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A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language

C.

Reading edition

Cable, sb. RG. 148

Cacherel, sb. == catch poll. Pol. S. 151

Cage, sb. Alys. 5011

Caitiff, sb. Body and Soul, 229

Cake, sb. Cok. 55

Cales, sb. == a kind of serpent. Alys. 7094

Calf, sb. (the animal). Alys. 6351

Call, v. n. Wright’s L. P. p. 59

Call, sb. == cap worn on the head. Pol. S. 158. Fr. cale

Caluȝ, adj. == bald. Alys. 5950. AS. calo, caluw

Camel, sb. Alys. 854

Can, vb. == am able [con]. Wright’s L. P. p. 82. [cunne]. 2 s. pres. ‘cost.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 91. O. and N. 47. pret. ‘cowþe.’ RG. 29

—— == know [con]. RG. 443. [cunne]. O. and N. 48. 2 s. pres. ‘canst.’ O. and N. 560

Candle, sb. RG. 290, 561

Candlemas, sb. St Dunstan, 3

Canel, sb. == cinnamon. Wright’s L. P. p. 27. Fr canelle. Lat. canna

Cankerfret, adj. RG. 299

Canon, sb. RG. 510

Capel, sb. == horse, nag. Cok. 32. Lat. caballus

Capelclawer, sb. == horse-scrubber. Pol. S. 239

Capital, sb. (of a column). Cok. 67

Carbuncle, sb. Alys. 5252. HD. 2145

Cardinal, sb. 1280 B.

Care, sb. RG. 457

Care, v. n. == be anxious. RG. 71. Wright’s L. P. p. 54

Careful, adj. == full of care. 639 B.

Carie, sb. == carat. Alys. 6695

Carke, v. n. == pine away. Wright’s L. P. p. 54

Carol, sb. RG. 53

Carol, v. n. Alys. 196, 1045

Caronye, sb. == carcass. RG. 265

Carp, v. n. == complain. Pol. S. 149

Carpenter, sb. RG. 537

Carrion, sb. (caraing). Pol. S. 203

Cart, sb. RG. 189

Cartload, sb. HD. 895

Cartstave, sb. RG. 99

Carve, v. a. RG. 560. == cut, flay. part. ‘corven.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 35. ‘curven.’ HD. 189

Case, sb. == chance, event. RG. 528

—— == condition. Alys. 4428

Cast, v. a. RG. 511, 375

Castle, sb. RG. 371, 510; pl. ‘kasteles’ == tents. Ps. lxxvii. 28

Cat, sb. Alys. 5275

Catathleba (κατώβλεπας), == a noxious monster, mentioned in Alys. 6564. See Pliny, H. N. viii. 32

Catch, v. a. RG. 28. pret. ‘caught.’ RG. 375. part. ‘cacchynge.’ RG. 265

Cathedral, adj. RG. 282

Caudle, sb. RG. 561

Cauldron, sb. 158 β

Caution, sb. == surety. RG. 506

—— == quarter in battle. Alys. 2811

Cavenard, sb. == villain. HD. 2389. The form ‘caynard’ is found in Wright’s L. P. p. 110. Fr. caignard. Cotgr.

Cayre, v. a. == turn. part. ‘ycayred.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 37. AS. cerran. Germ. kehren

Caynard. See Cavenard

Cayser, sb. == emperor. HD. 1317. Wright’s L. P. p. 32

Cayvar, adj. == hollow? Alys. 6062

Cedar, sb. Ps. ciii. 16

Cel, sb. == seal. RG. 77

Celadoyne, sb. See Celandine

Celandine, sb. == the flower. Wright’s L. P. p. 26. Lat. chelidonium. It is the ‘ranunculus ficaria’ of botanists

Cell, sb. RG. 233

Cellar, sb. 287 B.

