.
seke
8r L.16
adj.Sick, ill health.
senen
7v L.
11
v.1. To see with the eyes, to notice, to catch sight of.
2. To see God
or the Holy Ghost.
seuen
7v L.13
v.To recount (a story or dialogue).
seuen
10v L.24
num. Seven.
sex
8r L12
num. Six.
seyll
10v L.6
n. Happiness, prosperity, for our good.
shone
11r L.4
n. (MED - shine) 1. The leg below the knee, the shin.
2. Radiance,
brilliance, a flash of light.
skelp
10v L.25
n. A blow, a stroke, a slap.
skill
10v L.33
n. 1. That which is reasonable, fitting, appropriate.
2. Knowledge; also, divine wisdom.
sole
11r L.36
n. 1. The sole of a human foot; the bottome of a shoe or boot.
Sometimes as a pun on a piece of leather the size of a sole.
sod
8r L.13
n.A piece of cut turf, a sod.
son
11r L.6
n. The sun.
spon
11r L36
v. To spin, to sew.
sternes
7v L.7
n.pl. 1. A luminous celestial body; a star; a planet; a comet.
Figuratively: A star or planet used in divination or prophecy.
stevyn
8r L.27
n.1. The voice of a human being.
2. A prayer, petition, a meaningful utterance or vow.
stynk
11r L.26
n. 1. Offensive or stinking odor.
2. The stench or fume of hell.
Figurative: The stench of a particular sin.
syre
11r L.39
n. (MED - sire) 1. A king, lord, or patron.
2. A master; a husband.
3.Father.
sythen
7v L.42
v.1. To be in the presence of the devil, to encounter.
2. (MED - sen)To see; to experience.
tayll
10v L.18
n. A story, an account of events told by one person to another.
thoners
10v L.43
n.pl, Thunder, thunderstorms.
traw
11r L.16
v. (MED - trawen) To raise one's eyes up to heaven.
trawe
7v L.43
v. (MED - trawen) 1. To raise one's eyes up to heaven.
2. To reach.
3. To set one's heart on.
verament
7v L.5
adv.Truthfully, really.
veray
7v L.1
adj. Truly, really.
wax
8r L.15
v. (OED) To become larger or stronger.
wedows coyll
11r L.34
n. Some sort of food.
whedir
10v L.16
conj. Whether.
wedmen
11r L43
n. pl. Married men
whyls
11r L.40
conj. While
wifys
10v L.11
n.pl. Wives.
wordys
11r L.25
n.pl. (MED- word) Words
wroght
7v L.4
v.To work, to make, to create.
wyn
7v L.24
v. To rush.
wynk
11r L.27
v.?????
yeris
8r L.12
n.pl. Years.