He wan the prys without lesynge,' &c.;
Octouian Imperator, in Weber's Met. Rom. iii. 194.
1933. paramour, longingly; a common expression; see the Glossary.
1937. hepe, mod. E. 'hip,' the fruit of the dog-rose; A. S. hēope.
1938. Compare—'So hyt be-felle upon a day'; Erle of Tolous, Ritson's Met. Rom. iii. 134. Of course it is a common phrase in these romances.
1941. worth, lit. became; worth upon = became upon, got upon. It is a common phrase; compare—
'Ipomydon sterte vp that tyde;
Anon he worthyd vppon his stede';
Weber, Met. Rom. ii. 334.
1942. launcegay, a sort of lance. Gower has the word, Conf. Amant. bk. viii. (ed. Pauli, iii. 369). Cowel says its use was prohibited by the statute of 7 Rich. II, cap. 13. Camden mentions it in his Remaines, p. 209. Tyrwhitt quotes, from Rot. Parl. 29 Hen. VI, n. 8, the following—'And the said Evan then and there with a launcegaye smote the said William Tresham throughe the body a foote and more, wherof he died.' Sir Walter Raleigh (quoted by Richardson)