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

by Geoffrey Chaucer

Distaf, s. distaff, A 3774, B 3097, 3564, 4574.

Distantz, adj. pl. distant; evene distantz, equidistant, A. i. 17. 32.

Distemperaunce, s. intemperance, B 4. p 2. 131; inclemency, I 421; Destemperaunce, inclemency, B 3. p 11. 88.

Distempre, adj. distempered, furious, B 4. p 3. 79. See Destempred.

Distempre, v. vex, B 2426; imp. s. be out of temper, D 2195.

Disteyne, v. stain, bedim, dull, L. 255, 262, 269, 274.

Distille, v. distil, melt, T. iv. 519.

Distinctly, adv. A. ii. 40. 19.

Distingwed, pp. distinguished, B 2. p 5. 47.

Distourbe, v. disturb, T. iv. 563; (to) interfere with, T. iv. 934; Distorben, prevent, T. iv. 1103; Distorbe, T. iv. 1113; Disturbed, pp. altered, T. ii. 622. See Destourbe.