Cement, sb. Alys. 6177

Censer, sb. Marg. 75

Cerge, sb. == a taper. HD. 594. ON. kérti. Germ. kerze

Cert, adv. == certainly. Alys. 5803

Certain, adj. == fixed, ascertained. RG. 378, 552

Certés, adv. 898 B.

Cestred, == lodged, concealed. Ps. lxxiii. 20; cxxxviii. 12. AS. ceaster

Chaffare, sb. == merchandise. RG. 539. AS. ceápian

Chair, sb. RG. 321

Chaisel, sb. == a woman’s upper garment. Alys. 279. ‘espéce de vétement.’ Roq. s. v. SS. cheisil. Fr. cheinsil, v. Roq. s. v. chainse, and Gloss. Rem. to Laȝ. iii. 502

Chalandre, sb. == goldfinch. Cok. 95

Chalcedony, sb. Cok. 92

Chalen, sb. == chill, cold. Alys. 4834

Chalice, sb. RG. 489. HD. 187

Chalktrap, sb. == pit or snare. Alys. 6070

Challenge, v. a. RG. 279, 451

Chamber, sb. 452 B.

Chamberlain. RG. 390, 490

Champion, sb. HD. 1015

Chance, sb. == condition, fortune. RG. 465

—— == chance [cheance]. RG. 210

Chancellor, sb. RG. 540, 468

Chancellory, sb. == office of chancellor. 452 B.

Chane, vb. pret. == cleft. Alys. 2228. AS. cínan. perf. cán. The ‘ch’ appears in ‘tochan,’ the pret. of ‘tocínan,’ in Laȝamon, ii. 468. Weber wrongly derives the word from Fr. choir, and makes it mean ‘fell’

Change, sb. RG. 493

Change, vb. a. RG. 548

Chantment, sb. == enchantment. RG. 28, 149

Chapel, sb. RG. 472, 473

Chapitle, sb. == chapter of a cathedral RG. 473

Chaplain, sb. 961 B.

Chapman, sb. RG. 539

Chapter, sb. (of a cathedral). 601 B.

Char, sb. == turn, movement. Body and Soul, 79. Hence ‘ȝeynchar’ == repentance. Wright’s L. P. p. 46. SS. charren. AS. cérran, cérre. Germ. kehren

Charge, v. a. == load. RG. 13. part. ‘icharged.’ Pol. S. 195

—— sb. == load, weight. RG. 416

—— == expense. RG. 189

Charity, sb. Pol. S. 202. ‘par charité.’ 1811 B.

Charm, sb. == spell. Alys. 81

Charming, sb. == spell. Alys. 404

Charreye, sb. == car. Alys. 5097

Charter, sb. RG. 477, 498

Chase, sb. == hunting. RG. 6

Chaste, adj. 154 B.; [cheste]. Alys. 7050. ‘chaster.’ RG. 191

Chaste, v. a. == chastise. RG. 134

Chastise, v. a. RG. 420

Chasuble, sb. == priest’s robe. 953 B. Fr. casule. Ital. casupola

Chasur, sb. == horse for hunting. Signa ante Jud. 110. Fr. chaceor

Chaterestre, sb. == a female chatterer. O. and N. 655

Chattels, sb. [chateus]. RG. 471, 569. Another form of ‘cattle’

Chattering, sb. O. and N. 744

Chaumpebataile, sb. == battle-field. Alys. 5553

Chavling, sb. == jawing. O. and N. 284, 296

Chawl, sb. == jaw. Body and Soul, 189. Pol. S. 154. AS. ceafl. SS. chevele. pl. chæfles

Chawl, v. n. == to chide, jaw. Pol. S. 240

Cheap, sb. == haggling? Wright’s L. P. p. 39

Cheap, v. a. == buy. Pol. S. 159. AS. ceápian

Cheaping, sb. == market. Pol. S. 151

Cheek, sb. Wright’s L. P. p. 34

Cheer, sb. == comfort. 473 B.

