GIFT OF 
 
 SEELET W. MUDD 
 
 and 
 
 GEORGE I. COCHRAN MEYER ELSASSER 
 
 DR.JOHNR. HAYNES WILLIAM L. HONNOLD 
 
 JAMES R. MARTIN MRS. JOSEPH F. SARTORI 
 
 to the 
 
 UNIVBRSITY OF CALIFORNIA 
 
 SOUTHERN BRANCH
 
 ONLVERSITY of CALIFORNIA 
 AT 
 tOS AKGEUES 
 LIBRARY
 
 DICTIONARY 
 
 OF T H E 
 
 Norman or Old French Language; 
 
 COLLECTED FROM SUCH 
 
 ACTS OF PARLIAMENT, RECORDS. 
 
 PARLIAMENT R.OLLS, LAW BOOKS, 
 
 JOURNALS, ANTIFNT HISTORIANS, 
 
 ACTS OF STATE, AND MANUSCRIPTS, 
 
 AS RELATE TO THIS NATION. 
 
 CALCULATED 
 
 To illuftrate the Rights and Cuftoms of former Ages, the Forms of 
 Laws and Jurifprudence, the Names of Dignities and Offices, 
 of Perfons and Places; and to render the Reading of thofe Re- 
 cords, Books, and Manuicripts, which are written in that Lan- 
 guage, more ealy ; as well as to reftore the true Sei.fe and Mean- 
 ing of many Words, hitherto deemed quite obfeure or mk- 
 tranllated. 
 
 TO WHICH ARE ADDED 
 
 The LAWS 
 
 O T 
 
 WILLIAM the CONQUEROR, 
 
 WITH NOTES AND REFERENCES. 
 
 By ROBERT KELHA M, 
 
 OF LINCOLNS-INN. 
 
 Mult* ignoramui qua n:n laterint, Ji vtttrum LtR'ta nobis fjftt fawTiarit. 
 
 Mac r obj us, 
 
 LONDON: 
 
 Printed for EDWARD BROOK E, 
 
 Succeffor to Meff. W ORXALL and TOVE Y, 
 
 in Bell-Yard, near Temple-Bar. 
 
 MDCCLXX1X.
 
 <i^'
 
 
 PREFACE 
 
 TO THE 
 
 DIC TIONARY. 
 
 SO many Statutes, Acts of State, Records, Law 
 Books, and MSS. are extant in the Norman and 
 old French Language, that a Dictionary is become 
 neceflary to enable the Reader to underfland fuch 
 difficult Words as occur therein in that Language ; 
 whether fuch Difficulty ariies from the Words being 
 merely idiomatical, or from the Inorthography of 
 them. 
 , There is indeed a Book called the Law French 
 g Dictionary -, but it is fo trifling a Performance, and fo 
 2 incorrect, that it greatly mifleads the Reader, as will 
 evidently appear to any one who will compare feveral 
 j : of the Words in that Dictionary a with their Origi- 
 oo 
 
 •ft 
 
 |Sh * As Oeptaz — Nov. Nar. 6. b.— until the Octaves — tranflated 
 they have wijhed. 
 
 Deins — ibid — I i. b. — Teeth — the Eyes. 
 
 Un lo7igayng' — No. Nar. 16. a. b. — a Houfe of Office, a Jakes- — 
 a Sheep ivalk. 
 
 Perej'qys — Nov. Nar. 17. a. b. — by Turns — the Agreement or Cove- 
 nant. 
 
 Defyr a — Nov. Nar. 47. b, — tore— took away, /polled. 
 
 Gcfta — Ibid. — carried away — put, caji in. 
 
 Ent grand pre >i — 2. In. £06 — great Profit therefrom— in great fear. 
 
 Prints — Brit. 49. a. — fined — rejls, remains. 
 
 Ramis — ibid. 66. a. — replaced, fixed on again— torn. 
 
 Reys — ibid. 85. a. — Kings — Faults. 
 
 EnteJJliunt — ibid. 242. a. — Tacitly, by being ru-.'nt — in witncj/t/ig* 
 
 ftuppietiom — Preamble, Stat. Glou. 2 In. 277. — Helps, Amendments 
 XT-Petition, 
 
 a 2 nals
 
 tv PREFACETO 
 
 nals in the Authors from whence they are taken. 
 Mr. Hughes (whofe Merit in tranflating fo antient an 
 Author, as the Mirroir, was not inconfiderable) has 
 yet frequently miftaken the Senfe of the Text, as I 
 prefume will be manifefl from the Paflages here cited b . 
 
 k Imticrgvigtie-~-p. 4— to the Reproach — tranflated in condemnation, 
 
 FiJJind les vines — 13 — make their Views — make their Vifnes. 
 
 La Ncece, le Ante le Heire, le Roy — 22 — the Niece being the Heir of 
 
 the King — the Nutfe, the Aunt, Heir to the King. 
 Tacbe de lour arte — 23 — infected with their Art — taken with their 
 
 Art. 
 En voiles Chautes et gargaus dr Oifeaux — 23 — In the Flight, fining 
 
 and chattering of Birds — In the Intrails and Bowels of Bir<u. 
 Gamijhant — 3 3 — warning — defending. 
 Moirtnt de difettc — 34 — die for Want — de in the Deferts. 
 Per noyer — 47 — by being drowned— by hurt. 
 Apprcftcr — 49 — to pray, to be prepared — to take an Oath. 
 OiJel—co — lYird—Cat. 
 
 En pure Jacote — 53 — in his Coat only — injure Sackloth. 
 Gardafcnt — 1 02 — fupport — defend. 
 
 Weft atteintable — 1 13 — is not to be attainted — is not attejl able. 
 Sor.peir— 1 16— his equal — his fuperior. 
 A moneficr — 1 1 7 — to admonifh — to fhew. 
 Eins ccux que — p. 308. — betore that — after that. 
 Quantum vene "jife Naam — 1 c8 — when one forbids the replevying a 
 
 live Diflref — when a Man leads away a live Diftrrfs, 
 Garrantizables — 176 — are to be warranted, or to be proved — 
 
 are to appear. 
 Ou containes — 178 — or far off — or contain. 
 Enemies d'fcr'u s — 1 7 8 — proclaimed, notorious Enemies — Enemies 
 
 djcovered. 
 Si Gierke ordcine — 188 — it a Clerk ordained — /,' <-r Clerk be ordered. 
 A ''•ever — 201 — to perforin, to attourn — to come to. 
 D'maine un %ult — 212 — from Hand t < Mouth — ofbis&i'jn Hand. 
 EJl fiefdes failles— 21 2— is idled of the Tallies— £> Tallies. 
 !)■• quire — 21S — with Leather — with Iron. 
 F./lu du cuyre—i Shield ot Leather — a Shield of Iron. 
 
 rcfui! de lamer — 222 — by the Jibbing of the Sc;i — by the 
 
 Waves of the Sea. 
 Sons — 223 — payment — a Rrlcafe. 
 Sil firniji fa ley — 241 — it he performs his L>u\ — f he wage his 
 
 Law. 
 
 If
 
 THE DICTIONARY. v 
 
 If the Word defends made ufe of in a Defendant's Plea 
 had been confidered as derived from the Norman 
 French Word defender, and to fignify to oppofe or 
 deny, and not to juftify ; Mr. Booth in his accurate 
 Treatife of Real Actions would not have acknowledged 
 himfelf fo much at a Lofs to explain the Entry of the 
 Defendant's Defence in a Writ of Right. Booth xciv. 
 112. — 3 Blackftone 296. 
 
 Nor furely, if the Idiom of this Language had been 
 underftood, would this PafTage in Britton, (t Si lefglife 
 " demoerge defcounfeille outre vi. moys, adonques 
 *• folonc le Counceil de Lions par l'defcord d's 
 *' parties, le fra levefque del lieu counfeiller & dorra 
 " lefglife a afcun clerke d'son office, fauve chefcun 
 *' droit," been rendered, by fo elaborate and judicious 
 an Abridger as Mr. Viner, in the following Manner. 
 
 " If the Church remains difcouncilled beyond fix 
 u Months, then, according to the Council of Lyons, 
 " by the Difcord of the Parties, the Bifiop Jhall be 
 €t in the Place of a Counfellor, and Jhall give the 
 " Church to any Clerk, Javing every one^s Right ;" 
 inftead of (as with great Deference I think it ought 
 to be trandated) " If the Church remains unprovided 
 beyond fix Months, then, according to the Council 
 of Lyons, by Reafon of the Difagreement of the 
 Parties, the Bilhop of the Diocefe lhall provide for 
 it, and (hall, ex officio, collate fome Clerk to the 
 Church, faving every one's Right." Britton 225. 
 a. 17. Viner 377. 
 
 Per vifi enfaver — 24? — by burying alive — by burning alive. 
 
 Per urur de eux — joi — by plucking out the Eves — by burn'"*' 
 
 1 7 r- A 
 
 them over the nyes. 
 IPue ne noirent — 271 — who do not fend — hurted vet, 
 Ajforcement de la ley — 282 — a forcing, or {training oi the Lav.', 
 
 erring from the La-vj. 
 On arvoicntvee — 300 — or had denyed — or had fent. 
 Eins ceo que — 308 — before that- — inafmuch as. 
 
 a 3 Nor
 
 VI 
 
 PREFACE TO 
 
 Nor if the Norman Law French had been properly 
 underftood by the Profeffbrs of our Law, would a 
 Frenchman, on a late remarkable Trial, have been 
 called in to read and explain fome Norman French 
 Charters produced in a Rritilh Court of Judicature. 
 
 Even the Statutes themfelves, as found in our 
 Books, are, I am afraid, in many Places too liable 
 to the fame Cenfure ; a Specimen from the (hort 
 Statute of Fines *, snd from the Statute of Acton f 
 Burnell, will (hew this ; 
 
 lieu -\ f Slivered r read 
 
 la pees I translated "j the Peace rinfiead of ) the Concord 
 
 fur la pie J *- by the County * L on the Foot* 
 
 The Mention therefore of thefe PafTages, thus er- 
 roneoufly tranflated, may be of fome Ule, I truft, to 
 incite young Students to attain to a more perfect 
 Knowledge of the antient Norman Law French ; for 
 Tuftice Fortefcue, in his learned Preface prefixed to 
 his Reports, and to the Treatife of Abfolute and Limit- 
 ed Monarchy wrote by Sir John Fortefcue, Lord Chief 
 Juftice of England under Henry VI. fays, that with- 
 out being acquainted with this Language, wherein fo 
 much of our Laws yet in force is written, a Man can- 
 not pretend to the Name of a Lawyer •, and as many 
 of the Public Acts which are in Latin in Rymer's 
 Fcedera are not, in the Judgment of Kapin, to be 
 underrtood without the Ailiftance of Ducange or 
 Spelmm •, I may venture to fay, that great Numbers 
 of the fame Kind of Instruments found there in the 
 old French Language are not lefs difficult for want of 
 fome Dictionary of that Language. Lven fo late as 
 the Time of Queen Elizabeth, when one would have 
 thought that almoit all Barbarifms had been abolifhed, 
 
 * 1 8 Edvjrard I. 
 f Pri/lcs lour avers, borrowed their Cattk t inflead of Money, 
 
 we
 
 THE DICTIONARY. vii 
 
 we find Treaties drawn up, and Secretaries of State, 
 Ambafladors, and Kings in her Reign, correfponding 
 in a very uncouth Stile; for I believe there are very 
 few Readers/ who, tout d'uncoup, will underftand fuch 
 Words as " de repes — arrable-z, plieur—panures— 
 " rovenereray — truer ant — leuryauxi — unglos — fyny- 
 n uemant — auplkies — delleanfes — Vadutent — faint e- 
 " mant — avabler—- oifuir — fans anvifer — fefcrine — 
 " acharuez — au oult ;" with many others equally 
 obiblete, and which are not explained in any Dictio- 
 nary. Yet this Collection, exten five as I have endea- 
 voured to make it, does not, I muft confefs, take in 
 every difficult or obfolete Norman French Word j 
 feveral of this Kind are purpofely omitted, on account 
 of the Senfe of them not readily occurring, and are 
 left for fome more able Hand to investigate ; others 
 alfo will, without Doubt, be met with in fome Books 
 and Manufcripts which have efcaped my Reading : 
 though I perfuade myfelf the Number will not be very 
 confiderable ; and that it may with Truth be faid, that 
 very few of the antient Norman French Words 
 which occur in this Work, are to be met with elfe- 
 where. 
 
 This Compilation, the Reader will pleafe to obferve, 
 is confined to fuch Words of the old French Language 
 as occur chiefly in Rymer's Fcedera, our Statutes, 
 Parliament Rolls, Journals, Records, Law Books, and, 
 Hiftorians ; for as to thofe which are to be met with 
 in ancient Writers of the French Nation, and in the 
 Provencal Poets and Romances, they are foreign to 
 our Purpofe ; and may be found in the Dictionary 
 lately compiled by the learned M. La Combe *, in 2 
 Volumes : Nor have I traced the Norman French Lan- 
 guage up to its Origin, this being alio already dune by 
 
 • Diftionnaire du Vievix Langage Franpis, par M, La Combe, 
 \ Paris, \ 766, 
 
 the
 
 viii PREFACE. 
 
 » /■ 
 
 the above Author, and feveral others who have pro- 
 fefiedly written on that Subject. 
 
 It would probably likewife not have been unenter- 
 taining, and at the fame Time more fatisfactory to 
 fome Readers, to have given, as Menage and others 
 have done, the PafTages and Sentences at length, 
 from thofe Records, Books, and Manufcripts, from 
 which moll of the Words in this Colle&ion are taken; 
 this indeed would have helped to point out the dif- 
 ferent Epochs when fuch and fuch Words firft affumed 
 fuch a Senfe, as well as given the Reader an Oppor- 
 tunity of comparing the Words themfelves with the 
 Context ; but this Parade would have rendered the 
 Work much larger, and I am afraid too expenfive. 
 IVIy only View, in making this Compilation, is to pro- 
 mote Hidorical Knowlege, and enable the Studious to 
 read with Satisfaction, and uhderltand, thole many in- 
 teresting and curious Records difperfed in our Adts 
 of State ; and particularly in the Pailiament Rolls 
 (which under the Sanction of the I.egiQature have 
 been lately publifhed), Law Books, and Historians, 
 and which, for want of fome Affiftance of this Kind, 
 lofe much of their Force : if this End is anfwered 
 without making thofe numerous Quotations which 
 the obfervingthe above Order would have occafioned, 
 ][ hope, the Want of it will be readily excufed.
 
 D I CTI O N A RY 
 
 O F THE 
 
 NORMAN and old FRENCH 
 LANGUAGE. 
 
 A at, and, with, from, 
 ? for, by. 
 
 A caufa de cy, for this 
 reafon. 
 
 A ce, for this purpofe. 
 
 A ceftuy, from him. 
 
 A la facon, in the fajhion. 
 
 A la prefence, in the pre- 
 fence. 
 
 A peu perd, with fmall 
 lofs. 
 
 A font, and are. 
 
 A tort, by wrong. 
 
 Aage, age. 
 
 Aagiee etant, being of the 
 age.^ 
 
 Aan, a, year. 
 
 Abaiefie, an abbefs. 
 
 Abaiez, afraid, intimidat- 
 ed. 
 
 Abaiez du peril, put in 
 peril. 
 
 A bailer, to appeafe. 
 
 Abaifle, deprived. 
 
 Abaifliees (fi), fo impove- 
 
 rijhed. 
 Abaizance, abbaiaunce, in 
 
 abeyance, in expectation. 
 Abatift, abated, beat down, 
 
 fulled down, threw down, 
 
 quajhed, defeated, inter- 
 
 pofed. 
 s'Abaty, entered by abate* 
 
 ment, interpofed. 
 Abatu (Bois), wood cut or 
 
 fallen. 
 AbaudiiTent (fei), embolden 
 
 themfelves, give them- 
 
 felves up to. 
 Abbaflement, abatement. 
 Abbeiflant, obedient. 
 Abbeffed, c aft down. 
 Abbeffement, leffening, 
 
 lowering. 
 Abbeflent, abate, lower. 
 Abbrevoir, a watering 
 
 place. 
 Abbs, an abbey. 
 B Abbuver,
 
 2 A B 
 
 Abbuver, to give water to. 
 
 Abeiffont) obedient. 
 
 AbeifTe, abefie, abated, 
 leffened, abafed. 
 
 AbeifiTement, lowering* 
 
 Abeiflez, oppreffed* 
 
 Aber, abetting, 
 
 A be fi lie, abated. 
 
 Abetir, to render Jlupid. 
 
 Abette, abetment. 
 
 Abetuz, abating, allowing 
 for. 
 
 Abeye, abit, habit. 
 
 Ableflement (en), to the 
 fcandal, injury. 
 
 Ablez, able, Jit. 
 
 Abogen, bowed. 
 
 Aboilage, honey. 
 
 A border, to apply to, ar- 
 rive at. 
 
 Aboutir a to draw to, to 
 abut.' 
 
 Aooudfiants, about; fTe- 
 ments, limits or boun- 
 daries. 
 
 Ab Owein, ap Owen. 
 
 Abreeu, April. 
 
 Abroceurs, brokers. 
 
 Abruver, to water. 
 
 Abibile, abfoller, abfoul- 
 dre, abfodrc, to abfolve, 
 
 • forgive, pardon. 
 
 Abftiegner, to abfiain. 
 
 Abftinence, ceffalion. 
 
 Abuslhementz, conceal- 
 ments. 
 
 Abutremehts, ornaments. 
 
 Acs, ca, then. 
 
 A C 
 
 Acat, buying. 
 
 Acate (p vois d'), by way 
 
 of bargain. 
 Acaterie (Sergeaunt de T), 
 
 ferjeant of the eatery. 
 Accepiant (en), in accept- 
 ing, objecting. 
 Acceffement, addition. 
 AccefTer, to affefs. 
 Accion, accyoun, aclion. 
 Accoitant (en), in hording 
 
 up. 
 Accoincl, very neceffary 
 
 or familiar. 
 Accointance, aid, favour , 
 
 affociation. 
 Accoller, to embrace. 
 Accollee (donner T), to 
 
 dub a knight. 
 AccomptableZjComptable 
 
 perTon, countable, fm a 11 
 
 fijh. 
 Accord (d'), the concord. 
 Accoritez, agreed to it. 
 Accorr, ready, wary. 
 Accoftcr, to prop, or hold 
 
 up. 
 Accourfement, the taking 
 
 away. 
 Accouter, to hearken. 
 Accreftcr, accrefter, to in- 
 
 crcafe t to accrew, to 
 
 happen. 
 A ccreffr nt, arij'e from. 
 AccrefTer (qui droit ad a), 
 
 who has a right to the 
 
 profits. 
 
 Accreve,
 
 
 A C 
 
 Accreve, increafed, 
 Accreaunt, gathering, ob- 
 taining, accroaching. 
 Accrpcher ,accroach,ufurp, 
 attempt to exercife. 
 
 Acrois, increafe, acceffion, 
 . improvement. 
 Accuferez, reproach, ac- 
 cufe. 
 
 Accufement, accufation. 
 
 Acenfement, a letting to 
 harm. 
 
 Acenfeur, a farmer. 
 
 Aceres, maple-trees. 
 
 Acertener, afcertained, be- 
 ing well affured of, 
 
 Acertez, certified, get in- 
 telligence of, in good 
 earnejl. 
 
 Acefient, affefs. 
 
 Acharppart (garder les), to 
 keep them feparate, fafe. 
 
 Acharuez, incenfed, cruelly 
 bent againfi. 
 
 Achat, buying. 
 
 Acheter, to buy. 
 
 Achatur, acatour, buyer. 
 
 Achatre, to ranfonu 
 
 Achemine, directed. 
 
 Achefon, achayiYon, rea- 
 fon, occafion, caufe, 
 hurt. 
 
 Acheioncz de bel pleder, 
 called in quejlion for 
 beaupleder. 
 
 Acheve (ne fe), does not 
 ait cum. 
 
 ■A,C 5 
 
 Achever, achiver, to per- 
 form. 
 
 Acheu, attourned. 
 
 Achioer, to finifh. 
 
 Achoifoner, acheflbner, t$ 
 accufe. 
 
 Aci, here. 
 
 Acier, fteel. 
 
 Aco, that. 
 
 A coign e, favour, affect a- 
 tion. 
 
 Acone fei, fometimes. 
 
 Aeons, fore. 
 
 Aconvenu, covenanted, 
 agreed upon. 
 
 Acort, agreement, accord, 
 confent. 
 
 Acoudre, to join. 
 
 Acoulper, to accufe, 
 
 Acounte, aconte, to be 
 reckoned, deemed, ac- 
 counted. 
 
 A coupes, accufed, guilty. 
 
 Acouter, deemed, account- 
 ed. 
 
 Acovyegnenr, agree, fettle. 
 
 Acqueifter, to pacify. 
 
 Acquiiler, to receive, ga- 
 ther. 
 
 Acre, an acre, a meafure 
 of land. 
 
 q ne fuift unques acres 
 ne vergee, which was 
 never furveyed, mea- 
 fured, or laid out in(q 
 acres, rods, &c. 
 
 Acres, increafed. 
 
 S z Acrefc^
 
 4 AC 
 
 Acrefce, increafe. 
 
 Acreftre, acrefifer, acre- 
 fere, to multiply , to in- 
 creafe y advance, rife, ac- 
 crew. 
 
 Acreftant a lui, taking up- 
 on himfelf. 
 
 Acrire, to write, 
 
 d'Acrocher, to affume, in- 
 croach, increaje. 
 
 Acroire, to lend. 
 
 Acruift, aecrewed. 
 
 Act, atlion. 
 
 Actines, actons, cloaks. 
 
 Actuel, ready, fpeedy. 
 
 Adtualment, actuelment, 
 prefently. 
 
 Acunement, in any ether 
 manner. 
 
 Acunte, account. 
 
 Acunt (deit), owes any 
 thing. 
 
 Acufe, excufes. 
 
 Adaerains, at laji. 
 
 Adavaunt ale, fo far gone. 
 
 Adayer, to provoke. 
 
 Adeiz, already. 
 
 Adenc, now. 
 
 Adeprimes, firjl, at firjl, 
 for the fir ft time. 
 
 Adept, obtained. 
 
 Aderere, behind, in arrear, 
 Jlrayed from. 
 
 Aderener, to appraife. 
 
 Ades, by and by. 
 
 Adelbure, underneath, be- 
 low. 
 
 Adefouth lui, under him. 
 
 A D 
 
 Adefleement, conjiantly. 
 
 Adetteres, fincerely. 
 
 Adevant, before. 
 
 Adevenir, to become. 
 
 Adgares (ne), lately. 
 
 Adgifantz, adjacent. 
 
 Addculeir, to mitigate, t$ 
 affwage. 
 
 Addone, given to. 
 
 Addoubers, fee adoubers. 
 
 Addoubeur, a promoter, 
 or fetter-up of caufes. 
 
 Addrefife, directed to, fent j 
 alfo redrefs. 
 
 AddrefiTeroient en haut 
 lour maynes dextres, 
 ftjould hold up on high 
 their right hands. 
 
 Adherdantz, adherents. 
 
 A dieu commandez, gone 
 to God, departed this 
 life. 
 
 Adjeufter, to adjuft, con- 
 trive, difpofe of. 
 
 Adjoufter toy, to give 
 faith. 
 
 Ad ire, by faying. 
 
 A dire, that is to fay. 
 
 A dire, to abandon, forfake. 
 
 Aditerent, JJjoidd fummon 
 to the eyre. 
 
 Adjure, abjured, abandon- 
 ed. 
 
 Admeneftres, admonijhed, 
 
 brought. 
 Adminiftres, the admir.i* 
 Jirators. 
 
 Adnates, the firjl fruits. 
 Adnerer,
 
 A D 
 
 Adnerer, to fet a price. 
 
 Adoler, to lament. 
 
 Adonques, adonges, then. 
 
 Adouler, to repair. 
 
 Adoubers de vicls draps, 
 patchers, botchers, or 
 menders of apparel. 
 
 Adoun, then. 
 
 Adrecans, adroiffans, ad- 
 dreffed, direcled to. 
 
 Adreciez, adreltees, re- 
 drejfed. 
 
 Adrein, until. 
 
 Adreitament, with addrefs, 
 alio direclly, forthwith, 
 readily. 
 
 Ad res, readily, conve- 
 niently. 
 
 Adrefcer, to redrefs. 
 
 Adrefcer a nous, behave 
 to us. 
 
 PAdrefcement, the ma- 
 nagement, improvement^ 
 reformation, reform, re- 
 pairing. 
 
 Adrefler fes refons, to 
 make out, to prepare his 
 defence. 
 
 Adreffcs, going, proceeding 
 on, continuing along. 
 
 Qu'ils adrefiaflem, that 
 they fkould prepare them- 
 f elves. 
 
 Nous nous adrefleoms, we 
 are getting ready. 
 
 Adrefiez, erctl. 
 
 Adreflez, ornamented, 
 gilded. 
 
 A E 5 
 
 Chafer adreflez, drive them 
 Jlrait along. 
 
 Adreflement, direclly, 
 forthwith. 
 
 Adrier, in arrear. 
 
 Ad tret, drawn. 
 
 Adveigne, happens, be- 
 comes. 
 
 En adventure fi, in cafe. 
 
 Adveu (ibubz 1'), with the 
 approbation. 
 
 Advitailles, viclualled. 
 
 Advocaffie, office of advo- 
 cate. 
 
 Advoue, advoes, advo- 
 cates, perfons Jkilled in 
 the law. 
 
 Advover, to avow. 
 
 Adueinent, arife. 
 
 Adunque, then. 
 
 l'Adutent, making ufe of 
 
 Adyre, to fay. 
 
 Ae, the age of a man. 
 
 Aele, grandmother. 
 
 Aem perlir, peril of our 
 foul. 
 
 Aerdanz, aordanz, adhe- 
 rents. 
 
 Aerder, to accrew. 
 
 Aererer, to plough. 
 
 Aerin, brafs. 
 
 Aernovel, Auguft. 
 
 Aeries, earnejl. 
 
 Aery, neji of hawks. 
 
 Aes, eafe. 
 
 Aeues, waters. 
 
 Aez, has. 
 
 B 3 Afeore,
 
 fe A fr 
 
 Afeore, affeered. 
 Affaire, /<? wa&r. 
 Affaires, afFairez, /<? £<? 
 
 Affairont, rf^r. 
 
 AfFaitier, to render learned. 
 
 AfFame, famijhed. 
 
 AfFe&ate, wilful. 
 
 Affeftes, befiowed on. 
 
 AfFe&uous, dcfirous. 
 
 AfFecteufment, affection- 
 ately. 
 
 Afferre (nus eqoms), we 
 have occafion for. 
 
 Afferaunt (folonc Ion), ac- 
 cording to his fhare, pro- 
 portion, or what belongs 
 to him. 
 
 AfFeront (en lor), in their 
 proportion. 
 
 Aflferme, contract. 
 
 AfFerment, lodge, lay. 
 
 Affermer. to let to farm. 
 ^ AfFermes, afermees grant- 
 
 ■ ed, limited, confirmed. 
 
 AfFer, afFri, afFra," cattle, 
 or beajls. 
 
 AfFers ties carads, beafis 
 of the plow. 
 
 AfFere, to do. 
 
 AfFercr, to tax, affefs, mo- 
 derate. 
 
 AfFcrrit, afFeroit, belonged. 
 
 AfFert, // behovetk. 
 
 Affiaunce, confidence. 
 
 Affiauntz, by the affirm- 
 ance, oath. 
 
 Affie (nulfe), let none prt- 
 fume. 
 
 A F 
 
 Affiert, it belongs, is meet* 
 
 Affinage, refining of metal. 
 
 Affins, kindred by mar- 
 riage, friends. 
 
 Pur affiner, to put an end 
 to it. 
 
 Affiont, affiantz, affie,' 
 trufiing, confiding in. 
 
 Affirmacons, confirma- 
 tions. 
 
 AffirmafFoms, had affirm- 
 ed. 
 
 Suit affirme,y#/7 affirmed. 
 
 Pur deFault d'affirmure, 
 for want of confirming. 
 
 Affirez, affeered. 
 
 AfFoire, to do. 
 
 Que mien y foir. afFoire, 
 what is beji to be done. 
 
 AfForcer, to Jlrengthen. 
 
 AfForce, increafed,ftrength- 
 ened. 
 
 s'AfForcent, aim at, at- 
 tempt. 
 
 Si fe afForce, ;/ he Jhould 
 attempt. 
 
 AfForcement de femme, 
 forcing a woman. 
 
 AfForcement de la ley, a 
 forcing or framing of 
 the law. 
 
 AfForcement, effectually. 
 
 AfForer, to efiimate. to tax. 
 
 Affonement,Jlrengtb, aid, 
 affiftance. 
 
 AfForterez, will enforce. 
 
 Affrai, affrei, terror. 
 
 En
 
 A G 
 
 En affrai de la pees, in 
 
 breach of the peace. 
 
 Affraietz, terrified. 
 
 Affranchir, to fet free. 
 
 Affretter (d'), to freight. 
 
 AfFublez des manteau, 
 habited with the mantle. 
 
 Affyereit, trufl to. 
 
 Afoiee, crip led. 
 
 A force, Jirengthened. 
 
 Aforcer, to endeavour, to 
 compel, to in force. 
 
 Afbrcent, tend to, endea- 
 vour. 
 
 Aforeiters, aforefted. 
 
 A for prendre, to be for- 
 prized. 
 
 Afouement (fi) s asfoon as, 
 as f aft as. 
 
 Afoula, damaged, -wafted. 
 
 Ag, waity keep, obferve. 
 
 Agactz, aftfaults. 
 
 Agager nule ley, wage any 
 law. 
 
 Agagez, pledged. 
 
 Agaitz, lie in wait. 
 
 Agaites (les), the watch. 
 
 Agardant, regarding. 
 
 Agardetz; agard, award- 
 ed; keep, obferve, attend. 
 
 En vos agardetz, in your 
 judgement, determination. 
 
 En vos agard, in your own 
 delay. 
 
 Agayte, agait (en), by 
 
 , await. 
 
 Agatere (pur male), of 
 expelling mifchief. 
 
 A I 7 
 
 Age, water. 
 Agenuz, on their knees. 
 Agglue, joined, congealed. 
 Aggreaunr. (en), in aggre- 
 
 vat ion. 
 Aggreggez, enumerated, 
 
 fpecified. 
 Agilte, acled. 
 Agifanr. environ, lying 
 
 near, adjacent. 
 Agiier, to be levant and 
 
 coucBant. 
 Agneler, to yean or bring 
 
 forth lambs. 
 Agnifer, to acknowledge. 
 Agrea (ele ^),fhe agreed. 
 Agrcation, agreement. 
 Agreftical, clownifh. 
 Aguet a panfe, malice 
 
 prepenfe. 
 Aguet, aquec (par), by 
 
 ambufcade. 
 A guey, near. 
 Aguir, to guide. 
 Aguifer, to Jharpen. 
 A gules pur faces, pack 
 
 needles. 
 Aguyen, Acquit ain. 
 Aherdanntz, adhering. 
 Aheritez, heir, inheritor. 
 Ahontir, to abafh i or make 
 
 one aflmmed. 
 A j ants, having. 
 A ice, thereto. 
 Aie, aid, relief. 
 Aient, are. 
 Aienz, having. 
 B 4 Aier,
 
 3 A I 
 
 Aier, Jleel. 
 
 Aiet, he Jhall have. 
 
 Aile, a wing, 
 
 Ailefs, a grandmother. 
 
 Ailors, eljewhere, befides, 
 
 then. 
 Aimans, diamonds. 
 Aimant, a loadjhne. 
 Aimer (1'), the love, 
 Ain, a hook, 
 Ainceis, but. 
 Ainneefche, elder/hip , 
 
 birthright, 
 Ains, his. 
 
 A ins, oppofed, obflrutled. 
 Ains, d'ams, (par quintal 
 d'), for a quintal of al~ 
 monds. 
 
 Ainfi come (per), in the 
 fame manner as. 
 
 Aintz, but. 
 
 Ainz, einzqe, before that. 
 
 Ainznez, eldcjl. 
 
 A ion, aiomz, have. 
 
 Ajourner ceus, remove 
 them. 
 
 Ajourtre (fanz), without 
 adding. 
 
 Ajoyni, joined. 
 
 Airaine, brafs. 
 
 Aire, neji of the hawk. 
 
 Aireau, a plough. 
 
 Airens en pourpos, intend. 
 
 Aires, eared, ploughed. 
 
 Airignante, adjoining. 
 
 Ais, a board. ' 
 
 1'Aife, the eafe. 
 
 Aifement, eafement. 
 
 A L 
 
 Aiihe filz, eldefi fon. 
 Aifnee fille, eldefi daughter. 
 Aift, aided. 
 Aiftre, exijlence, life. 
 Aitre, a hou/e, an apart- 
 
 ment, a room. 
 Aive, water. 
 Ajudar, to affijl. 
 Ajuge, adjudged. 
 Ajuftement, ajouftances, 
 
 addition. 
 Aketon, hoketonde plate, 
 
 coat of plate , metal. 
 Akune,fome. 
 Al, to, from, 
 Al, went to. 
 
 Ala devie a trefpafs, de- 
 parted this life. 
 Alaier, alledge. 
 Alant, alantes, going, 
 Al armes, with armes. 
 Ala/Tent quere hors, they 
 jhould go and take them 
 out. 
 Alaltes, gone, 
 Allaceaulx, collateral, 
 Allancz al roy, going to 
 
 the king. 
 Alcome, alchymy. 
 A! cons, any one. 
 Alcunz e alcun, one or 
 
 more. 
 Alee, allay. 
 A lees, pajfages abroad. 
 Alefbitz, fometimcs. 
 Alegannce, allowance, re- 
 drefs, 
 
 Ale^er
 
 A L 
 
 Aleger (lui), to relieve him- 
 
 M. 
 
 Alegge, eafed, redrejfed, 
 
 relieved. 
 Alegerez, will alleviate* 
 Alencontre, to the con- 
 
 trary, againji, 
 Aler (le), the bringing* 
 Aler (lour J, their depar- 
 ture. 
 Ales de gales (en fees), in 
 his journey into France. 
 Alettes, little eagles. 
 Aletz adieu, go quit. 
 Aleur (a grant), in gre-at 
 
 hajle, 
 Aleviance, eafe. 
 AH, to another. 
 Aliance, allegiance, 
 Aliaunces, alienee, confe- 
 deracies, allegations , fug- 
 gejlions. 
 Alias, heretofore. 
 Alienacan, kindred, 
 A lien nee, an alien. 
 Alienee, the buyer. 
 Alier, at large, to go at 
 
 large. 
 Alier hors, to go out of. 
 Aliez (lour), their rela- 
 tions, friends. 
 Alifaundre, Alexander. 
 Aliftir, aleifler, at going 
 
 out, 
 Alkemine, alchemy. 
 Alleage, allegag, allcdged. 
 Allec, herring. 
 
 A L 9 
 
 Ailed gie, bought in, made 
 
 fatisfaclion, 
 Allees (h),fo far proceeded 
 
 in. 
 Alleger, to lejfen, 
 Allegier, to alleviate, re- 
 move. 
 Alleggeance (en), for re- 
 
 drefs, in eafe of. 
 Allegeaunce (fans), 'with- 
 out alledging. 
 Allegles, imprifoned. 
 Allegiance (forfque), only 
 an alleviation, exemp- 
 tion. 
 Alleg'ez, alleviated, re- 
 
 drefjed, 
 Alleguez, cited. 
 Alleient avant, may pro- 
 ceed. 
 Alleie, allay, 
 Alleques, alledged, 
 Alleront, went* 
 A lies, allies, 
 
 Alleu, allieu, aleu, alieu, 
 a pojfeffion free from all 
 fubjeclion, allodial. 
 All eve, levyed, 
 Alleyn, an alien. 
 Alliance, aliance, alienee, 
 aleyngnanfe, confedera- 
 cy, protejlation, allegi- 
 ance. 
 Alliance (faux), by falfe 
 
 allegations. 
 Alliantz, aliens. 
 Allieger, alledge, 
 
 Allient
 
 io A L 
 
 Allient (fen), may depart. 
 
 Allies, alliez, kindred, con- 
 federates. 
 
 Alliours lieux, other places. 
 
 Alloee, allowed. 
 
 AUoigne, allignc, put off 
 or delayed, carried away, 
 conveyed from. 
 
 Alloigner Je terme, inlarge 
 the time. 
 
 Allopee, eloped. 
 
 Des allopers de nunns, of 
 
 < thofe who elope with 
 . nuns. 
 
 Allowables, genuine. 
 
 •Allower (ne poet), cannot 
 let. 
 
 Allowent, hire. 
 
 Alloy can che, alloy an ce, 
 alliance. 
 
 Alloy nes,Jlolen, alienated, 
 removed, carried off, 
 drove away. 
 
 Alloynours, alleynours, 
 thofe who conceal, (teal, 
 or carry a thing off pri- 
 vately. 
 
 Alluer, to allow. 
 
 Alluminor, a limner or 
 gilder of letters in old 
 manufcripts. 
 
 Aim, foul. 
 
 Lendemayn des almes, or 
 the morrow if fouls. 
 
 Al menne people, to infe- 
 rior people. 
 
 Almoignes, alms, almonds. 
 
 Alns, a vsood of elders. 
 
 AX 
 
 Alnyours, aulnagers. 
 Aloigner, to enlarge. 
 Aloine, oufted. 
 Aloinent, eloign. 
 Alongerent (ie), withdrew 
 
 them/elves. 
 Alors, there, at that time, 
 
 in that place. 
 Aloft, go. 
 Alote, allotted. 
 Aloues, worthy of praife. 
 Alquons, any one. 
 Alre-fiee, at another time, 
 
 afore time. 
 Alt, high. 
 Alt al ewe, let him go to 
 
 water Ordeal. 
 Alterquer, to wrangle. 
 Altres MI (les), the o- 
 
 ther 4. 
 Altres (per), by others. 
 Altrefi, in like manner. 
 A lye, fafiened, fixed. 
 Alyenont le judgement, 
 
 they defer the judgement. 
 Alvey, alderground. 
 A lu able, allowable. 
 Aluer (li), allow him. 
 Alun, allom. 
 Alz, az, they, them. 
 Am, 1 love. 
 Amans, diamonds. 
 Anwoiu Jhould love. 
 A mat, beloved. 
 Amatidre, an amethifl. 
 Ambafiiatt, embaffage. 
 Ambaxeurs, ambaffadors, 
 Ambodeux,
 
 A M 
 
 Ambodeux, amdeus, am- 
 bedoi, amb, both. 
 
 Ambrey, a cupboard. 
 
 A me, friend. 
 
 A me coiyn, beloved coufin. 
 
 AmF, amen. 
 
 Amedeus les pties, both 
 parties. 
 
 Amee, defired, coveted. 
 
 Ameis, amctz gentieux 
 
 • hommes, beloved gen- 
 tlemen. 
 
 Ameinife, diminifhes. 
 
 Amene, /educed, forced. 
 
 Amenez, amegnez, pro- 
 duced, brought. 
 
 Amenuier, to abridge, a- 
 bate, decreafe, diminijh, 
 lejfcn, annihilate, to fall. 
 
 Amenufoit, brought. 
 
 Amenifle, amended. 
 
 Amendement, for the 
 amendment, improve- 
 ment. 
 
 En amendement, in a- 
 mcnds. 
 
 Ament, let him make 
 amends. 
 
 Amentineez, maintain. 
 
 Les amends de aflyfe en- 
 frevnte, the ccrretHcn 
 cf the breach of affyje. 
 
 Amenrir, to diminijh. 
 
 A me n i ft re z , adminijlered. 
 
 Amer, bitter. 
 
 Amer (ne de), nor to love. 
 
 Ames, mercy. 
 
 A M 
 
 it 
 
 Ames et foyables, beloved. 
 
 and faithful. 
 Ames (es), on the fouls. 
 Amefner, to bring, convey. 
 Amefnauncez, carrying 
 
 away. 
 Amelnaunce, ameign- 
 
 aunce, bringing in. 
 Amefure, moderated. 
 Amez, friends. 
 Amiable, friendly. 
 Amiablement, amicably. 
 Amice, beloved. 
 Amiraudes, e?neralds. 
 Amifours (fes), thofe ivho 
 
 are prejudiced againji 
 
 him. 
 Amiftee, friendfhip. 
 Amiftre, annuity. 
 Amnafle, threaten. 
 Amoindrir, to make thin 
 
 or lean. 
 AmoinorifTant, wafting, 
 
 diminifhing. 
 Amoler, to melt. 
 Amolir, amollir, to f of ten. 
 Amoneitoms, admonijh. 
 Amoneftment, warning, 
 
 notice. 
 Amont, a mount, upwards, 
 
 againji, above. 
 Amort, amorti, dead. 
 Amorte, allured, won. 
 Amortir, amortizer, amor- 
 
 teyler, to amortife, to 
 
 pur chafe in mortmain. 
 Amoun taunt, afcending. 
 d'Amour
 
 12 AN 
 
 d'Amour jour, day of 
 grace ; a day alfo given 
 to compromise the fuit. 
 
 Amous, very. 
 
 Amoyneric, almonry. 
 
 Ampiere, an empire. 
 
 Amplier, to increafe, en- 
 large. 
 
 Amprendre, to undertake. 
 
 Ampres, after. 
 
 En ampres, hereafter. 
 
 d'Ams quintal, a quintal 
 of almonds. 
 
 Am ue, friends. 
 
 Amur, love. 
 
 Amuue, moves, grieves. 
 
 Amuzer afcun, to put one 
 in a ftudy. 
 
 Amyes concubines, be- 
 loved concubines. 
 
 Amyte, friendfhip. 
 
 J' An, the one. 
 
 Ana, without. 
 
 AnaleiTent, goings went. 
 
 Anamalez, enamelled. 
 
 Anchifors, ancejlors. 
 
 Anceile, a maid fervant. 
 
 Anceftre en court, fum- 
 moned to appear in court. 
 
 Ancoys, but. 
 
 An culer, to accufe. 
 
 Ancle, mother in law. 
 
 1'Andemain, the morrow. 
 
 Aneals, aneus, rings. 
 
 Anel, a ring. 
 
 A l'anell, en delivery of 
 the nuptial ring, on fo- 
 
 A N 
 
 lemnization of the mar- 
 riage. 
 
 Anel, an angel. 
 
 l'Anel, the handle. 
 
 Anelyng de tewles, aneal- 
 ing of tiles. 
 
 Anemis, enemies. 
 
 Anenent, happen, arife. 
 
 Angeine, the feajl of the 
 Holy Virgin. 
 
 Anginees, engine* devices. 
 
 Anguites, anguifh. 
 
 Angufles, fraights. 
 
 Angutez, jlraightened. 
 
 Anichilee, annihilated. 
 
 Anienter, anientir, to take 
 away, to defeat, make 
 void, to annul. 
 
 Anient, anienrie, void, dif- 
 annulled. 
 
 Tot anientie, entirely ruin- 
 ed. 
 
 En anientifement, to the 
 dejlraclion, wajle, ruin, 
 difannulling, leffening, 
 imp over ifhment, wajling. 
 
 An il enuft (1'), from 
 whence there follozvs. 
 
 Anifancz, aynifans, annoy- 
 ance. 
 
 Aniz, friend. 
 
 Ankes, geefe. 
 
 Ankes, prcfently. 
 
 Ankes avant (que), that 
 before. 
 
 Anne, year. 
 
 Annealing,
 
 A N 
 
 Annealing, a burning or 
 hardening by fire. 
 
 Annel, annuel, a ring. 
 
 Anuels, anuels livres, the 
 year booh. 
 
 Annez, years, 
 
 l'Anoiture, the nurture. 
 
 Anoye, injured, damaged. 
 
 Anoya, hurt. 
 
 Anquare, yet, Jlill, again. 
 
 Anques, but, very. 
 
 A ans, for a time. 
 
 Anfement au feme nt (tout), 
 entirely in the fame man- 
 ner. 
 
 Anfois, but, although. 
 
 Ant (le), being. 
 
 Antandre, to inform. 
 
 Anten (de), ofthelajlyear. 
 
 Antic, old. 
 
 Antor le tour, round the 
 tower. 
 
 Antyer tout, entirely. 
 
 Anuales chauntantz,y?ȣ- 
 ing annuals, or majfes 
 every day. 
 
 Anuelx, rings. 
 
 Anui, to day, this night. 
 
 Anulterie(en), in adultry. 
 
 Anures mals, evil works. 
 
 Anufance, anufantz, an- 
 noyance. 
 
 Anute, annuity. 
 
 Anuyt, vexes. 
 
 Anviler (fans), without 
 waiting. 
 
 Anyentiffenr, annul. 
 
 Anyntier, to annul, 
 
 Anz, years. 
 
 Anzoiz, anfois, but. 
 
 Aordaunce, confederacy, 
 
 Aore, now. 
 
 A our, gold. 
 
 Aourer, to pray to, wor- 
 Jhip, 
 
 Aournemens, ornaments, 
 
 Aouft, Augufl, 
 
 Apandy, belongs. 
 
 A para, will appear, 
 
 Aparelle, aparaile, appa- 
 rellie, ready. 
 
 Aparille (de tot), with all 
 readinefs, 
 
 Aparceyver, to perceive. 
 
 A par luy, on his part. 
 
 Aparmenes, ore apar- 
 menns, at this prefent, 
 
 A parte, open, full. 
 
 Apartement, plainly. 
 
 Apaftiz, patiz, the agree- 
 ment to a contribution. 
 
 Apauvry, impoverifhed. 
 
 Apeaus, appeals. 
 
 A pee, on foot. 
 
 A pens, thought. 
 
 A pent, belongs. 
 
 Aperchenoir, perceive. 
 
 Apercus de ceo, informed 
 of it. 
 
 Aperluy, by itfelf. 
 
 Aperment, openly. 
 
 Apefchez, impeached, 
 
 Apefcr, to appeafe. 
 
 Apetifez,
 
 u 
 
 A P 
 
 Apetifez, apeticher, ap- 
 
 petichie, appetie, dimi- 
 
 nifhed, leffened. 
 Apeu, a few. 
 Apeyne, fcarce. 
 Apiergent, they appear. 
 Apieroit, it appears. 
 Apoi chefcun, every one 
 
 almoft. 
 Apoincter, to appoint, di- 
 
 recl. 
 Apoint, -pointed, jharp at 
 - the end. 
 Apoftiler, to write notes 
 
 on., 
 Apoftilles, additions, obfer- 
 
 vations. 
 Apoftle, apodal, apoftoile, 
 
 apoftoire, the pope. 
 Apoy ylia demure (qe), 
 
 that there fcarce remains. 
 Appaiers, to be paid. 
 Appaiez, fatisfied. 
 Appairallez, repaired. 
 Apparailementz, fitting 
 
 out. , 
 Apparelez (pur V),for re- 
 pairing of. 
 L'endemain de l'appari- 
 
 tion, the -morrow of the 
 . Epiphany. 
 Apparoir, apparoer, ap- 
 
 paroier, to appear, make 
 
 known. 
 Appafier, to pafs. 
 Appatifliez lieux, places 
 
 which agreed to pay a 
 
 fum of money to the ene~ 
 
 A P 
 
 my in compenfation of 
 their towns being, fpared 
 from the ravages oj war. 
 
 Appaye (en un), in one 
 payment, 
 
 Appaye (nent), not con^ 
 tented, diffatisfied. 
 
 Appeaux, appeals. 
 
 Appeirez, impaired. 
 
 Appele, called. 
 
 Appellations, appeals. 
 
 Appellantz (Seignurs), 
 krds appellants, viz. the 
 duke ofGlouceJler, Henry 
 earl of Derby, Richard 
 earl of Arundel, Thomas 
 earl of Warwick, and 
 Thomas earl of 'Notting- 
 ham, earl Marfhal, who 
 were jo called in 1 1 Rich. 
 II. becaufe they were the 
 accufers in parliament of 
 the then late minijiers. 
 
 Appelliers, called. 
 
 Append, pending. 
 
 Appener, to portion out. 
 
 Appenfer, to think or con- 
 Jider. 
 
 Appeniementz, thoughts. 
 
 Appenfes, hung, affixed. 
 
 Appente, appient, belong- 
 elb, belonging. 
 
 Appcrceivance, prepara- 
 tions, difcovery. 
 
 Apperient q, who import, 
 
 Apperil,apparaillez,nWy, 
 apparelled, prepared. 
 
 Appcrr,
 
 A * 
 
 Appert, openly j in public. 
 
 Appefer, to agree. 
 
 Appefement, agreement. 
 
 Appiaux, appeals. 
 
 Appiert evidence, appa- 
 rent evidence, jurifdic- 
 tion. 
 
 Appifant, evident. 
 
 Applater, to make plain. 
 
 Appliantz, arriving, drove 
 into. 
 
 Applicuer, to employ. 
 
 Applier, to fubmit. 
 
 Applois, employment. 
 
 Apport, tax, tallage, im- 
 position, payment, tri- 
 bute, charge, expences. 
 
 Apportz(come),tfj7/ ought. 
 
 Appofer, appofe, adjuft, 
 agree. 
 
 Appofee, quejlioned, adjujl- 
 ed, fettled. 
 
 Apprailles, ready. 
 
 Appreciation, appraife- 
 ment. 
 
 Appreignent, learn, be in- 
 formed of. 
 
 Appreifours, appraifers. 
 
 Apprentife, a ftudent of 
 the law, a pleader, a 
 ferjeant at law. 
 
 Un apprentiz de la court 
 le roy et attournc, an 
 apprentice of the court of 
 the kins: and an attorney. 
 
 Apprefter, fhould endea- 
 vor, ought to be pre- 
 pared. 2 
 
 A'P 
 
 l 5 
 
 Apprefla (fe), Jhould be 
 ready. 
 
 Appreltes, payments, loans. 
 
 Apprefte (argent), money 
 borrowed on loan. 
 
 Appreftes (per lui), by 
 him lent. 
 
 Apprimes, firft. 
 
 Appriie, appris, learned. 
 
 Apprifez de ley, learned in 
 the law. 
 
 PApprifement, the feifing. 
 
 Approcher lour droit, to 
 come at their right. 
 
 Appromptes(per), by bor- 
 rowing. 
 
 Approper, to appropriate. 
 
 Approperment, properly. 
 
 Approperrnent (per), by 
 appropriating. 
 
 Approve, vouched. 
 
 Approvez, appropriated. 
 
 Approvement, improve- 
 ments. 
 
 xlpprower, to improve. 
 
 Approwours, approvers. 
 
 Appruer, to approve. 
 
 Appruemcnt, profit. 
 
 Appus, appear. 
 
 Apree, afterwards. 
 
 Apres, next, nearejl to. 
 
 Apres les mi jours, with- 
 in 4 days. 
 
 Aores, learned, fulled in. 
 
 Apreftay, I lent. 
 
 Aprelt (d'argent d'), ready 
 money. 
 
 ApreO:
 
 16 
 
 A R 
 
 Apreft (dettes d'), debts 
 which ought to be paid 
 down. 
 
 Aprimes (tout), inthejirft 
 inflance, immediate, 
 
 Apris le jour, after the 
 day. 
 
 Apris, underjlood, valued, 
 appraifed. 
 
 Apris de da leie, learned 
 or verfed in the laws. 
 
 Aprifes (dcs), from infor- 
 mations. 
 
 Aprife, learning. 
 
 Aprivoifes, improved, pur- 
 chafed. 
 
 Aprocha, petitioned. 
 
 Aprocher a notre, come at 
 our own. 
 
 Aprouchier, proceed. 
 
 A prove, improves. 
 
 Aprua ion wall, approved 
 his waft. 
 
 Apruchemcnt, approach, 
 arrival. 
 
 Apuril, April. 
 
 Aquar (Serg.), ferjeant of 
 the ewry. 
 
 Aquitantz, acquittance. 
 
 Aqules, to which. 
 
 Ara ete, jhall have been. 
 
 Aracc, to erafe. 
 
 Araceez, tore out. 
 
 Aracher, to grub up. 
 
 Aracine, taken root. 
 
 Araer, arair, to prepare, 
 array, fettle. 
 
 A R 
 
 A rages, madmen. 
 
 Araies, array, apparel. 
 
 Araine, brafs. 
 
 A rant, plowing, earing. 
 
 A rat, Jhall have. 
 
 Arbalaftres, arbaleftes, 
 crofs bows. 
 
 Juges arbitrers, arbitrarys, 
 a private judge chofen by 
 confent of the parties to 
 determine the matter in 
 difference. 
 
 Arc, a bow, an archer* 
 
 Arcamentz, fecrets. 
 
 Arces, arctz, burnt. 
 
 Arcewefche, archbijhop. 
 
 A re he, a chefl. 
 
 Archer, to fhoot. 
 
 Arc!, compelled. 
 
 Ar&able, forcible. 
 
 Arcter, to force, bind. 
 
 Ardors, the plaintiffs. 
 
 AfTifes arannez, ajjijes ar- 
 raigned. 
 
 Ardeit, ardes, burnt. 
 
 Arden, a wood. 
 
 Arduys negoces, arduous 
 bujinefs. 
 
 Que pur l'arduite de lour 
 charge, as well on ac- 
 count of the arduoufnefs 
 of their charge. 
 
 Are, aret, a ram. 
 
 Arecountre, according to. 
 
 Areigne, happen. 
 
 Areitez, arrented. 
 
 Aremeuaunt,
 
 A R 
 
 Aremenaunt,arenaunt,/<?r 
 ever after, 
 
 Arenes, arefnes, arefenez, 
 put to anfwer, arraign- 
 ed, called in quejiion. 
 
 A rent, a certain fum af- 
 fejfed by way of fine for 
 beaupleader. 
 
 Arentes, let, rented at. 
 
 Arere, back again. 
 
 Arere (en), aforetime. 
 
 Arere (joint), diminution, 
 joined again. 
 
 ArerifTment, hindrance, 
 delay, prejudice. 
 
 Arefme, dareim, of brafs. 
 
 Are ft, Jiay. 
 
 Arefter, areiter, Jlop, re- 
 fifi, oppofed. 
 
 Areftieu, feized, detained. 
 
 Areftus, areftutz, arrejled. 
 
 A ret, an account. 
 
 Arete, arefte, taken or 
 charged with fme crime. 
 
 Argouees, argued, debated. 
 
 Arieres en temps (en), in 
 times paji. 
 
 Arire (rendra), jhall pay 
 back again. 
 
 Arierifee, injured, hin- 
 dered. 
 
 Arivail, arrival. 
 
 Arkes, bows. 
 
 Arm (de 1') de Tamyfe, an 
 arm of the Thames* 
 
 Arme, weapon. 
 
 Armez, arms, coat armour. 
 
 Armor, the fea. 
 
 A R 
 
 17 
 
 Armure, arms, armour, 
 harnefs. 
 
 Armures (milles), a thou- 
 fand armed men. 
 
 Aront, Jhall have. 
 
 Arorez, fodder, foil, corn- 
 poft. 
 
 Arouere, to anfwer, 
 
 Arpen, an acre. 
 
 Arr, in arrear, ar rained. 
 
 Arrablez, overpowered, op' 
 prejfed. 
 
 Arracer, to root up. 
 
 Arrages (gens), madmen, 
 
 Arraiibner, put to anfwer. 
 
 Arramez, commenced. 
 
 Arramir, to affemble. 
 
 Arranez, ou arranerz" ar- 
 raigned, or to be ar- 
 raigned. 
 
 Arras (en), iyi earnejl, 
 
 Arraynement, arefnement, 
 the arraignment. 
 
 Arre (demaunde), demand 
 back again. 
 
 Arrecl, arrette, let him 
 impute it. 
 
 Arren, arreyn, arrent, ar- 
 raigned. 
 
 Arrer, to plow up. 
 
 Arrer et femyr, to plow 
 and fow. 
 
 Arrere (en), lately. 
 
 Axrzxiz, perverted, delayed, 
 frujlrated. 
 
 Arreremeyn, backwards, 
 gradually. 
 C ArrerilTe'
 
 i8 
 
 A R 
 
 Arreriflement, arerifment 
 
 (en), in delay, hindrance, 
 
 annoyance. 
 Arreftre, to accrew. 
 Arrelt, accreft, accrews. 
 Arreftent, take. 
 Arrienr, happens. 
 Arrier, arrer, to give ear- 
 
 neji. 
 Arriers, again. 
 Arrivails (petitz), fmall 
 
 landing places. 
 Arroie (que je), that I 
 
 jhall have. 
 Arroit, arroet, Jhould have, 
 
 would be. 
 Arroul, inr oiled. 
 Arm re, plowing. 
 Ars, burnt. 
 Arfines, arfeuns, arfures, 
 
 burning. 
 Arte, narrowed. 
 Artie, artique, North. 
 Arte (eft), is obliged. 
 Artex, compelled. 
 Articlarie, artillery. 
 Artus, Arthur. 
 As, to, into, amongft. 
 As fiens, and his. 
 As utaves, on the oElaves. 
 Afalt, afaut, affault. 
 Afaumple, an example or 
 
 precedent. 
 Afaudre, to abfohe. 
 Afcaventer, to certify or 
 
 make known. 
 Afchoifounez, called in 
 
 qiiejlion. 
 
 A S 
 
 Afcavoire, to be under flood. 
 
 Afcenfement, agreement. 
 
 Afcent, affent, knowledge. 
 
 Afcerchez, fearched, 
 
 Afcerte, certified. 
 
 Afceverer, to affirm. 
 
 Afcient (qui a), who know- 
 ingly. 
 
 Afcunement, in any wife ; 
 fome of. 
 
 Afcurrons, we affure. 
 
 Afierent, belong. 
 
 Afolcs, wounded. 
 
 Afols, fatisfied. 
 
 Afoudre, to abfolve. 
 
 Afout, abfolved. 
 
 Afoyne, afone, effoyn. 
 
 Afperfe, difperjed. 
 
 Afpertee, afprete, by rough 
 meafures, by force. 
 
 Afprement, roughly. 
 
 A feet, afliete, affignment. 
 
 Afeir, to fit. 
 
 Afelees, fealed. 
 
 Ales, ajfejfed. 
 
 Afquus, fome. 
 
 Afs (1'), the affife. 
 
 Alia, Afaph. 
 
 Attach, a compurgation by 
 300 men. 
 
 Afiaeroms, will attempt. 
 
 Aflaiants, affijling. 
 
 Afiaiant de r>arneis,/ry/;'/;;, 
 or fitting on of armour. 
 
 Afiaie (en), on trial. 
 
 Afiait, aficit, affert. 
 
 Afiailcront, affault, or fet 
 
 upon. 
 
 Aflaver
 
 A S 
 
 AiTaver 3 mois, 3 months 
 
 notice, 
 Aflavoir, certify. 
 A flay, aflaye, endeavoured. 
 A flees, a woodcock. 
 Afiege, befieges. 
 Aflemble, a colletlion. 
 AfTembler, to meet. 
 Afiemblee, an union. 
 Afiembleement, meeting. 
 Aflemle, together. 
 Afiener, to affign. 
 Afienoms, affign, appoint. 
 Afienne, affignment, fup- 
 
 port, portion. 
 Aflent, fomething to fit 
 
 upon. 
 Afientement, confent. 
 AfTentui en judgement, 
 joined in ijjue, in judge- 
 ments. 
 Afifeours, affront, affejfors, 
 
 ajfefs. 
 Affeourez, made fafe. 
 AfTequrer, to affure, make 
 
 certain. 
 Afler, affeer, affeoir, to 
 fettle, fix, a/certain, af- 
 fefs, keep. 
 Aflert (d'j, to certify. 
 A iTerte, fur ety. 
 Afler (d'j, with feel. 
 Affcs,fet up, put up. 
 AfTes (Y), conj untli on, con- 
 currence. 
 AfTcfaunce (a la), at the 
 
 affeffmg. 
 Afifefibrs, abettors. 
 
