Pipl, i. 103, people.
Playand, ii. 115, playing.
Play-feres, i. 59, play-fellows.
Playning, i. 243, complaining.
Plein, iii. [123], complain.
Pleis, ii. 82, please.
Plett, ii. 112, plaited.
Pley, i. 59, ii. 83, play.
Pleyn, ii. 16, complain.
Plyyt, ii. 27, plight.
Plowmell, ii. 25, a small wooden hammer occasionally fixed to the plough.
Poll-cat, cant word for a prostitute.
Pollys, ii. 21, polls, heads.
Pompal, i. 233, proud, pompous.
Popingay, i. 308, a parrot.
Porcupig, iii. [285], porcupine.
Portingale, iii. [50], Portugal.
Portingalls, ii. 198, Portuguese.
Portres, porteress.
Poterner, iii. [7], probably a pouch or bag.
Pottle, iii. [187], a measure of two quarts.
Poudered, ii. 23, a term in heraldry for sprinkled over.
Pow'd, i. 59, pulled.
Powlls, polls, heads.
Pownes, i. 300, pounds.
Praat, ii. 360, prate.
Pray, i. 125, prey.
Prayse-folk, ii. 27, singing men and women.
Preas, iii. [26], press.
Prece, i. 160, crowd, press;
preced, i. 167, 171, pressed.
Prest, i. 205, ii. 21, ready;
prestly, i. 171;
prestlye, i. 72, readily, quickly.
Prickes, i. 111, mark in the centre of the target.
Pricke-wande, pole set up for a mark.
Pricked, i. 68, spurred on, hasted.
Priefe, ii. 96, prove.
Priving, ii. 70, proving, testing.
Prove, ii. 46, proof.
Prude, ii. 8, pride.
Prycke, i. 175, the mark, commonly a hazel wand.
Prycked, i. 43, spurred.
Pryme, i. 156, daybreak, or six o'clock in the morning.
Prys, ii. 11, prize.
Pu, i. 145, pull.
Puing, ii. 363, pulling.
Puissant, iii. [110], strong, powerful.
Purfell, iii. [25], ornament, or border of embroidery.
Purfelled, iii. [25], embroidered.
Purvayed, ii. 45, provided.
Putry, iii. [6], whoredom.
Pyght, i. 43, pitched.
Quadrant, four-square.
Quaint, ii. 257, nice, fantastical.
Quarry, i. 255, the slaughtered game in hunting or hawking.
Quat, ii. 116, quitted.
Quay, iii. [75], a young heifer, called a whie in Yorkshire.
Quean, iii. [21], [203], [252], a sorry, base woman, a slut.
Quel, ii. 135, cruel, murderous.
Quelch, a blow or bang.
Quere, i. 124, quire, choir.
Quest, i. 165, inquest.
Quha, i. 101, who.
Quhair, ii. 82, where.
Quhair-eir, ii. 84, wherever.
Quhan, i. 144, iii. [75], when.
Quhaneir, iii. [75], whenever.
Quhar, i. 100, where.
Quhat, i. 143, what.
Quhatten, i. 83, what.
Quhen, i. 143, ii. 82, when.
Quhilk, ii. 116, which.
Quhy, i. 145, why.
Quhyle, ii. 83, while.
Quick, iii. [53], alive, living.
Quiere, ii. 288, choir.
Quillets, ii. 283, quibbles.
Quiristers, ii. 166, choristers.
Quitt, ii. 311, requite.
Quo, ii. 69, quoth.
Quyle, ii. 84, while.
Quyrry, i. 25, quarry of slaughtered game.
Quyt, ii. 85, quite.
Quyte, i. 34, requited.
Qwyknit, ii. 131, quickened, restored to life.
Rade, i. 147, rode.
Rae, ii. 24, roe.
Raigne, ii. 253, reign.
Raik, to go apace;
raik on raw, ii. 82, extend in a row.
Raise, ii. 69, rose.
Rampire, ii. 52, rampart.
Ranted, ii. 68, made merry.
Rashing, i. 208, the old hunting term for the stroke made by a wild boar with his fangs.
Raught, reached, gained, obtained.
Raw, ii. 82, row.
Rawstye, i. 116, damp(?)
Rayt, ii. 26, raught or reached.
Reachles, i. 113, careless.
Read, ii. 148;
reade, ii. 144, advice;
reade me, i. 87, advise me.
Rea'me, ii. 287, realm.
Reane, i. 34, rain.
Rearing, i. 88, leaning against.