—— == countenance. RG. 332

Cheese, sb. HD. 643

Chelde, sb. == chill, cold. Alys. 5501

Cheole, sb. == hair. M. Ode, 182. Fr. chevol

Chepe, Cheping. See Cheap, Cheaping

Chequer, sb. == chess. RG. 192; or perhaps ‘the chessboard’

Cherde, vb. pret. == turned, came. O. and N. 1656. AS. cyrran, cérran

Chere, adj. == high? ‘the chere men of the land.’ RG. 166.

Cheson, sb. == occasion. Alys. 3930

Chess, sb. Alys. 2096

Chest, sb. == coffin. RG. 50

Cheste, sb. == strife. Alys. 29. AS. ceást

Chete, == a chewet, or pie. Wright’s L. P. p. 31

Cheui, an error for ‘cheve.’ RG. 94

Cheve, v. n. == succeed in a thing. 856 B. Fr. chevir

Chide, v. a. 2 s. pres. ‘chist.’ O. and N. 1329. AS. cídan

—— v. n. RG. 390

—— == dispute. O. and N. 287

Chief, sb. == chieftain. 1003 B.

Chief, adj. == ‘to hold in chief,’ a law term, applied to those tenants who held their fiefs direct from the king; ‘tenants in capite.’ RG. 472

—— == principal. St Swithin, 22

Chieftain, sb. [cheventeyn]. RG. 386, 400

Chilce, sb. == childishness? M. Ode, 4. Formed from ‘child,’ as ‘milce’ from ‘mild’

Child, sb. RG. 392, 441; [chil]. O. and N. 1438

Child, v. n. == bring forth a child. Alys. 604

Childbed, sb. RG. 379

Childering, sb. == bringing forth a child. Rel. S. ii. 7

Chill, sb. RG. 7

Chimbe, sb. == cymbal. Ps. cl. 5

Chime, sb. (of bells). Alys. 1852. Dan. kime

Chin, sb. 522 β

Chinche, adj. == niggardly. HD. 1763. Fr. chice == avarice

Chirchegong, == churchgoing. RG. 380. Cf. ‘idelgong’

Chirm, sb. == chirping and screaming of birds. O. and N. 305. AS. cyrm

Chirurgeon, sb. RG. 566

Chivalry, sb. == prowess. RG. 413

Chivauché, sb. == an expedition, a body of men. Ritson’s AS. viii. 141. Fr. chevauchée, from cheval.

Choice, sb. RG. 111

Chokering, sb. == a low chattering. O. and N. 504

Cholle, == shall. RG. 379, in the compound form ‘ycholle’

Choose, v. a. RG. 400. pret. ‘ches.’ Marg. 2. part, ‘chis.’ Alys. 3294. ‘ichose.’ RG. 472

—— v. n. == have a choice. RG. 384

Christ, sb. == anointed person. Ps. civ. 15

Christen, v. a. part, ‘icristened.’ St Kath. 136

Christendom, sb. == sacraments belonging to Christianity. RG. 496

Christian, adj. 7 B.

Christmas, sb. 1932 B

Chrysolite, sb. Alys. 5682

Churl, sb. HD. 682. AS. ceorl

Church, sb. RG. 369, 381

Churchyard, sb. 2234 B.

Ciclaton, sb. == a rich stuff from India. Alys. 1964. Fr. ciglaton. Lat. cyclas

Cinqueports, sb. == the five havens of Dover, Sandwich, Romney, Hyde, Hastings. RG. 515

Citation, sb. == a summoning into court. RG. 473

City, sb. RG. 380; used adjectively as ‘a city town.’ Alys. 7543

Clack, v. n. == make a noise. O. and N. 81. AS. cloccan

Clad, part. == clothed. HD. 1354. AS. gecladed

Claht, == adhered, cleaved? Wright’s L. P. p. 37

Clap, v. a. == strike. HD. 1821

Clarré, sb. == a kind of wine (claret?). HD. 1728

Clasp, sb. Pol. S. 222

Clastre, v. n. == to clatter. Pol. S. 157

Claw, sb. Body and Soul, 186. pl. ‘clen,’ Marg. 46. ‘clees,’ Ps. lxviii. 32. AS. clea

