Glossary. 
Naughtie, 53/20, aa7. useless, unfit. 
Naughtly, 10/4, adv. by unfair or im- 
proper means. 
Nauewes, 41/6, s. 2. wild navew. 
Brassica napus, L. Fr. naveai, 
from xafpellus, dimin. of napus = 
the rape. 
*Nawlt, 32, ? azz, nothing. 
Neat, 50/28, s. cattle. A.S. seé¢, horned 
cattle. 
Neatherd, 63/2, s. herdsman, the man 
who attends to the cattle. 
Needams shore, 97/5. ‘‘ A punning 
proverb recorded in Ray; and 
signifying that waste and extrava- 
gance bring a man to want or 
need.”—Mavor. 
Needfullie, 9/15, adv. necessarily. 
Ne forte, 23/10, Latin, lest by chance. 
Nep, 39/24, s. cat mint, a contraction 
from the Lat. xepeta. 
Nest, 11/6, v. nestle, settle. 
*Nestling, 41, v. harbouring, supporting. 
Nettie, 68/1, adj. natty, neat. O. Fr. 
net, from Lat. uztidus. 
Nice, 102/1, adj. careful, particular. 
Nick, 98/4, v. cut, notch. 
Nie, 16/4, aaj. near, convenient. 
Nips, 1138/5, s. AZ. pinches. 
Niggerly, 27/4, ed. niggardly, miserly. 
Icel. noggr, sparing, miserly. 
Cf. Ger. knicker, a niggard. 
Nittes, 21/23, s. g/. the eggs of a louse 
or other insects. A.S. Aveztu. 
Noble, 16/16, s. noble, a gold coin of 
the value of 6s. $d. 
Noddies, 18/20, Nodie, 98/4, s. Jl. 
simpletons, fools. 
““Ere you come hither, proove I was 
somebody, 
The king delighted in me, now I ama 
noddy.”’ 
Damon and Pythias, i. 174. 
Noe, 7/4, s. Noah. 
Noiance, 16/8, s. injury, trouble. 
Noie, 52/15, v. gr. ¢. are injurious, 
noxious. 
Noieth, 57/13, v. gr. ¢ suffer harm or 
injury. 
Noisome, 10/8, adj. injurious, damaging. 
Norfolk wiles, 113/18, ‘‘ Essex miles, 
Suffolk stiles, Norfolk wiles, many 
men beguiles.”—Old East Anglian 
f saw. See note. 
Nowles, 36/17, s. A/. the hillocks, little 
mounds. A.S. cnoll, cacumen. 
“‘Nolle, dem quod nodul.”— 
Prompt. Parv. 
337 
Noy, 53/15, v. hurt, are injurious. See 
Noie. 
Noyer, 13/2, s. one that hurts or injures. 
Nurteth, 20/28, v. pr. ¢. poke or push 
with the horns. ?connected with 
Fr. zuive, Lat. zocere. Halliwell 
quotes from Gawayne z27t=a cut, 
hurt. 
Nurture, 10/57, s. training. 
O. 
Of, 106/12, fred. through, in conse- 
quence of. 
Of, 106/2, prep. out of, from. 
Of, 19/22, prep. after. 
Of, 64*/4, prep. with, by means of. 
Ofcorne, 86/5, s. offal or waste corn. 
Office, 99/2, s. duty. Lat. offcium. 
Oke; 19/ar, ss: oaks~ “ASS 7c. 
Ope gap, 16/36, hedge or fence breakers. 
Open, 16/38, v. bark, open his mouth. 
Opprest, 19/29, 4p. troubled, laden. 
Opte, 113/22, v. Zt. ¢. opened. 
*@r and, 18, before. Cf. Eran. 
Orach or Arach, 39/26, s. Orach. A¢vi- 
plex sativa alba. Atriplex sativa 
purpurea.—Gerard’s Herball, ed. 
LOZ3sn 
Orderlie, 9/8, adv. in due order. 
Orengis, 40/4a, s. #7. oranges. Arabic, 
névanaj7. L. Lat. avantia, from 
its first title, pomum aurantium, 
golden apple. 
Otemell, 46/26, s. oatmeal. 
oat, and m@/, meal. 
Otes, 46/13, s. AZ. oats. 
Othing, 94/6, one thing. 
Out, 16/17, adj. outdoor, open air. 
Ouercome, 53/4, v.manage, keepup with. 
Ouerly, 23/21, adv. all over. 
Over reaching, 2/11, cheating, deceiving. 
Ouerthwart, 46/9, rep. across. A.S. 
oferpweorh. O. Eng. outhwar, 
thweorh. O.Norse, thwert. 
Ox bowes, 17/10, s. gl. the bow of 
wood which goes round the neck 
of an ox. 
A.S. éa, 
| Oxboy, 63/15, s. the boy who attends 
to the cattle. 
Oxteeme, 17/10, s. team of oxen. 
Oxyokes, 17/10, s. A/. yokes for oxen. 
Pe 
Pad, 17/21, s. padlock. 
Paggles, 43/25, s. 22. cowslip, primrose, 
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