P.

Pace, sb. == step. RG. 387, 513

Pack, sb. == bundle, burden. Ritson’s AS. viii. 248

Paddock, sb. == toad. Alys. 6126. ON. padda

Pae, sb. == peacock. Ritson’s AS. viii. 20. AS. pawa

Page, sb. == a lackey. Pol. S. 237. Fr. page. Vid. Roq. s. v.

Pain, sb. == penalty. 481 B. RG. 377

—— == anguish, [pyne]. Alys. 5059; [peyne]. Ibid. 5060

Paint, v. a. part. ‘ypeynt.’ RG. 174

Pair, sb. RG. 390

Palace, sb. RG. 190

Palfreiour, sb. == palfrey-keeper. Pol. S. 237

Palfrey, sb. RG. 490. Fr. palefroi. Lat. paraveredus

Pall, sb. == coverlet. Alys. 7733. Body and Soul, 15. Lat. palla

Pall, v. n. == grow pale. Rel. Ant. ii. 211

Pallion, sb. == pall. 248 B.

Palmer, sb. Alys. 4981

Palter, == bough. Ps. lxxix. 12; s. q. if ‘paltres’ be not == ‘palm-trees.’ Lat. palmites. See the V. L.

Pan, sb. == dish. Alys. 4939. AS. panne

Pan, sb. See Penny

Pannier, sb. HD. 760

Pans, sb. == furs. Alys. 1572. Fr. pane

Pans, sb. == pence. See Penny

Panter, sb. == panterer. RG. 187; [pantrer]. RG. 438. Fr. panetier

Panther, sb. Alys. 6352

Pap, sb. == woman’s teat. HD. 2132. Ps. xxi. 10. Ital. poppa. Lat. papilla

Papejay, sb. == parrot. Wright’s L. P. p. 26. Fr. papegai

Paradise, sb. Alys. 5685; [parays]. 353 β

Parage, sb. == rank. Alys. 2953. Fr. parage

Paramours, adv. = with love, tenderly. Wright’s L. P. p. 91

Parchment, sb. [parchemyn]. Pol. S. 156. Fr. parcamin

Pard, sb. == leopard. Alys. 6709

Pardie, interj. == by God. 2082 B. Fr. par Dieu

Pardon, sb. 2458 B.

Pare, v. a. Pilate, 234. Fr. parer

Parish, sb. 1881 B.

Park, sb. RG. 1. AS. pearroc. W. parc

Parliament, sb. RG. 449

Parred, part. == locked up. HD. 2439. ON. sperra

Parson, sb. RG. 471, 496

Part, sb. Pol. S. 193

—— v. a. == separate. RG. 436

Parting, sb. == departure. Alys. 2906

Partner, sb. RG. 309

Party, sb. == part. RG. 394, 400

Parvenke, sb. == periwinkle. Wright’s L. P. p. 26. Pol. S. 218. AS. pervence

—— == the flower, excellence of a thing. Ritson’s AS. xvii. 42

Pasken, v. n. == push, strike? ‘to pasken in the watere,’ St Andrew 8, seems to mean to beat the water by throwing in the net. Swed. piska. O. Engl. ‘pash.’ Cf. our phrase of ‘whipping a stream.’

Pass, v. a. == surpass. 1031 B.

—— == pass over. RG. 436. Alys. 5580

—— v. n. == go through, pass by. RG. 556

Passage, sb. 676 B.

Passion, sb. == the suffering of our Saviour. RG. 495

Pasty, sb. HD. 644. Cok. 52. Dut. pastei. Fr. pâte

Pate, sb. == head Pol. S. 237. Judas, 83

Paten, sb. HD. 188. Lat. patina

Path, sb. HD. 2390. O. and N. 380

Patriarch, sb. RG. 479

Patron, sb. RG. 470

Paune, sb. == head. See Poune

Pautener, sb. == rascal. Alys. 1737. Fr. pautonier. Ital. paltone. Vid. Roq. and Burguy, s. v.

