Doale, a dealing out.
Doe, Doe bim not to dye,
put him not to death.
Defte, do off, put off.
Dolor, Dolour, grief, pain,

sorrow.

Doole, dole, complaint, sorrow, pain, grief. Don, or Donne, to do on, to put on. Dortours, dormitories, or lodgings for Monks. Doted, doting, impaired. Douce pere, from les douze pairs, the twelve peers of France. Doughtie, stout, valiant, courageous. Drad, Dread, dreaded; to be feared, honoured, reverenced. Dread, a person revered. Drapets, linen clothes. Draught, a military detachment, B. ii. C. 10.

St. 51.

Dreare, Drere, horror,

sorrow, sadness. Dreed. See Drad. Drent,drenched or drowned. Dreribedd, a sorrowful and dreary state. Dreriment, heaviness, sorrowfulness. Drest, ordered, prepared. Drevill, a driveller, a fool.

Drift, impulse, force, or
driving on.
Drowsibedd, drowsiness.
Droyle, to work sluggishly.
Dryribedd. See Dreribedd.
Duresse, confinement, im-
prisonment, hardship.
E.

Earne, Erne, to yern, to be moved with compassion.

Earst, Erst, first of all, at first, before, formerly. Eath, easy. Edifide, built. Eeke, Eke, also; it signifies likewise to add, to increase, to augment. Effierced, made fierce and mad.

Efforce, to force open; also to violate. Effraide, frightened, afraid.

Eft, again, likewise, soon, afterwards. Eftsoones, again, presently, quickly, forthwith. Eglantine, sweet brier, or wild rose. Eke. See Eeke. Eld, old age. Elf, a Fairy.

Elfin, the adjective of Elf. Elles, else, already. Embase, to lessen, make Embard, shut up. [base.

Embattled cart, a warlike chariot.

Embay, to bathe; also to cherish and delight. Embayld, enclosed; also to make up into bales or packs.

Emboss, has different significations-Arms embost, arms of embossed work. Embost with gold, raised as in relievo. Embost with pearles, raised or overlaid. In case embost, hid, concealed. The salvage beast embost in wearie chase, meaning hard run and wearied out. To embosse bis speare in his body, i. c. to lodge, to enclose. But the most difficult place seems in B. iii. C. i. St. 64. Embosse themselves in so glorious spoile, probably from the Italian Imboscarsi, i. e. by ambuscade to avail themselves of so glorious a spoil. Upton. Embowed, imbewed, arched; covered archwise. Emboyled, emboyling wrath, B. ii. C. 5. St. 18. the same as boyled, boyling. Embrave, adorn, make brave or fine; to dress.

Empight, placed, fixed.
Emprize, enterprise un-
dertaking.
Enaunter, lest that.
Enchased, engraven.
Encheason, occasion, acci-
dent.
Ender, put on.
Endosse, to write on the

back, to engrave.
Endurd, hardened.
Enduren, endure, continue.
Enfeloned, hurried on by

wicked and feloniousintents; become fierce. Enfouldred smoke, smoke mixed with flame. Englut, satiate, glut. Engore,to pierce, to prick; to make bloody .or

gory. Engorged yre, anger arising to the very gorge or throat; anger which cannot be suppressed.

planted.

Engrave, to bury.

Engroste, made thick.

Enbunst, raised, lifted

up.

Enrace, enroot, implant. Enriven, torn asunder. Enseams, i. e. fattens. Ensew, to follow. Ensnarle, insnare, intangle as a skain of silk. Ensude, followed. Entayled with anticks, engraved or carved with

images. Enterdeale, mediation. Enterprize, sometimes signifies to give reception

to one.

Entertake, to entertain. Entrailed, intermingled, interlaced, interwoven. Entyre, parts entyre, inner parts.

Enure, accustom to, make use of, practise.

Essoyne, excuse for not ap

pearing.

Evengely, gospel.

[yew.

Ewftes, efts, newts, or evets, Upton. Lizzards, Hughes. Ewghen bow, a bow of Exanimate, lifeless, dead. Excheat, accident, or a property fallen to one in any thing; an es

flight.

Equipage, order.

Erne. See Earne. Errant Knights, who travel about the world seeking adventures. Erst. See Earst.

Eschew, to avoid.

Eschewed, avoided.

joy.

Falsed, falsified, deceived.

stance; separate.

Faring, going on.

Fatal read, prophetical advice. Fatal errour, a wandering voyage ordered by the Fates. Fay, faith, truth; sometimes it signifies a Fairy. Faytor, doer. False faytor, a deceiver.

Fealty, fealty or homage. Fearen, to frighten. Feculent, foul, full of dregs. Fell, fierce, cruel; also gall.

Felly, fiercely, cruelly. Fellonest, most fierce. Feminitee, womanhood. State and dignity of a

woman.

Fere, a companion.
Feres, companions.
Ferme, as fleshly ferme;
fleshly prison.
Fest, feast, for the rhyme.
Fett, Fet, fetch.
Feutred bis speare, to set
his speare in his rest.
Fiaunt, warrant.
Field, is often used for
fight, combat, battle.
Fine, end.

Firmes bis eye, keeps his
eye steady and firm.
Fit, a strain or air.
Flatling, flat.

Flight, arrow,

Flit, Fleet, swift, Upton.

To fluctuate, to be in motion, Hughes. Flourets, blossoms, or little flowers. Foeman, a foe. Foile, leaf. Golden foile, leaf gold. Foind, pushed. Folke-mote, a meeting or assembly of folk or people. Foltring tongue, faltering, falling, or tripping. Fon, fool. Fond, foolish. Fund, did find, for the rhyme. Fone, foes. Food, feud.

Forbeare, bear no longer. Fordoo, undo, destroy, ruin. Foreby, near to. Forchent, seized, caught hold of,

Forelent, lent before hand. Foresaid, forbid, Hughes, Foresay, renounce, Upton.` Foreslackt, delayed. Forestall, to intercept. Forethink, to repine or be concerned at any thing. Forewent, forsook, went out of their way. Forgone, lost, neglected, forsaken.

Forhaile, to draw or dis

tress.

Forlore, Forlorne, lost, forsaken, wretched. Formerlie, before hand.

Forpined, much pined, consumed. Forray, to ravage, spoil, to forage, to pillage. Forstow, delay. Forswat, exhausted with

sweat.

Forswonk, wearied, overlaboured.

Forthy, therefore, where-
fore, why.
Fortilage, fort.

Forworn, much worn.
Foster, for forester.

Fouldring,

thundering,

blasting with lightning.

Foy, Fealty.

Foyle, to trample.

Foyned, pushed as in fencing.. Foysen, plenty. Franchise, to free or set at liberty.

Franion, one of too free or

loose behaviour. Frankelin, a freeman or gentleman.

Fray, to frighten.

Garres, causes; as, garres
thee greet; occasions.
Gate, a way, a Goat.
Gay, glaring.
Gazement, gazing.

Geare, stuff, attire, furniture, equipage, dress. Geason, uncommon, perplexing.

Gelt, a gelding, Upton. Gelt, gold, Hughes.

actions.

Frenne, stranger.

Frett, to eat, consume. It is used in another sense; to frett, to adorn; fretted, adorned.

a gentleman.

German, brother or near kinsman. Gerne, yawn or grin. Gests, deeds, actions, exploits, feats.