Wed (dat. wedde), pledge, security; to wedde, in pledge, as a pledge : B 360 A. S. wed, agreement; whence Eng. wed, wedding, wedlock.

Wedden, to wed: B 974.
Wede, clothing: B 148. A. S.
wed, clothing, attire of men and
women. It is still retained in
'widow's weeds.'

Weel, well : B 68, 1265.
Weep, wept: B 1487. Cf. M. E.
creep, leep = crept, leapt.
Wel, adv. full, very, B 653; much,
B 396.

Wele, weal, prosperity, wealth:
B 37.

Welle, source, fountain : B 2179. Wende, weened, thought: B 411. See Wene.

Wende, Wenden, to go, pass away: A 16, 21; B 1356. The Eng. went is the past tense of wende. Cf. the phrase 'to wend one's way.'

Wene, to ween, think: B 797.
A. S. wén, hope; wénan, to hope,
suppose. It is preserved in E.
ween, over-weening, &c.
Wepe, Wepen (pret. weep, wep;
pp. wepen), to weep: A 144,
230.

Wepne, a weapon: B 733.
Were, to defend, guard : B 1692.
A. S. werian, to defend.
Wered, wore : A 75, 564.
Werken, Wirche, to work: A
779, B 1901.

Werre, war: A 47, B 429. Du. werre, strife, war; F. guerre. Werreye, Werreyen, to make war against: B 626, 686. Werte, a wart: A 555. A. S. weart (wear, a knot, wart), Icel. varta, Ger. Warze.

Wessh (pret. of wasche), washed:
B 1425.

Wete, wet, moist: B 422, 1480.
Wette, wetted: A 129.
Wex, sb. wax: A 675.

Wexe, to increase, grow, become. A. S. weaxan, to increase. Wex, increased, became : B 504. Shakespeare has 'a man of wax' an adult, a man of full growth.

Wexing, growing, increasing: B

1220.

Wey, Weye, a way: A 34, 467. Weyeth, weigheth, esteems: B 923.

Weyle, to wail; to cry wei! or woe! B 363.

Weymentinge: B 44. See Waymenting.

Whan, Whanne, when : A 15, 18, 179.

What, wherefore, why, lo! A 184, 854.

Wheel, wheel : B 68, 1165. Whelkes, pimples, blotches: A 632.

Wher, where: B 1952.
Wher, whether: B 1394.
Whether, whether, which of two :
B 998.

Which, what. Which a=what a,
B 1817.
Whippeltre, the cornel-tree: B
2065. Cf. Mid. Low Ger. wipel-
bom, the cornel-tree (Pritzel).
Whyl, whilst : A 35, 397. Whyle,
time. A. S. hwil, time; Norse
hvíla, to rest. It is retained in
awhile; 'to while away the
time' to pass the time away
in rest or recreation.
Whylom, formerly, once: B I,
1545. A. S. hwilum.
The -um

was an old adverbial ending, as seen in M. E. ferrum, afar ; Eng. seldom.

Whyt, white: A 238. Comp.

Whitter.

Widwe, a widow: A 253. Wight, any living creature; a person, male or female: A 71, 326. A. S. wiht.

Wighte, weight: B 1287.

Wikke, wicked, bad, untoward :

B 229. M. E. wikke, poor, mean, weak; A. S. wican, to be weak. Wilfully, willingly: c 276. Wilne, to desire: B 751. A. S. wiln, wish; wilnian, to desire. Wiltou, wilt thou: B 298. Wilwe, willow-tree: B 2064. Wimpel, a covering for the neck : A 151. Ywimpled, decked with a wimple: A 470. F. guimple, M. Du. wimpelen, to wrap; wimpel, a veil, flag. See p. 140.

Winged, winged: B 527. Winne (pret. wan, won; pp. wonne, wonnen), to win, obtain, gain: B 759.

Winnyng, gain, profit: A 275Wirche, to work: B 1901. See Werken.

B

Wis=ywis, certainly: B 1928.
As wis, =as certainly, as truly:
C 588. See Ywis.
Wisly, truly: B 1376. See Ywis.
Wit, understanding, judgment,
wisdom: A 279, 746.
Wite, to know, to learn:
402; 1st and 3rd pers. sing.
indic. wot, woot;
2nd pers.
wost; pl. witen, wyten; pret.
wiste. A. S. witan, to know;
whence wit, to wit, witty, &c.
Withholde, maintained: A 5II.
Withouten, without: A 538;
besides, A 461.

Withseyn, Withseye, to gain-
say: A 805, B 282.
Witing, knowledge: B 753. See
Wite.

Wlatsome, loathsome, hateful:

C 233. A. S. wlátian, to nauseate, loathe.

Wo, Woo, sb. sorrow, woe, B 1766; lament, B 42; adj. sorrowful, grieved, displeased, A

351.

