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

by Geoffrey Chaucer

Crul, adj. curly, A 3314; Crulle, pl. A 81. Friesic krul, curly.

Crye, s. cry, 5. 256.

Crye, v. cry out, A 636; Cryen, v. lament, 4. 112; Crydestow, didst thou cry out, A 1083; Cryden, pt. pl. cried, cried out, 7. 27; A 949, 1756, B 4580; Cryed, pp. proclaimed, B 1. p 4. 59; HF. 2107.

Cryinge, s. crying, outcry, A 906.

Cryke, s. creek, A 409; Crykes, pl. B 3. m 8. 8.

Cubýte, s. cubit, HF. 1370; Cubýtes, pl. B 3350.

Cucúrbitès, s. pl. cucurbites, G 794. 'Cucurbite, a chemical vessel, originally made in the shape of a gourd, but sometimes shallow, with a wide mouth, and used in distillation'; Webster. From Lat. cucurbita, a gourd.

Cukkow, s. cuckoo, 5. 358, 603. See Cokkow.

Culpa, mea, i.e. I acknowledge my fault, T. ii. 525.

Culpe, s. guilt, blame, I 335.