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GLOSSARIAL INDEX 



of reapers to a piece of ground 



' In shearinge wee usually sette 5 



or 6 or 7 shearers to a land, but 



most commonly 6 on a lande.' 



Best, Rural Economy (Surtees 



Society), p. 44. 

 eet, see auer 

 eez, 68, bees 



einz, 112, 142, before. B. 

 eit, see auer 

 elire, 66 ; eslyre, 10 ; elyset, 10 ; 



elurent, 64 ; elu, 96, to choose, 



elect 

 em, 96 etc. ; en, 92 etc. ; om, 80, 



one. B. s.v. hons 

 emble, 64 ; embleez, 94, from 



embler, to steal. B. 

 emperee, 116 ; emperer, to become 



worse. B. s.v. pis 

 empri, 124 ; emprier, to pray, be- 

 seech 

 emprowement, see aprouement 

 emyliu, 136, in the middle 

 enbust, 36 ; enbu, 12, ' imbued, 



drunke with.' C. 

 encercer, see anserche 

 encheson, 4, 42, occasion. M. and S. 

 encupe, 86, guilty, accused. K, 

 endreit, 88 etc. ; endreyt, 26 etc., 



with regard to. B. s.v. droit 

 enfermete, 114, sickness. B. 

 enfranchir, 86, to set free 

 engarnie, 136; engarnir, to give 



notice to, warn. S. s.v. warn 

 engleis, 36 ; engleys, 4, English 

 Engletere, 124, England 

 engressir, 96 ; engresser, 96 ; 



engressyr, 22, 28, to fatten, 



grow fat. B. s.v. eras 

 enhancer, 18 ; enhance, 14, to 



raise. B. s.v. Ivalt 

 enoyter, 22, to enlarge, increase. 



G. s.v. enoitier 

 enparker, 110, to impark 

 enparle, 136 ; enparler, to reason. 



B. I. 310 

 enprent, 2, borrowing 

 enprente, 2 ; enprenter, to borrow 

 enpruement, see aprouement 

 enqueste, 124, inquest 

 enroulement, 124, enrolment 

 ensample, 138, example 

 ensauer, 28, to save 

 ensechit, 16 ; ensechys, 24 ; 



achechir, 110 ; ensechir etc., to 

 dry 

 enseit, 94 ; ensauer, to know 

 ensement, 23, 30 ; encement, 20, 



also, the same. B. s.v. eis 

 ensenser, 22, to inform. K. 



ensesoner, 110 ; ensesonees, 86 ; 



ensesonez, 92 ; ensonees, 98, to 



cultivate land in due rotation. 



G. s.v. assaisonner 



ensi, 86 etc., thus 



ententif, 138 ; ententive, 132, 136, 



attentive. B. 

 ententiuement, 122, 132, atten- 

 tively 

 enter, 122, 124, 126, 128, entire 

 enterement, 10, 24, entirely 

 entrechaufer, 36, to heat 

 entremes, 138, the last course of a 



repast 

 entreweyter, 32, to watch. B. 

 gives entreguetteur, ' espion, 

 homme qui cherche a surprendre ' 

 entur, 8 etc. ; entour, 128, around, 

 about. As to the method of 

 ploughing described on page 8, 

 while the English translation 

 given as a supplement and that 

 of Lambarde translate ' entur ' as 

 'up and down,' it has been 

 thought that the plough went 

 round a centre ridge, thus pro- 

 ducing curved corners to the 

 piece of ploughed land. See a 

 note by Mr. Biley in Notes and 

 Queries, Second Series, viii. 30 

 enviz, 116, unwillingly. B. II. 289 

 erge, 66 : read orge 

 ert, see estre 

 erybyll, 43, arable 

 escarsement, 12, hardly, just. G. 

 eschaufer, 37, 110, to warm, heat. 



B. 

 eschaufure, 24, inflammation. G. 

 eschete, 86, 114, 128 ; chaete, 128, 



escheat 

 escheuuerunt, 34 ; eschiouz, 16 ; 

 escheuuer etc., avoid, shun. G. 

 s.v. eschuir 

 escient, 104 ; ascient, wittingly, 



willingly. C. 

 esclarsir, 124, to explain, make 



clear. C. 

 escorce, 30, rind or outer skin. C. 

 escorcher, 110; escorche, 108, 112, 

 115; escorchez, 94; escorces, 

 92, to flay, skin 

 escrit, 2, 60, 62, writing 

 escule, 28; esculer, to run off, 



drain. C. s.v. escouler 

 escurement, 94, the refuse re- 

 moved in the process of cleans- 

 ing out. G. s.v. escouerement 

 esparnier, 62 ; esparnie, 22 ; 

 esparnye, 22, to spare, save, 

 husband. B. s.v. espargner 