Clawed, adj. == having claws. Alys. 4969

Clay, sb. Wright’s L. P. p. 85

Clay, adj. Rel. S. v. 73

Clean, adj. RG. 374

Cleanly, adv. RG. 434

Cleanness, sb. RG. 411, 434

Cleanse, v. a. [clansi]. O. and N. 610. Ps. l. 4. part, ‘ycleansed.’ RG. 43.

Cleansing, sb. Ps. lxxxviii. 45

Clear, adj. 1097 B.

Clearly, adv. 442 β

Cleave, v. a. == split. HD. 917. pret. ‘clewyd’ == cleft. Alys. 3790. 3 pl. ‘clowen,’ ib. 2765. AS. clúfan

—— v. n. == adhere to. HD. 1300. AS. clífan

Clench, v. a. == pinch, wither up. O. and N. 1204; the modern ‘cling.’ Compare Shakspere’s ‘Till famine cling thee.’ Macb. v. 5 AS. clingan

Clench, v. a. == strike (as a harp). K. Horn, 1532

Clenyen. See Cling

Clergy, sb. == order of clergymen. RG. 563, 420

Clerk, sb. RG. 471, 472, 496

—— adj. == learned. St Kath. 4

Cleten ? K. Horn, 1433; probably a mistake for ‘clenten’ == clung

Cleve, sb. == cottage. HD. 557; a room, chamber. Ps. iv. 5. AS. cleafa. ON. klefi

Cliff, sb. Ps. cxiii. 8

Climb, v. n. RG. 410, 527. pret. ‘clam.’ RG. 333

Cling, v. n. Wright’s L. P. p. 85. Alys. 2903; [clenyen], Wright’s L. P. p. 37

Cling, v. n. == wither. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 211. Pilate, 215. AS. clingan

Clinglich, == cleanly? Cok. 15

Clink, v. a. == make to sound. Pol. S. 189

Clip, v. a. == embrace. RG. 14. [cluppede] 288 B. [clupte]. AS. clyppan

Clipie, v. a. == call. 472 B.; [clipen]. 1182 B.; [clupe]. RG. 410. pret. ‘clepude.’ RG. 10. part. ‘yclepud.’ RG. 10. AS. clypian

Clivers, sb. == claws, talons. O. and N. 78. AS. clìfrian, to scratch

Clod, Clot, sb. (of earth). Rel. S. v. 73; [clut]. O. and N. 1165

Clog, sb. == a sort of female ornament. Pol. S. 154

Cloister, sb. 2089 B

Close, v. a. == enclose. HD. 1310

—— == shut. RG. 566

Close, sb. RG. 7

Cloth, sb. RG. 7, 389 (523 β). == clothing. Cok. 29

‘Clothes,’ pl. == garments. RG. 566. HD. 586

Clothe, v. a. RG. 557

Clothing, sb. == garment. Ps. ci. 27

Cloud, sb. HD. 207. 1415 B.

Clout, sb. Alys. 4459

Clowe, sb. == clew, small ball. O. and N. 178. AS. clíwe

Club, sb. HD. 1927

Clude, sb. == rock, hill. O. and N. 999. AS. clúd

Clupe, sb. See Clipie

Clutch, sb. == claw. Body and Soul, 183

—— v. n. Rel. Ant. ii. p 211

Coal, sb. Ps. xvii. 9

Coalblack, adj. O. and N. 75

Coat, sb. HD. 1141

Cocle, sb. == war. Ps. cxliii. 1. See Cock. vb.

Cock, sb. (animal). 1090 B.

