• scoleiing

scoleiing ger. Schooling, training. (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB. Manly-Rickert D.44f Of fyue husbondes scoleiyng [vrr. scoleyinger; scolenge, scolyng] am I.

• bislotered

bislotered ppl. ?Cp. slutte a sloven. Bespattered, dirty. c1430 Chaucer CT.Prol. Cmb Gg.4.27 A.76 Of fustien he werede a iopoun Al besloteryd.

• unforged

unforged ppl. From forgen v. Not made at a forge. ?c1425(c1380) Chaucer Form.A. Benson-Robinson 49 Unforged was the hauberk and the plate.

• adversence

adversence n. Cp. adverse . Enmity, hostility. c1455 Chaucer CT.SN. RwlPoet 223 G.467 Aduersence [crit.ed.: He stareth and woodeth in his aduertence].

• buf

buf interj. The sound made in belching. (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sum. Manly-Rickert D.1934 Lo, `buf!' they seye, `cor meum eructauit!'

• chirten

chirten v. Cp. chirken . To smack or chirrup. c1405 Chaucer CT.Sum. Elsm D.1804 The frere..chirteth [vr. chirketh] as a sparwe With his lyppes.

• corrumping

corrumping ger. Disintegration, ruin. ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo. Benson-Robinson 3.pr.12.82 By which that the edifice of this world is kept stable and withouten corrumpynge.

• forn-cast

ppl. Planned or arranged beforehand, premeditated. (c1390) Chaucer CT.NP. Manly-Rickert B.4407 A colfox..By heigh ymaginacioun forncast [vr. aforn cast], The same nyght thurgh out the hegges brast In to the yerd. (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars. Manly-Rickert I.448 Of malice ymagyned, auysed,

• blosmi

adj. OE blostmig Full of blossoms, blooming. (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch. Manly-Rickert E.1463 Blosmy tree nys neither drye ne deed. a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC Benson-Robinson 2.821 Shadewed wel with blosmy bowes grene. c1430(c1380) Chaucer PF Benson-Robinson 183 A gardyn..ful of blosmy bowes.

• chaunte-cler, chaunti-

fle adoun and com me ner.' (c1390) Chaucer CT.NP. Manly-Rickert B.4459 Chauntecleer..Song myrier than the mermayde in the see. (c1390) Chaucer CT.NP. Manly-Rickert B.4529 Allas, that Chauntecler fleigh fro the bemes! (c1390) Chaucer CT.NP. Manly-Rickert B.4639 This was a myrie

• mouinge

mouinge ger.(3) Ability, power. ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo. Benson-Robinson 4.pr.2.279 Thanne is it open and cler that the power ne the mowynge [vr. moeuyng; L possibilitatem] of schrewes nis no power. ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo. Benson-Robinson 4.pr.4.28 Yif..it be wrecchidnesse to wilne

• tein(e, teigne, theine

teyne of siluer. (c1395) Chaucer CT.CY. Manly-Rickert G.1229 He shoop his ingot in lengthe and in brede Of this teyne [vrr. teigne, theyne]. (c1395) Chaucer CT.CY. Manly-Rickert G.1324 He..pryuely took vp also The coper teyne. (c1395) Chaucer CT.CY. Manly-Rickert G.1330

• bitidinge

?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo. Benson-Robinson 5.pr.1.36 Hap is a bytydynge [L euentum] ibrought forth by foolissh moevynge and by no knyttynge of causes. ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo. Benson-Robinson 5.pr.1.82 Thanne wenen folk that it is byfalle by fortunous bytydynge. ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.

• Babiloine, Babilon(ie

boþe. (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML. Manly-Rickert B.63 Ther may he seen the large woundes wyde of Lucresse and of Babilan [vrr. Babiloun, babiloyn] Tesbee. (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sum. Manly-Rickert D.2082 Irous Cirus..Whan that he wente, Babiloyne to wynne. c1450(1369) Chaucer BD Benson-Robinson

• presentarie

knouinge , a present act of knowing. ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo. Benson-Robinson 5.pr.6.77 For this ilke infinit moevyng of temporel thinges folweth this presentarie estat [L praesentarium statum] of the lif unmoevable. ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo. Benson-Robinson 5.pr.6.115 Ther is sothly to

• hasardi(e

From hasardrie . Playing at hazard. c1415 Chaucer CT.Pard. Corp-O 198 C.897 O glotenye! o luxurie! O hasardye! c1415 Chaucer CT.Pars. Lnsd 851 I.793 Nowe commeþ hasardy with his..tables & rawfles. c1425 Chaucer CT.Pard. Petw 7 C.590 Nowe wil I

• jangleresse

(c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel. Manly-Rickert B.2275 A womman kan nat hide that she woot. Sire, Thise wordes been vnderstonde of wommen that ben iangleresses and wikked. (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB. Manly-Rickert D.638 I was..of my tonge a verray iangleresse. (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch.

• Theban, thebane, teban

Also thebane , teban . L Thebanus Of or pertaining to Boeotian Thebes. (c1395) Chaucer CT.Fkl. Manly-Rickert F.1432 The Theban mayden..for Nichanore Hir seluen slow. a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC Benson-Robinson 5.601 Now blisful lord, so cruel thow ne be Unto the

• eschaufen

nye. ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo. Benson-Robinson 4.m.1.8 The regioun of the fir, that eschaufeth by the swifte moevynge of the firmament. ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo. Benson-Robinson 1.m.6.2 The hevy sterre of the Cancre eschaufeth by the bemes of Phebus. ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.

• amphibologie, amphilogie

amphibologie n. Also amphilogie . ML , ult. Gr. An ambiguity. a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC Benson-Robinson 4.1406 For goddes speken in amphibologies [vrr. amphibelogies, Amphilogies] And, for a sooth, they tellen twenty lyes.