second element in many names of plants, as bemlock (O. E, bemlick), charlock, barley (O. E. berlic, from bere, barley).

Gaste, to terrify. See Agast. Gastly, horrible: B 1126. See Agast.

Gat, got, obtained: A 703, 704. Gattothed (having teeth far apart), lascivious: A 468. Du. gat, a hole. It is sometimes written gaptothed, and gagtoothed = having projecting teeth, which also signifies lascivious. • If shee be gaggetoothed, tell hir some merry jest, to make her laughe.' Lyly's Euphues, ed. Arber, p. 116. Gaude grene, a light green colour :

B 1221. Colour hit gaude grene.' (Ord. and Reg. p. 452.) Gayler, a gaoler: B 206. It. gaiola, Sp. gayola, a cage. Gayne, to avail: B 318. O. N. gegna, to meet, to aid; O.N. gagn, A. S. gegn, against; whence ungainly.

Gaytres beryis, berries of the dog-
wood-tree, cornus fœmina.
Geere, manner, habit: B 514, 673.
See Gere.

Gees, geese: c 570.
Geet, jet: c 39. Fr. jaiet, Lat.
gagates. Used for beads, and held
in high estimation. Bp. Bale
makes allusion to this in Kynge
Johan. p. 39:

'Holy water and bredde, shall

dryve away the devyll; Blessynges with black bedes will help in every evyll.' Gentil, noble: A 72. Gentilesse, gentleness: c 475. Gepoun, Gypoun, a short cassock: A 75, B 1262.

Ger, gear: B 1322. See Gere. Gerdel, girdle: A 358. Gere, gear, all sorts of instruments, tools, utensils of armour, apparel, fashion: A 352, B 158.

A.S.

gearwa, clothing; gearwian, to prepare, whence Eng. yare. Gerful, changeable: B 680. See Gery.

Gerland, a garland: B 196. Gerner, a garner: A 593. Fr. grenier; garner, corn-loft; grene, grain. (Cotgrave.) Gery, changeable: B 678. Fr. girer, to turn round; Lat. gyrare. Gesse, to deem, suppose, think, guess: A 82, 118. Du. gissen, Sw. gissa, Dan. gisse, to believe,

suppose.

Get, fashion, mode: A 682. O. Fr. get, contrivance.

Gete, to get, obtain, p.p. geten: A 291.

Giggyng, clattering: B 1646. Gile, guile: B 1738. O. Fr. guille, deceit, of the same origin as Eng. wile, wily.

Gilteles, free from guilt, guiltless : B 454.

Gipser, a pouch or purse: A 357. Fr. gibbecière, a pouch, from gibbe a bunch.

Gird, p.p. girded, girt: A 329. Girt, pierced: B152. Thurgb-girt, pierced through, is used also by Surrey.

With throat ycut he roars, he lieth along,

His entrails with a lance throughgyrded quite.' (Poems, p. 215, ed. Bell.)

The O. E. girde, or gride, signifies
also to strike, and may be con-
nected with O. E. yard (as in yard-
measure), Du. garde, Ger. gerte,
a rod.

Gladen, to console, gladden: B
1979.
Gladere, sb. one who makes glad,
B 1365; adj. more glad, B 2193.
Glaryng, staring (like the eyes of
the hare). Norse glora, to stare.
Gleed, Gleede, a live coal, gleed:
B 1139. A. S. glêd, O. Du. gloed.

Cp. O. N. glóa, to burn, glow; glod, a live coal; Ger. glühen, to glow; gluth, hot coals. Gliteren, to glitter, shine: B 2032. O. N. glitra, to glitter. Glowen, to glow, shine; Glowe

den (pl. pret.), shone, в 1274; Glowyng, fiery. See Gleed. Go, Gon, Goo, Goon (p.p. go, gon, goon), to go, walk: A 450, 771. Goth, goes: B 598. Goon (pl.), go, walk: A 77, C 32. Gobet, piece, morsel, fragment: A 696. Prov. Eng. gob, Gael. gob, the mouth; whence gobble, gabble, &c.

Godhede, godhead, divinity: B 1523.

Golyardeys, a buffoon: A 560. See note p. 135.

Gon, to go: A 12, 377. See Go. Gonne (pl. of gan), began, did: B 800.

