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

by Geoffrey Chaucer

Areste, v. stop (a horse), A 827; Do aresten, cause to be stopped, B 4210; Aresten, ger. to arrest, B 2. p 1. 81.

Aretten, v. impute, B 2. p 4. 9; Arretteth upon, pr. s. accuses, I 580; Arrette, pr. pl. subj. ascribe, I 1082; ye n'arette it nat, ye impute it not, consider it not, A 726; Aretted, pp. imputed, A 2729. O.F. areter, to reckon; from Lat. ad and reputare.

A-rewe, adv. successively, lit. in a row, D 1254.

Areyse; see Areise.

Argoile, s. crude tartar (see note), G 813.

Argúe, v. argue, T. ii. 694; Argúwe, T. iv. 497; Argued, pt. s. 3. 504.

Arguinge, s. argument, L. 475.

Argument, s. T. iv. 956, 1179; Arguments, pl. 5. 538; 'arguments', in astronomy (see note), F 1277; Argumentes, E 1619; T. ii. 1025, iv. 969.

Argumente, v. argue; Argumenten, pr. pl. B 212; Argumented, pt. s. T. i. 377.

Aright, adv. rightly, well, A 267, 3115, 3426; T. ii. 1261, iii. 462, v. 871; aright, G 1418; properly, F 694; wholly, A 189; exactly, T. v. 364; certainly, B 3135, 4641.