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Glossary

foined, thrust.
for, on account of, for fear of; because.
for that, because.
for why, because.
forbled, bled freely, lost a great deal of blood; exhausted.
forborne, spared.
force; ‘take no f.,’ make no account, care not; ‘no f.,’ no matter; ‘I take no f.,’ I take no heed, I care not.
fordele, advantage.
fordo, destroy.
fore-cast, pre-arranged, deliberate, premeditation.
forfared, ruined, perished utterly (for, intensive prefix).
forfend, forbid.
forfoughten, worn out with fighting.
forhewn, hewn all to pieces.
forjousted, worn out in jousting.
forth days, far advanced in the day.
forthink, repent.
forthinketh; ‘me f.,’ it repenteth me  I regret; I am sorry.
forthought, repented, was sorry.
forthwithal, forthwith.
fortune, chance.
forwounded, desperately wounded.
foyne, thrust.
foyning, thrusting.
freshed, refreshed, laved
froward, from.
fulfilled, filled full.


gad, wedge-shaped instrument, graver.
gainest, most convenient, nearest.
gar, cause.
garnished, provided, equipped, furnished.
garte, caused.
gerfalcon, a kind of large hawk.
germain, akin.
ghostly, spiritual.
give; ‘give you that,’ adjudge.
glaive, sword.
glasting, barking.
glatisant, barking.
gobbets, morsels, pieces.
God would, would to God.
governance, charge, care.
graithed, prepared.
grame, sorrow.
gramercy, great thanks.
grant mercy=grand merci, many thanks.
graven, dug.
gree, prize, victory.
greese, grease.
gretys, steps.
grimly, grim.
grisliest, most terrible.
grounden, sharpened.
guerdonless, without reward.
gysarme, bill, battle-axe.


habergeon, armour to defend the neck and breast.
haft, handle.
halp, did help, helped.
halsed, embraced.
halsing, embracing.
handfast, betrothed.
handsel, earnest-money.
happed, chanced.
harbingers, preparers of the lord's lodgings.
harbour, harbourage, shelter.
harbour, seek shelter.
harboured, sheltered, lodged.
hard, strong.
hard; ‘in like h.,’ with equal hardihood; in the same hard way.
harder, stronger, more mature.
hardiest, bravest.
hardiness, hardihood, bravery, valour.
hardy, bold.
harness, armour.
harnessed, adorned, armoured.
hasty, urgent.
hauberk, coat of mail.
haunt, practise.
haunteth, inhabits.
haut, high, noble.
heartly, heartfelt.
heave, raised.
heavier, sadder.
heaviness  sorrow, sadness.
heavy, sad, sorrowful; sadden.
hete, command, promise, word.
hew, hewed.
highest, tallest.
hight, was called.
hilled, wrapped, enveloped, covered.
hoar, hoary.
hold, endure, resist.
holden, beholden; held, made.
holpen, helped.
holts, woods.
hough bone, the back part of the knee-joint.
houseled, having received the eucharist, shrived.
houselled, shrived, given absolution.
hove, hover, tarry.
hoved, tarried.
hoveth, tarries.
hoving, moving, hovering.
hurtle, clash.
hurtled, clashed, dashed against.
hurtling, clashing.
howbeit, although.


in, on.
incensed, sprinkled as incense.
incontinent, immediately.
incoronation, coronation.
Inde, dark-blue.
infellowship, go into the company.
inly, intensely, deeply-dyed.
intent, purpose, intention.
intermeddled, mingled.
intermit, meddle.


jape, jest, jeer.
japed, jested.
japer, jester.
japes, jests, jeers.
japing, jesting.