 A T 
 
 *9 
 
 Afierera, will affure, make 
 
 fure. 
 A fibre, drained. 
 AiTeyly, affaulted. 
 Aflez, afeez, afletz, af- 
 
 fietz, aflau, enough. 
 Aflez affer, enough to do. 
 Affiette, aflbir, affejfment, 
 
 tax. 
 Afiigniers, afiinez, afifign- 
 
 ed. 
 Aflls, fituated. 
 Aflife en ore, fet in gold. 
 Aflis (jour), day appointed 
 
 or fixed. 
 Afiifes, afliflerent,y£/, ap- 
 pointed. 
 Afliduelment, conflantly* 
 Aflieore, to profecute. 
 Affiz, //. 
 Afiys, appointed, affeer ed^ 
 
 affeffed. 
 Aflbager, to comfort. 
 Aflbigne, effoyn, excufe. 
 Aflbil, abfofoe. ' 
 Aflbyl (qe Dieu), on whan 
 God have mercy, pardon. 
 Aflbilent, ie aflbilent, pu- 
 
 nijh. 
 Aflbir, to befiege. 
 Aflblloms, we abfohe. 
 AfTommes, adjujled. 
 Aflbndre (pour), de af- 
 fouldre, to abfohe, to 
 acquit. 
 Aflbub, aflbuth, aifous, 
 acquitted, difcharged, re- 
 folded. 
 C 2 Affurrer,
 
 20 
 
 A T 
 
 Aflurrer (cT), to effay. 
 Allure (1'), the certain. 
 AfTurrera, and will aJJ'ure, 
 
 covenant. 
 Aftallation (?} t the injlal- 
 
 la t ion. 
 A Hate, eft ate, condition. 
 Aflerlabs d'or, an aflro- 
 iabe of gold, an inftru- 
 ment to make aflronomic 
 obfervations. 
 Aftonbz, tin. 
 Aftraint, aftructz, aflriclz, 
 
 conjlrained, bound. 
 Aftraignons, to bind. 
 Aitre, a hall. 
 Aftre, aiftre, a hearth. 
 Aftrer (home), aftrier, <2. 
 man .refident, a villein 
 bom in a houfe of the 
 lord's. 
 Aftres (trcftouz le), all 
 
 the hcufes,firc hearths, 
 Aftrus, hidden, difficult. 
 Aftuche (]'), I conjecture. 
 At, hath. 
 At, and. 
 
 Atachiee, affixed, annexed. 
 Atari) s, attainted, convitl- 
 
 ed. 
 A tat, eflate, pur chafe. 
 Atauntz, atantz, fo many. 
 Ateigne pas, does not come 
 
 to. 
 Ateignent, which belong 
 
 to. 
 Ateindre jekes a oens, get 
 at them. 
 
 A ten 
 
 A T 
 
 emt, amount. 
 Ateinz, attainted. 
 Ateivament, effectually. 
 Atendre (e fit), and let it 
 
 be underftood. 
 Atent, attends. 
 Atente, atendre, waiting. 
 Atient, ex'incl. 
 Atornez (a co), appointed 
 
 for that purpofe. 
 Atrait a notre obeifTance, 
 drawn to our obedience. 
 Atret, drawn afide. 
 Atreys, other. 
 Atreent (ne), do not draw. 
 Attacher, to attack, take 
 
 place. 
 Attacher fon appeal, to 
 commence, to profecute 
 his appeal. 
 Attach (ie), attached, come 
 
 upon. 
 Attachent, buying. 
 Attaindre, under Jt and. 
 Attaine, brought, commenc- 
 
 ed,feized on. 
 Attainables, to be com- 
 menced. 
 Attainables (nient), are 
 
 not to be brought. 
 Attaine (caufc), caufe at- 
 tached. 
 Attainer fa action, to.com- 
 
 tnence his allion. 
 Attain re (fil ne puifTe) de 
 prover fa pleinc, if he 
 cannot proceed to prove 
 
 lis plaint. 
 
 Attaintes,
 
 A T 
 
 Attaintes pur ferfs, found 
 by verdicl to be villains. 
 
 Attame, attamened, com- 
 menced^ attached. 
 
 Attanners, untanned. 
 
 Attant (pour) de temp, 
 for Jo long a time. 
 
 Attauntz de noetz, as 
 many nights. 
 
 Attayner, treat of,fhew. 
 
 Atteindre, to attaint, con- 
 vicl, conviction 
 
 Atteinfifl (il), he had ac- 
 cufed, impeached. 
 
 Atteint, attaint, convicled, 
 found guilty , adjudg ed. 
 
 Atteintable (n'eft), is not 
 to be attainted. 
 
 Atteint, atteyntz, proved. 
 
 Atteinz, attaints. 
 
 Atteindre (eux), to convitl 
 them. 
 
 Atteindre (pur), to attain, 
 obtain. 
 
 Atteindre (fi le tenant le 
 voille, if the tenant will 
 abide thereby. 
 
 Attcinoit (luy) a grant 
 akur, met him with a 
 great train. 
 
 Atteignalment,ateifament, 
 atteynement, atteynau- 
 ment, effectually, ftrenu- 
 oilfiy, remain J 'or ever. 
 
 Atrcignent (le), are com- 
 mitted. 
 
 Atteynours, perfons who 
 are to attaint the jurors. 
 
 AT 21 
 
 Atteynt, atteinte, an at- 
 taint. 
 
 Atteynt de faufe pleyne, 
 convicled of having made 
 a falje plaint. 
 
 Attemprement, interpre- 
 tation. 
 
 Attemptates (pur), for at- 
 tempts. 
 
 Attend ront a nos, they 
 fhall be fubjeel to us. 
 
 Attentifient (s'), Jhouid be 
 tried. 
 
 Attent (come), as they 
 ought to have done. 
 
 Atterminement, refpite, 
 adjournment, at termina- 
 tion. 
 
 Atterminez, determinable, 
 refpited. 
 
 Atterminez (dettez),*/^.r, 
 for the payment of which 
 certain times were af- 
 Jigned; and thofe were 
 called, debita attcrmi- 
 nara. 
 
 Attiegn.ent, attient, belong. 
 
 Attier, appointed. 
 
 Attiles ijes), the fores. 
 
 Attilmenrz (1'), the filing 
 out. 
 
 Attirable, radicated, waft- 
 ed. 
 
 Attirent (les), turn them. 
 
 Attires (li). jo treated. 
 
 A [titles, affgned. 
 
 Attyrer, to provide. 
 
 Attyres (mal), ill repaired. 
 C 2 Attorte,
 
 zi A V 
 
 Attorte, raifed, contributed. 
 
 Attoumances, attornments. 
 
 Attournera,^// affign. 
 
 Attournons, "attorneys. 
 
 Attraie a lui, claims it to 
 him/elf, pretends title 
 thereto. 
 
 Attraire, to draw. 
 
 Attrapper, to catch. 
 
 Attrenchc, re/pi ted, re- 
 verfcd. 
 
 Attrench (tout), entirely. 
 
 Attrer, dravjs. 
 
 Attrct, treaty. 
 
 Attreztrent, draw, drew. 
 
 Attrot, confent. 
 
 Attroiftre, to revoke, with- 
 draw. 
 
 An, to, or, have, had. 
 
 Avabler, to deceive. 
 
 Ava fait, had made. 
 
 Avage le Seigneur, let the 
 Lord go* 
 
 Avail, lower \ as tenant 
 para vail is the lowejl 
 tenant, or he who is fup- 
 pofed to make avail, or 
 profit of the lord. 
 
 Availe, advantage, benefit, 
 profit. 
 
 Aval, below. 
 
 Aval (va) la rue, goes 
 down the filreet. 
 
 Avant (que vint), a vale 
 del point de Flcte, 
 which runs down by 
 Fleet-bridge. 
 
 Ava hunt, defc ending. 
 
 A V 
 
 Avale, lowered) proflrated t 
 A Yale (price), price low- 
 ered. 
 Avallee, abafed, humbled. 
 Avaller leur trefs, to lower 
 
 their flags. 
 Avanchant (eux), protecl- 
 
 ing them/elves. 
 Avant (de), before. 
 Avant (auxi), as well. 
 Avant (iffint), fo on. 
 Avant (en), hence for- 
 wards. 
 Avant (fuift), he fued forth. 
 Avans, having. 
 Avaunt (quil foint), that 
 
 they are proceeding on 
 
 the bufinefs. 
 Avant (ne foit pluis) fait, 
 
 be no more done. 
 Avanfoier, to advance. 
 Avanthier, the day before, 
 
 or yeflerday. 
 Avantures, happening, mif- 
 
 chances. 
 Avanture (d'), par aven- 
 
 tera, perchance, perhaps. 
 Avanture (en), for fear, 
 
 left there Jhould be occa- 
 fion for. 
 Avanture (faire), caufe to 
 
 be fcifed. 
 Avantures (pur faire), to 
 
 recover. 
 Avaunt, forthcoming. 
 A vau n t m cy n , before hand. 
 Avaunt (plus), more fully. 
 Avayner, Avenor. 
 
 A "ban
 
 A U 
 
 Auban (St.) St. Alban. 
 
 A ubelaftiers, fingers. 
 
 Aubiene, an alien, a fo- 
 reigner. 
 
 Aucon,fome. 
 
 Au£tov. les auctours, the 
 plaintiffs. 
 
 Audant, imagining. 
 
 Audemoneant, putting in 
 mind. 
 
 Audiens, to be heard. 
 
 Audions (ne) mie, did not 
 imagine. 
 
 Audremantz, aldermen. 
 
 Ave, with. 
 
 Ave, a goof e. 
 
 Avene nous, come to us. 
 
 Avecent, who have. 
 
 Aveer, to avow, acknow- 
 ledge. 
 
 Avegler, to blindfold. 
 
 Aveir, aver, averre, avere, ' 
 to have. 
 
 Aveir efcut, refcued cat- 
 tle. 
 
 Aveir (mettre),^/ forth. 
 
 Aveir (per), through ava- 
 rice; al/Oy through fear . 
 
 Aveit (il ni) pas, there is 
 not. 
 
 Aveigne, avenent, hap- 
 pens. 
 
 Aveigna pryvy (come il), 
 how he becometh privy. 
 
 Aveigne (iuffiiant), fuffi- 
 cient, indemnity. 
 
 Aveignene (fcrjeant del), 
 
 A U 
 
 -3 
 
 ferjeant of the avary, the 
 officer who is to provide 
 oats &c. for the king's 
 horfes. Minjhew. Or, 
 according to Jorne, Avary 
 fign'ifics a poulterer, f i cm 
 Aviarius. See Minjh, 
 Poulterer. 
 
 Aveignauiit (al), to the 
 value. 
 
 A veil, plucked from, tern 
 of. 
 
 Avenable, reafonable, con- 
 vcu 
 
 Avenant, . price. 
 
 Avenant, to come from. 
 
 Avenant (plus;, /... 
 terial. 
 
 Avenantcment, avenau- 
 ment, anfwerably, pro- 
 perly. 
 
 Avenaunte mefure (de), 
 of a proportionable fze. 
 
 Avenaunt foun (a), in Lis 
 ftead. 
 
 Avenage, pent oats. 
 
 Aveuc ce, avenques die, 
 moreover, be/ides this. 
 
 Avendrez,7^-// aver,Jhall 
 be admitted. 
 
 Avene, the river Avon. 
 
 Avener, get poffcjjion cf. 
 
 Avener (devez;, ought to 
 be admitted, allowed. 
 
 Aven (a ceo ne poier.t ils), 
 they may not be admitted 
 thereto. 
 C 4 A venom,
 
 24 
 
 A V 
 
 Avenont, having. 
 Avenor, the king's officer 
 
 to provide oats. 
 Avens, penthoufes. 
 Avenfit, avenoit, avenge, 
 
 happened. 
 Aventera (par), by chance. 
 Aventurous, cajual, con- 
 tingent. 
 Aventeroufement, by mij- 
 
 chance. 
 Avenues (facont lour), 
 make their entrance, ad- 
 vance, congees. 
 Avenuz (il eft), he is come 
 to, become intiiled to, 
 admitted to. 
 Avers, aver, avier, money, 
 
 effecls, goods. 
 Aver, avor, ave, cattle. 
 Avere, averuft (en), in 
 
 doubt. 
 Averill, April. 
 Averioms, jhall have, 
 
 having. 
 Averroit, avraiettre, would 
 
 have, 
 Averreier (veuille), will 
 
 aver. 
 Avefqe, biJJjop. 
 Aveigne, aveignes, oats. 
 A vide, greedy. 
 Avient (q il y), that it 
 
 came to him. 
 Avientifcment, avoiding, 
 
 annulling. 
 Avjctz, you have. 
 
 A U 
 
 Avilee, rendered vile. 
 Avint, it came to pafs. 
 Avirances, protejlations, 
 adjurations -, alfo eju- 
 rations. 
 
 Avifcera, Jhall add. 
 
 Avifcement, addition. 
 
 Avifer, to advife, deter- 
 mine. 
 
 Avifementz, determina- 
 tions, difcretion. 
 
 Avifement (en), to advife 
 about. 
 
 Avifli, avifi, alfo. 
 
 Avis (vient), laid open. 
 
 Avit, habit. 
 
 Avium, we had. 
 
 Aviz, advice, the opi- 
 nion. 
 
 Auference, taking away. 
 
 Auge, a trough. 
 
 Augunes genez, fome peo- 
 ple. 
 
 A u guri m , foretelling. 
 
 Auke, any. 
 
 Aukeward, backward. 
 
 Aule, a hall. 
 
 Aulm, aume, foul. 
 
 Aulment, elfewhere. 
 
 Aultont (d'}, moreover. 
 
 Aume fome (d'), with 
 fome fum. 
 
 A-umentift, removed. 
 
 Aumcyne, aumoingc, at 
 leaft. 
 
 Aimioncs, alms. 
 
 AuncefTerie,
 
 A V 
 
 Aunceflerie, auncefiry. 
 Aune, inned. 
 Aunes, ounces. 
 Aunes, yards, ells. 
 Auner (dras), to meafure 
 
 an ell of cloth. 
 Aunkrer, anchorage. 
 Aunoi, an alder. 
 Aunz, auntz, years. 
 Avoec, auveqs, avoet, 
 
 avoeckes, with, 
 Avoer, to have. 
 Avoefon, avouefon (1'), 
 the patronage, advow- 
 fon, foundation. 
 Avocrie (dc 1'), of the ad- 
 
 vowfon. 
 Avoe (d' lour), of their 
 
 patron, lords. 
 Avoir, avoyer, a fum of 
 money, goods, effccls, 
 eflate,fub fiance, debt. 
 Avoir (d'), of the means, 
 
 ability. 
 Avoir (1'), the wealth. 
 Avoir de pois, any bulky 
 
 commodities. 
 Avoir (de corps et d'), 
 with their bodies and 
 goods. 
 Avoir (pur d'), out of 
 
 greedinefs. 
 Avoir (gentz de petit), 
 perjons of fmall fubfiance 
 or property. 
 Avoirs, avoint, had. 
 Avoies (lais), lay patrons. 
 
 AU 
 
 *5 
 
 Avoiers (des), of the 
 
 avowants. 
 Avolfont, pluck off. ' 
 Avomps, we have. 
 Avonus ufe, have ufed, 
 Avotours des playntes, 
 hearers of petitions , com- 
 plaints. 
 Avouchez, advocates. 
 Avovers, avowers. 
 Avouerie (par), by allow- 
 
 ance of, by avowal of. 
 Avoueynt (s'il), whether 
 
 they avowed. 
 Avoues (les), the founders. 
 Avour (d'), to have. 
 Avoutir, adulterer. 
 Avoutrie, adultery. 
 Avowa, owned. 
 A vowable, jufiifiable. 
 Avowe, advowee, a pa- 
 tron, founder. 
 Avoweion (d'autre), of an- 
 other's foundation. 
 Avower, to challenge. 
 Avoye fet lui, had been 
 
 done to him. 
 Avoyer, patronage. 
 Avoytaunt, adding to. 
 Avoytes, have put forth. 
 Auplieies, employed. 
 Auques, alfo, now. 
 Aurees (d'), other things, 
 
 goods. 
 Aurel, auril, avril, auril- 
 
 leux, April. 
 Aurenoef, the new year. 
 Aures,
 
 26 A U 
 
 Aures, auriels, ears. 
 
 Auriens, have. 
 
 Aurun, will have, obferve. 
 
 Aus, to us. 
 
 A us, auts, others. 
 
 Aus (d'), of them. 
 
 Aufinr, aufinc, auiEn, au- 
 
 fuit, auibys, aufieu, alfo, 
 
 in this manner. 
 Aufint come, as well as. 
 Aufoms (ni), we dare not, 
 Auil, autumn. 
 A lifter, hearth, chimney. 
 Aufth, Augujl. 
 Auftour, a gojhawk. 
 Aut, let him go. 
 Aut come je puis, as much 
 
 as I can. 
 Auter, an altar. 
 Aurer (fur haut *), en the 
 
 high altar. 
 Ante!, the like. 
 Autour, the author, maker. 
 Autrccloth, an altar cloth. 
 Aucrefez, at other times. 
 Autrem, l'autrin biens, 
 
 the goods of others. 
 Autreoufe, otherwife. 
 Autreyerem, grant. 
 Autre ii bicn, as well as, 
 
 likewifc. 
 Autrefi conic, as if. 
 Aiurciint, likewife. 
 Autretant, as much. 
 Auvablement, effectually. 
 ACvcre, auver, to have. 
 
 A Y 
 
 Avultere (!'), the adul- 
 terer. 
 
 Avultu, y$r one year. 
 
 Avute, had. 
 
 Avyne, happen. 
 
 Avyce, advice, caufe. 
 
 Avynein, Avignon. 
 
 Avys, have. 
 
 Auxienes, any. 
 
 Auxint, and, whereas, alfo. 
 
 Auxi touit, as foon as. 
 
 Awaite, ambufhments. 
 
 Awant le quart degre, be- 
 fore the fourth degree is 
 faffed. 
 
 Awe, who had. 
 
 Awe, a goof e. 
 
 Aweit, crimes committed by 
 await. 
 
 Awen, the current year. 
 
 Awenours, owners. 
 
 Awer, Awoure, fufpcnfe, 
 doubt. 
 
 Awereftee,awerouft,<^?#/>/, 
 ambiguity, uncertainty. 
 
 Awes, waters. 
 
 Awey, avowed, confeffed. 
 
 Awooit. ylugujl. 
 
 Axies, alfo. 
 
 Ay, with. 
 
 Ay, over. 
 
 Aydonqes, then. 
 
 Ave (a I* dc Dieu), with 
 God's afjijlance. 
 
 Ayele, grandmother. 
 
 Aver, heir. 
 
 Ayl, yes. 
 
 * Sir M. Mole's "VIS. — Not /W, as Rot. Pari. vol. ii. p. 205. 
 
 Ayle,
 
 B A 
 
 Ayte, grandfather. 
 AyKenont, they put off or 
 
 defer. 
 Ay lours, befides, elf ew here, 
 
 otherwife. 
 Aymez, efteemed. 
 Ayn degre, own confent. 
 Ayne o famne, an afs with 
 
 a load, 
 kyx, choler, wrath, anger. 
 Ayre (1'), them. 
 Ayrer, to plow. 
 Ayront, pall build their 
 
 nejt, or breed. 
 Ay teles, to fucb. 
 Az (1' de foye), a filk 
 
 lace. 
 
 BA, baa, Bath. 
 Baailler, to gape or 
 yawn. 
 
 Babe, Elizabeth. 
 
 Bacelee, bacelete, bace- 
 lote, a damfel. 
 
 Baceyes, pearls. , 
 
 Bacha, a calf. 
 
 Bachelereux, hardy, ad- 
 venturous. 
 
 Bachilicr, bachiler, a bat- 
 chelor, a young efquire, 
 a knight. 
 
 Bacins, bafcins, bafons. 
 
 Badel, a beadle. 
 
 Badiie, vanity, boldnefs. 
 
 Baes prile, low price. 
 
 Bage, a bag, a coffer. 
 
 Bagnes, baggage. 
 
 B A 
 
 *7 
 
 Bague, a reward, bribe. 
 Bahuz, thefts, cloak bags. 
 Bailes, bailiwicks. 
 Baillolf, Baliol. 
 Bail de feifine, livery of 
 
 Jeifin. 
 Bailement (le), the lending. 
 Baillaft arrere, delivered 
 
 back. 
 Bailler, to let forth, to lend, 
 
 to deliver. 
 Bailleu, delivered. 
 Bailliff demeyne, his own 
 
 delivery. 
 Baillons, we allow. 
 Baillye, a bailliwick. 
 Bai lours, fur e ties. 
 Bailler, to humble. 
 Baifler le tete, to bow the 
 
 head. 
 Balaunce, fufpence. 
 Bale, ball, a pack, a bale. 
 Balene, baler), a whale. 
 Balefeitz, baillaitz petits, 
 
 fmall ruby balais. 
 Baley, a broom, befom. 
 Balhier, balhif, bailiff. 
 Ba! \\znx.,the bailiffs accompt. 
 Balinguee, advifed, care- 
 
 fit. , ' 
 
 Ballots, little packs. 
 Ban, outlawry, banifhment. 
 Bande, delivers. 
 Bander, to tye, to bind. 
 Banderount ibis, fha'.l de- 
 liver up. 
 Bandoner, to leave. 
 
 Ba.idor,
 
 28 
 
 B A 
 
 Bandon, left to onefelf. 
 Bandour, boldnefs, courage, 
 
 audacioufnefs. 
 Baneres, knight bannerets, 
 
 banners. 
 Baner dcfpleye, with ban- 
 ner difplayed. 
 Banky, bench. 
 Bannier, a -public cryer. 
 Bannv, fent. 
 Bannys, thofe that are ba- 
 
 nifhed, outlaws. 
 Banoors, baneours, ban- 
 ner bearers. 
 Barat, deceit, fubtilty, 
 
 wrangling. 
 Bar handier, a brewer. 
 Barbicans, bulwarks, out- 
 works. 
 Bandits, barbyts, fljeep. 
 Bi-.rder kins, to beard 
 
 wool. 
 E a rein, barren. 
 Barel d' or, a little bar of 
 
 gold. 
 Bares, at ban's, a game fo 
 
 called. 
 Baret, firife. 
 Barevs, caves. 
 Barges (les), 
 Barils, barrels. 
 barnaee, baronage, the body 
 
 of the liability. 
 Baron, huflmnd. 
 Barreaux, barrez, barrs or 
 
 grates. 
 Barrel' vch, Berwick. 
 Burs, bargains. 
 
 B A 
 
 Bartheu, Bartholomew. 
 Bas cur, an out yard. 
 Bafe meafon, low room. 
 Bafilique, a royal palace. 
 Baflard, luckier. 
 Bafleur, lowlinefs, fami- 
 liarity. 
 Baffinet, bafinet, baciner, 
 
 helmet. 
 Baft, a pack f addle. 
 Baftaut, beftanr, beflent, 
 
 difptite, procefs, contejl, 
 
 litigation. 
 Baftes, convenient. 
 Baltiment, bailment, a 
 
 building. 
 Baftife, battered. 
 Bafton de Fleet, a tipjlajf 
 
 of the Fleet. 
 Baiyns, bafcins, bafons. 
 Batanr, batement, batture, 
 
 beating* 
 Bater, battre, batter, to 
 
 beat, 
 Barer bledz, to threflj corn. 
 Bateux, 'batails, battels, 
 
 bateeves, batelx, boats, 
 
 barges. 
 Batraunt, beating, affault- 
 
 ing. 
 BaLuz, beaten, hammered 
 
 to pieces. 
 Battaiilers, combatants, 
 
 warriors. 
 Baucant, yellow. 
 Bauceant, baucent, a pa- 
 
 villion, 
 
 Bauciant,
 
 B E 
 
 Bauciant, baucent, a fpy, 
 an informer. 
 
 Baudement, fairly, mer- 
 rily. 
 
 Baudour, to the encourage- 
 ment. 
 
 Baudra, fhall deliver up. 
 
 Baudra (li), fhall take to 
 himfelf. 
 
 Baudront, fhall deliver, 
 give. 
 
 Baudroyeur, a currier. 
 
 Baudure, courage, be em- 
 boldened. 
 
 Baut, lets. 
 
 Bayle de Lincoln, the bail 
 of Lincoln. 
 
 Bayler, to deliver. 
 
 Beal, well, better, fair, 
 handfome, lawful, good. 
 
 Bcance, intention, defvre, 
 hope. 
 
 Beance, beiance (en), in 
 expectation of. 
 
 Beat, bleffed. 
 
 Bcaudes, bold, emboldens. 
 
 Beau luy eft, tis well for 
 him. 
 
 Beaumers, the Bohemians. 
 
 Beawmc (roy), king of 
 Bohemia. 
 
 Beddes, beds, pieces of 
 worfted. 
 
 Bedel, a calve. 
 
 Beeves, oxen. 
 
 Beins, goods. 
 
 BE 2g 
 
 Beiftes, beafts, cattle. 
 
 Bejure, drink. 
 
 Bekenes, beacons. 
 
 Beiance, balance. 
 
 Bele, handfome, in health, 
 
 Belement, fairly* 
 
 Beliftrer, to beg. 
 
 Bern, well, 
 
 Berne, Bohemia. 
 
 Ben, welfare. 
 
 Ben pleider, for beau 
 
 pleader, for amendment 
 
 of a vicious plea. 
 Bene, well. 
 
 Bene, ben (fi), as well. 
 Bene en tour, well near, 
 
 almojl. 
 Benoit, beneditl. 
 Bens, benez,benes,bendes, 
 
 goods. 
 Beof, an ox. 
 Beogaunt, begging. 
 Beoms, infread. 
 Beovier, a neat herd. 
 Beoure, to drink. 
 Berbrees, berbets, fheep. 
 Berce, a cradU. 
 Bercher, a foepherd. 
 Bercherie, a barkary, or 
 
 tanhovfe. 
 Bercil, a fheepfold. 
 Bere, beer. 
 Bere, towards. 
 Berkfuir, Berbfhire. 
 EerlmTer, a gajh. 
 Bers, biers, barm:. 
 
 Eers
 
 3° B I 
 
 Bers (a nobles)* to tbe no- 
 ble barons, lords, per- 
 fonages. 
 
 Bery, tbe chief feat of a 
 manor, 
 
 Befche, inquefi, 
 
 Befcher, to dig. 
 
 Befele, befleez, befiletz, 
 embezzled. 
 
 Befer, to kifs. 
 
 Befon, befom, buftnefs, oc- 
 cafion, necejfity, behcv- 
 eth. 
 
 Befoigne (plus fage), a 
 wifer jiep. 
 
 Beftall, beitiairies, beajls, 
 or cattle of any fort. 
 
 Beflez, befties, beajls. 
 
 Beftourne, turned out of its 
 courfe. 
 
 Beti, betie, Elizabeth. 
 
 Beverer, a watering place. 
 
 Be u pleid e r, fair pleading. 
 
 Be ufe, a widow. 
 
 Beutre, butter. 
 
 Beuverie, drunkennefs. 
 
 Beyfes, kiffed. 
 
 Beyver, drinking. 
 
 Biaus fiez, good fon. 
 
 Biche, a bind. 
 
 Bien voulu, tenderly loved. 
 
 Bien (de) et de mal, whe- 
 ther innocent or guilty. 
 
 Bienke, very well. 
 
 Biens, bie, intend. 
 
 Biers nobles, noble perfons. 
 
 Bip;ue, a Jhe goat. 
 
 Bi 
 
 Ic, a t/t 
 
 7. 
 
 B L 
 
 Bille, a label, or note of 
 tbe value of a thing. 
 
 Bioms, biens, intend. 
 
 Bions, effefts. 
 
 Bis, bread or bifcuit. 
 
 BifTe, a female fnake. 
 
 Blake rode, the black crofs. 
 
 T&arrixkmerw., infringement, 
 prejudice, 
 
 Blanches paroles, fair 
 fpeeches. 
 
 Blanc gaunt, a white 
 glove. 
 
 Blanc (5I.) i. e. the king's 
 fermor was to pay either 
 5/. $s. or to fubmit his 
 money to the lejl of the 
 fire, and thereby make 
 good the 5/. in fine fil- 
 ver. 
 
 Blafme et diffame, blamed 
 and defamed. 
 
 Blauncheours, blanchers, 
 whiteners, tawers offidns. 
 
 Ble, corn. 
 
 Blcer, to few, to put the 
 jeed into the ground. 
 
 Blein, full. 
 
 Blemifh, blefmys, broken. 
 
 Blemifhment (en), to the 
 prejudice, infringement. 
 
 BlemifTement (fans nul), 
 without any infringe- 
 ment, diminution. 
 
 Blcmure, a disfigurement. 
 
 Blefme, pale, bleak. 
 
 Bleflies, damaged, injured. 
 Blefter,
 
 B O 
 
 Blefter, to part. 
 
 Bloy, bloie, blue. 
 
 Boces d'argent, boffcs, 
 fiuds of fdver. 
 
 Bochers, butchers. 
 
 Boeitz, oxen. 
 
 Boidrai, / will give, de- 
 liver. 
 
 Boiens genz, good people. 
 
 Boillant eaw ,fc aiding wa- 
 ter. 
 
 Boilles ou brafes, tem- 
 pered. 
 
 Boillure, bullary for mak- 
 ing fait. 
 
 Boifteau, a bufhel. 
 
 Boifie, boift, a box. 
 
 Boivre, to drink. 
 
 Bojeaux, entrails. 
 
 Bok, Buckingham. 
 
 Bokuyler, buckler* 
 
 Bond, limited. 
 
 Bondages, bond tenants. 
 
 Bondcs, les bondes, an in- 
 ferior order of free men. 
 
 Bonemenc purra, well way. 
 
 Bonnes, bounds. 
 
 Bonnoizon, blejfing. 
 
 Boon, good. 
 
 Boord, at board. 
 
 Bore, bors, bos, a village. 
 
 Bore, borth (ii), the bo- 
 roughs. 
 
 Bordeaus, ftezvs, brothel- 
 houfes. 
 
 Bbrdcll d' femmes lovees, 
 a brothel houfe for pro- 
 Hitutes. 
 
 B O 31 
 
 Bord, on board. 
 
 Bordes, lies, tales. 
 
 Bordez, boards. 
 
 Boriialderes, borough-hol- 
 ders. 
 
 Bos, bofe, a wood. 
 
 Boiel, a bufhel. 
 
 Bofoinera, it Jhall be nc~ 
 cejfary. 
 
 Boibn, a buckler. 
 
 Bot, bod, the extremity, 
 the end. 
 
 Bote, aid, help, amends, 
 advantage. 
 
 Bote, put. 
 
 Bota (fe), put himfelf. 
 
 Boteaux, boots. 
 
 Bote et efpernonne, booted 
 and f purred. 
 
 Boter, bouter, to fei fire 
 to. 
 
 Botez devant le Roy, laid 
 before the kinz. 
 
 Botier, to put. 
 
 Botons, buttons, buds. 
 
 Boucher, to flop. 
 
 Boucher, to fpeak. 
 
 Bouch au cour, an allow- 
 ance of diet at the kings 
 or a great lord's table. 
 
 Bouchicr, a butcher. 
 
 Boud (au), at the end. 
 
 Bouger., to budge. 
 
 Bougeons, bouges, ar- 
 rows. 
 
 Bougre, fat U. 
 
 Bouges, bonges, budgets. 
 
 Bou.iC, a boundary. 
 
 Bounifas,
 
 3* 
 
 B R 
 
 Bounifas, Boniface, 
 Bountee, bountez, good- 
 
 nefs, 
 Bountenoufe, bounteous, 
 
 bountiful, 
 Bourchemefter, bnrgomaf- 
 
 ter. 
 Bourdick, boures, thefirjl 
 
 Sunday in Lent, 
 Bourg, a bajlard. 
 BourgefTors, burglars, 
 Boufe, pvrfe, 
 Boufquelier, a woodman, 
 Boufleaux, bujhels. 
 Bout feu, an incendiary. 
 Boute de la table, end of 
 
 the table, 
 Bouter avaunt, produce, 
 
 put forth. 
 Bouter hors, to put out. 
 Boutent (fe), put them- 
 
 J "elves. 
 ^Bouticari, an apothecary. 
 Boverie de tene, an ox- 
 gang of land. 
 Boviller, to boil. 
 Boyance, expectation. 
 Boyefte, boyette, a box. 
 Boy u re, drink. 
 Brace, a lance. 
 Brace de la meer, an arm 
 
 of the fea. 
 Brace et vendu, brewed 
 
 and fold, 
 Brachel, breeches, 
 Brachile, a bracelet. 
 
 B R 
 
 Braces, brachies, brachet, 
 
 les bras, arms. 
 Bracer, to brew. 
 Bracerefles, braceraflfes, 
 
 brewers, 
 Braceurs des querells, bra- 
 cers, or embraceors of 
 
 quarrels, 
 Braconer, a hunter. 
 Bracyne, a brewing, 
 Braez deltr', right arm, 
 Bragard,bragueur, aflant- 
 
 ing, bragging, fwagger- 
 
 ing p erf on, 
 Brair, to cry, to brag* 
 Branch ies, branches. 
 Brant, burned. 
 Bravement, fine. 
 Brau, a bull. 
 Braudefters, brouderers, 
 
 embroiderers. 
 Braul, a brawl. 
 BrauQe (en), in confufion. 
 Brayard, a cryer. 
 Brayes, breiz, brees, malt, 
 
 bread, corn. 
 Brc, pitch. 
 
 Brecatages, breaches. 
 Breche, an arm. 
 Brede, embroidered. 
 Breer, brewing. 
 Bref* jor, a fhort day. 
 Bref (deinz), fhortly. 
 Brefte, fhortnefs. 
 Bregheynok, Brecknock. 
 Brek, breche, a breach or 
 
 gap, 
 
 Bren,
 
 B R 
 
 Bren, bran. 
 
 Brefilne, a mill to grind 
 
 malt. 
 Bretages, battlements. 
 Bretemeuil, Bartholomew. 
 Brevi, in brief. 
 Brider, to bridle. 
 Bries, brieves, writs. 
 Brieve (deinz), in a Jhort 
 
 time. 
 Brigain, contention. 
 Brige, quarrel, dilute, fac- 
 tion. 
 Briqueterie, brickwork* 
 Briiie, broken. 
 Briftuit, Brijiol. 
 Brifure, a flight fear. 
 Britafk, a fortrefs with 
 
 battlements. 
 Bro, a diftricJ, a field. 
 Broche, a lance, a needle, 
 
 a packing needle. 
 Broches,fpits, gallons. 
 Brocha permy le corps, 
 
 run through the body. 
 Brode, brood. 
 Broggours, broggage, 
 
 brokers, brokage. 
 Brofe, canceled. 
 Bru, a noife. 
 Brudcz, edged, bordered. 
 Bruer, brewing. 
 Bruere, heath. 
 Brug, bruge, a bridge. 
 Brule, a purfe or pocket. 
 Brufe, broken into. 
 Bru ley, heath ground* 
 
 B U 
 
 S3 
 
 Brufq, green. 
 
 Bruiure de pountz, break' 
 
 ing down of bridges. 
 Buant, a bull, bulling ; alfo 
 
 drinking. 
 Euche, underwood, brufh- 
 
 wood. 
 Buche, utters, fpcaks. 
 Buche (de), by word of 
 
 mcu'h. 
 Buer, to weft), 
 Bues, buez, bouez, oxen, 
 BufFe, a blew. 
 Bugge, badger. 
 Buifibns, thickets, weedy 
 
 places. 
 Buizart, a kite, buzzard, 
 Bultel, a boulting fieve. 
 Bulter, a bolter or fieve. 
 Bundes, bounds, limits, 
 Bure, butter. 
 Burge, a purfe. 
 Burgerie, burglary. 
 Barge flours, burglar ers, 
 
 houfebreakers, burglars, 
 
 alfo incendiaries. 
 Burgh a Id, boroughold. 
 Burgous, fhrubs. 
 Burlyng, burling of cloth. 
 Burre, a vejfel, 
 Burt, borough. 
 Bufle, a pope's bull. 
 BuiTel, a bufhel, a mea' 
 
 fure. 
 Bufoignes, bufinefs. 
 Bufoignables, neceffary, 
 
 convenient. 
 D Bufoig-
 
 34 
 
 C A 
 
 Bufoignoufes, the neceffi- 
 
 tous. 
 Bufoin, bufun, befonche, 
 
 occafion, need. 
 Buffuns, bujhes. 
 Buteront feuz, Jhall fet 
 
 fire to. 
 Butiner, to divide the 
 
 plunder. 
 Buzac, a kite* 
 By an, to dwell, 
 "Bye, thinks, intends, 
 Byli, bill. 
 Bynd des anguilles, a bind 
 
 of eels. 
 Byron (courts de), courts 
 
 baron. 
 Byfle, biflie, a kind of/ilk. 
 
 Cae, caufe, cafe. gift. 
 ca et la, here and 
 
 there, hither and thither. 
 Cher, to be fearched. 
 Crlres, charters. 
 Chun, every. 
 'Coins, counzance, confef- 
 
 fwn. 
 c teinte, the feifin. 
 Cii, as. 
 Cabeletz, caables, trees 
 
 blown down, branches of 
 
 trees rent down. 
 Cabeftre, a headfiall. 
 Cabiicia, browfe or brufli- 
 
 wood. 
 Cab re, a goat. 
 Cachereau, a bailiff. 
 Cachereau, chartulary. 
 
 C A 
 
 Cachet, afignet or J'eaL 
 
 Cadeloyne, Catalonia. 
 
 Cadene, a chain. 
 
 Cadiere, a chair. 
 
 Cadonqes, that, then. 
 
 Cagne, a dog. 
 
 Calabre (de), furr of Ca- 
 laber, a little beaft about 
 theftze of afquirrel. 
 
 Calamay, Candolaire, Can- 
 dlemafs day. 
 
 Calenge, an accufation. 
 
 Calenou, Chrijlmas. 
 
 Caler, to hold one's tongue. 
 
 Callay, a caufey, 
 
 Camaen blank, a white 
 camea. 
 
 Cambe, cambage, brew- 
 houfe. 
 
 Camber, a brewer. 
 
 Cambre, a chamber. 
 
 Cambre, cieled, vaulted. 
 
 Capaine, bell. 
 
 Campaigne del roy, the 
 queen confort. 
 
 Campeftres, paftures. 
 
 Canal, a kennel, a chan- 
 nel. 
 
 Canape, hemp. 
 
 Candalle, Kendal 
 
 Candeliere, Candlemafs- 
 day. 
 
 Canes et foreftez, woods 
 and for efts. '/ 
 
 Canez, canes, keynes, oaks. 
 
 Cangier, to change. 
 
 Canibe, hemp. 
 
 Canonizele
 
 C A 
 
 Canonizcle cfcrite, canon 
 law. 
 
 Cans, dogs. 
 
 Cap, the bead, 
 
 Capage, a pole tax. 
 
 Capes, Capua. 
 
 Capiele, chapel. 
 
 Captal, a captain, a chief, 
 a feigneur. 
 
 Caquet, prattling, fcolding. 
 
 Carca, loaded. 
 
 Carcas, carkoys, a quiver. 
 
 Cardoil, Carlijle. 
 
 Cardonel, a Cardinal, 
 
 Cardours,cardorefies, car- 
 ders, 
 
 Carerl, carriages, 
 
 Cargie, loaded, charged, 
 
 Cargues, charges. 
 
 Carkerent, inquired of, 
 
 Carkes, compelled. 
 
 Carkoys, a majl, a car- 
 cafs. 
 
 Carme ou garme, the 
 verfes and fongs which 
 the bards fung before an 
 engagement, to animate 
 the troops. 
 
 Camels amis, bofom friends. 
 
 Carpos de l'alliance, the 
 articles of the alliance. 
 
 Carruweez, carves. 
 
 Carfe ^p, perhaps, 
 
 Caruer, plowman. 
 
 Carwe de terre, one plow 
 land. 
 
 Cas d'argent, a cafe of 
 filver* 
 
 C A 
 
 35 
 
 Cas de frument, a heap 
 
 or load of wheat, 
 Cas (en lur), in their per- 
 
 fons, 
 Cafcun, any one, each. 
 Cafe, a cottage, a houfe. 
 Cafe eins (per), but, and 
 
 in cafe. 
 Cafe (en), infome, infucb 
 
 cafes, 
 Caffable, voidable. 
 Caffe de b\te,Jlack of corn, 
 Cafies, cafes, 
 Catal, moveables of any 
 
 kind. 
 Cateau, a cajile. 
 Catoour, one who belongs 
 
 to the acatry. 
 Caver, a knight. 
 Caver re, plough. 
 Cauceage, tollp aid towards 
 
 repairing caufeways. 
 Cauces, caufies, caufeys 
 
 or caufeways. 
 Caunt, when. 
 Caufa (a), by reafon of, 
 Caufeours, caufers, the oc- 
 
 cafion of. 
 Caui'er, to caufe. 
 Cautels, warnings. 
 Cau telle, crafty guilt, 
 Caux, ceux, thofe, 
 Cauxion, caution, furety*. 
 Cayer, affixed. 
 Cayers (les faincb), the 
 
 f acred page, text. 
 Cavon, a grandfather. 
 
 D z Ce,
 
 36 CE 
 
 Ce, ceo, cetty, cecy, ccl, 
 celuy, this, that, thefe, 
 he, him, here. 
 
 Ceans, here, within. 
 
 Cea, it. 
 
 Cea (jefques en), to this 
 time. 
 
 Cea enarere, for the time 
 ' pafl, heretofore. 
 
 Ceals, ceax, ceaux, thofe. 
 
 Cean, heaven. 
 
 Cedules, feats or -pews. 
 
 Ceel, a f addle. 
 
 Ceerte, certain. 
 
 Cein&ure, ceincte, a gir- 
 dle, 
 
 Ceihdre, to girt, or gird. 
 
 Ceinz (de),' of this court, 
 here. 
 
 Ceificnts, ceafmg. 
 
 Ceint, ceinture, a bell, a 
 girdle. 
 
 Ceinturers, girdlers. 
 
 Celaftes, fcaled. 
 
 Celaont, they divulge. 
 
 Ce\eemem,fecretly, in pri- 
 vate, flowly, impercep- 
 tibly. 
 
 Celi, he. 
 
 Ccl u re, cele, a coverlet. 
 
 Cementers, bricklayers, 
 mafons. 
 
 Cen, that, 
 
 Cendal, a fen da I. 
 
 Cengle, a girt. 
 
 Cenrs (a), to the hearts, 
 intentions, fouls. 
 
 C E 
 
 Cenfables (en chofes), in 
 things to be taxed. 
 
 Cenle, rent. 
 
 Cenfeze, deemed. 
 
 Cenfour, a farmer. 
 
 Centiefme partie, hun- 
 dredth part. 
 
 Centurer, a centeyner. 
 
 Cenz, hundred. 
 
 Ceo (a), for this purpofe, 
 at this time. 
 
 Ceol, that. 
 
 Ceol, heaven. 
 
 Ceoles (en y), into the 
 fame. 
 
 Ceo (in q), in as'muchas* 
 
 Ceo que, where. 
 
 Ceoque (que de), that 
 whereas. 
 
 Ceofet, feifed. 
 
 Ceofq, for, during, until. 
 
 Ceou (tout), whaifoever. 
 
 Cep, flock. 
 
 Ceper (al), to the gaoler. 
 
 Ceppes (en), in the flocks, 
 
 Ceps des arbres, the flocks 
 or roots of trees. 
 
 Cepurqauntj notwithftand- 
 
 Cerchiez, fearched, fhould 
 
 fearch. 
 Cere, a lock. 
 Cerifiers, cherry-trees. 
 Cer ke, what. 
 Certcfyeaflenc, certify. 
 Certes, verily, truly. 
 Certes (mais), never thelefs. 
 Cervi,
 
 Cervi, paid. 
 
 Cervoife, ale. 
 
 Ces, thofe. 
 
 Ces freres, his brethren. 
 
 Cefourdhuy, this day. 
 
 Ccfiaunt, fixty. 
 
 CefTe (le), the forbearance. 
 
 Cefllon, feffion. 
 
 CelTou, fitting. 
 
 Cefte(mifea), afcertained. 
 
 Ceftes, this. 
 
 Celt res de vin, quarts of 
 
 wine. 
 Ceftr, Chefter. 
 CefTure (un), a receiver, a 
 bailiff. 
 ' Ceu, that, this. 
 Ceu (faunz le), without 
 
 the knowledge. 
 Ceue (en la), on the back, 
 
 on the cover. 
 Ceuls, thofe. 
 Ceunrey (del), of the cor- 
 
 rody. 
 Ceyns, here. 
 Cevnt, ceyntus, girded. 
 Ch' Seig. dear Lord. 
 Ciis en Dieu, dear in God, 
 
 beloved in Chrijl. 
 Chace, chafe, obliged, com- 
 pelled, have recourfe to. 
 Chacer defcharowe, driver 
 
 of c. plow. 
 Chaceez, driven. 
 Chaches, char, charet,cha- 
 rette, a cart. 
 
 C H 37 
 
 Chaier (lefTer), let fall. ' 
 Chamant, exchanging. 
 Chair envenomee, venifon. 
 Chal, a knight. 
 Chalejurs (les), the chal- 
 lengers. 
 Chalkyilg (pur), for 
 
 chalking. 
 Chai merit, clearly. 
 Challenger, to claim. 
 Challis (prince), prince 
 
 Charles. 
 Chalunge, claim. 
 Chambre depinct, ancient- 
 ly St. Edward's chamber, 
 now the painted cham- 
 ber. 
 Chamber bas, a Jakes. 
 Champartors, thofe who 
 are guilty of champ arty. 
 Champart (a), jeparate. 
 Champeftre (en), in coun- 
 try towns. 
 Champs (quant des), how 
 much meadow ground. ■ 
 Chancelez, canceled. 
 Chanceaunt, happening,- 
 
 f ailing out. 
 Chandelor, chaundelure, 
 
 Candlema/s. 
 Channte (une bone), a 
 
 piece of good fortune. 
 Chanoms, canon. 
 Chapel, chappell, crown, 
 coronet, breajl plate, hel- 
 met. 
 
 d 3 
 
 Chapellct
 
 5 8 
 
 C H 
 
 Chapellet (environ le), 
 
 round tbe circle, 
 
 Chapell de ferre, dc feu- 
 
 tre, a breaft plate of 
 
 iron, 
 
 Chapouns (ne a oufter), 
 
 not to take the bats off. 
 
 Chaperon, a hood, bat, a 
 
 kind of bead drefs. 
 Chaperon (fans), bare- 
 beaded. 
 Chapon, tbe crown of tbe 
 
 bead. 
 Charchez, chartered, 
 Charer, to fall. 
 Charetter, waggoner, car- 
 ter. 
 Charettes (les) de feyn, 
 
 cart loads of bay. 
 Chargeez, loaden. 
 Charges, charters, 
 Chargeant, heavy, penal, 
 
 expenfive. 
 Chargeance (en) manere, 
 
 very earnejlly. 
 Chargaunte (fi), fo 
 
 weighty, fo forcible. 
 Charier, to draw, or drive. 
 C^aroigne, car cafe. 
 Charonies, charounes, bo- 
 dies. 
 Charnels amys, bofom 
 
 friends, allies by blood. 
 Ch irs (jours de), fiefh 
 
 days. 
 Chars, charres, charets, 
 cart j } wagg ons, ploughs. 
 
 C H 
 
 Charrennes, charewes des 
 
 terres, carves of land, 
 Chartre, a prifon. 
 Charners (beftes), beajls 
 
 of tbe plough. 
 Chafables, obliged, com' 
 
 pellable. 
 Chafe, drift, chafe. 
 Chafer (et) adrefies, to 
 
 drive Jlr ait along. 
 Chafer (do), from driving. 
 Chafte (en route), with 
 
 all expedition. 
 Chattel (le), tbe chattels, 
 
 goods. 
 Chaftelle (Roy de), king 
 
 of Cafiile. 
 Chattel neof, Newcajlle. 
 Chaft irians, Jhould chaflife. 
 Chaftres, chaftris, gelt. 
 Chate, brought. 
 Chate (la), buys it. 
 Chate, bought. 
 Chaton (un), a cat. 
 Chatters, chattres, commo* 
 
 dities. 
 Chauces, caufeways. 
 Chaucez, driven. 
 Chau (de) ke, in as much 
 
 as. 
 Chaud melle, a hot or 
 fudden debate, corruptly 
 called chance-medley. 
 Chauncelrie (en la), in 
 
 chancery. 
 Chaunterent, declared, pro* 
 nounced. 
 
 ChaufTez,
 
 C H 
 
 Chauffcz, put upon his 
 hoots. 
 
 Chaufez, chaufure, bree- 
 ches ■, Jlockings. 
 
 Chaufcr, to warn. 
 
 Chavoynes, canons. 
 
 Chaulx (dc), of them, 
 
 Chautes (en voiles) ct 
 gargans de oifeaux, in 
 the flighty ftnging, and 
 chattering of birds. 
 
 Chaux, thofe. 
 
 Chaxtel, cajile. 
 
 Chaye, fallen down. 
 
 Cheaunce, an accident. 
 
 Checer in debat, to come 
 in queflion or debate. 
 
 Cheet (mout) en age, is 
 very much in years. 
 
 Checz (vus), you fall. 
 
 Chefs (a), to his head. 
 
 Chefe (a) del an, by the 
 end of the year. 
 
 Cheitifment(vivont), live 
 hardly. 
 
 Cheitivetee (grant), great 
 hardfhip. 
 
 Cheivalene du temple 
 (roeilre de la), ma fur of 
 the order of the knights 
 templars. 
 
 Cheines, chains. 
 
 Cheir, cheyr, checer, che- 
 fer, to fall, to abate. 
 
 Cheie, cheiez, fell, hap- 
 pened. 
 
 Cheifibnt fur, are made 
 upon, fall upon. 
 
 CH 39 
 
 Cheivfauns, Cheviflance, 
 an agreement between 
 debtor and creditor, in 
 relation to the loan of 
 money. 
 
 Chekere, exchequer. 
 
 Cheke (fauf), Jave that, 
 
 Chele (par la meifme) 
 grace, by this fame grace. 
 
 Chelui (pur), for him. 
 
 Chemimynaunt, purfuing 
 his journey on the high- 
 way. 
 
 Chentz wye (trois), three 
 hundred and eight. 
 
 Chen, chens, dog-days. 
 
 Cheneau, a young oak. 
 
 Chcny,fini/hed. 
 
 Cheountj cheent (ne), do 
 not fall. 
 
 Chepier, a gaoler. 
 
 Cher, dear. 
 
 Cherementes, cheremont, 
 dearly. 
 
 Cherifancez, cherifhing. 
 
 Cherte, charity. 
 
 Chefte, che.s (lettres), 
 ihe^e letters. 
 
 Chereil, may happen. 
 
 Chefe r (a), to fall, or come 
 to, fallout, happen. 
 
 Chert, chet a favoir, that 
 is to fay. 
 
 Chefcuny, checon (a), to 
 every one. 
 
 Chefon, carried on, defend- 
 ed, occafioned. 
 
 D 4 Chet,
 
 4 o C H 
 
 Chet, fell out, happened. 
 
 Chetifs, cheytifs, caitifs. 
 
 Chevage, poll- money paid 
 by a villain to his lord. 
 
 Chevance, goods, money, 
 riches, bargains. 
 
 Chevances (a faire), to 
 borrow, to make bar- 
 gains for. 
 
 Chevaffent, may go over, 
 may perform them. 
 
 Chevauchecn hofte, heads 
 the army en horfebae-:. 
 
 Chevalines (beftes), beajls 
 for the draught. 
 
 Chevalines traians, draw- 
 ing-carriages. 
 
 Cheventeins, chieftains, 
 captains. 
 
 Chevetaigne dettor, prin- 
 cipal debtor. 
 
 Chevance (fa), his fub- 
 jlance. 
 
 Cheve fires, head-flails. 
 
 Cheve, cheveres, chewers, 
 g, ats. 
 
 Chevin (donner), prepare 
 the way. 
 
 Chevin (en), on his jour- 
 ney. 
 
 Chevir de denier, to take 
 up money on loan. 
 
 Cheviz, borrowed. 
 
 Cheviz, to come to an 
 ag reement touching pro- 
 fertyt 
 
 C H 
 
 Cheuz, happened, fallen. 
 Cheryrent (luy ne), owed 
 
 no fervice to him. 
 Cheye, fallen down. 
 Cheynes, chains. • 
 Cheys, choice. 
 Chi apres, herein after. 
 Chiaus (a touz), to all 
 
 thefe. 
 Chi (entre), between this. 
 Chief (fun), his head. 
 Chief du lyt, bed's head. 
 Chiefs (en foreignes), in 
 j foreign places. 
 Chief de mois, at the end 
 
 of the month. 
 Chief qun, every. 
 Chienquante, fifty. 
 Chier (de), by a fall. 
 Chier, chire, chiertees, 
 
 dear, deamefs, reverence,, 
 
 love. 
 Chierions, will cheriJJj. 
 Chiery, favoured, encou- 
 raged. 
 C\\\q{\, failed. 
 Chiet (fcn) 4 his client. 
 Chiet a tie, falls to the 
 
 ground. 
 Chiez d' oftiez, the head 
 
 of a family. 
 Chipotcis (des), in provi* 
 
 Jions, r-'nfs. 
 Chir, knight. 
 Chirk (de), of this. 
 Qhiitel, cajile, 
 
 Chite,
 
 C H 
 
 Chite, a city. 
 Chivauche (facent la), 
 caufe a perambulation to 
 be- made. 
 Chivalx, horfes. 
 Chivachez, perambulated, 
 
 ridden. 
 Chivaunch, were riding. 
 Chivanche (in la), in the 
 
 ■expedition, campaign. 
 Chivache encontre ie roy, 
 
 rides againji the king. 
 Chivaucher, to ride. 
 Chivaus covcrtz (a), with 
 
 horfes covered. 
 Chivalchier le pais, over- 
 run the country. 
 Chivers, goats. 
 Chiviiaunce, an unlawful 
 
 bargain. 
 Choa (pour) qu, becaufe 
 
 that. 
 Choces (les), things, goods. 
 Choeur, choire. 
 Choucee (a bout de la), 
 at the end of the caufe- 
 way. 
 Choient, _/«//. 
 Chole, choler. 
 Chofe (ne ent mande au- 
 tre), does not command 
 to the contrary. 
 Chou, chon, chu (a), to 
 
 this, that. 
 Chou (et tout) que, and 
 
 all which. 
 Chou (pour qu), becaufe 
 that. * 
 
 CJ 
 
 +* 
 
 Cnre, charter. 
 
 Chuient,/^/ off. 
 
 Chun, every. 
 
 Chun (an), each year. 
 
 Criun (come ben) fer- 
 vant, how much every- 
 fervant. 
 
 Chuny (a), to every one. 
 
 Chyen (entre) ct lieu-: in- 
 ter canem et lupum, 
 twilight. 
 
 Chynes, oaks. 
 
 Ci pris, cy mis, as foon 
 fid as done. 
 
 Ciceftr*, Chichefter. 
 
 Ciege, fags. 
 
 Cicr, to mow. 
 
 Cierges, wax-taper?. 
 
 Cierve, a hind. 
 
 Cieus, here, hither, thofe, 
 fuch. 
 
 Cigne (liveree del), livery 
 of the fwan ; a /wan 
 was one of the badges of 
 Ileiry the fourth, and 
 was embroidered on the 
 capari/ons of his hor/e 
 when duke of Hereford, 
 at the intended combat 
 between him and the 
 duke of Norfolk. Prince 
 Henry h s Jen tore his 
 achievement, fupported 
 by two /zvans each hold- 
 ing in his beak an oft rich 
 feather and a fcrolL 
 Ci^nettez, cignets. 
 
 Cil,
 
 4* 
 
 C L 
 
 Cil, cili, be. 
 Cincaunt, fifty. 
 Cink, five. 
 Ciphe, a cup. 
 Cips, Jiocks. 
 Cis, ces, they j thofe. 
 tifere, ale. 
 
 Cifme (la), the fcbifm. 
 Cifne, a/wan. 
 Cifours, cifars. 
 Cift, this. , 
 Citoft, as joon as. 
 Citues, placed in. 
 Cla, claims. 
 
 Clamant, claiming, main- 
 taining, commanding. 
 Clamur (al), for proclaim- 
 
 ing. 
 Clamous pleints, clamor- 
 ous complaints. 
 
 Clarifie, cleared up, made 
 appear* 
 
 Clarrc, claret. 
 
 Clave, a borfefboe. 
 
 Claud, a ditcb. 
 
 Claye, a hurdle. 
 
 Clay mors de franchifes 
 (les), thofe who claim 
 franchifes. 
 
 Clarce (vin de), claret. 
 
 Clachent lains (qui), who 
 clack wool. 
 
 Clamour, impeachment. 
 
 Clefs, hurdles. 
 
 Cleif, a key. 
 
 Cleifs, diets, keys. 
 
 C L 
 
 Clerk us, clerex, clergy, 
 
 clerks. 
 Cler jour, clear day. 
 Clere memoire, of famous 
 
 memory. 
 Cler, clerk. 
 Clerement, clearly. 
 Clergie, fcience, litera> 
 
 ture. 
 Clergerefie, a learned w$- 
 
 man. 
 Cliefs, keys. 
 Clier droit, clear right. 
 Clime, kindred. 
 Climacha *, potius chiva- 
 
 cha \, rode with. 
 Cloiftres, inclofed places. 
 Cloier, to prick. 
 Clore, to inclofe. 
 CI os (brefe), a writ clofe. 
 Clofe (pur), for fencing, 
 
 inclojing. 
 Clofture de hayes, inclo- 
 jing with hedges. 
 Clos (le), the clofe. 
 Clouftre (fill), caufed to 
 
 be inclofed. 
 Clough, a valley. 
 Clowes de gilifer (3 ), three 
 
 cloves. 
 Cloy, pricks. 
 Clurs, clerks. 
 Clufe de pafche (la), the 
 clofe of Eafler, i. e. the 
 firjl Sunday after Eajler. 
 Dominica octava paf- 
 
 * See Pari. Rolls, vol. IT. p. 193. pet. 73, 
 
 + Hale's MS. 
 
 chae,
 
 c o 
 
 chse, dominica poft al- 
 bas, dominica in albis •, 
 lc dimanche de la qua- 
 fimodo, from the fer- 
 vice beginning with tbofe 
 words in the Roman 
 Miffal. 
 Clyens, clyents. 
 Co (eftre), moreover, 
 Co (d') f of this, 
 Coaction, coartacion, 
 
 compuljion, coercion. 
 Coche (fuit), was laid 
 
 down in bed. 
 Cochin (d'), from the kit- 
 
 chen. 
 Cochoures, couchers. 
 Coe ottroire, grant this. 
 Coe (ou) eft. } whether this is. 
 Coes les ; Coe (la), the 
 
 commons. 
 Coe (le) boift, the common 
 
 box. 
 Coders, collars. 
 Coems, coens de Nichole, 
 
 earl of Lincoln. 
 Coers, hearts. 
 Coer, commoner. 
 Coers, coerts, forced. 
 Coert (qore), which is 
 
 now current. 
 Coes (les povs) del roi- 
 alme, the poor commons 
 of the realm. 
 Coeurs, courfe. 
 Cofin (un), a bajket. 
 Cofre (un), a trunk or 
 cheji. 
 