Paved, adj. Pol. S. 190

Pavement, sb. RG. 476

Pavilion, sb. [pavelon]. RG. 48, 569; [payloun]. Alys. 5067

—— v. a. == to lodge under tents. part. ‘ypavylounded.’ Alys. 2038. Fr. pavillon. Lat. papilio

Pay, v. a. (money); pret. ‘payde.’ RG. 374, 498. part. ‘ipaiid.’ Pol. S. 204

—— v. a. == please, appease. RG. 314. part. ‘ypaid.’ RG. 391; ‘ipaised’ == restored to peace. RG. 570. Fr. paier. Lat. pacare

Pay, sb. == peace. RG. 125. Fr. paix

Payloun. See Pavilion

Paynim, sb. == heathen, pagans. RG. 395

Pays, == pitch, q. v.

Pea. See Pese

Peace, sb. RG. 491, 500

Peaceful, adj. Ps. cxix 7

Peacefully, adv. Ps. xxxiv. 20

Peacock, sb. Alys. 5410

Peak, sb. == The Peak of Derbyshire. RG. 7

Pear, sb. 1203 B.

Peer, sb. == equal. RG. 17

Peer, v. n. == look into. [pure]. K. Horn, 1124; [pouren]. Alys. 5799

Pelican, sb. Ps. ci. 7

Pell, sb. == fur, skin. Alys. 6697. Lat. pellis

Pelle, v. n. == drive, go? HD. 810. Lat. pello

Pelure, sb. == a furred robe. Alys. 4129. Fr. pel

Penance, sb. RG. 255

Pencel, sb. == pennon, banner. Alys. 2688. Fr. pencel. Lat. penna

Penny, sb. RG. 404, 493; [pan]. Pol. S. 204. pl. ‘panes.’ RG. 473; ‘pans.’ 530 β

Pepper, sb. Alys. 7032

Perauntre, adv. == peradventure. RG. 375

Perch, sb. == the fish. Alys. 5446. Fr. perche. Lat. perca

Perche, v. a. == prick, spur. Alys. 2460. Fr. percer

Perforce, adv. Alys. 4577

Peril, sb. RG. 452

Pers, sb. == a cloth or stuff. Alys. 4987; usually of a blue colour. Fr. pers. Vid. Roq.

Pervink. See Parvenke

Pese, sb. == a pea. Alys. 5959. AS. pise

Pesens, sb. == neck-armour covering the breast. Alys. 3697; same as ‘pesane’ in the later Romances. Fr. pis, piz, the breast

Pett, sb. == pit. Alys. 5764

Pett, for pight? == made. Alys. 7495

Peys, == pitch, q. v.

Phantom, sb. == vanity. Ps. iv. 3. Fr. fantosme

Philosophy, sb. RG. 130

Physic, sb. RG. 151

Physician, sb. RG. 68

Pick, v. a. Pol. S. p. 150. part. ‘pycchynde.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 110

Piece, sb. == a portion, bit. RG. 555. St Kath. 229

—— == a man. RG. 355

Piecemeal, adv. RG. 278

Pierce, v. a. RG. 437

Piete, sb. == pity. Pol S. 213

Pike, sb. == sharp stake. RG. 51

—— v. a. == pierce. RG. 51

Pile, sb. == hair. Body and Soul, 38

Pilgrim, sb. 2360 B.

Pilgrimage, sb. 5 B.

Pilkoc, sb. == the penis. Rel. Ant. ii. 211

Pill, v. a. == rob. Pol. S. 150. Fr. piller

Pillar, sb. Alys. 6242. Fr. pilier. Lat. pila

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

Piment, sb. == a kind of wine. HD. 1728. Alys. 4178. See the recipe for making it in Halliwell, s. v.

