814, o that God were willing! ne wolde God! 11068, God forbid!

Wold, part. pa. willed, been willing, M. 245, 284;

L.W. 1207.

Womanhede, n. womanhood, the virtue of a woman, 8951.

Wonde, v. Sax, wandian, to desist through fear,L.W 1185.

Wonde, pa. t. C. M. V. 102, may perhaps be deduced from winde, to turn, to bend. See T. i. 257.;

The yerde is bet that bowen wol and winde

Than that that breit.

Wande, pa. t. of zone, dwelled, L. W. 2241.
Wonder, adj. Sax. wonderful, 2075, 5465.

Wone, n. Sax. custom, ufage, 337, 13434; Du, 475— habitation, 7687, 13730-a heap, an assembly, R. 1673; L. W. 2159.

Wone, v. Sax. to dwell, 7745.

Woneden, pa. t. pl. dwelled, 2929.

Woned, part. pa, wont, accuftomed, T. i. 511; Du.

140.

Woning, n. Sax. a dwelling, 608.

Wonne, part. pa. of winne, v. Sax. won, conquered, 51,59-begotten, L. W. 2553

Wont, part. pa. of ruone, accustomed, Bo. iv. pr. 4-
Wood, adj. as Wode.

Woodness, n. madness, 3452, 12430.

Wordles, adj. Sax. fpeechlefs, C. D. 514.

Worldes, gen. ca. of world, n. Sax. is used in the fenfe of the adj. worldly; every worldes fore, 2851; my worldes blis, 15206.

Wort, n. Sax. a cabbage, 8102, 15227-new beer in a ftate of fermentation, 16281.

Worth, v. Sax. to be, to go, C. M, 95; wo worthe!

T. ii. 344,5,6, unhappy be, or wo be to!-to climb, to mount, 13681; T. ii. 1011.

Woft, for quoteft, 1165, 1176, 6144, knoweft. Wote, wot, v. Sax. to know, 1142, 1262,4,5—Wot, pa, t. knew, 4856.

Wowe, (rather woe) v. Sax. to woo, T. v. 791; L. W. 1245.

Woxe, pa. t. of waxe, or wexe, v. Sax. grew, 7703. Woxen, part. pa. grown, T. v. 1014.

Wraie, v. Sax. to betray, discover, T. iii. 285. Wrathen, inf. m. v. Sax. to make angry, 17029; P. 144.

Wrawe, adj. Sax. peevish, angry, 16995; wrawe, froward, ungoodly; perverfus, bilofus, Prompt. Pare. Wrareness, n. peevishnefs, P. 219.

Wray, v. 11256, as Wraie.

Wreche, n. Sax. revenge, 14521, 14533. Wrenches, n. pl. Sax. frauds, ftratagems, 16549. Wreft, v. Sax. to twift, B. K. 48; the nightingale with fo great might hire voice began out wref-to turn forcibly, T. iv. 1427.

Wretches, Bo. ii. pr. 7, fhould probably be wretched. Wrethen, part. pa. of writhe, F. L. 57; wrethen in fere, twifted together; in Urry's edit. it is printed within in fere.

Wreye, v. 3503, 7, as Wraie.

Wrie, v. Sax. to cover, 7409; R. 6795-to turn, to incline, 17211; T. ii. 906.

Wright, n. Sax. a workman, 616.

Wrine, for zurien, inf. m. of wrie, R. 6684.

Wring, v. Sax. to fqueeze fo as to exprefs moisture, 13706.

Writhe, v. Sax. to twist, to turn afide, 3283; T. iv. 986.

Writhing, n. a turning, 10441.

Wronge, part. pa. of turing; his hondes wronge, T. iv. 1171: later writers have used the fame expreffion of diftrefs. I fuppofe it means to clafp the hands, and fqueeze them frongly oné against the other. I do not recollect a fimilar expreffion in any other language.

Wrote, v. Sax. to dig with the fnout as swine do, P.
150; or like a worm that wroteth in a tree, Lydg.
Tra. 33.
Wrought, part. pa. of worke, v. Sax. made, 11184.

Y.

r, at the beginning of many words, especially verbs and participles, is merely a corruption of the Saxon ge, which has remained uncorrupted in the other collateral branches of the Gothick language; what the power of it may have been originally it is impoffible I apprehend now to determine: in Chaucer it does not appear to have any effect upon the fenfe of a word, fo that there feems to be no neceffity for inferting in a gloffary fuch words as ybleffed, ygranted, &c. which differ not in fignification from bleffed, granted, c. Some however of this fort are inferted, which may ferve at leaft to fhew more clearly the extent of this practice in Chaucer's time. Several other words are fshortly explained under this letter, of which a more full explanation may be found under their respective fecond letters.

