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The Boke of Noblesse

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admonestementis 79 afferaunt 43 aiel 35 amercie 78 approwementis 65 assailours 9 astonyed 2 atwix (betwixt) 48 avaunt 75 aventure 33 aveyn 69 baleese 54 barnage (baronage) 55 batellous 63 be (by) 9 beforce (by force) 31 beforne 70 benecute 70 benevolence xvii, xxi, xxii bestialle 77, 78 bethout (without) 7 et passim bethyn (within) 3 et passim bobauncees 80 bonchief 21 chevalrie 66, 76, 83 clepid 27, 31, 40, 55 congie 30 convenable 74, 75 costius, costues (costly) 80 cote-armer 18 cotes of armes 20 countour xv covyn 54 croiserie 10, 11 custrell xx defalke 31, 72 defend (drive away) 9 deliver (agile) 76 deliver (to fulfil a challenge in arms) 77 depart (part with) 81, 83 side note detrussed 65, detroussé, unbound devoire 9, 56 dissimiled (dissembled) 30, dissimuled 41 dissimulacion 40 dulled 2 egallie (equally) 21 embrace (to take part, or patronise) xv, 77 empeshement 35 enfamyned 13 entendement 20 entreprennour 64 entreprinses and entreprises, 6, 21, 29 ering 70 at erst 6 escarmisshes 13 esy (little or scarcely) 72, esilie (scarcely), 73 ewred 43 fauten 60 feernesse (for feersnesse?) 4, 20 fellir (more fell) 64 fille (fell) 21, 23, 27, 73, 83 finaunce 9, 14, 19, 29, 33, 65 fole-hardiesse 63, see hardy fraunchise 81 fructufulle 56 grene age 76 hardiesse 29 hardy (or fool-hardy) man, 65 haunting arms 3, 6, 22, 77 havyour 84 herbers (of soote smyllis of flowris and herbis of divers colours) 70 hethynesse 46 historier 25, 43 hostied 13 hubes 68 infortune 42, 50 inure 62 joieuest (most joyful) 70 jorney (military expedition) 47 jupardie 65, 70, 77 labourage 65, 69, 70 lifelode 32, 49, 32, 73, 80 lust (verb) 82 lyes (leash) 16 manassed 73 manly man 65 mantelle 20 masty hound 16 meintenaunce 78 menage 69 messangiers 45 moien 85 mondeyn 70 mow (shall mow endure) 69 muys 50 namelie (especially) 82, 83 noblesse xv. liv nompower 30 nouches 84 noy 82 obeisaunce and obediaunce 17, 30, 59 obeissauntes 30, 47 onure, 85 oost (host) 27, 28, 31, 32, 64, 71 osteyng 11 ovyr hand 65 paast, 6 paissauntes (peasants) 72, 73 patised 73 payneymys 10 paynym 75 peine hem (take pains) 31 perveaunce 40 piller (thief) 31, 72 plenerlie 37 practik (singler) 77, 78 practique of law 77 print money, 84 puissaunt 20, 23, 26, 41, 43, 46, 61 purveonds 68 puttithe away (plur.) 79 quaiers (of books) lix, 79 raise 40. Chaucer says of his Knight, In Lettowe had he reysed and in Russe. ravyne 72, 73 recordacion 3 renomme 32 revaled 3, 9, 11, 74 rightwisnesse 56 rothir or sterne 58 servage 71 sille (sell) 84 sleuth (sloth) 6 soude 33, 72; soulde 29, 40 soudeours 16, 68, 71; sowdieris 30 soudeyng 29; souding, 83 souneth (threaten) 48 synguler (personal) 7, 29, 55 tailis 73, 83, 84 take in gree 79 tasques 73, 83, 84 terrein 69 tilieng (tilling) 70 tofore (before) 60 to morne (tomorrow) 84 trespasseinte 11 trespassement 41, 43 umbre 3, 4, 25, 33, 41 viellars 64 vileyned 74 voulenté 84 vyfnes 4 wanhope 74 well (easy), "it is well to undrestonde" 82 werreied (made war) 10 wited (considered) 55 yen (eyen or eyes) 66 yoven (given) 81

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