Good, property, goods: A 581. Goost, ghost, spirit: A 205, Goot, a goat: A 688. Gooth, goes: B 213. Goune, Gowne, a gown: A 93. It. gonna, Mid. Lat. guna, gouna. Governaunce, management, control, management of affairs, business matters: A 281, B 455, C 45. Governynge, control: A 599. Graunte, grant, permission: B 448. Graunte, to grant, consent to: A 786.

Grauntyng, consent, permission: B 1581.

Gree, the prize, grant: в 1875. Lat. gratus, Fr. gré, will, liking,

consent.

Greece, grease: A 135.
Greene, Grene, green: A 103.
A.S. gréne.

Greet, Gret (def. form and pl. greete, grete), great (comp. gretter, superl. gretteste): A 84, 137, 120, 197; B 5, 218, 559. Greve, to grieve. Agreved, B 1199.

Greve, a grove: в 63. This form is used by many of the Elizabethan poets.

Greyn, grain: a 596. Griffoun, a griffin: B 1275. Grim, Grym, fierce: в 1661. A. S. grimm, fierce, furious; Du. grimmen, to snarl; It. grima, wrinkled ; Fr. grimace, a wry mouth, grimace. Grisly, horrible, dreadful, в 505; from O.E. grise, agrise, to terrify. A. S. agrisan, to dread, fear; Ger. grausen, to shudder at; O. Du. grijsen, Prov. Eng. gryze, to snarl, grind the teeth.

Grone, Gronen, to groan; Gron

yng, groaning: c 66. A. S. gránian, to groan, murmur. Grope, to try, test: A 644. It signifies originally to feel with the hands, to grope (A. S. grâpian, O. N. greipa. Cp. grabble, grip, grasp, &c.); hence to probe a wound, to test, put to the proof. Grote, a groat: c 138. Groynyng, stabbing: B

1602. Tyrwhitt renders it discontent."' Grucchen, to murmur, grumble, grudge: B 2187. Fr. groucher, to murmur. Gr. ypusei, to mur

mur, mutter.

Gruf, with face flat to the ground, B 91; whence Eng. grovelling, grovel. O.E. grovelinges, gruflinges, O.N. grufa, to stoop down. Liggia á grufa, to lie with the nose to the ground.

Grys, fur of the gray rabbit: A 194. Gulde or Golde, a flower commonly

called a turnsol: B1071. Fr.goude, a marigold, so called from its golden colour. See note, p. 143. Gult, Gylt, guilt, conduct which has to be atoned for by a payment : c 552. A. S. gild, money payment; Swiss gult, Dan. gjeld, a debt. Cp. A. S. gildan, Ger. gelten, pay, yield. Gulty, guilty: A 660.

a

Gurles, young people, either male or female: A 664. Low Ger. gör, göre, a child. The O.E. wench-el, a boy, is our word wench. Gye, to guide: B 1092. Fr. guider, guier.

Gylt, guilt: B 907. See Gult.
Gynglen, to jingle: A 170.
Gynne, to begin: B 2160.
Gyse, guise, fashion, mode, wise,
B 135, 350. Fr. guise, Welsh gwis,
Ger. weise, Eng. wise, mode,
fashion.

H.

Haberdarsher, a seller of hats. "The Haberdasher heapeth wealth by battes.' (Gascoigne, The Fruites of Warre.) See note, p. 130. Habergeon, Habergoun, a diminutive hauberk, a small coat of mail: A 76, B 1261. O. Fr. bauberc, O. H. Ger. balsberc, A. S. bealsbeorg, a coat of mail, from beals, the neck, and beorgan, to cover or protect. Hade O. E. bavede (sing.), had: A 554.

Hakke, to hack: в 2007. Du. backen, Ger. backen, to cut up, chop; Dan. bakke, to peck; Fr. bacher, to mince; whence Eng. bash, batch, batchet.

Halwes, saints: A 14. A. S. bálga, a saint (as in All Hallow's E'en'), from bál, whole.

