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

by Geoffrey Chaucer

Milde, adj. fem. mild, T. v. 194.

Mile-wey, s. a space of 5°, which answers to twenty minutes of time, the average time for walking a mile; hence the term, A. i. 7. 7; pl. Milewey, A. i. 16. 11.

Milk, s. R. 1196; A 147, 358, 2908, B 4034, F 614, H 175.

Milksop, s. a milk-sop, lit. a piece of bread sopped in milk; hence, anything soft, esp. a weak, effeminate man, B 3100.

Milky Wey, the milky way, HF. 937.

Mille, s. mill, E 1200, I 406. See Melle.

Millère, s. miller, A 542; Miller, 545, 3925.

Millioun, s. million, D 1685.

Milne-stones, pl. mill-stones, T. ii. 1384. A.S. myln.

Minde, s. remembrance, 3. 55; T. ii. 602; B 2. p 2. 46; L. 18, 557, 1366; A 1402, 1906, B 908, 1127, F 878; memory, HF. 564, 823; B 527; right mind, sane mind, B 3. p 12. 108; recollection, B 1. p 3. 2; in m., in remembrance, T. iv. 18; B 1843, F 109, 607.