 C O 
 
 43 
 
 Cognizance, fuggejtion. 
 Coherter, to force. 
 Cohiber, to reftrain. 
 Cohues, ajjemilies, courts 
 
 of juftice. 
 Cojantz, being compelled, 
 Coieres, coirs,coers,^r//. 
 Coiftz, boiled. 
 Coievient, convenient. 
 Coignfu, known. 
 Coigne, coin, money. 
 Coigner, to coin. 
 Coiles, tcjlicles. 
 Coil douft, as he ought, 
 Coillage, colleclion. 
 Coiller, to affemble, to eoU 
 
 lecl, gather in. 
 Coiliers d'ar^enr, filver 
 
 fpoons. 
 Comer, collected from. 
 Coil lee, a lock of wool. 
 Coil let i^de), for gathering. 
 Coilhant, gathering. 
 Coillours, collectors, 
 Coiniftre, confefs. 
 Coinonte, connected, 
 Coint, affable. 
 Coinnu^, comus, rabbits. 
 Coitiffe (chaftell de), cajlle 
 
 of Cardiff. 
 Coitacons. meetings. 
 Cokec (payn de), coket 
 
 bread. 
 C )ler, collar. 
 Colore, colour. 
 Cokrcni:, pretend. 
 
 Collef,
 
 44 C O 
 
 Collet, taken away, 
 Coli, took. 
 
 Collation, comparifon,ftm- 
 pie, coler. 
 
 Collacion (une bone), a 
 good oration. 
 
 Collifion, collufion. 
 
 Colorers (pluis), the letter 
 to colour over. 
 
 Colo u rent (fe), pretend. 
 
 Colp, cut off. 
 
 Colps, the neck. 
 
 Collufion, comparifon. 
 
 Colx, a blow. 
 
 Com, as. 
 
 Coma droit, common right. 
 
 Comandc, fend. 
 
 Comant, farewell. 
 
 Comaundable, to be com- 
 mitted. 
 
 Commant, command, or- 
 der, bearer^ attorney. 
 
 Combatuefle, beat down. 
 
 Comb, a valley. 
 
 Combatour, one who is 
 hired by another to fight 
 for him. 
 
 Com bur, burn. 
 
 ( \ nent, how, howmany. 
 
 Coment cy que, although 
 that. 
 
 Come, zvhen, as foon as. 
 
 Comen Tome, common fum- 
 mons. 
 
 Comcniables et provables, 
 commenced and carried on. 
 
 Corticfatz, beginning. 
 
 Q O 
 
 Cometut, committed. . 
 CominajTer, to have com- 
 mon.. 
 Comiflair du roy, the 
 
 kings commijfwner. 
 ComiTtre (a), to fpeak of. 
 Commauvaes, commotes. 
 Comme plance, common 
 
 difccurfe. 
 Commettement, falfhood. 
 Com miner, to keep com- 
 pany, to converfe with, 
 to have. 
 Commineront, they affem- 
 
 bled together. 
 Communalment, general- 
 
 ly. 
 Communalment, commu- 
 nement, communel- 
 ment, in general, com- 
 monly, jointly. 
 Comuner, to meet in com- 
 mon. 
 Communal, common. 
 Commune de reaum, the 
 commons of the cities and 
 boroughs. 
 Communaunte, commo- 
 nalty. 
 Commune (a la), with the 
 
 commonalty. 
 Commune (fanz) parle- 
 ment, without frequent 
 parliaments. 
 Comorth, a fubfidy. 
 Comognenues, fellozv- 
 monks. 
 
 Comp
 
 c o 
 
 Comp (a un), at one pay- 
 ment. 
 
 Compenfation, payment. 
 
 Compafier, compafcer, to 
 compafs, imagine, dejign, 
 intend^ endeavour, at- 
 tack. 
 
 Compel ant, competent. 
 
 Comperer, to fujfer, 
 
 Compeigney, company, fo- 
 ciety. 
 
 Compernant, comprijing, 
 Jetting forth. 
 
 Compertment, appearing, 
 
 Compigne, contain, com- 
 prife. 
 
 Compier, a godfather. 
 
 Compiere, as appears, 
 
 Compoir (pur), to appear. 
 
 Gomponnent les iiippli- 
 antz, let the petitioners 
 compound. 
 
 Complifement (faire) de 
 julHce, to do compleat 
 juftice. 
 
 Compliquer (de), to fold 
 up. 
 
 Compliffement, accom- 
 plifhments. 
 
 Comprins, comprifcd. 
 
 Comune (chefcune), each 
 of us jointly. 
 
 Comunalte(nule\ nothing 
 that is common. 
 
 Comunalte (afcunes de), 
 feme which concern many 
 per fens \ fame community. 
 
 CO 4j 
 
 Comyn (en), in common, 
 
 Comyns de parlement, 
 the commons in parlia- 
 ment. 
 
 Comyns, the common peo- 
 ple. 
 
 Con, as* 
 
 Cona, pafture, common of 
 pajiure. 
 
 Conation, endeavouring, 
 
 Concaufe * (potius Tun 
 caufe), one caufe. 
 
 Conceyvere mon brief, 
 bring, frame my writ. 
 
 Concey, framed, adapt- 
 ed. 
 
 Certeignment conceux, 
 certain information. 
 
 Conceillier, confult, ad- 
 vife, 
 
 Concubeant, lying toge- 
 ther, 
 
 Condemaundafle, demand, 
 
 Condouner, to grant. 
 
 Condudtz, lodgers. 
 
 Conduit (lettres de), let- 
 ters of fafe conducl. 
 
 Conduitz (les;, the attend- 
 ance. 
 
 Condition (en grant), in 
 great hazard, 
 
 Coneife, leave, 
 
 Conefeye bien, knew very 
 well. 
 
 Coneve, known, acknow- 
 ledge. 
 
 Conexes, conneclicns. 
 
 * See Pari. Rolls, 4 Hen. IV. vol. III. p. 53S. pet. go. 
 
 Confer-
 
 46 
 
 C O 
 
 Conferromous (fi), // we 
 compare. 
 
 Confefie, examined. 
 
 Confetti on, an anfwer to 
 interrogatories. 
 
 Confcxion (a la), to the 
 making. 
 
 Con tier, to trufi. 
 
 Confourmeront, informed. 
 
 Confiquez, confifcated. 
 
 Confors, comforters , aid- 
 ing* 
 
 Confrontations, borders* 
 
 Congye, conge, leave. 
 
 Congie de foy confeiller, 
 leave to imparl^ i. e. 
 talk with the plaintiff. 
 
 Conier, a place where rab- 
 bits and hares were pre- 
 ferved. 
 
 Conigg, coney ground. 
 
 Conilles, conings, coneys. 
 
 Coninges, fhillings. 
 
 Conifaunce, knowledge. 
 
 Conifent (ne les), do not 
 acknowledge them. 
 
 Conifoit, he was obliged. 
 
 Con i (Toms (nous), we ac- 
 knowledge. 
 
 Conjouyr (luy), to congra- 
 tulate him. 
 
 Conjettement, confpiracy. 
 
 Connfealx (par les) dam- 
 pens ifTue fe puifle fair, 
 by the advice of both 
 parties it may be brought 
 to an iffue. 
 
 C 6 
 
 Connuis, known, open. 
 Connying, knowledge. 
 Conoifle, acknowledge. 
 Conoyfient, hold cogni- 
 
 fance of. 
 Conpayne, companion. 
 Conquaftere, to Jhake, to 
 
 break to pieces. 
 Conquerra, fball gain, ob- 
 tain. 
 Conqueft (de), by acquifi- 
 
 tion, purchafe. 
 Confallatez, counfeled, ad- 
 
 vifed. 
 Confeil (tenuz), kept fe- 
 
 cret. 
 Confenr, acknowledged. 
 Confieux (privez), privy 
 
 counfellors. 
 Confile et plaine, the 
 
 church is full and pro- 
 vided for. 
 Confommez, confumed, 
 
 fpent. 
 Conflitution, appointments. 
 Conful, coniealx (du), one 
 
 of the council. 
 Confute, confu, annexed, 
 
 fewed together. 
 Cont, earl. 
 Containes, remote. 
 Contal, of a county. 
 Contamus, we declare, or 
 
 count. 
 Contafle, countefs. 
 Conte (a), at the county 
 
 day, court. 
 
 Con tee,
 
 c o 
 
 Contee(le),/^ county-court. 
 
 Conte, contes (la), the ac- 
 compt. 
 
 Conte (fur la), upon his 
 account. 
 
 Contean, contained. 
 
 Conteckours, brawlers. 
 
 Conteins (Toy), refrain 
 themfelves. 
 
 Contek, a conteft, difpute, 
 dijlurbance, oppojition. 
 
 Contemplation, affeclion, 
 regard. 
 
 Contenance, purpofe. 
 
 Contenance, counten- 
 aunce, contenement. 
 
 Contenement, countenance* 
 or freehold land conti- 
 guous to his tenement. 
 
 Content (a), has accounted. 
 
 Contentation, fatisfaclion. 
 
 Contentz, conteux, con- 
 tentions. 
 
 Contenu, continued. 
 
 Contenue, contained, 
 
 Contenunt *, run. 
 
 Contenz, contention. 
 
 Conter, againjt. 
 
 Conterent (lui), related to 
 him. 
 
 Conterfait, refembling. 
 
 Contez (des), of thefhires, 
 . counties. 
 
 Contefia, countefs. 
 
 ContefToiz, contemplation. 
 
 * Vid. Rot. Purl. vol. II. 
 Hale's MS. 
 
 f lb. p. 213. Pet. 25. Pot 
 
 c o 
 
 47 
 
 Contetz, contained, 
 
 Continance, continuance, 
 obfervance. 
 
 Continuament, dire£ily t 
 immediately. 
 
 Continuance -f-, his conte* 
 nement, fupport, main- 
 tenance. 
 
 Continues, contained. 
 
 Contiraunt, notwithjiand- 
 ing. 
 
 Contraitz, contraults, con- 
 trad s. 
 
 Contrariaft, had contra- 
 dicled. 
 
 Contrariantz (lesj, the of- 
 fenders. 
 
 Contrafter, to contrafi. 
 
 Contrefteant (nemye), not- 
 withjianding. 
 
 Contredie, refufes. 
 
 Contree (f'uit), was engag- 
 ed with, oppofed, 
 
 Contrefaire, to imitate. 
 
 Contrelutent, oppofe, 
 
 Contremant, countermand, 
 
 Contremount, afcending, 
 uppermoji. 
 
 Contremount (en), in the 
 afcending. 
 
 Contremaunt (degres), 
 afcending degrees. 
 
 Contreeftier, contrefter, 
 contrefcer, to prevent, 
 oppofe, grieve, opprefs. 
 
 p. 190. Pet. 64. Potius courunt, 
 iui continaxncty Hale's MS. 
 
 Contremettre,
 
 48 C O 
 
 Contremettre, to lay a- 
 
 gainjl, to impofe upon. 
 Contrepanel, a counterpan. 
 Contreovez, contrevez, 
 
 counterfeited. 
 Contreval, downwards. 
 ■ Contreveigner, contrave- 
 
 ner, to aft contrary to, 
 
 break, oppofe. 
 Contreytour, arch traytor. 
 Contrier, to contraditl. 
 Contrirerant (nient), not- 
 
 withfianding. 
 Controue,. controuled.. 
 Controvee, contrived. 
 Con trover, to contrive. 
 Controveures des novel- 
 
 les, devifers, inventors 
 
 of tales. 
 Contus, bruifed. 
 Convainquus, convi3ed. 
 Con veer, to convey. 
 Conveiez, conveyed. 
 Conevences, covenants. 
 Convenfift (il), it becomes 
 
 neceffary. 
 Convent, convenu, cove- 
 nanted, obliged. 
 Convener, to cover. 
 Converroit, converfe with. 
 Converiantz, abiding, re~ 
 
 ftdent. 
 Convs, converfe. 
 Conuflcnt, acknowledges. 
 Conviront, jhall convey, 
 
 conduct. 
 Convis, a banquet. 
 4 
 
 C O 
 
 Convoift (que fe), which 
 
 confijlcth, Jhews, difco- 
 
 vers itfelf. 
 Convyer, to convince. 
 Conyng, coney, rabbit. 
 Cool (le coler du), the coU 
 
 . lar from the neck. 
 Coonte, a count, earl. 
 Cooper tu re, a thicket. 
 Cop, cope, coupe, a blow. 
 Copable, guilty. 
 Copie du people, a great 
 
 number of people. 
 Copier, to cope. 
 Coplice, an accomplice. 
 Coppe (blees en), com in 
 
 cocks. 
 Copped,- laid in heaps. 
 Copper, to cut off. 
 Coppercnt, uncovered* 
 Copyl, a fox. 
 Cor, heart. 
 
 Corage, corouce, anger. 
 Corage, confent,will, mind, 
 
 inclination. 
 Corage (la), encourage- 
 ment. 
 Coraunt, paffing, current, 
 
 limited. 
 Cord, a load. 
 Cord (de la), the agree- 
 
 ment, confent. 
 Cordeau de iby, a filk 
 
 ribband. 
 Cordevvaners (de), leather, 
 
 &c. 
 Cordiner, afhoemaker. 
 
 Core,
 
 c o 
 
 Core, heart. 
 
 Coreoursde chivalx, horfe- 
 courfers. 
 
 Corer, to have recourfe 
 to. 
 
 Coreute (fuft), was in en- 
 mity with* 
 
 Coriage (du) de harang, 
 of curage, or curing of 
 herrings. 
 
 Cornefer, maker of horns. 
 
 Cornele de la teft, the 
 crown of the head, the 
 brain. 
 
 Coronoaille,Cornville(duc 
 de), duke of Cornwall. 
 
 Coronal, a coronet. 
 
 Coroneis (vins livr' d' 
 efterlins), twenty pounds 
 fierling. 
 
 Corones (as), to the coro- 
 ner. 
 
 Coronfe, enraged. 
 
 Corores laboreres, run- 
 agate laborers. 
 
 Corouce, a car oufa I, a great 
 entertainment. 
 
 Corpores, corporez, cor- 
 porate. 
 
 Corps prefantz, corfe pre- 
 fent. 
 
 Correes de battaill, ar- 
 rayed for battle. 
 
 Correours, curriers. 
 
 Correpc', corrupt, hafiy. 
 
 Corrue, convicted. 
 
 CorSj corr^ court, fiort. 
 
 CO 49 
 
 Cors (en le), in the principal. 
 Cors (fur peine de) e d' 
 
 avoir, on pain of body 
 
 and goods. 
 Cors (fur le) Dieu, upon 
 
 the body of God, i. e. the 
 
 confecrated Haft. 
 Cors, corfe, cords, a body. 
 Corfe prefent, a mortuary. 
 Corfes, cloths, kerfeys. 
 Corfues, courfe, corporeal. 
 Cort, court, limited. 
 Cortaife, civil, gentle. 
 Cortoiie, courtefy. 
 Coruces, enraged. 
 Corue, courfe run, fer- 
 reted. 
 Cor'une, cornus, homed, 
 
 tipped with horn. 
 Cornwayles (terre), Cornifl) 
 
 land. 
 Cofces, hufbandmen. 
 Cofes, things. 
 Coft, this is. 
 Coftages, coji. 
 Coftal, cofte, by, prefent, 
 
 near. 
 Colter, a rich cloth or veft- 
 
 ment, made ufe of on 
 . great fejlivals. 
 Cofte, coat. 
 Cofte (en) cofte, de cofte, 
 
 collateral. 
 Cofi.c'ms,neighbouring,near 
 
 to, on the borders of. 
 Cot gare et vileine tufon, 
 
 inferior kind of wool. 
 E Cotellers,
 
 50 CO 
 
 Cotellers, cutlers. 
 
 Cotel, a knife. 
 
 Coteaux (piene de), a pair 
 
 offciffars. 
 Cotidian, daily. 
 Cotiers, cottagers. 
 Cotte, cote, a coat. 
 Com, cut. 
 
 Cotures, little houfes, cot- 
 tages, coverings, inclo- 
 
 fures. 
 Cotures (quant des), bow 
 
 much arable land. 
 Couche, double ; laid double. 
 Coucher, a couch. 
 Couerer (vous voudres), 
 
 willfhelter your/elf. 
 Coues (as) des chival, at 
 
 the horfe's tail. 
 Couldront, Jhall cojl. 
 Couldront (qu'ils), which 
 
 they Jhall think. 
 Couler, couller, colour. 
 Coulerou, anger, paffion. 
 Coulpale, guilty. 
 Coun, Con. Pudendum 
 
 muliebre. 
 Councelera, will conceal. 
 Counfort, comfort, affift- 
 
 ance, encouragement. 
 Counfaunt (il ieit), and he 
 
 is known. 
 Counfeile, provided. 
 Coufeiler al roy (faunz), 
 
 without the king being 
 
 confulted. 
 Counfeyla(il), he advifcd. 
 
 C O 
 
 Countables (en), in counts. 
 Count (en) countant, in 
 
 counting. 
 Counte, county-court. 
 Counte (de) en counte, 
 
 from county court to 
 
 county court. 
 Counte, county, account, 
 
 eflimate, computation, 
 
 efleem. 
 Coun tees, counties. 
 Counter, to count, declare, 
 
 tell, plead, compute. 
 Counte palys, a count pa- 
 latine. 
 Counter palais, a county 
 
 palatine. 
 Counter pleadable, may 
 
 reply. 
 Counterpayne, a counter- 
 
 payne. 
 Counties, earls. 
 Countinuance (lour), their 
 
 contentment. 
 Coun tor, a count. 
 Countors des menfonges, 
 
 thofe who devife and 
 
 relate lies. 
 Countradit (fans), without 
 
 oppofition. 
 Countre etre, to be againjl, 
 
 oppofe, rejijl. 
 Countre la pes, agai7ijl the 
 
 peace. 
 Countre lit, upon his bed. 
 Countre rouler, controller. 
 Countreval, defending. 
 
 Counturs
 
 c o 
 
 Counturs le roy, the king's 
 
 ferjeants. 
 Coup de mere (pur), by 
 
 force of the fea. 
 Coup, damage. 
 Coupable, guilty. 
 Coupe, in fault, to blame. 
 Couperie (de), of cutting. 
 Couper (de), of blows. 
 Couper le tayle, to cut off 
 
 or dock the entail. 
 Coupiz, coppices. 
 Courade, the intejlines. 
 Courage, encouragement. 
 Courajeux, angry. 
 Courece, provoked. 
 Courer (dette), to recover 
 
 the debt. 
 Courey de battel, arrayed 
 
 for battle. 
 Courge, courfe, coure, to 
 
 run. 
 Courge, court, runs. 
 Courour, currier. 
 Courre, to courfe. 
 Cours (deux), two courfes. 
 Courfables, current. 
 Court, fkreened, conjl rain- 
 ed, port. 
 Court (fe), turns. 
 Court (moy) a mort, which 
 
 is the caufe of my death. 
 Court terme (cy), fo Jbort 
 
 a time. 
 Courte (per la), by the 
 
 ccurfe of. 
 
 C O 
 
 5 1 
 
 Court drap, cloth, called 
 Jireits. 
 
 Coufeades, concealed. 
 
 Coufement (de), of the 
 concealment. 
 
 Coufon, coufin. 
 
 Coultenghes (a nos), at 
 our own coft. 
 
 Coufte (en), collaterally. 
 
 Courtoilt refponift, cour- 
 teous anfwer. 
 
 Courtreux, a garden. 
 
 Couftoufes, cojlly. 
 
 Couftumers (et a ceo 
 s'eft), and has often 
 pratlifed it. 
 
 Coutes (de deux), on both 
 fides. 
 
 Coutellours, cutlers. 
 
 Couvrefeu (1' heure du), 
 the hour when the co~ 
 verfeu or curfew -bell 
 was rung, viz. feven in 
 the winter at St. Mar- 
 tin's le Grand. 
 
 Coux, a cuckold. 
 
 Couz, cous, couft, coft. 
 
 Covegne, it behoved. 
 
 Coveigne (gens de), co- 
 vetous, greedy people. 
 
 Coveitant, covetous, de- 
 fying. 
 
 Covenable, proper, apt, 
 fuffcient, right. 
 
 Covenablete de tens, con- 
 venient time. 
 
 E 2 Covene,
 
 52 
 
 C R 
 
 Covene, rightful. 
 Covcnt(ai), covenenchiet, 
 have covenanted, agreed. 
 Covene (nous), behoves us. 
 Coven telis, conventual. 
 Covenift (il), belonged to, 
 
 it iv as necejfary. 
 Coverer (fe), Jkreen, pro- 
 tect themfelves. 
 Coverer (pur) eglifes, to 
 cover, or repair churches. 
 Covert chival, a horje ar- 
 rayed, or harneffed. 
 Covetife, coveitefe, co- 
 veigne, defire, greedi- 
 nefs. 
 Coviegne (de fa), of his 
 
 own head. 
 Covoitoms, we are dejir- 
 
 ous. 
 Covynes, their fecret places 
 
 of meeting. 
 Covves (la), the tail, the 
 
 end. 
 Coylir, to cock. 
 Coyly, gathered. 
 Coyne, coinage. 
 Coy re, leather, ajkin. 
 Coy re, coure, copper, brafs. 
 Craftus (touz les) du citee 
 de Londres, all the 
 craft/men, companies of 
 the city of London. 
 Craire, to confide in, en- 
 
 trufl with. 
 Crainer, to refufe. 
 Crampus de goute, laid 
 up with the gout. 
 
 C R 
 
 CraMine, the morrow of 
 
 any fejlival. 
 Cray ( je ), / believe. 
 Cray, betrayed. 
 Creable, to be feared. 
 Creablement, creable, ere* 
 
 dibly, credible. 
 Creacures,creanfours, ere* 
 
 ditors. 
 Creance (la), the induc- 
 tions, the articles. 
 Creances, et a creanciers y 
 borrowed, and to be 
 borrowed. 
 Creance (a), upon credit. 
 Creantceantz, borrowed. 
 Creaule, credible. 
 Crecefiz, a crucifix. 
 Credibles, credible. 
 Crerez, created. 
 Creez fiablement, give 
 
 faithful credit to. 
 Creifes, croffed. 
 Cremal, a crimfon or pur- 
 ple colour. 
 Creme, burnt. 
 Cremeur, fear, dread. 
 Crere, creier, to believe, 
 
 give credit to. 
 Creiceaunce, croifiaunce, 
 
 growth. 
 CrefTom (ke nus), that we 
 
 give him credit. 
 Creifours (par engendrure 
 dc), by having lawful 
 ijjue born alive. 
 Creft, rifes up, accrues. 
 
 Cret,
 
 cretange 
 
 CR 53 
 
 Crifmatorie d'arg dorrez, 
 a chrifm of filver gilt ; 
 a vejjel in which the oint- 
 ment with which kings 
 were anointed was kept. 
 
 Crifme, a crime, 
 
 Crift (Jehu), Jefus Chrifi. 
 
 Criftine, chriftian. 
 
 Crocq (fix harquebuxes 
 de fer a), Jix large ar- 
 quebujfes of iron. 
 
 Crochet (dix harquebuzes 
 a) de bronze, ten ar- 
 quebuffes of brafs. 
 
 Croiables gentz, credible 
 perfons. 
 
 Croice (feinte), holy crofs, 
 
 Croire (de) auxi forte- 
 ment, fhould alfo firmly 
 believe. 
 
 Croife, croilTe, crous, 
 cruix, a crofs. 
 
 Croife (et homme), and 
 there may be reafon to 
 believe. 
 
 Croifement, crufade. 
 
 Croix neitz (fur la), on 
 the white crofs *. 
 
 Croiziex, croyfes (des), 
 perfons intending to go 
 to the Holy Land. 
 
 Croke (fanz), without any 
 iron fpike or hook. 
 
 Crome, crime. 
 
 Croyferie, crufade. 
 
 Crudes (draps), raw cloths. 
 
 * Brady in his appendix 32, and in his hiftory 97, tranflates 
 this ; on tbs old crcji; but I apprehend the word neitz is from nitidus. 
 
 E a Cruc 
 
 C R 
 
 Crct, accrues. 
 Cretain de eau, 
 
 del ewe, rifing of water. 
 Cretine, an inundation. 
 Creval oeil, thrufi out the 
 
 eye. 
 Creve, a wear. 
 Creve, fhook, railed, in- 
 „ creafed. 
 Creues (novelles), new 
 
 raifed. 
 C re urn, we believe, 
 Crewe, grown, incurred. 
 Creye, crcyer, believe, 
 Cribre, afieve. 
 Cribre (le payn), bread of 
 
 bran. 
 Crible, debated. 
 Crichet, agreement. 
 Criegnent (rie), are not 
 
 afraid. 
 Crie, cry general, a gene- 
 ral proclamation. 
 Crier, to fummon. 
 Cries la peace, declare, 
 
 draw the concord. 
 Criefme, a crime. 
 Crieuerie (la), the office of 
 
 crier. 
 Crikes, creeks. 
 Criler, to argue ; debate. 
 Crilz, criz, cries. 
 Crins, the hair of the 
 
 head. 
 Crire (fet), who knows 
 
 how to write'.
 
 54 
 
 C U 
 
 Cruc (char), raw flcjh. 
 Cruc, a wear. 
 Cruice (iceftes), this crofs. 
 Cms, cruez, credited, be- 
 lieved. 
 Cry (la), the -proclamation. 
 Cu, as. 
 
 Cu (un), a cook. 
 Cuchie en fon lit, lying in 
 
 his bed, 
 Cudietz (cum vos), as you 
 
 think. 
 Cuel, the neck. 
 Cuelly, collected. 
 Cuens Leys (li), the earl 
 
 Lewis. 
 Cuens de Flanders, count 
 
 or earl of Flanders, 
 Cueou, the buttocks. 
 Cuer (a), at heart, 
 Cuers, leather, Jkins. 
 Cuerent, meet. 
 Cueurier, mafler of the 
 
 choir. 
 Cui, whom, to whom. 
 Guide, cuideroit, thinks. 
 Cuille (qui ad la), which 
 
 is not cajlrated. 
 Cuil, cuile, cuel, the neck, 
 Cuiller d'or, a gold fpoon. 
 Cuiller, a collebtion. 
 Cuilliz, gathered, colletled. 
 Cuir (laft de), a lajl of 
 
 leather. 
 Cuift, bakes. 
 Cule, dung, filth. 
 
 C U 
 
 Cule nuict, the night fea- 
 fon. 
 
 Culhir, to colled. 
 
 Culiours, colleclors. 
 
 Culture (un), a piece of 
 ground. 
 
 Cum, as. 
 
 Cumbre, Cumberland. 
 
 Cumpaignie, company, fo- 
 ciety. 
 
 Cun, one alone. 
 
 Cundez, coined, 
 
 Cunee, cunage, coined, 
 coinage. 
 
 Cuneufe, known. 
 
 Cunge, cungie, leave. 
 
 Cunqueftre, conquefi. 
 
 Cunte, county, earl. 
 
 Cupre (de), of copper. 
 
 Cur (lunge), a long purfe. 
 
 Cur le roy, court of the 
 king. 
 
 Cureles, without cure of 
 fouls. 
 
 Curerons, will take care, 
 will apply for. 
 
 Cu rge, fhort. 
 
 Curge, currye, runs, to 
 run. 
 
 Curoms, will take care, 
 
 Curr, a hide. 
 
 Curreours des quirs, cur- 
 riers of leather. 
 
 Curriez, would run, pro- 
 ceed. 
 
 Curiurs (d'main), of cur- 
 riers. 
 
 Currons,
 
 c u 
 
 Currons, will take care. 
 Curruz (pur), through 
 anger. 
 
 Curs (bref de), a writ of 
 courfe. 
 
 Curfe (la), the courfe. 
 
 Curt, court. 
 
 Curteignes pilous, cur- 
 tains made of hair. 
 
 Curtiner, to improve ', cul- 
 tivate, fence in. 
 
 Curtiver, to plough. 
 
 Curtoife, curteife, genteel, 
 civile courteous. 
 
 Curz, courts. 
 
 Cufine, dyet, 
 
 Cufins, kindred. 
 
 Cuftages (as), cuftees, at 
 the cofi. 
 
 Cuftance, Conftance. 
 
 Cuftefre, Chriftopher. 
 
 Guftivent, cultivate. 
 
 Cuftumer laron, a common 
 thief. 
 
 Cuftume (a), into a pre- 
 cedent. 
 
 Cuftumers du courte,fui- 
 tors of the court. 
 
 Cufu, fewed to, annexed. 
 
 Cuttle, cutle, a knife, dag- 
 ger. 
 
 Cuune, generation. 
 
 Cuyre (efcu de), a Jhield 
 of leather. 
 
 Cuyfein, a cook. 
 
 Cuz, put. 
 
 Cy } yes,fo. 
 
 D E 
 
 55 
 
 Cy, if fo, then, alfo, as, 
 
 here, hereupon. 
 Cy apres, hereafter. 
 Cy avant, as well before, 
 Cy bien, as well. 
 Cy court, fofpeedily. 
 Cy (entre), between this, 
 
 between this time. 
 Cy long, as long. 
 Cy pres, as near as can 
 
 be. 
 Cy que, fo that. 
 Cy vivement, Jo lively. 
 Cye per attorney, here by 
 
 attorney. 
 Cyeinz, cyen, here, with- 
 
 in. 
 
 Cyeit, let there be. 
 
 Cyel, heaven. 
 
 Cyens, his own. 
 
 Cyere, to-morrow. 
 
 Cymytere, a church-yard. 
 
 Cynk, five. 
 
 Cynfours de bourfes, cut- 
 
 purfes. 
 Cyre (verte) ; la ver en 
 
 cite, green wax. 
 Cyfors, cutters. 
 Cytoaen, a citizen. 
 
 Dams, damages. 
 D anz, five hundred 
 years. 
 Dass, of affize. 
 Dct, demand, demandant. 
 Dne (y), demand. 
 Dee, to have been f 
 
 E 4 Dcf,
 
 5* 
 
 D A 
 
 Def, Deft, default, want* 
 
 Dr, right. 
 
 Drence, difference. 
 
 Deftf, dijlrefs, diflrained, 
 t obliged. 
 
 Da, dea, yes. 
 
 Da (ouy), yes 'verily. 
 
 Daareim, the laji day of 
 the month. 
 
 Dabondant, moreover, be- 
 fides. 
 
 Dabte, datf. 
 
 Dagge, a f mall gun. 
 
 Dagnell noire, black lamb. 
 
 Dagne, dage, dagger. 
 
 Daie, dait, ought. 
 
 Daies, within, concerning. 
 
 Daillours, others, elfe- 
 where. 
 
 Daine, a doe. 
 
 Dalphin, the dauphin, the 
 eldeft fori of the king of 
 France. 
 
 Damager, to opprefs, in- 
 jure. 
 
 Damaifgiet, endamaged, 
 injured. 
 
 Damafches belles, tame 
 bcafls. 
 
 Dames, deer. 
 
 Dames de religion, lady 
 abbeffes, priorejfes. 
 
 Damnable, to be condemned. 
 
 Damnablement,gnV'i;5;//7y. 
 
 Damoifells, demicelles, no- 
 bles, the fens of kings, 
 princes, 'noblemen and 
 
 D A 
 
 knights,fubordinatelords t 
 ladies of quality. 
 Damoyfeles, damfels, fe- 
 male infants. 
 Damp, mafter,fir. 
 Dampner, to be cancelled. 
 Danearch, Denmark. 
 Dan is, Dennis. 
 Dard, a dart. 
 Dareigner, to make proof 
 of it, to tejlify, to de- 
 reign it. 
 Darps, draps, clothing, co- 
 vering. 
 Darrain, darraigne, dar- 
 
 ren, darner, lafl. 
 Darrein, proof. 
 Darreinere paffe, loft pajf. 
 Darreignement, lajl. 
 Darreirement, lately. 
 Darrener (au) des terms, 
 on the lafl of the terms. 
 Darrees, money, goods, chat- 
 tels, ejfecls, merchandize. 
 Darres (2), two-pence. 
 Daifer, to ajfefs. 
 Datif, a thing in gift. 
 Dau, daou, two. 
 Daugiers, dangicrs, ffjj- 
 
 ing-places. 
 Daungerous, dubious. 
 Dauqui en. avant, fron\ 
 
 henceforth. 
 Da uft, Augujl. 
 Davant, before. 
 Davenon, Avignon. 
 De, dice. 
 
 Deanie,
 
 D E 
 
 Dcanie, deanry. 
 
 Deaufcens, two hundred. 
 
 Deaux, two. 
 
 Debas, under, below. 
 
 Debafe, below. 
 
 Debafe les ponts, beneath 
 
 the bridge. 
 Debafe lour eftate, beneath 
 
 their eftate. 
 Debafla, downwards. 
 Debat, oppofition, conten- 
 tion. 
 Debatre, to difpute. 
 Debe, ought, muft. 
 Debelle, over-powered. 
 Deberbiz (peaux), Jheep- 
 
 jkins. 
 Debies, debts. 
 Deboter, debouter, to put 
 
 out, deforce, deny, hinder, 
 Debouche et com, hue 
 
 and cry. 
 Debrifant, refifting. 
 Debrifer, to cancel. 
 Debrufure de prifon, 
 
 breaking of prifon. 
 Debrufez, broke in pieces. 
 Debuferont, ought. 
 Debuient (ne), ought not. 
 Debuoir, debuoiar, duty, 
 
 devoir, obeifancc. 
 Deburg, in commijfion of a 
 
 burglary. 
 Decea, from thence, 
 Decedcr, to die. 
 Decent, deceit. 
 Deceu, on this fide. 
 Decevanche,deceut 3 ^mV. 
 5 
 
 J> & 57 
 
 Deccux, decieux, deceived. 
 
 Deceyvante (en), in de- 
 ceivable manner. 
 
 Deceynt, ungirded. 
 
 Decha, on this fide, in 
 thefe parts. 
 
 Dec h after, to drive away. 
 
 Decheier, a robbery, to 
 take to robbing. 
 
 Decheues, decayed. 
 
 Dechyre, rent, torn. 
 
 De ci en avant, from 
 hence. 
 
 Deciens, fince. 
 
 Deciller les yeulx, to open 
 your eyes. 
 
 Decimeur, the owner of 
 the tythes of a parifh. 
 
 Declaiera, declarez, de- 
 laiera (\\€),fhall not de- 
 lay, deny. 
 
 Decole, beheaded. 
 
 Decories, fkinned, pulled 
 of. 
 
 Deconfort, difcomfort. 
 
 Decouper, to cut down. 
 
 Decres, decreafe. 
 
 Decrcfceantz, arifmg, re- 
 newing, increasing. 
 
 Decret, decrez, decreis, 
 (doclour en), doctor in 
 decretals, doclor of law. 
 
 De&es, debts. 
 
 Dedeinz, dedinz, dedenz, 
 dedens, dedaynes, de- 
 deynus, within, in the 
 mean time. 
 
 Dedcntre, within, between. 
 Dedie
 
 5 8 D E 
 
 Dedie (lu), confecrated 
 ■place. 
 
 Dedints, deduits, duetts, 
 trials, amufements. 
 
 Dedifoint, deny, refufe. 
 
 Dediftz, denied. 
 
 Deditz en jugement, de- 
 nied in judgment. 
 
 Dedount, brought, de- 
 duced. 
 
 Deduc, deduces, deduft, 
 deduift, deduft, brought, 
 alledged, determined. 
 
 Deduiz, dedut, deduyt, 
 recreation, pafiime. 
 
 Dedure (a faire), to bring 
 in quejlion, to bring 
 proof. 
 
 Deduyfant, drawing: alfo 
 requiring. 
 
 Dedutz, game. 
 
 Deduz, during, depending. 
 
 Dee, to be. 
 
 Deen, dean. 
 
 Deenz, within. 
 
 De entre, between. 
 
 Deervie (tot nel eufTent 
 il), although they had 
 net de/erved it. 
 
 Deface, defeat. 
 
 Dcfacum des membres, 
 lofs of limbs, members. 
 
 Defaicts, defeated, con- 
 quered. 
 
 De faille, deficiency. 
 
 Defames, infamous. 
 
 Defauce, diffolved. 
 
 D E 
 
 Defaudroh, fhould wait. 
 
 Defauderunt, Jhall make 
 default. 
 
 Defaurroit (en cas qu'il), 
 in cafe of failure, in cafe 
 of death. 
 
 Defaufit, Jhould die. 
 
 Defaut, deficiency, default, 
 defecl. 
 
 Defawcher, to mow, reap. 
 
 ~Defoy\\\R, failed, died. 
 
 Defectz, dejlroyed, defeat- 
 ed, undone. 
 
 Defeet, defeated. 
 
 Defence, defence (en), in 
 defiance of, in derogation 
 of. 
 
 Defence (en), fenced off, 
 in fever al. 
 
 Defencufe (fe), may de- 
 fend himfelf. 
 
 Defendaunt (fe), in his 
 own defence. 
 
 Defendeutz, badly repaired. 
 
 Defender, to oppofe, deny. 
 
 Defend' le droit, oppofes 
 or denies the right. 
 
 Defendre, to prohibit. 
 
 Defens (mifes en), put in 
 defence, prohibited. 
 
 Derenfe, prohibition, com- 
 mandment. 
 
 Defenfed plait, maintain 
 any plea. 
 
 Defenfes, prohibited fea- 
 fons and places. 
 
 Defent, defends, 
 
 Defere,
 
 D E 
 
 Defere, fet ajide, undo, de- 
 feat, reverfe. 
 
 Defefance des tern piers, 
 the fupprejjion of the or- 
 der of the knights-tem- 
 plars. 
 
 Defefant, undoing, defeat- 
 ing. 
 
 Defez, done. 
 
 Deffefance (en), in preju- 
 dice. 
 
 Deffiaille, breach of faith. 
 
 Deffranchifiant, disfran- 
 chizing. 
 
 Defie, mijirufted. 
 
 Defiete, loft, forfeited. 
 
 Definement du terme, end 
 of the term. 
 
 Defiftes, did, gave. 
 
 Deflis, tired. 
 
 Defoia, defoula, defula, 
 derbules, trodden down, 
 trampled upon, fpciled, 
 damaged, ill-treated, a- 
 bufed. 
 
 Defont, defeated. 
 
 Delbre, oppoje, obftrutl. 
 
 Defover, defower, to dig 
 or take up again, to un- 
 cover. 
 
 Defoulours, fpoilers, rob- 
 bers. 
 
 Defrene vers lui, recovers 
 againjl him. 
 
 Berretz, will defeat. 
 
 Defrifher, defrifcher, to 
 work by tilling the 
 ground. 
 
 D E 
 
 59 
 
 Defua fon baron, eloped 
 
 from her hujband. 
 Defues, widows. 
 
 Defuiaunr, running away, 
 flying from. 
 
 Derula, defoia, took out of 
 the fold. 
 
 Defuont, run away. 
 
 Degage, give fecurity. 
 
 Degage's, replevied. 
 
 Degaft, degeft, degata, 
 fpoiled, wafted, trod 
 down. 
 
 Degayne, un tilled. 
 
 Degile manere, in an un- 
 due manner. 
 
 Degre, voluntarily. 
 
 Degre voyde, a voidfpace. 
 
 Degret, degree. 
 
 Degu, nobody. 
 
 Deguerre, in war. 
 
 Deguerpys, abandoned. 
 
 De guiife, difguifed. 
 
 Degun, any. 
 
 Degutz, due. 
 
 Deherte de fa feivre, ill of 
 her fever. 
 
 Dehors, in. 
 
 Dehue, due. 
 
 Dehonneftation defammes 
 marriees, robbing mar- 
 ried women cf their cha- 
 ftity. 
 
 Dei, finger. 
 
 Deia, dyed. 
 
 Deignent, condefcend. 
 
 Deigner, grant. 
 
 Dejeft,
 
 Co D E 
 
 Deject, thrown down. 
 
 Deins, teeth. 
 
 Deins aver, in the hands, 
 
 Deinzfeins, denizens. 
 
 Deinz (cie) et jours, with- 
 in ten days. 
 
 Deinz, deinz qe, del deins, 
 within. 
 
 Dejofte, near. 
 
 Deifiens, we faid. 
 
 DeiiTiers, dejired. 
 
 Deiflbins, fay. 
 
 Deiffons, fhould fay. 
 
 Deit, owe, owing, owes, 
 ought. 
 
 Dei ces, debts. 
 
 Dei.a, afore/aid, 
 
 Deiture, right. 
 
 Deive, ee, ought to be. 
 
 Deivent, owe. 
 
 Deiviers, rights, duties. 
 
 Deivoerent myfes, there 
 ought to be provided. 
 
 De kes en fca, to this 
 time. 
 
 De kes ore, hitherto. 
 
 De key, wherefore, till this 
 time. 
 
 Del air, relcafe. 
 
 Delair, the month of De- 
 cember. 
 
 Delairont (fe), fhall dheft 
 themfehes. 
 
 Delaiflie (nous avons), we 
 have given up. 
 
 Delaiifer, to leave, for fake. 
 
 Delaiflementz, releafes, ac- 
 quittances. 
 
 D E 
 
 Deleaute, perfidy, rebel- 
 lion, infamy, light cha- 
 racler. 
 
 Delermer, to bewail. 
 
 Delers, befides. 
 
 Deles, delay. 
 
 Deles, delez, delees, a- 
 bout, near. 
 
 Deleilbms, we releafe. 
 
 Delie, diffolved. 
 
 Delinqetz, difmifs. 
 
 Delitable, delegable, dear 
 to him. 
 
 Delitent, take a pleafure 
 in. 
 
 Deliverant, the affirmant. 
 
 Deliverance (vers la), to- 
 wards the fcffions of the 
 gaol- delivery, 
 
 Deliveraunt, difpatching, 
 performing. 
 
 Dcliveraunce (a la), for 
 the dif charge. 
 
 Deliverer (le people), the 
 people delivered at a gaol- 
 delivery. 
 
 Delleanies, allegations. 
 
 Delue, delayed. 
 
 Delyt, delight. 
 
 Demainer (en Ion), in his 
 demefne. 
 
 Demainez, lords. 
 
 Demaint, now, prefently. 
 
 Demariez,, married. 
 
 Demaunder, to cry a thing, 
 to fend. 
 
 Demaygne(en) > in demefne. 
 
 Deme, to be. 
 
 Demeanez,
 
 D E 
 
 Demeanez, ordered, 
 Demeigne, demenie, de- 
 
 meine, own. 
 Demein, to-morrow. 
 Demeine (en), in the mean 
 
 time, again. 
 Demeins, with lefs. 
 Demenez, agitated,ftirred. 
 Demenge, Sunday. 
 Dementenant en avant, 
 from this time forwards. 
 Dementers, while. 
 Dementers (en), demen- 
 tiers, in the mean time. 
 Demefnez, ruled: demean- 
 ed themfelves well. 
 Demefure (a), beyond all 
 
 meafure, immoderately. 
 Demette (fe), parts with. 
 Demettent (lei), fubmit 
 themfelves, render them- 
 felves. 
 Demettre, demitter, to let 
 go, to part with, to put 
 away. 
 Demeures, wait. 
 Demierkes, Wednefday. 
 Demittable, demifeable. 
 Demoer, demourier, de- 
 moerger, demorier, to 
 remain, abide, dwell 
 with. 
 Demoere (la), the proteft, 
 
 declaration. 
 Demoere (la) le counte de 
 Lane, the proteft ation of 
 the earl of Lancafter. 
 
 D E 6t 
 
 Demonftrance, declaratU 
 on, count, petition, re- 
 monftrance, fuggeftion. 
 Demorant teftament, lad 
 
 will. 
 Demorez, retained. 
 Demorer enfemble, to CO" 
 
 habit together. 
 Demuftrer, to fhew. 
 Demy noet, midnight. 
 Demys {z),haspar ted with. 
 Demyft (ne fe), did not 
 
 pat himfelf out. 
 Dempt, taken. 
 Den, dean. 
 
 Dene, denne, a valley. 
 Deneir, to give. 
 Denerie, deanry. 
 Dener, denier, denire, de- 
 neres, denerez, denrees, 
 danree, a penny, money. 
 Deners countauntz, ready 
 
 money. 
 Denier, deniaft, denied, 
 
 refufed. 
 Denier parties, towards the 
 
 parts. 
 Denioms, afraid. 
 Denoicer, wages. 
 Denomination (de lour), 
 
 of their own naming. 
 Denqui, beyond. 
 Denree de pain, a penny 
 
 worth of bread. 
 Dent, give. 
 
 Denueroit en la mercie, 
 jljould be amerced. 
 
 Denver,
 
 62 
 
 D E 
 
 Denyer, dye. 
 Denygres, obliterated. 
 Denys (vos), give you, I 
 
 lay before you. 
 Denz, within. 
 Denzeyn, denzeifne, de- 
 nizen. 
 Denzieme, defein, deccnry. 
 Deocifife, diocefe, dijlritl, 
 
 parifh. 
 DeorTe, boned. 
 Deotantes, deodands. 
 De par de la, beyond-fea. 
 Dcpartable, divifible. 
 Departier (a), feparate. 
 Deparcies, difpofed of. 
 Department, divided. 
 Departie (la), the fepara- 
 
 ticn. 
 Departeement, feverally. 
 Departure, parting. 
 Depece, (foit denier) des 
 
 pefce, let the money be 
 
 broke to pieces. 
 Depeciez, cancel, tear. 
 Depdad, in the commijfion 
 
 of a robbery. 
 Depen fern en is,fuggeJlions. 
 Deper, on the behalf. 
 Deperdes, loffes. 
 Depere, lo/l, decayed. 
 Depererary, jhall repair 
 
 to. 
 Depertier, to depart with. 
 Depertire, depart from. 
 Depefcer, to unfold, cut 
 
 into pieces by ret ale. 
 
 D E 
 
 Depefcez prifon ont, have 
 broken the prifon. 
 
 Depefne (fon bafton eft), 
 his Jlaff is broken. 
 
 Depeiferont le mur, fhall 
 break down the wall. 
 
 Depieca, lately. 
 
 Depiroient, taken away, 
 defrayed. 
 
 Depiz, worfe. 
 
 Deplain, in a fummary 
 manner. 
 
 Deplayer, to wound. 
 
 Deprave, reviled, depre- 
 ciated. 
 
 Depredative (difleifine), a 
 diffeijin gained by vio- 
 lence, or clandejlinely. 
 
 Deprovera, fhall difprove. 
 
 Depoos, a depofit. 
 
 Deport, jujl, right, equit- 
 able. 
 
 Deport, refpetl. 
 
 De porte (je me), i" rely 
 upon it. 
 
 Deporcer, to depart. 
 
 Deportcr, defporter, di- 
 ver/ion, recreation. 
 
 Depotl: d'armes, laying 
 down of arms. 
 
 De qes en ca, to this time. 
 
 Deques, until. 
 
 D' qune, therefore. 
 
 Deraners, dereein, laft. 
 
 Deraferent, broke to pieces, 
 cut to pieces, dejlroyed. 
 Derchief,
 
 D E 
 
 Derchief, derechief, den- 
 chefs, moreover, again, 
 repetition, from hence- 
 forth. 
 
 Dere, deer, 
 
 Derere eux, in their abfence. 
 
 Derene, dereinet, derain- 
 ed, deraigned, deter- 
 mined. 
 
 Derener, dereigner, de- 
 reyner, deraigner, de- 
 reiner, derainer, to 
 "prove, to clear himfelf, 
 to injlitute, to deraign. 
 
 Derefon, fcorn, contempt. 
 
 D'reigne, derene, proof. 
 
 Derire, behind-hand. 
 
 Derife, mocked^ laughed at. 
 
 Derognent, derogate from. 
 
 Deroguer, to abrogate. 
 
 Deromper, to break. 
 
 Derrai, damage. 
 
 Derreiner, to endeavour. 
 
 Derroin, dereint, laft. 
 
 Detroit, fhould give. 
 
 Derruide, in a ruinous con- 
 dition. 
 
 Des, from. 
 
 Des accordaunt, different, 
 varying from. 
 
 Defacort, difagreement . 
 
 Defadunques, from that 
 time. 
 
 Deiaifez, injured, troubled, 
 hindered. 
 
 D E 
 
 6 3 
 
 Defapeile, unfurnifhed, un- 
 provided. 
 Defareftent, difcharge, re- 
 
 leafe from the arrejl. 
 DelaiTentera, fhall refufe 
 
 his affent. 
 Defafiurez, dijheartened, 
 
 difcomfited. 
 Defafure *, unferved. 
 Defattames, unfinifhed. 
 Defautes, defaute (la), the 
 
 want. 
 Defavaunce, unadvanced. 
 Defavowes, difclaims, dif- 
 
 owns, refufes to fiand 
 
 to. 
 Defavowes, difavowes, dif- 
 
 avowed. 
 Defavowes, unwarranta- 
 ble, unjufiifiable. 
 Defbalmant, clearing from 
 
 the acculation. 
 Defbaz, difputes. 
 Defblemies, unblemified, 
 
 uninvaded. 
 Defboucher, to unjlop, to 
 
 difpark. 
 Defcekz, defcenicl, de- 
 
 foynr, defceyntz, un- 
 
 girded. 
 Defcendue, determined. 
 Defcendent en enquefte, 
 
 come to an inqueji. 
 Defcendi (lui), defredhim. 
 
 See Rot. Purl. vol. II. p. 76. pet. 18. Potius JUfapvire, Hale's MS. 
 
 Defcernez,
 
 H 
 
 D E 
 
 Defcernez, decreed. 
 Defce\ erance, to the fever ■- 
 
 ance. 
 Defchauces, barefoot. 
 Defchauncee des foulers, 
 
 bare-legged* 
 Defchee, defcribe. 
 Defcheiez, tumbled down, 
 gone to ruin, gone to de- 
 cay. 
 Defchete, abated, deducled, 
 Defcheterie, efchealor. 
 Defchevele, loofe, difhe- 
 
 velled. 
 Defcheu de fa plaint, lofes 
 the benefit of his plaint. 
 Deichevoir, deceive. 
 Defclaire, declares. 
 Defclaree, explained, de- 
 clared. 
 Ddclarifiement, explana- 
 tion. 
 Defclor, defclar, difclofed, 
 
 fet forth. 
 Defclos, not inclofed. 
 Defcomerfit a nubi, dif- 
 clofed to any one. 
 Defcortz, difcords. 
 Defcovcnable, unfitting, 
 unlawful, nonjuridical. 
 Defcovert (tout a), open- 
 ly, fairly. 
 Defcoulpe, excufed, jufti- 
 
 fied. 
 Defcoute, uncovered. 
 Defcoupant, exculpating. 
 
 D E 
 
 Defcounfeile, defcoun- 
 ieille, difcounfeled, not 
 filled up, unprovided. 
 
 Defcres, decreafe. 
 
 Defcrez, difcreet. 
 
 Defcrie, difcovered, per* 
 ceived. 
 
 Defcripvrai, I will defcribe. 
 
 Defcroiilre, to grow lefs. 
 
 Defcrus, decheue, decayed. 
 
 Defcufer, to excufe. 
 
 Defcyners, pledges defei- 
 nes, pledges in the de- 
 cenry. 
 
 Deldeigz, difdain, difdains. 
 
 Defduit, game. 
 
 Defeefe, deieefi, defeafe, 
 deieux, uneafinefs, grief, 
 trouble, charge, vexa- 
 tion. 
 
 Defeifez, difquieted. 
 
 Defemez, unfown. 
 
 Defempeilrc, to get out of 
 afnare. 
 
 Defencrefcez, decreafed. 
 
 Defenhabitez, uninhabited. 
 
 Dcferes (lur), potius def- 
 cres, their decreafe. 
 
 Deferit, deferted, without 
 remedy. 
 
 Deferite, difinherited. 
 
 Deiervie, not fupplied, un- 
 ferved. 
 
 Defer vy, intitled to, de- 
 
 ferved. 
 Defes, deceafe. 
 
 Defefparur,
 
 D E 
 
 Defefparer, to defpair. 
 
 Defeterefon, dijinherifon. 
 
 Defevere, parted, divided. 
 
 Defeverums, feparate, fe- 
 ver, cut of from. 
 
 Defeurer, to divide, fepa- 
 rate. 
 
 Defeuht eux, under them. 
 
 Defeuverte, uncovered, laid 
 open. 
 
 Desfermez, unlocked. 
 
 Defgarnys, defgarrys, def- 
 gorrie, unwarned, un- 
 provided, unfurni/hed. 
 
 Defgaynnes, unfilled. 
 
 Defgorrie, unprovided. 
 
 Defhonte, without fhame. 
 
 Defhors, delhorle, from 
 henceforth. 
 
 Defia mis en pofTefiion, al- 
 ready put us in poffeffion. 
 
 Defimes, make known. 
 
 Desjoynames, parted, un- 
 tied. 
 
 Defiron, deftrous. 
 
 Defke, fince. 
 
 Defkes a ore, fo far. 
 
 Deflaez, delayed. 
 
 Defleaute, treachery. 
 
 Defliez, loafed from, dif- 
 ckarged. 
 
 Deflors, from that time. 
 
 Defloyal, defleal, unlaw* 
 ful, fraudulent. 
 
 De fm ai n ten an t,from hence- 
 forth, forthwith. 
 
 Befmarietz, unmarried. 
 
 DE 6$ 
 
 Defme garb, the tenth 
 
 jheaf. 
 Defmeneront, fhall bring, 
 
 fhallfend, remove. 
 Defmes, deer. 
 Defmefurable, unbounded. 
 Defmolicons, demolition. 
 Defnaturel, defnatureus, 
 
 unnatural. 
 Defnaturee (lie de la), 
 
 bound by nature. 
 Defnigrer, to blacken, to 
 
 defame. 
 Defnue de amies, void or 
 
 deftitute of friends. 
 Deibient, faid. . 
 Defoies, faid; alfo unac- 
 
 cuftcmed. 
 Defolent, abufe y fpoil, 
 
 trample upon. 
 Defolerent (malement), 
 
 evilly treated him. 
 Deioonh, beyond, above. 
 Defordines accomptes, *V> 
 
 regular accompts. 
 Defore, delhors, defore- 
 
 naunt,deforenavant,de* 
 
 fore en avant, deloren- 
 
 droit, deformes, defore- 
 
 mes, deformais, from 
 
 henceforth, hereafter, 
 
 from this time forward, 
 
 for the future. 
 Defovere, unworked, un- 
 
 wr ought. 
 Defouz, defoz, under, una 
 
 derncath, hereafter. 
 F Defouz,
 
 6*6 
 
 D E 
 
 Defouz (mis au), ruined, 
 Defoynte fa cote, his coat 
 
 ungirt. 
 Defoz, defouz, hereafter, 
 
 under. 
 Defpaiee, unpaid. 
 Defpare, unequal force. 
 Defparpler, to be diftri- 
 
 buted. 
 Defpafcerent, eat up,fpoil- 
 
 ed, wafted. 
 Defpeca, on that behalf. 
 Delpendent (en), in the 
 
 expenditure of it. 
 Defpendre (a), to lay out. 
 Defpendues, difperfed. 
 Defpenies, expenees. 
 Defperager, to difparage. 
 Defperee, unforefeen. 
 Defpire, defpife. 
 Defpifce a, Jpeedi/y, before 
 
 this time. 
 Defpite (en), defpifaunt 
 
 (en), in contempt of, in 
 
 defpite of. 
 Defpitoufement, defpite- 
 
 fully. 
 Defpitz, contempts, hatred. 
 Defplede, without plea, 
 
 unanfwered. 
 Defpleyt, difpleafed. 
 Defplie, difplayed. 
 Defpiounge, overflowed, 
 
 flooded. 
 Defpointer, difpute. 
 Defpores, fpurs. 
 Defpoit et aes, their re- 
 creation and cafe. 
 
 D E 
 
 Defportent (il), they for- 
 bear. 
 Defportere (lui), off ft, 
 
 comfort him. 
 Defportes, relieved, ex- 
 
 cufed. 
 Defportes de payer, ex- 
 empted from paying. 
 
 Defportera (il), be wild 
 difpenfe with. 
 
 Defport (fans favour ou) -, 
 fans deport faire a nuli, 
 without fhewing favour 
 to any one. 
 
 Defport (tant),/"? long loft, 
 fo long been deprived of. 
 
 Defpoft (mis en), depoftted, 
 laid up in wcrehoufes. 
 
 Defpourter, fpare. 
 
 Defprie, unfeifed, untaken. 
 
 Defpuliez, defpoiled. 
 
 Delpurvue, unprovided. 
 
 Defpyt (en) de lour de- 
 faut, by way of ' punifb- 
 ment for their default. 
 
 Defquarantre, to discharge. 
 
 Defque, defquel, defqe al 
 jor, until the day. 
 
 Defreinferement, lately. 
 
 Defreine, proved. 
 
 Defrengeront, fhallfet out. 
 
 Delrefon (la), the unrea- 
 fonablenefs. 
 
 Defrobbez, robbed, de- 
 fpoiled, wafted. 
 
 Deiioy, to be out of or- 
 der. 
 
 Defrumputz,
 
 Defrumputz, fqueezed to- 
 gether, burft. 
 
 Deflafleurance, unfafety, 
 dif appointment 3 difcom- 
 fit. 
 
 Defleme, not f own. 
 
 DeiTente, defcent. 
 
 Deffevfer, to put a/under, 
 
 Deffiefe, diffeifin. 
 
 Deflbuz, defuz, under, un- 
 derneath, hereafter. 
 
 Deflbubs (ou), or there- 
 abouts, or within that 
 number. 
 
 Defluify, feized. 
 
 Defilifditz, defeuredis, a- 
 bovefaid. 
 
 Deftachez, untacked. 
 
 Deftail (a), by retale. 
 
 Defteinantz, will fail, 
 prove bad. 
 
 Deftembez, difturled. 
 
 Deftertre, defer t, leave, 
 
 Deftin&er, to diflinguifh. 
 
 Deftopper, to unflcp. 
 
 Deflorberoms, would pre- 
 vent it. 
 
 Deftountz, Unknown. 
 
 Deftour, gone back. 
 
 Deftr, diftrefs. 
 
 Deft ray iens, diftraclions. 
 
 Deftre, held f aft. 
 
 Deftre, a large horfe, a 
 horfe of fervice for the 
 great f addle in war. 
 
 Deft re (au), on the right 
 hand. 
 
 D E 
 
 67 
 
 Deftre mayne, the right 
 
 hand. 
 Deftf (a), over-againft. 
 Deftreint, Jlraightened, re- 
 
 ftrained, difficult to corns 
 
 at, expenftve. 
 Deftreit, deftroitz, d'et- 
 
 troit, diftritl, diftrefs 
 Deftrement, fpeedily. 
 Deftrefces, dijlreffes. 
 Deftrefle, deftreffce, com- 
 
 pulfion. 
 Deftrefle au roi, abridge 
 
 the king. 
 Deftreynt, proved a title 
 
 to. 
 Deftrier, to try. 
 Deftroufes, deftrutlicn. 
 Deftruer, to condemn. 
 Deft rut, deftr eyed, 
 Deftrutz, put out of, dif- 
 
 inherited* 
 Defturbance, impediment, 
 
 delay. 
 Defue, abufsd. 
 Defuer, to break through. 
 