Cock, sb. == cockboat? HD. 873

Cock, v. n. == cut? Pol. S. 153; or contend? Cf. Cocle, ubi sup. AS. cocor, a sword

Cod, sb. == codpiece, or scrotum? O. and N. 1122

Coffer, sb. 1925 B.

Cog, sb. ? O. and N. 86

Coinoun, sb. == robber. Alys. 1718. [konioun]. Ib. 7748

Cokedrill, sb. See Crocodile

Cold, adj. RG. 1. Wright’s L. P. p. 24

—— == cruel. RG. 131

Cold, sb. HD. 416

Colfer, sb. == dove. RG. 190. AS. culfre

Collar, sb. == neck. RG. 223

Collation, sb. == feast. Cok. 143

Colle, sb. == collar. Pol. S. 157

Colmie, adj. for ‘collie.’ == black, coaly. K. Horn, 1114

Colour, sb. == hue. RG. 24

—— == pretext. RG. 313

Colt, sb. Alys. 684. AS. colt

Columbine, sb. (the flower). Wright’s L. P. p. 26. The ‘aquilegia vulgaris’ of botanists

Comb, sb. [kambe]. == honeycomb. Ps. xviii. 11

Come, v. n. pret. ‘come.’ RG. 367. part. ‘icumen.’ Ritson’s AS. iv. 1

—— == become, suit. Leg. of St Cuthbert cited in Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 14, n.

Come, sb. == coming. Creed of St Athan. 79

Comely, adj. Alys. 6055

Comet, sb. RG. 416, 548

Comfort, v. a. RG. 139

Coming, sb. Alys. 5541

Commandment, sb. 2022 B.

Common, adj. ‘common right.’ RG. 500. ‘the common bell.’ RG. 541

Common, sb. == the commons, plebs. Pol. S. 188

—— == ‘commons,’ i.e. food. RG. 528

Commonalty, sb. 1302 B.

Commonly, adv. == all in common, universally. Fall and P. 46

Commune, v. n. RG. 571

Companage, sb. == sustenance. Pol. S. 240

Companion, sb. RG 552

Company, sb. == band of men. RG. 544, 370

Compass, v. a. == seek after a thing by design. Pol. S. 202. part. ‘ycompassed.’ RG. 109

Compassment, sb. Alys. 1345

Compline, sb. == the last service in the day. 2090 B. Fr. complie

Con, v. a. == know. pret. ‘couthe.’ RG. 559; ‘kuthe.’ O. and N. 663; part. ‘cud.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 27.

Con, v. a. == acknowledge, [kan]. HD. 160. ‘to kan thank’

Conceive, v. n. == bear oneself, behave. Alys. 2204

Concubine, sb. RG. 27

Conduct, sb. == guidance. RG. 40

Coney, sb. [cunig]. M. Ode, 182

Conferment, sb. == confirmation. RG. 349

Confessor, sb. 2341 B.

Confirm, v. a. RG. 440, 446

Confirming, sb. RG. 277

Conger, sb. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 174

Conjure, v. a. == adjure a person to do a thing. 2330 B.

Conjurison, sb. == sorcery. Alys. 81

Conscience, sb. 426 β

Consent, v. n. RG. 526

Consistory, sb. [constory]. Pol. S. 159

Consonant, sb. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 174

Constable, sb. RG. 538

Contek, sb. == strife. RG. 470, 509. Fr. contencer

—— v. n. == to strive. RG. 259

Contecker, sb. == a striver. 196 B.

Convent, sb. RG. 433

—— == the body of people in the convent. 225 B.

Cook, sb. HD. 903

Coot, sb. [cote]. Body and Soul, 201

Cop, sb. == head. Pol. S. 70. Rel. Ant. i. 144. AS. copp.

