cammer, II, 131, 6: (conjecture for cannell) cambric (Scottish cammeraige, camroche).
camovine, IV, 212, 4; 213, 12: camomile.
campioun, II, 386, 18: champion.
campy, I, 304, 1: having the quality or make of a champion, or (name) champion (like kempy).
camric, cambric.
can, II, 445, 62; 450, 67; III, 66, 210; 67, 227; 162, 55: knows.
can, inf., will never can steer ye, IV, 69, 15.
can, cann, an auxiliary of the present tense, can bee==is: II, 442, 14; 443, 30; 444, 51; 446, 93. Cf. do be (are), I, 184, 47. (may be, II, 448, 33; 451, 100; might be, III, 452, 10, show a misunderstanding of this.) auxiliary of the past tense,==did: II, 446, 81, 84; III, 65, 184; 67, 223; 298, 56. (Probably a corruption of gan.) cold, colde, could, cowde,==did: I, 294, 23, 24; III, 298, 56, 59; 440, 10; IV, 3, 19; V, [278], 37. cold be, II, 443, 34; III, 413, 34: were, was. cold see, III, 413, 32: saw, have seen. (An extension of the use of can==gan.)
cankerdly, III, 160, 13; 267, 10: crossly.
cankred, III, 189, A 9: ill-humored, complaining, crabbed (Scottish canker, to fret), with reference to the behavior in 6. But as John shows no crooked temper to the palmers, possibly cankred is to be taken literally as crooked (see B 10), having in mind Icel. kengr, a crook of metal, English kink, etc.