ARCHAIC WORDS.
(Vol. vii., p. 400., &c.)
The following list of words, which do not appear in Mr. Halliwell's Dictionary of Archaic Words, may form some contribution, however small, to the enlargement of that and of some of our more comprehensive English dictionaries. It falls in with the desire already expressed in "N. & Q.;" and, if the present paper seem worth inserting, may be followed by another. In some few cases, though the word does appear in Mr. Halliwell's columns, an authority is deficient; instances having as it were turned up, and in rather uncommon sources, which seemed occasionally worth supplying. It must be observed that the explanations given are, in some instances, mere conjectures, and await more certain and accurate interpretation.
Aege, age. The Festyvall, fol. cxii. recto, edit. 1528.
Advyse, to view attentively. Strype's Memorials, under Mary, ch. xxviii. p. 234., folio, or vol. iv. p. 384. edit. 1816.
Apause, to check. Foxe, Acts and Monuments, vii. 647.; and Merchant's Second Tale, 2093.
Assemble, to resemble. Bale's Image of both Churches, Part II. p. 378., edit. 1849.
Beclepe, to embrace. The Festyvall, fol. xxxvi. recto, edit. 1528: "The ymage—becleped the knyght about the necke, and kyssed hym."
Bluck, ...(?) "So the true men shall be hunted and blucked."—The Festyvall, fol. xxvi. recto.
Boystously, roughly. "Salome—boystously handled our Lady."—The Festyvall, fol. lxvii. verso.
Brince, to introduce, hand out, propino. "Luther first brinced to Germany the poisoned cup of his heresies."—Harding in Bishop Jewel's Works, vol. iv. p. 335., edit. Oxford, 1848.
Bussing. "Without the blind bussings of a Papist, may no sin be solved."—Bishop Bale's Image of both Churches on the Revelation, ch. xiii. p. 431., edit. Cambridge, 1849.
Croked. A curious application of this word occurs in The Festyvall, fol. cxxviii. recto: "A croked countenance."
Daying, arbitration. Jewel's Works, i. 387. See Dr. Jelf's note, in loc.
Dedeful, operative? "This vertue is dedefull to all Chrysten People."—The Festyvall, fol. clxxii. recto.
Do, to do forth; meaning, to proceed with, to go on with, occurs in The Festyvall. fol. viii. verso.
Domageable, injurious. The Festyvall, fol. cxi. recto: "How domageable it is to them which use for to saye in theyr bargens and marchaundyses, makynge to the prejudyce—of their soules."
Dyssclaunderer, a calumniator. "To stone hym (Stephen) to deth as for a dyssclaunderer."—The Festyvall, fol. lxx. verso.
Enclense, to make clean. The Festyvall, fol. lxxxviii. recto.
Enforcement, effort? Erasmus' Enchiridion, 1533, Rule IV. ch. xii.
Engrease, to overfeed. "Riches, wherewithal they are fatted and engreased like swine."—Foxe's Acts and Monuments, v. 615. edit. 1843.
Ensignement, ... (?) The Festyvall, fol. cliv. recto: "And whan all the people come so togyder at this ensignement."
Entrecounter, to oppose. Brook's Sermon, 1553, quoted in Foxe's Acts and Monuments, vol. viii. p. 782.
Fele. An application of this word may be quoted, partaking of a Grecism, unless we mistake: "And whan the people felte the smell therof."—The Festyvall, fol. c. recto.
Flytterynge: "lyghtnynge, and not flytterynge."—The Festyvall, fol. xliv. verso, edit. 1528.
Novus.