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.

S

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.

Yë, eye, A 1o. (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. has 'Yeddynge, 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 yeomán, 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; 0. 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, в 1668.
Y-logged, lodged: c 171.
Y-lyk, alike, A 592, B 1876;
Ylyke, B 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.
Eng. goul, youl.
Yond, yonder: B 241.

Prov.

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.

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 379,
622. A. S. gewis.

a

Y-wont, wont, accustomed. See
Wone.
Y-wroght,

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

werchen.

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

to cover.

:

Achilles, B 4338.

Adam, B 4448.

Adoun, Adonis, A 2224.

Affrike, Africa, B 4314.

Algezir, Algeciras (in Spain), A
57.

Alisaundre, Alexandria, A 51.
Amadrides, Hamadryades, A
2928

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. .

Circes, Circe, A 1944.

Citherea, Venus, A 2215.
Citheroun, Citharon, A 1936,
2223.

Clemence, Clemency (a goddess),
A 928.

Colle, a dog, B 4573.
Coloigne, Cologne, A 466.
Constantyn, Constantinus Afer,
A 433.

Creon, A 938, 961, 963, 986, 1002.
Cresus, Croesus, A 1946, B 4328.
Crete, A 980.

Cristofre, St. Christopher (on a
brooch), A 115.

Cupido, Cupid, A 1963; Cupide,
1623.

Damascien, Johannes Damasce-
nus, A 433.

Dane, Daphne, A 2062, 2064.
Daniel, B 4318.

Deiscorides, Dioscorides, A 430.
Dertemouthe, Dartmouth, A 389.
Diane, Diana, A 2051, 2057, 2063;
oratory of, 1912, 2051; prayer
to, 2297.

Ector, A 2832, B 4332; Ectores,
Hector's, B 4331.

Egeus, Ægeus, A 2838, 2905.
Egipt, Egypt, B 4323.
Eglentyne, A 121.

Emelye, Emilia, A 871, 972, 1035,
1046, &c.; Emelya, 1077, 1860;
Emely, 1860.

Emetreus, A 2156, 2638, 2645.
Eneidos, Vergil's Eneid, B 4549.
Engelond, England, A 16, 580,
2113.

English, English speech, A 265,
1459.

Epicurus, gen. of Epicurus, A 336.
Esculapius, Esculapius, A 429.

Faunes, pl. Fauns, A 2928.
Femenye, the country of the
Amazons, A 866, 877.

Finistere, Cape Finisterre, in
N.W. Spain, A 408.
Flaundres, Flanders, A 86.
Flaundrish, Flemish, A 272.
Fleming, a Fleming, B 4586.
Frensh, French, A 124, 126.
Friday, A 1534, 1539; B 4531,
4541.

Galgopheye, Gargaphia, A 2626.
Galice, Gallicia in Spain, A 466.
Galien, Galen, A 431.
Gatesden, John Gatisden of Ox-
ford, A 434.

Gaufred, Geoffrey de Vinsauf,
Anglo-Norman trouvère, B 4537-
Gaunt, Ghent in East Flanders,
A 448.

Genilon, Ganelon, one of the
twelve peers, B 4417.

Gerland, Garland, a dog, B 4573.
Gernade, Granada, A 56.
Gilbertyn, Gilbertus Anglicus, A
434.

Gootlond, Gottland, an island in
the Baltic Sea, A 408.
Grece, Greece, A 962.
Grekes, Greeks, A 2899, 2951,
2959, 2969.

Iulian, St. Julian, A 340.
Iulius, Julius Cæsar, A 2031.
Iuno, Juno, A 1329, 1555, 1559.
Iupiter, Jupiter, A 2442, 3069.

Kenelm, saint, B 4300, 4302.

Latin, B 4355; Latyn, A 638.
Launcelote de Lake, Lancelot
of the Lake, a hero of Arthurian
romance, B 4402.
Lettow, Lithuania, A 54.
Ligurge, Lycurgus, A 2129, 2644.
London, A 382, 509.
Loy, St. Eligius, A 120.
Lucyna, Lucina, a name of Diana,
A 2085.

Lyde, Lydia, B 4328.
Lyeys, formerly Layas, now Ayas,
A 58.

Macrobeus, Macrobius, B 4313.
Malkin, a servant-girl, B 4574.
Malle, name of a sheep, B 4021.
Marche, March, A 2; March, B
4378, 4380.

Mars, A 975, 1559, 2581; oratory
of, A 1907, 1969; temple of,
1982, &c.; statue of, 2041; prayer
to, 2373; Marte, 2021; Martes,
gen. 2024.
Maudelayne, St. Magdalen, name
of a ship, A 410.
Maure, St. Maur, A 173.

May, A 92, 1034, 1037, 1042, 1047,
1462, 1500, 1510, 1511, 2484.
Medea, A 1944.

Meleagre, Meleager, A 2071.
Mercenrike, Mercia, B 4302.
Mercurie, Mercury, A 1385.
Middelburgh, Middelburg, in
Holland, near Flushing, A 277.
Minotaur, A 980.
Monday, A 2486.

Narcisus, Narcissus, A 1941.
Nero, A 2032, B 4560.
Northfolk, Norfolk A 619.
Nymphes, pl. Nymphs, A 2928.

Orewelle, the river Orwell, A 277.
Oxenford, Oxford, A 285.

Palamon, A 1014, 1031, &c.;
Palamoun, 1070, &c.
Palatye, Palathia, A 65.
Paris, A 126.

Paul, saint, B 4631.
Penneus, Peneus, A 2064.
Perotheus, Pirithous, A 1191,
1202, 1205, 1227.
Pertelote, a hen, в 4060, 4074, &c.
Peter, saint Peter, A 697.
Pharao, Pharaoh, B 4323.
Phebus, Phoebus, the sun, A 1493.
Philostrate, Arcite's assumed
name, A 1428, 1558, 1728.
Phisiologus, Physiologus, a book
on animals by Theobaldus, B
4461.

Picardye, Picardy, A 86.
Pirrus, Pyrrhus, B 4547.
Plato, A 741.

Pluto, A 2082, 2299, 2685.
Poules, St. Paul's Cathedral, A
509.
Priam, B 4548.

Principio, in, i. e. in the begin-
ning (alluding to John i. 1), A
254.

Pruce, Prussia, A 53.
Puella, A 2045.

Razis, Rhasis, a Spanish-Arabian
physician, A 432.

Richard, Richard I., B 4538.
Romayns, Romans, B 4555.
Rome, Rome, A 465, 687; B
4561.

Rouncivale, Roncesvalles, A 670.
Rubeus, A 2045.

Ruce, Russia, A 54.

Rufus, a Greek physician, A 430.
Russel, i. e. reddish, name of a
fox, B 4524.

Salamon, king Solomon, A 1942.
Sampsoun, Samson, A 2466.
Satalye, Attalia, A 58. The initial
s represents Gk. 's for eis (prep.)