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Hamer, a hammer: B 1650.
Han baven, to have: A 245.
Happe, to happen, befall: A 585.
Whence happy, mis-hap, per-haps,
may-hap. O. E. happen, happy;
O. N. happ, fortune.
Hardily, certainly: A 156.
Hardynesse, boldness: B 1090.
Haried, harried, taken as a prisoner :

A 1868. Fr. barier, to hurry, harass, molest. (Cotgrave.) Harlot: A 647. This term was not

confined to females, nor even

to persons of bad character. It signifies (1) a young person; (2) a person of low birth; (3) a person given to low conduct; (4) a ribald. W. berlod, berlawd, a youth.

Harlotries, ribaldries: A 561. Harnays, Harneys, Herneys, Hernoys, armour, gear, furniture, barness: B 148, 755. O. Fr. barneis, Fr. harnois, all manner of harness, equipage, furniture; Ger. barnisch, armour. Harneysed, equipped: A 114. Harrow, a cry of distress: c 225. O. Fr. barau, bare! Crier baro sur, to make hue and cry after. O.H. Ger. baren, to cry out; Scottish barro, a cry for help.

Harre, a hinge: A 550. A. S. beor, beoru, O.E. berre, a hinge. Hauberk, a coat of mail: B 1573. See Habergeon.

Haunt, (1) a district, (2) custom,

practice, skill: A 447. Breton bent, a way; Fr. banter, to frequent.

Hede, Heed, Heede, head: A 198, 455. A. S. beafod, O. Du. boofd, head; Scottish baffet, side of the head. Heeld, held: A 337.

Heep, heap, assembly, host: A 575. A. S. heap, Ger. baufe, heap, band, crowd. Cp. O. E. a beep of houndes;' beep, a band of armed

men.

Heer, Heere, Here, hair: A 589. A. S. bær, hér. Heere, to hear: A 169. Heete, to promise: B 1540. A. S. bátan, O. Sax. betan, O.N. beita, to call, promise

Heeth, Heethe, a heath: A 6. A. S. bath, heath; Goth. baithi, the open country; O.N. beidi, a waste; Ger. beide, a heath; whence beathen, boyden (O. Du. beyden, a clown, rustic).

207; great, B 940.
Heigher, upper: A 398.
Hele, health: в 413. A. S. bæl,
whole; bel, balu, health.
Helpen of, to help off, get rid of
(pret. balp, p.p. holpen): a 632.
Hem, them: A 18.

Hemself, themselves: B 396.
Hemselve, Hemselven, them-
selves.

Heng (pret. of bonge), hanged: A
160, 358.

Henne, hence: B 1498. O.E. hennes,

bens. A more modern form is our
bence.

Hente, Henten, seize, take hold

of, get: A 299, 698; в 46. (Pret.
bente, B 442; p.p. bent, в 723.)
A. S. bentan.

Her, here: в 933.
Heraude, Herawde, Herowde,
a herald: B 159, 1675. Fr. bé-
rauld, béraut, from O. H. Ger.
baren, to shout.
Herbergage, Herbergh, lodging,
inn, port, harbour: A 403, 765,
c 169. A. S. bere, an army, and
beorgan, to protect, defend.
Herde, a herd, keeper of cattle, a
shepherd: A 603. A. S. byrde, a
keeper, guardian; Ger. birt, a
herdsman; O. N. birda, to keep
guard.

Here, Heer, hair: A 555, B 1285.
See Heer.

Here, their, of them: A II, B 320.

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Here aller of them all: A 586.
Herd, haired: в 1660.

Herkne, to hark, hearken, listen:

B 985, 1674.

Herneys: B 148. See Harnays.
Hert, a hart: B 831.

Herte, a heart: A 153.
Herte-spon: в 1748. The provin-

cial heart-spoon signifies the navel.
Tyrwhitt explains it as 'the con-
cave part of the breast, where the
lower ribs unite with the cartilago
ensiformis.'

He that undoes him (the

deer),

Doth cleave the brisket-bone, upon
the spoon,

Of which a little gristle grows.'

(Sad Shepherd, act i. sc. 6.)
Herteles, without heart, cowardly :
c 88.

Hertely, heartily: a 762.
Hest, command, behest: в 1674.
A. S. bas, from batan, to com-
mand.

Hethe, heath: A 606. See Heethe.
Hethene, a heathen: A 66.
Hethenesse, the country inhabited
by the heathens, A 49; in contra-
distinction to Christendom.