Reas, i. 24, raise.
Reave, i. 89, 322, bereave.
Reckt, i. 143, regarded.
Reckyn, ii. 20, reckon.
Red, i. 101, read.
Redd, i. 79, advise.
Reddyl, ii. 23, riddle or sieve.
Rede, iii. [208];
redde, ii. 13, read.
Rede, i. 41, 66, iii. [94], advise;
rede I can, ii. 37, advice I know.
Rede, i. 48, guessed.
Redouted, i. 120, dreaded.
Redresse, ii. 78, care, labour.
Redyn, ii. 23, moved.
Reek, i. 145, smoke.
Reev, ii. 17;
reeve, iii. [179], bailiff.
Refe, ii. 20, bailiff.
Refe, bereave.
Reft, ii. 26, bereft.
Register, iii. [210], the officer who keeps the public register.
Reid, ii. 83, advise.
Reid, i. 59, 83, 146, red;
reid roan, i. 83, red roan.
Reivs, ii. 83, bereavest.
Rekeles, i. 42, regardless, rash.
Remeid, ii. 83, remedy.
Renisht, i. 88, harnessed.
Renn, i. 196;
renne, i. 160, ii. 89, run.
Renneth, iii. [108], runneth;
renning, ii. 142, running.
Renyed, i. 122, refused.
Reporte, i. 124, refer.
Rescous, ii. 40, rescues;
rescew, ii. 175, rescue.
Reve, ii. 23, bereave, deprive.
Revers, ii. 114, robbers, pirates, rovers.
Rew, ii. 82, take pity.
Rew, iii. [98];
rewe, i. 70, ii. 46, regret;
reweth, ii. 9, regrets;
rewyth, i. 42, regrets.
Rewth, i. 174, ruth, pity.
Riall, royal.
Richt, i. 101, right.
Riddle, vulgar idiom for unriddle, or corruption of reade, to advise.
Rin, i. 147;
rinn, i. 60, run;
rins, i. 59, runs;
rinnes, i. 42, runs.
Rise, shoot, bush, shrub.
Rive, i. 244, rend;
rives, i. 284;
rends.
Rive, ii. 386, rife, abounding.
Roche, i. 128, rock.
Rofe, ii. 41, roof.
Roke, i. 48, steam or smoke.
Ronne, ran;
roone, run.
Roo, i. 42, roe.
Roode, i. 76, cross, crucifix.
Rood loft, the place in the church where the images were set up.
Room, i. 84, large.
Roun, ii. 80, run.
Route, i. 158, company.
Route, iii. [108], go about, travel.
Routhe, i. 122, ruth, pity.
Row, i. 145;
rowd, i. 60,146, roll, rolled.
Rowght, i. 45;
rowte, ii. 26, rout.
Rowyned, round.
Rowned, rownyd, whispered.
Rudd, iii. [8], red, ruddy;
rud-red, iii. [22].
Rude, ii. 82;
rood, cross.
Ruell bones, ii. 22.
Rues, pitieth.
Rugged, ii. 27, pulled with violence.
Runnagate, ii. 294, runaway.
Rushy gair, ii. 86, rushy strip of land.
Ruthe, ii. 46, pity, woe.
Ryal, ii. 30;
ryall, i. 45, 129, royal.
Ryd, iii. [36], rode;
rydand, ii. 22, riding.
Ryde, i. 91, for ryse (?)
Rydere, i. 178, ranger.
Ryghtwes, i. 427, righteous.
Ryhte, ii. 9, right.
Rynde, i. 46, rent, flayed.
Ryschys, ii. 27, rushes.
Rywe, ii. 30, rue.
Ryyt, ii. 20, right;
even, ii. 23.
Sa, i. 144, ii. 26;
sae, i. 144, so.
Safer, sapphire.
Saft, ii. 110, soft;
saftly, ii. 107, softly.
Saif, i. 144, safe.
Saim, iii. [99], same.
Sair, i. 60, 147, sore.
Saisede, ii. 8, seized.
Sall, i. 60, 84, 143, shall.
Salvage, iii. [117], savage.
Sar, i. 31, sore.
Sarke, iii. [95], shirt;
shift, i. 321.
Sat, i. 31, set.
Sauls, ii. 114, souls.
Saut, iii. [99], salt.
Saw, say, speech, discourse.
Say, i. 30, saw.
Saye, iii. [64], essay, attempt.
Say us no harme, say no ill of us.
Say'n, ii. 69, saying.
Scant, i. 90, 321, scarce.
