Prow, s. profit, 361. O. F. prou, profit.
Prys, s. worth, valour, 772, 804.
Purchas, s. acquisition, 14, 61. See the note. 'Purchas, is to buy lands or tenements with one's money, or otherwise gain them by one's industry, contradistinguished from that which comes to one by descent from his ancestors'; Blount, Law Dictionary. Doubtless the knight had partly won them as a reward for military service. See ll. 58-61.
Purs, s. purse, 321, 885. See the note to the latter line.
Quest, Queste, s. jury, 786, 862, 871, 878; in ll. 840, 842, it may mean the sentence or verdict. 'Queste, a quest, inquirie'; Cotgrave.
Queste, s. bequest, 64.
Quitte, pt. s. repaid, 512, 896. 'Quiter, to quit, forgoe, ... discharge,' &c.; Cotgrave.
Rape, adj. hasty, 101. Not a Latin, but a Scand. word. Icel. hrapa, to hasten; Swed. rapp, Dan. rap, quick.
Rapely, adv. quickly, 219, 424. See above.
Rede, 1 pr. s. advise, 605; 2 pr. s. subj. mayest advise, advisest, 797.