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

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GLOSSARY.
* aboute, around, 111, 26
* adommage, hurt, 237
* adiousted, added, 119
* aferd, afraid, 18, 82
* aguyse, adorn, estimulate, 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
* anone, anon (straight away), 25 37
* anuye, anvie, envy, 74
* aspyed, spied, 61
* assoylled, absolved, 306
* aswowned, in a swoon, unconscious, 159
* aualed, took off, 316
* aubyer, bramble, 234
* backe, bat, 70
* balkes, ridges in fields, 202, 203
* barst, bursted, 22
* behoueth, behooves (benefits), corresponds, 16
* berd, beard, 116
* betake, commend, entrust, 147
* bienfayttes, benefits, 254
* boole, bull, 22
* boot, bote, bit, 14, 168
* bouked, boiled, 303
* bowes, branches, 161
* breed, bread, PAGEXXX
* breed, breadth, 174
* brenneth, burns, 12
* brente, burnt, 254
* breste, burst, 61
* bouteler, (butler) servant, 17
* burgeys, citizen, 266
* bylle, bill (beak), 19, 21
* byquethed, bequeathed (assigned), 172
* bytwexe, between, 57
* caas, case, circumstance, 23
* can, know, 179, 221, 280?
* carryk, galley, 312
* Caym, Cain, 73
* caytyf, cunning, mischievous, 21
* charge, burden, load, 31, 37
* chepe, sell, 252
* chorle, peasant, labourer, 67
* celer, sotoreroom, storehouse, 170
* commysed, committed, 63
* condempned, condemned, 63, 254, 262
* cope, canopy, 173
* corryged, chastened, 25, 89
* counterfayt, deceive, 272, 273
* courtyse, courtesy, PAGEXXX
* cratchyng, scratching, 310
* crymynous, criminal, 63
* curtois, courteous, 98
* curteys, cunning (?), 315
* Cyrurgeons, surgeons, 99, 157
* deceyuen, deceive, 15
* dees, dice, 241
* demaunden, request an answer, 61 ​
* defowled, fouled (dirtied), 152
* departed, divided, 310
* desporten, to frolic, to be playful, 26
* daynen, approve, allow, 151
* disporte, disport (amusement), 25
* dommage, damage, danger, 8, 14, 85
* dommageable, dangerous, 77
* donghylle, dunghill, 4
* doubtous, doubtful, 67, 120, 181, 188
* duelled, dwelled (remained, waited), 139
* dyssymylen, asume a false appearance, 65
* empeched, prevented, 246, 247
* ensample, example, 85
* ensyewe, pursue, 30
* entremete, meddle with, 24, 25, 129
* entre, entrance, 253
* er, ere, or, before, 153
* eren, plow, cultivate, 144
* ers, arse, 151
* erys, ears, 186, 220
* esprysed, taken, 281, 283
* euerychone, every one, 230
* excusations, excuses, 198
* facyle, easy, 97
* fallace, fraud, 267
* fayt, deed, 251
* flee, flay (to strip the skin off), 185
* fleyen, lashed, whipped, 184
* flough, flew, 132
* flowre, flour, 102
* flyes, fleece, 191
* folde, land, earth, 168
* force, give no, care not, 176
* formyce, ant, 55
* found, invented, 3, 30
* fro, from away from, 15 26
* fyerste, fierceness, 68
* gallaunt, ???, 52
* glose, comment, 78
* godsep, godsib, close friend, 74
* goglyed, goggle-eyed, 273
* gree, satisfaction, pleasure, 72
* grete father, grandfather, 128
* greue, (grieve) to harm, 13
* grynnes, traps, 29
* guaryson, cure, 232
* gwerdone, reward, 40
* Ha a, ha! ah! pass.
