第49章 GLOSSARY.(1)(2 / 3)

Dele:division,"never a dele,"never a bit.

Dereworthy:precious.

Derne:secret.

Devilkins:of the devil's kind.

Dight:made ready;dightand:being made ready.

Do gladly:make good cheer.

Do him drink:make him drink.

Donkir:moister.

Dowie:dull,sorrowful.

Dree:suffer,endure.

Dule:sorrow.French -deuil.

Eftsoons:again soon,soon after.

Fause:false.

Fay:faith.

Fend of:defend from.

Fere:companion.In fere:in companionship,together.

Ferre and fremd bestad:one from afar and among strangers.

Fet:fetched.

Flattered:floated to and fro.

Flyte:scold.

Fone:foes.

Force:no force:of no importance,no matter.

Forthinketh:repenteth.

Fosters of the fee:foresters in charge of the stock of deer.

Fou:bushel.

Freke:fighting-man.

Frese:curl,bend.

Fynly:substantial,heavy.First English -findig;Prov.Scot.-

findy.

Fytte:canto,song.First English -fitt (fem.)a song,poem.

Gane:(as in Sir Patrick Spens)convenient,proper for.

Garred me gang:made me go;Gang maiden:remain unmarried.

Gest:deed,adventure.

Gif:if.

Glede:live-coal.

Glent:passed suddenly,flashed.

Goodman:the master of the "good"or little property of house and field.There is the same sense of "good"in the first use of "goodwife,"or "goody."

Gowk:cuckoo.

Grain,cloth in:cloth of special quality with a fast purple dye.

Graithit him:dressed himself.