Es morz; ai Deus! cals perda et cals danz es!
Can eftraing moz et qan greu per audir !
Ben a dur cor toz hom co po fofrir.

Morz es li reis, et fon paffat mil an
Qanc tan pros hom no fo ne nol vit res,
Ne ia mais hom non er del fen fenblant,
'Tan larcs, tan pros, tan ardiz, tals donaire;
Q Alixandres lo reis, qe venqi Daire,
No cuit qe tan dones ni tan messes,
Ni an Charles ni Artus tan valgues,

Qa tot lo mon fen fez, qi n vol ver dir,

Als us doptar et als altres grazir. Mí. Crofts, fol. 111, Richelle, n. Fr. wealth, 6692; richesses, pl. riches, M. 280, 3. Riddeled, part. pa. R. 1235, 43, plaited, Gloff. Ur. In the first of the places quoted the French orig. has -"Et fut fi bien cueillie et jointe"-which Chaucer has tranflated-Lorde! it was riddeled fetisly. Ridden, part. pa. of ride; he is ridden, 1505; they ben ridden, 1689; he had ridden, 13729.

Ride, v, Sax. he rideth him, 1693.

Riding, n. See the n, on ver. 4375.

Rife, rive, v. Sax, to thrust through, 9112, 12762. Right, n. Sax. a right or due; at alle rightes, 1854, 2102, at all points.

Right, adj. good, true, 189.

Right, adv. truly, rightly, exactly, completely; it is frequently joined to adjectives, as the adverbs well and full are, to augment their force, 290, 617. Rime, n. Fr. a composition in rhyme, 13639, hence the title of The rime of Sire Thopas. For the original of compofitions in rhyme fee the Essay, 43-Rime-dogerel, 13851. See Dogerel. Rimeyed, part. pa. Fr. composed in rhyme or verse, 11023. See the n. on ver. 11021.

Rimpled, part. pa. Sax, wrinkled, R. 4495.

c. n.

Ring, v. Sax. to make to found, 2433, 12265. —— v. neut. to found, 2602.

Rife, n. Sax. fmall twigs of trees or bushes, 3324; R. 1015.

Rife, n. Sax. a rush, R. 1701; T. iii. 1167.

Rift, for rifeth, 3688; T. ii. 812.

Rit, for rideth, 976, 17028.

Rivage, F. i. 223. See Arivage.

Rive, v. neut. Sax. to split, to fall afunder, R. 5393, 5718.

Riveling, part. pr. Sax. wrinkling, R. 7214; ruyffelen, Belg. rugare, Kilian.

River, n. Fr. See the n. on ver. 6466.

Roche, n. Fr. a rock, F. iii. 26; roches, pl. F. ii. 527. Rode, n. Sax. the crofs; rode-beem, 6078: it is alfo called the rode-tree, from its being made of wood. Rode, n. Sax. complexion, 3317.

Rody, adj. Sax. ruddy, 10699.

Kofe, pa. t. of rife, L. W. 661, 1349; rofte, F. i. 373, fhould probably be rofe.

Rogge, v. Sax. to shake, L.W. 2697 ; roggyn or mevyn, agito, Prompt. Parv.

Roigne, n. Fr. a fcab, mange, &c. R. 553.

Roignous, adj. Fr. fcabby, rough, R. 6190, 988. Kokette, n. Fr. aloofe upper garment, R. 1240, 2,4754. Reking, part. pr. of rokke or rogge, v. neut. Sax. fhaking, trembling, R. 1906; roggyn or waveryn, vacillo, Prompt. Parv.

Romaunces reales. See the n. on ver. 13777.

Rombel, n. a rumbling noife, 1981-rumour, 8873.
Rome, v. Sax. to walk about, 7994, 11155.

Rondel, n. Fr. a rhyme or fonnet which ends as it begins, Cotgrave; L. W. 423.

Rone, pr. n. Rouen in Normandy, R. 1674.
Rone, pa. t. of rain, v. Sax. rained, T. iii. 678.

Ropen, part. pa. of repe, v. Sax. reaped, L. W. 74. Rafalgar, 16282, red arfenick, a preparation of orpiment. Chambers, in v. Realgar. It should rather perhaps have been written ryfalgar, with mf. C. 1, as the Latin name is rifigallum.

Rofen, adj. rofy, B. K. 657.

Rofer, n. Fr. a rofebush, P. 244.
Rofe-red, adj. 15722, red as a rofe.
Rote, n. Sax. a root, 2; T. ii. 348.

Rote, a root in aftrology, 4734. Sce Expans yeres.
Rote, n. a mufical inftrument, 236. See Du Cange in
v. Rocta. Notker, who lived in the 10th century,
fays that it was the ancient pfaltarium, but altered in
its shape, and with an additional number of ftrings,
Schilter in v. Rotta.

