GLOSSARY. 



Words which are cotifiiied to the Dejiison text have an 

 asterisk attached, to the paginal reference. 



Affectuously, adv. earnestly, 36 



A-FRAY, V. to frighten, 17 



Alaye, v. to soften, 13 



Also, conj. as, 1 1 



Angre, s,b. vexation, 4 (A common sense in M.E.; quite 



a distinct sense from mod. anaer, though the word 



is the same. W.W.S.) 

 Angyll twytch, see Twytch. 

 Anueld, sh. anvil, 13 

 Arme-GRETE, adj. of the thickness of a man's arm, 7. 



Cf. Chaucer, C. T. 1996 ; tonne-greet. 

 Armony, sh. harmony, 5 

 Assayed, v.pt. t. tried, 14 

 A-WAILETH, v.pr. t. avails, 21 

 K\'E.^sr,prep. against. 



Barkyd,/./. barked, stained with bark, 34 

 Bathe, v. grovel in the dust. ( Said of birds that 

 bask in the hot sand or dusty ground. When the 

 fowler wants his hawk to fly, she goes and basks 

 or grovels. See Chaucer, C. T. 15273- W.W.S.) 

 Berde, 5^. beard, the barb of a hook, 13 

 Beth, 7, bethe 7*, v. to heat. Beke is used in one in- 

 stance in the Denison text, and is the same as 

 Scot, beik, to warm (distinct from bake). (Cf. beath 

 in Halliwell, and in Tusser. W.W.S.) 