Cope, sb. RG. 566. HD. 429

Copener, sb. == paramour. O. and N. 1340. AS. copenere

Coral, sb. Wright’s L. P. p. 25

Cord, sb. St Andrew, 66

Corn, sb. RG. 13, 372

Cornel, sb. == embrasure. Alys. 7210

Corour, sb. == courser. Alys. 2475

Corporas, sb. == a cloth on which the elements were laid at the Eucharist. HD. 188

Corpse, sb. RG. 145

Corrin, sb. == a churn, or vessel? Rel. Ant. ii. p. 175. AS. cyrin

Cost, sb. == expenditure. RG. 297; expense. RG. 183

—— vb. a. pret. ‘costenede.’ RG. 390

Cost, == couldest or canst. See Can

Costage, sb. == a sum of money deposited by way of surety. RG. 391

Cot, sb. == cottage. Pol. S. 152

Coufle, sb. == a basket. RG. 265. AS. cowel, cawl

Could, vb. See Can

Coulter, sb. == ploughshare. Pol. S. 152. Lat. culter

Council, sb. RG. 495

Councillor, sb. RG. 417

Counsel, sb. RG. 412, 371

Counsel, v. n. == take counsel, consider. RG. 91

—— v. a. == give counsel. Wright’s L. P. p. 95

Counseller, sb. Alys. 7118

Count, sb. == account. Pol. S. 152

Countenance, sb. == appearance, demeanour. 187 B.

—— == courage. Pol. S. 216

Counter, sb. == reckoner. RG. 538

Countess, sb. RG. 370, 510

Country, RG. 368, 510

County, [countene] sb. Pol. S. 157

Coupe, v. n. == buy or aby? HD. 1800. ON. kaupa

Courageous, adj. RG. 453

Courant, == running. Alys. 3461

Couren. See Cower

Courser, sb. == steed. Alys. 4056

Court, sb. == courtyard. RG. 525

—— == of a king. 165 B.

—— == of law. RG. 471

—— == courtesy—to ‘pay court.’ 204 B.

Courteous, adj. RG. 385, 525

Courtesy, sb. RG. 189, 516

Couth, adj. == known. RG. 514, 455. AS. cuð

Couthe, v. a. == make known. O. and N. 90. pret. ‘ykud.’ RG. 57. AS. cýðan

Couwe, v. n. == cower? Rel. Ant. ii. p. 211

Cove, adv. == quickly. O. and N. 379. AS. cóf

Covel, sb. == coat. HD. 547. AS. cufle == cowl

Covenant, sb. RG. 179

Cover, v. a. == recover. RG. 49

—— == take care of [coverye]. Alys. 7533

Coverture, sb. == bedclothes. K. Horn, 716

Covet, v. a. RG. 306

Covetise, sb. RG. 46

Covetous, adj. Fragm. on Seven Sins, 23

Cow, sb. Alys. 6333. pl. ‘kye.’ Ps. lxvii. 31

Coward, adj. RG. 455. Fr. coard

—— v. a. == dishearten, make fearful. Alys. 3344

—— sb. Alys. 2053

Cower, v. n. Alys. 2053. ‘couren,’ == cowering. Pol. S. 157

Cowl, sb. 2246 B. AS. cufle

Crab, sb. Alys. 4943

Crack, v. a. == break in two. HD. 568

—— == discourse, ‘reisons craken.’ Alys. 6991. Cf. our Engl, ‘to crack jokes’

Crack, v. n. == snap short. Alys. 4436

Cradle, sb. RG. 107

Craft, sb. == art. O. and N. 757; skill. Wright’s L. P. p. 35

Craftfully, adv. Rel. Ant. ii p. 176

Craftilich, adj. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 175

Cram, v. a. Pol. S. 238

Cramp, v. a. [crempe] == interrupt, stop. O. and N. 1786

Crane, sb. HD. 1726

Crave, v. a. HD. 633. part, ‘cravand.’ Ps. cxviii. 121

Craver, sb. Ps. lxxi. 4

Craving, sb. == desire. Ps. cxviii. 134

Creator, sb. Fall and P. 51

Creature, sb. 2255 B

Creed, sb. Pol. S. 204

Creek, sb. [krike] == creek of the sea. HD. 708. AS. creeca

Creep, v. n. RG. 296; part, ‘crepand.’ Ps. lxviii. 35

Crice, sb. == rima podicis. HD. 2450

Crices, in the phrase ‘Nai crices.’ St Andrew, 31. This is evidently an interjection, and may possibly be the same as our vulgar ‘crikey’

