• demoniak, domi(ni)ak

a devil, insane person. c1405 Chaucer CT.Sum. Heng D.2240 I holde hym certeynly demonyak. c1450 De CMulieribus Add 10304 1363 There Kyng Egeus toke hir in matrimony And a chylde demonyake gate hir by. (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sum. Manly-Rickert D.2240 I

• diffinishen, diffinissen

stem of definer . To define (sth.). ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo. Benson-Robinson 3.pr.10.9 We schulde first enquere..yf that any swich maner good as thilke good that thou hast dyffinysshed..may be founde. ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo. Benson-Robinson 5.pr.1.35 Yif any wyght diffynisse hap

• discordable, descordable

bot acordable. a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC Benson-Robinson 3.1753 Elementz that ben so discordable Holden a bond perpetuely durynge. ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo. Benson-Robinson 4.m.6.23 Thus is discordable [L discors] bataile yput out of the contre of the sterres. ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo. Benson-Robinson

• disordinaunce, desordenaunce

desordenance (a) Disorderly or immoral behavior; (b) pathological disorder. (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars. Manly-Rickert I.277 For this disordynaunce [vrr. desordenaunce, disordenaunce] of synful man was Iesu Crist first bitraysed. ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo. Benson-Robinson 5.pr.1.45 What place myght ben left or duellynge

• ecclesiast

7.4491 This [Solomon] was the wise ecclesiaste The fame of whom schal evere laste. (c1390) Chaucer CT.NP. Manly-Rickert B.4519 Redeth Ecclesiaste of flaterye. (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB. Manly-Rickert D.651 Thanne wolde he vpon his Bible seke That ilke prouerbe of Ecclesiaste,

• embelif

slanting, at an angle; embelif cercle , the ecliptic. c1400 Chaucer Astr. Brussels 4869 1.20.82a Next these azimutz vnder the cercle of cancer ben there 12 diuisions embelyf. c1400 Chaucer Astr. Brussels 4869 2.26.91a The diuerse ascencions of signes in

• envirouninge

wiþouten-forþ..enuyronynge aboute of gold. ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo. Benson-Robinson 3.pr.12.176 A manere wondirful cercle or envirounynge of the simplicite devyne. ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo. Benson-Robinson 4.pr.6.134 Thilke that is utterest, compased by a largere envyrownynge. ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo. Benson-Robinson 5.pr.4.184 The eighe

• Parnaso

Parnaso n. It. Mount Parnassus. (c1395) Chaucer CT.Fkl. Manly-Rickert F.721 I sleep neuere on the mount of Parnaso Ne lerned Marcus Tullius Scithero. a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC Benson-Robinson 3.1810 Yee sustren nyne..by Elicone In hil Pernaso [vr. parnaso] listen for t'abide.

• ap(p)areilling, paraling

in holy cherche y-cleped wel Þe furste scherynge Of clerke. (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn. Manly-Rickert A.2913 Heigh labour and ful greet apparaillynge [vr. paralyng] Was at the seruyce. (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel. Manly-Rickert B.2537 Long apparailynge biforn the bataille maketh short victorie.

• ha ha

keep hunting dogs in line. (c1390) Chaucer CT.Co. Manly-Rickert A.4327 `Ha, ha [vr. ha ha ha]!' quod he, `for Cristes passioun, This millere hadde a sharp conclusioun Vpon his argument of herbergage!' c1410 Chaucer CT.Pri. Hrl 7334 B.1629 Haha [Heng:

• Hesperus, Esperus

star. ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo. Benson-Robinson 1.m.5.12 The eve sterre, Hesperus, which that in the first tyme of the nyght bryngeth forth hir colde arysynges. ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo. Benson-Robinson 2.m.8.8 Whiche nyghtes Esperus, the eve-sterre, hath brought. ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo. Benson-Robinson

• humbles(se, humblesce, humblesh, humblisse, humbilesse, humbilles, humlesse, umblesse

, in all humility, very humbly; with gret . (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn. Manly-Rickert A.2790 That is to seyn, trouthe, honour, knyghthede, Wisdom, humblesse [vr. vmblesse], estaat, and heigh kynrede. (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML. Manly-Rickert B.165 Humblesse hath slayn in hir al

• morther, mirther, morder, mordour, murdere, murdre

& theuis fals. c1440 Chaucer CT.Cl. Add 25718 E.732 Mordour [Heng: To ben a mordrere is an hateful name]. c1460 Cursor LdMisc 416 17303 Ye men mvrdres..so crows, how dar ye come in goddes hows? c1425 Chaucer CT.NP. Petw 7

• Troian, trochan

Chaucer TC Benson-Robinson 1.145 The Troian gestes..In Omer, or in Dares, or in Dite, Whoso that kan may rede hem. a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC Benson-Robinson 2.825 Antigone the shene Gan on a Troian [vr. trochan] song to singen cleere. c1450(c1380)

• unselines(se

infelicitas] ai In waies ofe þaim. ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo. Benson-Robinson 4.pr.4.32 It moot nedes be that schrewes ben constreyned by thre unselynesses, that wolen, and mowen, and parformen felonyes and schrewednesses. ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo. Benson-Robinson 4.pr.4.54 Yif I have concluded

• upper(e, uppir, uprer

. a1450(1391) Chaucer Astr. Benson-Robinson 2.12.19 As the sonne clymbith upper [vr. vppere] and upper, so goth his nadir downer and downer. c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF Benson-Robinson 884 With this word upper [vr. vprer] to sore He gan. c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF

• Circes, Cerces

Vluxe..ða he com to cyrcean. (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn. Manly-Rickert A.1944 Thenchauntementz of Medea and Circes. ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo. Benson-Robinson 4.m.3.4 Eurus, the wynd, aryved the sayles of Ulixes..into the ile theras Cerces..duelleth. ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo. Benson-Robinson 4.m.3.35 The hand of

• agrẹf, agrief, agreve, ogrefe

p.155 Þan spak Philip ogrefe..`þat was a fals brefe & forged wele.' (c1390) Chaucer CT.NP. Manly-Rickert B.4083 I prey yow that ye take it nat agrief. (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB. Manly-Rickert D.191 Taketh nat agrief of that I seye, For myn

• compleint(e, compleignte, -plaint(e

c1450(c1390) Chaucer Ven. Benson-Robinson 71 Thus wol I ende this compleynt or this lay: To love hym best ne shal I never repente. c1450 Chaucer Purse Frf 16 p.448 head. The complaynt of Chaucer to his Purse. ?c1450 Chaucer Anel.

• Eve

Eve n. Cp. virago . Eve, used allusively. c1330 7 Sages(1) Auch 100/2074 Sche was fikel vnder hir lok, And hadde a parti of Eue smok. (c1380) Chaucer CT.SN. Manly-Rickert G.62 Thogh that I, vnworthy sone of Eue, Be synful.