I wis, IV, 405, 1: probably to be taken as assuredly, since we have I wot in that sense in 7.
i-wis, i-wisse, i-wys, II, 46, 43; 265 f., 9, 26; III, 27, 104; 277, 17; 359, 84: surely, indeed. As to i-wis that, III, 277, 18, 19, it is to be remembered that a superfluous that is common in the Percy MS.
I wist, III, 187, 32: for iwis, indeed. Perhaps the Scottish I wat, surely, has influenced the form.
iyen, iyn, III, 57, 23, 28; 59, 58: eyen, eyes.
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Jack, IV, 112, 4; 113, 5: insolent fellow.
iacke, III, 342, 64: (here) coat of mail, cf. 58, 59, 60. soldans iack, III, 422, 75. An ordinary soldier’s jack (III, 440, 18; 465 f., 33, 42, 49; IV, 147, 41) consisted of two folds of stout canvas, or some quilted material, with small pieces of metal enclosed. Fairholt. Old Robin, II, 241, 21, puts a silke cote on his backe was thirteen inches folde.
jail-house, V, [300], 16: jail.
jamp, pret. of jump, II, 121, 21: jumped.
iapis, III, 59, 63: japes, jests, waggery, trifling.