Crisp, adj. Fragm. Sci. 282

Crocodile, sb. [cokedrill], Alys. 5720

Croke, sb. == bend double. Rel. Ant. ii p. 211

Croll, sb. == curly. Alys. 1999. Dut. krol

Crook, v. a. == distort. Marg. 53

Crook, sb. == wile. Wright’s L. P. p. 105. Alys. 4819

Crooked, adj. Alys. 7099. Fragm. Sci. 326. part, ‘icroked.’ O. and N. 1674

Crop, sb. == belly. Pol. S. 208. AS. cropp

—— == produce of a plant. Wright’s L. P. p. 100

Cross, sb. [croys], RG. 392

Cross, v. a. == mark with the cross [croice]. RG. 480

Crosslet, sb. == piece of armour [croisliȝte]. K. Horn, 1353

Croude, v. a. == press down, keep back. Alys. 609. AS. crydan

Croud, part. == crowded, oppressed? HD. 2338

Croupe, sb. == crupper. Alys. 2447

Crouthe, sb. == fiddle. Wright’s L. P. p. 53

Crow, sb. == the bird. RG. 490

Crow, sb. == cockcrow. 1090 B.

Crow, v. n. Pol. S. 238. O. and N. 336

Crown, sb. RG. 376

Crown, == top of the head. HD. 568

Crown, v. a. RG. 383. part. ‘ycrouned.’ ibid.

Crowning, sb. RG. 367. HD. 2948

Crownment, sb. RG. 433

Croyserie, Creyserie, sb. == crusade. RG. 346, 502

Crude, v. a. == creak? K. Horn, 1333

Cruel, adj. RG. 417

Cruets, sb. 313 β. Fr. cruche

Crupper, sb. (of a saddle). Alys. 3421

Crus, adj. == wrathful. HD. 1966. Fr. cruz. See Hall. s. v. Crous

Crust, sb. Pol. S. 204

Cry, v. n. RG. 381, 495

Cry, sb. Alys. 5410. HD. 2772. Ps. ci. 2

Crystal, sb. Fragm. Sci. 66

Cubur, sb. == cover. Alys. 2359

Cuckingstool, sb. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176

Cuckold, sb. == O. and N. 1592. Fr. cocul

Cuckoo, sb. Ritson’s AS. iii. 2

Cucube, sb. == cubeb. Cok. 76

Cumberment, sb. Alys. 472

Cummin, sb. Alys. 6797

Cumrade, == relation. See Kindred

Cundut, sb. == religious service. O. and N. 483. Fr. conduis

Cunig, == coney, q. v.

Cunne, vb. See Can

Cup, sb. RG. 117

Cure, sb. (of souls). 857 B.

Curne, v. a. == form grains, ripen (said of corn). RG. 490

Curreye, sb. == waggon-train. Alys. 5118

Curse, v. a. 550 β

Curtain, v. a. Alys. 1028

Curven. See Carve

Cusse, v. a. == kiss. q. v.

Cust, sb. == dignity. O. and N. 9. AS. cyst

—— == choice. O. and N. 1396. AS. cýst

Custom, sb. RG. 470

Cut, v. a. [citte]. HD. 942. part, ‘ykyt.’ Alys. 2709

—— == destiny, remove. Ps. cxviii. 39

Cypress, sb. Alys. 5785

Cytoling, sb. == playing on the ‘cytol’ or guitar. Alys. 1043

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