Wode. See Wood.

Wodebynde, woodbine, в 650. Wofullere, the more sorrowful : B 482.

Wol, Wole, vb. will, a 42; pt. s. wolde, would, A 144; pl. wolden, A 27.

Woln, Wolle (pl. of wol), will: B 1263.

Wolt, wilt; Woltow, wilt thou :
B 686.
Wommanhede, womanly feel-
ing: B 890.

Wonder, wonderful: B 1215; wonderfully: A 483, B 796. Wonderly, wonderfully: A 84. Wone, custom, usage: A 335, B 182. A. S. wune.

Wone, to dwell: A 388, B 2069. A. S. wunian, Ger. wohnen, to dwell, inhabit, rest.

Woning, a dwelling, habitation: А боб.

Wonne, Wonnen (pp. of winne), conquered, obtained: A 51, B

19. Wood, mad: A 582, B 471. A. S. wód, mad; wódnes, madness. Woodly, madly, B 443. Woodnesse, madness: B 1153. Wook, awoke: B 535.

Woot (1st pers.), know: A 389, 659; (3rd pers.), knows, в 28. See Wite.

Worse, worse: B 366.

Worship, sb. honour; Worschipful, honourable: B 1054. Worshipe, to honour, to pay proper respect to another's worth: B 1393.

Wortes, herbs: C 401. A. S. weort, wyrt. It still exists in cole-wort, orchard (=wort-yard, herb-garden).

Worthinesse, bravery: A 50.
Worthy, brave: A 47, 68.

Wost, knowest: Wostow, knowest thou, B 305.

See Wite.

Wrastle, to wrestle: B 2103.
Wrastling, wrestling: A 548.
Wrecche, a wretch, wretched: B
73, 248.
Wreke,

to revenge, avenge, wreak B 103.

Y-, a prefix used especially with the pp., like the A. S. ge-, Ger. ge-. See below. Yaf (pret. of yeve or yive), gave; hence, cared: A 177. Yate, a gate: B 577, Harl. MS.

This old pronunciation still survives in some parts of England.

Y-been, been, C 477.

Ybete, beaten: B 1304; beaten on, B 121.

Y-bore, borne, carried, A 378;
y-born, born, в 161.
Y-bounden, bound, B 291.
Y-brent, burnt: B 88.
Y-broght, brought: B 253.
Y-buried, buried: B 88.
Y-chaped, having chapes or caps
of metal at the end of a sheath,
A 366.

Y-clenched, clinched, fastened, B 1133.

Y-cleped, Yclept, called: A 376,
410, B 9. See Clepe.
Y-come, come: A 77.
Y-corve, cut: B 1155.

Y-don, done: B 167, C 599; Y-do, B 1676.

Y-drawe, drawn: A 396, в 86, 1784.

Ydriven, driven: B 1149. Y-dropped, bedropped, covered with drops: B 2026.

Ye, yea, the answer to a question asked in the affirmative form: B 890; yis, yes, being the affirmative answer to a question asked in the negative form.

Ye, eye, A Io. (Dissyllabic; pronounced y-e, with y like i in machine, and e like Ger. final e). Yeddinges, songs; properly the gleeman's songs: A 237. Norse gidda, to shake; whence giddy. A. S. gidd, a song; geddian, to sing. The Prompt. Parv. hasFeddynge, or geest, idem quod geest (a romaunce).' See note.

Yeer, Yer, year: A 347, B 523: pl. yeer, years, A 82. A. S. gér, géar. Yeldhalle geldhall, a guildhall : A 370.

=

Yeldyng, yielding, return, produce: A 596.

Yelle, to yell: Yelleden (pl. pret.), yelled: c 569. Yelpe, to boast: B 1380. (Eng. yelp.) A. S. gelpan.

Yelwe, Yelow, yellow: B 191,

1071. A. S. geoluwe, Ger. gelb. It is connected with gall, yolk,

&c. Yeman, a yeoman, commoner, a feudal retainer: A ΙΟΙ. See note. Tyrwhitt refers it to yeongman, a young man, a vassal. The A. S. geongra = a vassal, and geongorscipe = service (Cædmon.) Mr. Skeat refers it to the Old Friesic and Old Saxon ga or go, O. H. Ger. gou, Ger. gau, a village, a district; O.. Friesic gaman, a villager, rustic. Yerd, Yerde, rod, A 149, B 529;

as in yard-measure. A. S. gerd, gyrd, twig, rod, stick. Yerd, enclosure, yard: c 27. A. S. geard, hedge, enclosure, garden ; Eng. yard, orchard (=wort-yard), garden.

Yet now just now: B 298.
Yeve, Yeve, Yiven, to give: A
223.

Y-falle, fallen: A 25.
Y-fetered, fettered: B 371.
Y-founde, found: B 353, C 362.
Y-go, gone, A 286.