 Jet a/ide, undo. 
 Defverie, felly. 
 Defuefe, injury, hindrance, 
 Defvefties, naked, undo ath- 
 
 ed. 
 Defuis, defus, defuys, a- 
 
 bove. 
 Defuis rendre, to fur render-^ 
 Deivoier, to wander cut of 
 
 the way. 
 Defurder, to raife. 
 
 F 2 Defures*
 
 68 
 
 D E 
 
 Defunes, above. 
 Defurit, defires. 
 Defvorre, devoured. 
 Defvoye, deviate. 
 Defuis le mot, under the 
 
 word* 
 Defyra, tore. 
 Det, /aid. 
 Derrahe, taken out of the 
 
 hands of, taken from, 
 
 withdrawn. 
 Decrees (a), to the de- 
 
 creafe. 
 Detreie, withdrawn. 
 Detrenchent, cut. 
 Detrie, tried. 
 Detriment (le), the trial. 
 Deu, Deus, Deux, God. 
 Deu, of. 
 Deu, of the. 
 Deu, a debt. 
 Deu, deuz, due. 
 Deuantz, devotions. 
 Deubter, was afraid. 
 Deu cas, two cafes. 
 Deues, two. 
 Deura, deurons, ought. 
 Deurees, dueres, deuries, 
 
 deures, devers, money, 
 
 effecls. 
 Deuroient, fjjould fhield. 
 Deuront, deurent, ought. 
 Deurra, will give, will 
 
 prefent. 
 Dcutz, deubtz, due. 
 Deuvre, to be indebted. 
 Deux, dies. 
 
 D E 
 
 Deux (en), on God, in 
 
 God. 
 
 Deux, deus, two, both. 
 
 Deuxiefme, fecond. 
 
 Devaler, to go downwards, 
 to bring down. 
 
 Devanciers, aforetime. 
 
 Devanciers, anceflors. 
 
 Devan luy, from him. 
 
 Devantement, devoutly. 
 
 Devates, difputes, debates. 
 
 Deveier, will deny. 
 
 Devenent, which fall, come 
 into. 
 
 Devenfit, had come. 
 
 Devenfift enceinte, be- 
 came enfient. 
 
 Devenuz, arrived at, be- 
 come. 
 
 Devent, before. 
 
 Devenk, devent, become. 
 
 Devcr, to dye. 
 
 Dever, to owe, to be in- 
 debted. 
 
 Dever, duty. 
 
 Dever, devers, againfl. 
 
 Devere eaux, on their 
 part. 
 
 Devers, dead. 
 
 Devers, the money. 
 
 Devers le fyn, towards the 
 end. 
 
 Devers pere ou mere, of 
 the father's or mother's 
 fide. 
 
 Devers la mere, on the 
 mother's fide. 
 
 Deverfee,
 
 D E 
 
 Deverfee, with, in the 
 
 power of. 
 Devereire, devoir. 
 Devereit, ought to be. 
 Devereit dire, ought to fay. 
 Deverait (ne), ought not 
 
 to have. 
 Deverount (a ceux qui 
 
 les), to the owners. 
 Deverie(en),/# a delirium. 
 Deveftua (ne), jhall not 
 
 be -put by. 
 Devez, devifed, furmifed. 
 Devi, owes. 
 Deviaft, dyed. 
 Devicoez, had fell, had 
 
 come into. 
 Devient, dye ; alfo, they 
 
 owe. 
 Devin, divine. 
 Devinar, divination. 
 Devis, devife. 
 Devifable, divifible. 
 Devifee, devifed, appointed. 
 Devifes (en), in the divi- 
 
 fion. 
 Devifeement, feverally. 
 Devoer, ability. 
 Devoidable, may be di- 
 vided. 
 Devoir, to have. 
 Devoir, deftitut, defiitute 
 
 of wealth. 
 Devolupa, devolute, de- 
 volved. 
 Devomus rien, we owe no- 
 thing. 
 
 D I 
 
 6 9 
 
 Devote (ne), ought not. 
 Devove, appointed. 
 Devouz, devoted. 
 Devoy, fubmit. 
 Devoyant (en), in right 
 
 of. 
 Devoyer, endeavour. 
 Devy efpoufera, Jhall ef- 
 pcufe. 
 
 Dewaunt, before. 
 
 Dewe, due. 
 
 Dewe, two. 
 
 Dcx, God. 
 
 Dexcint, fifteen. 
 
 Dey, finger. 
 
 Dey apper, ought to ap- 
 pear. 
 
 Dey, devy, dieth, died. 
 
 Deycuns, we J aid. 
 
 Deyes, drivers of geefe. 
 
 Deyne, his own. 
 
 Dey me, the tenth. 
 
 Deyms, deynes, does. 
 
 Deymus, fayd. 
 
 Deynr, alledge, fay. 
 
 Deyve, deyvent, deiva, 
 deyne, owe, ought. 
 
 Deze, dez, ten. 
 
 Dezeyners, deciners. 
 
 DT, half. 
 
 Dian, dean. 
 
 Diaules, devils. 
 
 Diaulx, two. 
 
 Di bend re, Friday. 
 
 Dibilie, difabled, reduced, 
 infirm. 
 
 F 
 
 Dicel.
 
 jo D I 
 
 Dice), of this fame. 
 Dicelle (a), from hence- 
 forth. 
 Dici, of this. 
 Diet, a word. 
 Diemane, Sunday. 
 Dieme, the tenth. 
 Diemenches (li rois des), 
 
 rex dierum dominico- 
 
 rum, Trinity-Sunday. 
 Dien, they fay. 
 Dienee, deanry. 
 Dient, ought. 
 Dieu, due. 
 Dieux, two. 
 
 Diez, Dies, Dieux, God. 
 Difalmement, defamation. 
 Diffenle, defence. 
 Diffet, defeated. 
 Diffinite, of affinity. 
 Diffie (ioy), puts himfelf 
 
 cut. 
 Diffuantez,/^. 
 Diffuantz le lei, in defiance 
 
 of the law. 
 Dignier, a penny. 
 Dtjau, Dijou, Thurfday. 
 Di jeo, I fay. 
 Dilai, delay. 
 Dilapidez, dilapidated, 
 
 wafted, Squandered away. 
 D'ilent, of the entire. 
 Dillation, delay. 
 Dilleoques,dillouques,tf/*- 
 
 terwards. 
 Dilliours, of eletlors. 
 Dilueques,/^^ thmcc. 
 
 D I 
 
 Dimaigne, dimeine, di- 
 meins, dimeignt, di- 
 menche, d\mcgac y Sun- 
 day. 
 Dimar, Tuefday. 
 Dimecre, Wednefday. 
 Dimifes, difmiffed. 
 Diner, a penny. 
 Dinquios, as far as, hi* 
 
 therto. 
 Dins, in, within. 
 Diole, a dial. 
 Dionc, may fay. 
 Diotre, due, daily. 
 Dious, Dius, God. 
 Direchef, again. 
 Dirept, took, accept, 
 Dirrain, lafl. 
 
 Dirs enkes, different inks. 
 Dirupt, broken down. 
 Diruite, thrown down. 
 Dis, ten. 
 
 DifafTentz, diffent. 
 Difavaile, dij advantage. 
 Diiavanccs, unadvanced, 
 
 unprovided for. 
 Diiavifcs, unwary. 
 Difavowable de droit, a- 
 
 gainjl law. 
 Diiccte, he defends. 
 Difch, dijh. 
 Difchapper, to efcape out 
 
 of. 
 Diicheifit (ren), any thing 
 
 Jhould be abated. 
 Difci, dis ficum, fince, for 
 as much as. 
 
 DifcQiture A
 
 D I 
 
 Difcoiture, difcolouring. 
 
 Difcombrance, difiurbance. 
 
 Difcontinue, difcontinu- 
 ance. 
 
 Difconveniable perfons, 
 improper, unfit perfons* 
 
 Difcorage, difcouragement. 
 
 Difcourer, to cleanfe. 
 
 Difcoverirent, uncovered, 
 difcovered. 
 
 Difcoverc, a woman un- 
 married* 
 
 Difcrepancie, a difagree- 
 ment, difference. 
 
 Diicries enemies, pro- 
 claimed, notorious ene- 
 mies. 
 
 Difcriver, difcever, to dip- 
 cover. 
 
 Difcurrer, to run up and 
 down, through. 
 
 Difcuter, to difcufs. 
 
 Difdeinance, defpifing. 
 
 Difdift, a yielding or con- 
 fejfion of guilt. 
 
 Diie, the tenth part. 
 
 Difeame, unfozved. 
 
 Difeafe, trouble, inconve- 
 nience, dijlrefs. 
 
 Difeafez, injured, troubled, 
 hindered, difquieted. 
 
 Difenef, nineteen. 
 
 Difes, dice. 
 
 Difefet, feventeen. 
 
 Difette (da), for want. 
 
 Disfoith ataunt, ten times 
 as much. 
 
 Pifgrade, degraded* 
 
 D I 
 
 7* 
 
 Difheritefon, dijinherifon. 
 
 Difinfovie, unburied, taken 
 up again. 
 
 Difliee, under no obliga- 
 tion. 
 
 Difliver, to difplace. 
 
 Difmables, tytheable. 
 
 Difmarie, unmarried. 
 
 Difme quinquinall, a tenth 
 ■of all goods for five year s 
 together. 
 
 Difmenges, on Sundays. 
 
 Difoitifme, the iSth part. 
 
 Difpaire (en), in danger. 
 
 Difparagation, dijparage- 
 ment ; the matching 
 an heir, if>c. in mar- 
 riage, under his or her 
 degree or condition, or 
 againji the rules of de* 
 cency. 
 
 Difpencer, to dij charge-. 
 
 Diipend, depend. 
 
 Difpendre, put off, hin- 
 dered, avoided. 
 
 Difpendus, difpen fed -with. 
 
 Difper, defpair\ danger. 
 
 Difpergez, dijipated, fe- 
 vered. 
 
 Difport, diver/ion, enter- 
 tainment. 
 
 Difpit, difpitz, contempt. 
 
 Dilpitoufe, contemptuous. 
 
 Difplet? difpleafes. 
 
 Difpos (mis en), laid up. 
 
 Difporter (eux), eafe them 9 
 excufe them. 
 
 F 4 Difpuceler,
 
 71 
 
 D I 
 
 Difpuceler, to deflower, 
 .Difrobbe, robbed, fpoiled. 
 
 Difiate, Saturday. 
 
 Difieites, deceits. 
 
 Diflentez, diffenjions. 
 
 DifTi la qui, until! that, 
 
 Difiiny, performed. 
 
 Diffifme, tenth. 
 
 Difvyt, dyfwiit, eighteen. 
 
 DifTu, deceived. 
 
 Dift commun, commonre- 
 port, fame. 
 
 Diftaunce, difference, dif- 
 pute. 
 
 Diftincter, to diflinguifh. 
 
 Diftintiaunt, diflinguifhing. 
 
 Difutime, eighteenth. 
 
 DiftraCtion (fans), with- 
 out damage. 
 
 Diftz articles, aforefaid ar- 
 ticles. 
 
 Diftraire, to withdraw. 
 
 Diltreafable, which may be 
 dijlrained. 
 
 DiftricTuels, diflricls. 
 
 Diftreindre (fans rien) en 
 dure man, holding him 
 by the hand without 
 fqueezing it too hard. 
 
 Diftrent (que), who alledg- 
 ed. 
 
 Diftrent (ils), they f aid. 
 
 Diftrover, to deftrcy. 
 
 Diftrue, diltroue, deflroy- 
 ed, difparaged. 
 
 Difturbance, hindrance, 
 prevention* 
 
 DO 
 
 Difhirberent (ne les), did 
 
 not prevent them. 
 Dit, decree. 
 Dit (en), in word. 
 Ditant, during the time. 
 Ditas parties, the faid 
 
 parties, 
 Ditez, called, 
 Dition (en la), in the 
 
 power, jurifdiclion. 
 Divers, differing, different. 
 Diverfement, diverfely,fe- 
 
 verally. 
 Dividende, fchedule, lift, 
 
 indenture. 
 Divinal, of divination. 
 Divife, given. 
 Divifion, eftablijhment. 
 Divont (ne), ought not, 
 Dix, God. 
 Diz, faid, aforefaid. 
 Dm, domina, dame, lady. 
 Doayre, doans, dower. 
 Dobbours des draps, fel- 
 lers of cloth. 
 Doctrinez (en), inftruuied 
 
 in. 
 Doel, grief. 
 Doen, gift. 
 Doen eftar, due ejlate. 
 Does, given. 
 Doi cent (li), the 200. 
 Doiauntz, who ought. 
 Doibt, doi, deux, finger, 
 Doibuent, ought to be. 
 Doient (que it), what they 
 
 owe, that they are in debt. 
 Doigne,
 
 D O 
 
 Doigne, granted. 
 
 Doigner, tenders, yields, 
 grants, gives. 
 
 Dome, ought. 
 
 Doioers, dowers. 
 
 Doire, to bear. 
 
 Doirees, wares, goods, ef- 
 fects. 
 
 Doit, doner, ought to give, 
 is to give. 
 
 Dol, f arrow, grief. 
 
 Dolauz, aggrieved. 
 
 Doleances, grievances. 
 
 Dolent, grieving, troubled. 
 
 Doles (les) de foreft, the 
 bounds of the for ej}. 
 
 Dolet, an ax. 
 
 Dolions, we complain of. 
 
 Doloir, to aggrieve. 
 
 Doloroufement, wofully, 
 grievoufly. 
 
 Domage, dammage. 
 
 Dome final, final fentence. 
 
 Domefche, domejlic. 
 
 Doms eftre certeins, ought 
 to be certain. 
 
 Domt, give. 
 
 Don, of the. 
 
 Donables, affignable. 
 
 Donance, giving. 
 
 Donaunt, 'procurement. 
 
 Done, giien. 
 
 Done, doniffions, taken. 
 
 Donei, granted. 
 
 Donerunc, yave, granted. 
 
 Donewyz, lunwich. 
 
 Don lui, of the place. 
 
 Donnant, rcfervation. 
 
 Donne, a lady, 
 
 D O 
 
 73 
 
 Donor (de), by gift. 
 
 Donqes, then. 
 
 Donu, donefein, doneifon, 
 donyfon, donacioun, 
 gift, grant. 
 
 Doraunt, during. 
 
 Dorce, back. 
 
 Dore, a door. 
 
 Dorem,Doream, Durham. 
 
 Dorer (a), to be given. 
 
 Dorefenavanr, from hence- 
 forth. 
 
 Dorra, Jhallgive it, or dif- 
 pofe of it. 
 
 Dorront, agree, confent. 
 
 Dorrount, remain there. 
 
 Dortour novell, new dor- 
 mitory. 
 
 Dos (par le), by the creft. 
 
 Dolce, twelve. 
 
 Dofer, dolel, a hanging or 
 canopy of filk, filver, or 
 gold-work, under which 
 kings or great perfonages 
 fit ; alfo the back of a 
 chair of ft ate. 
 
 T)otmnces,difputes, doubts. 
 
 Dote, doutttful. 
 
 Dote (nount pas) de tref- 
 pafler, are not at all 
 afraid of offending. 
 
 Dotier (il fait a), there is 
 reajon to fufpett. 
 
 Dot if, doubtful. 
 
 Dotoient, fea> I. 
 
 DotOUS, doilAful Jsubt. 
 
 Douer, gift. 
 Doujour?^ cf il
 
 74 
 
 D O 
 
 Doulce, gracious, gentle. 
 Douloit, complained of, 
 Dounfres, Dumfreis, 
 Dount, wherefore, from 
 
 whence, 
 Dovorre, Dover, 
 t)our, given, 
 Douree, Dover* 
 Dous, two. 
 Doult, ought, muft, 
 Douftres, duftres, leaders, 
 
 commanders. 
 Doutance, doubtantes, 
 
 doubts, 
 Doutantz (meyns), lefs 
 
 fearing. 
 Doute, fear, fears, 
 Doute ceo, apprehends, 
 
 fupports it, 
 Doute, en doute, doubt- 
 
 ful, 
 Douterent, feared. 
 Doutez, feared, 
 Douvent, give, 
 Doux, two. 
 Douyme, the fecond. 
 Dowarie, dower. 
 Dowe, endowed. 
 Doy, finger. 
 Dov (ne), J ought not. 
 Doy bien avoir (lc), it is 
 
 right I ftjcidd have it. 
 Dovgna, c on defce nded. 
 Doygncr, eloigner, 10 give. 
 Doynt, gives, 
 Doz (au), en cur backs. 
 
 D R 
 
 Doz peres, the twelve 
 peers of France, 
 
 Dozze, doze, dozime, do- 
 zine, twelve; the 12th 
 
 Dr, drz'xt,. right. 
 
 Dragges, draggus, little 
 boats or vcjfels formerly 
 ufed on the river Se- 
 vern. 
 
 Dragguent oiftres, drag 
 oyflers, 
 
 Drappeaux quarrez, ban- 
 ners. 
 
 Drechier, to redrefs. 
 
 Drect (par), by right, 
 
 Dreille, a ditch. 
 
 Dreine, produced. 
 
 Drekes, until. 
 
 Drence, difference. 
 
 Drene (il eft), he is prcv- 
 ed, 
 
 Drenere, laft. 
 
 Drengage (en), the tenures 
 by which the drenches or 
 drengers held their lands. 
 
 Dres, Drez, right, 
 
 Drefcent (la), redrefs it, 
 
 DrefTer, to compile. 
 
 Dret, a dret, ovcragainfl, 
 oppofite. 
 
 Drettes, right, jujl. 
 
 Dretture, right. 
 
 Dreyn, drein, prefent, laft 
 prefentation. 
 
 Dreyn (au), at laft. 
 
 Dreyt (tot), direffly. 
 
 Droit
 
 D U 
 
 Droit (de), of law. 
 Droit (en), concerning, in 
 
 right of. 
 Droitc mauvefte (^p), out 
 
 of mere wickednefs. 
 Droiturs et devots, jujl 
 
 and devout. 
 Dromandes, dromandes ; 
 
 veffels called by that 
 
 name. 
 Droufda, Drogheda. 
 Drout, diont, fay. 
 Druthin Dieu, thehoufe of 
 
 God. 
 Du, God. 
 E^uat, before. 
 Dublee, duplicate of y re- 
 peated. 
 Dublein (treis), threefold. 
 Dubles (treis), three times 
 
 twelve. 
 Ducatz retz, dutchy fees. 
 Duce, kind, tender. 
 Duce, leads. 
 
 Duce (eaw e), frefh water. 
 Duchemen, Dutchmen. 
 Dudzime, twelve. 
 Due, of the. 
 Due, to difpofe of. 
 Duerent avoir (ne), might 
 
 not have. 
 Duer, laJISy endures. 
 Dues, two. 
 Dues, ought. 
 Duete (de), as a duty. 
 Duetees, duties. 
 Dutz (lui), due to him, 
 Du faire, to do. 
 
 Dui, to-day. 
 Dui fil, two fons. 
 Duiflby (que jeo), that 1 
 
 am fuppofed. 
 Dui ft, let him give. 
 Duift aver ee ouis, fuppof- 
 ed to have been killed. 
 Duit, duifte, duifTent, aver 
 
 efte, ought to have been. 
 Duitez, duytz, duties^ 
 
 rights. 
 Dulce le roy (tres), mofl 
 
 gracious king. 
 Dun, gift. 
 Dunes, downs. 
 Dunge, dune, give, given. 
 Dunk, dune, dunky, then, 
 
 therefore. 
 Duodes, twelve. 
 Duoirs, duties, 
 Duppur, duplicate. 
 Durement dormy, Jlept 
 
 faft. 
 Durer, continue, remain. 
 Dures, hardened. 
 Duieffe, durette, hardfhip, 
 
 difficulty. 
 Durete (tanz de),fo many 
 
 hard/hips. 
 Durite, durete, durte, 
 
 compul/ion, durefs. 
 Durrnene, overcome. 
 Durra, will give. 
 Durum s, live. 
 Dus, duke. 
 
 Dufcenz, two hundred. 
 Duieime, twelfth. 
 
 Dulkes
 
 7 6 
 
 E A 
 
 Dufkcs a chon qe, until 
 
 that. 
 Dufle, two. 
 Duflent, dufont (que), 
 
 who jhould, ought, are 
 
 fuppofed. 
 Duftres, ring-leaders. 
 Duw (en lu), in due -place. 
 Duz, due. 
 
 Duz, dus, dug, a leader. 
 Dufze, duze, twelve. 
 Duzim, twelfth. 
 Dy, duejufl. 
 D yent, fay, are of opinion. 
 Dyenr. eft re, they fay more- 
 over. 
 Dymain (le), the morrow. 
 Dymenges, Sundays. 
 Dymes, tythes. 
 I) y m ey n e, d y m a i n, Sunday. 
 Dymis, tythes. 
 Dyners, dinners. 
 D'yntrufion, of intrufion. 
 Dys, dyz, ten. 
 Dyleot livres et neof, 
 
 eighteen pounds nincjhil- 
 
 lings. 
 Dyfpais (touz), ever f nee. 
 Dyvelyz, Dublin. 
 Dyvent point (ne), ought 
 
 not. 
 Dyvintz, divines. 
 
 Eand. 
 5 Ea, and, alfo, fur- 
 ther. 
 Eage, age. 
 
 E E 
 
 Eage, life. 
 
 Eantz, having. 
 
 Eare, to plow. 
 
 Eaie (fera), may eafe him* 
 
 fdf. 
 
 Eafez, moderate, eafy. 
 Eaue, eave, eawe, water. 
 Eaux, ewes. 
 Eaux, they. 
 
 Eaux meiimes, themfelvcs. 
 Eauz, eaux, eaus, them. 
 Ebahir, to befurprifed. 
 Eble, Eubolo. 
 Ebrieux, Hebrew. 
 Echeift, falls. 
 Echerount, pall fall out, 
 
 Jh all fall, jhall efcheat. 
 Echever, to efcape. 
 Ecil enfens la terre (fore 
 
 k), only thofe within 
 
 that land. 
 Ecumieur, a pirate. 
 Ede, Eudo. 
 Edel, noble, illujlrious. 
 Edovart, Edvalt, Edwars, 
 
 Edward. 
 Ee (aver), to have been. 
 Een, be. 
 Een fait deins Tan (ne 
 
 yert), has not been made 
 
 within the year. 
 Et-nt, have. 
 Ees, bees. 
 Eele, pleafure. 
 Eeft, elt, 'Eojl. 
 EeZj bear, had, have. 
 
 ESertull,
 
 E I 
 
 Efferant 1', the proportion. 
 Effectull, effectual 
 Efforablement (tant), in 
 
 as a flrong manner. 
 Efforcer, to aid, afjifi. 
 Efforcement, force. 
 EfForcez, Jlrengthened, fe- 
 
 cured. 
 Efforcier peis, to break a 
 
 treaty of peace. 
 EfFouage, hearth money. 
 EfFours, efforts, endea- 
 vours. 
 Effunder, to fhed, fpill. 
 Egarri, healed. 
 Egas, dccifion, judgement, 
 
 award. 
 Egeceftre, Exeter. 
 Egglife, church. 
 Egife, lyes. 
 
 Egiftement, agijlment. 
 Egle, eagle. 
 Egle (de l'honur de 1'), 
 
 of the honour of the 
 
 eagle. 
 Eguifer, to happen. 
 Egun, any. 
 Eguunt glia efle, they 
 
 have been. 
 Ehonte, infamous. 
 Ei (j'), / have. 
 Eians, men. 
 Eiants, having. 
 Eide, aid. 
 Eiens, ever. 
 Eier veue (i'), have feen 
 
 it. 
 
 E I 
 
 77 
 
 Eies, forwards. 
 
 Ejets a cuer, have at 
 
 heart. 
 Eil (s'), if they. 
 Eimient Dieu, love God. 
 Ein, ceo, rather. 
 Eincz fes hours, before 
 
 thefe times. 
 Eindegre, own accord. 
 Eine temps (d'), before, 
 
 of a prior date. 
 Eines, in, that. 
 Einglife, church. 
 Ein quy, vjithin whofe. 
 Einfnes, eldefl. 
 Eins ceo, when, unlefs, the 
 
 fame, rather, until. 
 Eins ceux q le actor, be- 
 fore the plaintiff. 
 Eins (fi), before. 
 Eins tenus (1'}, in the 
 
 mean time. 
 Einfperker, impound,. 
 Einz, but, in. 
 Einz ceo qil, before that 
 
 he. 
 Einz qe, before that. 
 Eioms, have. 
 Eions (de), of having. 
 Eions (de), of his. 
 Eir (1'), the eyre. 
 Eir, eirs, heir, heirs. 
 Eirent, wander, fir ay. 
 Eires, ayries. 
 Eirie, to hatch. 
 Eirie de efpernons, a 
 
 young brood of 'hawks. 
 Eifkes,
 
 78 EL 
 
 Eifkes, until, 
 
 Eifii, as, 
 
 Eifli co eft a faver, info- 
 much, 
 
 Eifli tie por quant que, 
 provided, neverthelefs, 
 that, 
 
 Eifiilliez, exiled, 
 
 Eiffir, to go out of. 
 
 Eiflit, departure, exit. 
 
 Eiflb, this. 
 
 Eifl (de 1'), on the eaflern 
 part. 
 
 Eit n', have not. 
 
 Eivers (de), of goods found, 
 of cattle, 
 
 Eivos, behold. 
 
 El, in-, nothing, 
 
 Elbit, eight. 
 
 Elef, elefe, flux and re- 
 flux, 
 
 Eles, eyes, 
 
 Elevi, chofen. 
 
 Eleyer (poet), may chufe. 
 
 Elez, on a fudden, 
 
 Elin, a gentleman. 
 
 Elifer, to chufe. 
 
 Ellus, chofen. 
 
 Elegger, to alledge. 
 
 Eloviaunce, allowance, con- 
 nivance. 
 
 Elm, helmet. 
 
 Elves, chofen. 
 
 Elus, ufuages. 
 
 Embandiz, emboldened, en- 
 couraged. 
 
 Embas, below. 
 
 E M 
 
 Embatent (s'), intermed- 
 dle. 
 
 Embeafiler, to filch. 
 
 Embellies, fet forth, fhew- 
 ed, 
 
 Embefche, impeached, 
 
 Emblea difmes, carries off 
 his tythes. 
 
 Em blear (1'), the emblem- 
 ments. 
 
 Embleent, carry out of, 
 remove. 
 
 Embleer, a feedfman, to 
 fow. 
 
 Emblemy, unimpeached, 
 unhurt. 
 
 Embler, tojleal. 
 
 Emblez, embles, emblees 
 (par), by Jlratagem, by 
 furprize. 
 
 Embloioure (de), ofjleal- 
 ing. 
 
 Embofoigne, needeth, re- 
 quired. 
 
 Embofoignera (fil), if need 
 be. 
 
 Embrace, undertaken, em- 
 braced^ purchafed. 
 
 Embracez (ont), have in- 
 groffed. 
 
 Embreafer, to burn. 
 
 Embrevure, a regifler. 
 
 Embu, drunk up. 
 
 Ernbuchemer)t,tf#z£«/?tfi£. 
 
 Erne, with. 
 
 Erne, emie, ejlimation, 
 price. 
 
 Emerc'
 
 E M 
 
 Emercient, amerced. 
 
 Eme.rgentz, arifing, 
 
 Emfle, puffed up, 
 
 Emfauntz, children. 
 
 Emi, emmi, in half, in 
 the middle, 
 
 Emieez, ijfued, fent out. 
 
 Eminentz, impending, 
 
 Emmi, between. 
 
 Emmorti, become dead. 
 
 Emmurrer, to wall about. 
 
 Emoi, emotion. 
 
 E m o i n es , wit neffes. 
 
 Emologation de la court 
 de parlament, the con- 
 firmation of the court of 
 parliament. 
 
 Emon, Edmond. 
 
 Emonit, admonifhed. 
 
 Empakkur (T), the pack- 
 ing. 
 
 Emparke, emparkez, im- 
 pounded. 
 
 Ernparkement, a park, en 
 emparkment. 
 
 Emparnours, undertakers 
 of fuits. 
 
 Empafhment (en fon), in 
 his infirmity, impedi- 
 ment. 
 Em pec he, impeached. 
 Ernpeirez, empirez, im- 
 paired. 
 Em pell (q 1'), which is 
 
 called. 
 Empendent, pendant. 
 Empenlicms, pen/ions. 
 
 EM 79 
 
 Empercment, in ornament- 
 ing, repairing, 
 
 Emperez (fe foient), have 
 poffeffed tbemfehes of, 
 
 Emperler, to imparle, 
 
 Empernant, affuming, pre- 
 tending to, 
 
 Empernent a champart, 
 take for maintenance, 
 
 Empernour, the taker. 
 
 Em pes chenienz (por di- 
 vers), an account of di- 
 vers impediments. 
 
 Empefchable, impeacha- 
 ble. 
 
 Empefchement, impeach- 
 ment, impediment. 
 
 Empecrer, to require, to 
 inf.fi. 
 
 Empiel (ley), imperial or 
 avtl law. 
 
 Empiete, impiety. 
 
 Empire tanr, nequant, nei- 
 ther better or worfe than 
 before. 
 
 Empla,7?<?/(f. 
 
 Emplee (cerre), landfown. 
 
 Emplere, to fill. 
 
 Empleroms, we will fulfil. 
 
 Emplevift (fe), got pofj'ef- 
 fion again. 
 
 Emplir, to fulfil. 
 
 Km ply, imply ed. 
 
 Emportablez charges, in- 
 tolerable, heavy charges. 
 
 Emportunemenr, impor- 
 tunately. 
 
 Empotentz,
 
 So 
 
 E N 
 
 Empotentz, impotent, in- 
 
 firm. 
 Emprainfl, impreffed. 
 Empraine, in hand. 
 Emprant, borrowing. 
 Empreiant, praying. 
 Empreigne, em print, taken 
 
 upon thcmfelves. 
 Emprenr, borrow ; alfo, 
 
 taught. 
 Emprent, who undertakes. 
 Emprcnt, impreffion. 
 Empres, pledged. 
 EmprefTerenr, engaged, 
 
 hindered. 
 Emprez, empres, after, 
 
 afterwards. 
 Empriantz, befeeching. 
 Emprimechief,7?r/? of all. 
 Empris, undertaken, taken 
 
 up. 
 Emprifle, undertaking. 
 Empriums, beg, pray. 
 Empromptz, empraunt, 
 
 emprant, borrowing. 
 Empuis (tT), afterwards. 
 Empuifle, may. 
 Empuiffor.ement, impri- 
 
 fonment. 
 En, in, by, within. 
 Enaager, to declare one to 
 
 be of age. 
 Enabyter, to inhabit. 
 En apres, hereafter. 
 Enarcr, in time pajl. 
 Enarer cea, to this time, 
 
 '. ret of ore* 
 
 E N 
 
 Enavant, for the time t9 
 come. 
 
 En oultre, furthermore. 
 
 Enbataillez, in battle ar- 
 ray, engaged in battle. 
 
 Enbeverer, to water, alfo 
 a watering place. 
 
 Enbeverer (droit de), right 
 of watering, or taking 
 in water for cattle. 
 
 Enblauncher, to blanch, to 
 make white. 
 
 Enblee, enblaye de ble 
 yvernail, fown with 
 winter corn. 
 
 Enbleir, to Jleal. 
 
 Enboifinera, will want. 
 
 Enbofid, cmboffed. 
 
 Enbofognez, engaged in 
 bufinefs. 
 
 Enbouellecz, embowelled. 
 
 Enbrace, encroached. 
 
 Enbraudez, embroidered. 
 
 Enbrever, to minute down, 
 to reduce into writing. 
 
 Enca, heretofore, fome time 
 paj}. 
 
 Encariez, carried away. 
 
 Encaver, to beware. 
 
 Encea, end, fo, alfo, af- 
 terwards. 
 
 Encepper, to confine him. 
 
 Encere, yet. 
 
 Enceynte, quick with child. 
 
 Encha (depuis huit jours), 
 within thefe eight days. 
 
 En chain, appeafe. 
 
 Enchancer,
 
 E N 
 
 Enchancer, to alter, to 
 raife. 
 
 Enchappelle, crowned with 
 a crown, or coronet, 
 
 Encharger, encharchees,/*? 
 give in charge. 
 
 Enchafe, drove away. 
 
 Enchafer, to compel. 
 
 Enchaiconez, chafed. 
 
 Enchafon, enchefon, en- 
 cheflbn, enchefcun, en- 
 ^chifon, caufe, occafion, 
 reafon. 
 
 Enchaunterie, witchcraft. 
 
 Enchaz et rechaz, inchace 
 and outchace ; the right 
 of driving cattle to and 
 from a common. 
 
 Encheires, enhanced, made 
 dear. 
 
 Encheiez, decayed. 
 
 Encherer, to enhance the 
 -price of. 
 
 Encherifte (ne),dc not raife 
 the price of. 
 
 Enchefcune, encheifonez, 
 enchefones, enchefon, 
 punijhed, called in ques- 
 tion, cr of s -examined. 
 
 Enchiez, at, to. 
 
 Enchi la, there. 
 
 Enchres, anchors. 
 
 Enci,y~o, alfo, afterwards. 
 
 Enclaimant, claiming. 
 
 Enclairfi, brought to light. 
 
 Enclarre, d'enclore, to in- 
 clofe. 
 
 £ N 
 
 81 
 
 Encliner del oyl (par), by 
 
 a wink of the eye. 
 Enclos (lejour), the day 
 
 included, 
 Enclofe, to inclofe. 
 Encloftrure, inclofure. 
 Enclouez, Jludded. 
 Enclowe, pricked by a 
 
 nail. 
 Encoires, befides. 
 Encois, before. 
 Encolourerent, involved. 
 Encombremcn, incroach- 
 
 ment, incumbrance. 
 Enco miter, to be commit- 
 ted. 
 Encon, on high. 
 Incontre, meets, encounter- 
 
 ed, oppofed. 
 Encontrer (d'j, to meet. 
 Encontre mount, in the 
 
 afc ending. 
 Encontre val, downwards.- 
 Encontrevenent, undo. 
 Enconvent, enconvenan- 
 
 cies, covenanted. 
 Encoranement (T), the cc* 
 
 ronation. 
 Encorovetz, encourage. 
 E n c o r u , a cere wing . 
 Encorue, encoruz, barred. 
 Encoruz, encoure, enco- 
 
 ru, incurs. 
 Encode, collateral. 
 Encoileantes, on the banks, 
 
 fides. 
 Encountables, to the counts. 
 
 G Encoupe.
 
 82 
 
 E N 
 
 Encoupe, indicled, charged, 
 
 accufed, guilty. 
 Encouterable, count er- 
 
 pleadable. 
 Encoutmentcom(aincois), 
 
 but as foon as ever. 
 Encrccedu mond (de lour), 
 
 of their worldly income, 
 Encrecer, to accrew, to in- 
 
 creafe. 
 Encres, increafe, accefjion. 
 Encreft, accrews, increafes. 
 Y J ncroe,fxed to a crofs. 
 Encruflrent, increafed. 
 Encurru, come, arrived. 
 Encufer, to accufe. 
 Encuierez (n'), will net 
 
 accufe. 
 TLi\cufemcnt,indit7ment,ac- 
 
 cufation, impeachment. 
 Ency, therein. 
 Encz, but. 
 
 Endeges, fupsrannuated. 
 Endeiront, will endeavour. 
 Endentier (d'), to indent, 
 
 to be made party to cm 
 
 indenture. 
 Endette la maifon (il), he 
 
 had run the houfe in 
 
 debt. 
 Endevera, fairc (ceo quil), 
 
 what be ou?ht to do 
 
 o 
 
 therein. 
 Endeux, both. 
 
 Endcyvcnt cure quires 
 (quil), that they ought 
 to be difcharged. 
 
 E N 
 
 Endicion, inditlion. 
 Endirez, in like manner 
 
 may be J aid. 
 Endirra, will declare. 
 Enditement, interpreta- 
 tion. 
 Endivrons, will affift. 
 Endormer, to charm. 
 Endormy (tuit), was dor* 
 
 mant. 
 Endofle, back, encourage. 
 Endoffer, endoccr, to in- 
 
 dorfe. 
 Endon, to be endowed. 
 Endreit (a feit nous), hath 
 
 made us amends, fatis- 
 
 faclion. 
 Fndreyt, relating to. 
 Endroit (1'), without, out- 
 wards. 
 Endroit, d'endrett, in right 
 
 of, with refpetl to. 
 Endront (en quel), in what 
 
 place. 
 Enducent, occajion, bring 
 
 on. 
 E n d uceron t, will 'pcrfnr.de, 
 
 ir.dv.ee. 
 Enducez (a ce), brought 
 
 to that. 
 Enduirons (ne), will not 
 
 entice, perfuade. 
 En d urz e, hardened. 
 Eneez, have, received. 
 Enemiablemcnt, in a hof- 
 
 tile manner. 
 Enente, ruined. 
 
 Enewance
 
 E N 
 
 Encwance de draps, wa- 
 tering of cloth. 
 
 Enfamant (actions en), ac- 
 tions of fcandal. 
 
 Enfamie, infamy , infa- 
 mous. 
 
 Enfauncea, enfaunt en- 
 geiidra, brought forth, 
 of was delivered of a 
 child. 
 
 F.nferges, put in irons. 
 
 En ferment, confine. 
 
 Enfiace, mercy. 
 
 En file, twined, twijled, 
 
 Enfo, enfbvie, buried. 
 
 En fond re, broke. 
 
 Enforce, firengthens. 
 
 Enforfet, offending. 
 
 Enformer, to inflrucl, in- 
 form. 
 
 Enformefons, fpecches. 
 
 Enfortune (par), by mif- 
 f or tune, accident. 
 
 Enfouncez, poured out. 
 
 Enfoundrecs, funk, ever- 
 flowed, under water. 
 
 Enfourny, performed. 
 
 Enfraignance, infringe- 
 ment. 
 
 Enfraindrant, Jhall in- 
 fringe^ 
 
 Enfranchife (nient), not of 
 record. 
 
 Enrraunchee (a poi), al- 
 mojl overrun with fran- 
 chifes. 
 
 E N 
 
 $3 
 
 Enfreindre (1'), the breach* 
 
 Enfrenge, enfreimte, 
 broken. 
 
 Enfreoms, we will do 
 therein. 
 
 Enfuift, deferts. 
 
 Enfytuez (melius enfi. 
 tuez),> killed *. 
 
 Engage, mortgaged. 
 
 E n jj: a ge, betrothed. 
 
 Engager le batail, to of- 
 fer battle. 
 
 Engagement, pledge. 
 
 Ehgaines, guarded. 
 
 Engar nies , withheld, fur- 
 rounded, fenced-in. 
 
 Engaux, equal. 
 
 Engendre (a), to be begotten. 
 
 Engendrure, iffue. 
 
 Engetter, engeiter, to ejecl. 
 
 Engin, enghein, engine- 
 men t (mal), /// dejign, 
 decit, fraud. 
 
 Erigirer (pur), to cheat, 
 defraud, feduce, intice. 
 
 Engineufement, groaning, 
 lamenting. 
 
 Englarerra (roy d'), king 
 of England. 
 
 Englcreid, England. 
 
 Engielche, Engles, Eng- 
 li/h. 
 
 Englecherie, proof that a 
 perfon fotr.d hilled was 
 of Engliflj extrusion, 
 and not a foreigner. 
 
 >e Cowel's Diet. Aflath, 
 
 Ci 2 Enslue-
 
 8 4 EN 
 
 Engluerount (fe), will fix 
 en tbemfelves the guilt of 
 the crime. 
 Engnes, Agnes. 
 Engracious, ungracious, 
 
 untoward. 
 Engravance, grievance, 
 
 molejlation. 
 Engriever, to aggravate. 
 Engyn par, by deceit. 
 Enhabler, to enable. 
 Enhauce, enhaunce, raif- 
 
 ed, exalted. 
 Enheritants (les), the in- 
 habitants. 
 Enheriteez (eft), is in- 
 titled. 
 Enheritementez, heredita- 
 ments. 
 Enheritez, having an in- 
 heritance in. 
 Enhuiller, to adminijier ex- 
 treme unclion. 
 Enientez, rendered null, a- 
 
 voided. 
 Enjevin, of Anjou. 
 Enimifle, enmity. 
 Enjojalee, furnijhed, pro- 
 vided with jewels. 
 Enjont, enjoining. 
 E nj oy n te, joined. 
 Enke, ink. 
 Enki, thus, fo. 
 Enlaylla, fent thither. 
 Enleift, delivers up. 
 Enli, inftead of. 
 Enloft, in the army. 
 En mediate, immediate. 
 
 E N 
 
 Ennaugerunt, proceeded on 
 
 their voyage. 
 Ennenti^ defeated. 
 Enneur, honour. 
 Ennoliement, extreme unc- 
 tion. 
 Ennoy, annoy. 
 Ennoyaftes, fent. 
 Ennoyer, to fend him a- 
 
 way, remove him. 
 Ennoyez, troubled,grieved. 
 Ennoys, neceffities. 
 Ennoyter, enoyter, to an- 
 nul. 
 Ennuerent, whom they fent. 
 Ermuict, to day. 
 Enombrafer, to fJjade, co- 
 ver. 
 Enor (T), the honour. 
 Enordeniant, in an irre- 
 gular, undue manner. 
 Enordinant, inordinate. 
 Enorez, honoured. 
 Enoukre, moreover. 
 Enoundez, overflowed. 
 Enournez, adorned. 
 Enoyter, to annul. 
 Enpant, compofed. 
 Enparkeler, to fence in. 
 Enpaynes, put to pain. 
 Enpcchez, impeached. 
 Enpeirant, impairing. 
 Enpeiremenr, detriment. 
 Enpeirez, impaired. 
 Enpenfione, a pen/ion. 
 Enpenfones (ne), dont in- 
 tend. 
 
 Enperi,
 
 E N 
 
 Enperi, ivorfe. 
 
 En pi re, embafed. 
 
 Enpleynnaunt, by way of 
 complaint. 
 
 Enploient mye (n'), do not 
 lay out. 
 
 Enplycs, employed. 
 
 En poin, in hand. 
 
 Enpori, irr.poverijhcd. 
 
 Enporri (h), fo ft ale. 
 
 Enportera le realme, Jball 
 be king. 
 
 Enporter heritage, to run 
 away with the inherit- 
 ance. 
 
 Enportez, carried away. 
 
 Enpres, after. 
 
 Enpigne, took, received. 
 
 Enpriiant, defiring. 
 
 Enpris unt, enpncz, have 
 undertaken. 
 
 Enprift le chymin, entered 
 upon his journey. 
 
 Enpromptz, things bor- 
 rowed. 
 
 Enpronerount, imprifoned. 
 
 Enprovour, proved/ tor. 
 
 Enprovver (d'), to improve. 
 
 Enprueez, improved. 
 
 Enprumptu, borrowed. 
 
 Enpus, produce. 
 
 Enque (par), by the in- 
 queft. 
 
 Enqrg (fi), let him in- 
 quire. 
 
 Eqrere, to get, take. 
 
 E n qu er re z, inquiries. 
 
 E N 
 
 85 
 
 Enquerelant (nul), no 
 plaintiff, no fuit. 
 
 Enquerelez, impleaded. 
 
 Enquefter,/«i out. 
 
 Enquieter, diflurb. 
 
 Enquore, yet,JlilL 
 
 Enracier, enracer, to pull 
 up by the roots. 
 
 Enrollment de fes lains, 
 at the rolling up of his 
 wool. 
 
 Enrollez, folded up. 
 
 Enroyer (m'), to grant me. 
 
 Ens, in, within, between. 
 
 Ens ne feit (fi), unlefs it be. 
 
 Enfanle, in blood. 
 
 Enfarchemenr, an exami- 
 nation, a refearch. 
 
 En fan fie, exalted. 
 
 Enfayer, enfuer, to purfue. 
 
 Enfealer, fhut up, impound. 
 
 Enfeares, enfeires, locked 
 up. 
 
 Enfecchi, dried up, wi- 
 thered. 
 
 Eniegie, befieged. 
 
 Enicigne (loial), lawful 
 bufinefs. 
 
 Plnleignementz, qualifica- 
 tions. 
 
 En feigner, to jhew, ap- 
 pear. 
 
 Enieignurant fur l'cftat le 
 roy, lording it ever the 
 ft cue of the king. 
 
 Enleintez, with child. 
 
 Enfeiver, toferve. 
 
 G 2 Enfclle,
 
 26 E N 
 
 Enfelle, /addled. 
 Enfemble, it feems meet. 
 Enfemem, like-wife, in like 
 manner, in the fame 
 manner. 
 Enfencers, cenfers. 
 E v\ fe n ie, itifti -lifted. 
 Enfenfer, to inform. 
 Enfenfes, incenfed. 
 Enferres, ivili be. 
 Enfervagcr, to enflave. 
 Enferver, tofubjeft, charge. 
 Enferve, kept, refcrved. 
 Enfervee, fervile. 
 Enfervir (ne poii Ten), 
 
 is not compellable. 
 Enfeverit (meuz), much 
 
 better know. 
 Enfeyfter, to pew, point 
 
 cut. 
 Knfi tuW, f, thus, alfo, in 
 
 like manner. 
 \\-, c \ pre", Jo mar. 
 Xiv-.a totes voies, provided 
 
 always. 
 Eniier, to mow or reap. 
 iuifjgne, blooded. 
 Knfignemen c, effgnment. 
 Enfigncr, tof/jczv. 
 Enfignere (en), in teach- 
 
 , inf. r ucting. 
 V n g n c 1 , occafioned. 
 r.r.fi^niiion, enfignment. 
 P'.nfmv s, /i7;;t. 
 Enfivient (qe s ! ), «, 
 
 UH.IJ 
 
 E N 
 
 Enfiwyt il pas, it does not 
 
 follow. 
 Enforquetot, above all. 
 Enffievant (en), in purfu- 
 
 ance of. 
 En ft res, entries. 
 Enfu, enfuvt, s'enfient, 
 
 folk 
 
 ZVS. 
 
 ■ i. ' v, :.,•. , we followed. 
 
 Enlucr, to follow. 
 
 Enfuit, hereafter. 
 
 E n i u i v a n t, againfi. 
 
 Enfuivroit (il s'), // would 
 follow. 
 
 Enfundis, in that cafe, alfo. 
 
 Eniure, obey. 
 
 \,mvsm^itAuvx.fuggefing. 
 
 Enfurrer, to rife. 
 
 Enfus, big with child. 
 
 lint, in, in the mean time. 
 
 Er.t, thereupon, of them, 
 thereof. 
 
 Ent (d 5 ), thereof. 
 
 Ent, iriire, whole. 
 
 Entacher, to in feel. 
 
 Entagle, importuned. 
 
 En r aineez, entered upon, 
 debated. 
 
 E ntamees, flirred, moved. 
 
 Entant come, fignifes as 
 much as. 
 
 Entartz, burned. 
 
 F.ntaunt, fo 'much. 
 
 Entaunt grannt, he there- 
 by as good as grants. 
 
 Entechele, tainted, infccl- 
 ed. 
 
 Enteins, unJerJlood. 
 
 ■ Extendable,
 
 E N 
 
 Entendable, to be under- 
 flood. 
 
 Entendances, attendances. 
 
 Enrendaunt, thinking, ima- 
 gining, underftood. 
 
 Enr.endement(i 5 ), the form, 
 
 Entendementz, meanings, 
 conflr unions. 
 
 Entendiblement, fully, 
 plainly. 
 
 Entendre (fife luij, made 
 him believe. 
 
 Entendre, tc attend. 
 
 Entenk (jeo) y-entanks, / 
 think. 
 
 Entent, underjiand them. 
 
 Entente, intention, claim , 
 a>m, plaint, count. 
 
 Ententivement, carefully. 
 
 E ntenue, underftood, heard. 
 
 Enterceur, the party chal- 
 lenging the goods, hezvho 
 has placed them in the 
 hands of a third per fon. 
 
 Enterirr.es, enterince, en- 
 terrine. entcrin, enteri- 
 ene, entire, perfect. 
 
 Enteriner, to perfect. 
 
 Enter mains, emre meins, 
 in our hands, in his 
 hands. 
 
 F. nternien t, entirely. 
 
 Entcynonr, hold, keep. 
 
 E n t ey fa n r , tacit ly , by fay - 
 in? not!:;;::'. 
 
 o o 
 
 Entexes, interwoven. 
 En:ient, holds. 
 
 E N 
 
 *7 
 
 En tier (al), upon his en- 
 tering. 
 
 Entiercir, to depofj a thing 
 with a third perfon, till 
 the property is proved. 
 
 Eniiers (et les), and en- 
 tries. 
 
 Entiers, entierent, intirely. 
 
 Entierte, the whole. 
 
 Entitle, qualified. 
 
 Entraihantz, dragging, 
 drawing. 
 
 Entorie, entoir, entour, 
 en tour, entur, about, 
 round, concerning. 
 
 Entoucher, to give a poi- 
 fonous quality to any 
 thing. 
 
 Entover, to walk about. 
 
 Ent mettra(ne fe),will not 
 interpofe, affift. 
 
 Entraiter (derefonable), 
 unreaf enable, unjuft treat- 
 ment. 
 
 Entralliez, confederated to- 
 gether, bifid themfelves 
 together. 
 
 En t ra iTe mes, entered. 
 
 Entre, above, beyond, 
 
 Entie (a 1'), as far as the 
 limits. 
 
 Entre, encre (de N ,, ink. 
 
 E.*:reaidions lui uns l'an- 
 tre, will mutually aid 
 each other. 
 
 it, an 
 
 LiUixoat,
 
 88 
 
 E N 
 
 Entrebat (par), by inter- 
 
 lopement. 
 -Entreconent point (nc s'), 
 do not inter common. 
 
 Entredit (en temp d'), in 
 prohibited feafons. 
 
 Entrefcrrent, engage, fight. 
 
 Entreifiets (ne), Jhould not 
 enter into. 
 
 Entrelafier, to put between, 
 interline. 
 
 JLniTelettkntiOmittwg, leav- 
 ing out, relinquijhing, lay- 
 ing afide. 
 
 EntrelefTe (nc), would not 
 proceed in. 
 
 Entreliere, to obferve. 
 
 Entreliesffe xuiTem), bound 
 them/elves together. 
 
 TLntreWgnurCfintelineatioff. 
 
 Entreluterent, engaged to- 
 gether, fought. 
 
 Entremeiffent (fe), Jhould 
 occupy, be put into, in- 
 termeddle with, took tip- 
 on him/elf. 
 
 Entremelles (accions), 
 mixed atlicns. 
 
 Entrcmellies, mixed, blend- 
 ed together. 
 
 Entre mellure, an inter- 
 mixture. 
 
 Entremifted inquirer, . ■:- 
 thorifed to inquire, caufed 
 inquiry to be made. 
 
 En:rc!idre (fait), to be un- 
 der]} ocd. 
 
 E N 
 
 Entreparler, to confult to- 
 gether. 
 Entrepennent, confult a- 
 mong themfelves, enter- 
 priftng. 
 Entreres, to be entered. 
 Entrerupt, interrupted. 
 Emrefte (malemenr), evil- 
 ly treated him. 
 Entretant, in the mean 
 
 while, to fulfil. 
 Entretz, interred. 
 Entreval, interval. 
 Entreuls (d'), among them. 
 Entrevyfent (fe), have an 
 
 interview. 
 Entricate, interwoven. 
 Entrignier, accomplifh. 
 Entromys (nous) in Tho- 
 rn age, we did homage. 
 Entrovez, narrow pajfes. 
 Entrour, about. 
 Entruft.ee, incrcafed. 
 Ent tant regard (ni), nei- 
 ther paying regard. 
 Entyvement, entirely. 
 Entz, enz, but. 
 Envaifemen, an invafion. 
 Envee, envint, fent. 
 Enveer avant, to proceed. 
 Enveer (facez), caufe to 
 
 be fent for. 
 Enveierons (lui n'), we 
 
 will not condemn him. 
 Envcillez, grown old. 
 Envenant, enfuing. 
 
 Envenoms,
 
 E N 
 
 Envenoms, have fent. 
 Enveogler, to inveigle, 
 
 blind. 
 Enveoms, enveons, cn- 
 
 veuns, we fend, 
 Enverce, againfl, towards. 
 Enverrez, inquired into. 
 En vers (T), within. 
 Enveyees, envoys. 
 Enveyer, envoyer, envier, 
 
 to fend. 
 Envie (ne), nor damage, 
 
 injure. 
 Enviroune (mal), tradu- 
 ced. 
 Envis, with regret. 
 Envoderoms, we would 
 
 have. 
 fenvocglez, blind. 
 Envoez, become. 
 Envoi e (il), he fends. 
 Envorrez, fball fend. 
 Envoyable, /h all be fent. 
 Envoyellera (potius enjo- 
 julera), will "provide 
 with jewels. 
 Envoyglifinent (en), in 
 avoy dance, in deceit of. 
 Envyurez, intoxicated. 
 Enuer, to enure. 
 Envver (enj, in arrear. 
 En v age, the right of elder - 
 
 fhip. 
 Enz, in, within, but, 
 Eoque, becaufe that, 
 Eofs, eoues, eggs. 
 
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 Eofues, potius jeofnes 
 
 (genz), young people. 
 Eoins (que nous), that we 
 
 Jhould have. 
 Eoms, have, . 
 Eos (al), to the ufe. 
 Eou, he, him. 
 Eours de pite, works of 
 
 piety. 
 Ephebe, one who is major. 
 Epouvantement, excufe, 
 Eppofant, the petitioner, 
 Epprendre (d'), to take. 
 Eps, a bee. 
 Equiture, to ride. 
 Equus (d') le hile dox, 
 
 until he hears. 
 Erainent, leaving off, a- 
 
 voiding. 
 Ernn, will be. 
 Erantz, arantz, ploughing, 
 Erberage, provifion for 
 
 cattle. 
 Erberger, to lodge or har- 
 bour. 
 Ercedekene, herfedecome, 
 archdeacon, archdeacon- 
 ry. 
 Ercevefques, archbifhops. 
 Ercewec, the archbifhop. 
 Erderont, fhall aid, ad- 
 
 here to. 
 Ere, be. 
 Ere, fhall be. 
 Ere, erer, to fowe. 
 Erer, erier, to wander up 
 and down, 
 
 Eri,
 
 90 E S 
 
 Eri, I was. 
 
 Erinez, wafled, ruined. 
 
 Erite (1'), the inheritance. 
 
 Erite, an heretic. 
 
 Ermyn, an ermine, 
 
 Eroer, erver, to journey ■, to 
 travel. 
 
 Erra, flail go. 
 
 Erraunt traitour, an ar- 
 rant traitor. 
 
 Erreront, went the eyre. 
 
 Errifement:, hindrance. 
 
 Erroign, erroneous. 
 
 Errois, Irifl. 
 
 Erront, flail hear. 
 
 Errount, go their heir. 
 
 Ers, heirs. 
 
 Erfoir, yeferday. 
 
 Ert, he was, it was. 
 
 Ert (ne), flail not be. 
 
 Es, ez, in, behold. 
 
 Esaple, f ample. 
 
 Efbaiez, efbaiz, efbahi, a- 
 bafled, furprifed, terri- 
 fied. 
 
 Eibaire nous (pour), to 
 recreate cur/elves. 
 
 Efbaudes, imboldened, en- 
 
 couraged. 
 
 Efcales, fcales. 
 Efcar, cflate, condition. 
 Efcarcet ec, fca, -city. 
 Efcarlate (d'), cf fcarkt. 
 Efcar fe men t, fearcely 
 Efcarta de ble, fear city cf 
 
 corn. 
 Efcaud, damage, offence. 
 
 E S 
 
 Efceppe, foipped. 
 Efchair, happen. 
 Efchaift, fljould intreat ; 
 
 alfo flould ej cheat. 
 Efchant (q'il ne le) de 
 
 quaunt q'il fair, that he 
 
 did not regard or fear 
 
 whatever he did. 
 Efchancier, to increafe,] 
 
 promote. 
 Efchaude, jmothered. 
 Efcheent, happen. 
 Efcheere en maladie, fall 
 
 ftck. 
 Efcheere (plus N , more dear. 
 Efchelement (par J, by ef- 
 
 calade. 
 Efcheler, to fcale. 
 Lfchement, flunning, bend- 
 ing from. 
 Efcheqir, Efqi.aquer, ex- 
 
 ehe uer. 
 Efcher (fi), if it happens. 
 Efchfterie (a"), office of 
 
 efcheator 
 Efcheve, efchewed, fhun- 
 
 ned, bent or bowed from. 
 Efchever, to perform. 
 Efchever, elchiver, tofleun, 
 
 avoid, bend from. 
 Elcheu (plus), more a- 
 
 fraid. 
 Efcheu, befallen, happened. 
 }: fchier (d'\ to fall down. 
 Elc!, : er (1'), ibe falling. 
 Elch.re, efhire, efhuer, 
 
 t : .) -.;;• ■, cicLure, cfchc- 
 ter,
 
 E S 
 
 ter, efchever, to fall or 
 happen unto, to ef cheat, 
 to defend, to fall to. 
 
 EfchivifTment, negligence, 
 is) ant of care. 
 
 Efchiure, efchiver, ef- 
 chure, efchever,efchew, 
 to avoid. 
 
 Efchua, pulled down. 
 
 Efchuable, avoidable. 
 
 Efchuir, avoided, made de- 
 fault. 
 
 Efcience (Icur), their con- 
 ference, knowledge. 
 
 Efcient (a), knowledge, af- 
 fection, knowingly. 
 
 Efclairces, efclaref, efclar- 
 cic, cleared up, exprejfed, 
 fettled. 
 
 Efclarifer (meus) le fet, 
 to explain the fact bet- 
 ter. 
 
 Efclaunder, difcredit, ca- 
 lumny, Jlander, preju- 
 dice. 
 
 Efclore, to futt out. 
 
 Efc line, afluice. 
 
 Efclufe de Pafques, clufe 
 de Paiche, the firfi Sun- 
 day after Eafler. 
 
 Efciuz, packs , bundles. 
 
 Eicochcr (d 5 ), to fhoot. 
 
 Efcomenge, efcumeng, ex- 
 communication. 
 
 Efc > uuit, dcundit, de- 
 nied rejecled. 
 
 Efcoi.ie, a fconce, a dark 
 Irvtharr. 
 
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 Efcotcliours, efchorche- 
 ours, thofe who flay cat- 
 tle for their Jkins. 
 
 Efcoter, to pay. 
 
 Efcoudirad (s'en), clear 
 him/elf. 
 
 Efcoult (doner), give him 
 a hearing. 
 
 Efcoundre, efcondtre, to 
 deny, rejecl. 
 
 Efcourcer, to run, be in 
 force. 
 
 Efcourcer (lui), excufe 
 himfelf. 
 
 Efcourcher (pour) le par- 
 lement, to fhorten the 
 duration of parliament. 
 
 Efcoutemenr, clearly, in- 
 telligibly. 
 
 Efcraier countre lui, oppofe 
 him. 
 
 Efcreuz, increafed. 
 
 Efcries, treated of, dc- 
 fenbed. 
 
 Efcriez (felons), notorious, 
 proclaimed felons. 
 
 Eicrin, a coffer. 
 
 E ferine (j'), / hope. 
 
