The "Gest Hystoriale" of the Destruction of Troy

1. 11837. swyke, deceit, treachery: A.S. swíc.

1. 11934. ne no hate poght expecting nothing of the kind: hate, the smallest thing, quantity, or degree, from Isl. haete, haeti. See Jamieson's Dict.

1. 11941. Tobbes, pieces, articles: but as pesis occurs in the next line, perhaps jubbes (jugs holding about a quart) are intended.

1. 11949. rewerd, in l. 12697, rurde, in l. 13902, ruerde, noise, tumult, confusion: see Jamieson's Dict. under Reird.

1. 12212. wary, curse, ban, despise, speak ill of: occurs in Wiclif, Matt. xxvi; Chaucer, Man of Lawes, 1. 1492.

Jamieson's Dict. and Supp.

1. 12424. mertrid: see note to 1. 5553.

See Prompt. Parv, and

1. 12529. slober, foam, foul drift. sluche, slush, muddy water, or, watery mud; in ll. 5710, 13547, slicche.

1. 12609. hade, would hide or conceal.

1. 12627. Happit, covered over: as in the old song,

An old

1. 12842. Ames you of malice, moderate your malice: see Jamieson's Dict. and Supp. under Ameise and Meis (Ger. massen). proverb has, 'Crab without cause, and mease without mends.'

1. 12934. faute of paire hedes = lack of their chiefs.

1. 13019. the barre, the band of flannel with which an infant is swaddled, a girdle; also, the undermost dress of a female: A.S. bær, naked, because worn next the body. The word is still so used: see Jamieson's Dict. and Supp.

1. 13120. wallond wele, lit. well-selected wealth one's whole riches. walt he no gode

hard-won riches, he had nothing left.

1. 13254. the Sea occian, the great, wide sea: in Douglas's Virgil, p. 21, 1. 48, occurs the octiane se.'

11. 13502-6. clocher

clough, a cleft in a rocky hill, a strait hollow between precipitous banks, or, as Verstegan has it in Restit. Dec. Intell., a kind of breach down along the side of a hill:" it is here place of concealment.

used
the entrance. the hext gre

lagher

the hed of the hole the beginning of the topmost step: hext highest.

laigher, lower. selkowth, strange, but used as a s. a wonder. 1. 13633. Wanen (3rd pl. pret. of Win), got: wan is the form most used throughout this work; but both forms are still common.

11. 13680-3. aspies, seeks out, watches for an opportunity to bring about, meditates. vnqwemys his qwate upsets his judgment, turns his head. Gers hym swolow a swete, engages him in some enticing speculation. þat swelles hym after, that costs him dear, that ruins him. 1. 13826. Grydell girdell, a girdle: Su.-Goth. graedda, to bake. See Gloss. under Girdiller.

1. 13889. nolpit nappit, struck fast and fiercely: nap is still used to express striking with a hammer, and a nap a blow, as in 1. 6437.

1. 13902. rught = rugh, rough. Note the t after gh here as in strenght, strenkyght (1. 6276), lenght, &c.

1. 13908. a dart vndull, a dart not dull, i. e. blunt

see 1. 10548.

a sharp dart :

11. 13920-7. In the MS. these lines are quite confused: 1. 13923 comes after 1. 13927, and no sense is possible. Perhaps the said ought to be he said, in 1. 13927.

1. 13953. kepyng, imprisonment: see ll. 13842-5.

1. 14035. This is another very short line, yet quite complete: compare with 11. 4313, 8989. Observe also, that in the thirty lines, 14006 36, the alliteration dwells on vowels six times.

D. D.

GLOSSARIAL INDEX.

The text presents so many varieties and irregularities of spelling, that it
was found necessary to adopt the modern English characters in the compilation
of the following Index.

3225, 5889.

Abasshet, part. (from A.N. abais-
ser) bowed down, covered, 329;

terrified, confounded, 2517.
Abate, v. (A.N.) to oppose, to try
to hinder, 5686; to lessen, 10104.
Abide, Abyde, v. (A.S.) to await,
1112; to wait, 1151.
Abill, Able, Abull, adj. able,
skilful, 273; fit, ready, 943; suit-
able, needful, 1744, 2316.
Abilly, adv. skilfully, suitably,

1577.

About, Aboute, adv. near by,
around, 1600, 5810; round, all
round, 1657, 1666.

Abrode, adv. away, 3714.
Abundaunt, Abundonet, part.
abounding, 1695, 3347.
Abute, adv. about, 1509.
Accord, v. (Fr.) to make of one

mind, to reconcile, 13095.
Achates, s. (A.N.) an agate, 790.
Acheve, v. (A.N.) to accomplish,
to obtain, 13765.

Afforce, Afforse, Aforse, v. (A.N.)
to rouse, to compel, to strengthen,
228, 5687, 6471, 6557, 6593.
Affraye, v. (A.N.) to attack, 1084.
Affroi, s. attack, affray, 4746.
Afinytie, Affinyte, s. (L.) family

connection, relationship, 9081; re-
latives, 11392.

After, prep. (A.S.) afterwards,
273; unto, 1613.

Agayne, prep. (A.S.) against, 907,
1188; Agayn, 7315; adv. again,
1033.

Age, 8. (A.N.) time, 6.

Agh, Aght, v. (A.S. agan) to owe,
to possess, to own, to acknowledge,
315,378, 1704, 2991, 13093; pret.
and part. aght; "as hom wele aght,”
as they were in duty bound, 1704.

Aght, adj. (A.S.) eight, 3243, | Amyddes, prep. amidst, in the

3466.

Aire, s. an heir, 11684; Ayre,
9088, 11745.