Y-grounde, pp. ground, sharpened: B 1691.

Y-holde, pp. esteemed, held: B 1516, 2100. Yifte, gift: B 1340.

Yive, Yiven, to give: A 225; PP. given, B 57.

Y-knowe, known: A 423.
Y-lad, carried (in a cart): A 530.
Pp. of leden, to lead, carry.
Y-laft, left: B 1888. Pp. of leven,
to leave.

Y-liche, pl. alike, B 1668.
Y-logged, lodged: c 171.
Y-lyk, alike, A 592, B 1876;
Ylyke, в 681.

Y-maked, pp. made: B 1207, 1997.

Y-met, pp. met: B 1766.

Y-meynd (pp. of menge), mingled, mixed: B 1312. A. S. mengian,

to mix.

Y-nogh, enough: A 373.
Yolden, pp. yielded: B 2194.
Pp. of yelden. A. S. gildan, to
pay, give up.

Yolle, to yell: B 1814. Prov.
Eng. goul, youl.
Yond, yonder: B 241.

Yong, Yonge, young: A7, 79, 213.
Yore, of a long time. Yore agoon

a long time ago, B 955; of yore, in olden time. A. S. geára,

of yore, from géar, a year. Youling, yelling: B 420. Yow, you: A 34, 38.

Y-scalded, scalded: B 1162.
Ysene, adj. pl. visible: A 592.
See Sene. (Distinct from the
Pp. y-seen.)

Y-served, pp. served: B 105.
Y-set, appointed: B 777.
Y-seyled, sailed: C 279.
Y-shave, shaven : A 690.
Y-shrive, shriven: A 226.
Y-shorn, cut: A 589. Pp. of
sheren, to shear.
Y-slayn, slain : B 1850.
Y-spreynd

(pp. of sprenge), sprinkled, scattered: B 1311. A. S. springan, to spring; Ger. sprengen, to scatter, burst open; Sw. springa, to split. Cf. the phrase to spring a leak.' Y-stiked, pierced, B 707. Y-storve, dead: в 1156. Pp. of sterven, to die.

Y-sworn, sworn: B 274.
Y-taught, taught: A 127.
Y-teyd, tied: A 457.

a

Y-turned, turned: B 380, 1204.
Y-warned, warned: C 412.
Y-wedded, wedded: B 2240.
Y-wimpled, decked with
wimple: A 470. See Wimpel.
Y-wis, certainly, truly, c
622. A. S. gewis.
Y-wont, wont, accustomed.
Wone.
Y-wroght,

379,

See

worked, wrought, made: A 196. Pp. of werken, werchen.

Y-wrye, covered: B 2046. A. S. gewrigen, pp. of wréon or wrihan,

to cover.

Amazones, Amazons, A 880.
Amphioun, Amphion, A 1546.
Andromacha, Andromache,
4331.

B

Antonius, Mark Antony, A 2032.
Aprille, April, A 1.

Arcita; accented Arcíta, A 1013,
1281, &c.; A'rcita, 2761; Arcíte,
A 1031, 1080, 1112, &c.; A'rcite,
1152, 1344, &c.; A'rcit', 1211.
Argus, A 1390.
Aristotle, A 295.
Artoys, Artois, A 86.

Athenes, Athens, A 861, 873, 880
(where perhaps it means the
Athenians), 968,973, 1023, 1194,
1391, &c.

Atthalante, Atalanta, A 2070.
Attheon, Actæon, A 2065, 2303.
Averrois, Averroes, a Moorish
physician, A 433.
Avicen, Avicenna, A 432.
Augustyn, saint Augustine, B
4431; Austin, A 187, 188.

Baldeswelle, Baldeswell in Nor-
folk, A 620.

Bathe, Bath, A 445.

Belle, the Bell, an inn, A 719.
Belmarye, Benamarin, A 57, 2630.
Beneit, St. Bennet, A 173.
Bernard, Bernardus Gordonius, A
434.

Berwik, Berwick-on-Tweed, a
692.

Boece, Boethius, B 4432, 4484.
Boloigne, Boulogne in France, A
465.
Bradwardyn, bishop, B 4432.
Britayne, Brittany, A 409.
Burdeux, Bourdeaux, A 397.
Burnel, Brunellus the ass, B 4502.

Cadme, Cadmus, A 1546; Cad-
mus, 1547.

Calistopee, Callisto, A 2056.
Capaneus, A 932.

Cartage, Carthage, A 404, B 4555.
Catoun, Dionysius Cato, B 4130,
4161, 4166.

Caunterbury, Canterbury, A 16,
22, 27, 769, 793, 801.
Chauntecleer, i. e. clear-singer, a
cock, B 4039, &c.

Chepe, Cheapside, in London, a
754.
Cipioun, Scipio Africanus the
younger, B 4314.