 Efc rip re (a fait), has caufed 
 to be written. 
 
 Efcripcura ( \ti),fhall write 
 them. 
 
 E fcr it, declared, profcribed, 
 
 Efcrits, direcled to. 
 
 Eicriure, write, certify, dc- 
 fcribe. 
 
 Efcrover, a fcroll. 
 
 Efcrowes,
 
 9 2 
 
 E S 
 
 Efcrowes, rolls of parch- 
 
 ment, fcrolls. 
 Efcruire (d'), to write to. 
 Efcryeurs, writers. 
 Efcuminges (cum), by an 
 excommunicato capiendo. 
 ¥,kx\mzrs, pirates, corfuirs. 
 Efcune, each, every, 
 Efcuquiteur, an executor. 
 Eicurer, to fcour out. 
 Eicus d'or fol, a French 
 gold coin of the value of 
 fix /hillings. 
 Eicufer, prevent, excufe. 
 Efcufement (en), in ex- 
 cufe. 
 Efcutereit (q'il), that he 
 
 would lift en to. 
 Efcuz, excufe. 
 Efcyncilles de feu, fparks 
 
 of fire. 
 Efee, eafy, commodious. 
 Element, cemmodioufy, an 
 
 eafement. 
 Efez, eafed. 
 Efgarde, awarded. 
 Efgart, efguart (a 1'), 
 judgement , discretion, 
 aivard, with rfpetl to. 
 Eigle, eagle. 
 Es jours de fetter,, onfeajl- 
 
 days. 
 Efkep, efkip, flipped. 
 Efkippefon, flipping, or 
 
 pafj'age by fea. 
 Efkirmye, fighting. de- 
 fence. 
 
 E S 
 
 Eflcole, fchool. 
 Efkuyns, bailiffs. 
 Efle, efleeuz, chofen. 
 Eflevera (tort), fhall do an 
 
 injury. 
 Eflit, eleclion. 
 E Qoi gn e,difturbed, delayed. 
 Efloignement, excufe. 
 EQoignement (pur) du 
 payement,/er enlarging 
 the time of payment. 
 Efloigner, remove from, 
 
 alienate. 
 Elloignez, prorogued, ad- 
 journed. 
 Elmercient, thank. 
 Efmerveilluz, we wonder, 
 
 is wonderful. 
 Efmon, Edmond. 
 Efmovenient, motion, com- 
 motion. 
 Efmuz, cfmcutz, moved, 
 
 jiirred up, dijlurbed. 
 Efne fiz, eldeft fon. 
 Elourketot, moreover, fur- 
 ther. 
 Elpaigne (monsr d'), John 
 cf Gaunt, king of Caftile 
 and Leon, duke of Lan- 
 cader, &c. 
 Efpale, efpccial. 
 Eipanner le cuft, to [pare 
 
 the coft. 
 Elparni, [pared, exempted. 
 Efparpilent, branch cut. 
 Elpec, fpecialty. 
 
 Efoeceiicr,
 
 E S 
 
 Efpecefier, to fpecify, to 
 contrail. 
 
 Efpeceries, fpices. 
 
 Elpechement (fans), with- 
 out difturbance> impedi- 
 ment. 
 
 Efpeciallte, affinity. 
 
 Efpecies, [pedes ', kinds. 
 
 Efpee, thigh, leg, foot. 
 
 Efpeie, eipeye, eipye, a 
 [word. 
 
 Elpeir (fans) de partir, 
 without hope of Repara- 
 tion. 
 
 Efpeirer, to referve, fpare. 
 
 Efpeires, impaired. 
 
 Efpelotte, expedttated. 
 
 Efpenfies, fpecified. 
 
 Efpenz, expense. 
 
 Efperitaux, efpeulx, f pi- 
 ritual. 
 
 Efpermrez (n'), will not 
 /pare. 
 
 TLioer nieSi fpared, exempt- 
 ed. 
 
 Efperons, fpurs. 
 
 Efperuex (au 1'), to the 
 hopes. 
 
 Efpve, fpare. 
 
 Efpeuteiioun (pur\ pro 
 expeditatione canum in 
 for eft a exiftcntium. 
 
 Efpeyere, afpear. 
 
 Efpiantz, having in view. 
 
 Efpiement, information. 
 
 Eipier, to find out> to look 
 out } cbferve. 
 
 ES 9 , 
 
 Efpier (que), who informs 
 againft. accufes. 
 
 Eipies, watched. 
 
 Eipinaces (deux), two 
 pin aces. 
 
 Elpingles de boys, pins of 
 wood. 
 
 Efpifes, efpoufals. 
 
 Efpitau, an hofpital. 
 
 Efplee le huifles, bolt or 
 lock the doors. 
 
 Eipies, efpleits (les), the 
 profits. 
 
 Efpleit, needful. 
 
 Efpleit (final), final iffue. 
 
 Efpleytez, efploit, efplo- 
 tee, d [patched, anfwer- 
 ed, Jerved. 
 
 Efploir, to requeft, to im- 
 plore earneftly with tears. 
 
 Efploit (au), in difpatch 
 of) in performance. 
 
 Efploit (pur 1') de parl- 
 ment, for the difpatch of 
 parliamentary bufinef. 
 
 Eipluit (pur Y),fcr carry- 
 ing on, for the expences of. 
 
 Efploit (qeDieu 1'), whom 
 God preferve, give juc- 
 cefs to. 
 
 E fp ; o i te r e n t , di four fed ; 
 performed fuch exploits. 
 
 Efploires (etre), to be ex- 
 pended. 
 
 Efploitez de la terre, deli- 
 vered the efplees of the 
 land. 
 7 Efploitier
 
 94 
 
 E S 
 
 Efploitier (c), and to dif 
 
 play. 
 Efploitz (les), thefervices. 
 Efpoirance, hope. 
 Efporouns, fpurs. 
 Efpofe, efpolaii, efpoufal, 
 
 marriage. 
 Efpofe, married. 
 Efpoveri, impoverif/oed. 
 Efprefemenc, exprefsly. 
 Efprovaunt (al), to the af- 
 
 fertor. 
 Efproves, proved, marked, 
 
 ftamped. 
 Efpuel, fpiritual. 
 Efpurger (foy), to purge, 
 
 to clear himfelf. 
 Efquel d' argent, filver 
 
 fpoons. 
 Efquelles, which. 
 Efquers, efquiers, efqiiires. 
 Efquieles, ladles. 
 Efquunes, fljeriffs, magif 
 
 trates. 
 EfTaucier, to cherijh. 
 EfTeketurs, executors. 
 Effent, extent. 
 Eflentu, affented. 
 Effientc-x, very learned. 
 Effire (potius eflire), to 
 
 choofe. 
 Effoierent (que ne), that 
 
 it belongeth not. 
 Eftbirent (come ils), as if 
 
 they were. 
 Effbyer, to endeavour. 
 Eft, the cajt. 
 
 E S • 
 
 ILftaa,fiands. 
 
 Eltable, a Jiable. 
 
 Eftable (de lour), under" 
 their department. 
 
 EftablifTement de dower, 
 fettlement, appointment, 
 or ajfurance of dower, 
 made by the hufband or 
 his friends to the wife, 
 before or at marriage. 
 
 Eftabliffements, acls of 
 parliament. 
 
 Eltably, fettled, appointed. 
 
 Eftache, a pier, pile, bridge, 
 flake. 
 
 Eitages, eflates. 
 
 Eftaignee, a pool. 
 
 Eftalez, eftalee, money to 
 be paid by inflalments. 
 
 Eftalls, falls. 
 
 Eftalls, eflales, tools, fcales. 
 
 Ella nc he, a refer voir for 
 
 fifi. 
 
 Eftantz, Jlanding. 
 
 l:\i\apc, ftaple. 
 
 Eftr, bein?. 
 
 Eftat (fi a), /*/ is. 
 
 Eftat, ftatute, condition, 
 
 health. 
 Eftat (n'y), was not there. 
 Eftat (en T), into the place. 
 Eftature (1'), eftatere, the 
 
 beam. 
 Eftatut, eftat e. 
 Eftaul, firm, fable. 
 Eftaulx, the falls in a 
 
 choir. 
 
 Eftauncher,
 
 E S 
 
 Eftauncher, to ft op, to put 
 
 an end to. 
 Eftaunkes, flanks, dams, 
 
 wears, pools. 
 Eftauntez, being, 
 Eftclok (fon), his clock. 
 Efte, eftee (en), infummer. 
 Efte (la mi), Midfummer. 
 Efteaunce, being. 
 Efteiant, ft an ding, 
 Efteient, eftient, efteyent, 
 
 were, 
 Efteille, ajlar. 
 Efteimes (n') efteiouns, 
 
 eftiemes, pas, we were 
 
 not. 
 Efteindre, efteyndre, to 
 
 extend to. 
 Efteint, becomes extincl. 
 Efteint de (qu), who were 
 
 of, who fided with, 
 Efteint, client, extincl. 
 Efteintz (mort), quite 
 
 dead. 
 Eftemaunt, eftemans, 
 
 efteeming, accounting. 
 Eftemue, rat fed. 
 Eftendreit, would be fuffi- 
 
 cient, might be extended 
 
 on. 
 Eftente, eftant, efteinte, 
 
 extent, value, eftimation. 
 Eftent (ie), extends it/elf. 
 Eftepne, Efteve, Stephen. 
 Eftere oveiqe le roi, en 
 
 iuftenance de fa coronc. 
 
 E S 95 
 
 to ft and by the king, in 
 fupport of his, crown. 
 Eiterilitat, fear city. 
 Efterlynge, a penny, a far- 
 thing. 
 
 Efterniers (en), in freez- 
 ings, 
 
 Efterz (vos), you are. 
 
 Eftes, eftez, condition, e- 
 ftate, 
 
 Ei\ey,fummer. 
 
 Efteyme, cftainte, eftagne, 
 eftank, eftonbz, efteig- 
 ne, tin, 
 
 E (ley nan t, (en) eftenyfe- 
 ment, in extinguijhing, 
 
 Efteyndre, to extinguifh. 
 
 Efteynent paye, flop pay- 
 ment. 
 
 Efthabelere, to eftablijh, 
 
 Eftiant, flood. 
 
 Eftiemes (ke prefent i), 
 who were prefent there, 
 
 Eftienes, eftee, eftei, been. 
 
 F.ftiens (nous), we are. 
 
 Eftient, knowledge. 
 
 Eftiez, flood, been. 
 
 E{\'ik,fljle. 
 
 Efti mures, robbers. 
 
 E ft i ties (par les), by the 
 fluices . 
 
 Eir Liz, eft leu, chofen. 
 
 EitofFer, to ftore, flock, 
 fur nip. 
 
 Eitoier, efter, eftere, eftr, 
 to ft and io, abide. 
 
 Eftoiera,
 
 9 6 E S 
 
 Eftoiera (fi luy) la chofe 
 perder, if hefhould hap- 
 pen to lofe the thing. 
 
 Eftoilettes, gennets. 
 
 Eftoiroit (ne), needed not. 
 
 Eftoite, was. 
 
 Eftole, a fchool. 
 
 Eftoppe, clofe, confined, 
 dark. 
 
 Eftorement (a), in a large 
 quantity, not by retale. 
 
 Eftorer (d), to make a- 
 mends. 
 
 Eftores, Jiored. 
 
 Eftorie (1'), the hiftory. 
 
 Eftors, flock, fores. 
 
 Eftoua, jhall be compelled. 
 
 Eftouble, fiubble. 
 
 Eftovereit (lui), it would 
 be incumbent on him. 
 
 Eftourtre (pour), to flop. 
 
 Eftoyer, happen, be. 
 
 Eftoyent, were. 
 
 TLftoys, fiands. 
 
 Eftr, being. 
 
 Jiftraites, derived, drawn. 
 
 Eftrangent, fir angle. 
 
 Eftraungiez (a luy), hath 
 refrained himfelf, hath 
 forborn. 
 
 Eftray (j*) hors, I will go 
 out \ will ef range my- 
 f elf from. 
 
 Eitrayflauntes, fraying. 
 
 Eftre, been. 
 
 Eftre (!'), the exifience. 
 
 E S 
 
 Eftre ceo (e), and bejides 
 this. 
 
 Eftre (del bien), of the 
 form. 
 
 Eftre (voille), will be, 
 ftand. 
 
 Eftrectement, ftritlly. 
 
 Eftrein, efrra'm, fir aw. 
 
 Eftreintier, to contrail, 
 take in. 
 
 Eftreiont, they fray. 
 
 Eftreites (par), by eftreats. 
 
 Eftreitz, eftreats, fireets. 
 
 Eftremes des mo) ins, mill-* 
 fi reams. 
 
 Eftrepes, fhipped, pulled. 
 
 Eftret, fiands. 
 
 Eftrete(haut), highftreet. 
 
 Eftreutz, extended. 
 
 Eftreygnaul (en), in con- 
 fining. 
 
 Eftreynerye, tin-works. 
 
 Eftreyt, derived, defended. 
 
 JLHrcytcs, limited, contract- 
 ed, freight ened, taken in. 
 
 Eftrie (laroun), a notori- 
 ous thief. 
 
 Eftrie r, writing. 
 
 Eftrifs,7?r//>j, difptites. 
 
 Eftrippe, wafte. 
 
 E ft ri thing, Eafi Riding. 
 
 Eftrivaftcnt, firove. 
 
 Eftrivens, fiirrups. 
 
 Eftroicter, to inftruft. 
 
 Eftropier, to fpoil, wafie. 
 Eftudcs,
 
 E V 
 
 Efludes (es), in the tnu- 
 feums, colleges. 
 
 Eftues, eituves, the flews, 
 or brothel-houfes. 
 
 EftufTees (noefz), Jlnps 
 manned. 
 
 Eftufrement (pur 1') de 
 la terre d'Irland,/<?r the 
 peopling of the kingdom 
 of Ireland. 
 
 "SLftufizmznt, flocking, peo- 
 pling. 
 
 Eftuffeures, flores. 
 
 Eftumers, pirates, rovers. 
 
 Efturens, fhall chufe. 
 
 Eftutt, eittit, efteuflent, 
 flood. 
 
 Efuient (ki), which fol- 
 low. 
 
 Efuoies, hardfhips. 
 
 Efvos, behold. 
 
 Eftroytement, narrowly 9 
 carefully. 
 
 Efvver, doubt. 
 
 Et, hath, had. 
 
 £t, into. 
 
 Etfi, although. 
 
 Eu, or, them. 
 
 Eu tens, in time. 
 
 Evanceant, ■promoting. 
 
 Evaunt dit (1'), the afore- 
 faid. 
 
 Evangelies, gofpels, ftn- 
 tences out of the fcrip- 
 tures. 
 
 Eve, ove, with. 
 
 Eve, evez, eue, had. 
 
 E U $7 
 
 En (nous e), we have had. 
 
 Evenift, fhould happen. 
 
 Even tees, burjl. 
 
 Evenues, avenues, paffes. 
 
 Eveoms, we have. 
 
 Evertuer (s'), to attend to y 
 to employ himfelf, to pre- 
 pare. 
 
 Everwyk, York. 
 
 Eves, deceived. 
 
 Evefche, dlocefe. 
 
 Eveichee, Lifhoprick. 
 
 Fveiky, evetfres, bifhop. 
 
 Euez, eues had. 
 
 Euf, eof, an egg. 
 
 Evitier, to avoid. 
 
 Euiz (nous) deiunes, we 
 have above mentioned. 
 
 Eulx, eus, euz, yeux, eyes. 
 
 Eulx, euls, eulz, them, 
 themfelves. 
 
 Evoluer, to unfold, open, 
 turn ever. 
 
 Evount, have. 
 
 Evoytement, increafe, ad- 
 vancement. 
 
 Eups, ufe, 
 
 Eure, eur, hour, time. 
 
 Euree, happy. 
 
 Eus, them, they. 
 
 Eus (a 1'), to the ufe. 
 
 Eufe, had. 
 
 Eufez, you had. 
 
 Euibms (nous) eufibuns, 
 we have, 
 
 Eutaule, otlave, the fpace 
 of eight days. 
 
 EI E utre s,
 
 9 8 
 
 E X 
 
 Eutres, autres (d*), of 
 others, other things, 
 
 Euvres, works. 
 
 Euvent, have, 
 
 Euwes, had. 
 
 Euwez, ewez, watered. 
 
 Eux (de), of the eyes. 
 
 Euximes (ent), amongft 
 them. 
 
 Euyz, euys, them. 
 
 Euz, but. 
 
 Ew, ewe, ewes, bad. 
 
 Ewangel, evangelijis. 
 
 Ewe, had. 
 
 Ewe, them. 
 
 Ewe (entre), between them. 
 
 Ewe (alt il), he mujl un- 
 dergo the water ordeal. 
 
 Ewe douce, frejh water> 
 a Jlream. 
 
 Ewelles, gees. 
 
 Eweret (molin), a water- 
 mill. 
 
 Ewerwick, York. 
 
 Ewes, ewoz, waters. 
 
 Ewez, watered. 
 
 Ewes (en), in ponds. 
 
 Ex (ft), from the river Ex. 
 
 Exalte z, raifed. 
 
 Exa ucemen t, advancement. 
 
 Excitation (al), at the in- 
 treaty, motion, injiiga- 
 Hon. 
 
 Exciterent le affile, encou- 
 raged the c.Jfife. 
 
 Excufation, excufc. 
 
 Excuferez (ne), will not 
 reproach. 
 
 E X 
 
 Excuffion (potius execuf- 
 fion), execution, produc- 
 tion, proof. 
 
 Exec, exception. 
 
 Execuc, execution. 
 
 Executours (les), thofe 
 who are to put in execu- 
 tion. 
 
 Execyte, excited. 
 
 Exeketour des befoignes, 
 charged with the affairs. 
 
 Exenger, exercife. 
 
 Exerfant, exerciftng. 
 
 Exerwick, York. 
 
 Exes, eyes. 
 
 Exi, any, alfo. 
 
 Eximons, exempt. 
 
 Exon, excufe. 
 
 Expaule, expoufez, fug- 
 gejled, reprefented. 
 
 Expe&eroit, Jhould abide. 
 
 Expleiter (facez), caufe 
 to be difpatcbed, exer- 
 cifed, employed. 
 
 Expleiterent, difcourfed, 
 atted, performed. 
 
 Exploit, efploit, difpatch. 
 
 Exploiter, receive the pro- 
 fits. 
 
 Exprumez, exprejfed. 
 
 Extentz, extinguified. 
 
 Exter, to execute. 
 
 Extienter, to extinguijh. 
 
 Extimation, an ejlimate. 
 
 Extinfement, extientife- 
 ment, exteynfement,fx- 
 tinguijhing. 
 
 Extorquer,
 
 E Y 
 
 Extorquer, to put out by 
 
 force. 
 Extorter, to drive off, a- 
 
 void. 
 
 Extrelins, people of the 
 
 north-, 
 Extremifer, to adminifier 
 
 the extreme unclion. 
 Ey, a watery place, 
 Eyaunce (en), in eafe* 
 Eydance, evidence, 
 Eyde, help, 
 Eyde, aided. 
 Eye (p), by aid, 
 Eyens, but. 
 Eyer (unc), an ewer. 
 Eyette, ye have. 
 Eyme nous, loves us. 
 Eyndegre de meyne (de 
 
 fon), of his own head. 
 Eyne date (d'), of earlier 
 
 date. 
 Eynefce parcener, eldejl 
 
 partner. 
 Eyneft, eldejl. 
 Eynt (ne) damage, jhall 
 
 receive no damage. 
 Eyntz, therein. 
 Eynzne feffment, ancient 
 
 feoffment. 
 Eynz q, when, before thai. 
 Eyr, the air. 
 Eyres, heirs. 
 Eyfe, eafy, 
 Eyfement, eafement. 
 Eyt, eight. 
 Eyt, Jhall be, will be. 
 
 FA 99 
 
 £z, in, within. 
 
 Ez choufes, in the things. 
 
 Ezi, his. 
 
 Ezplaye, Jpoiled. 
 
 FAAT (le), a meafure 
 called a fat. 
 
 Fablefie, weaknefs, 
 
 Fabloir, to devife Jiories, 
 to prevaricate. 
 
 Face (premerc), prima fa- 
 cie. 
 
 Facentz leve, caufing to 
 be levied. 
 
 Faceo (ceo), has done it. 
 
 Fache de 1' eglife (en), in 
 the face of the church. 
 
 Fachon de home, human 
 Jhape or form. 
 
 Facion, fajhion, 
 
 Facion (avaunt le), before 
 the making, 
 
 Faft, committed. 
 
 Faez, make, made. 
 
 Faicez faire, caufe to be 
 iffued. 
 
 Faici, did,fent, difpatched. 
 
 Faift, did. 
 
 Faifle de memoire (a), 
 through forge tfulnefs. 
 
 Faie, faith. 
 
 Faiere, to do. 
 
 Faiet, faiftes, made. 
 
 Faile, failiie, faillies, end- 
 ed, expired. 
 
 Faillent (y), be omitted. 
 
 Failler, to difappoint, 
 H 2 Failler
 
 ioo F A 
 
 Failler (fift), caufed to be 
 
 omitted. 
 Faillie (foit), breach has 
 
 been made. 
 Faillons, neglecl. 
 Faily, omitted. 
 Fain, bay ; alfo beach wood. 
 Faint, committed. 
 Fairaginous, maflin, or 
 
 mingled corn. 
 Faire, to pay. 
 Faire en chofe, to deal in 
 
 matters. 
 Faire fon ley, wage his 
 
 law. 
 Faire le difference (a), to 
 
 end the difference. 
 Fairie, fairez, to be made. 
 Fairs de Germ, the marts 
 
 in Germany. 
 Fait en fait, done in deed. 
 Fait en, already. 
 Fait (fur le), ipfo fallo. 
 Fait gaine, doth gain. 
 Fait (ne) my onblier, it is 
 
 not to be forgotten. 
 Fait foy (fe), is done, may 
 
 be done. 
 Faiterie (par), through 
 
 idlenefs, lazinefs. 
 Faitours, fafiors. 
 Fahours,Jlotbful people. 
 Faiture, faitours, making, 
 
 doing. 
 Faitures, evil-doers. 
 
 F A 
 
 Faitz, fait darmes, feats 
 of arms. 
 
 Faiz, fais, deeds, falls, bu~ 
 finefs. 
 
 Faix, times. 
 
 Faix, a burthen, load. 
 
 Faix, falfe. 
 
 Faixime, deceit. 
 
 Falaize, a bank or hill by 
 the fea-fide. 
 
 Falaft, fally, failed, done 
 wrong. 
 
 Falent (ki), which ought 
 to have been. 
 
 Fallent (qui vos), which 
 concern you. 
 
 Falefe, falife, fands, rocks, 
 cliffs. 
 
 Falefte, a capital punifh- 
 ment infilled on a male- 
 faclor on the fands orfea 
 Jhore ; perhaps by laying 
 him bound on the fands 
 till the next full tide car- 
 ried him away, or by 
 throwing him from the 
 cliffs *. 
 
 Fali, Philip. 
 
 Faix, falfe. 
 
 Fam, hunger. 
 
 Fame, wife. 
 
 Familier de la chauncery, 
 a clerk belonging to the 
 chancery. 
 
 Britton 257. b. Mir. 248. Hengham 87. Cowel. 
 
 Famuler,
 
 F A 
 
 Famuler, familiar, one of 
 his houfehold, a fami- 
 liar, intimate friend, a 
 fervant. 
 
 Fanez ttmtiXez, fanes 'ena- 
 melled. 
 
 Fanons (deus), two fan- 
 nels or maniples. 
 
 Fany (en), in the manner. 
 
 Fany (ove le,) with the 
 manner. 
 
 Faonier, to fawn. 
 
 Far, fare, to go, to bid 
 farewel. 
 
 Fardel de terre, a fourth 
 ■part of rn acre. 
 
 Fare (tur), was done. 
 
 Faron, pigged, farrowed. 
 
 Farronis aver, we will 
 caufe to have. 
 
 Farce, a farce. 
 
 Fas (volis), do unto you. 
 
 Fafoms (nous nous), we 
 will make our f elves. 
 
 Fa ft, was. 
 
 Fafunt (ne) mes, do not 
 fet. 
 
 Fat, fate, dcjliny. 
 
 Fat, does. 
 
 Fate, fatz, made. 
 
 Fate (poi), little done. 
 
 Fatou, a factotum. 
 
 Fau, a beech-tree. 
 
 Faucer chofes, fdlfe things. 
 
 Fauches, mozved, lopped. 
 
 Faude, faulde, a pen or 
 fold for Jheep. 
 
 F E iox 
 
 Faverer, February. 
 Favie (a), to do. 
 
 FavifTent favour. 
 
 FauifTes pleints, falfe 
 plaints. 
 
 Fau Ira, will fail. 
 
 Fault (a), want of 
 
 Fault environ, comes to, 
 amounts to about. 
 
 Faultant, making default. 
 
 Faultez, failed of,falfified. 
 
 Fiulton, want. 
 
 Fa ul tone, complaining, 
 
 Faurt (en cy), fo born. 
 
 Faule, damaged, fpoiled. 
 
 Fauier, rauxere, faucher, 
 to fa Iffy, counterfeit, 
 forge. 
 
 Fauieours, fauxiers, coun- 
 terfeiters, falffiers. 
 
 Faufine, falfity, deceit. 
 
 Faufmene, faufTerie, the 
 crime of falfifying or 
 counterfeiting the coin, 
 or o-reat feal. 
 
 Faui^ nons,f7jou!d make de- 
 fault. 
 
 Fau ft, fait, was made. 
 
 Fauftrer, to deceive. 
 
 Faut, fails. 
 
 Faut (la), the end. 
 
 Faut a veir, we mujl, or it 
 is needful to fee. 
 
 Fautoures, fothful, idle 
 people. 
 
 Fau tours, abettors. 
 
 Fauxa mie, he condemned. 
 H 3 Fay mes,
 
 102 FE 
 
 Faymes, we caufed. 
 
 Fayn, hay.. 
 
 Fayn, a weazle. 
 
 Faynent, pretend. 
 
 Fayre,/<?#r. 
 
 Fay tours,, vagabonds. 
 
 Faz, make, 
 
 Fe, fee. 
 
 Feablement, bona fide. 
 
 Feals, faithful. 
 
 Feare, to make. 
 
 Feafors de draps, cloth- 
 
 workers. 
 Feat-, done, deed. 
 Feat (bien), good deeds. 
 Feat (e), and it is to be. 
 Feaw, fire. 
 Feble (fi), in fo poor a 
 
 condition. 
 Febles, weaknefs. 
 Fee, fire. 
 Fecelt, made. 
 Fecioms (com nos), as 
 
 we would do. 
 Fedz, feetz, fees. 
 Fee (a) feyier, hath caufed 
 
 to be fcifed. 
 Fee (d'afc), of any woman. 
 Feel et leel, faithful and 
 
 loyal. 
 FeeleiTi e n t, faithfully. 
 Feer, fear. 
 Feer (a refonable), at a 
 
 reafonable price. 
 Fees (taunt), as often. 
 Feet, feat, made, done. 
 Feetes, deeds. 
 
 FE 
 
 Feez, feetz, penfions, fees^ 
 Feez (autre), heretofore. 
 Feez (plufurs), fever al 
 
 times. 
 Feffre, enfeoff. 
 Fei, faith. 
 Feibles (les plus), the 
 
 worfi. 
 Feile, daughter. 
 Feimes^ feifmes, caufed, 
 
 made, took. 
 Feindront (qe fe), who 
 
 jhall make excufes. 
 Feins, fene, hay. 
 Feint, pretended, feigned, 
 
 Jlackened.. 
 Feires,/tfirj. 
 Feirte, fealty. 
 Feifiens, we did. 
 Feifimes covenentes, e/t~ 
 
 tered into covenants. 
 Feifours, makers. 
 FeilTent (jurees k),fhould 
 
 be fworn. 
 Feiffent (s'ils ne), if they 
 
 fhould not make. 
 Feiflis (que vous), which 
 
 you did. 
 Feit (unt) cntendaunt au 
 peuple, have made the 
 people believe. 
 Feivre, fever. 
 Feiz (une), once. 
 Felafie per fault (potius 
 fault), by leaping from, 
 by being cafl from the 
 rocks or cliffs. 
 
 Felefheppe,
 
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 Felelheppe, fellowfhip. 
 
 Felon ncufement, feloni- 
 oufly* 
 
 Fclypp, Philip. 
 
 Femes liverer, we caufed 
 them to be delivered. 
 
 Fenal, the feafon for cut- 
 ting hay. 
 
 Fendue, ftruck. 
 
 Fene, hay. 
 
 Fentua, fled. 
 
 Feoblefce (la) de lour 
 
 - poiars et fens, the weak- 
 nefs of their abilities. 
 
 Feor, to make. 
 
 Feous, faithful. 
 
 Feofon, manner ; degree. 
 
 Fer, but. 
 
 Fer (a), to make, to re- 
 pair. 
 
 Fer (a) de guerre, in a 
 warlike manner. 
 
 Ferdekyngs, firkins. 
 
 Fere, ferre (a), to do. 
 
 Fere, to be mad, diftracled. 
 
 Fergea (en), in irons, in 
 fetters. 
 
 Feriage, a payment for 
 croffing a ferry. 
 
 Feries, feafis, feftivals. 
 
 Ferics de Pafche, the f eft i- 
 val of E after. 
 
 Feriours, ferrors, affaul- 
 ters. 
 
 Ferlinges (de), of a far- 
 thing. 
 
 Ferme, confirms. 
 
 F E 103 
 
 Ferme pees, firm peace. 
 
 Fermail crois, vermillion 
 crojfes. 
 
 Fermaille, a buckle, clafp, 
 button, alfo a chain, en- 
 riched with pearls, pre- 
 cious ftones or enamel, 
 with which ladies en- 
 riched their head-drefs, 
 to keep it f aft. 
 
 Fermatx, fhut up, 
 
 Fermetez, farms ; alfo fe- 
 curities, ftrong holds. 
 
 Fermentat, fermeme, con- 
 firmation* 
 
 Fermez, faftenings. 
 
 Fermiftier, wage. 
 
 Fer mure, faftening. 
 
 Fernift fa ley, performed or 
 made his law. 
 
 Feron, will ail. 
 
 Ferranc (idonc la) ; a la 
 ferant, according to the 
 proportion 
 
 Ferrement, ironwork. 
 
 Fer rent (le), did it. 
 
 Ferri, Frederic. 
 
 Ferrie-uejj, we will caufe. 
 
 Ferreur (ioutb), under 
 lock. 
 
 Ferruere, the fhoeing of 
 horfes. 
 
 Ferthyng, a farthing. 
 
 Fertre, fhrine. 
 
 Ferve, great heat. 
 
 Ferue, ftroke. 
 
 Ftrum, firm. 
 
 H 4 Fefables,
 
 io4 F E 
 
 Fefables, to be made. 
 Fefauns, fefantz, phea- 
 
 fants. 
 Fcfes, done, performed. 
 Fefiftres, you did. 
 Fefomes, ieffuns,^!? make, 
 
 do, perform. 
 Feft, fefte, feafi. 
 Feft (poent aver), might 
 
 have made. 
 Fefte, do. 
 Feftivables (tenent), bold 
 
 as fejlivals. 
 Fefure, make, making. 
 Fet, fetes, was, had been, 
 caufed, done, made; the 
 faff, deed, bufinefs. 
 Fet pas (ne), does not 
 
 make. 
 Fet a demander, was to 
 
 be demanded. 
 Fete d'archerie (le), the 
 
 excife of archery. 
 Fetes, kept, watched. 
 Feth, covenant, faith. 
 Feth (ly ley in), be made 
 
 to him. 
 Feth (tote), always. 
 Fetz, deeds, grants. 
 Feve, zeal, late. 
 Feverez, February. 
 Feves, pulfe, beans. 
 Feville (fus la), upon the 
 
 leaf. 
 Fevre (en temps do), in 
 
 the time of the fair. 
 Feu, chimney hearth. 
 
 F I 
 
 Feu, was. 
 
 Feuaile, feueile, fewtl. 
 Feud, a fee or reward. 
 Feu (argent), pure Ji her. 
 Feur (au), after the rate, 
 
 in the fafhion of. 
 Feute, feuft, Jhould be, 
 
 made, was. 
 Feur (feu), had fled. 
 Feurent tombes (que), 
 
 who frequent tombs. 
 Feurs, manners. 
 Feuffiens, have been. 
 Feuft, aft. 
 Feuft, faft. 
 Feuft, wood. 
 
 Feuft (fur le) de la croys 
 
 que touchons, on the 
 
 crofs itfelf which we 
 
 touch. 
 
 Feuft noftre fitz, our late 
 
 [on. 
 Feut, fon. 
 
 Feute, fealty, allegiance. 
 Feux, late. 
 Fewere, to dig. 
 Fey, faith. 
 
 Fey, feyets, deeds, aftions. 
 Feym, feyn, famine, hun- 
 ger. 
 Feymes (qe nus), as w.e 
 
 did. 
 Feyn, a fine. 
 Feyn, hay. 
 Feyne, feigned. 
 Feyne (fe), pretend, fcru- 
 ple, delay. 
 
 Feynt
 
 F I 
 
 Feynt feff, a collufive feoff- 
 ment. 
 
 Feynt (que ent fe), which 
 has been made. 
 
 Fey res, fairs. 
 
 Fez, fees. 
 
 Fez, aflions, done, made. 
 
 Fez (fun), bis f on. 
 
 Fez (a la), fome times. 
 
 Feze (treis ;., three times. 
 
 Fezer (a), to make. 
 
 Fiables (gentz), perfons of 
 credit. 
 
 Fiancer (per), by pledging 
 his faith This was al- 
 lowed a poor man, or a 
 foreigner, who brought 
 an a6lion, bccaufe he 
 could not find pledges to 
 profecute 
 
 Fianchie, irujling, confid- 
 ing in. 
 
 FianflafTent, fhould make 
 fure, fhould pledge. 
 
 Fiaimes cant, did as much as. 
 
 Ficher, tn fix. 
 
 Fidz de chevalers, knights 
 fees. 
 
 Fie, fee, falary. 
 
 Fie (de), of the fee. 
 
 Fie (en), in fee. 
 
 Fie par fei, affirmed by his 
 faith. 
 
 Fiebles, good, fair, honeji. 
 
 Fiee, time. 
 
 Fief (eft), is pcffejfed. 
 
 Fielle, daughter. 
 
 F I 105 
 
 Fiene, hay. 
 
 Fient, trujt. 
 
 Fier (ne poems), we can- 
 not trujl to. 
 
 Fier (armures de), armed 
 with helmets. 
 
 Fier de guerre (a), as in 
 time of war, in a war- 
 like manner. 
 
 Fiere en ley, brother inlaw. 
 
 Fierent (le), made, did it t 
 caufed the fame. 
 
 Fierges, fetters, irons. 
 
 Fier me nt ancore, faft an- 
 chored. 
 
 Fie font (que rien n'), who 
 did nothing thereupon. 
 
 Fiercre (le), feretrum, a 
 cafe in which the body 
 of fome faint, or rescues, 
 was laid up, a fhrine, a 
 bier. 
 
 Fieft (t\e\),fuch bufinefs. 
 
 Fieu de chevalier, knight's 
 fee 
 
 Fieuz, fiuz, filh, fon. 
 
 Fiew, fire. 
 
 Fiew tenants,/;'^ tenants,. 
 
 Fiez, fees. 
 
 Fiez, time, times. 
 
 Fiblez, weak, feeble. 
 
 Filace(en), on the files. 
 
 Fil del ewe, middle of the 
 water. 
 
 File, thread. 
 
 File (haut), high tide. 
 
 Filercffes, fpinners. 
 
 Filg,
 
 io6 
 
 FL 
 
 Filg, fin. 
 
 Filicer, filizer. 
 
 Fillcs, fnares. 
 
 Fillie, filie, daughter. 
 
 Finable (pees), final peace. 
 
 Finablement, finally \ to- 
 tally. 
 
 Finance, fine, fubfidy, ran- 
 fom. 
 
 Finant, ending. 
 
 Finaunce (pin), for fines. 
 
 Fineez, ended. 
 
 Finefle, finenefs. 
 
 Finies, fine. 
 
 Fins, differences, determi- 
 nations. 
 
 Finz, Jon. 
 
 Fiont, made. 
 
 Firger, to put in irons. 
 
 Fir mail le, a link, a chain. 
 
 Firmalx, locks. 
 
 Firmre, firmur, a pound, 
 a do fe place. 
 
 Firmite, afirong hold. 
 
 Firont ('ui entendere, 
 make him underjiand. 
 
 Fis, caujed. 
 
 Fis (que jeo), which I did. 
 
 Fifchez, fixed. 
 
 Fifechiens, phyficians. 
 
 Fi fiend, fhould make. 
 
 Fill (fe), was made, was in 
 force. 
 
 Fit, paid. 
 
 Fit afc avoir, it is to be 
 known. 
 
 Fites, Jons. 
 
 F O 
 
 Fitz(les), the fees. 
 
 Fiuz, fiux, fiz, fon. 
 
 Fiuz, done. 
 
 Flair, flaye, to blow, blown. 
 
 Flecher, a bowyer. 
 
 Flefcher, flefchier (fanz), 
 without fwerving, with' 
 out favouring. 
 
 Fleuret (le), the foil or 
 foin. 
 
 Fleurons, flowers. 
 
 Fley, a river. 
 
 Fitch, floche, an arrow. 
 
 Florein d'or, a florin of 
 gold. 
 
 Florons, flourons, flowers. 
 
 Flos, flot, a flood, a river. 
 
 Flot & reflot, ebbing and 
 flowing. 
 
 Flot (un ebbe et un), one 
 ebb, and one flood. 
 
 Flote, fleet. 
 
 Fiotter, to float or fwim. 
 
 Flotus, little veffels. 
 
 Flour Delys (les quatre), 
 the four princes of the 
 blood, viz. Philip duke 
 of Orleans; John Lewis 
 duke of Anjou ; John, 
 earl of Fcicliers, after- 
 wards duke of Berry -, 
 and the duke of Bour- 
 bon : four of the hojlages 
 left in England^ for the 
 performance of the treaty 
 of Bretigny -, figned the 
 %th of May, 1360. 
 
 Foder,
 
 F O 
 
 Foder, to feed, to dig. 
 
 Foe ful Deu, except God 
 alone, 
 
 Foer, market-price. 
 
 Foer, to dig. 
 
 Foer (al), in like manner 
 as. 
 
 Foercher par eflbigne, to 
 fourch by ejfoign. 
 
 Foes, foez, fees. 
 
 Foethe (deus), twice. 
 
 Foial (home), faithful 
 man. 
 
 Foialle entent, true en- 
 tent. 
 
 Foials, fubjecls. 
 
 Foiakee, fealty. 
 
 Foiance, digging. 
 
 Foier, to do, to enjoy. 
 
 Foies, digged. 
 
 Foiet (toutz), always. 
 
 Foieth, foitz (a la), fome- 
 times. 
 
 Foil del coket, letter of 
 co eke t. 
 
 Foill, a counterpart of an 
 inftrument. 
 
 Foilles, foil, leaves, fheets. 
 
 Foinefun, founeftoun (en 
 temp de), the feafon 
 when the hinds brim 
 forth their young, fawn- 
 ing-time, fence-month. 
 
 Foins (come ore), as we 
 now do. 
 
 Foir (a la) accqras in, in 
 manner of, refemblance 
 
 F O 107 
 
 Foite de le record (ad 
 
 le), at the foot of the 
 
 record. 
 Foites, deeds,, writings. 
 Foith (a tant de), as often. 
 Foith (un), once. 
 Foifon grant des vitailles, 
 
 a great quantity or ft ore 
 
 of provifion. 
 Foit (bonie), good faith. 
 Foit notoire, openly done. 
 Fole, fol, foolijh, bad, 
 
 foul. 
 Folement, foolifhly, indif- 
 
 creetly. 
 Folies, leaves. 
 Foly, foolifhnefs, ignorance* 
 Fomol appel, a vexatious 
 
 appeal. 
 Fomollement, vexatioufly. 
 Fonde de lettres, in virtue 
 
 of letters. 
 Fonde (iufRfont) ,fufficient 
 
 power, authority. 
 Fonge dent, fore-tooth. 
 For, forfe, fore, force, but. 
 For fulciaunt, excepting. 
 Forbanir, to banijh. 
 Forbare, excludes. 
 Forboins (es), in the fu- 
 
 burbs. 
 Fore (un), a box. 
 Forche, force. 
 Force, force, form, virtui 
 
 of. 
 Force du realm, the 
 
 Jirength of the realm. 
 
 Force
 
 io8 F O 
 
 Force (en notre), in our 
 army. 
 
 Force (a), of neceffity. 
 
 Force ley (eft un), it is a 
 hard lam. 
 
 For ccaus, but thofe. 
 
 Forhe, force. 
 
 Fore lor ra, jhall bar. 
 
 Forclorroit, JJmild bar. 
 
 Forclos, foreclofes, excludes, 
 deprives, bars ; ejlcpped. 
 
 Fore (en la), in the mar- 
 ket-place. 
 
 Forein, foreigns, foreign- 
 ers. 
 
 Fores, for efts. 
 
 Fores (!es), the cufloms, 
 privileges, forms. 
 
 Foreingent, adjudged. 
 
 Forcyn (en), out of the 
 lords jurijdiclion. 
 
 Forf, forfeiture. 
 
 Fori ace, forfeit. 
 
 Forfifl, fofeited 
 
 Forfit, forrait, effence. 
 
 Former (poienr), may 
 frame, contrive. 
 
 Forgerent, have contrived. 
 
 Forgoor de tsurc^Jet about 
 making. 
 
 Foringes, oujled, forejudg- 
 ed. 
 
 For ej u ge , forejudged. 
 
 Forjurer, to jorfwear, ab- 
 jure, renounce. 
 
 Forjure (a), to be barred. 
 
 Forjuogeable, difabled. 
 
 F O 
 
 Forke, but. 
 For men t, grain, 
 Forment, greatly, forcibly. 
 Formenteles, formal. 
 Fornage (a), forfournage, 
 
 for the oven. 
 ForniiTements, formeif- 
 
 mes, framing. 
 FornifTors, framers. 
 Fornift (fe), is performed, 
 
 executed. 
 Foront, Jhall caufe. 
 Forrein circle, outward 
 
 circle. 
 Fors (al), with force. 
 Fors de la foreft, out of 
 
 the for eft. 
 Fors defquelles lettres 
 
 (par), by force of which 
 
 letters. 
 Forfablement, forceably. 
 Forfclore, to foreclofe, to 
 
 feize. 
 Fors (faifons), bind our- 
 
 felves. 
 Forfelet, fortelet, fortu- 
 
 refce, a hold, fcrtrefs, 
 
 fcrtlet. 
 Forsju^e pas (ne), ought 
 
 n t to prejudice. 
 Foriprcndre, exception. 
 Forfprent, excepts. 
 Forfpris, except. 
 ForfTant, prefs, compel. 
 Forfuire (qil) la conrte, 
 
 that he be forejudged 
 
 by the court. 
 
 Fort
 
 F O 
 
 Fort a un clyent, bard 
 upon a client. 
 
 Fort (il feferroit afiez), he 
 will enter into afufficient 
 obligation. 
 
 Forte chofe, a bard thing, 
 cafe. 
 
 Fortunement, perhaps, 
 
 Forveiaft de rienz, miftake 
 any matter. 
 
 Forveier hors de lyne (fil 
 vorroit), that he jhould 
 Jiray out of, deviate 
 from the line ; Jhould de- 
 generate from. 
 
 Forz, Jlrong. 
 
 Fqs, but. 
 
 FofTe, a ditch, pond. 
 
 Fofter, a park-keeper. 
 
 Fotiels, foolijh. 
 
 Fouage, chimney -money ; a 
 tax impofed by the black 
 prince on Guienne. 
 
 Fovagle, foveant, digging. 
 
 Fouayne, a pit ; digging. 
 
 Fouler, fowler aux pees, 
 to tread down, to tread 
 under foot. 
 
 Fouler, to dig, to cleanfe. 
 
 Foulle, opprejfed. 
 
 Foullons, fuhons, fullers. 
 
 Foundement, foundation. 
 
 Foundez, foundered. 
 
 Foundue, melted down. 
 
 Founs de baptefme (de), 
 from the font. 
 
 Fount, belong, do, perform. 
 
 F R 109 
 
 Fount (au), at the bottom. 
 Fount adrere, are in ar- 
 
 rear. 
 Founz, fountain. 
 Fovoyle, foueil, feweU 
 Four, a baking-oven, 
 Fourche, to delay, put off. 
 Fomches, flocks, pillory. 
 Fourme, baked. 
 Fou rmee, informed againfl* 
 Fourmr, form. 
 Fourmes (robes), robes 
 
 made up. 
 Fous naftres, fools born, 
 
 idiots. 
 Fouts, it behoveth. 
 Fow (quarer), dug in his 
 
 quarreys. 
 Fowalles, fovoyle, a un 
 
 aftre, fuel for one chim- 
 ney. 
 Fower, to cut down, to 
 
 dig. 
 Foy (en bonne), in bona 
 
 fide. 
 Fovables, faithful. 
 Foyder, to dig. 
 Foyne, foine, a pole-cat, a 
 
 wood-martin. 
 Foys (per), by turns. 
 Foys (pur), the agreement, 
 
 or covenant. 
 Fra (ne), will not make. 
 Frache, freight. 
 Fraile, a bafket, 
 Fraine, a bridle. 
 Fraint, jhould do. 
 
 Fraiz,
 
 no 
 
 F R 
 
 Fraiz,frais,fruez, charges. 
 
 Fiiidt, frank tenement., 
 
 Frankifes, franchifes. 
 
 Frans, free, quit. 
 
 Frap de gents (trop de), 
 too great a retinue of 
 people. 
 
 Frarie, fraternity, 
 
 Fraude, foldage. 
 
 Frauldres, frauds. 
 
 Fraunche ley, libera lex, 
 frank or free law, fo 
 called to difiinguifh men 
 who enjoy it, and wbofe 
 bejl and frecji birthright 
 it is, from them that by 
 their offences have loji it, 
 as men attainted in an 
 attaint, in a confpiracy 
 upon an indiclment, or 
 in a premanire, &c. 
 
 Fraunchcfe, franchife. 
 
 Fraunchement, frauch- 
 ment, freely. 
 
 Fraunchife, freedom, liber- 
 ty- 
 
 Fraunk fengler, a free 
 
 boar. 
 Fraunk tor, a free bull. 
 Fray, made. 
 Frayent (qils), that /hey 
 
 would all. 
 Frea, will perform. 
 Frealte, frailty. 
 Freceis, a Frenchman. 
 Freatz (ne), will not make. 
 Frees, brethren. 
 
 F U 
 
 Freez, frees, f res, expettces. 
 
 Freetz, will do. 
 
 Freines, frefTes, young afb- 
 
 trees. 
 Freintes, broke open, 
 Freit, freight. 
 Frenges, fringes. 
 Frere de baft, a baftard 
 
 brother. 
 Freris, frerez, brethren, 
 
 friory, brotherhood. 
 Frefche, frejh. 
 Frefkement, friquemenr, 
 
 freftiment, direclly, late- 
 ly. 
 Frefque, fudden. 
 Frettez, frette, freighted. 
 Freyetes, broken. 
 Frie (le) des faloions, the 
 
 fry of falmons. 
 Friens, fhould do. 
 Frier, fryer, brother. 
 Frifche, frejh. 
 Froife, broken in pieces. 
 Froit, frofi. 
 Froms, we will make. 
 Frofpris, except. 
 Frounts, they make. 
 Fruez, fruits. 
 Fruifle la pais, break the 
 
 peace. 
 Fu, I was. 
 Fu, fire. 
 
 Fuaunts, refufing. 
 Fuax, falfe. 
 Fuayl, fouoyle, fowalles, 
 
 fuel. 
 
 Fue,
 
 F U 
 
 Fue, fire. 
 Fueer, feed. 
 Fuelle, a daughter. 
 Fuer, to drive aw ay y chafe. 
 Fuer, flight, fled. 
 Fuer, to avoid. 
 Fuer (au) du temps, in 
 proportion for the time. 
 Fueront, were. 
 F ueuft, was. 
 Fugeree (iatain), figured 
 
 fatin. 
 Fui, were. 
 
 Fuifon, foifon, -plenty. 
 Fuifon (grant), great quan- 
 tity. 
 Fuift, ftrong wood. 
 Fuit (ne foit), be not made. 
 Fuitz(que fe port pur lei), 
 who pretends to be the 
 fon. 
 Fullours, fullons, foul- 
 Ions, fullers, 
 Funche faire, a free fair. 
 
 Funder, to ground, found. 
 
 Fundement, foundation. 
 
 Fundements, chief rules, 
 grounds. 
 
 Funt, do. 
 
 Fur (les), the gallows. 
 
 Fur, furoms, were. 
 
 Furchefces, forks. 
 
 Furet, a ferret. 
 
 Furier, February. 
 
 Flint, was. 
 
 Furk, but. 
 
 Furmage, cheefe. 
 
 F Y 
 
 in 
 
 Furmeirt, wheat. 
 
 Furni, performed, executed, 
 
 given, framed. 
 Furnifez, execute, dijpatcb. 
 Fufe fang, blood-Jhed. 
 Fuft, he fled. 
 Fuft, fuz, wood. 
 Fuft, fuz (croys de), a 
 
 wooden crofs. 
 Fuft, fhould be. 
 Fuft (avoite), had been 
 
 made. 
 Fuftage (arbres), old high 
 
 trees of the for eft. 
 Fufunt (ne), were not. 
 Futz, fuftz (gros), great 
 
 trees, timber. 
 Fut (mettre z\fet fire to. 
 Futyf, a fugitive. 
 F u urns, were. 
 Fuyeur, a run-away. 
 Fuyt, fine, flight. 
 Futz, fuyz, fon. 
 Fyere (ne poems de tut), 
 
 we cannot at all confide 
 
 in. 
 Fyes, fyez, times. 
 Fym, dung. 
 Fyn, end. 
 Fynable difheritance, to 
 
 the utter difinherifon. 
 Fyne (del offc -d\),from the 
 
 bone to the fin. 
 Fynes, finenefs. 
 Fynnen, a fountain. 
 Fyrene, made. 
 Fyrent, confided in. 
 
 7 Fyw
 
 II£ 
 
 G A 
 
 Fyw (mys a), lighted up, 
 fet on fire. 
 
 Ge, g-ce, grace, fa- 
 vour. 
 Gat, glove. 
 gnt, gund, great. 
 Gree, grant, agreement*. 
 Gadount, that then. 
 Gaeres de value, of any 
 
 value. 
 Gage (en), in mortgage. 
 Gager, to depofit, to engage 
 
 or undertake, to wage. 
 Gagerie, gagiere, pledge. 
 Gagez, gages, fureties, 
 
 fees, wages. 
 Gagez (eient), have any 
 
 wages. 
 Gahin, gaing, gaaing, the 
 
 autumn. 
 Gaigeries, gaigenes, im- 
 
 pignorations. 
 Gaies, gaiges (lour), their 
 
 falaries, wages. 
 Gaigier (de), of gain. 
 Gaigiers, hirelings. 
 Gaignage, gaignere, wai- 
 
 nage. 
 Gaignarie, gainery, huf- 
 
 bandry. 
 Gaigne (noftre), our own 
 
 advantage. 
 Gaigner, to obtain by huf- 
 
 bandry. 
 Gainers (a), to be gained. 
 
 G A 
 
 Gaignes (des), the gains, 
 
 profits. 
 Gaigneurs, the captors. 
 Gaille, a jail. 
 Gaine, gaignent (que), 
 
 who plow or till. 
 Gainure, tillage. 
 Gairenner (count de), earl 
 
 of Warren. 
 Gaiflement, waft. 
 Gait, guaite (fift), kept 
 
 watch. 
 Galbelton, Gallbetten. 
 Galee, galeis, gaily, gal- 
 lies. 
 Galeys, France. 
 Galeys, Calais. 
 Galeys (Guill. de), Wil- 
 liam de Waleys. 
 Galles, Galeys, Wales, 
 
 Welch. 
 Galoges, galoches. 
 Galoie, galee, galley. 
 Galynes, galines, cocks, or 
 
 capons. 
 Ganer, to gain. 
 Gantier, a glover. 
 Gants, gaunts, ganz, 
 
 gloves. 
 Ganudir, to defend, main- 
 tain. 
 Gar, guards. 
 Garant, a warrant, com- 
 
 mijfion. 
 Garauntage, warranty. 
 Garc de chre, warranty 
 of charter. 
 
 Garbes,
 
 G A 
 
 Garbes, fheaves of corn. 
 
 Garbs* cloathing, vejiures. 
 
 Garceons, fervants, jour- 
 neymen. ' 
 
 Garda la, the award. 
 
 Garde (la), the wardjhip, 
 the judgement* 
 
 Garde (la) Farndon, the 
 ward of Farringdon. 
 
 Gardein, confiable. 
 
 Garden (feignour), lord- 
 keeper, lord-warden. 
 
 Garder(les), the judgement. 
 
 Garder, to watch, preferve, 
 to take care of to culti- 
 vate, to obferve. 
 
 Gardes (Cur de), court of 
 wards. 
 
 Gardes vouftre challenges, 
 look to your challenges. 
 
 Gardiouns, take care. 
 
 Gardior, guardian. 
 
 Gardure gardeiny (en le), 
 in the keeping. 
 
 Garce, follow. 
 
 Garee (terre), old fallow- 
 ground. 
 
 Garefun, recovery. 
 
 Garcifon, a reward, a fup- 
 port. 
 
 Garenner, to prohibit. 
 
 Gargaus, chattering. 
 
 Garignier, to till. 
 
 Gari nines, the furr of the 
 legs of hares. 
 
 Ganloun, garneifon, gar- 
 nifons, girny, the pro- 
 viding , 'or the collie, &c. 
 
 G A tig 
 
 Garifun, garifon, fupport, 
 
 maintenance, revenue. 
 Gariz, garis, garri, rejlored 
 
 to health. 
 Garnementz, garments. 
 
 Garner, garnifher, to warn, 
 fummons. 
 
 Garnefie, Guernfey. 
 
 Garneftor garnilbn (le), 
 the officer who was to 
 provide vicluals, arms, 
 &c. for the fupport and 
 defence of a cajlle, &c. 
 
 Garneftbur, garnefture (en 
 fa), in his office of garneftor. 
 
 GarHefhirc de chatel (en), 
 towards fupplies for the 
 cajlle. 
 
 Garnefture du chattel (en 
 la), within the precincls 
 of the caftle. 
 
 Gamier (fans), without 
 firft acquainting him. 
 
 Garnis, paid. 
 
 Garnifhement, garnifTe- 
 ment, garnifhant, gar- 
 ny feint, warning, fum- 
 mons, notice. 
 
 Garny, informed, to have 
 notice of. 
 
 G a r n y ' d e fa rn a 1 at! is, cur- 
 ed cf his illnefs. 
 
 Garniz, provided. 
 
 Garrant, protect. 
 
 Gar rant, qua rant, forty. 
 
 Garrantie, ajufice's war" 
 rant. 
 
 I Garran*
 
 H4 G A 
 
 Garrantizables, are to be 
 
 warranted, proved. . 
 Garranty, garrenty, war- 
 ranted, proved, 
 Garren, garene, garreyn, 
 
 garrayn, a warren, 
 Garreteres, garters. 
 Garrifon (le) imprift, took 
 
 upon himfelf the cure. 
 Garfettes, girls. 
 Garfonnet, they draw, 
 Gart, keep, perform. 
 Gart (vos), preferve you. 
 Garth, a yard, garden, or 
 
 backjide. 
 Garzon a pee, a foot-boy, 
 Gafcher, to row, 
 Gafconche, Gafcony. 
 G aft el (le), waft el bread, 
 Gailer, to wafte. 
 Gaftine, wafte ground. 
 Gaftors, wajlers. 
 Gafz, waftes. 
 Gat, a gate. 
 Gaul, gar lick. 
 Gaule haut,guIecfJuguft f. 
 Gault, gaut, a for eft. 
 Gauterent, gaiterent, in- 
 tended, lay in wait. 
 Gauntz, gloves. 
 Gavvay, Gall aw ay. 
 Gaweleynes (le corps de), 
 the per Jons of the people 
 
 G A 
 
 of Gallaway, 
 Gayguafmes, gained. 
 Gaynage or wainage, alt 
 the plow tackle, or im- 
 plements of hu/bandry, 
 of the villain, country- 
 man, or ploughman, 
 which were to be privi- 
 leged from diftreffes or ■ 
 feizures for fines or a*- 
 merciaments •, for if they 
 were diftrained or feized 
 onfuch account, he would 
 be difabled from carrying 
 on his employment of 
 agriculture, contrary to 
 the fundamental liberty 
 of fubjecls, who werefo 
 to be mulcled, fined, or 
 amerced, as fhould punifh 
 them, but not break or 
 undo them. 
 Gayne (hors de), out of 
 
 the fheath. 
 Gayner, to till. 
 Gaynerie, gaynure, tillage 
 or tilling, or the profit 
 raifed.by tillage. 
 Gaynours, the tillers. 
 Gayter la mort, to wait 
 
 for the death. 
 Ge fuy (que) et ceray, 
 that I am and fa all be. 
 
 ■f Dr. Brady fays he could i>ot tell what was meant by Van- 
 tleniaigne Gaule bant; but I' apprehend it is the day or the dare of 
 the record published by him, and that thai day was the 2d of Auuufr, 
 being the morrow after \\:t gulc ofAuguJI, Brady, vol. II. p. 199.
 
 G E 
 
 Geans, people, 
 
 Geaft, aguejt. 
 
 Geaule, a jail. 
 
 Gehennet, to avoid. 
 
 Gehis (cient) de eux 
 mefmes, have the go- 
 vernment of them/elves. 
 
 Gehis (il eft), he is forced. 
 
 Geift, lies, refides. 
 
 Geift (lour), their accom- 
 modation. 
 
 Geitant, wafting. 
 
 Geldables, liable to be tax- 
 ed. 
 
 Geleyns, gelyns, hens. 
 
 Gelofie, fondnefs. 
 
 Gelure (due de), duke of 
 Gueldres. 
 
 Geners, kinds, /pedes. 
 
 Genices, heifers. 
 
 Gente, genx (ma), my 
 people. 
 
 Gentez (les) du people, 
 the parliament. 
 
 Gentieux hommes, gentle- 
 men. 
 
 Gentifeme, a gentlewo- 
 man. 
 
 GentilefTe, the nobility. 
 
 Genulera, fhall kneel. 
 
 Gencz de meftire, majlers 
 of trades. 
 
 Geole, a cave, a prifon. 
 
 Geolier, a jailer. 
 
 Gerdin, a garden. 
 
 Gere, war. 
 
 Gerdie, Gv.rt:feey, jtrfey. 
 
 GI US 
 
 Geril, diforder. 
 
 Gernettes, garnets. 
 
 Gernifons, garrifons. 
 
 Gerpit, avoided, abandon- 
 ed. 
 
 Gers (qils ne doutent), 
 that they are not afraid 
 to take. 
 
 Gerfonent (ne), do not 
 rack. 
 
 Gefkerech, the month of 
 Augujl. 
 
 G&,yejt. 
 
 Geft, gette (le), the beha- 
 viour. 
 
 Gefta, carried away. 
 
 Gefte, a gueft. 
 
 Geftez, wafted. 
 