Aither, pron. (A.S.) either,
10930; both, 11060; each, 65.
Ajoinet, Ajoynet, Ajoynit, part.
p. called, 128, 291; joined, added,
1135.

Ajoyne, v. (L.) to go to, 350,

974; to appoint, to allot, 2197.
Alate, adv. lately, 4176.
Alblast, Alblaster, s. (A.N.) an
engine for shooting arrows, a cross-
bow, 4742, 5727.

Ald, adj. (A.S.) old; sup. aldist,

11055.

Alie, v. to be related, 1284; to

agree, to consent, 3190.
All, adv. (A.S.) entirely, 8816.
Frequently joined with other words
to form an adverbial phrase, as "all
with pert wordes = unblushing-
ly, 977.
All-to, Alto, adv. completely,
thoroughly, 1264, 7629, 10010.
Alose, v. (A.N.) to praise, to com-
mend, 9731.

Alowe, v. (A.N. allover) to praise,
to approve, 4611, 8865.
Als, Alse, conj. (A.S.) also, like-
wise, 1505, 13143; adv. like, as,
as if, 178, 900, 1217, 3318, 6040.
Alsmony = as many, 4125.
Alstite, adv. (A.S.) quickly,

11693.

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centre of, 8774.

An, conj. and, 2328; adj. one,
4062; as a v.han, hane, had,
3372.

And, conj. if, 581, 606, 610,
1440, 12709; before, 12710; but,
nevertheless, 1398; adv. while,
2967.

Angard, 8. impetuosity, 9745.
Angardly, Angarely, Angarly,
Angurdly, adv. angrily, fiercely,
eagerly, 7441, 7470, 9104; very,
exceedingly, 6996; "angarly
mony" very many, 4683.
Angre, v. (A.S.) to anger, to pro-

voke, 4571; to be angry, to be-
come angry, 6909, 7327; to wound,

6013.

Apreve, pret. of Aprove, to ap-

prove, to sanction, 8914.

Aproche, v. to approach, to come
on, 1276.

Apropre, v. to conquer, to annex,

12193.

Archet, part. p. arched, covered
over, 1577.
Ardagh, adj. (A.S.) fallowing,
ploughing; on ardagh wise" =
as if he were ploughing, 175.
Are, adv. lately, 8876.

Argh, adj. (A.S. earg) timid, |
fearful, 2540.

Arghe, v. (A.S. eargian) to wax
timid, to be terrified, 1976, 3121;
to terrify, 5148.
Arghly, adv. timidly, 1831.
Arghnes, s. (A.S.) timidity, 2203.
Armurer, s. (A.N.) an armourer,

1588.

Armys, s. pl. armour, 1304.
Arofe, Arove, pret. of Arive,
arrived, 1947, 3249.
Arowsmyth, s. a maker of lance
and arrow heads; also, a maker of
arrows, 1588.

Art, pl. artes, artis, s. an art, a
branch of knowledge, 1485, 1497.
As as if, 138; like, like to,
1818; so that, 2671.
Asaye, 8. See Assay.

Aske, v. (A.S.) to ask, to require,
420, 1583; to suit, 7067, 11622.
Askes, Askis, Askys, s. Ashes,
570, 1428, 2646, 7150.

Askewse, v. to excuse, to acquit,

12114, 12639.
Aspie, v. (A.N.) to espie, to
watch, 7945; to discover, to seek

out, 11635, 13680.
Assay, Asaye, s. (A.N.) the pro-
cess of drawing a knife along the
belly of a deer to try how fat he is;
it was called, taking assay, 3903.
Assay, Assaie, v. (A.N.) to try,
to prove, to attempt, to set out,
382, 2489, 11793.
Assele, v. to seal, 5358.
Assemely, 8. a gathering, a
council, 57.

Assent, s. (A.N.) consent, agree-
ment, 1880, 2103.

Assign, v. to assign, to allot,
1136, 1709.

Astate, s. (A.N.) rank, position,
grandeur, 21, 251.

Astoyne, v. to stun, to bruise, to
shatter, 1203.

At, prep. according to, 1633; in,
upon, "at sad wordes" = upon
oath, 1920; for, 2674; by, out by,
9300.

At, pron. that, 2617, 4734, 9881.
Athel, s. See Hathel.

Atire, Atyre, v. (A.N.) to prepare,
to fit out, 2013; to dress, to deck,
3026; to repair, 13420.

Atle, Attell, v. to array, to ar-
range, 855, 2376, 4304; to aim, to
Atter, Attur, s. (A.S. atter) poi-
attempt, 2965, 5727. See Ettle.

son, dregs, 920, 926;
= piss, 303.

wan atter

Atter, v. (A.S.) to embitter, to
sour, 2281.
Attle, v. See Ettle.
Atyre, v. See Atire.
Aumber, Aumbur, s. amber, 1666,

6203.

Aun, Aune, Awne, adj. own, 276,

6211, 6808, 13045.
Aunsetre, Aunsetry, 8. (A.N.) an
ancestor, 5; ancestry, 6319, 9362,
13062.

Aunter, Auntre, v. (A.N.) to
venture, to hazard, 314, 724; to
happen, 742, 2862.

Aunter, s. an adventure, a hap, a

chance, 5, 67, 827, 1707; a marvel,
a wonder, 150, 153, 2856.
Auntrus, Antrus, adj. bold, dar-
ing, adventurous, 537, 1121, 2186.
Aurthewert, 6887, Aurthwart,
6796; Aurthwert, 7676; Aurth-
ward, 7325; Awrthwert, 1862;
Awterwart, 4892; ado. angrily, in
anger.

Auther, conj. either, 6528, 7761.

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