Rote, n. Fr. practise; by rote, 13452, 75, by heart, par rotine, Gotg.

Rote, v. Sax. to rot, 4405.

Roten, part. pa. 3871.

Rother, n. Sax. the rudder of a ship, C. D. 1377. Rought, for raught, pa. t. of recche, 8561; T. i. 497. Rouke, v. Sax. to lie clofe, 1310; T. v. 409; but now they rucken in her neft, Conf. Am. 72.

Roule, v. neut. Sax. to roll, to run easily, 6235, where fome copies have royle, See Reile.

Roume, n. Sax. room, space, L. W. 1997.
Roume, adj. wide, fpacious, 4124,

Roumer, comp. d. wider, 4143.

Rouncevall, pr. n. See the n. on ver. 672.

Rouncie, n. barb. Lat. a common hackney horfe, 392.

See Du Cange in v. Runcinus.

Roundel, n. Fr. a fort of fong, 1531. See Rondel-a cir cular figure, F. ii. 283, 290.

Route, n. Fr. a company, 624, 9424.

Route, v. to affemble in a company, 4960.

Route, v. Fr. to fnore, 3647,4165-to roar, F. ii. 530. Routhe, n. Sax. compassion, 11824--the object of compaffion, 11833.

Routheles, adj. without compassion, T. ii. 346.
Row, n. a line of writing, F. i. 448. See Rerv.
Row, adj. Sax. rough, 3736, 16329; C. D. 772; he
loked wel rozve, R. G. 507.

Rovne v. Sax. to whisper, 5823,7132.
Rubeus, 2047. See Puella.

Rubins, n. pl. Fr. rubies, 2149.

Rucking, part. pr. of rucke, or rouke, v. Sax. lying close, 15232.

Rudde, n. Sax. complexion, 13657. See Rode.

Ruddock, n. Sax. a bird called Robinredbreast, A. F. 349.

Rufus, pr. n. 432, a Greek physician, of whose works fome are extant. See Fabric. Bibl. Gr. 1. iv. c. 3. Ruggy, adj. rough, 2885.

Ruffel, pr. n. the fox is called Dan Rufselin ver. 15340, from his red colour I fuppofe.

S.

Sachelles, n. pl. Fr. fmall facks, Bo. i. pr. 3.

Sacked freres, R. 7462, friars wearing a coarse upper garment called faccus, Mat.Paris,ad an. 1257; “Eo"dem tempore novus ordo apparuit Londini de quibufdam fratribus ignotis et non prævifis, qui, "quia faccis incedebant induti, Fratres Saccati voca"bantur."

Sacre, n. Fr. a facred folemnity, C. D. 2135. Sade, adj. Sax. grave, steady, 8878, 8923--forrowful, repentant, 16345.

Sadly, adv. fteadily, carefully, 2604; this meffager drank fadly ale and wine, 5163, this meffenger applied himself to drink, a. and w.

Sadness, n. gravity, steadiness, 8328, 9465.

Saffron, v. Fr. to tinge with faffron, 12279.
Saie, for feie, pa. t. of fe, v. Sax. faw, T. iii. 993.
Saile, v. Fr. to affail, R. 7338.

Sailours, n. pl. R. 770, may mean dancers, from the Lat. Fr.; fo in P. P. 68, for I can-neither faylen,

ne faute, ne fyng, to the gyterne: the lines which Chaucer has here translated are not in the best edit. of the Rom. de la Rofe, Paris 1735, but they are quoted by Junius, Etym. Ling. Angl. in v." Timbeftere, from an edit. of 1529;

Apres y eut farces joyeuses,
Et batelleurs et batelleufes,
Qui de paffe paffe jouoyent,
Et en l'air ung baffin ruoyent,
Puis le scavoyent bien recueillir
Sur ung doy, fans point y faillir,

where it is plain that the author is fpeaking of jugglers rather than dancers.

Saine, for feine, part. pa. of fe, v. Sax. feen, R. 7445.
Saine, pr. n. the river Seine, 11534.

Salade, n. Fr. a fort of armour for the head, C. D. 1554.
Salades, n. pl. Fr. fallads of herbs, F. L. 412.
Salewe, falue, v. Fr. to falute, 1494, 10405.
Salued, part. pa. 11622.

Saluinges, n. pl. falutations, T. ii. 1568.

Samite, n. Fr. Gr. a rich filk, R. 873; T. i. 109. See
Du Cange in v. Examitus.

Sanguin, adj. Fr. of a blood-red colour, 441, 2170.
Sarlinifbe, R. 1188, fhould perhaps be farfinife, from
the Fr. farrafinois, a fort of fine filk ufed for veils.
See Du Cange in v. Saracenicum and Saracenum. It is
ftill called farcenet.
Sarpleres, n. pl. packages of a larger fize than facks,
Bo. i. pr. 3. See Du Cange in v. Sarplerium. Sarpil“
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