- cer's Canterbury Tales, ed. Tyrwhitt,
v. 3724, and notes.
Ortografye, 189, orthography,
Ostage, 147, hostage, lodging.
Over, 385, too.
Overest, 307, uppermost.
Over-throwyht, 74, overthrows.
Ovyr-lede, 262, over-reach, overbear. "Do not the people oppresse, nor overlede," Lydgate's translation of Boccace, v. 104.
Ovyrsen, oversee.
Ovyth, 52, behoveth.
Owe, 28, own.
Owyn, own.
Owtrage, 62, outrageous.
Oyn, eyn, eyes.
Pace, 14, 120, pass.
Pad, 164, toad.
Padde, 185, vide pad.
Paddok, 164, a large toad. A distinction is here drawn between the "paddok" and the "pad," the meaning of which is obvious. "Vana, paddoke," Reliquiæ Antiquæ, vol. i. p. 8.
Paphawkes, 179, parrots. I give this interpretation on the conjecture of a gentleman well skilled in the language, but I cannot find any authority for it.
Parayl, 246, 269, apparel.
Par-dé, 122, by God! verily. A common French oath.
Paramowre, love. See Reliquiæ Antiquæ, vol. i. p. 27.
Parfyte, 115, perfect.
Parochoners, 71, parishioners.
Partabyl, 275, partaker.
Pay, 49, pleasure.
Pawsacion, 89, pause.
Peyr, pair.
Peys, 236, weight.
Pelle, 167, fur. "Wurth pelle" is a tautology.
Pellys, 246, furs. The notice in this place of "pellys after the old gyse" is curious.
Perchyn, 238, pierce.
Perdure, 254, endure.
Pere, equal.
Pere, 131, appear.
Pertly, 1, openly, promptly.
Peté, pity.
Pete, 29, 165, query to pitch or throw.
Peusawns, 261, power.
Phasmacion, 191, formation.
Pyan, 22, "Pyony herbe, pionia," Prompt. Parv. "Pionia, pentorobinam, pioyné," MS. Sloan. 2478, fol 210.
Pychyn, 179, pick.
Pygth, vide Pyth.
Pylle, 297, rob. "Pyll, or make bare," Palsgrave.
Pillid, 384, bald. So Chaucer, Canterbury Tales, v. 3933, says "As pilled as an ape was his skull."
Pyne, 151, pain.
Pynne, 28, pine.
Pyth, 2, 6, pight, arrayed, fixed.
Pleand, 70, playing.
Pleyn, 14, playing.
Pleyn place, 14, playing place, theatre. "Pleyyng place, diludium," Prompt. Parv.
Pleyn, plain.
Plesawns, pleasing.
Plesynge, 73, pleasure.
Plete, 185, plead.
Plyth, 2, plight, pledge.
Popetys, 179, puppets.
Portature, 34, likeness.
Possede, 56, possess.
Pousté, power.
Prate, talk.
Pray, 216, prey.
Prendyd, 185, pricked.
Prent, 18, 60, imprint.
Prese, 1, crowd, throng.
Presonde, 312, confined.
Prest, 13, ready.
Pretende, 82, put forward.
Preyn, 320, pray.
Prevyn, 179, prove.
Pryk, sting.
Prynspal, 377, principal.
Prise, 41, price, value.
Promyssyon, promise.
Prophete, 261, profit.
Prow, 119, 333, profit.
Prune, 164, cut.
Punchyth, 75, punish.
Purpure, purple.
Purveyd, 123, provided.
Qwalle, 67, whale.
Qwarte, qwerte, 202, 225, 372, good spirits, joy. Sometimes, as at p. 372, used as an adjective.
Qwed, 15, wicked.
