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

by Geoffrey Chaucer

Subtiltee, s. subtlety, F 140; T. v. 1254; specious reasoning, HF. 855; skill, B 4509, G 844; trick, D 1420, E 691. See Subtilitee.

Suburbes, s. pl. suburbs, G 657.

Subverteth, pr. s. subverts, I 561.

Succedent, sb. a 'succedent' house, A. ii. 4. 30. The succedent houses are the second, fifth, eighth, and eleventh, as these are about to follow the most important houses, which are the first (just ascending), the fourth (just coming to the nadir), the seventh (just descending), and the tenth (just coming to the meridian).

Succedeth, pr. s. succeeds, E 1135; follows, A. ii. 12. 29.

Successiouns, pl. successions, A 3014.

Súccessour, s. successor, follower, B 421, E 138.

Sucre, s. sugar, T. iii. 1194; Sugre, B 2046, F 614.

Sucred, pp. sugred, T. ii. 384.

Suffering, s. pain, 18. 45.