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GLOSSARIAL INDEX 



porceler, 28, to farrow 



porcher, 114 ; porchir, 112, 114, 



swineherd 

 poreherie, 114, swine-stye 

 porriront, see purryst 

 pors, 28, 86, 112, 114 ; pork, 114, 



pigs 

 porter, 134, porter 

 portur, 76, bearing 

 possession, 124, possession 

 potel, 26, a pottle, two quarts 

 poucin, 74, 76, chicken 

 poudre, 12, dust 

 pouere, 6, 26 ; poure, 134, poor 

 pouerte, 2, poverty 

 poun, 74, 76, peacock 

 pour, 104, fear. B. s.v. paor 

 pourement, 142, poorly 

 poy, 20 etc., little 

 poynanz, 20, sharp, keen 

 pre, 26, 66, 68, 84, 90, 110; pree, 



102, 104, meadow 

 prefere, 132, to prefer, like better. 



C. 

 premire, 84 ; premere, 22 ; primer, 



20, 60, 76, 122, 124, first 

 prendre, 62; prenge, 60 etc.; 



prent, 37 ; pernez, 34 ; pernent, 



34, to take. B. II. 195 

 presenz, 126, presents 

 preste, 4, 134, 140, ready 

 prestement, 124, 132, 134, quickly, 



easily 

 prestent, 90 ; prester, to lend 

 priez, 90, 102, boon-tenants 

 prime, 6, 36, 37, 60, first 

 primer, see premire 

 pris, 12, 30 ; prise, 6, 12, 20, 92, 



108, price, value, estimation. C. 

 priue, 104 ; priuetz, 130, familiar, 



confidential friend. B. 

 priuement, 130, secretly 

 prodeshommes, 126, 128 ; prudome, 



138, proved men. D. s.v. prud- 



homius 

 profit, 76, 88, profit 

 prou, 22, 32, 60 ; pru, 30, 88, 94, 



96, 98, 104,106, 124, 140; preu, 



36, 88, 102 ; preou, 34, profit 

 proue, 140, proof 

 prouendre, 24, 142, provender 

 prouost, 6, 10, 16, 24, 26, 32, 34, 



60, 62, 64, 66, 84, 88, 92, 96, 98, 



100, 102, 106, 110, 116, 130, 



provost 

 pruant, 88, profitable 

 pruement, 90, 140, improvement 

 pur, 2 etc., for 

 pur, 26, pure 

 purceaus, 76; purceus, 114; pur- 



ceaus letanz, 74 ; purcels, 28, 



pigs 

 purceler, 74 ; purcele, 78 ; pur- 



celez, 76, to farrow 

 purchacer, 122, purchase 

 purchaz, 64, purchases 

 puriture, 114; purture, 37, disease, 



rot 

 purryst, 30 ; puriz, 96 ; porriront, 



96 ; purrir etc., to rot, perish 

 pursuiant, 94, conformable, corre- 

 sponding to 

 purueance, 102 ; purueaunce, 124 ; 



purueiance, 104; purueyance, 



2, 4, providence, foresight. C. 

 puruer, 86 ; purueer, 88 ; purveir, 



96 ; purvey t, 2, to provide 

 pus, 2 etc. ; puis, 36 etc. ; puy, 6, 



then 

 pyre, 32 ; pire, 96 ; piur, 96, the 



worst. B. s.v. pis. 



Q 



qridaunce, 132, credence 

 quaraunte, 142, forty 

 quaremel, 6, 8, 14, Lent 

 quarre, 12, square 

 quart, 4 etc., fourth 

 quarter, 66, quarter 

 quatortzyme, 134, fourteenth 

 quei, 104, 106 ; quey, 4, why, 



wherefore 

 queil, 116 ; quel, 92, why, what 

 quer, 134, heart 

 queu, 6, 62, 64, 94, what 

 quidra, 86 ; quideray, 124 ; quy- 



dent, 34 ; quyt, 24 ; quider, 



to think. B. s.v. cuider 

 quillir, 62 ; quilliz, 96, 102 ; 



quille, 92 ; quillez, 80, 100 ; 



cuilla, 134, to gather 

 quinseyne, 18 ; quinzeyne, 30, 



fortnight 

 quint, 16, 68, 74, fifth 

 quir, 12, 24, 64 ; quyr, 24, skin 

 quisine, 128, 138, kitchen 

 qy, 122, 126, who 



R 



rebiner, 12; rebyner, 8, 20, 22; 



rebyne, 12 ; rebynet, 10, 12, to 



plough the land a second time, 

 reboutent, 30; rebouter, to push 



back. B. 

 receueur, 130, receiver 

 receyte, 32, 126; resseit, 60, 64, 



receipt 