Ya, adv. Sax. yea, 3455, 8231; it is ufed emphatically with both, 4827, ya bothe yonge and olde; 6832, ye bothe faire and good.

Yaf, pa. t. of yeve, v. Sax. gave, 498, 1902. Talte, for yelte, R. 4904, yalte him, yieldeth himself; fe rend, orig.

Tare, adj. Sax. ready, L.W. 2258.

Tate, n. Sax. a gate, 8889.

Fave, pa. t. of yeve, gave, 304, 602.
T-be, part. pa. been, 10275.

Y-beried, part. pa. buried, 948.

Y-bete, 981. See the note, and R. 837.

Y-blent, part. pa, of blend, R. 1610, blinded.
T-blent, part. pa. of blenche, 3751, shrunk, started aside.
See the note on ver. 1080.

Y-blint, part. pa. 3806, blinded.

r-bore, part. pa. of bere, 380, born, carried.

T-bourded, part. pa. jefted, A. F. 589.

T-brent, part. pa. of brenne, 948, burned.

Y-chaped, part. pa. 368, furnished with chapes, from chappe, Fr.

Y-clouted, part. pa. R. 223, wrapped in clouts or rags. r-corven, part. pa. 2015, cut. See Corven.

Y-coupled, part. pa. 9095.

Y-crafed, part. pa. Du. 324, broken.
Y-deled, part. pa. 7831, diftributed.
T-dight, part. pa. T. v. 541, adorned.
T-do, part. pa. 2536, done, finished.
Y-drawe, part. pa. 946, drawn.

Ye, adv. Sax. as Fa, 9212; ye wis, T. ii, 887, yea certainly.

Yeddinges,237. See the note. The Prompt. Parv. makes yedding to be the fame as gefte, which it explains thus; geeft or romance, geftio. So that of yeddinges may perhaps mean of story-telling.

rede, part. pa. of yede, v. Sax. went, 13249, 16609. Tefte, n. Sax. a gift, 9185; yeftes, pl. 2200, 9186. Telde, v. Sax. to yield, to give, 6494, 8719-to pay, 5712; God yelde you! 7759, God reward you! Yelleden, pa. t. pl. of yelle, v. Sax. 15395. Telpe, v. Sax. to prate, to boaft, 2240; T. iii. 308. Yelte, for yeldeth, T. i. 386.

Teman, n. Sax. a fervant of middling rank; a bailif, 6962, 6977-the Knightes Yeman. See his character, ver. 101-17-the Chanones Yeman. See his Prologue, ver. 16022-16187-Yemen, pl. 2511, 2730. See the n. on ver. IOI.

Yemanrie,n.the rank of yeoman. See the n. on ver.101. Yerde, n. Sax. a red or ftaff, 149; T. ii. 154; under the yerde, 13027. See the note.

Yere, for yeres, n. pl. Sax. years, 4919, 11125.
Yerne, adj. Sax. brisk, eager, 3257.

Yerne, adv. brifkly, eagerly, 6575, 12332; early, T. iii. 337; as rerne, T. iii. 151, T. iv. 112, foon, immediately.

Yerne, v. to defire, to feek eagerly, T. iii. 152, T. iv. 198.

Yerning, n. activity, diligence, R. 5951; efveil, orig.

Yeten, part. pa. R. 5702, gotten.

Teve, v. Sax. to give, 507, 613.

Yeven, yeve, part. pa. given, 1088, 1091, 7135.
Y-falle, part. pa. 25, fallen.

Y-feined, part. pa. 8405; lordes heftes may not ben y-feined, the commands of fovereigns may not be executed with a feigned pretended zeal, they muft be executed strictly and fully.

Y-fette, part. pa. 10488, fetched.

Y-fonden, part. pa. 10154, found.

Y-foftered, part. pa. 3944, educated.

Y-freten, part. pa. L.W. 1949, devoured.

T-geten, part. pa. 3564, gotten.

T-glofed, part. pa. 16983, flattered.

Y-glued, part. pa. 10496, glewed, fastened with glew.

1-go, part. pa. 288, gone.

Y-grave, part. pa. 6078, buried.

Y-halowed, part. pa. L.W. 1869, kept holy.

Y-herd, part. pa. 3736, covered with hair.