INTRODUCTION. 



brocSer, brother. 



calf, calf. 



candel, candle. L. candela. 



ceder, cedar. L. cedrus. 



ciris, cherry. L. cerasus. 



ches in chespolle, chesbolle (poppy) is a fifteenth 

 century form. It would be cis or ceos in 

 Saxon, from which the derivative ceosel= 

 pebble. This word appears in Chesil Bank, 

 the great bank of pebbles by Portland. In 

 O. H. German it is his, kisil, and in mod. 

 German ,ftte3, $ie3el. The name chesbolle, 

 ball of pebbly seeds, is a graphic designa- 

 tion of the poppy-head. 



cisten, chesnut : L. castanea. 



cneow, knee. 



crop, a head or bunch of flowers. 



ele, oil : from L. oleum. 



enne, onion : from L. unio. 



feld, open country. 



fie, fig : L. ficus. 



fist ; see note on p. 44, 1. 20. 



gar, spear, spear-head. 



geormen, same as eormen, an old mythic word, 

 to signify something vast and extraordinary. 

 The g sounds as y. 



gift. Perhaps a fragment of Lat. Githago. 



glof, glove. 



hafoc, hawk. 



