- venyson, [130], deer-stealing.
- voyded, went off.
- wa, wall.
- wad, would.
- wan, got, came.
- wane, [70];
- wonnynge wane, dwelling-place: wane is perhaps an error for hame.
- war, aware.
- warden-pies, [368];
- wardens are large baking-pears.
- warisone, [14], reward.
- was, [25], wash.
- waur, worse.
- waythmen, page ix., hunters, sportsmen (German, Weidmann). Often explained outlaws, rovers.
- wed, wedde, pledge, deposit.
- wedes, garments.
- welde, would.
- welt, wielded, disposed of.
- wenion, [225], curse, (a word of unknown origin.)
- wende, went, weened, thought.
- weppynd, weaponed.
- west, wist.
- wet, wete, know.
- whether, whither.
- whute, whistle;
- whues, whistlings.
- wigger, wicker.
- wight, strong.
- wilfulle, [164], (like wilsom,) doubtful, ignorant.
- win, go, get, get on.
- winna, will not.
- wistna, knew not.
- wode, mad.
- wode, went.
- wodys, woods.
- woest, saddest.
- wolwarde, without linen next the body.
- wone, dwell;
- wonnynge, dwelling.
- woo, sad.
- woodweele, variously explained as woodpecker, thrush, wood-lark, red-breast.
- worthe, be.
- wroken, revenged.
- wrist, [258]?
- wyght, strong.
- wynne, go.
- wystly, wistfully, intently.
- wyte, [400], wytte, know.
- xal, xul, shall.
- y-dyght, furnished, prepared.
- yede, yeed, went.
- yeff, if.
- yeffell, ill.
- yeft, gift.
- yeman, yeoman;
- yemanrey, [22], yeomandrie, yeomanry, what becomes a yeoman.
- yend, yonder.
- yer, years.
- yerdes, rods, wands.
- ye'se, you shall.
- yever, ever.
- y-founde, found.
- ylke, same.
- yode, went.
- Yole, Yule, Christmas.
- yonder, under.
- y-slaw, slain.
- zade, went.
- zare, readily, quickly.
- zatis, gates.
- ze, the.
- zelpe, boast.
- zemen, yeomen.
- zet, yet.
- zete, eat.
- zeue, give.
- zone, yon.
- zouyn, given.
Transcriber's Notes
Page [iv] Table of Contents: changed "Landsdale" to "Lands-dale" (13. By Lands-dale hey ho)
Page [ix]: Footnote [**] added closing quotation mark (... like as it hadde be Robyn Hode and his meynè.")
Page [xvi]: added closing quotation mark (... "poar cas qil ne poait pluis travailler".)
Page [125]: deleted comma after "according" (... which, according to Wyntown, was also frequented by Robin Hood ...)