Scath, i. 65, hurt, injury.
Schadow, ii. 25, shadow.
Schal, ii. 20;
schall, i. 42, shall.
Schapen, ii. 24, shaped.
Schapped, i. 48, swapped (?), i.e. smote.
Scharpe, i. 46, 48, sharp.
Schatred, ii. 25, shattered.
Schaw, ii. 82, show.
Sche, i. 42, ii. 24, she.
Schene, sheen, also brightness.
Schepeskynnes, ii. 21, sheepskins.
Schip, i. 100, ship;
schiples, shipless.
Scho, i. 59, ii. 20, she.
Schone, i. 41, shone.
Schoone, i. 101, shoes.
Schoote, i. 45, shot, let go.
Schowte, i. 47;
schowtte, shout.
Schrill, shrill.
Schuke, shook.
Schuld, ii. 20;
schulde, i. 46, should.
Schulder, ii. 27, shoulder.
Sckill, iii. [327], skill.
Sckirmish, ii. 236, skirmish.
Sckore, ii. 236, score.
Sclat, ii. 16, slate.
Scomfet, ii. 23, discomfit.
Scorke, i. 259, struck.
Scot, ii. 9, tax, revenue;
also shot, reckoning, ii. 20.
See, ii. 8, sea.
Sed, iii. [47], said.
Seely, ii. 174;
seelie, iii. [68], poor, simple.
Seignour, ii. 135, Lord.
Seik, i. 60, seek.
Seires, iii. [328], for feires, i.e. mates.
Sek-ful, ii. 22, sackful.
Sel, iii. [96];
sell, iii. [123], self.
Selcouthe, ii. 391, strange.
Selven, ii. 32, self.
Selver, ii. 8, silver.
Sely, ii. 53, simple.
Semblyd, i. 25, assembled.
Sen, i. 34, ii. 83, iii. [95], since.
Seneschall, steward.
Senvy, mustard seed. Fr. senevé.
Serrett, i. 79, closed fist (?)
Sertayne, i. 48, certain;
sertenly, i. 49, 50, certainly.
Sese, ii. 49, seize.
Setywall, the herb valerian.
Sey, iii. [75], a kind of woollen stuff.
Sey yow, ii. 15, say to you;
I sey yow soth, ii. 16, I tell you truth.
Sey'd, ii. 114, tried.
Sey'd, saw.
Seyde, ii. 12, said.
Sha' na bide, ii. 116, shall not endure.
Shaint, ii. 360, saint.
Shave;
be shave, ii. 77, be shaven.
Shaw, ii. 114, show;
shaw'd, ii. 110, showed.
Shaws, i. 106, little woods.
Shear, i. 24, entirely.
Sheede, iii. [12], shed.
Sheel, ii. 98;
sheele, i. 88, 294, she'll, she will.
Sheene, i. 87, 106;
iii. [236], bright, brightness, beauty. Germ. schön.
Shees, ii. 70, she is.
Sheeve, ii. 256, shive, a great slice of bread.
Sheip, ii. 82, sheep;
sheips heid, ii. 132, sheep's head.
Sheits, i. 145, sheets.
Sheid, ii. 70, she would.
Shent, i. 72, 171, disgraced;
abashed, ii. 49;
confounded, ii. 84.
Shepenes, iii. [208], cowhouses, sheep pens. A.-S. scypen.
Shield bone, the blade bone, a common phrase in the north.
Shill, ii. 111, shrill.
Shimmer'd, iii. [237], glittered;
shimmering, ii. 142, shining by glances, glittering.
Sho, ii. 49, she.
Shoen, ii. 100, shoes.
Shold, sholde, should.
Shoone, i. 243, 320;
iii. [47], shoes.
Shope, iii. [54], shaped.
Shorte, ii. 43, shorten.
Shote, ii. 40, shoot.
Shott, ii. 149, reckoning.
Shoul, ii. 360, soul.
Shradds, i. 106, twigs.
Shreeven, iii. [10], shriven, confessed.
Shreward, ii. 9, a male shrew.
Shrive, ii. 60, confess;
hear confession, ii. 166.
Shroggs, i. 111, shrubs, thorns, briars.
Shuld, iii. [147];
shulde, i. 32, should.
Shullen, shall.
Shunted, ii. 137, shunned.
Shuntyng, ii. 19, recreation, diversion, sport.
Shyars, i. 24, shires.
Shynand, ii. 113, shining.
Sib, kin, akin.
Sic, i. 84;
sich, i. 327, such.