 Geltoient fomons, who had 
 been fummoned. 
 
 Get (a), hath begotten. 
 
 Getteis, gets, jettys. 
 
 Getter ceo la en hochpof, 
 to throw into hotch- 
 potch. 
 
 Getter, geter (k), to fe- 
 cure, to indemnify him. 
 
 Gettere, to caft. 
 
 Gettez de feyn, cocks of 
 hay. 
 
 Gettu, thrown, caft. 
 
 Geynes, Jhe tks. 
 
 Gharand, warrant. 
 
 Gide, guide. 
 
 Gie, gov erred. 
 
 Gienz, people. 
 
 Gieu, Geu. a Jew. 
 
 I 2 Gie,
 
 n6 
 
 G O 
 
 Gie, gi, I, I my/elf. 
 
 Gihall, Guildhall, 
 
 Giloux, jealous. 
 
 Gipferrynges, barnefs for 
 girdles. 
 
 Girome, Jerome, 
 
 Girra, Jball lye. 
 
 Gifarme, a military wea- 
 pon like a lance, or long 
 bayonet. 
 
 Gifer (pur) lui overt, to 
 lay him open. 
 
 Gift (qi), who is buried, 
 who lies. 
 
 Giftance, cafting up. 
 
 Giftes, caft up. 
 
 Glebe, a piece of earth or 
 turf. 
 
 Gleyves, fwcrds, bills. 
 
 Glifes, churches. 
 
 Glofgn, Glafcovj. 
 
 Glyn, a valley. 
 
 Godetz d'or, goblets, mags 
 of gold. 
 
 G ombre, rejoice. 
 
 Gomme, gum. 
 
 Goor, a watery place. 
 
 Gopiele, gopil, goupil, 
 gupil, a fox. 
 
 Gores de feney, days cf re- 
 creation. 
 
 Gorre, a fow. 
 
 Gors,gorfe, gorts, a fir earn 
 or pool, a watery place, 
 a wear, a fijh-pend, a 
 ditch, a dam, a gorce. 
 
 Got, a Jluice, drain, or 
 ditch. 
 
 G R 
 
 Gouette, a drop. 
 
 Goule d'Aouft, the gule of 
 Augufi, or the firjl of 
 Augufi. 
 
 Goune, gown. 
 
 Gourt, a watery place. 
 
 Gous, a dog. 
 
 Goy, God. 
 
 Goy, lame. 
 
 Grace de founder, leave f 
 found. 
 
 Graera, will agree to, 
 
 Graffer, a notary, a fcri- 
 vener. 
 
 Gram (en), in grammar. 
 
 Gramaci, great mercy. 
 
 Grant, graunt, grauntz, 
 great. 
 
 Grant, when. 
 
 Grant feal, great feal. 
 
 Grant bank le roy (les 
 juflices deu), the juflices 
 of the kings high bench. 
 
 Granre (le teygne), take 
 it for granted. 
 
 Grants, grauntez, granted, 
 
 Grantterrics, nobles of the 
 realm. 
 
 G rantz, graunts, grauntez, 
 grain ts, great men. 
 
 Grafe, grais, grace, fa- 
 vour, 
 
 Gratentement, readily. 
 
 Gratiflie (ont), have ap- 
 proved, confirmed. 
 
 Grava, grave, a grove. 
 
 Graver, to grieve, ag- 
 grieve. Grau-
 
 G R 
 
 Graument, a great deal. 
 
 Graundour, extent, fize. 
 
 Graunta (il), be promt fed, 
 agreed. 
 
 Grauntez, grants. 
 
 Grauntiers, grannterz, to 
 be granted. 
 
 Graynour, granour, great. 
 
 Gre, gree, favour, grace, 
 concern. 
 
 Greable, voluntary. 
 
 Greantz, we grant. 
 
 Gredirnes, gridirons. 
 
 Gree, grey, confent,fatis- 
 faclion, accord, agree- 
 ment. 
 
 Gree, gre (de), volunta- 
 rily. 
 
 Gree (par), by agreement. 
 
 Greei, agreed to. 
 
 Grees (des), of the parties 
 aggrieved. 
 
 Gret, grievance. 
 
 Grefs, grievous. 
 
 Greignour, greynour, 
 grendres, greindre, 
 more great, greater. 
 
 Greit, greet eth. 
 
 G reiver, to affeSl. 
 
 Greivure, greverement, 
 more grievous, heavier. 
 
 Gre mercy, great mercy. 
 
 Greo, gres, fatisfaElion. 
 
 Gres, great. 
 
 Grefle, filled. 
 
 Grefiame,/«*. 
 
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 Greve nent (ne), there is 
 no damage. 
 
 Greve (en), in trouble, af- 
 fliction. 
 
 Grevoir, to aggrieve. 
 
 Greyn (boef peu de), a 
 corn fed ox. • 
 
 Greyne, greigne, grain. 
 
 Grie, agreement, Jatisf ac- 
 tion. 
 
 Grief, grievance. 
 
 Griefs, gries, grievous. 
 
 Grieues, on the pores, 
 banks. 
 
 Grieux, Grieu, Grigois, 
 Greek. 
 
 Grigner, greater. 
 
 Grith, peace. 
 
 Grithitole, a fancluary. 
 
 Gro, gro fie, fat, great. 
 
 Groinureteumain (en), in 
 greater tejlimony. 
 
 Gromet(un), afea-faring 
 boy. 
 
 Groos (en), in grofs. 
 
 Gros homes, men of quality. 
 
 Gros nature, general na- 
 ture. 
 
 Gros point, principal 'point. 
 
 Grofiement tnhent, great, 
 quick with child. 
 
 Grofieours, bickerings, af- 
 fronts, ill-will. 
 
 Grottier, to grow big. 
 
 Groflment, generally. 
 
 Grofibme, a fine at en- 
 trance. 
 
 I 3 Grotz,
 
 ii.S 
 
 GU 
 
 Grotz, groats. 
 
 Grume, grun, all forts of 
 grain, 
 
 Guannys, bujbandmen. 
 
 Guarifon, the cure, 
 
 Guafcon, a Gafcon. 
 
 Guay, guey (ail), to the 
 key of the river. 
 
 Guefr apent (omicide de), 
 wilful murder. 
 
 Gueir, to take care, to fee, 
 
 Guel ceux (au), to the 
 care of thofe. 
 
 Guelle, throat. 
 
 Guerdon, a bargain, a re- 
 ward. 
 
 Guerdon nez, rewarded. 
 
 Guerniers, garniers, gar- 
 ners, jl or eh oufes. 
 
 Guerpercnt p mort, left 
 him for dead, 
 
 Guerpi, guerpyes, guep- 
 pe, abandoned, left. 
 
 Guerra, jhall •plead, 
 
 Guerres, hinders, - 
 
 Guerritt (fil en), if he be 
 cured of it. 
 
 Guerroicr, guerryer, wage 
 war, go to war with, 
 
 Guertent, think. 
 
 Guertoient, forfake. 
 
 Gueyement, government, 
 
 Gueyet, governed, 
 
 Guf, a pit, 
 
 Guiayne, Guiaigne, Ac- 
 quitain. 
 
 G W 
 
 Guideront, thought, in- 
 tended, 
 
 Guier, guyer, to guide, 
 
 Guier, guided. 
 
 Guierent (fe), conducted 
 themfelves, 
 
 Guildable, gildable, not 
 within any franchife. 
 
 Guindors, governors, 
 
 Guifarme, a military wea- 
 pon made like a lance, 
 
 Guife, guyfe, method. 
 
 Guile (a) de marchant, 
 as a merchant, 
 
 Guiters, holes, gutters. 
 
 Gule, the beginning or fir ft 
 day of a mcnth. 
 
 Gurge, a pond or pool, 
 
 Gurneroit, warned, 
 
 Gus, a beggar, 
 
 Guftera,yft#// tafte of. 
 
 Gurre, gwer, wan 
 
 Guyement, guidance, go- 
 vernment. 
 
 Guyen (Monfr. de), John 
 of Gaunt, duke of Ac- 
 quit ain. 
 
 Guyet, guyer, governed. 
 
 G u y fe, fafhion, manner. 
 
 Guytemens de voyes et de 
 c hem ins, dcfruclion of 
 roads and highways. 
 
 Guyfe (la d'armes), the 
 cujlom; law of arms. 
 
 Gwer, war. 
 
 Gwyene, Guienne, Acqui- 
 tain, 
 
 2 Gylonr,
 
 H A 
 
 Gylour, one who deceives 
 
 the court. 
 Gypwyz, Ipfwich. 
 Gyrucs, Jews. 
 Gyfer, to lis down. 
 
 HA, bath, have. • 
 Haber, to have. 
 
 Habergiez, haubergers, a 
 coarfe fort of cloth. 
 
 Habido, Abingdon. 
 
 Hable, able. 
 
 Ji abler, to enable, to ren- 
 der a per/on capable of 
 inheriting, to rejlore. 
 
 Hables, havens, -ports. 
 
 Habundcnt, abound. 
 
 H'cer (a), to barrow. 
 
 Hacher, to plunder. 
 
 Hacfres, hace, hatchets. 
 
 Hada, a haven, port. 
 
 Hagu, a houfe. 
 
 Haies, hedges. 
 
 Haies, beys. 
 
 Haineux, inimical. 
 
 Haiour, hatred. 
 
 HairafTera, will harrafs. 
 
 Haiter, haitier, to rejoice. 
 
 Hairs, haitie, heitiez, 
 lively, aclive, hearty, in 
 health. 
 
 H.ikerr, agate. 
 
 Halberge, an inn. 
 
 Halt iaine, high birth. 
 
 Halx princes, high, nolle 
 princes. 
 
 Halz haz ; fet, has made. 
 
 H \ u 9 
 
 Ham, a village. 
 
 Hamele, hamelle, a ham- 
 let. 
 
 Hamelx, haniells, ham- 
 lets. 
 
 Hames, hainje. 
 
 Hanap, hamper, cup. 
 
 Hanap d'argent, afilver 
 cup. 
 
 Hanapes (burfels pur), 
 covers for cups. 
 
 Hane, bated. 
 
 Hange, hatred. 
 
 Hanguvelle, a New-year's* 
 
 gift- 
 
 Hanfe, a fociety. 
 
 Hanfer, to accufe. 
 
 Hanfer (!e), the handle. 
 
 Hanfhomes, the high men, 
 the prelates and great 
 barons. 
 
 Ha-ntafc (ne) Engleterre, 
 fjould not repair into 
 England. 
 
 Han tin, an uncle. 
 
 Haour, haired. 
 
 Happa, got, took, receiv- 
 ed. 
 
 Happa (a) feifin, bath 
 gotten, Jeijin. 
 
 Happa (que prines), who 
 fir ft happens to have. 
 
 Happe (ne) mie, does net 
 gain, cbiain, get. 
 
 Hap pee, taken. 
 
 Harald, baraulJ, a herald. 
 
 Harang lore, loer, her- 
 rings, 
 
 I 4 Harans
 
 !2Q HA 
 
 Haraus (reys des), he- 
 ralds, kings at arms. 
 
 Haras de juments, a breed 
 of mares. 
 
 Harch'ers, archers. 
 
 Hard (de la), implements, 
 goods, furniture. 
 
 Hardoyer, to attack, in- 
 jult. 
 
 Hardy, daring , prefump- 
 tuous. 
 
 Harenguifer, herring fea- 
 fon. 
 
 Harer, harier, to flir up, 
 provo'.e, importune. 
 
 Hareufement, feditioufly. 
 
 Harfort, Hertford. 
 
 Harmon iqueur, a mufi- 
 cian. 
 
 Harneys in, arrayed. 
 
 Harriez molt, vryforry. 
 
 Hafpe (le), the hafp, han- 
 dle. 
 
 Hafter (pour droit), for 
 dif patch of jufiice. 
 
 Haitier a minijler; to dif- 
 patch. 
 
 Hail if, haftyfe, immature, 
 inccr.fidcraie. 
 
 Ha 11 if (que foit), which 
 may require dijpatch. 
 
 HafHulcment, inhafie, too 
 foon. 
 
 Hativete, diligence. 
 
 Hattcs, hats. 
 
 Hauberiom, a coat of 
 mail. 
 
 H A 
 
 Hauberk, haubergons, d 
 
 halbert. 
 Haugh, a valley. 
 Haulement, hauliement, 
 
 highly. 
 Haulz, high, great. 
 Haume, helmet. 
 Hauncer, haulfter, to raife, 
 
 erecl. 
 Hauncer (un), a weight 
 
 called the auncel weight. 
 Haunge, contrivance. 
 Haunieck, one born in 
 
 Flanders. 
 Haunt ne repeir, haunt 
 
 nor repair. 
 Haur, haut, hatred. 
 Hauront, jhall have. 
 Hans, houfe. 
 
 Hauft efchetour, chief ef- 
 chetour. 
 Haufters, towers of veff els. 
 Haute, hautece, highnefs, 
 
 excellence. 
 Hautifme, moft high. 
 Hatitnefs, greatnefs, hei- 
 
 noufnefs. 
 Hauz,haus, haults homes, 
 
 men of high degree, the 
 
 great barons. 
 Havemcnt, greedily. 
 Havene, havle, haven. 
 H avoir, to have. 
 Have, hay. a hedge. 
 Hayer, to hate. 
 Hayes (en) 3 in ranks or 
 
 rows. 
 
 Hayn^e
 
 H E 
 
 Haynge (par), through 
 malice. 
 
 Hayfon, the fencing or 
 hedging- time. 
 
 Haw, afmall piece of land 
 near a houfe. 
 
 Hawberg (fee de), a te- 
 nure by which the tenant 
 is obliged to defend the 
 land by full arms, that 
 is, by horfe, haubert, 
 target, fwordy or helmet; 
 a tenure by knight's fer- 
 vice. 
 
 Hawyfe, Avice. 
 
 Hear, her, heir. 
 
 Heaume, an helmet. 
 
 Hebbyngwerez, ebbing- 
 wears. 
 
 Hede-penyez, head-pence. 
 
 Heint, hatred. 
 
 Heir, inheritance. 
 
 Heirs (devant ceux), here- 
 tofore, in times paft. 
 
 Heis, heies, hedges. 
 
 Helmot, fentence, judge- 
 ment. 
 
 Hely, Ely. 
 
 Hen, had. 
 
 Herbage et herberge (fil) ; 
 // he lodges or harbours. 
 
 Herbergages (des), of the 
 apartments. 
 
 Herberger, to lodge, to 
 dwell in. 
 
 Herberges (a), at the caf- 
 tle. 
 
 Jkrberjours, lodgers. 
 
 H I 121 
 
 Herbette, dull. 
 
 Herbirent (queux), who 
 were quartered. 
 
 Herces, hearfes. 
 
 Here, heir.- 
 
 Hereges, heretics. 
 
 Her it, an heretic. 
 
 Heritanz, inhabitants. 
 
 Hernois, herneys, harnefs. 
 
 Heroies, heroes. 
 
 Heroldes, heralds. 
 
 Herpe, a harp. 
 
 Herfedecome, archdea- 
 conry. 
 
 Herfoin, yefierday. 
 
 Hertefcombe, the allion 
 in the civil law, called 
 atlio familia ercifcundx; 
 in our law, coparcenery. 
 
 Het, heate, the heart. 
 
 Hettez, heartv. 
 
 Heu (jai), I have had. 
 
 HeudernerTe, Holdernefs. 
 
 Heuke, huke, a hood. 
 
 Heurs, heirs. 
 
 H e u r u fi te, happinefs . 
 
 Heuft efte, had been. 
 
 Hey be, hay bote. 
 
 Heynofte (le), the heinouf- 
 nefs. 
 
 Hi, there, thither. 
 
 Hide, fright, dread. 
 
 Hidel, a place of [ancillary. 
 
 Hidous, frightful, terri- 
 fying. " 
 
 Hier, heir. 
 
 Hiytan jour, eighth daw 
 Ilille
 
 122 
 
 H O 
 
 Hille (le), the ijle. 
 < TJ iluc, there. 
 Hirete, inheritance, 
 
 Hirland, Ireland. 
 
 Ho, flop, ceafe -, the word 
 made ufe of for the com- 
 batants to leave off fight- 
 ing. 
 
 Ho (k) devereit entendre, 
 to make one believe, 
 
 Hobeiffent, obey. 
 
 Hobelours, hollers, light- 
 horfemen, halberters. 
 
 Hobyns, hobbies, ■ 
 
 Hogetz, young weather- 
 Jheep. 
 
 Hoict, eight, 
 
 Hoirie, inheritance, 
 
 Hoirs, heirs. 
 
 Hokes, hooks. 
 
 Hoketons, akeron, acton, 
 cloaks or caffocks. 
 
 Horn a, man. 
 
 Home, homa, homage, 
 
 Hoineaus, the Elms near 
 Smithfield •, the place of 
 execution before Tyburn. 
 
 Honayllurs, at the fame 
 time, never thelefs, 
 
 Honeefts, lawful. 
 
 Hones, honour. 
 
 Honiz, injured, ruined. 
 
 Honour ment, ornament. 
 
 Honrage, a feigniory, a 
 great fee. 
 
 Hons, a man, 
 
 Hont, have. 
 
 Hontage, affront, ap- 
 proach. . 
 
 H O 
 
 Honurement, honourably, 
 Hony, difgrace, evil. 
 Hooland, Holland. 
 Hopulandes, houpelands, 
 
 furres, 2, two long coats 
 
 or cloaks furred, 
 Hor eft (par le chambir- 
 
 layne quy), by the pre- 
 
 fent chamberlain, 
 Hore, hour. 
 Hore (a), at prefent. 
 Hore (que del), fince that, 
 
 inafmuch as, 
 Hore ditte, given, tendered. 
 Hores (routes lesj, when- 
 ever. 
 Hors d'or (un rubi), a 
 
 ruby not fet in gold. 
 Hors de ceinz, out of this 
 
 place, 
 Hors dun fine, upon a fine. 
 Hors de pofiefiion, out of 
 
 peffeffon. 
 Hors port, bringeth forth. 
 Hors qt houre, from tht 
 
 time that, as foon as. 
 Hors pris, omitted, except- 
 ed. 
 Horftreit hors, drawn out, 
 Hc.rfl.rez, dragged out. 
 Hort, a garden, 
 Hofa, dared. 
 Hoftagez, heflages. 
 Hofte, an ho ft, a guefi. 
 Hofte, put out. 
 Hofte (luy) de l'egliie, 
 
 thofe who hold of th$ 
 
 church. 
 
 Hoftel,
 
 H O 
 
 HofM, boufeholdy family* 
 Hoftel, hoft, houft, an 
 army. 
 
 Hoilelage, entertainment 
 at an inn \ the hire of 
 flails in a market, 
 
 Jloitelef, to put up at an 
 inn. 
 
 Hoftelier, hoftillers, hof- 
 tillurs, holtler, an inn- 
 keeper. 
 
 Hoftell le roy, hofteulx, 
 the kind's houfehold. 
 
 Holler, to remove. 
 
 Hoftery, hoftry, an inn. 
 
 Houes (!es), the doors. 
 
 Hoite- (tut), entirely re- 
 moved. 
 
 Hotlez, repulfed. 
 
 Hoftiel, hofteulz, houfe, 
 lodging, home, quarters. 
 
 Hoftielx tenauntz, houfe- 
 bclders. 
 
 Hoftier, to take out, dhni- 
 nijh from. 
 
 Houces, houfin^s. 
 
 Houches, chefs. 
 
 Houghtez, taken cut, 
 erafed. 
 
 Hountoufement, Jhame- 
 fully. 
 
 Houpells, tufts, taffels. 
 
 Houre qes (del), fince 
 that, fo long as. 
 
 Houre Terra (quant), when 
 the time comes. 
 
 Hous en hous (de), from 
 door to doer. 
 
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 Houft, army. 
 
 Houft, iv ar, a military ex- 
 pedition. 
 
 Houftei, hcufc. 
 
 Houftiel, houfehold. 
 
 Hovement. digging. 
 
 Howes, gcefe. 
 
 Hoz, hoze, on army* 
 
 Hu, hue and cry. 
 
 Huches (en lour), in their 
 chefs. 
 
 Huches de mariners, the 
 mariners chefs. 
 
 Huchet, a huntfman y s 
 horn, from whence 
 comes the zvord, hue. 
 
 Huchier, to proclaim. 
 
 Hue, cry, clamour. 
 
 Huech, eight. 
 
 Hueil, an eye. 
 
 Hues, had. 
 
 Huem, hucm, a man. 
 
 Huers (pafTet), paffed 
 through, out. 
 
 Huevre, work. 
 
 Huguetto, Agatha. 
 
 Hui, huy, today. 
 
 Huimes, now, prefenily. 
 
 Huitienes (les), the oc- 
 taves. 
 
 Hujus (quatre),/<?»r boun- 
 daries, hedges. 
 
 Huiz, a gate, a door. 
 
 Hum, a man, anyone. 
 
 Hum, have. 
 
 Humble (al), to the navel. 
 
 Humblefie, humility. 
 
 Humes,
 
 i2 4 H Y 
 
 Humes, had. 
 Hunt, hount, Jhame. 
 Hun tage, reproach, dif- 
 
 credit. 
 Hure (al), at the fame time. 
 Hurer, hat maker. 
 Hures, hurez, hats. 
 Hurs (fa haie), thrown 
 down, pulled down his 
 hedge. 
 Hus (al), at the doer. 
 Hufbote, houfebote. 
 Hufe (de la), of the houfe. 
 Hufeons, hufens, bufcans. 
 Hufsherie de Pefchckere, 
 the office of ufher of the 
 court of exchequer. 
 Hull, has. 
 
 Hultin, hutin, noife, cla- 
 mour. 
 Kuwe, Hugh. 
 Huy, heard. 
 Huy, to-day. 
 Huy (et ceo eft), and this 
 
 is now. 
 H u y ces j ou r, at this day . 
 Huyctaves, huykes, oc- 
 taves, eight. 
 H uyer,/c cry out or proclaim. 
 Iluys, door. 
 
 Kuyfe(inner), inner parlour. 
 Hydoufes, hideous. 
 i Iyer, a heriot. 
 \VA, he, there. 
 Hyl (lie), here. 
 Hyne(ltmayilre),/£<?£i?tf^ 
 
 fcrvant. 
 Hys, he, has. 
 
 J A 
 
 J 5 Ja (en), there is. 
 Ja, iaz, ww, already, hence- 
 forth, yet, neverthelefs, 
 never, whereas. 
 Jademains, jadumeis,/#r- 
 thermore. 
 
 Ja le plus tart, neverthe- 
 lefs, at the lajl. 
 
 Ja foit ceo qe, fo long as. 
 
 Ja foit que, although, that. 
 
 Ja fi grant tort (ne fuft 
 ceo), was the mifchief 
 never fo great. 
 
 Ja feit ce quil eent efte, 
 although they have been. 
 
 Ja feyt ifce ke vos feez 
 lye a nos, although you 
 are bound to us. 
 
 Ja fi able perfon (foit il), 
 let him be never fo fit a 
 perfon. 
 
 Jace, lain. 
 
 Jackes, jackets, coats of 
 mail-, alfo a kind of mili- 
 tary coat put over the 
 coat of mail. 
 
 Jacoit, although, yet, ftill. 
 
 Jaczoit ce que, although 
 that. 
 
 Jadumeins, noticithftand- 
 ing, alfo, moreover. 
 
 Jademeyns, yet. 
 
 Jagan, a giant. 
 
 Jaiant, a giant. 
 
 J aid it, lately. 
 
 Jaime.,
 
 J A 
 
 JVime, Jaume, James. 
 
 Jake, Jak, Jaky, James. 
 
 Jalemens, jalemems, ja le 
 meyns, jalemeyns, al- 
 ways, alfo, neverthelefs, 
 Jlill, yet, fometimes, as 
 well as, moreover, fur- 
 ther. 
 
 Jalun, jalon, a gallon. 
 
 Jamais (a) et a jamais, for 
 ever and ever, perpetual. 
 
 Jamme, a gem, jewel. 
 
 Jammes devant, never be- 
 fore. 
 
 Jan, John. 
 
 Janevoir, Janner,7<z»tf #ry. 
 
 Jangleour, a minjlrel. 
 
 J annz, furze. 
 
 Janti fame, a noblewoman, 
 a gentlewoman. 
 
 Janue, Gene a. 
 
 Japieca, within a little 
 time. 
 
 Jarcer, to cleave. 
 
 Jarges, charged, opprejjed. 
 
 Jaloit, although. 
 
 Jaibit ce que, inafmuch as. 
 
 Jatant, jatardeis, now of 
 late, neverthelefs. 
 
 Jatarde, lately, 
 
 Jaulne, yellow. 
 
 Jauix, them. 
 
 Jaunz, heath, furze. 
 
 Jaur, a day. 
 
 Jaufe, Jojeph. 
 
 Jave, water. 
 
 Jaynuer, January. 
 
 Ic, there. 
 
 Iceeplaiz, tlefc pleas. 
 
 J E 125 
 
 Icelcui meimes, this fame, 
 Icels, iceans, fuch. 
 Iceo, icen, this, that. 
 Iceft (d'), of the fame, 
 Icevoix, they, them. 
 Ichet, falls. 
 let, thrown. 
 Idles, ifles, iflands. 
 Idunk, then, there, 
 Jeane, Genoa. 
 Jeaundie, Jeady, Thurf- 
 
 day. 
 Jeder, to throw, caft. 
 Jchan de Tefchdn, John dc 
 
 Peck bam. 
 Jtrhana, John. 
 Jehane, Joan. 
 Jehu Chrilt, Jefus Chrijl, 
 Jekes (qe), than until. 
 Jekts a osns, up with 
 
 them. 
 Jene, young. 
 J':nuer, Jenevoir, Jeor.e- 
 
 ver, January. 
 Jent ne, have net. 
 Jeodi, Thurfday. 
 Je .fnefTe, ]eo'3'nz'~s> youth, 
 Jeovene (le), the younger, 
 Jer, firft. 
 Jer, yeflerday. 
 Jerint, they have gone, 
 Jerjour, firjl day. 
 Jertm, Jcrufclem. 
 Jem, Yarmouth. 
 Iert, foall be. 
 Jcrt, will be. 
 Jefkes, jelquefencea, till 
 
 ?lvW, hitherto. 
 
 Jeflamer,
 
 126 
 
 I L 
 
 Jeflamer, on this fide the 
 
 feas. v 
 Jefq a, contrary to. 
 Jefques en cea defoies, de 
 
 foie, hitherto unheard 
 
 of, unaccuflomed. 
 Jeftiefmes (fe pfent), // 
 
 we were prefent. . 
 Jette fors, excepted, 
 Jeu, a Jew. 
 Jeufday, Tuefday. 
 Jeufdye, Jurifdie, I'uefday. 
 Jewife (a fa), fee Juife. 
 J ex, eyes. 
 Iffinite, affinity. 
 Igale, equal. 
 Iglife, church. 
 Ignier, igny, to burn, fired. 
 Jia (il), they are. 
 J'lere, j'ere, I was. 
 Ilez, they. 
 
 Illedt, of the fame place* 
 Illee (d'), moreover. 
 Illes, ijlands. 
 Illickes, illeques, illoc, 
 
 ilok.es, illec, alec, there. 
 Illieyt (taunt come), as 
 
 long as there are. 
 Illiont (fi N , if they have. 
 Illoeqes, there. 
 Illoefqes, illuefqes, illuf- 
 qes (dc), frcm thence, 
 
 from that time, 
 Illoigner, eloined. 
 Iluccke, there. 
 Imbuent. they drank. 
 
 I N 
 
 Immunite, freedom, immu- 
 nity. 
 
 Impareil, not to be com* 
 pared with. 
 
 Impayrera (ne), fhall not 
 vitiate. 
 
 Impediera, fhall hinder, 
 
 Impere, empire, jurifdie* 
 t'wn. 
 
 Impetraceion, requeft,fuit, 
 profecutions. 
 
 Impierment, prejudicing. 
 
 Implier, to fill up, fulfil. 
 
 I m portables, greater than 
 can be bom, infupport* 
 able. 
 
 Importunes (jeues), vain, 
 inconvenient, improper 
 games and fports. 
 
 ImpreiTeur, a printer. 
 
 Imprimt en le jour, twi- 
 light. 
 
 Improvement, improving. 
 
 In aprcs, thenafter. 
 
 Inane re, to make void. 
 
 lncarnacum, incarnation. 
 
 Incedent, fet forth, pub- 
 lijhed. 
 
 Inchoatz, commenced. 
 
 Incleafed, ensured, en- 
 tangled. 
 
 Inconnera, obfirull*. 
 
 I neuter, to ftrike. 
 
 Indeu, indebted. 
 
 Indite, pronounced. 
 
 Indue, to declare. 
 
 lndomit,
 
 I N 
 
 Indomit, untameable. 
 
 Inducaft, induced, intro- 
 duced* ' 
 
 Induement, unduly. 
 
 Indueront, perfuade, bring 
 into temper. 
 
 Induifant, perfuading. 
 
 lndult, young, not of age. 
 
 Induyent, inducl, put into. 
 
 Infamateurs, infamous. 
 
 Infamife (nul), no infam- 
 ous perfon. 
 
 Infecl, undone. 
 
 Infer, hell. 
 
 Inferme propos (eft il), 
 hath a firm purpofe. 
 
 Informacions, inftruclions. 
 
 Ingen, wrong, deceit. 
 
 Ingene (mal), /'// will. 
 
 Ingenyes (les), their wits. 
 
 Ingyft, thrown out. 
 
 Inhabilitauons, i//Iz£/////Vj-. 
 
 Inhable, enabled. 
 
 Inhonute.Te, fhamclefs. 
 
 Inhumevnement, ontrage- 
 oufiiy, cruelly. 
 
 Injecture le maines, lay- 
 in? hands on one. 
 
 o 
 
 Inique, wicked. 
 Inife. See Juis. 
 Injuratours (lour), thofe 
 
 who inured them. 
 Inlagerie, inlawry. 
 Inneumcnt., renewal. 
 Innig, June. 
 Inoniee, without a n.ime. 
 Inorer^ to le ignorant. 
 
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 Inquietavmce, difquiet. 
 Inquietours, ftrjons who 
 
 molefted incumbents in 
 
 their benefices, by virtue 
 
 of pro-vijions from the 
 ■ pope. 
 
 Inquife, found, inquired. 
 Inrafer, to pull up by the 
 
 roots. 
 Infciement, ignorantly. 
 Infeller, to occupy a flail 
 
 in a church. 
 I n fe n fes , informed. 
 In (km, pregnant. 
 Inftru&es, prepared. 
 I n ft r u 1 n , inflrument. 
 Intant a dire, as much as 
 
 to fay. 
 Interes, interefte, injuries. 
 Imelefte, omitted, inter- 
 lined. 
 Intermement, (a 1'), to the 
 
 determination. 
 Inthime, an enthymeme ; 
 
 intimation. 
 Inthimer la ellecTion (luy), 
 
 to intimate to him the 
 
 eleclion. 
 In time amie, my dear 
 
 friend inwardly. 
 Intromittent, intermeddle. 
 Imrufours, intruders. 
 INV, Jcfus. 
 Invaire, to invade. 
 Invalibles, any artillery 
 
 made of in an invaficn. 
 Inveigner, to find. 
 
 Innvnde
 
 i £* J o 
 
 Inwynde deins la tefonc 
 des lains, in winding 
 within the fleeces of wool. 
 
 Jo, joe, /. 
 
 Joalx, ]ohus, jewels. 
 
 Joefnes, joefene, young, 
 
 Joel, joer, day. 
 
 Joerge, fwear. 
 
 Joefdie, Jocfdy, Joeudie, 
 Joedy, Juefdy, Thurfday. 
 
 al, a jewel. 
 a us, jewels. 
 eront, Jhall enjoy, 
 ex, joyful, happy. 
 gnet, Joign, Joil, July. 
 r, obtain, enjoy. 
 tement, wording. 
 
 Jo 
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 Jo 
 Jo 
 Jo 
 Jo 
 
 J°. 
 
 Joiz, enjoyed. 
 
 J one home, young man. 
 
 Jones, John. 
 
 Jonglours, minfirels. 
 
 Jont, joint. 
 
 Jor, to them. 
 
 Jor promts (no unt teu), 
 have not kept their pro- 
 mife. 
 
 Jor, joure (al), at fhc day. 
 
 Jorci (d'), of York. 
 
 Jorgi, George. 
 
 Jorer, to fwear. 
 
 Jornaunte (a la), at day- 
 break. 
 
 Jornc, day fervice. 
 
 Jornee, place, day. 
 
 Jornee (la), the. taking the 
 affize. 
 
 Jorrours, jorres, jurors, 
 juries. 
 
 JO 
 
 Jorney, jorneie (a la), in 
 
 court. 
 Jofe, thing. 
 Jothed, caft out. 
 Jou, Imyfelf 
 Jou, a cock. 
 Jova, played. 
 Jouene chapon, a young 
 
 capon. 
 Jouers, fl age-players. 
 Jouette, youth. 
 Jougleur, a minfirel. 
 Jour en autre de journe- 
 
 ment, daily. 
 Jour (defques au) de huy, 
 
 to this day. 
 Jour de huy en un moys 
 
 (dedenz du), within this 
 
 day month. 
 Jouree, fworn. 
 Journante, before fun-rfe, 
 
 day -break. 
 Journe, a yoke. 
 Journe, journee (a unc), 
 
 at one day. 
 Journe (a la), at the court. 
 Journee, day, time. 
 Journee (a la), at the meet- 
 ing. 
 Jours (apres les), after 
 
 the deceafe. 
 Jourfmais (a tous), for 
 
 ever. 
 Jous (tornbe), fell down. 
 Jouft, juft. 
 Joufle, near. 
 jOUiiC, according to. 
 
 Joyer,
 
 I s 
 
 Joyef, to enjoy. 
 
 Joynant (del droit), of the 
 right joining to it. 
 
 Joy nture, junclion. 
 
 Joyons, rejoice. 
 
 Joy/Tent a tenet, have a 
 right to hold. 
 
 Joz a (tous), for ever. 
 
 Ire, to go, to journey \ alfo 
 angry. 
 
 Iretage, heritage, inherit- 
 ance. 
 
 Irreis, Irrys, Irrois, Irifh. 
 
 Irreit a terre, would fall to 
 the ground. 
 
 Irreit pas (ne), fhould not 
 proceed. 
 
 Irrer, to journey, to per- 
 form their iters. 
 
 Irrez avaunt, JJoall proceed. 
 
 Irrite, unjufl, void, of no 
 effett. 
 
 Irrours, indignation. 
 
 trruer, to fubvert, to rujh 
 in upon. 
 
 Is fors (il), they go out. 
 
 Ifcint (de qi), from whom 
 iffued. 
 
 Ifle (ne), Jhall not ijfue. 
 
 Ifles (bailiffs des), bailiffs 
 thereof; or bailiffs cf the 
 ifles, viz. of Sark, Ai- 
 de mey, &c. 
 
 Iflierfa,_/W/ clufe. 
 
 Ifoicnt, are there. 
 
 Uoit.Jhouid be. 
 
 Ifp,/c? near. 
 
 } tJ 129 
 
 Ifs (ke), which they. 
 
 Ifient, they ijfue. 
 
 Ifier (ne puffe), cannot gd 
 
 out. 
 Iflerene, went out. 
 Iflint, thus, fo. 
 Iflir, going out. 
 Ifiift, he went out. 
 Iflit, it iffues. 
 Iflue (lour), their brood, 
 
 their youngi 
 Iflue, an end. 
 I flu it, infuch manner. 
 Ift, hefiallbc. 
 Ift, lies, iffues. 
 Iftal, fuch. 
 
 Iftra, ifter, jhall ijfue out. 
 Itel (d'afcun), of any fuch 
 
 per f on. 
 Itel manere (en), in fuch 
 
 manner. 
 Iter, a ram. 
 Juzgus, jewels. 
 Jucques au nombre, to 
 
 the number. 
 Iveer (en), in winter. 
 Juelyn, Yvelyn, Evelyn^ 
 
 Dublin. 
 Ji^en, June. 
 Juer (cardes a), flaying 
 
 cos ds. 
 Juerie (ju dices de la)> 
 
 juftices of the jews. 
 Juers, George. 
 J ues. pitnifhment, judge- 
 ment. 
 J ues, Jews. 
 K Juefdy,
 
 130 J U 
 
 Juefdy, Juofdy, Thurfday. 
 
 Jueus.juaux,jueles v />w;f/.r. 
 
 Juez, jues, games. 
 
 Jug (k), the judge. 
 
 Juge, a yoke. 
 
 Jugeable (ne foit), cannot 
 form any judgement. 
 
 Jugeos (feront), Jhall be 
 fworn. 
 
 Juggrictz, Jhall judge. 
 
 Jugied, adjudged. 
 
 Jujg, Joigncl, June. 
 
 Juife, juifle, juyfe, judge- 
 ment, fentence, vulgar 
 purgation, fire - ordeal, 
 water- ordeal, Jingle com- 
 bat. 
 
 Juife fans autre, without 
 other, judgement being 
 pajfed *. 
 
 Juife aut a la, let him 
 clear himfelf; let him go 
 to his ordeal. 
 
 Juife ficomc il appent 
 (face faire), that they 
 may have fuch jujlice as 
 they deferve. 
 
 Ju merit, an ox. 
 
 Jumentz, mares. 
 
 Jundre (a), to add to. 
 
 Jung, Jun, June. 
 
 Junz, innz, inner part. 
 
 J upar dee, jeopardy. 
 
 Jur, jura, day. 
 
 JU 
 
 Jure, jurere, to fwear. 
 
 Juree, a jury. 
 
 Juree, jures, an oath, 
 oaths. 
 
 Juretz, jurats, fworn. 
 
 Juretz (entre), took an 
 oath to each other. 
 
 Jurez, one who is within 
 the law. 
 
 Jurges, oaths. 
 
 Jurgent, fwear. 
 
 Jurrfdie, Tuefday. 
 
 Jurpris, adjourned. 
 
 Jurre, a liege-man. 
 
 Jurromy (nous ne), we do 
 not fwear. 
 
 Jufte la coftere, near the 
 coaft. 
 
 Juftice, jufticer, jufticiee, 
 amenable to jujlice. 
 
 Jufticement fort et dure, 
 penance fort and dure, 
 
 Jufticer a lui (ne fe voet), 
 refufes to fubmit to jus- 
 tice before him ; to ap- 
 pear before him. 
 
 Jufticer (fe) p ley, tojuf- 
 tify or acquit himfelf by 
 law. 
 
 Jufticerie (de la), of the 
 jufticiary, to the judges. 
 
 Juftices, brought to jujlice, 
 made to do jujlice. 
 
 * The trial by ordeal was abolifhed in our courts of jufticc in 
 3 Hen. III. by an order of the kin^; in council. 
 
 Jufticiables,
 
 K A 
 
 Jufticiables, j uftifable, juf- 
 tifiable, jujliciable, an- 
 fwerable to, amefnable, 
 liable to be fummoned. 
 
 Juftifie per Ton ordinaire 
 (ne vovle efte), will not 
 be jujlified by his ordi- 
 nary, will not offer to 
 cbey and perform thefen- 
 tence. 
 
 Juftifiere (a), that jufiice 
 may be executed, 
 
 Juftifiers (a), to have 
 judgement given. 
 
 Juftifiez, regulated. 
 
 JuftizementSjjufticements 
 (les), judgements. 
 
 Juvenc (de fa), from his 
 youth. 
 
 JuvafTen, rejoice. 
 
 Juvefneffe, youth. 
 
 Juy, judgement-, that is, of 
 God-, the vulgar pur- 
 gation by fire or water. 
 
 Juygner, Juig, Juyn, 
 Juyng, June. 
 
 Juyl, July. 
 
 Juzzer, fivear. 
 
 Iz prion, they pray. 
 
 KA, who. 
 Rabal, a horfe. 
 Kage, a cage, a place for 
 
 confinement. 
 Kalendrel (moys), a ca- 
 lendar month. 
 Kailez, Chcrksi 
 
 K N 131 
 
 Kan, kes je puis, as much 
 
 as is in my power. 
 Kardoil, Carlifle. 
 Kare, for. 
 
 Karrefme, Karifme, Lent. 
 Kas (en), in cafe. 
 Kafkun, every. 
 Kafte, chajle. 
 Kaunr, kanke, ke, what- 
 
 foever. 
 Ke fe li, that if the. 
 Kee, ke, that. 
 Kelm et Newur (entre), 
 
 between Kelham and 
 
 Newark. 
 Kem alaft, that we mujl 
 
 Kenes, oaks. 
 
 Kenteys (en), by the Kent- 
 ijh law. 
 
 Ker, a city. 
 
 Kere (a), to procure. 
 
 Keries, carried. 
 
 Kernes, idle per fons, vaga- 
 bonds. 
 
 Kerver, a carver-, 
 
 Keu, ko, a tail. 
 
 Keus, thofe. 
 
 Keynes, keins, afh-trees. 
 
 Keynes (en couper de), 
 in cutting clown timber. 
 
 Keyns, kiens, keynz, oaks. 
 
 Kideux, kiddles. 
 
 Knol, kne, a hill. 
 
 Knowr, knoppe d'or, a 
 knob of gold. 
 K 2 Knout
 
 132. L A 
 
 Knout (roy), king Canute. 
 
 Koke, a cook, 
 
 Koungres, coungrcs, con- 
 gers. ( 
 
 Ky, which, whofe. 
 
 Kydes, young kids, 
 
 Kynebanton (le manoir 
 de), the manor of Kim- 
 bolton. 
 
 Lrer, to deliver, 
 hres, lettered, learn- 
 ed. 
 
 La, lac, lat, milk. 
 
 La ou, la u, whereas. 
 
 La que (fi) ? until that. 
 
 La (fi), fo long. 
 
 La v, la hu, where, 
 
 Labeur, labour, work. 
 
 Labor merted, the other 
 moiety. 
 
 Labourer (a\ to work. 
 
 Lacaye, a lacquey. 
 
 Laccat (fur), when the 
 bargain was made. 
 
 Laces, fnares. 
 
 Laces (per), by door- falls, 
 
 Lacharad (il), be bought 
 thim. 
 
 Laches, lafclie (Ie plus), 
 the moft lazy, cowardly, 
 bafe> or pitiful perjen. 
 
 LacheiTe, idlemfs, negli- 
 gence. 
 
 Lacs de feie, laces ofjilk. 
 
 Lacy, there. 
 
 Ladee:, difhes. 
 
 L A 
 
 Ladell d'argent, a filver 
 
 ladle. 
 Laet drap, broad-cloth. 
 Lafferenr, they belong. 
 Laganes, lageons, lagons, 
 
 gallons, 
 Lagette, a cheft, box. 
 Lai, iaie, law. 
 Lai, laie, laye, a plaint, 
 
 complaint. 
 Laid, grievous. 
 Laie (en), for the relief, 
 
 eafe. 
 Laie (de, aafieeir,/<?r af- 
 
 fejjbig aids. 
 Laiel, lawful, 
 Laieur, laiture, leur, 
 
 breadth. 
 Laillent, leave. 
 Laine (que de la), than 
 
 of his own. 
 Lain waidez, woaded 
 Laingaige, laHguag 
 Laifant, idle, flat). 
 Laifeantz arricr:, laying 
 
 afide. 
 Laiines, wool 
 Laifler (de\ io trans r. 
 Laiflier, to prevent '; omit, 
 
 ne% 
 
 up. 
 
 Laifliees, negle' 
 
 I • ies, I 
 
 Lr.it, permit. 
 
 l.aituer. fcien - in. 
 
 Laiz J ;.:- , a legate-. 
 
 Lair, the high. 
 
 L'an
 
 L A - 
 
 L'an apres 1'anfiwit, after 
 
 tbe year fued out. 
 Lannde, land, ground. 
 Landroit, again. 
 Laners, la vers, idle,flug- 
 
 Lanes (dez), of tbe laity. 
 
 Lsngagiers, abufive,fcur- 
 rilous. 
 
 Lange d'Engleterre (la), 
 tbe Englijb nation, 
 
 Lange de la balance (la), 
 the beam of the balance, 
 
 Langue de Norm (en la), 
 within the allegiance of 
 Normandy ; in the Nor- 
 man language. 
 
 Languyr, to delay. 
 
 Languy (de), to wait for. 
 
 Lanns mannus, the lord of 
 the manor. 
 
 Lanques, langes, tongues. 
 
 Lanuz, woollen. 
 
 Lanyers (pointz), leather 
 points. 
 
 Laoeure, breath. 
 
 Laps de temps, lofs of 
 time. 
 
 Laq, lake. 
 
 Larder (bone), good booty. 
 
 Larder (pur), for -plough- 
 ing. 
 
 Larriyner, the officer in 
 the king's houfehold who 
 prefided over the larder. 
 
 Lamm, larceny. 
 
 Large ouflcr, over mea- 
 fure. 
 
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 Large (mettre), to let go 
 at la v ge. 
 
 Largement (plus), more 
 eafily, 
 
 LargefTe, largenefs. 
 
 Larouns, thieves. 
 
 Larroneux, thievifh, 
 
 Lafchefte, negligence. 
 
 Lafer, a leprous perfon. 
 
 Laiier, to omit. 
 
 Laflfer (a), to leave. 
 
 Laftels, hindrances, flops. 
 
 Lafuz, left. 
 
 Laton, laten, brafs, 
 
 Lature, breadth. 
 
 Lattiz, lattice-work, 
 
 Lattre, the fide, 
 
 Lavours, lavers. 
 
 Lavours de la moneie, 
 wafhers of the coin, 
 
 Laues devauntditz (des), 
 of the aforefaid places. 
 
 Lauft, lawful. 
 
 Laute, praife. 
 
 Lay (a), to the law. 
 
 Lay (en), in alley. 
 
 Lay eft (q'a). which be- 
 longs to hi m. 
 
 Lay toy (e: ), on the faith. 
 
 Layde, law, cufiom 
 
 Layes (les), the laity, lay- 
 men. 
 
 Laycs (les), the lackes. 
 
 Layette, ;';; the box in- 
 titled. 
 
 Laynes, wool. 
 
 Laynz, leans, therein. 
 K 3 Lays,
 
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 Lays, near, 
 
 Laz de fbie, a lace offilk, 
 
 Le, lee, large, broad. 
 
 Lea ou, whereas. 
 
 Lea, pie a fed> willed. 
 
 Lea, ley, pajiure ground. 
 
 Leans, within , in this 
 place. 
 
 Leafe, a leajh. 
 
 Leafer (p), by falfifying, 
 leafing. 
 
 Leaure, leur, breath. 
 
 Leaus, leaux, lawful, liege 
 people, alfc loyal. 
 
 Leaument, lealment, law- 
 fully, jujily. loyally. 
 
 Leaues (bailiffs de), wa- 
 ter-bailiffs. 
 
 Leaute, auihenticknefs. 
 
 Leaute (de), of his lega- 
 lity, of being rectus in 
 curia. 
 
 Leawe, water. 
 
 Lebardz, leopards, lions. 
 
 Lebre, lep, a hare 
 
 Leccon >entendent la), at- 
 tend the election. 
 
 Leclee, milk. 
 
 Lede, grievous. 
 
 Lede ou bele, fick or 
 healthy, handfome or 
 ugly. 
 
 Ledenge, ledenges, da- 
 mazed. 
 
 Led era, Jhall hurt. 
 
 Ledez, hurt. 
 
 Lee, law. 
 
 L E 
 
 Lee, large. 
 
 Lee dever (ferra), jhall be 
 
 contented, glad to have, 
 Lee, leeuz, lead. 
 Lees (indices,) thejujlices. 
 Lees (pur), by leafe. 
 Lees, leez, a leafe, re- 
 
 leafe. 
 Lees, them. 
 
 Lees, lieez, lee, pleafed. 
 Lees, advice, award. 
 Leefce, leeche, joy. 
 Leez (molt), very glad, 
 Leez, obl;ged. 
 Lcger (dc),Jhortly. 
 Leger (ne le creriez mie 
 
 de), would not give him 
 
 the leaf credit 
 Legerement, flightly, ea- 
 
 fily, Jhortly. 
 Legerement fubverfion, 
 
 fpeedy fubverfion. 
 Legerment (rewle), a 
 
 /landing rule. 
 Legerte de jaungle (de), 
 
 from a levity of dif- 
 
 courfe. 
 Leges fnrs (al), to the 
 
 liege lords. 
 Legier, brijk, light. 
 Lcgier (de), eafily. 
 Legs, miles. 
 Legurcment, flightly. 
 Lei, to hi-' 7 . 
 Lei as, lawful, 
 Leicber, licher, to lick. 
 Lcid, aid, 
 
 Le;e
 
 L E 
 
 Leie (la), the law. 
 
 Leigne, line. 
 
 Leigncs, wool. 
 
 Leinynes, linen. 
 
 Leins, king, afar off. 
 
 Leinz (de), himfelf. 
 
 L'eir, the heir, 
 
 Leir (fil foit), if he can 
 read. 
 
 Leisj them. 
 
 Leife, read, reads. 
 
 Leife de dras, lift of cloth, 
 breadth of cloth. 
 
 Leife, le'fiie, leifible, // 
 Jhall be lawful. 
 
 Leifir, leifer, patience, lei- 
 fure. 
 
 Lei/Te (lei), omitted it. 
 
 Leift, deliver. 
 
 Leifure, reading, 
 
 Leiuz, therein. 
 
 Leiz, near. 
 
 Leiz, Lewis. 
 
 Lem doit (coment), how 
 one ought. 
 
 Lem foleit faire (fi come), 
 as ufed to be done. 
 
 Lendemain de la clufe de 
 Pafque, the morrow af- 
 ter the clofe of Eajler. 
 
 Lendemeyn, the morrow. 
 
 Lenge, linen. 
 
 Lenn, Lynn. 
 
 Lenne, Lincoln. 
 
 Lenor, the honor. 
 
 jLenquadre, Lancajler. 
 
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 Lentz monet, the month 
 of March. 
 
 Lenz, there. 
 
 Leoms Dieux, we praife 
 God. 
 
 Leoneys, Loencis (en), 
 in Lothian. 
 
 Leour, their. 
 
 Leopertz, leopards, lions. 
 
 L'quelfc (ou come), as 
 any other. 
 
 Lequelleque, whether. 
 
 Le quen, which. 
 
 Ler, their. 
 
 Lerbe, the grafs. 
 
 Lerce-hound, a lurcher. 
 
 Lernuemenr, the commen- 
 dation. 
 
 Leiont, they lie. 
 
 Lerra, may leave. 
 
 Lerra morir (fe), Jhall 
 die. 
 
 Lerre, liare, a thief, a rob- 
 ber. 
 
 Lerront (ne), will not fail 
 doing. 
 
 Les, I aft. 
 
 Lefchancement {pur), for 
 the aggrandifing. 
 
 Lefchewes, trees fallen by 
 chance, wind-falls. 
 
 Lefcuverad, he muft, he 
 ought. 
 
 Lefe, leave. 
 
 Lefer, to hurt. 
 
 Les gentz, lay people. 
 K 4 Lefion,
 
 I3<S L E 
 
 Lefion, hurting, wounding, 
 damage, injury, detri- 
 ment. 
 LefTa, lefle, leflee, omit- 
 ted, left. 
 Leffacent (qil les), that 
 
 they permit them. 
 Leffe au bailie, let to hail. 
 Lefleiz (ne), do not omit. 
 Lefienc (ies), leafe ; let 
 
 them. 
 Leffer, to omit, leave. 
 LefTez, difappointed. 
 Leffez, leflet, let go, omit. 
 Leffifiems, would have 
 
 left, 
 Leflbet (ne luy), will 
 
 not permit him. 
 Lefteigne, tin. 
 Lefue, lefuz, hurt, injur- 
 ed. 
 Lefwes, lefues, pajlure- 
 
 ground. 
 Let, milk. 
 Letanies, littanies. 
 Letergetfle, Luggerfhall. 
 Lettereure, lettur (d'ap- 
 p rend re), to levrn to 
 read. 
 Letra (la\ the letter. 
 Lt-ttre, bill 
 Lett ru re, literature. 
 Letture, letter. 
 Letufc, letife, a little beafl 
 refembliug tht ermine, of 
 a iv^itiJJo grey cr.lour. 
 Levatint dit, the aforefaid. 
 
 L E 
 
 Leve, have, confent. 
 Leve, rifen up, built, ereEt- 
 
 ed, cajl up. 
 Levee (la), the rifing, the 
 
 infurreclion 
 Lever, to difplay, ereft. 
 Lever, to Jlir up, bring 
 
 up again. 
 Lever (a), to be levied. 
 Lever (aprcs lur), after 
 
 their rifing. 
 Lever countre li, rife to 
 
 him. 
 Lever (pur), to relieve. 
 Levere, levercrs, leurie- 
 rers, leveriers, levoiers, 
 greyhounds. 
 Leverer, a lurcher, a tum- 
 bler dog. 
 Leverer (a un), at a drink- 
 ing place. 
 Leverez, liveries. 
 Levours, thofe who levy 
 
 any tax. 
 Leu, leus, leuft, lawful. 
 Leu ('e), the place. 
 Leu, left, lict, a bed. 
 L'eucres, the increafe. 
 Leuement, lawfully. 
 Leues, leuis, ditches. 
 Leuez, placed. 
 Leukes (trois), three 
 
 leagues. 
 Lcukts, lewkes, lewes, 
 
 lenks, miles. 
 Leur^ leure, breadth. 
 
 Leure,
 
 L E 
 
 Leure (a meifmes), at the 
 
 fame time. 
 Leu res, hares. 
 Leus (de), of ' thcje. 
 Leus, leulx (toz), all 
 
 places. 
 Leute, loyalty. 
 Leuthien, Lothian. 
 Leuve, leuvad, aforejl 
 Leux, their. 
 Leux, lawful. 
 Lew, place. 
 Lew (vers la), towards the 
 
 eaft. 
 Lewe, read. 
 
 Lewe gemz, lawful men. 
 Lewes, lewe, leuz, read. 
 Lev (la), the river Lee. 
 Ley court, lay court. 
 Ley (faire la), to wage 
 
 law. 
 Ley, lea, paflure-ground. 
 Ley (tuz), againft him. 
 Leye (la), the law. 
 Leyed,levde, heinous hurt, 
 
 hurtful. 
 Leynes, wool. 
 Leyoins, leyns, therein, 
 
 within. 
 Leyr de la terre, from the 
 foundation, from the 
 ground. 
 Ley res dez chivalers (de 
 la), of the wag's of ihe 
 knights of the Jhv-e. 
 Levfe (en., in brej.dth. 
 Ley fir, leifure. 
 
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 Lez, laws. 
 
 Lez, the. 
 
 Lez, lieux, themi thofe. 
 
 Lez, nigh, near. 
 
 Lez, glad. 
 
 Leze majtu, treafon. 
 
 Lezs. in length. 
 
 Li, his, they, ihe, to him. 
 
 Li 'de), from him. 
 
 Li ditz, the J aid. 
 
 Li du troie, pound of troy 
 
 weight. 
 Li ufiunt porveu, had pro- 
 vided him. 
 Lia, lie, lieuz, read. 
 Liat, lawful. 
 Liaux, lawful men. 
 Liaz, liacz, bundles. 
 Lib, libe, life. 
 Lib de terre, liber at a 
 
 terra. 
 Libard (ovec le touche del 
 teaft de), with the tench 
 of the leopard's head. 
 Liberat,/htf. 
 Licetce, lawful. 
 Lie he. liege. 
 Licitement, lawfully. 
 Licker, to lick. 
 \ icours, Honors. 
 Lid, left, liech, a bed. 
 Lie, lief*, lieitcn, bound. 
 Lie, pie a fed. 
 
 Lie (de la), of the lineage. 
 Lief, leof, rather. 
 Liefgent hu et cri, levy 
 the hue and cry. 
 
 Lieflode,
 
 i 3 8 L I 
 
 Lieflode, liflode, an efiate 
 for life. 
 
 Lieges, lieux, leagues, 
 miles. 
 
 Lieges, leagues, truces. 
 
 Liens, liemz, therein ; 
 places, 
 
 Lieppars, leopards, 
 
 Lier, to alledge, 
 
 Lier, to read. 
 
 Liers, prifoners. 
 
 Lies (queux nefont), who 
 are not put into the de- 
 rennary. 
 
 Lievent, levy. 
 
 Lieves (per), by miles. 
 
 Lievies (de leur), of their 
 heirs. 
 
 Lieu, a wolf. 
 
 Lieu pur), by way of ex- 
 ception. 
 
 Lieu en ceo (aver), take 
 hold of that. 
 
 Lieu re, a pound weight. 
 
 Lieure, leiure (le), the 
 book. 
 
 Lieures (;ivant ces), be- 
 fore thefe times. 
 
 Lieux, them. 
 
 Lieux: (nullc de), none of 
 the deputies. 
 
 Lieux, bends. 
 
 Lieuz, room. 
 
 Liez, places. 
 
 I.ige, liguie, bond. 
 
 L I 
 
 Liges (fes), his liege fub- 
 
 jetts. 
 LigefTe, legiance, 
 Lighes, leagues. 
 Ligiakie (la), the alle- 
 giance. 
 Ligne,y^. 
 Ligne de pierrereries (un), 
 
 a circle of ft ones. 
 lignie, lin, lineage, race, 
 Ligninies, tribes. 
 Liment, wajh, fit. 
 Limiteers, limited. 
 Linage, blood. 
 Linaige de la mer (fur le), 
 
 on the fea-coaf. 
 Line biline, the collateral 
 
 or bye-line. 
 Line de Sendale, linen of 
 
 Cendal *. 
 Linge, a line. 
 Linge reel, linen cloth. 
 Linquer, to leave, 
 Lingues, tongues, 
 Lins, wool. 
 Linure, lining, 
 Lintheux, linthes, foeets. 
 Lio h\ 1, there. 
 Liouns, lions. 
 Lire (prefentee en), pre- 
 
 Jented in writing, 
 Lirr, their. 
 Lirreit mye (il ne), it 
 
 would not be lawful* 
 Lifre, to be read. 
 
 See Du Frcfne, Cendalum. 
 
 Lid,
 
 L I 
 
 Lift, life, lifible, lawful 
 
 Litere, littour (de), litter. 
 
 Lit morant, death bed. 
 
 Lith (al), to the bed. 
 
 Littime, lawful. 
 
 Live, livery, or delivery. 
 
 Livelode, livelihood. 
 
 Livere (a la), to the deli- 
 very, or livery, 
 
 Livere (et vous), and you 
 deliver it. 
 
 Livere (fon), his livery 
 (for a feruant.) 
 
 Liver e foun (potius, li- 
 verefoun), a prebend, 
 a fervice *. 
 
 Liveree, pound. 
 
 Liverer luys, to deliver up, 
 furrender. 
 
 Liverees, liverefons, li- 
 very s. 
 
 Live res, liveries, align- 
 ments. 
 
 Liveres de terre, liberata 
 terra. 
 
 Liveriad, deliver, offer. 
 
 Liverour, the per J on who 
 delivered. 
 
 Livers, hares. 
 
 Liverfe, deliverance. 
 
 Livrees, livres. 
 
 Liu, book. 
 
 Liu, pace. 
 
 Liu, bound. 
 
 * See Ryley PI. Pari. 14 Edw 
 that } ear. 
 
 t Vid. Rot. Pari. vol. I. 
 Hale's MS. 
 
 L O 139 
 
 Liu faire prendre (de), 
 to caufe him to be taken. 
 
