and the Prol. to Kyng Alisaunder;
“Yef ye wolen sitte stille,
Ful feole Y wol yow telle.”
Weber’s Met. Rom. i. 5.
Page 95. v. 4. gyll] Equivalent here to girl—a familiar name for a female; as in the proverb, “Every Jack must have his Gill:” supposed by some etymologists to be an abbreviation of Julia, Juliana, or Gillian; by Richardson (Dict. in v.) to be a corruption of giglot.
v. 6. gryll] “Grymm gryl and horryble ... horridus ... horribilis.” Prompt. Parv.,—MS. Harl. 221. (Ed. 1499 of that work omits “gryl..”) The word is of frequent occurrence; but its exact meaning here seems to be doubtful.
v. 12. lere] i. e. complexion, skin.
v. 14. chere] i. e. look, countenance.
v. 17. bowsy] i. e. bloated by drinking.
v. 21. here] i. e. hair.