Abye:First English -abicgan,pay for.

Assoiled:absolved.

Avowe:"I make avowe,"I declare;not "I make a vow."

Avow-e:advocate.

Awayte:"awayte me scathe,"watch for opportunity of doing hurt to me.

Balis:evils.

Banis:slayers.First English -bana,whence "bane,"destruction or harm.

Barker:tanner.

Bedene:all bedene:bidene:promptly,altogether.

Belife:blive:quickly.

Bent:coarse grass.

Bete:make better,amend.

Bewray:disclose.

Bickered:skirmished.

Blave:stayed.First English -belaf (allied to German blieb.)

Boot:help,remedy.First English -bot.

Borrow:borowe:(noun)security.(verb)give security for.

borowhood:state of being security.

borrowed:redeemed,released by the fulfilment of conditions.

Bra':braw:fine;French -brave.

Braid:at a braid,with a sudden start.

Brittling:breaking up (of the deer)and distribution of its parts according to the usual custom.

Brook:broke:have use of,enjoy.

Busshement:ambush.

Busk:make self ready.Icelandic -bua,prepare;sik,oneself;

sk,for sik,was in old Norse or Icelandic a suffix marking the reflexive form of a verb.

Caddie:younger brother.French -cadet,a young fellow who runs on errands.

Clim:Clement.

Clough:a cliff or fissure of rock,a glen between steep banks.

Con thank:know thanks to be owing;therefore,pay thanks.

Coresed:cuirassed,harnessed.

Dang:struck,forced.

Dauties:darlings.

Dee:as in Kemp Owyne;do.

Dele:division,"never a dele,"never a bit.

Dereworthy:precious.

Derne:secret.

Devilkins:of the devil's kind.

Dight:made ready;dightand:being made ready.

Do gladly:make good cheer.

Do him drink:make him drink.

Donkir:moister.

Dowie:dull,sorrowful.

Dree:suffer,endure.

Dule:sorrow.French -deuil.

Eftsoons:again soon,soon after.

Fause:false.

Fay:faith.

Fend of:defend from.

Fere:companion.In fere:in companionship,together.

Ferre and fremd bestad:one from afar and among strangers.

Fet:fetched.

Flattered:floated to and fro.

Flyte:scold.

Fone:foes.

Force:no force:of no importance,no matter.

Forthinketh:repenteth.

Fosters of the fee:foresters in charge of the stock of deer.

Fou:bushel.

Freke:fighting-man.

Frese:curl,bend.

Fynly:substantial,heavy.First English -findig;Prov.Scot.-

findy.

Fytte:canto,song.First English -fitt (fem.)a song,poem.

Gane:(as in Sir Patrick Spens)convenient,proper for.

Garred me gang:made me go;Gang maiden:remain unmarried.

Gest:deed,adventure.

Gif:if.

Glede:live-coal.

Glent:passed suddenly,flashed.

Goodman:the master of the "good"or little property of house and field.There is the same sense of "good"in the first use of "goodwife,"or "goody."

Gowk:cuckoo.

Grain,cloth in:cloth of special quality with a fast purple dye.

Graithit him:dressed himself.

Gramercy:great thanks.French -grand merci.

Gree:satisfaction.

Gurly:gurgly.

Halfendell:the half part.

Halk:flat ground by a river.

Halse bane:neck bone.

Haud:hold.

Hie:high.First English -heah.

Hie:make haste.First English -higan.

Hilt:covering.

Ilke:same.

Iwis:certainly.First English -gewis.For the prefix i-,answering to First English and German ge-,see Y-.This old adverb is often printed as if the prefix were the pronoun I and wis were a verb.

Japes:trivial mockings.

Jimp:slender.

Kell:coif,woman's headdress.

Kipples:rafters.

Knowe:knoll,little hill.

Lap:started,were rent.

Launsgay:lancegay,a form of spear.

Lease:leasing:falsehood.

Leeful:"its leeful lane,""its lane,"alone;a Scottish idiom joins to "lane"the genitive pronoun,"his lane,"

"their lane,"etc."Leeful,"compassionate,the harp played of itself compassionately.

Lemes:gleams.

Lend:give.See Robin Hood -God lend.First English -laenan,to give,lend.

Lend:dwell,come into contact.See Robin Hood -"when ye together lend."Icelandic -lenda,to land;lendir saman,come close together.

Lere:learn,teach.First English -laeran.See Robin Hood -

"this lesson shall we lere;"

Lere:face.First English -hleor.See Robin Hood -"fell down by his lere."

Let:hinder.Letting:hindrance.

Lewte:loyalty.

Lift:sky.

Linde:lime-tree.

Linn:torrent;also the pool under a torrent of water.