Heve, to heave, raise: A 550. Heve

of to lift off (pret. baf, bof; Eng.
bove). A. S. bebban, O. Fris. heva,
to heave, lift.

Hew, Hewe, colour, complexion,
bue в 506. Hewes, colours for
painting: B 1230. A. S. beow.
Hewe, to cut: в 564. A.S. beawian,
Ger. bauen.

Hey, Heye, Heygh, Heyh, high,
highly: A 316. A. S. beb.
Hider, hither: A 672.
Hidous, hideous: B 1120. Hi-
dously, hideously: в 843. O. Fr.
bide, bisde, bidour, bisdour, dread.
Hiere, to hear: c 431.

Hiew, hue, colour. See Hew.
Hiewed, coloured: c 49. See
Hew.

Hight, Highte, was called, pro-

mised: A 616, 719, B333, 1614.
A. S. bébt, bét; pret. of bátan,
to command, promise. The proper
preterite of hátan (Ger. beissen),
to call, be called, was batte; so

two distinct verbs have been con-

founded.

Highte.
926.

Hih, Hihe, high: B 1605.
Hiled, hidden, kept secret: C 235.
A. S. belan, to cover, conceal;
Prov. Eng. bele, hill (Ger. büllen,
to cover, wrap); whence Eng.
bull, cod of pease.
Himselve, Himselven, dat. and
acc. of himself: A 184, 528.
Hipes, hips: A 472. A. S. bype,
Du. heupe, Ger. büfte, the flank,
hip.

Hire, her: A 120.

Hit, it A 345.

Ho, Hoo, an interjection com-
manding a cessation of anything:
B 848, 1675. Cp. the carter's
whoa! to his horse to stop.
Hold, 'in hold,' in possession, cus-
tody: c 54. A.S. ge-beald, O.N.
bald, custody, bold; A. S. healdan,
baldan, to hold, retain.
Holde, Holden, beholden, в 449;
esteemed, held, A 141, B 832,
1861.

Holly, wholly: A 599. See Hool.
Holpen, helped: A 18. See Helpen.
Holt, Holte, a wood, grove: A 6.
A. S. bolt, O. H. Ger. bolz, a
wood. Holt is still used in some
parts of England for an orchard
or any place of trees, as a cherry-
bolt, an apple-bolt. In Norfolk
a plantation is called a bolt, as
nut-bolt, osier-bolt, gooseberry-bolt.
It occurs frequently as an element
in local names, as Holt, a wood
near Havant (Hants); Knock-bolt,
a wood near Tenterden (Kent).
Holwe, hollow: A 289. A. S. bol,
a hole; bolh, a ditch; Low Ger.
bolig, hollow. The termination
-we or -ow had originally a dimin-
utival force.

Hom, home; Homward, home-
ward: B 1881, 2098.

Hool, Hoole, whole: A 533. A.S.
bál, whole, sound; whence whole-
some, boly, &c.

Hoom, home: A 400. Hoomly,
homely: A 328. A. S. bam, Ger.
beim.

Hoost, host: A 751.

Hoot, Hoote, Hote, hot, hotly: A
97, 394. A. S. bát, hot.
Hoppesteres (applied to ships),
warlike: B 1159. -ster is a ter-
mination marking the feminine
gender, as in modern Eng. spinster.
Hors, horse: A 74. Pl. bors, horses,
A 598, B 1634.

Hosteller, innkeeper: A 241. Fr.
bôtelier.

Hostelrie, Hostelrye, an hotel,
inn: A 23, 722. Fr. bôtel, O. Fr.
bostel, Mid. Lat. hospitale, a hostel,
inn (whence Eng. hospital), from
Lat. bospes, a guest.
Hote, hot. See Hoot.
Hote, Hoote, to be called: в 699,
700. See Heete, Hight.
Hous, Hows, house: A 343.
Houshaldere, householder: A

339.
Housbondry, economy: c 8.
Howpede = bouped, whooped: c
579. Fr. bouper, to call out.
Hooping-cough is properly whoop-
ing-cough. A. S. wop, outcry,
weeping; Fris. wopa, to call;
Goth. wopjan, to crow as a cock;
O. N. op, cry, clamour.
Humblesse, humility, в 923.
Hunte, a hunter: B 1160.