Pin, sb. == pinnacle. Cok. 57

—— == pin (in the modern sense). Alys. 6146

Pinch, v. n. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176

Pine, sb. == pain. RG 326

—— v. a. == make to pine. Ps. xxxvi. 28. part. ‘ypyned.’ RG. 449

Pink, v. n. == prick or stab. Pol. S. 156. AS. pyngan

Pinnuc, sb. == hedge-sparrow. O. and N. 1128. See Wright’s Vocabularies, p. 177, where ‘lirifa’ is translated ‘pynok’

Pinse, v. a. == pinch, torture, part. ‘ipinsed.’ Fall and P. 89. Dut. pinssen. Fr. pincer

Pipe, sb. == musical instrument. Alys. 7769. AS. píp

—— v. n. Alys. 1012. Pol. S. 216

Pirate, sb. == a kind of ship. Alys. 6182

Pircle, v. n. == slobber at the mouth. Rel. Ant. ii. 211

Pirope, sb. == a precious stone. Alys. 5682. Gr. πυρωπός

Piss, v. n. Rel. Ant. ii. 211

Pit, sb. RG. 409, 540; [pett]. Alys. 5764

Pitch, sb. RG. 410; [peys]. Alys. 1620; [pays]. Alys. 1630

—— v. a. == smear with pitch. HD. 707. part. ‘ipiched’ 94 β

Pitch, v. a. == fix. pret. ‘pight.’ RG. 51, 29. part. ‘ypiȝt.’ RG. 48

Piteous, adj. RG. 491, 548

Piteously, adv. RG. 449, 508

Pitfall, sb. Pol. S. 193

Pith, sb. [pid]. Body and Soul, 38. AS. piða

Pity, sb. == pitiful state. Alys. 7269. RG. 532, 537

Place, sb. RG. 6, 14, 397

Plaice, sb. == the fish. HD. 896

Plaid, Plait, sb. == pleading. O. and N. 1735, 5

Plain, sb. RG. 7

Plain, v. n. == complain. RG. 533

Plaining, sb. RG. 473

Plaint, sb. Alys. 7488. HD. 2961

Planet, sb. RG. 112

Plant, v. a. Ps. lxxix. 10

Plaster, sb. == remedy, ‘plaster of penance.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 89

Plate, adj. == flat. Alys. 2001. Fr. plat. Germ. platt

Plate, sb. == a piece of silver. Rel. Ant. i. 144. Span. plata

Plattinde, part. == journeying. See Plette and Strike

Play, sb. RG. 272; [ple]. RG. 266; [plawe]. RG. 291. AS. plega

—— v. n. [plawe]. Wright’s L. P. p. 45; pret. ‘pleide.’ RG. 507

—— v. a.—‘to play hands’ == clap hands. Ps. xcvii. 8

Playing, sb. Wright’s L. P. p. 88

Plea, sb. RG 471, 473

Plead, v. n. Pol. S. 159

Pleading, sb. RG. 471, 473

Plenar, adj. == full. 1537 B.

Plenarly, adv. 1538 B.

Plenteous, adj. RG. 23

Plenty, sb. RG. 1

Plette, v. a. == strike. HD. 2444; pret. ‘plat.’ HD. 2755; ‘plette.’ HD. 2626. part. ‘plattinde’ == journeying. HD. 2282. Compare the double sense of ‘strike,’ q. v. AS. plættian

Plight, v. a. == pluck, pull. Alys. 5831, 5859

Plight, sb. == harm, danger. HD. 1370, 2002. AS. pliht

—— == condition. Body and Soul, 184

Plight, v. a. == pledge. RG. 357; part. ‘yplyȝt.’ RG. 388. AS. plihtan

Plot, sb. (of ground). RG. 536. Fr. plat

Plough, sb. [ploth]. Rel. Ant. i. p. 111. ON. plógr

Ploughfere, sb. Wright’s L. P. p. 49

Ploughland, sb. RG. 374

Ploughstave, sb. RG. 99

Plump, v. n. == fall heavily. Alys. 5776. Dan. plumpe

Po, sb. == peacock. Pol. S. 159. AS. pawa

Point, sb. == sharp end. RG. 395

—— == opportunity. Pilate, 17

—— == particular. St Andrew, 36

Phrases—‘upon the point to smite.’ RG. 543

‘in such point’ == in such case. RG. 391

Pointed, adj. [yponyted]. RG. 310

Poison, sb. RG. 122, 151

—— v. a. Alys. 600

Poke, sb. == bag, pouch. HD. 555. AS. pocca

Poke, v. n. == stoop in walking. Rel. Ant. ii. 211

Polk, sb. == pool. HD. 2685, the Norfolk ‘pulk.’

