# The fables of Aesop by William Caxton (Jacobs)/Vol. II/Glossary

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GLOSSARY.
* aguyse, adorn, 3
* almesse, alms, 60
* ambassade, embassy, 87
* amerous, lover, 280
* Annuel (generally Annueler, cf. Chaucer, Cant. Tales, 12,940), priest who says masses on the anniversary of death, 315
* aspyed, spied, 61
* assoylled, absolved, 306
* aswowned, in a swoon, 159
* aualed, took off, 316
* aubyer, bramble, 234
* backe, bat, 70
* balkes, ridges in fields, 202, 203
* boot, bote, bit, 14, 168
* bouked, boiled, 303
* brente, burnt, 254
* breste, burst, 61
* can, know, 179, 221, 280?
* carryk, galley, 312
* Caym, Cain, 73
* caytyf, cunning, 21
* commysed, committed, 63
* condempned, condemned, 63, 254, 262
* cope, canopy, 173
* corryged, chastened, 25, 89
* counterfayt, deceive, 272, 273
* cratchyng, scratching, 310
* crymynous, criminal, 63
* curtois, courteous, 98
* curteys, cunning (?), 315
* Cyrurgeons, surgeons, 99, 157
* dommage, danger, 85
* dommageable, dangerous, 77
* empeched, prevented, 246, 247
* ensample, example, 85
* ensyewe, pursue, 30
* entremete, meddle with, 24, 25, 129
* entre, entrance, 253
* erys, ears, 186, 220
* esprysed, taken, 281, 283
* euerychone, every one, 230
* excusations, excuses, 198
* facyle, easy, 97
* fallace, fraud, 267
* fayt, deed, 251
* force, give no, care not, 176
* formyce, ant, 55
* grynnes, traps, 29
* guaryson, cure, 232
* gwerdone, reward, 40
* Ha a, ha! ah! pass.
* habondaunce, abundance, 19
* heed, by, by [God's] head, 184
* Incontynent, immediately, 67, 75, 106, 116, 258
* induceth, introduces, 3
* iumelle, twin, 302
* Janneye, Genoese, 312
* Jene, Genoa, 312
* labourage, labour, 205
* large, generous, 166
* leneth, supports, 15
* lese, lose, 236, 238
* lesyng, lying, 187, 188, 205
* lette, prevent, 122, 124, 125, 134, 141, 143, 199, 228, 308
* luste, desire, 40
* lygnage, lineage, 207
* maculed, guilty, 261
* marzhaunt, merchant, 275
* meane, middle, 213 ​
* meke, to humble, 247
* medycyn, a doctor, 66, 99
* meue, move, 175
* megny, men, company, 84, 90, 204
* molle, mole, 38
* moo, move, 184
* mowe, may, 240, 267
* mulet, mule, 128
* mylan, kite, 8
* myschaunt, mischievous, 55, 129
* myster, miss (?), 94
* pactions, agreements, 47
* partage, partnership, 11
* parysshēs, parishioners, 316
* payllard, coward, 25, 54, 57, 68
* pleted, pleaded, 261
* propyce, propitious, 208
* provysed, provided, 8
* prytemps, spring, 110
* pulle, fruit of beech, 173
* purveye, provide, 143
* releef, leavings, 149
* reluced, shone, 277
* remercye, thanks, 287
* resplendysshynge, bright, 21
* retcheth, recks, 6, 82
* ruffule, swagger, 241
* semblable, like, 112, 208
* sewrte, surety, 89
* separed, separated, 233
* slowful, ungrateful, 206, 299
* slowfulness, ingratitude, 64, 206
* slyked, cloven, 203
* sonde, sound, bay, 303
* sowne, sound, 33
* slange, pool, 161
* spaehawk, deerhawk (?), 8
* sperehawk, sparrowhawk, 72
* subget, subject, 30, 91, 244
* subvertysed, subverted, 74
* sygalle, grasshopper, 123
* thradde, trod, 61
* thrested, thrusted, 61, 217
* tryst, sad, 223
* tumbours, drums, 95
* vergoyne, shame, 52, 142, 189, 211
* vergoynous, ashamed, 296 ​
* vnethe, scarely, 151, 183, 250
* vncōnyng, silly, 13
* vnyed, united, 109
* vpperest, uppermost, 67
* vpso down, upside down, 68, 157, 163
* wodened, madness, 222
* wood, mad, 120, 242, 154
* wodewose, monster, 242, 243
* yate, gate, 117, 216, 253, 272, 279, 295
* ye, yea, pass.
* yeftes, gifts, 35, 36, 251
* yeue, give, 152
* yongthe, youth, 41
—————— Ballantyne Press: Edinburgh and London.
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