Sich, ii. 84, sigh;
sichit, ii. 81, sicht, ii. 86, sighed.
Sicht, ii. 114, sight.
Sick-like, iii. [123], such like.
Side, i. 375, long.
Sied, i. 147, saw.
Sigh clout, i. 197, a cloth to strain milk through.
Sighan, iii. [134], sighing.
Sik, i. 144;
sike, i. 320, such.
Siker, i. 323, secure, surely, certainly.
Silk, iii. [100], such.
Siller, ii. 230;
iii. [97], silver.
Silly, i. 192;
ii. 68, simple.
Silven, iii. [100], silver.
Sindle, ii. 115, seldom.
Sist, iii. [55], sighed.
Sith, i. 68, 133, since.
Sitten, iii. [99], sat.
Sitteth, ii. 7, sit ye.
Skaith, ii. 115, scath, harm, mischief.
Skinker, one that serves drink.
Skinkled, iii. [237], glittered.
Skore, i. 28, score.
Slade, i. 108, a breadth of greensward between ploughlands or woods.
Slaited, iii. [98], wiped.
Slatred, ii. 25, broke into splinters.
Slaw, i. 308, slew.
Slaw, ii. 107, slow.
Sle, i. 15, slay;
sleest, slayest, i. 123.
Slee, ii. 69, sly.
Slean, i. 31, 33, 34, slain.
Sleath, iii. [108], slayeth.
Slein, ii. 70, slain.
Sleip, i. 60;
sleipe, ii. 211, sleep.
Sleive, iii. [95], sleeve.
Slo, i. 120;
sloe, i. 69, slay.
Slode, i. 66, 79, slit, split.
Slone, i. 49, 67, slain.
Sloughe, i. 28, slew.
Sma', i. 145, small;
little, iii. [95].
Smire, iii. [327] (? for swire = neck).
Smithers, i. 145, smothers.
Snae, iii. [97];
snaw, ii. 69, snow.
Soar, i. 31, sore.
Sodenly, ii. 15, suddenly.
Solacious, i. 130;
affording solace.
Soldan, i. 73, 74, 80;
sowdan, i. 96, sultan.
Soll, i. 34, soul.
Son, ii. 23, soon;
sone, ii. 44, soon.
Sond, ii. 26, sending, present.
Sone, ii. 41, soon.
Soothe, ii. 55, truth, true.
Sort, i. 122, 126, set, company.
Soth, i. 43, 49, 50, 51;
ii. 16;
iii. [30], truth, true.
Sothe, i. 27, south.
Sould, ii. 69, should.
Souldan, iii. [110], sultan.
Souling, ii. 257, victualling.
Sowle is still used in the north for anything eaten with bread. P.
Souse, iii. [181], the head, feet and ears of swine boiled and pickled for eating.
Souter, i. 416, psaltry.
Sowne, ii. 52, sound.
Sowre, sour.
Sowre, sore.
Sowter, i. 416, a shoemaker.
Soy, i. 320, silk.
Spack, ii. 230;
iii. [96], spake.
Spec, ii. 13, spake.
Speere, ii. 144;
speered, ii. 144, sparred, fastened, shut.
So in an old "Treatyse agaynst Pestilence, etc. 4to Emprynted by Wynkyn de Worde:" we are exhorted to "Spere [i.e. shut or bar] the wyndowes ayenst the south." fol. 5. P.
Speid, iii. [94], speed.
Speik, iii. [96], speak.
Speir, ii. 69;
iii. [95], ask, inquire.
So Chaucer, in his Rhyme of Sir Thopas—
——"He foughte north and south,
And oft he spired with his mouth."
i.e. "inquired." Not spied, as in the new edit. of Cant. Tales, vol. ii. p. 234. P.
Speir, iii. [98], spear.
Spek, ii. 12, spoke;
speken, iii. [207], speak.
Spence, ii. 52;
spens, ii. 21, expense.
Spendyd, grasped.
Spill, i. 196, iii. [51];
spille, i. 75, spoil, kill.
Spillan, iii. [134], spilling.
Spindles and whorles, ii. 71, the instruments used for spinning in Scotland instead of spinning-wheels.
"The Rock, Spindles, and Whorles are very much used in Scotland and the northern parts of Northumberland at this time. The thread for shoemakers, and even some linen webs, and all the twine of which the Tweed salmon-nets are made, are spun upon spindles. They are said to make a more even and smooth thread than spinning-wheels." (Mr. Lambe.) P.