Polk, v. a. == put. Pol. S. 157

Poll, sb. == head. Pol. S. 237. Dut. bol, whence our ‘bolster.’ Germ. polster

Polled, sb. == shaven. Alys. 216

Pomon, sb. == lungs. Alys. 4374. Fr. poumon. Lat. pulmo

Pomple, v. n. stumble. Rel. Ant. ii. 211. ON. pompa

Pool, sb. RG. 131. AS. pól

Poor, adj. [povere]. RG. 376; comp. ‘poverore.’ RG. 370

Poorly, adv. [pourelike]. HD. 323

Pope, sb. RG. 502

Porch, sb. Ps. xcix. 4. Lat. porticus

Pore, v. n. See Peer

Port, sb. == gate. RG. 51

Porter, sb. RG. 539, 544

Portere ? sb. deportment. St Swithin, 25. Fr. portée

Portereve, sb. == ‘head magistrate of a town.’ Hall. RG. 541

Portray, v. a. Alys. 1520

Posse, v. n. == push, drive. K. Horn, 1041

Postern, sb. RG. 19. Alys. 4593

Pot, sb. Ps. xxi. 16. ON. pottr

Pot, v. n. == go, tramp. Pol. S. 71. AS. pæðan

Potion, sb. Alys. 3509

Pottage, sb. RG. 404

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

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

Poudré, sb. == dust. Alys. 2180

Pound, sb. (of money). RG. 59, 383

Poune, sb. == the head. Alys. 2770. ‘paunes.’ Ibid. 2800. Another form is ‘pan.’ W. pen

Pouraille, sb. == the poor. Pol. S. 223. Alys. 1229

Pouren, see Peer, vb.

Pousté, sb. == power. Alys. 7879

Pout, v. n. Rel. Ant. ii. 211

Poveral, sb. == poor persons. RG. 254

Powder, sb. == dust. RG. 345

Powdered, adj. [pudrid]. Cok. 108

Powe, v. n. == be poor? RG. 313

Power, sb. RG. 370, 371

Praer, sb. == meadow. Cok. 69. Cf. Fr. praiau—prairie

Praise, v. a. RG. 57. 1362 B.

Prangle, v. a. == compress. HD. 639. Dut. prangen

Prasiune, sb. == chrysoprase. Cok. 89. Gr. πράσος, a leek

Pray, sb. == crowd, press. Alys. 1991, 2595

Pray, v. a. Wright’s L. P. p. 58

—— v. n. [prye]. Pol. S. 222

Prayer, sb. 1089 B.

Preach, v. a. RG. 392

—— == exhort. Alys. 2042

Preacher, sb. RG. 392, 492

Preaching, sb. RG. 173

Precious, adj. 42 β

Predication, sb. 1969 B.

Preit, v. a. == pray, beseech. Marg. 1. Fr. prier

Prejudice, sb. 1735 B.

Prelate, sb. RG. 472

Preone, v. a. == sew up. Rel. S. v. 68. AS. preon, a needle. ON. prióna, to sew

Preovest, adj. == proofest, most approved. Alys. 6891

Presence, sb. == bearing, dignity, [presauns]. RG. 485

Present, sb. == gift. RG. 485

—— v. a. == give. Wright’s L. P. p. 96

—— == introduce a person to another. part. ‘ipresented.’ 231 B.

Press, sb. == throng. 2469 B.

—— v. a. part, ‘ypreost.’ Alys. 2342

Prest, adj. == ready. RG. 485. Ital. presto

Prey, sb. RG. 15, 376

Price, sb. 150 B.; ‘to have the price’ == to be highly esteemed. Pol. S. 153

Prick, v. n. hasten. RG. 459

—— v. a. == spur, pierce (as a horse). RG. 553. AS. priccian

—— == adorn. Body and Soul, 12. ON. prýda, to adorn

Pricker, sb. == rider. Pol. S. 150

Pride, sb. RG. 376. AS. prýt

Priest, sb. 364 B.; [prost]. O. and N. 733

Priesthood, sb. 1032 B.

