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

by Geoffrey Chaucer

Plye, v. ply, mould, E 1430; bend, E 1169; pr. pl. T. i. 732.

Plyght, pp. plighted, T. iii. 782. See Plighte (2).

Plyt, s. plight, T. ii. 712, 1731, 1738; iii. 246, 1039, 1139; condition, B 2338, I 762; position, T. ii. 74; Plyte, dat. mishap, wretched condition, 5. 294; 7. 297; plight, 23. 19; state, G 952; Plyt, dat. condition, E 2335. The mod. E. plight is misspelt; cf. O.F. ploit.

Plyte, ger. to fold, T. ii. 1204; Plyted, pt. s. folded, turned backwards and forwards, T. ii. 697.

Pocok, s. peacock, A 104 (Harl. MS.). See Pecok. A.S. pā.

Poeple, s. populace, ignorant folk, B 4. m 5. 23. See Peple.

Poeplish, popular, T. iv. 1677.

Poesye, s. poetry, T. v. 1790.

Poetical, HF. 1094.

Poetrye, s. poetry, T. v. 1855; HF. 858; E 33; Poetryes, pl. poems, HF. 1478; F 206.