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

by Geoffrey Chaucer

Pert, adj. forward, frisky, A 3950. Short for apert.

Pertinacie, s. pertinaciousness, I 391.

Pertinent, adj. fitting, B 2204.

Pertourbe, ger. to perturb, T. iv. 561; Perturben, 2 pr. pl. disturb, A 906.

Perturbacioun, s. trouble, B 1. p 1. 62; Perturbaciouns, pl. B 1. p 5. 51.

Perturbinge, s. perturbation, D 2254.

Pervenke, s. periwinkle, R. 903; Pervinke, R. 1432. 'Pervenche, periwinkle, or peruinckle': Cotgrave.

Pervers, adj. perverse, self-willed, 3. 813.

Perverten, v. pervert, B 2379.