 Liu eft grante, is granted 
 to him. 
 
 Liu (pres de), near him, 
 about him. 
 
 Liu re, pound. 
 
 Liuree (de foureez), fur~ 
 red with hairfurr. 
 
 Loar, their. 
 
 Loaumes, we allow. 
 
 Locil (potius, loeil) fur 
 (pour avoir), to have an 
 eye over. 
 
 Loco ice, bribe f. 
 
 Loclenant, lieutenant. 
 
 Lod i s, With, jocund. 
 
 Loe (jeo vous), / recom- 
 mend it to you. 
 
 Loement, judgement, opi- 
 nion, decifion. 
 
 Loer, to commend, praife. 
 
 Loer, leeward. 
 
 Loer enfoit (melius, loez 
 en foil) notre Seignur, 
 nous 'umes (comej, as 
 praifed be God, we are. 
 
 Loeys, Lewis. 
 
 Lot tes, forjler child. 
 
 Loia, thanked. 
 
 I 01a!, lawful, true. 
 
 Loial avycr, legal 
 
 An 
 
 caufe, 
 
 aavtci 
 
 II. 
 
 p. 415, and Par!. Rolls of 
 p. 275. Pet. 13. Potius b'.virc. 
 
 Loians.
 
 140 L O 
 
 Loians, hired. 
 Loiaftes, permitted. 
 Loie, commend, approve, 
 Loiens, bonds, 
 Loient (qe), who wafh. 
 Loier, lover, loiuer, fee, 
 
 reward; farm. 
 Loiez foit Dieu, God be 
 
 praifed. 
 Lointaignes, remote, 
 Loifible, lawful. 
 Lomez (les), the looms. 
 Longament, lone tens, a 
 
 long time. 
 Longay ne, a houfe of office. 
 Longcin, long, a long time. 
 Longement (cant), as long 
 
 as. 
 Longteyne, longetifme 
 
 pays (en), in a foreign, 
 
 d'ifant country. 
 Longue (plus), farther. 
 Longue (a la), at length. 
 Looms (nous vous), we 
 
 commend you. 
 Looms, loaumes, we 
 
 grant. 
 Loos, advice, reward, re- 
 putation. 
 Lor, them. 
 Lor, lower, hire, reward, 
 
 bribe. 
 Lor (envers les), towards 
 
 their men. 
 Lors, thfir, then. 
 Los, lois, loz, praife. 
 
 * Vid. Rot. Pari, vol.11, p. 77 
 Huie'i MS. 
 
 L O 
 
 Lofe chart (en con), in a 
 loofe paper. 
 
 Lofereynt (ne), dared not. 
 
 Loture de money (le), the 
 wafhing of money. 
 
 Lotux, fuckles. 
 
 Lou, place. 
 
 Lou, lieu, wolf. 
 
 Loueez, hired. 
 
 Louis, far. 
 
 Lour (a meifme), at the 
 fame time. 
 
 Lour (e la), and of their 
 own. 
 
 Lour (de), of their goods. 
 
 Loure, them, them/elves. 
 
 Lourgulary, lourderie, in- 
 humanity, or any vil- 
 lainous acl. 
 
 Lous (dodtour en), dotlor 
 in laws. 
 
 Lous, the, them. 
 
 Louiement (mney), much 
 to the furprife *'. 
 
 Louy (du), of it. 
 
 Louz, ejiimated, valued. 
 
 Lovage, hiring, loan. 
 
 Love, rewarded. 
 
 Lovers, rewards. 
 
 Lowage, poffeffion. 
 
 Lowance, lowange, a hir- 
 ing. 
 
 Lowe (pur), to retain, to 
 hire. 
 
 Lower (pur), for gain, for 
 maintenance. 
 
 pet. 23. Potiui ujveylculement. 
 
 Lower,
 
 L U 
 
 Lower, luer, lowir, a re- 
 ward, fee, bribe, wages. 
 
 Lowere (pur), to work. 
 
 Lowis, Loys, Lewis. 
 
 Loy (de), of allay. 
 
 Loyer, to award, advife. 
 
 Loyer, reward, fervice. 
 
 Loys, lois, los, praife, 
 glory. 
 
 Loyfe. lawful. 
 
 Loyfomus, let us reft. 
 
 Loynteins heires, remote, 
 collateral heirs. 
 
 Loyncenus gentz, people 
 who live afar off. 
 
 Loyntime degree, a re- 
 mote collateral degree. 
 
 Loz, praife. 
 
 Lu, the. 
 
 Lu, theirs. 
 
 Lu, place. 
 
 Lu, lue, leu, light* 
 
 Lude, play. 
 
 Lue, he, them. 
 
 Luer, reward. 
 
 Luer rahonable, reafonable 
 price. 
 
 Lues, miles. 
 
 Lues, lus, luwe, Inez, 
 read. 
 
 Lui Rois, the king. 
 
 Lui feaus, their Teals. 
 
 Lui, luis (feon), ms place. 
 
 Lui (en qui), ;';; whatfo- 
 ever pi a e. 
 
 Luic, a I: ague. 
 Luire, to Jhine. 
 
 L Y 141 
 
 Luift, lawful. 
 
 Luites de point in point, 
 read article by article. 
 
 Lurr, a man, any one. 
 
 Lumble, navel. 
 
 Lumere, light. 
 
 Lunc dei, long or middle 
 finger. 
 
 Lundr' (a), at London. 
 
 Luner (jour), the lunar 
 day. 
 
 Lung, the one. 
 
 Lungement, lungge, long. 
 
 Lure, lur, lurr, lu, tbem, 
 their, theirs. 
 
 Luri, an otter. 
 
 Lus, places. 
 
 Lus, read. 
 
 Lus, lius, tenanz, lieute- 
 nants. 
 
 Lufe, luce eft, the ufe is. 
 
 Lufe, -playing cards. 
 
 Lute (a la), at awreftling. 
 
 Luy (le), the place. 
 
 Luy, it. 
 
 Luy, them. 
 
 Luz, places. 
 
 Ly, li, him. 
 
 Ly, law. 
 
 Lyance, allegiance. 
 
 Ly ann jour done fen), 
 and have given him a 
 day. 
 
 Lyaz, files, bundle/. 
 
 Lye, read. 
 
 Lye, merry, chearfal. 
 
 Lye eiles ; yon are bound. 
 Lyege,
 
 142 
 
 M A 
 
 Lyege, liege fubj efts. 
 
 Lyens, therein. 
 
 Lyer, to bind. 
 
 Lyer (de), to alkdge. 
 
 Lyer (autrement), in any 
 other manner fix. 
 
 Lyereit bien, would Suffi- 
 ciently bind. 
 
 Lyeur, a brook. 
 
 Lym, lime. 
 
 Lymite, limits. 
 
 Lymitours, limitours, li- 
 mits. 
 
 Lynge tayl, fringed linen. 
 
 Lyfa bien, read well, 
 
 Lyfe, lyft, lawful. 
 
 Lyt, bed ; licence, let. 
 
 Lyu, place. 
 
 Mfame. 
 5 Mces, wares. 
 
 Y-me, houfe. 
 
 Metz, bejl. 
 
 Mefch', mifchief. 
 
 Mies, marcs. 
 
 Mr, mra, Jhalljhew. 
 
 Mre, Jhew. 
 
 Mre, mafler. 
 
 Ms, fame. 
 
 Mac, fon. 
 
 Macegrefs, fifljmongers, 
 who buy and fell ftolen 
 flefh, knowing the fame 
 to be jlolen. 
 
 Macel, a butcher. 
 
 M A 
 
 Macheniaes, mathemati- 
 ciens, perfons who pre- 
 tend to difcover fecrets 
 by the pojition and mo- 
 tion ofthejlars. 'Thofe 
 who profeffed this art 
 were commonly called 
 mathematici, drawers 
 °f f hemes and calcula- 
 tions ; under which name 
 they are condemned in 
 both the codes *, and 
 they were infamous, not 
 only under the Chrijlian 
 adminiflration, but alfo 
 under the old Romans. 
 
 Macheronerie, mafonry. 
 
 Maderez (draps), cloth 
 maddered. 
 
 Madlard (un), a drake. 
 
 Madle (heir), heir male. 
 
 Maein le roy, bands of the 
 king. 
 
 Mael, an halfpenny. 
 
 Maenerefle, a mediatrix ; 
 a judge. 
 
 Maere, mother. 
 
 Maefter, mafter. 
 
 Maeur, a mayor. 
 
 Maffait (null), no mif« 
 chief. 
 
 Magnies, maifnies, mef- 
 nie, family, houfehold t re* 
 tinue. 
 
 * Ccd. Theod. 1. 9, tit. 164 Cod. Jufl. 1. 9. tit. 18. 
 
 Magre,
 
 M A 
 
 Magre, maugre, in defpite 
 
 of, againfl. 
 Mahemes, mahaigne, ma- 
 
 hayn, maimed. 
 Mahcreme, timber. 
 Mahi, Mahie, Matthew. 
 Mahom, Mahomet. 
 Maide (fi Dieu), fo help 
 
 me, God. 
 Maige G ud g e )> a judge 
 
 who prefides over a fub- 
 
 altern jurifditlion. 
 Magefte (la), the Trinity. 
 Maign, great. 
 Maignee devant, brought 
 
 before. 
 Maignem, live, dwell. 
 Majeure, major. 
 Mail, may He, an half- 
 penny. 
 Maimement, efpecially. 
 Main, in the morning. 
 Main-a-main, immediately. 
 Mainables, amenable, dif- 
 
 trainable. 
 Mai n bu rn ie, guardianfoip 
 
 or government. 
 Maincraftes, handicrafts. 
 Maindres, mains, fmall, 
 
 lefs. 
 Maine en gule (d'), from 
 
 hand to mouth. 
 Maine (come fa), as part 
 
 of his houfehold. 
 Maine (a foy defedre j> 
 
 fa), to wage battle. 
 Mainor (le), the tenancy, 
 
 the occupation. 
 
 M A 143 
 
 Mainorable, memorable, 
 
 manurable, tenable, de-> 
 
 mifeable, lying in tenure. 
 Main oeure, meinoure, 
 
 meynoure (a), with the 
 
 manor. 
 Mainour (1a), the work, 
 
 the repairing. 
 Mainoverer, to manure, 
 Mainpes, mainprifed. 
 Mains (per que) quecun- 
 
 que il vient, howfoever 
 
 it came to pafs. 
 Mains (a tot le), with all 
 
 the hands, viz. chaplains 
 
 and fmging- men. 
 Mains (jureront en noz), 
 
 fhall fwear in our pre- 
 
 fence. 
 Mains vraie, untrue. 
 Maint, much, many. 
 Maintenant, prefently. 
 Maintes fois, many times. 
 Maintion, mention. 
 Maintz, maints, lefs. 
 Mainuelx meftiers, ma- 
 
 nual occupations. 
 Mainv (ma), my family. 
 Mair, mayor. 
 M*ire, mother. 
 Mai re (a), to marry. 
 Mairiaux, material. 
 Maifne, younger. 
 Maifne (lor), their family. 
 Maifoner, to build, repair. 
 Maid Diex, pltafe God. 
 Maifte, majcfly. 
 
 Maiftrez,
 
 144 M A 
 
 Maiftrez, maflers. 
 Maiftrie, management, in- 
 fluence, power, dominion* 
 Maite, moiety. 
 Makement, contrivance. 
 Mai, maletts, malies, bags. 
 Mai (a) tort tkndroit lieu, 
 
 with much lefs propriety 
 
 would it lie. 
 Mai (de) ou pyz, worfe 
 
 and wor/e. 
 Mai paiez, diffatisfied. 
 Mai voillance, malveul- 
 
 lantz (p), through ill 
 
 will. 
 Maladif, maledif, Jickly, 
 
 fick, afflicled. 
 Maid, Matilda. 
 Maldifpoufee(molt), much 
 
 indifpofed. 
 Male (la), the mail, the 
 
 portmanteau. 
 Male toute, entirely bad, 
 
 good for nothing. 
 Malele (mult a), very un- 
 
 eafy. 
 Malets, cloakbags. 
 Mai fez, wicked, evil. 
 Malmenez, malmelhe, 
 
 evilly kept. 
 Malney, malvey., guilty cf 
 
 a mi [demeanor, con u- 
 
 n.acicus. 
 Malrais, evil. 
 Makalent, ira'talenz, /£>//?, 
 
 indignation, rancour. 
 
 M A 
 
 Mai veilles, mal vc'ifae$ 3 mf- 
 
 aemeatwurs, 
 Malveift, malves, mal- 
 
 vois, evil, an offence. 
 Malurez, Coes, evil,fedi' 
 
 tious commoners. 
 Malx, mals (tUbe), iffus 
 
 male. 
 Man, a Norman. 
 Manablemefnt eiflllle (per), 
 
 perpetual banijhment. 
 Manantz, manans, reji- 
 
 dent. 
 Manas (brefe de), writ of 
 
 mainprize. 
 Manaibrs, pledges, main- 
 
 pernors. 
 Manaflfables, threatening, 
 
 menacing. 
 Manaunts genz (bon), 
 
 houjekeepers of credit. 
 Manche (que vous n'au- 
 
 rez), that you will never 
 
 fail. 
 M .neon ages, manfion- 
 
 houfes. 
 MandafTent (qils), that 
 
 they j end. 
 Maude, commanded. 
 Mande (en tien), in fuck 
 
 manner. 
 Mandementz, writs of 
 
 mandamus. 
 Mandez, fent. 
 Mandiens, beggars. 
 LTandient, curfe. 
 Mandiffkns, commanded. 
 i Mandre
 
 M A 
 
 Mandre (a), to amend. 
 Maneceantz, threatening. 
 Maner, manoyre, a manor. 
 Maneer (vey le) potius, 
 
 vey le maneer, will 
 
 bring *. 
 Mancires, maners, ma- 
 
 nies, maners, manors, 
 Manere (la), the cuftom. 
 Maneys (en la), in the 
 
 hands* 
 Manger (fans repris de), 
 
 without giving any 
 
 wages, 
 Mangerie (tienge), keeps 
 
 a table for his retainers, 
 Manguay (je ne), / did 
 
 not omit. 
 Manguement, fault, flip. 
 Mangeries (a), in the kit- 
 
 chen, at the table. 
 Maniere forfque (en), in 
 
 manner but. 
 Maniple, handful. 
 Manique, a madman. 
 Manning, a day's work. 
 Manors, manors. 
 Manour (ove), with the 
 
 mainour, with the goods 
 
 in their hands. 
 Mans (les), the evils. 
 Manfe, a farm. 
 Manies. hides of land. 
 Mante, he commands. 
 Alan tinge, maintain. 
 
 M A 145 
 
 Manuefter, to filch, to 
 
 thieve. 
 Manulx, manual. 
 Manure, occupy. 
 ManurTer, manaffier, 
 
 threatened. 
 Manyee, handled, under 
 
 confideration. 
 Manyemens, management, 
 
 condutl, adminijlration. 
 Mappe, a cloth, a table' 
 
 cloth. 
 Maras, mares, marche, 
 
 marreys, maries, marys, 
 
 marfh-ground. 
 Maraltre, mother-in-law. 
 Marces (fe fount), have 
 
 fettled themf elves. 
 March (dc vni), at eight 
 
 marks. 
 Marche, marchie (le), the 
 
 market price. 
 Marchande (ville), mar- 
 
 ket-tozun. 
 Marchant, (nul alleve), 
 
 ne prive, no merchant, 
 
 fir anger, or domejlic. 
 Marche, territory, neigh- 
 bourhood. 
 Marche (a), to market. 
 Marchees de terre (ico), 
 
 land valued at 100 
 
 marks a year. 
 Marchent, adjoin to, are 
 
 bounded by. 
 
 Vid. Ror. Pari, vol.1, p. 10. pet. 45. Potius vejie. Hale's MS. 
 
 i, Marches
 
 146 M A 
 
 Marches (par les), in the 
 
 market towns. 
 Marches, marches, fron- 
 tier cities or towns be- 
 tweenEnglandandWales, 
 England and Scotland, 
 "Marches, marks. 
 Marchefche, the feaji of 
 the Annunciation, cele- 
 brated in March. 
 Marc his, marquis. 
 Marchiflans (font), are 
 
 bordering. 
 Marcier, to pay. 
 Marcolfe (en la chambre), 
 the triers of petitions in 
 parliament for foreign 
 parts ufed to Jit in this 
 chamber. 
 xx 1. marcz, 20 i ooomarks. 
 Mare (de toute), of all 
 
 manner. 
 Mareanz, maronniers, ma- 
 riners. 
 Marenne, land bordering 
 
 on the fea. 
 Marefchall, marfhal. 
 Marefchaucie, Marfmlfea. 
 Marefchcs, grain fown in 
 
 March, fpring- corn. 
 Manages, marriage per-- 
 
 tion. 
 Manage (a Ton), for her 
 
 marriage -portion. 
 Margeries, marquifetts. 
 Mariole, the image of the 
 
 virgin Mary. 
 Manine (loy), marine lazv. 
 MarkafTent, mar; id. 
 
 .MA' 
 
 Maritifmes (charbons), 
 
 fea-coals. 
 Marlers, marl-pits, 
 Marrie (del), of the huf- 
 
 band. 
 Marriglier, merriglier, 
 maruglies, marguelier, 
 a church-warden, a fa- 
 criflan, or fexton. 
 Marr'iSj furprifed, concern- 
 ed. 
 Marroch (Streites de), 
 Straights tf Morocco or 
 Gibraltar. 
 Mars (deux), two marks. 
 Martens, hammers. 
 Marteror, the feajl of all 
 
 faints. 
 Marthied in ret (al), at 
 
 the king's market. 
 Martirizer, martyred. 
 Martrons (furres de), furr 
 
 of mar tern or marten. 
 Marvels^ evil. 
 Mary et cfpeux (a loial), 
 for her lawful hujl>and 
 and fpoufe. 
 Mas, but. 
 Maie(fercrent d€),ferjeant 
 
 at the rn.ue. 
 Mafer, mazer (un), a cup 
 
 or pobiet. 
 Mafere, entries, pajfages, 
 
 •ualksy grcu 
 Mafic ';:•;. be male. 
 ; mafs. 
 
 Mat,
 
 M A 
 
 Mat, a fool, a fit. 
 
 Mat k,the chagrin concern. 
 
 Mate, Matilda. 
 
 Maten, morning. 
 
 Mater, matter, bufinefs. 
 
 Mater (font), are the 
 means, are contrived. 
 
 Materiells peches 3 tempo- 
 ral offences. 
 
 Matta, placed. 
 
 Mattire, matirez, matter. 
 
 Mavaftiers, wicked doers. 
 
 Mauclerk, ignorant^ un- 
 learned. 
 
 Mauclum (roy), king 
 Malcon. 
 
 Mauduit, /'// conditioned. 
 
 Mauveifte^mauveftejmau^ 
 vaifte, mauveys, ma- 
 voite, offence. 
 
 Maufeteur, offender. 
 
 Maufcz, demons, 
 
 Mauls, mi f chief, 
 
 Maumenes, ill-treated. 
 
 Maumis, maimed. 
 
 Maunches reveries (fes), 
 hisjleves turned back. 
 
 Maundall, fend. 
 
 Maundable, to he dire tied. 
 
 Maunder, to command. 
 
 Maupae, ill treated. 
 
 Maupitc a x , inexorable. 
 
 Maures, a lyar. 
 
 Mauriot ja meltier (il ne), 
 there would be no occa- 
 fwn for me. 
 
 Maufbaretz, evil conten- 
 tions, ill grounded fuits. 
 
 M A 147 
 
 Maufeflieure (pur), for 
 
 avoiding it. 
 Mavys, mavos, evil. 
 Mayaouft, the middle of 
 
 Auguft, the affumption*, 
 Maydeneftan, Maidfion. 
 Mayen (par), by means. 
 Maylee de pain, a half-' 
 
 penny worth of bread. 
 Maylcs, halfpence. 
 Mayn de eftre, right-hand. 
 Mayn (de) en auter, lay- 
 ing our hands on the 
 
 altar. 
 M^yn^untie^manfion-houfe. 
 May ne (la), the mailer and 
 
 mariners of a fhip. 
 Mayneall, in company 
 
 with. 
 Maynerent, maimed. 
 Maynes, (de) a mayns, at 
 
 leafi. 
 Mayneur, mainour, may- 
 
 noeure, work. 
 Mavnpaft, meynpaft, 
 
 houjehcld, family, de-* 
 
 ■pendame. 
 Mayns valaynt, of the leafi 
 
 Mayns, matins, 
 
 Ma\ nrz demonftrantz, 
 
 many remonftrances. 
 Mayor, greater. 
 Maz, a tnaft. 
 Mazer (hanap de), a bowl 
 
 made of mazer, 
 
 TV * ■ J J 7 
 
 jVicanc. middle, 
 
 L 2 Mcane
 
 i + 8 M £ 
 
 Meane (en le), in the man- 
 ner. 
 Mear, fea. 
 
 Meas, but. 
 
 Meafon, room. 
 
 Meafon s, nitches. 
 
 Meaur droit, meer right* 
 
 Meaux, mere; befi. 
 
 Mecogneues, unknown. 
 
 Mecreance, fufpicion. 
 
 Mectez en execution, put 
 into execution. 
 
 Mectre, to expend. 
 
 Med fee, a reward, a bribe. 
 
 Mediate (per le), by the 
 mediation. 
 
 MedifTe manere (par), in 
 the fame manner. 
 
 Medle, mixed, compound- 
 ed. 
 
 Med lefe, medle, an affray, 
 dijlurbance. 
 
 Medlure de peche (par), 
 by blending offences. 
 
 Medlure (pur la), on ac- 
 count of the mixing. 
 
 Medoine, the river Med- 
 ia ay. 
 
 Medu temps (en le), in 
 the mean time. 
 
 Mee (ne a), has not. 
 
 Meel, honey. 
 
 Meemcnt, meefmement, 
 namely, efpecially. 
 
 Meement, merrily. 
 
 Meen arm - 
 
 M E 
 
 Meen (come), as a me* 
 
 diator. 
 Meener, to produce. 
 MeenerefTe, mediatrix. 
 Meenner, an arbitrator, 
 
 mediator. 
 Mcer (hors de), beyond 
 
 fea. 
 Mees, moved; mediators, 
 Mees, meefe, mefs. 
 Mees (des), of meat. 
 Mee veto en t, dijlurbance, 
 
 commotion. 
 Mefet, offence. 
 Meflfet, mi f done. 
 MefYere, to do mifchief. 
 Megme (la), the fame. 
 Megnes, brought. 
 Meheynee (leva la), raifed 
 
 the hue and cry. 
 Meiere, mother. 
 Meignal, meynal, menial. 
 
 Mei 
 
 gp.ee, meime, mciny, 
 
 family, houfehold, ccm- 
 pany. 
 Meigtc breve (ill ad), there 
 
 is many a writ. 
 Meilles, befi, greatefi. 
 Meillour, mulier. 
 Meiltz, the Utter. 
 Mein, hand. 
 
 Mein, mien, mines, mine. 
 Meinalx, meffengers. 
 
 [e (la), infancy, 
 rity. 
 
 i.etion (de nul), 
 in any inferior ail-ion. 
 
 Mein.es,
 
 M E 
 
 Meines, inferior perfons. 
 Meincs fages, indifcreet, 
 
 illiterate perfons, 
 Meines, nor. 
 Meinez, many. 
 Meingtenuz, maintained, 
 
 affifled. 
 Meinoure, meynours, with 
 
 the manor. 
 Meire, mayor. 
 Me ins q, lefs than., under. 
 Meins, meindre, lefs. 
 Meins (a tote le), at the 
 
 leaft. 
 Meins bone difcretion, in- 
 
 difcretion. 
 Meins de bien meignent, 
 
 bring fewer goods. 
 Meins (al), into the hands, 
 Meins, melen (iauntz), 
 
 without mefne. 
 Meins mifes fur feintz, 
 
 laying our hands on the 
 
 gofpels. 
 Meinft (le), the lead. 
 Meint, meine, dwells, re- 
 
 fides. 
 Meintenant, then, pre- 
 
 fently. 
 Meintenems, maintain. 
 Meint manera, many ways. 
 Meintroms, will maintain. 
 Meinure (la), the work. 
 Meinz chofes, things of 
 
 fmall value, 
 JVleircient, bi\y and fill. 
 Meis, more. 
 
 M E 149 
 
 Meis, a month, 
 Meifan, houfe, 
 Meifent, put, 
 Meifme, fame, the fame, 
 
 himfelf. 
 Meifement, in like man- 
 ner. 
 Meifnee, meine, houfehold, 
 
 family. 
 MeifTent en refpit, fhould 
 
 he refpited, 
 Mei (Tom, fhould heflow. 
 Meiflbins avant, produce. 
 MeifTbins (que nous), that 
 
 we fhould put. 
 Meift, meite,/>#/, contain- 
 ed in. 
 Meift, need, 
 Meiiter (q'il a), that it is 
 
 neceffary. 
 Meiftr, meifters, meftre, 
 
 majler. 
 Meift rie, majlerfhip, ma- 
 
 gijfracy. 
 Meiftrie, necejfary. 
 Meiftymours de querell, 
 
 maintainers of quarrels, 
 
 difputes, fuits. 
 Meiter, meictre, to put, 
 
 place. 
 Meleour, better. 
 Meliealx, melx, bejl, 
 Melle, honey. 
 Melle, an affray. 
 Melle ((e) de la vente, 
 
 meddle with the f ale. 
 L 3 Meller
 
 15© M E 
 
 Meller (a), to blend, mix, 
 interfere in, to interpofe. 
 Mellez (ne fe devient), 
 ought not to intermeddle 
 in it. 
 Mellieu, middle. 
 Melz, mekz, better. 
 Membres (per prendre), 
 
 by caption of goods. 
 Men, my. 
 
 Men temps, meantime. 
 Men (en), in ajlate of in- 
 fant ty. 
 Menable, amefnable, 
 
 br 'ought \ induced. 
 Menageoers, farmers, huf- 
 
 bandmen. 
 Men ant, dwelling, refid- 
 
 ing. 
 Menafiables (ne), not to 
 
 be menaced. 
 Menaflent, menaftez (lui), 
 
 lead him. 
 Menauntife, a fettled con- 
 cern, a place of refi- 
 dence. 
 Menbra, remember. 
 Mende (la), amends, fa- 
 
 tisfafticn. 
 Mend' provereit, fhould 
 
 make the heft proof. 
 Mendinantz, mendians, 
 
 beggars. 
 Mend re, Icafl. 
 Mend res, lefs. 
 Mene gentz (de lc. f ,), of 
 the middling people. 
 
 M fi 
 
 Mene judgement (fans), 
 without mefne judge- 
 ment. 
 Mene pris, at a low -price. 
 Menee a f , brought to an- 
 
 fwer. 
 Menee, mene (la), the hue 
 
 and cry. 
 Menenges, houfehold, de- 
 pendants, menial fer- 
 *vants. 
 Mener, to manage, conduct. 
 Mencs, menees, brought^ 
 
 treated. 
 Meneftralcie (par colour 
 de), under pretence of 
 being a minfirel. 
 Mengier (de), from eat- 
 ing. 
 Meni, menuz dymes, 
 
 fmall tythes. 
 Meniez, made. 
 Menir, to bring. 
 Menis (et volons ja le), 
 
 and w e will alfo. 
 Meniftres, minijlers, of- 
 ficers. 
 Menne, mene, mencs peo- 
 ple, inferior people. 
 Mennes, lefs, fmall. 
 Mennes peches, fmall of- 
 fences. 
 Mennes keynes, fmall 
 
 oaks. 
 Menour, manager. 
 Menour (here), friars mi- 
 ners. 
 
 Men re,
 
 M E 
 
 Men re, brought in, drove in. 
 Menront (Jes), will con- 
 duel tbem. 
 Menfoynes, lies, 
 Menfure, meafure. 
 Ment, much. 
 Mente, mint. 
 Mentineez, maintenance. 
 Mentincr, mention. 
 Mentir, to lie, to fay what 
 
 is falfe. 
 Mentor, menter, a lyar. 
 Mentre (foy), breach of 
 
 faith. 
 Menty, mentu, have lied, 
 
 faid what is falfe. 
 Mentz, a mentz, for the 
 
 befi. 
 Mentz (lour), their befi. 
 Menues bailiifes, inferior 
 
 bailiffs. 
 Menu re, remain. 
 Menuz chofes, fmall 
 
 things. 
 Meour droit, the better 
 
 right. 
 Meofifme (foi) de archer, 
 
 went a fhooting. 
 Mer/meer bank, the fea- 
 
 Jhore. 
 Mer (de la) d'Efcoce, the 
 
 marches of Scotland. 
 Merce, meer, mercy ,gr ace. 
 Mercez, wares. 
 Merchal, mar/hall. 
 Merche del merche, mark- 
 ed with the mark or 
 
 fiamp % 
 
 M E 151 
 
 Merchez, markets. 
 Merchie des vivres, the 
 rate or market price of 
 
 vicluals. 
 
 Merchiez, ftgned. 
 
 Merci (fur), upon favour. 
 
 Mercia, merchia, thank- 
 ed. 
 
 Mere, mature. 
 
 Mere, only, abfolute. 
 
 Meri et mifti (jurifdic- 
 tions), jurifdiflions mere 
 and mixed. 
 
 Merifme, maerifme, mer- 
 mi, timber. 
 
 Meritorie, meritorious. 
 
 Merk, merches lettres, 
 letters of marque. 
 
 Merkedy, Merdie, Mer- 
 curedi, Wednefday. 
 
 Merrour, a Icoking-glafs. 
 
 Mers, marjhes. 
 
 Mers, mercz, wares. 
 
 Mers (la), the mercy. 
 
 Merted, moiety. 
 
 Mertlage, martyrology. 
 
 Merture (de ce), of this 
 matter. 
 
 Meruft, caufeth, occafions. 
 
 Merym, merime, merin, 
 merrien, merifme, mae- 
 "rifme, mermi, timber. 
 
 Merz, amerciaments ; mer- 
 chandize. 
 
 Mes, month. 
 
 Mes, but, from thence- 
 forth, afterivards, fill, 
 
 L 4 again,
 
 J52 M E 
 
 again, no longer, no 
 more, alfo, us, we. 
 
 Mes (a toutz jour), for 
 ever after. 
 
 Mes ja, but yet, neverthe- 
 lefs. 
 
 Mes que per, but only by. 
 
 Mes ficome eft conteyne, 
 than is contained. 
 
 Mes fil voit ferver, but 
 whether it will ferve. 
 
 Mes que (que), that as 
 foon as. 
 
 Mes (pur), out of mif chief . 
 
 Mes avegne, evil, misfor- 
 tune happens, befalls. 
 
 Mifceient, mefcent, inter- 
 mix. 
 
 Mefcri, mifchief, misfor- 
 tune. 
 
 Mefces ortieux, the mid- 
 dle toes. 
 
 Mefcez, accufe. 
 
 Mefchet (fi il), if he mif 
 carries. 
 
 MefconnufTant, ignorant. 
 
 Mefcreablcs gentz, perfons 
 not to be believed. 
 
 Mefcreauntz, mifcreants, 
 infidels, unbelievers, he- 
 retics. 
 
 Mefcruz, fufpetled, guilty. 
 
 MefcufTe, excufe. 
 
 Mefeafe, trouble, misfor- 
 tune. 
 
 Mefcl, mefeal, mefiau, a 
 leper. 
 
 M E 
 
 Mes entendetz(vous) i< y(7« 
 
 mifunderjland. 
 Mefeaux deges, leprous 
 
 perfons. 
 Mefeife de cuer (a), uneafy 
 
 in cur mind. 
 Mes fere, mif deed. 
 Mesfefours, criminals. 
 Mefiuil, mefuil, a meffuage, 
 
 a houfe. 
 Mefire, monfieur. 
 Mefkerdy, Wednefday. 
 Mefmes, himfelf. 
 Meih en repons, put t§ 
 
 anfwer. 
 Me in age, of the houfe ho Id. 
 Mdham (le), took him, 
 
 led him away. 
 Mefnaunce, bringing in. 
 Mefnauntes, bringing. 
 Meihe (a la), in the mid- 
 dle. 
 Mefne (le court fera), the 
 
 court fhall be adjourned. 
 Mefnee, mefnie, meyne, 
 
 family. 
 Mtfnee (ee de fa), to be 
 
 within his jurifditlion. 
 Mefnees, managed. 
 Mefner feroit (qant), when 
 
 it fhould come in auef- 
 
 tion. 
 Mefnes ''par diverfes), by 
 
 divelfe means. 
 Mefnier, a public cry er. 
 Mefnours, leaders, con- 
 ductors. 
 
 Mefnours;
 
 M E 
 
 Mefnours des querelx, 
 
 bearers of quarrels. 
 Mefoing, negligence. 
 Mefon, a houfe, 
 Mefonage, houfe -room, 
 
 warehoufe-room. 
 Melprendre, to mifbebave> 
 
 cffendy mijlr.ke. 
 Mei pre dure, offence t mif- 
 
 conducl. 
 Mefpriorai (de ceo), of 
 
 this I will exculpate my- 
 
 M-. 
 
 Meipris, offendedy done 
 amifs. "' 
 
 Mefprifon, mifprifion. 
 
 Meis, mafs. 
 
 Meflage, a mejfenger, one 
 retained in the few-ice of 
 another y a dependant. 
 
 Meffagerie (par colour 
 de), under pretence of 
 being a meffenger. 
 
 Meflages, an ambaffador, 
 a nuncio. 
 
 Mefieift, evil intreat. 
 
 MeiTeles, middle; difcafed. 
 
 MefTeles (dens), the cheek- 
 teeth. 
 
 MelTer, meffour, an officer 
 in a manor y who had the 
 overlooking and care of 
 ike fields in the time of 
 harvefty and for which 
 he was intitledto certain 
 profits. 
 
 MeMerie, feigncry, domi- 
 
 flioft. 
 
 M E 15$ 
 
 Meffilerie, a lazaretto, aH 
 hofpitalfor lepers. 
 
 Mefiire, my lord. 
 
 Meffire vos garde, tht 
 Lord preferve you. 
 
 Meflbins, had a mind* 
 
 Meffoinges, lyes. 
 
 Meflfoir, but had he been. 
 
 Meffures, meafures, termst, 
 
 Mefter (haut), grand maf- 
 ter. 
 
 Meiter de counter (le), 
 the fcience of pleading. 
 
 Meiter foit (fi), if there be 
 occafton. 
 
 Meftier (le), the bufinefs, 
 trade, occupation. 
 
 Meftre, my fiery. 
 
 Meitre, be committed. 
 
 Meftres, majlerSy clients. 
 
 Meftrier, to get the maf- 
 teryy dominion. 
 
 Mefuenges (lour), their 
 houfeholdy dependants. 
 
 Mefurable, reafonable, mo*- 
 derate, proportionate. 
 
 Mefurable manner (en), 
 in a proportionable man- 
 ner. 
 
 Mefurage (pur le), for the 
 meafure. 
 
 Meiure terre, land con- 
 taining about forty ox 
 gangs. 
 
 Meiure (le), the terms. 
 
 Mefure (preigne), be mo- 
 derate. 
 
 Mefurs
 
 154 M E 
 
 Mefure rafe, rafen (par), 
 
 by a meafure ftrichn. 
 Mefurer, to mow. 
 Met, to put. 
 Met, puts. 
 Met a confeil, ajked the 
 
 advice of. 
 Metable a mainprize, to 
 
 be let to mainprize, 
 
 mainpernable. 
 Metere (de), to place, af- 
 
 fign, to put. 
 Metir, offers. 
 Metre, to pledge. 
 Metre (le), m after. 
 Mette peyne (ne), let them 
 
 /pare no pains. 
 Mettes, bounds. 
 Mettes (faux), falfe mea- 
 
 fures. 
 Mettid, charges. 
 Mettier, the moiety. 
 Mettive, harveft-time. 
 Mettre (a), tofet,fix. 
 Mever (e), to move. 
 Aleves, moved. 
 Meu, meus, commenced, 
 
 moved, induced. 
 Meuchz, meuth, meulx, 
 
 meux, nieuz, meutz, 
 
 meultz, better. 
 Meult (femble pur le), it 
 
 jeems be ft. 
 Mculz vaues, moft fub- 
 
 Jlantial. 
 Meur, mcour droit, better, 
 
 beft right. 
 
 M E 
 
 Meures, mature, ripe> 
 Jieady. 
 
 Meurra (les), Jhall mufter 
 them. 
 
 Meu ri Hon, maturity. 
 
 Meurte, maturity, wifdom. 
 
 • Meufengs, thofe- of his 
 family, his dependants. 
 
 Meufmes (nous), we mov- 
 ed. 
 
 MeurTent, ftirred up. 
 
 Meut, a kennel. 
 
 Meuth (I vient), it is bet- 
 ter ; beft. 
 
 Meuz, many. 
 
 Meymes (dc), of the fame. 
 
 Meyn (par le), by the 
 hand. 
 
 Meyn (la pleyne), the 
 handful. 
 
 Meyn (a fa foule), on his 
 own Jingle oath. 
 
 Meyn (avaunt), before 
 hand. 
 
 Meyn (du), of my own. 
 
 Meyn en meyn (dt),from 
 hand to hand. 
 
 Meyn le temp (en), /* the 
 mean time, at the fame 
 time. 
 
 Meyn ove, work, labour-, 
 ufed. 
 
 Meyn (fans), without 
 mefne. 
 
 Meynal, menial. 
 
 Meynce damage (au), do- 
 ing as little damage as 
 peff.ble. Meyn-
 
 M £ 
 
 Meyndre, lefs. 
 
 Meyne, meyney, a houfe- 
 
 hold, family. 
 Meyne (lur volunte de), 
 
 their own will. 
 Meynpaftes, houfehold, fa- 
 mily, dependance. 
 Meyn pris, let to main- 
 
 -prize. 
 Meyns avyfement maun- 
 
 de, ill advifedly fent. 
 Meyn fachantz, the un- 
 wary, the illiterate. 
 Meyns remembrantz, not 
 
 fuffciently mindful. 
 Meyns (outre), out of her 
 
 hands. 
 Meyns (entre), in hand. 
 Meyns nues (a), their 
 
 hands bare. 
 Meyns (en), under the pro- 
 tection. 
 Meyns foit prife (au), be 
 lefs effecludlly inquired 
 into. 
 Meyns, lefs. 
 Meyns (au), at haft. 
 Meynr, meint, dwells. 
 Meynt arefteant, notwith- 
 
 ftanding. 
 Mevnte foitz, then, at the 
 
 fame time. 
 Meyntenant, immediately, 
 
 prefently. 
 Meyn tent, maintains, har- 
 bours. 
 Meynt home, many a man. 
 
 MI i J5 
 
 Meyntz jour pafle, long 
 
 fince. 
 Meyre, mayor, 
 Meys, month. 
 Meys (ove -fa dozyme), 
 the party himfelf and 
 eleven compurgators. 
 Meys, mouth. 
 Meyfun, houfe. 
 Mez, middle. 
 Mi, me, my f elf, my. 
 Mi, half, middle •, mixed, 
 
 put. 
 Mi efte (le), Midfummer. 
 Mice, part, portion. 
 Micoulau, Nicholas. 
 MLHvinr, midnight. 
 Mie, net ; /'//. 
 Mie (a la), in the middle. 
 Miech-aouz, the middle of 
 
 Augufl. 
 Miedi, in the middle of the 
 
 day. 
 Mielz, mieltz, mielz, 
 miens, miez, miex, 
 mex, beft, better. 
 Miendre, lefs, the leajl. 
 M iend res peches, Jmaller 
 
 offences. 
 Miere, mier, mire, mo- 
 ther ; mere. 
 Miers, mieeres (les mi), 
 
 the four feas. 
 Mies, 77! effuage or houfe. 
 Mieftre, occaficn. 
 Mieftre eft (que), than is 
 neceffary. 
 
 Mieudre,
 
 15$ M I 
 
 Mieudre, better. 
 
 Mieux, lefs ; rather. 
 
 Mieux (face foun), do his 
 beft. 
 
 Miey, middle. 
 
 Migne de feer, mines of 
 iron. 
 
 Miere, mier, mire, mere, 
 mother* 
 
 Mij quarefme, midlent* 
 
 Mikiel, Michael. 
 
 ^ileime, thousandth. 
 
 Milie mars, a thoufand 
 marks, 
 
 Millier, a thoufand. 
 
 Milljou, better. 
 
 Millort Henry, my lord 
 Henry. 
 
 Milui, middle. 
 
 Milveyn frere, middle bro- 
 ther. 
 . JVliJlyme deufentyme, 
 twelve hundred. 
 
 Min (le), mine* 
 
 Minee, la menee, thofe 
 who ought to purfue fe- 
 lons on a hue and cry. 
 
 Minifter (a), to pit in. 
 
 Miniftralx, minjlrels. 
 
 ^liniitration, the manage- 
 ment. 
 
 Minnie}, a minute. 
 
 Winovery, trcfpafs dans by 
 the hand. 
 
 Minours, miners ■> engineers. 
 
 ^Iiqu, mine. 
 
 Miuqdre, better. 
 
 U I 
 
 Miqueou, Micquel, Mi- 
 
 cbael. 
 Mire, miere, mier, mo~ 
 
 ther. 
 Mire, fea. 
 Mire (ne nous deit), ought 
 
 not to put us into a worfe 
 
 condition. 
 Mirmour, murmur, 
 Mirrour, pattern* 
 Mis, we, us. 
 Mis, mys, left. 
 Mifcrevv, mifcrue, fufpeft- 
 
 ed, guilty. 
 Mife, iffue, plea. 
 Mile, the joining iffue in a 
 
 writ of right. 
 Mife (fans fa), without if- 
 fue joined. 
 Mife demene (de veftre), 
 
 of your own putting. 
 Miles, expencesj cofls, tajks* 
 
 taxes. 
 Miferes (feaux), faithful 
 
 gentlemen. 
 Mifeymes, fuppofwg. 
 Mifire, moyfieur. 
 Miflier, miflyer, to chufe 
 
 the wrong, to miflake, 
 M i fprifel , miflaking. 
 Miflions, mifes, expences. 
 Mifllves, epijlles, letters. 
 Mitt, left. 
 Miit (foy), appears. 
 Mifter, need, of, occaf(cu 
 
 for. 
 Miller, a fecrst. 
 
 Miftermyng,
 
 M O 
 
 Miftermyng, mi/calling, 
 Miftioner, to mingle. 
 Miftrent (fe), put them- 
 /elves. 
 
 Mit (ou il lui), where he 
 was bis attorney. 
 
 Mitaundre, in the night- 
 time. 
 
 Miner, to appoint. 
 
 Mittomus, ive admit, we 
 put the cafe. 
 
 Mktomous, let us fuppofe, 
 
 Mittr, will fend. 
 
 Mittre et tenus, put and 
 kept it. 
 
 Mius, better. 
 
 Moblys, moveables. 
 
 Mocke, a bride, fpoufe. 
 
 Mod (en la), in the mud. 
 
 Modifier, to alter, regu- 
 late. 
 
 Moedz de vin, a hog/head 
 of wine. 
 
 Moel, meel, honey. 
 
 Moeleen, mill/lone. 
 
 Moelc grantement, very 
 greatly. 
 
 Moement, efpecially. 
 
 Moer, moves. 
 
 Moerge, dies. 
 
 Mocryer, to die. 
 
 Moes, better. 
 
 Moeves, moved. 
 
 Mogne, a monk. 
 
 Moi, may. 
 
 Moien temp, mean time* 
 
 M O !$; 
 
 Moien, mediation, a me* 
 
 diatrix. 
 Moienantz, moiennans* 
 
 namely, efpecially, by 
 
 means of. 
 Moienez, means. 
 Moienne, moderate. 
 Moienner, to mediate, ne* 
 
 gociate. 
 Moiennereflfes, media* 
 
 trixes, 
 Moien t, adminiflring. 
 Moigns pour le, at leafti 
 Moil le re, a ma Her. 
 Moi Hers (dents), the teeth 
 
 called the grinders. 
 Moils draps, milled cloths. 
 Moine, 'money. 
 Moinere (en la), in the 
 
 leajl. 
 Moirent, die. 
 Mold, 'model. 
 Moldes, many% 
 Moleins pur freins, hoJJ*eS t 
 
 bits for bridles. 
 Molener, a miller. 
 Molicons (des), demoU* 
 
 tion. 
 Molt poi, much worfe. 
 Molcurs, mills. 
 Molt, much, very. 
 Molument (le), the emo- 
 luments. 
 Molyn ventreffe, a wind- 
 mill. 
 Moly figles, mil: fails. 
 
 Mond
 
 158 M O 
 
 Mond des molyns (pur), 
 to grind at the mills. 
 
 Mond re (de), to cleanfe out. 
 
 Moneage, an aid or pre- 
 fent to the duke of Nor- 
 mandy once in three 
 years, that he fhould fuf- 
 fer the current money of 
 Normandy to be changed. 
 See charter of Henry I. 
 
 Monemu, Monmouth. 
 
 Monefter (a), to admonifh. 
 
 Monition, munition, am- 
 munition. 
 
 Monies (deux), two floods. 
 
 Monnoyer (argent), ou a 
 mon noye r , Jiher coined 
 or not coined, 
 
 Monnumentz (nos mene- 
 mentz), cur deeds or 
 muniments. 
 
 Monfer Jehu Chrifl, my 
 lord Jefus Chrift. 
 
 Monft, mout, the world. 
 
 Mdnfter, tojhew. 
 
 Monfter, monllre, mon- 
 flrer, moufter, moilier, 
 muftre, a monaflcry, a 
 church. 
 
 Monftra, took it. 
 
 Monftrable, to be declared. 
 
 Monflraunce (par inau- 
 veyfe), by un/kilfully de- 
 claring. 
 
 Mon (Ire, muftre cf 'forces. 
 
 Monftrefon, the fJjew. 
 
 Montance, the value. 
 
 ^lont de fois, many times. 
 
 M O 
 
 Montz, mon fliers, moun* 
 
 tains, high lands. 
 Mordreu, murdered. 
 x Moreyns, morivaile, mur- 
 rain, plague. 
 Moreulf, maraft, mora, 
 
 morent, dyed, dye. 
 Moreys, Jlarvcd, Jlinking. 
 Moriarice, death. 
 Moriant (en fon lye), on 
 
 his death -bed. 
 Morine, merine, timber. 
 Morreue, Morreve, Mur* 
 
 ray. 
 Mors d'argent, a button, 
 
 buckle, or clafp offilver* 
 Mort-Mahoum, by the 
 
 death of Mahomet. 
 Mort (a la), fitting me- 
 lancholy. 
 Morteus, deadly, mortal. 
 Morud de enfaunt, dyed 
 
 in childbed. 
 Moryn, wall. 
 Morz (q), as well dead. 
 Molhier, a miller. 
 Molly, Mofes. 
 Moftera, uilljhew. 
 Mollrance, remonjlrance. 
 Mot et meet, word for 
 
 word. 
 More, motez, put, ex* 
 
 prejjed. 
 Pvlotenaux (pels), Jheep- 
 
 Jkins. 
 Moties, mor.ee, mentioned) 
 
 i. orded. 
 
 Morons,
 
 M O 
 
 Motons, motonus, wea- 
 thers, Jheep. 
 Motye, moiety. 
 Moudes maners, many 
 
 kinds. 
 Mould re, moudre,/0gnW. 
 Moultloufe, very long. 
 Moultons, weathers. 
 Moult pres (eyde), very 
 
 much contribute. 
 Mound, the world. 
 Mounder, to cleanfe. 
 Moundre, to fence , inclofe. 
 Mouneyne (feur), middle 
 
 fifler. 
 Mount (tout le), the whole 
 
 world. 
 Mount (vers), towards, 
 
 upwards. 
 Mountance, amount, va- 
 lue. 
 Mountaunt, amounting to 
 
 the value of. 
 Mounture, a riding horfe. 
 Mourront (ne), Jhall not 
 
 move. 
 Mous, many. 
 Mout, died. 
 Mout, muchy greatly. 
 Mout de fi)is, many times. 
 Mouti, motive, deftgn. 
 Mouth ferroit (qe), which 
 
 would be befi. 
 Mouton d'or, an ancient 
 Ire-ich gold coir:, en 
 ■:. i . a 
 
 h r ■,', •:',,'■'■■ 
 
 it. it.,*.! . .'• 
 
 Leu J :.: Lei c:d 
 
 M U 159 
 
 tollit peccata mundi, mi- 
 ferere nobis. 
 Mouys, muys de ferment, 
 
 a certain meafure of 
 
 wheat. 
 Move (fe), begins. 
 Moveementz, commotions, 
 
 difiurbances. 
 Movement (al), on the 
 
 motion. 
 Moves, moves, months. 
 Moyen, mean, indifferent ; 
 
 temperate ; middle. 
 Moyen (fans), without 
 
 mefne. 
 Moyen nant, paying, mak- 
 ing fuch payments. 
 Moyennant (vous), you. 
 
 being the mediator. 
 Moyennant qu'> provided 
 
 that. 
 Moyen ner,/<? intercede with. 
 Moyes, months. 
 Moymennans, by means of. 
 Moyr, mayor. 
 Mt, death. 
 Mu, incited, moved. 
 Muable (home), an incon- 
 
 fiani man. 
 Muables, different, vary. 
 Muance, changing. 
 Mucettes, in jeer et. 
 Mucha, concealed. 
 Mue, music, mute. 
 
 ': 'C ) ait si". 
 
 ■ 
 
 
 ^iUill:
 
 jfo M U 
 
 Muins, warned, 
 
 Muire, to dye. 
 
 Muit de chiens, kennel of 
 hounds. 
 
 $1 nines foer, the fecondjif- 
 ter, or the middle be- 
 tween two. 
 
 ^lulnes, mulnefle, fulnefs; 
 the leaft. 
 
 Multe, the fine. 
 
 Mult puy, much worfe. 
 
 lyTulyeyn, m nines frere, 
 middle brother, 
 
 Muner, to warn. 
 
 Muni, warned. 
 
 Muniment, evidence, proof. 
 
 Munfeur, monfieur. 
 
 Munte (qui), which a- 
 mounts. 
 
 Munture, a riding borfe. 
 
 Muovee, moved. 
 
 jyiuQvent (fe), vary. 
 
 Murdre, kept fecret. 
 
 IVlurdreflburs, murderers. 
 
 Murdrifient, keep fecret. 
 
 Mure, nuyre (pur nous), 
 to injure us. 
 
 Muremem, maturely. 
 
 Murger, murer, to perifh, 
 to dye. 
 
 Muriaux, walls. 
 
 JVIurours, men employed in 
 building walls and for- 
 tifications. 
 
 lS1uwi,fiball dye. 
 
 Murrerent, murrurent, 
 dyed. 
 
 M Y' 
 
 Murruft homage, the ho* 
 
 mage is refpited. 
 Mufce, mufee, muffe, mu- 
 
 cha, concealed. 
 Mufeaux, leprous. 
 Mufettes (en), fecret ly, 
 
 privately. 
 Mufleles, mufcettes (par), 
 
 by flealth. 
 Muftre fruifler (de), of 
 
 breaking into a church, 
 
 or monaflery. 
 Muftrer, murtre], to fhew t 
 
 let forth. 
 Mullrerunt, fhewed. 
 Mufurablemenr, according 
 
 to the meafure. 
 Mufures, ineafures. 
 Mutere (de), to change. 
 Mutua, pledged, lent, 
 
 changed. 
 Mutuve, mutual. 
 Mutz, moved. 
 Muye (ny vint), did not 
 
 come. 
 Muygne (un), a monk. 
 My tour, all parts. 
 My (entour la), about the 
 
 middle. 
 My lieu (claufe en), mid- 
 dle claufe. 
 My (per) et per tout, by 
 
 the half or moiety and 
 
 by all. 
 I\Iver, met her. 
 Myeus, rather. 
 IMykarclmc, midlent. 
 
 2 Myle
 
 N A 
 
 Myle haut fil (en), in the 
 main fir earn. 
 
 My n ate, midnight. 
 
 Myneurs, minors. 
 
 Myre, to prejudice. 
 
 Mys, mile, left. 
 
 Mys (fori), his confent. 
 
 Mys par gage, put by 
 gages. 
 
 Myfe, affeffment, puni fo- 
 ment. 
 
 Myle (par fa), by his plead- 
 ings. 
 
 Myfe (pur), for lodging, 
 placing, appointing, de- 
 pofiting. 
 
 My fne (temps), mean time. 
 
 Myffus, fur mi fed. 
 
 My it mye (ne), did not ufe. 
 
 My lies, prelates, bifhops, 
 and archbifhops. 
 
 My lire, to place. 
 
 A, nade, bom. 
 Naal, Nadal, Na- 
 
 daou, Chrifimas. 
 Naam, replevy, dijlrefs, 
 
 withernam. 
 Naamer, to difirain. 
 Naams, names, diftrained. 
 Nacion, birth. 
 Nadgeres puis, fometime 
 
 fince, lately. 
 Naefs, Jhips. 
 Naffrerent, wounded. 
 N age mer-t, fwimming. 
 Nagueres, n'agures, lately. 
 
 K A 161 
 
 Naidgayers, naidgaris, 
 
 nadgares, lately, fome- 
 
 times. 
 Naif, natural, lively. 
 Naifu clemence (fa), her 
 
 natural clemency. 
 Nail, a nail in meafure. 
 Nails jammes, neverthe* 
 
 lefs. 
 Nailours, not elfewhere. 
 Naiflres (faux), bafiards. 
 Nammil, nam, dijlrefs. 
 Nanyl, nothing, not, no, 
 Napez, naped. 
 Naplus, Naples. 
 Nafhift, jhould be born. 
 N'afquit, nafqe, was born. 
 Naftres (fous), ideots. 
 Nat, net, pure, clean. 
 Natables, notable, conjidsr- 
 
 able. ' 
 Natair defatit, notorious 
 
 dcfetl. 
 Nattraie, draws to himfelf. 
 NaturefTes, naturalnefs, 
 
 natural affefficn, kind- 
 
 nefs, civil ufage. 
 Navant, they had not. 
 Navie, navy, Jhips. 
 Navil, no. not. 
 Nau, ajhip. 
 Naufre, naures, wounded, 
 
 beaten, hurt. 
 Naye, drowned. 
 Nayement, nagement, 
 
 fwimming. 
 Nayer, to jwim. 
 
 M Naz,
 
 iSi N E 
 
 Naz, the nofe. 
 
 Ne, nor. 
 
 Ne, born. 
 
 Ne pur quant-quint, not- 
 
 withftanding. 
 Ne ad geres, ne advers, 
 
 lately. 
 Neant, not, nothing. 
 Neatir, to annihilate. 
 -Nee (feint), St. Neot's. 
 Nee, a native. 
 Neef, a jhip. 
 Neen, neez, nees, bom. 
 Neen (al heure de), till 
 
 noon. 
 Ncent, have not. 
 Neerment, nearly. 
 Nees, the nofe. 
 Nees, endamaged, drown- 
 ed. 
 Nees, nee, neetz, arifen. 
 Nees fols, natural fools. 
 Nef, noef, neif, new. 
 Nef, nine. 
 Nefe, afjip, a boat. 
 Nefe, neif, niefe, a bond- 
 woman. 
 Nefifme, ninth. 
 Nefokaftel fur \AV\e,New- 
 
 caftle under Line. 
 Nefs, fhips. 
 
 Negit, negation, negative. 
 Neiantz, not having. 
 Neicencc, birth. 
 Neiens, neins, nevertbe- 
 
 lefs. 
 Neirent, drowned. 
 
 N E 
 
 Neif (le), the ninth. 
 Neifture, neifure, nati- 
 vity. 
 Neint, nothing. 
 Neir, black. 
 Neis, not yet. 
 Ne\s,Jhips. 
 Neis un (a), to any one of 
 
 them. 
 Nekedent, neverthelcfs. 
 Nellui, nobody. 
 Nel ret, of any crime. 
 Nemy encontrefteant, not- 
 
 zvithftanding. 
 Nemy pur ces, notwith- 
 
 fianding this. 
 Nenf, ninth. 
 Nennil, by no means, not 
 
 at all. 
 Nenparnent,y£<2//#0/ take 
 
 upon themfelves. 
 Nent, or, nor. 
 Nent, not. 
 
 Nent (ne foit), is only. 
 Neof, nine. 
 Ncoyt, night. 
 Nepurqnant, neverthelefs, 
 
 moreover. 
 Neven, nephew. 
 Neqe dot, neverthelefs. 
 ~Ne$,Jhips. 
 Nefance, nefiaunce, birth, 
 
 origin. 
 Nes pot, cannot. 
 Nefi'ens, ignorance. 
 NefTerit, beget, arife. 
 
 Ncffi,
 
 N E 
 
 Nefli, an idect. 
 
 N eft re, not to be. 
 
 Neil re, to accrue to, to 
 
 arife. 
 Neftre fie), neftree (la), 
 
 the birth. 
 Neftre, nefter (p), by the 
 
 birth. 
 Neftrioir, notwithjlanding. 
 Noftroit, not known. 
 Neftry (pur my Bre de), 
 
 by writ of naif ty. 
 Nettement abatu, wholly 
 
 fulled down. 
 Nettrez, educated. 
 Nettroit, would accrue, 
 
 arifc. 
 Ncture, nature. 
 Nevant (nemie), not be- 
 fore. 
 Nevemcnt, clofely, nearly. 
 Nevifme, nevyme, the 
 
 ninth. 
 Nevoutz, nevor, nephew. 
 Nevrer, to cffiicl. 
 Neu, not. 
 Neurc, to hurt. 
 Neulfeez vous ale (qi), 
 
 why did you not go. 
 Neux, nine. 
 Neuz, nephew. 
 Newel, Chriftmas. 
 Neweu, newe, nephew. 
 Ney, not. 
 Neye, drowned. 
 Neyez, have not. 
 Ney ft lire, birth. 
 
 N I 163 
 
 Neytz, netz (croiz), the 
 •white cro/s, viz. of St. 
 Andrew ; one of the 
 croffes on which they 
 ufed to fzvear in Scot' 
 land. 
 
 Nez, a naive. 
 
 Neze, nofe. 
 
 Ni (un), not, a denying. 
 
 Nianr, not. 
 
 Nianr, danger. 
 
 Ni cement, efpecially. 
 
 Nichol, Nicol, Lincoln. 
 
 Nice, denyed. 
 
 Nieement, namely, parti- 
 cularly. 
 
 Niel, Nigellus. 
 
 Nielment plede, badly 
 pleaded. 
 
 Nient mienz, moreover, 
 be/ides. 
 
 Nient, not, have not. 
 
 Nient (a), for nothing. 
 
 Nient numbrables, innu- 
 merable. 
 
 Nient obi] ant, nient aref- 
 teant, notwithjlanding. 
 
 Nient lemeins, neverthc- 
 lefs. 
 
 Nientefement, avoidance, 
 dejirutlion. 
 
 Niert jammes, flmll never 
 be. 
 
 Nies (unques), ever was 
 known. 
 
 Nies, niez, a grand/on, 
 alfo a nephew. 
 
 M 2 Niet,
 
 1 64 N O 
 
 Niet, brings, draws. 
 
 Niez, new. 
 
 Nifle, a thing of no value, 
 
 a trifle. 
 Nil, no one, nothing. 
 Niffer •, Jhall not iffue. 
 Nitivitee, nativity. 
 Nit meins (ne), neverthe- 
 
 lefs. 
 Niye, drowned. 
 No, cur. 
 No, nor t not. 
 No, note. 
 
