Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes

by Geoffrey Chaucer

Wyde, adv. widely, far, T. i. 629; L. 1028; E 722; R. 1704.

Wyde-where, far and wide, everywhere, T. iii. 404; B 136.

Wyf, s. woman, 3. 1037; C 71, D 998; wife, 3. 1082; A 445, D 1055; mistress of a household,

G 1015; Wyves, gen. wife's, B 1631, E 599; Wyve, dat.; to w., for wife, L. 1304; A 1860; Wyves, pl. women, wives, L. 484; A 234, B 59, 273, 3211, C 910.

Wyfhood, s. womanhood, B 76; wifehood, L. 545, 691, 2269; Wyfhod, womanhood, L. 253; wifehood, E 2190, F 1451.

Wyflees, adj. wifeless, E 1236, 1248.

Wyfly, adv. womanly, wife-like, L. 1737, 1843; E 429, 919, 1050, F 1453.

Wyke, s. week, T. ii. 430, 1273; A 1539, B 1461, F 1295; Wykes, pl. A 1850, D 1852. See Wouke.

Wyle, s. wile, plot, T. iii. 1077; guile, trickery, subtlety, 5. 215; T. i. 719, ii. 271; L. 1439; Wyles, pl. L. 2294.

Wyly, adj. wily, wary, B 3130, I 326.