* habondaunce, abundance, 19
* heed, by, by [God's] head, 184
* heed, careful attention, one's ability to survive, 184
* herberowed, harboured, refuged, 29
* hert, herte, hart, red deer, 11, 47
* hewe, chop, 161
* hit, it, 18, 25, 33
* Improbes, Immorals, 3
* Incontynent, immediately, 67, 75, 103, 106, 116, 258
* induceth, introduces, 3
* iumelle, twin, 302
* Janneye, Genoese, 312
* Jene, Genoa, 312
* kepe, to keep watch for, 97
* kynde, nature, 30, 98, 105, 125, 218, 224, 272
* labourage, labour, 205
* large, generous, 166
* late, let, 11, 20
* lawhe, laugh, 38
* lenen, lend, grant, 14
* leneth, supports, 15
* lese, lose, 236, 238
* lesen, lose, 166
* lesyng, lying, falsehood, 111, 187, 188, 205
* lette, prevent, 122, 124, 125, 134, 141, 143, 199, 228, 308
* lette, to trouble, 19, 27
* leue, live, 22
* leue, leave, 10, 30
* leuer, [to have] preference [over something else], 174
* lodgys, lodge (dwelling place, den), 152
* longynge, belonging, 316
* lost, ruined, 124
* luste, desire, 25, 40
* lygnage, lineage, 207
* lyke, alike, 112
* lyttre, litter (give birth), 14
* lyuebode, inheritance, 172, 300
* 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
* mone, moon, 54
* moo, move, 184
* mowe, may, 29, 240, 267
* mulet, mule, 128
* myghte, (simple past tense of) may, 102
* mylan, kite, 8, 28
* myschaunt, mischievous, 25, 55, 129
* myster, miss (?), 94
* ne, nor, 21, 25, 26, 28, 42
* notary, known, 64
* oftyme, ofttimes (often), 21
* ones, once, 11, 12
* ongles, nails, 26
* ony, any, 13, 18, 26, 31
* orysons, prayers, 187, 188
* ought, in any way, at all, 178
* oultrecuydaunce, overweening presumption, 52
* pactions, agreements, 47
* partage, partnership, 11
* parysshēs, parishioners, 316
* payllard, payllart, coward, miserable, 25, 54, 57, 68
* pleted, pleaded, 261
* plommes, plums, 11
* poure, a poor man, 261
* pray, praid, request, supplicate, 13, 14
* procuratour, proctor, 260
* promytte, promise, 47
* propyce, propitious, 208
* provysed, provided, 8
* prytemps, spring, 110
* pulle, fruit of beech, 173
* purveye, provide, 143
* puyssant, powerful, 19, 26, 62
* pyelarge, magpie, 204
* rauen, raven, 19, 21
* rauyn, raven (plunder), 75
* rauysshe, ravish (to kidnap), 74
* rassasyed, satiated, 161
* reherceth, rehearses, recites, 5, 10
* releef, leavings, 149
* reluced, shone, 277
* remercye, thanks, 287
* resplendysshynge, bright, 21
* retcheth, recks (regards, cares), 4, 6, 82
* ruffule, swagger, 241
* seche, look for, find, 154
* salewed, saluted, 117
* sauf, save, except, 154
* semblable, like, similar, 112, 208
* sewrte, surety, 89
* separed, separated, 233
* shrewe, wicked, 5
* slowful, ungrateful, 206, 299
* slowfulness, ingratitude, 64, 206
* slyked, cloven, 203
* solemptnyte, solemnity (formal ceremony), 161
* 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
* that is to wete, that is to say, 8, 172
* the, thee, 4, 13, 16, 17, 27, 92
* theefly, like a thief, 81
* them, themselves, 3
* thende, the end, 3, 7, 22, 58
* thens, thence (from here, from there???), 50
* thradde, trod, 61
* thrested, thrusted, 61, 217
* to, too, 152
* to gyder, together, 92, 18
* toune, town, 17
* trayson, betrayal, treason, 36
* tryst, sad, 223
* tumbours, drums, 95
* uertuous, virtuous, brave, 22
* vergoyne, shame, 52, 142, 189, 211
* vergoynous, ashamed, 296 ​
* vexed, troubled, harrased, 151
* vnethe, scarely, 151, 183, 250
* vncōnyng, silly, 13
* vnyed, united, 109
* vpperest, uppermost, 67
* vpso down, upside down, 68, 157, 163
* vntrouthe, dishonesty, 9
* vtyle, useful, 15, 76
* vylayn, villager, 107
* vytupered, blamed, 76
* whanne, when, 8, 10
* what someuer, whatsoever, 156
* wenynge, weening (supposing, pretending), 10, 14
* wherfore, wherefore (therefore, because of which, "for what reason ...?"), 21
* wexe, become, 21
* weren, wear, 53
* wodened, madness, 222
* wood, mad, 120, 242, 154
* wodewose, monster, 242, 243
* wol, will, 28
* wonte, accustomed, 58
* worship, honour, 26
* wote, know, 120
* wreton, written, 3, 272
* wynne, win, 166
* wyse, means, manner, fashion, 186
* 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.
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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