Priestless, adj. RG. 544

Prime, sb. == the first hour of prayer, or 6 A. M. 219 B. Ritson’s AS. viii. 196

Primerole, sb. == primrose. Wright’s L. P. p. 26

Prince, sb. RG. 367, 402. In Alys. 4727 Weber suggests that ‘prynces’ is a mistake for ‘traitors,’ but may it not be another form of ‘prenches’ == stratagems, tricks? see ‘at-prenche,’ supra

Principal, adj. RG. 446

Prior, sb. == head of a priory. 2462 B.

Priory, sb. RG. 369, 370

Pris, sb. == a note of a horn blown on the death of the deer. Body and Soul, 214. Fr. pris, from prendre

Prison, sb. RG. 376

—— == prisoner. RG. 550

Privilege, sb. Pol. S. 157

Privily, adv. RG. 518. Alys. 3765

Privity, sb. RG. 468

Privy, adj. RG. 435

Procession, sb. (of friars). RG. 405, 530

Procurator, sb. 352 β

Procure, v. a. RG. 551

Professe, sb. == a professed person. RG. 434

Profession, sb. == a professing. 1407 B.

Proffer, v. a. Alys. 3539

Proper, adj. == suitable, fit. 934 B.

Prophecy, sb. RG. 132

Prophet, sb. RG. 38

Prou, sb. == advantage. Ritson’s AS. viii. 88. Fr. prod

Proud, adj. RG. 377, 465

Proudly, adv. Alys. 3413

Prove, v. n. == turn out, result. 2400 B.

—— v. a. == try; part, ‘yproved.’ RG. 457

—— == confirm, prove. Ritson’s AS. xviii. 30

Provender, sb. Pol. S. 239

Prow, sb. == prowess. RG. 65

Prowess, sb. RG. 462, 453

Psalm, sb. Ps. lxv. 4

—— v. n. == sing psalms. Ps. vii. 18

Psaltery, sb. Ps. xxxii. 2

Pudding, sb. Cok. 57. Dan. budding. Fr. boudin

Puff, v. n. [pofte]. Rel. Ant. ii. 211

Pulte, v. a. == push. RG. 376; put. RG. 459. 1316 B.

Pulting, sb. == pushing. RG. 212

Punge, sb. == purse. Alys. 1728. AS. pung. ON. pung, our Engl. ‘bung’

Puppet, sb. == small figure. Alys. 77

Purblind, adj. RG. 376, written divisim == entirely blind; not as in the modern sense == one whose sight is impaired. Probably therefore from ‘pure’ == entire, and blind. Cf. ‘purewhite.’ RG. 8. In Wiclif, Ex. xxi. 26, it means, ‘blind of one eye,’ and is still written divisim; the later version gives ‘oon iȝed’

Purchase, v. a. == procure. RG. 472, 499; to procure food. Alys. 5197. Fr. pourchacer. Ital. procacciare

Purchase, sb. RG. 381, 516

Pure, adj. == entire, complete. RG. 546

—— == rightful, legitimate. RG. 106

—— adv. == entirely, very. RG. 397

Purely, adv. == entirely, completely. RG. 66, 173

Purewhite, adj. RG. 8

Purgatory, sb. 622 β

Purge, v. a. 371 B.

Purpose, sb. RG. 558

Purse, sb. Alys. 1798. AS. púse

Pursue, v. a. 937 B.

Purvey, v. a. RG. 289; part. ‘ypurveyed.’ Alys. 6212

Purveyance, sb. RG. 533, 535

Puste, vb. == pushed? St Andrew, 70

Put, v. a. == throw (a stone). HD. 1023, 1044

—— sb. == a cast or throw. HD. 1055

—— v. a. place, lay before. Wright’s L. P. p. 53. See Pulte. Dan. putte

Putting, sb. == throwing. HD. 1042

Pykeys, sb. == pick-axe. Manuel d. Pecches, 940

Pyne, sb. == pain, q. v.

—— v. a. == trouble. Alys. 5914

Pypyn, sb. == windpipe. Alys. 3256