GLOSSARY 



OF OBSOLETE ENGLISH TERMS AND WORDS 

 OCCURRING IN THE ANCIENT TEXTS 

 OF "THE MASTER OF GAME" AND IN 

 APPENDIX. 



Abai, abay, being at bay, 29, 1 1 8 



ACHARNETH, ACHARNE, tO set 



on, to eat flesh, 59, 60, 62 

 ACHAUF, heat, 38, 98 



ACQUILLER, ENQUILLER, tO 



rouse animals of the chase 



with hounds, App. 

 Aferaunt, the haunch, 38 

 Affeted, fashioned, trained, 27, 



141 

 AFORCE,/<3:r/6'r^^,by force, App. 

 AIGUILLOUNCE, thorny 

 Akelid, cooled, 186 

 Akire, Akkerne, acorns, 144 

 Alauntis, alauntz, alond, 



allans or allauntes, a large 



hound, 3, 1 1 6-8 

 Alvelue, covered with fleece, 



fat or woolly substance, App. 

 Analed, for avaled^ hanging 



down, 114 

 Anceps, haussepied, a snare 



which caught the game by the 



foot and lifted it into the air, 



61 

 Anches, rosemary 

 APEL,French hunting-note, App. 

 Aperyng, stoned, the rough- 

 ness of antlers, 143 

 Apparaille, dressed venison 

 Arbitten, bitten, devoured 



Arblast, cross-bow, 27 



Areche, reach, 60 



Arere, arrière^ behind, back 

 there, 182, App. 



Areyn, spider, 137 



Areyn, rain, 157 



Arracher, to tear out ; a term 

 used for skinning certain 

 animals, App. 



Asaute, saute, in heat, 64, 66 



Ascriethe, ascrie, to rate, 

 shout at, to scold, 63, 74, 170 



ASSAIEN, try or test, 88 



ASSAYE, ESSAY, to try; taking 

 assay, to see by a cut the 

 thickness of the fat, App. 



Assise, note on hunting-horn 

 blown at death of stag which 

 has been hunted by stag- 

 hounds, App. 



ASTERTE, escape 



ASTIFLED, inflammation in the 

 stifle-joint, 103 



ASTRIED, rated, shouted at, 170 



Athrest, thrust or push, 106 



Atte fulle, when the stag's 

 antlers show a certain number 

 of tines, App. 



Attire, the stag's antlers, App. 



AuALED, AVAILED, hanging 



down, 106, 114 



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