 Noblee (la), the noble ex- 
 traction. 
 Nobleife (cy hauts), fo 
 
 high and noble a calling. 
 Noef, nine. 
 Noefa, refufed, would not, 
 
 durjl not. 
 NoefSyJhips, vejfels. 
 Noeifs (fes), his neifs. 
 Noel, Noil, Cbrijlmas. 
 Noement, efpecially. 
 Noemme, noemine, ninth. 
 Noer, to fwim. 
 Noefantz, naifances. 
 Noet, night. 
 Noetandrement, in the 
 
 night-time . 
 Noevifme, noefifme, ninth. 
 Noez, our people. 
 Noiera (ne,)* jhall net deny. 
 Noies (totes), always. 
 Noif, nois, /now, 
 Noifte, neifety. 
 Noirent (que ne), who do 
 
 not fend. 
 
 N O 
 
 Noifent, dare Hot* 
 Noifife, noxious. - 
 Noifmes (pot) voifines, 
 
 neighbours. 
 Noix, noitz, night. 
 Norn, no. 
 
 Nomaflbins, had named. 
 Nomed (per ferment), by 
 
 fwearing in a fet form 
 
 of words. 
 Nomement, noement, no- 
 
 momentez, to wit, ef- 
 
 pecially. 
 Nomerz, nometz, named. 
 Nomis, names. 
 Nom merveill, no wonder. 
 Nonaen, nonain, nonne, 
 
 a nun. 
 Nonchofant, knowing no- 
 thing. 
 None, noon. 
 None, ninth. 
 Noneims, nuns, wives. 
 Nonmefnaunce (la), the 
 
 not bringing in. 
 Nonn, name. 
 Nonn (an), in name of. 
 Nonfachaunce, ignorance. 
 Nonfauz, nonfuited. 
 Nonfemblablement (le 
 
 pluis), the more unlikely. 
 Noore, noon. 
 N'oofa, durjl not. 
 Nore, a daughter-in-law. 
 Norgales, North-Wales. 
 Nori, a fofler -child. 
 Norices, nurfes. 
 
 NoriiTementj
 
 N O 
 
 NorifTement, encourage- 
 ment. 
 
 N orift, breeds ; amounts to, 
 
 Norrour (Je), the gilder, 
 
 Nos, we, our. 
 
 Nofant, hurtful. 
 
 Nofaft, durfi not. 
 
 Nofe, nofi, a nut. 
 
 Nofemcnr, namely. 
 
 Nofe ft, knows not. 
 
 Nofmes, nofmables, fur- 
 names. 
 
 Note (il a), be has de- 
 clared, riven out. 
 
 Note, exprejfed, fpecified. 
 
 Note (hors de le), out of 
 the note of the fine. 
 
 Notifons, make known. 
 
 Notoier, fcience, of expe- 
 rienced knowledge. 
 
 Notorement, notorioufy. 
 
 Notorie, material, objerv- 
 able. 
 
 Novallitez, novellerie, no- 
 vellers, innovations, new 
 terms. 
 
 Noveal, new. 
 
 Novel (ore de), now of 
 late. 
 
 Noveletes, injury. 
 
 Novels porcions, equal 
 portions. 
 
 Novics foits, nine times. 
 
 Nou, nouve, nine. 
 
 Nouches, knots. 
 
 Noueftre, cur, ours, 
 
 l^oyri, nine. 
 
 N U i6$ 
 
 Noun (de chefcun), for 
 every number. 
 
 Nounne, noon. 
 
 Noun (p), by name. 
 
 Noun def, not, or unde- 
 fended. 
 
 Noun due, undue, what 
 is not lawful. 
 
 Nour, us. 
 
 Nowell, novelle (a), at 
 Chriftmas. 
 
 Nowelles, new. 
 
 Noyer (ne), knew not. 
 
 Noyes, drowned. 
 
 Noys, nuts. 
 
 Noy fau nee, a nuifance, 
 
 Noz, our, us. 
 
 Nu mencion, no notice. 
 
 Nuce, a nut. 
 
 Nude empefchement (p), 
 by a bare impeachment, 
 without any proof to fup- 
 port it. 
 
 Nuef, nueve, new. 
 
 Nuire, nuyre, hurt, in- 
 jure. 
 
 Nuifement, nuifance, an- 
 noyance. 
 
 Nul (fi), if any. 
 
 Nulenois, never. 
 
 Nulh, any. 
 
 Null (a), to any one. 
 
 Nulla, no, none. 
 
 Nulluy, no one. 
 
 Nuly biens (en), in any 
 one's goods, any one's 
 property. 
 
 M 3 Nun*',
 
 x66 
 
 N Y 
 
 Num, nun (en), in name. 
 
 Nuaimez, named. 
 
 Nun (ky Deu), which 
 God forbid. 
 
 Nuncie (la), declare it. 
 
 Nuncie (que), who may 
 declare. 
 
 Nuof, nine. 
 
 Nurrer, nurer (pur), to 
 nourifh. 
 
 Nurriz le roy fles), the fa- 
 miliars cf the king. 
 
 Nurture (de fa), of his 
 own bringing up. 
 
 Nus, no. 
 
 Nus, we. 
 
 Nufant alia, to the nuifance 
 of another. 
 
 Nufle, nobody. 
 
 Nuft duftrere, ought to do 
 to us. 
 
 Nut, has. 
 
 Nutauntre, in the night- 
 time. 
 
 Nnte (mi), mig night. 
 
 Nuyfi (nej, does not hurt. 
 
 Nuyter (a la), nuytandre, 
 in i he night-time. 
 
 Nuytz, night. 
 
 Nuz (fan') without us. 
 
 Nyant, not. 
 
 Nycke (nofme), nick- 
 name. 
 
 Nye, a neft. 
 
 Nyef, nciij a woman vil- 
 lein. 
 
 O D 
 
 Nyefe, neif, a fhip. 
 Ny gilt, dees not lie. 
 Nyent avant, they having 
 
 none before. 
 Nyuemant (iy), fo vigor- 
 
 oufly. 
 Nyurent, endeavoured, 
 
 commanded. 
 
 or, and. 
 h O, on, with. 
 
 Obeiiraument, obedience. 
 
 Ob hii res, uttered. 
 
 Objicet, to cbjecly lay to 
 cne^s charge. 
 
 Obit, obites, dead, forgot- 
 ten. 
 
 Oblicler, tofport, rejoice. 
 
 Oblier, to forget. 
 
 Obligation, tenure. 
 
 Oblige, liable. 
 
 Oblivion, forge tfulnefs. 
 
 Obmittes, omitted, left out. 
 
 Obfcurity (en), in a dun- 
 geon. 
 
 Oc, yes, fo. 
 
 Ocbeir, to obey. 
 
 Occluder, to put. 
 
 Occupation, encroachment \ 
 fehures. 
 
 Ochoifon, ocquifon, ocoi- 
 Ton, occaficn, accident. 
 
 Ocious vie, an idle life. 
 
 Ocreh (le), the increafe. 
 
 Octroy c, granted. 
 
 OJj or, with. 
 
 Od.
 
 O I 
 
 Od fei (apeler), call to 
 
 him. 
 Odible, odious. 
 Odonqs, then, 
 Oefs, bees. 
 
 Oegles, ogles, oels, eyes. 
 Ot\,fhe. 
 Oel, equal. 
 Oels, them, the fame, in 
 
 like manner. 
 Oens (a), to them. 
 Ocns (les), the doors. 
 Oept, eight. 
 
 Oeptaz, &c. oclav.e, &c. 
 Oeptifme, eighth. 
 Oer (de), to truft. 
 Oes, oeps, ufe, benefit. 
 Oeffes del chambre (les), 
 
 the doors of the cham- 
 ber. 
 Oet, oete, eight. 
 Oeux, eggs. 
 Of, with. 
 Office (defon), of right, 
 
 by virtue of his office. 
 OfTYe, a tender. 
 OiTres (p) ec p demandes, 
 
 by quefticn and anjwer. 
 Onffes, offiz, offices. 
 Oghfta, oujled. 
 Oi, / have. 
 Oi, oic, oieetz", heard, 
 
 hearing. 
 
 o 
 
 Oi (cours de), his body. 
 Oictouvre, Oclober. 
 Oie, an ear. 
 Oiels, eyes. 
 
 O M 167 
 
 Oient, had. 
 
 Oier (d*), to hear. 
 
 Oier del jurie (al), to the 
 
 ear of 4 he jury. 
 Oil, 6\\, yea, yea, ay, ay\ 
 
 the affent of the commons 
 
 in 28 Edw. III. 
 Oille, oil. 
 Oingt, anointed. 
 Oioir, heard. 
 Oir, to hear. 
 Oir mafle, heir male. 
 Oirs (pur les), for his 
 
 heirs. 
 Oires (jufques), to this 
 
 time. 
 Oife!, oifeal, a bird. 
 Oifel St. Martin (le), a 
 
 crozv, fo called from its 
 
 generally being feen about 
 
 Martinmas in France. 
 Oi fines, inactive, idle. 
 Oifmes, zve have heard. 
 Oift, eafi. 
 
 Oiluir, leifure, opportunity. 
 Oitaves, oclaves. 
 Oic d', eight-pence. 
 Oitemenr, advancement. 
 Oiz, heard. 
 Oliraunt, an elephant. 
 Oly (d'j, olives. 
 Om, raimc, a man, per- 
 
 fen. 
 Om meffefoit (come fe), 
 
 as if one bad effende* '. 
 Oir.es (prud), magnates, 
 
 great men. 
 M -f Omicidie
 
 i £8 
 
 O O 
 
 Omicidie (d'), of homi- 
 cide, manflaughter, 
 Omofnes, alms. 
 On, in. 
 
 On (un), an ounce. 
 
 On aflent (fans), without 
 their pffent. 
 
 Onche d'or, an ouche of 
 gold, a brooch, a neck- 
 lace. 
 
 Oncl, uncle. 
 
 Oncore, moreover, again. 
 
 Qncques n'euiTent etc, 
 had never been. 
 
 Ond, one. 
 
 One, with. 
 
 Oner [V) 3 the honour. 
 
 Onerer (ne duft), ought 
 not to meddle. 
 
 Oneret (fagement), wifely 
 to -work. 
 
 Oneftee, decency. 
 
 Onfrec de Boun, Hum- 
 phry de Bohun. 
 
 O.nkore, yet. 
 
 Onnerount, will fend. 
 
 Onneur (cap d'), cap of 
 honour. 
 
 Onqnes, never, ever. 
 
 On ft eu, have had. 
 
 Onta, fhame. 
 
 Qnur, honour. 
 
 Oons (nous), we have. 
 
 Oonc en terminent, hear 
 And determine. 
 
 Oor la reigne (le), au- 
 rum regime, Queen gold. 
 
 O R 
 
 This is a royal debt, 
 duty, and revenue of 
 every Queen confort of 
 England, during her 
 marriage to the king, 
 from every p erf on,, both 
 in England and Ireland, 
 for every gift, or obla- 
 tion, or voluntary obli- 
 gation or fine to the king, . 
 amounting to ten marks 
 or more, for privileges, 
 franchifes, difpenfations, 
 licences, -par dons or grants 
 of royal grace, or favour 
 conferred by the king, 
 which is a tenth part, 
 be/ides the fine to the. 
 king. 
 
 Oor de Cypre(de c'rap cT), 
 cloth of 9 old of Cyprus. 
 
 Oofent (n*), dare not. 
 
 Ooft, army. 
 
 Oppofer, appofTer, to ap- 
 pofe, examine, quefiion. 
 
 Ops, choice, will. 
 
 Opfe, ufe. 
 
 Opteinent, obtain. 
 
 Oquifon, occafwn. 
 
 Or endroit (qui), who at 
 prefent. 
 
 Grail, oraillc, an ear. 
 
 Oraire, orarium, afiole to 
 be worn at all times by 
 the prieft : it went a- 
 bcut the neck of him 
 that officiated, tojignify 
 he
 
 O R 
 
 be had taken upon him 
 the Lord's yoke, 
 
 Orat (ori), heard the cry. 
 
 Or atours, complainants, pe- 
 'ittcners. 
 
 Orce, ors, orfe, a bear. 
 
 Orde (del), of command- 
 ing, ordering. 
 
 Ordenours, thofe prelates 
 and barons who in 1 3 1 o, 
 3 Edward II. were ap- 
 pointed, by virtue of 
 the king's cemmiffwn, to 
 reform and fettle the 
 ft ate of the king's hcufe- 
 hold, and of the king- 
 dom. 
 
 Ordemmenrs, ordinances 
 or ft (tint es. 
 
 Ordes parolles (ove), with 
 foul words. 
 
 Ordt-ynement, determina- 
 tion. 
 
 Ordi, barley. 
 
 Ordinail, a book of rules 
 and orders, to direel the 
 right manner of faying 
 and performing holy fer- 
 vice : the mojl famous 
 of this fori was that of 
 8 arum, made by Of mend, 
 bijhop of Salijl v.ry, 1077. 
 
 Ord:nares, ordener-j, or- 
 dinaries, hijhops. 
 
 Ordine, order, rn \ 
 
 Grdiner, to difpof: of. 
 
 Ordir, to be filthy. 
 
 O S iS 9 
 
 Ordrene, ordained. 
 Ore, any more. 
 Ore (d'), at prefent. 
 Ore (ec ja foit), and fup- 
 
 pofe. 
 Ore (pur Ton), for her 
 
 queen gold. 
 Order, a pillow. 
 Orcndreyt lui, on his part. 
 Orendroir, now, at this 
 
 time. 
 Organes portatifs du rqy 
 
 (les), the king's portable 
 
 organs. 
 Oriel, an ear. 
 Orier, to rife up, the ri- 
 
 Orila ove le rev, had a 
 
 private audience of the 
 
 king. 
 Orir, to arife from. 
 Orlage, a clock. 
 Orphays, orphans. 
 Orpheour, goldf.iith. 
 Orray, orrount, orreyent, 
 
 orrent, fhall hear. 
 Or ret, guilt. 
 Orribler.ee, horriblenefs. 
 Orrie (!'), the inheritance. 
 Orr, a garden. 
 Ortcils, claws. 
 Onieux, toes. 
 Ofannes, Ozanne, Palm- 
 
 Sunday. 
 Ofi, alfo. 
 Oile, bone. 
 Offi qe, fo t';at. 
 
 Oil,
 
 i;o O T 
 
 Oft, he had. 
 
 Oil, hofl. 
 
 Oft, oftcl (a), with an 
 ' army. 
 
 Oil age, hofl age. 
 
 Oftagiez, fet at liberty. 
 
 Oftaflent, Jkould remove 
 from, intft, put out. 
 
 Olteilx, haifes. 
 
 Oftel, houfehold, at heme, 
 an inn, lodging, enter- 
 tainment, diet. 
 
 Olienfion (de faire), to 
 foew, to produce. 
 
 Olter, taken away. 
 
 Ofter (mal), bad under- 
 standings 
 
 Os teres, fuch lands. 
 
 Ofterons, will put out. 
 
 Oftier, a door. 
 
 Oftoyt, flood, was. 
 
 Oftr£, fhewed. 
 
 Ortre ceo, moreover. 
 
 Ofyum leffer (nus de), we 
 have adjourned. 
 
 Ot, il or, he had. 
 
 Ote, ot, he hearkens. 
 
 Otel, as much, the like. 
 
 Oterie (e), and grant. 
 
 Otiofite, idlenefs, want of 
 employment. 
 
 Otree, granted, confenled, 
 appointed. 
 
 Otrei, the other. 
 
 Orrei, otri, leave, confent, 
 
 Otrie de cto, fur tier, 
 moreover. 
 
 O V 
 
 Otriemenz, conceffions. 
 
 Otroiant, attending to, re* 
 garding, granting. 
 
 Otruoyfons, grants. 
 
 Otrie, granted. 
 
 Ottis, taken away, carried 
 off 
 
 Otto or Otho de Tillie, 
 the name of fome Nor- 
 man, who built Doncaf- 
 ter crofs. 
 
 Ottreer (le), the charter. 
 
 Ottreire, to grant. 
 
 Ottret, granted. 
 
 Ottrie de ceo a luy (V), 
 does not pretend himfelf 
 to have any title thereto. 
 
 Ottroyent (s'ilz luy), if 
 they grant it to him. 
 
 Ottroyer, to contrail. 
 
 Ottruyz, granted. 
 
 Ou, whereas, whereto, 
 within, with, into, in f 
 
 Ou cas, in caje. 
 
 Ou nun, in the name. 
 
 Ou que ils fuiflent, aU 
 though they were. 
 
 Ou q foit chargeant, 
 wherewith he be charged. 
 
 Ou, to open. 
 
 Ouan, in aycar. 
 
 Oucunque, wherefoever, 
 whatfceier, whenfoever, 
 
 Oue, ouie, a goofe. 
 
 Ouen (qi), who have. 
 
 Cues, bones. 
 
 Cve, with. 
 
 Cve
 
 O V 
 
 Ove et de trove j de eve et 
 de treve i i. e. free for 
 many defcents ; from 
 grandfather ', and great 
 grandfathers great 
 grandfather ; aifo cer- 
 tain feignioral rights ex- 
 ercifed over villains, 
 
 Ovek co, moreover. 
 
 Ovekes. oveuk, with. 
 
 Ovel, new. 
 
 Ovelment, equally, ji'fily, 
 exatlly. 
 
 Ouent, have. 
 
 Ovenuz. arrived, come. 
 
 Over, have. 
 
 Over ;de;, to work, to la- 
 bour. 
 
 Overaigne del Eglife(al), 
 to the fabric of the 
 church. 
 
 Overe, ouere pur luy, 
 paffed in her favour. 
 
 Overe pur vous (qe), 
 which is in your favour. 
 
 Overe (par), by endeavour- 
 ing. 
 
 Overe en avant (de eel), 
 from that time forward. 
 
 Ovcrecha, goes beyond. 
 
 Overee fey, wrought fill:. 
 
 Overeigne (al), towards 
 budding. 
 
 Ovcreignes, works. 
 
 Overe mye (ne), there is 
 no occaficn for. 
 
 Ovcrent, pa/Jed. 
 
 O V 171 
 
 Oyerer, to proceed* to gain, 
 Overrer, to work. 
 Overefces de feie, Jilk- 
 
 workers. 
 Overete (en lku), in an 
 
 open place. 
 Overez, built, ere tied. 
 Overre (en), inquiry, 
 Overte (en temps), in open 
 
 tide. 
 O^ertement, plainly, ma- 
 
 nifeftly. 
 Qvcnes,Gpen,fo as the lord 
 
 can diftrain. 
 Oves et feues, done and 
 
 profecuted. 
 Oveiqe ceo qe, except 
 
 that. 
 Ovefque, alfo. 
 Ove doit, whilji he was, 
 
 was heretofore-, appoint- 
 ed. 
 Oughtee, oujled. 
 Ovient, often. 
 Ovir, to hear. 
 Ouk, ever. 
 Oukuns, any. 
 Ouit (au), on the lafil day. 
 Oultrance, attrenche (a 
 
 tout}, to the utmoft. 
 Oultroyfe, granted. 
 Oumes, men. 
 Ounrement, openly, 
 Ount rnefter, hold it ne- 
 
 cejfary. 
 Ovoqes tut ce, befiles all 
 
 this. 
 
 Ouq,
 
 172 O U 
 
 Ouq, and that, where. 
 Oura,fhall have. 
 Oure, hour. 
 Oure, to kilt. 
 Oure, oures, works. 
 Oure (al), at the time. 
 Oureroms (nous), we will 
 
 proceed. 
 Oures (avant tout), efpe- 
 
 cially. 
 Ourir, to manage* 
 Our ke (del), as foon as. 
 Ours (j'), I fhall have. 
 Ous, hones. 
 Ous (a), to them. 
 Ouft, Augufi. 
 Ouft, out, has, had. 
 Ouftage, hofiage. 
 Oultantz, o lifting, turning 
 
 from. 
 Ouflel ("al), to the door, at 
 
 the door, at the begin- 
 ning, atfirft, 
 Oufter auxi, over, alfo. 
 Ouftrez, ouftes, put cut, 
 
 removed, taken off. 
 Outfr, over. 
 Ouitre, removed. 
 Ouftre auter droit, except 
 
 what belongs to others. 
 Ouft re quel, beyond which, 
 
 after which. 
 Out, c.bove. 
 Outel (facremer.t dc\),fa- 
 
 crament on the 
 
 Uai 
 
 Gutcre, ovcrte (efchange), 
 put lie, open exchange. 
 
 O W 
 
 Outlagari, an outlawry. 
 Outrage, abufe, excefs. 
 Outragieufe, exceffive. 
 Outre, over, befides. 
 Outre (a"), of another. 
 Outre (la), doutrek nicer, 
 
 beyond fea. 
 Outreiz, granted. 
 Outrement (tout), ouver- 
 
 tement, intirely, utterly. 
 Outr quen culture, over, 
 
 through which piece of 
 
 ground. 
 Outre (fa demande tout), 
 
 the whole foe demanded,. 
 Ouve, or. 
 
 Ouvertez, letters patent.' 
 Ouwel-main (en), into an 
 
 indifferent hand. 
 Ouye, ouy, ouyes, heard' 
 Ouyez, publifoing, pro- 
 claiming. 
 Ouzercient (ne), durfi 
 
 not. 
 Ouzifme, eighth. 
 Ow, or. 
 
 Ovvaille (un), a foccp. 
 Owe, aue cralie, a fat 
 
 goofe. 
 Owe, hired. 
 Owe!, ouelx, equal. 
 Owele main (en), into an 
 
 indifferent hand. 
 Owele condition (de), cf 
 
 equal condition. 
 Owelment, equally. 
 
 Oweks
 
 o z 
 
 Oweles (Dieux ad comys 
 
 fes), God has committed 
 
 bisjheep. 
 Owells, eyes. 
 Owels, goods. 
 Ower, oar. 
 Owefter celle aweroufte 
 
 (pur), to remove this 
 
 doubt. 
 Owyt, eight. 
 
 Oy, hear, heard, audited. 
 Oy (demanda), demanded 
 
 oyer. 
 Oy dire (par), by hear- 
 
 fay. 
 Oye, an ear. 
 Oye, oyer. 
 Oye encor (je n'), / have 
 
 not yet. 
 Oyels, eyes. 
 Oyer, eyes. 
 
 Oyer (lb), bis hearing. 
 Oyis, heard. 
 
 Oyl, ^'(fj-, hear ye, an eye. 
 Oynt, eight. 
 Oyr no acuntes (de), to 
 
 audit cur accounts. 
 Oyfels, birds. 
 Oyfon, goofe. 
 Oyft, heard. 
 Oyt, eight. 
 Oytaves, o Slaves. 
 Oytiefme, the eighth. 
 Oyzes (kil), that he hear. 
 Ozanne (la fete d'), Pahn- 
 
 Sunday. 
 
 PA i^j 
 
 p amont efcrit, above 
 written. 
 
 PI, plaintiff. 
 
 p my, throughout. 
 
 P noms, have brought. 
 
 pnt, takes. 
 
 Pont, £#/*, #7jy. 
 
 ^oirez, procured. 
 
 ppris, purprifed, encroach- 
 ed upon. 
 
 Prou, profit. 
 
 pr tee, for their land. 
 
 ps, taken, more. 
 
 ps dil ce qs, »^r ##/£, tf/- 
 
 pfe, taken. 
 
 pfel, taking. 
 
 ptie, brought. 
 
 |> ufe, £y /«r».;. 
 
 Pa age, payment. 
 
 Paas, country. 
 
 Pace, pa lie, ptf^rt, cr- 
 
 Paces del Efchekir (en 
 voiez a les), fent to the 
 places ; /. c. to the courts 
 of the Exchequer, &c. 
 
 Pache, a convention. 
 
 Pacs, peace. 
 
 Pae, paemenz, paes, pay- 
 ment. 
 
 Pae pas (nc fe), « ffitf fa- 
 tisfied. 
 
 Pace, ^7v t "J. 
 
 Paer (I 5 apoftoill), father 
 the pfipe. , 
 
 Paes,
 
 i 7 4 P A 
 
 Paes, agreement^ peace. 
 
 Paes, countries. 
 
 Paes (nexcede), do not ex- 
 ceed. 
 
 Paetz, paid. 
 
 Pagner (per), by payment. 
 
 Paiages et Rovages •, pe- 
 dagia et roagia. tributes 
 and rotages. See Roy- 
 nages. 
 
 Paie (de), of payment. 
 
 Paie (mau), difpleafed. 
 
 Paiere (g la), by the fa- 
 ther. 
 
 Pa : es, payez (les), the pay- 
 ments. 
 
 Paigners, panniers. 
 
 Paile, omitted. 
 
 Pailement faire, to do the 
 like. 
 
 Paillettes, hangings. 
 
 Painer, to torment. 
 
 Pain-grofTe, brown bread. 
 
 Pains, loaves-, thefirfl Sun- 
 day in lent in the RomiJJj 
 church. 
 
 Paintz, paying. 
 
 Painz (vn), feven loaves. 
 
 Paiour, fear. 
 
 Pair, to pay. 
 
 Paira, may. 
 
 Pais, paile, peace. 
 
 Pailement (liir le), in the 
 appeaflng. 
 
 Paiinc, the ycungefl. 
 
 Paifvile, peaceable. 
 
 P A 
 
 Paifumne (en), into a Pd- 
 ganijh country. 
 
 Paiz, agreement* 
 
 Pale, pal, pel, palings 
 wood. 
 
 Paler, to fpeak. 
 
 Palettes, a military habit. 
 
 Paile, pallees, fpoken of, 
 treated of. 
 
 Paller (fanz ent), with- 
 out mentioning the fame* 
 
 Panbretat, mandate. 
 
 Pandecoulte, Penticojl. 
 
 Pane, cloth, a robe. 
 
 Pane, bread. 
 
 Panes, jkins. 
 
 Panes, loaves. 
 
 Panetre le roy (ferjante de 
 eftree), by ferjeantry, to 
 be the king's pantler. 
 
 Pani, penalty. 
 
 Pans, he thinks. 
 
 Panfe, the belly. 
 
 Panfes, hung, pendant, af- 
 fixed. 
 
 Panures, poor. 
 
 Paor, paoir, power. 
 
 Paour, fear. 
 
 Paours, payers. 
 
 Papa, the pope. 
 
 Papate (la), the papacy. 
 
 Papirs, papers, books of 
 accounts. 
 
 Papificke (egl'ife), the 
 Romifu church. 
 
 Papiltine, a pa pi ft. 
 
 Par,
 
 P A 
 
 Par, equal. 
 
 Par, paces. 
 
 Par (de), of Paris. 
 
 Parachue, paracheve, fi- 
 nijhed. 
 
 Parage, kindred. 
 
 Paraimer, to love affec- 
 tionately. - 
 
 Parains, padrines, thefe 
 are perfons who, in the 
 time of combat, perform- 
 ed the fame office which 
 advocates and pleaders 
 ufe in difputation of ci- 
 vil caufes. 
 
 Paramount (efpecefie), a- 
 bcve fpecifed. 
 
 Paraval les pountz, below 
 the bridges. 
 
 Paravanr, before. 
 
 Paraventure, by, between. 
 
 Parautee (eftat de), ejiate 
 of peerage. 
 
 Parcas, perhaps. 
 
 Parcenier, parcenery. 
 
 Parchemin, parchena, 
 parchment. 
 
 Par chi devant, heretofore. 
 
 Parchier (les murs), break 
 through the walls. 
 
 Par choie qe, becaufe. 
 
 Parclolc chartre, in the 
 clofe of the charter. 
 
 Parconniers, parceners. 
 
 Parcoons, dilatory. 
 
 Pared, delay. 
 
 Pard, lofs. 
 
 P A 175 
 
 Pardannt, lofing. 
 
 Parcte, pardoin, pardon^ 
 forgive. 
 
 Pardehors, outwards. 
 
 Pardehors le roialme, out 
 of the realm. 
 
 Pardela, beyond fea. 
 
 Pa ret r, jhall lofe. 
 
 Parduit, loft. 
 
 Pardurable, perpetual. 
 
 Pardurablement,/<?r ever. 
 
 Pare, by. 
 
 Parecherount, parifhoi- 
 ront, Jhall be wrecked. 
 
 Pareil, parile, parole, pe- 
 
 -' ril, danger. 
 
 Pareiftbuies, idle. 
 
 Parches, parcels, pieces. 
 
 Parempler, to Jill up. 
 
 Parency, parenfi qe, 
 whereby, Jo that. 
 
 Parent, parentz, kindred. 
 
 Parent que, whereby. 
 
 Parer point, perpoint, pur- 
 point, doublet. 
 
 Pares, peers. 
 
 Parefce, idlenefs. 
 
 Parferons, will perform. 
 
 Parfin (a la), at laft % 
 
 Parfond, deep. 
 
 Parfurnis, parfourny, per- 
 formed, executed, com- 
 pleted. 
 
 Pargam, parch'nent. 
 
 Par-gemin, a A1SS. en 
 parchment. 
 
 Paria^e
 
 17* 
 
 P A 
 
 Pariage (de), on the part 
 
 of the father. 
 Pariens a mont, appearing 
 
 with much greater. 
 Parier, perjured. 
 Parites, parties. 
 Parlance, parly (la), treaty. 
 p la on, where. 
 Paries, pearls. 
 Par K, for him, en his ac- 
 count. 
 Pari ire, to read through. 
 plour (lour coe), their 
 common fpeakcr, one 
 who will anfwer for 
 the whole body, the 
 fpeakcr of the Houfe of 
 Commons. 
 Parlure, language. 
 Parme, parmi, at, by, 
 
 with. 
 Parmi (et), and according 
 
 to. 
 Par mi ce, therefore, en 
 
 that account. 
 Parmi chou ke^ provided 
 
 that. 
 Parmi cy, by this. 
 Parmuer, to truck, to bar- 
 ter. 
 Parmy, upon. 
 Parncr, to take. 
 poch, parijh, dioccfc, ter- 
 ritory. 
 Paroches, parts, fides. 
 Paroge, convcrjc, have 
 communicatee n with. 
 
 P A 
 
 Paroier, to appear. 
 
 Parol, paralee, perambu- 
 lation. 
 
 Parole, plea. 
 
 Paroles pur les communes 
 (qi avoit les), who was 
 fpeaker for the commons* 
 
 Parolys (avons en), had 
 fome difecurfe. 
 
 pouls, words. 
 
 Parout, wherefore. 
 
 Parpaie, fully paid. 
 
 Parplede, pleaded. 
 
 Par point, a doublet. 
 
 Parquai, whereby. 
 
 Parquaunt, when. 
 
 Parquer, to inclofe, im- 
 pound, impark. 
 
 Parqui, in as much as, be- 
 caufe. 
 
 Parraies, walls. 
 
 Parrie, equality. 
 
 Parrie, a peer, peerage. 
 
 Par fiver, to perform. 
 
 Paribn, perfon. 
 
 Parfone (apres coeverfii), 
 after coverfu has rung. 
 
 Parfoneable, perfonable, 
 enabled to maintain pica 
 in court. 
 
 Partage et pannage, por- 
 tion and appennage. 
 
 Partant, therefore, where- 
 upon. 
 
 Par tact que, in af much as. 
 Parte des teites (per), by 
 beheading. 
 
 Parte
 
 P A 
 
 Parte ct parte, party and 
 
 party. 
 Parte des coiles (la), the 
 lojs of the teftichs. 
 
 Partement, departure. 
 
 Partez, carried. 
 
 Partirent, departed. 
 
 Partifons, divifiom. 
 
 Partment, in part. 
 
 Partor, in the whole. 
 
 Partront(ne), will not de- 
 part. 
 
 Party (pur la), by reafon 
 of the parity. 
 
 Parvoar (le), the pro- 
 curer. 
 
 Parvoifiers (vallez), valets 
 who were learned in 
 their military exercifes. 
 
 Pas, pajj'es. 
 
 Pas, pacs, peace. 
 
 Pafcage, grazing. 
 
 Palcher, pafTer, to feed. 
 
 Pafcher (puiffe), might gc. 
 
 Pafk, Eajler. 
 
 Pafques charnielx, Mid- 
 lent -Sunday \ Do mi /lie a 
 Refetlionis, 
 
 Paique florie, Palm-Sun- 
 day. 
 
 Paiqueret, the feafon cf 
 Eajler. 
 
 Palquerages, pajlure- 
 grounds. 
 
 Pail ant, in their journey, 
 
 Paifaiu, feed on* 
 
 P A i 77 
 
 Pa fTa u n t e, exceeding. 
 
 PafTemenr, death. 
 
 PafTer (doit), ought to ex- 
 ceed. 
 
 Pailcs (funt), are made up, 
 comprehended. 
 
 PafTionaire, a book which 
 contains the hijlory of 
 the pajfion of our Sa- 
 viour. 
 
 Paftour, fhepherd. 
 
 Pafture (quitz de la), t& 
 be quit of poture. See 
 Poture. 
 
 Pafuilement, peaceably. 
 
 Patere, Patrick. 
 
 Paters, putoys (le), the 
 ceremonies, p? ayers. 
 
 Pari, ou fuuifrance de 
 guerre, abjiirience, cr 
 cejfaticn cf war. 
 
 Patience Cieu (par la), by 
 ded's permiff.cn. 
 
 Patins, pattens. 
 
 Patins, di/hes, plates, cr 
 chargers, made of gold 
 orjilver, ufed at the dif- 
 tributio'a cf the hcjl ; 
 and thefe were called 
 patins cr patens ; a pa- 
 tend . 
 
 Patron, pattern. 
 
 Paver, pavoire, fear. 
 
 Pa vis, a large kind cf 
 fuield. 
 
 Pan, a fake. 
 
 N Pauantz,
 
 178 P E 
 
 Pauantz, pay nan t, paying. 
 
 Paulement, a Hide. 
 
 Paumaunt, paumes, touch- 
 ing, laying one's bands 
 upon. 
 
 Paus (a), in pledge. 
 
 Pax (un), a box where the 
 facr anient is put. 
 
 Paye, a paye, fatisfed; 
 payment. 
 
 Payee, recompenced. 
 
 Payne, penalty. 
 
 Payntier le roy, ferjeant 
 of the pantry to the king. 
 
 Paynim, a Pagan. 
 
 Pays, payes, country. 
 
 Payfqcs, Eafter. 
 
 pe, pray. 
 
 Pche, preach, declare. 
 
 Pe, pee, peas,/00/. 
 
 Peace le roy (a la), to the 
 law cf the land. 
 
 Peae, peaz, peax, peace. 
 
 Peae, feet. 
 
 Peages, to us. 
 
 Peaiges, tolls, cuftoms. 
 
 Peaiiez, countries. 
 
 Pealx lanuz, woolfels. 
 
 Peaux deberbiz, fJjeepfkins. 
 
 Peautre, peantre, pewter. 
 
 Pec (pris le), price, each. 
 
 Peccheroufement, wicked- 
 
 Pecchi (a), to fin. 
 Peccune, pecunie, money. 
 Pece (grand), a great 
 while* 
 
 P E 
 
 Pecee (abfentent un), be 
 abfent a little while, 
 
 Pecheries, offences. 
 
 Pechereufe cite d'Avenon 
 (en la), in the wicked 
 city of Avignon. 
 
 Pechir, pecher, to offend. 
 
 Peck (haute). High Peak. 
 
 Pecker (de), to break open. 
 
 Peel, the breaft. 
 
 Pecunielle (peine), pecu- 
 niary punifhment. 
 
 Pederefte, afodomite. 
 
 Pee, foot. 
 
 Pee de la fyn, foot of the 
 fine. 
 
 Pee, country. 
 
 Peele (entrez en la), en- 
 tered in the pell. 
 
 Peer, a ft one, fourteen 
 pounds. 
 
 Peer (franche), free-flone. 
 
 Pee res (nous auncients)* 
 our anceftcrs. 
 
 Peerefins (pleignanze), 
 pilgrims complainants* 
 
 Peert, appears. 
 
 Pees, peace. 
 
 Pees (un), a concord. 
 
 Pees (en), in the country. 
 
 Pees (mettent les), fet 
 their feet. 
 
 Peefe, appeared. 
 
 Peefe (ove la), peaceably* 
 
 Pege, pitch. 
 
 Peibiement, peaceably. 
 
 Pcier
 
 P E 
 
 Peier (plus), worft. 
 Pejer, worfe. 
 
 Peies en main, paid down 
 in hand. 
 
 Peignereffes, combers. 
 
 Peinbles, diligent. 
 
 Peinblement (fi), fo dili- 
 gently, carefully. 
 
 Peine, punifhment. 
 
 Peine benite (pur), for 
 holy bread. 
 
 Peipe (ion), his father. 
 
 Par, peer, equal. 
 
 Peir de juitices, two juf- 
 tices. 
 
 Peire, father. 
 
 Peire (un), a pair. 
 
 Peir (il puit), he may pray. 
 
 Peirs, ft ones. 
 
 Peirt, appears. 
 
 Peis, weights. 
 
 Peis, peace. 
 
 Peis, peife, peas. 
 
 Peife (nus), prejfedus, lay 
 upon our hands. 
 
 Peile (e mole nous), and 
 it gives us great concern. 
 
 Peifer, to weigh. 
 
 PeiGble, peaceable. 
 
 Peifiblete, the peaceable 
 ftate. 
 
 Peifon, maft. 
 
 Peithe, fails. 
 
 Peitou, Poiclou. 
 
 Peitreux, peitrelx, that 
 part of the trappings of 
 a hcrfe, which goes a- 
 crofs his breaft. 
 
 P E 17* 
 
 Peiz, feet. 
 
 Peies, ijfues arifing from. 
 
 Pelle (le ditte), the faid 
 
 appeal. 
 Pelure, peleure, Jkin,furr, 
 
 clothinz. 
 Pelrine, pilgrim. 
 Pelter fcitizein et), citizen 
 
 andjkinner. 
 Pel trie, all hinds offurr. 
 Pelwoll, peltwool. 
 Pembrugg, Pembroke. 
 Penacles, pinnacles. 
 Penauntz, penitents. 
 Pence, intends. 
 Pendable, to be hanged. 
 Pendaunt, in fuf pence. 
 Pendent (en), behnzinz* 
 Pender, to confider. 
 Pendra, let him pay. 
 Pendure (de), of hang* 
 
 ing. 
 Pene, penalty. 
 Pene, punifhed. 
 Penere (a), to puniflo. 
 Penes, obliged. 
 Penia (tant lui), made him 
 
 undergo fuch dure ft. 
 Peniblemcnt, with great 
 
 pains. 
 Penie (fans), without pu- 
 
 nijhment. 
 Pcnne, a pen. 
 Penncr, a pen-cafe. 
 Penra, ponra, fhall take. 
 Penre (faitez), caufe to be 
 
 taken. 
 N 2 Pen-
 
 180 P E 
 
 Penfant, being grieved at, 
 
 lamentiriz. 
 Penfernent(en),/tf thought. 
 Penfoier (potiiis, puiffc 
 
 oier), may hear. 
 Pent, depends, depending. 
 Penyble, painful. 
 Pepul, people. 
 Peraccompt, fully ac- 
 
 compted. 
 Per ainfi, in the fame man- 
 ner. 
 Peramont, above. 
 Peranite, eternity. 
 Per a per, peer for peer. 
 Percer le denier (de), to 
 break the money to pieces. 
 Perchemyn (un poy denk 
 et), a little ink and 
 parchment. 
 Perchez, parchez, break- 
 ing down. 
 Perclofe, the concluftcn. 
 Perdant, a ftffrer, pre- 
 judiced. 
 Perdecca (nient plus), no 
 
 more in this cafe. 
 Per de eiis, amongft them. 
 Perdervers lui, about him. 
 Perdefift, lofe, left. 
 Perdez, lofs. 
 
 Pere, peer (gettre de), 
 
 flinging; one of the [ports 
 
 prohibited by 1 2 Ric. II. 
 
 c. 6. 
 
 Pere nues (a), bare-legged. 
 
 Peregales, equals. 
 
 P E 
 
 Pereies, peres, fiones. 
 pent au, praying to have. 
 Perent, thereby. 
 Percr, to appear. 
 Peres, a peer. 
 Peres, fiones, pearls. 
 Perfere, to execute, per- 
 form. 
 Perfez perners, by perni- 
 cious acls. 
 Perfit, perfett. 
 Perfond, deep. 
 Perfbrcera, Jhall endea- 
 vour. 
 Perfre le jer jour (que 
 fift), iv ho offers him/elf 
 the fir ft day. 
 Peri, loft life or limb. 
 Perie (od), fet with fiones. 
 pil de miere (en), in parts 
 
 be) ond fea. 
 Perils de warranties, peril, 
 
 hazard of warranty. 
 Perira riens al chief feipr- 
 niour del fee (ne), the 
 chief lord cf the fee Jhall 
 not fuffer. 
 pirent, were left. 
 Peris, damaged, fpoilt. 
 Peris a f'ure (n ies), affeered 
 
 by his peers. 
 PcrilTe, be loft, depart 
 
 from. 
 Perloygnent, prolongue. 
 Permitter Ton loyal trials, 
 will not abide bis law- 
 ful trial. 
 
 Perners,
 
 P E 
 
 Perners, perverfe. 
 Pernez a mal, take it a- 
 mifs. 
 
 Perole (p), by words. 
 
 Peround, whereby. 
 
 pount, per unt, where- 
 fore. 
 
 Per pays, fully fatisfied. 
 
 Perpecre, made, faffed. 
 
 Perplede, to fnijh, to de- 
 cide. 
 
 Perpretes, committed. 
 
 Per qei oy, in as much as. 
 
 Per qi, perque, wherefore. 
 
 Perqniliye, fully colletled 
 or -paid. 
 
 pquificons a mortrriayn, 
 purchafes in mortmain. 
 
 Peri'e, precious fl ones. 
 
 Perres (p ces), by his 
 peers. 
 
 Perrez, Pirers, Pirres, Pe- 
 res, Pere, Peter. 
 
 Perry (vine), bad, adul- 
 terated wine. 
 
 Pers, peers. 
 
 Per ievey rent, perceived. 
 
 Perionaument, in perjoti, 
 
 pfuy, purfue. 
 
 Pert, part. 
 
 Pert, appears. 
 
 Pert ant, whereby, thereby. 
 
 Pertant (n'eft my), is not 
 on this account. 
 
 Pertie, part. 
 
 Perveient, provide. 
 
 P E 
 
 181 
 
 Peruch (la compaignie 
 de), the PruJJian com- 
 pany. 
 
 Per view, provided. 
 
 Pervis, parvis, the outer 
 court of a palace or great 
 houfe ; a place where 
 clients, when they want- 
 ed -to be oat of the n'oife 
 and bujlle of Wefimin- 
 Jicr-hall, and to confult 
 with their counfel, ufed 
 to meet. Such was the 
 place in Palace-yard near 
 V/efminftcr - hall, men- 
 tioned by Fortefcue de 
 Laud. I^eg. Angl. c. 5 1 . 
 Dugdale alfo takes notice 
 of the Prrvyfe of Paw- 
 les. " Formerly,'" fays 
 he, " each lawyer and 
 " ferjeant, at his pillar 
 " in St. PauTs church, 
 " heard his client's caufe, 
 " and took notes thereof 
 " upon his knee" Dugd. 
 Orig. 19^. b. SeeGloJf. 
 X. Script. v.Trironum. 
 The lowefl part of the 
 church next to the north 
 and fouth doors was alfo 
 called the parvis ; a par- 
 vis pueris ibi edoblis : 
 and feme times courts tem- 
 poral were held there. 
 Siavelefs Hiflory of 
 Churches, p. 157. 
 
 N 3 Pay
 
 102 P E 
 
 Pery, ruined. 
 
 Perz, lofs. 
 
 Pes, pez, peace. 
 
 Pes, breajl. 
 
 Pes, pafture. 
 
 Pes (lour), their feet. 
 
 Pefantie, pefantee, animo- 
 Ji/y, refentment. 
 
 Pefaunte, heavy, ponder- 
 ous. 
 
 Pefch, depcftures. 
 , Pefche, is faulty. 
 
 Pefchie, pefkerye, fifhery. 
 
 Pefczer, to feed. 
 
 Pefer debatz (de), to fet- 
 tle differences. 
 
 Pefes (trencher en), to cut 
 in pieces. 
 
 Ptfh (de), of the pajlure. 
 
 Pefiblement, peaceably. 
 
 Pefme, very wicked, worjl 
 of all. 
 
 Pefoit (li), propofed to 
 him. 
 
 Pefc (de), in the piece. 
 
 Pedant, feeding, dcpajlur- 
 ing. 
 
 Pefle d'etoillede lin (par\ 
 for a piece of linen fluff. 
 
 Peiions, peishens, pel- 
 kons, fijh. 
 
 Peflbners, fifhermen. 
 
 Peflounz (jours de) ; pef- 
 fons, fijh days. 
 
 Peitent, [)d\rc,feed. 
 
 Peiterelces, bakers. - 
 
 Pe^lez, baked. 
 
 P E 
 
 Peftour, pefture, pefcour, 
 
 a baker. 
 Peftrine, bakehoufe. 
 Peftzon, peflbn, maft, the, 
 
 fruit of afpecics of trees \ 
 
 called glandiferous cr 
 
 maflbearing, as beech, 
 
 oak, chefnut, &c. 
 Pet (un), a crack. 
 Petentes (lettres), letters 
 
 patent. 
 Petie, peti, pity, mercy. 
 Petitement, little, eafily. 
 Petitz gents, men of f mall 
 
 value. 
 Pettavin, a Piclavian. 
 Peu, peuffauntz, able. 
 Peu de greyn, fed with 
 
 grain. 
 Peult, peuft, may. 
 Peulx, peaux lanutz, wool- 
 
 fels. 
 Peure, yeuir, fear. 
 Peu re, take. 
 Peufons, might. 
 Peutre, pewter. 
 Pew, few. 
 Pex, pitch. 
 Pey de temps, a foort 
 
 time. 
 Peygne, peynez, pains, 
 
 -penalties. 
 Peynymes, Pagans. 
 Peys, weights. 
 Peyfer, to weigh. 
 Pey funs, peafants. 
 
 Peyte,
 
 p I 
 
 Peyte, a piece* 
 
 Pez, feet. 
 
 Pheli, Philip. 
 
 Phi las (de), from off the 
 files. 
 
 Phylatteries ; phylatteria, 
 veffels and boxes made 
 of gold) filver, ivory, or 
 cryftal, to keep the re- 
 lics of faints and mar- 
 tyrs. 
 
 Pi, pie, piz, poux, a well. 
 
 Pice, peas. 
 
 Pi cea, already. 
 
 Pices (fur leur), upon their 
 pyxes. 
 
 Pie de leal, foot of thtfeal. 
 
 Piece (a y demorer un), 
 t§ ref.de there fome time. 
 
 Piece ad, piez ca, piecea, 
 ja pieca, ja bone piece, 
 lately, heretofore, hither- 
 to, fome time Jincc. 
 
 Piece (grand), a great 
 while. 
 
 Piece (funt alecs ja une), 
 may be uniform. 
 
 Picche de tans, fpace cf 
 time. 
 
 Piecza donez, lately grant- 
 ed. 
 
 Pied de mony, Jlandard 
 or Jlerling money. 
 
 Pied puldreaux, a pedlar, 
 from whence the court of 
 jujlice, called the piepou- 
 dre, is derived, or from 
 
 P I 183 
 
 the difpatch given in 
 
 this court. 
 Pieg, deer. 
 Piere, pier, father. 
 Pier, worfe. 
 
 Pier (le pluis), the worjl. 
 Pier, a tyler. 
 Piere de leine, aflone of 
 
 wool. 
 Piere de la tiere, a peer of 
 
 the land. 
 Pieroir, Jhould pay. 
 Piers, pears. 
 Piers, peers, equals* 
 Piers, pieces. 
 Piert, pierge, appears. 
 Pierr. enemy, open enemy. 
 Piete grand, great charity. 
 Pieur, worfe. 
 Piez, feet. 
 Piez (la quelle en eft), 
 
 which is as bad. 
 Piges, pigs. 
 Pigne, a comb. 
 Pigne, preigne, take. 
 Pigne (qe an), who op' 
 
 prefs, lay penalties on. 
 PignerefTe, a carder of 
 
 wool. 
 Pignons, pen. 
 pignotary, prothonctary. 
 Piler, pilere, a pillar. 
 Pilers, piles. 
 Piles, pilets, bolts. 
 Pilez, pillie, pilhe, pil- 
 laged. 
 Pi lie, pile, that fide of the 
 
 N 4 c::n
 
 i8 4 PL 
 
 coin which bears the 
 head-, crojs or file, a 
 game. 
 
 Pilous, made of hair. 
 
 Pilot d'argent, a filver 
 dart. 
 
 Pinct (chambre de), the 
 painted chamber, the 
 room which was aniicnt- 
 ly St. Edward's chamber. 
 
 Pincteur, a painter. 
 
 Pinions, pincers. 
 
 Pioez (ne), cannot. 
 
 Pipe (qe court en), which 
 is in charge in the pipe 
 roll. 
 
 Piques d'or, gilt fpnrs. 
 
 Pirc, a /lone. 
 
 Pis, piiie, pife, the brcajl. 
 
 Pile de formage, weight 
 of grain. 
 
 Pifcs, piz, peas. 
 
 Pi (Tent, may. 
 
 Pifter cu brafier (a), to 
 bake or brew. 
 
 Picaunce, allowance. 
 
 Pite, piteus, pity, piety. 
 
 Piteoufement, pitioufly. 
 
 Piteux rrgart, companion- 
 ate regard. 
 
 Pit}e (un), a fmall inclofed 
 piece of land. 
 
 Piz, pitch. 
 
 Piz, worfe. 
 
 Pi. plaintiff. 
 
 pla, qil plait, that he 
 would talk. 
 
 P L 
 
 Place de xexxz^picceofland. 
 
 Placquer (fait), caujed ts 
 be placed, fixed. 
 
 Plage, beating, firipes, 
 Jiroke, wound. 
 
 Piai (en), in full. 
 
 Plain, plein (a), intirely. 
 
 Piainement, fully. 
 
 Plainer poour (ou), with 
 full power. 
 
 Plaifier (por mietz), for 
 the better compromifing. 
 
 Plait, plaid, pica, proceed- 
 ings ; alfo the affembly 
 where they were deter- 
 mined. 
 
 Plait (en), impleaded. 
 
 Plaiz, differences. 
 
 Plane (ciej, plainly. 
 
 Plane (a), fully. 
 
 Plante(en grant), in great 
 number. 
 
 Plalle, a town, hold, or 
 fortrefs. 
 
 Plat, metal, iron. 
 
 Plate (de), coal of metal. 
 
 Plate (le), gold or filver 
 uncoined, bullion. 
 
 Plauccs, plaufible. 
 
 Plauntes, planted, placed. 
 
 Playe, a wound. 
 
 Playes Dieu (v), the five 
 wounds of our Saviour. 
 
 Playn, plein, plain, not 
 guilty. 
 
 Play plai (u), in a plea. 
 
 pie, fpeaks or exprefj'es. 
 
 Pie,
 
 P L 
 
 Pie, plea. 
 
 Plead, plerra, fhallpleafc. 
 
 Pleafaunt, well liked. 
 
 Pledent, bold plea of, 
 
 Pledu, pleaded. 
 
 PJegg (pur), to take 
 pledges \ or furety. 
 
 Pleggage, furety/kip. 
 
 Plein ties periones (en- 
 countre rout), againjl 
 all manner of perfons. 
 
 PJeint (it), the plaintiff. 
 
 Pleint (le g r ant), the 
 greatefl part. 
 
 Plei n t ie, complaint. 
 
 Pleintivouie (fi), Jo nu- 
 merous. 
 
 Pleiine, pleyne, complains. 
 
 Plcit, plaint, complaint. 
 
 Plenere, full. 
 
 Plente, plenty. . 
 
 Plefaunce (pur), for the 
 pleafure, to pleafe. 
 
 Plefir, will, pleafure. 
 
 Pled, pie, pleift, pleafe, 
 
 Plet, plcit, plea, 
 
 Pleu, plieu, pleafed. 
 
 Pleve fa foi, pledged his 
 faith. 
 
 Plevys (lour), thofe whofe 
 pledges they are. 
 
 Pleyn (plus a), more fully. 
 
 Pie y n a n t, plaintiff. 
 
 Pleyndre me le eicreyent), 
 
 raav net be of re 
 
 .■■j f 
 
 o com- 
 
 plain, may not ie tired 
 out with complaining, 
 Pleytn -e, poultry. 
 
 P L 1P5 
 
 P'.eytz, pleas, plaints, com- 
 plaints, 
 
 Plez (fale de),hall of pleas. 
 
 Piia, placed, joined toge- 
 ther. 
 
 Plien, plijie, full, 
 
 Plieu, pleafed. 
 
 Plieur, pleafure. 
 
 Pi in (de), completely, fully. 
 
 ?m, plight. 
 
 Plite, pi uit, plait, 
 
 Pioaft, ploet, pkafes. 
 
 Pioite des befognes (pour 
 les), for the difpatch of 
 the bufinefs. 
 
 Ploranres, lamentable. 
 
 Plot, // rains. 
 
 Ploy (fur le), on the fold- 
 ing up, the label. 
 
 Pluis, more, moreover, fur- 
 ther. 
 
 PI ui fceftre, furthermore, 
 
 Pluis purine, much later. 
 
 Plum, lead. 
 
 Plum bts, leaden caldrons, 
 leaden pipes. 
 
 Plume, feathers. 
 
 Plumer bruere, to cut 
 heath. 
 
 Plunger, to intrude. 
 
 Plus, furplus. 
 
 Plus pies qu'il pourra 
 etre fait (de 1 amble 
 eftp.t au), of the fame 
 quality, or as nlo 
 may be. 
 
 Pluioms (a), to Je
 
 i*6 
 
 P O 
 
 jMuftoft (de), immediately, 
 
 iPlux grant, much greater, 
 
 pnetZj take. 
 
 Po, pou, poi, pol, a little, 
 
 Poaer, power, poffe. 
 
 Poant, could. 
 
 Poart (ne), cannot. 
 
 Pochier (le), the thumb. 
 
 Poeimes (nous), we could, 
 we mig^t. 
 
 Poent, can. 
 
 Poer, poeir, poair, power, 
 force, authority ,Jlre7igth; 
 realm, territory, jurif- 
 diclion; fear, ability. 
 
 Poer (a reliable), at a rea- 
 fonable rent. 
 
 Poer mi (ne), could not. 
 
 Poes, can. 
 
 Poeft, power. 
 
 Poet, behaviour. 
 
 Poet mye pyre (no), can- 
 not be worfe. 
 
 Poeur, fear. 
 
 Poey (ne), cannot. 
 
 Poeyt {it),fhould take ef- 
 fect. 
 
 Poi, little. 
 
 Poi, more. 
 
 Poi (a), at leajl -, well. 
 
 Poi des ans (en), within 
 
 a few years. 
 Poiart, may. 
 Poiement, payment. 
 Poier, poiar, power, fear, 
 jurifdiclion. 
 
 P O 
 
 Poies (per), for fear. 
 Poietz tout (vous), you 
 
 put the whole. 
 Poigne, poine (en), in his 
 band, in hand, paid down. 
 Poindre, to paint. 
 Poinons, pendants. 
 Poins, poinne, pains, pe- 
 nalties, punifhment. 
 Point (ou), in the condi- 
 tion. 
 Pointe (mettront), endea- 
 vour. 
 Pointes, pointz, fingers. 
 Pointes tretables, draw- 
 bridges *. 
 Points, poins, ipo\nz,points, 
 
 articles. 
 Points, poinelz (potitis), 
 
 ponts, bridges. 
 Poir (quatre), four pair. 
 Poires, peas. 
 
 Pois (pur), for the weight. 
 Pbifa (nous), affecls us. 
 Poifages (les), the weigh- 
 ing. 
 Poifant coer (avoir), to be 
 offended at, to bear re- 
 fentment. 
 Pois-apres, foon after- 
 wards. 
 Poiicans, puiflant, power- 
 ful, able. 
 Poifes, weights. 
 Poifes couchamz, weights 
 couching. 
 
 Potius, pountcs, z Pari. R.olls zi 2, pet. 51. 
 
 Poife£,
 
 P o 
 
 Poifes, poifee, weighed, 
 confidered. 
 
 Poifiz (fur le), in the 
 weighing, 
 
 Poiflance, power. 
 
 Poiffantz (eft), is poffeffed 
 of. 
 
 Poiife, could. 
 
 Poifures (lour), their 
 weighing. 
 
 Poix (le), thefijl. 
 
 Pol, Poul, Pou, Paul. 
 
 Polail, poultry. 
 
 Polentiers (les), malt- 
 makers. 
 
 Poleyns, poleine, pul- 
 leyns, colts. 
 
 Police (p), by. 
 
 Polls (a), to the poll. 
 
 Polriefme raire, could do. 
 
 Polrons (que nous), that 
 we can. 
 
 Pokaire, poker, polentier, 
 poulterer ; the officer in 
 the king's kit chin who 
 has the charge of the 
 poultry. 
 
 Polx, the thumb. 
 
 Polz, Jkin. 
 
 Polz (al), thejkull 
 
 Pomadre, powder. 
 
 Pomelx defpeies, pommels 
 for fwords. 
 
 Poms (nous), we can. 
 
 Ponce, hand. 
 
 Pondage, poundage. 
 Pondcur (ie), the weight. 
 
 P Q 187 
 
 Pondre, pounder, a weight, 
 
 the fame as the av.ncel. 
 Pont (ne), cannot. 
 Pont freint, Pontefracl. 
 Ponz, bridges. 
 Pooi, pooir, poor, por, 
 
 power. 
 Pooires (le), the power. 
 Pooit, may. 
 
 Pooms, we may, might.' 
 Poons (ne), we cannot. 
 Poods, pofls. 
 Poour, fear. 
 
 Populaires, common, infe- 
 rior people. 
 Por, poner , jurifditl ion. 
 Por, on account of for. 
 Por ce, therefore. 
 Por ce que je a parffui 
 (e), and as fcon as I 
 perceived. 
 Por ceu kil, becaufe that 
 
 it. 
 Por le tot, for the whole. 
 Por quei, wherefore. 
 Porcarv, a hogfiy. 
 Porceftre, Pcrchejler. 
 Porchers, fzvincherds. 
 Porcionur (a), to appor- 
 tion. 
 Porcoi, why. 
 
 Poreerra, pall provide, de- 
 termine. 
 Porgiicr, progifer, purgi- 
 fer, to lay with, violate, 
 defle. 
 
 Poriroic
 
 iS8 
 
 P O 
 
 Porirok (ne), could not. 
 
 Porles, pearls, 
 
 Porom mic (ne), could not. 
 
 Porport, purport. 
 
 Porprifes (unt), have made 
 a purpreftare upon. 
 
 Porreymes eltre (ne), can- 
 not be. 
 
 Porfeor, pofl'effor. 
 
 Porfife, pcfjefj'ed. 
 
 Port (li), the ports. 
 
 Porte (avec), with the lofs. 
 
 Porte paix, the pax for the 
 holy kifs. In the pri- 
 mitive times, in the e aft- 
 er n countries , a ceremony 
 was ufed by the Qhrift- 
 ians after divine fervice 
 ended, to kifs tne an- 
 other, as a token of mu- 
 tual amity and peace : 
 to continue and perform 
 which cujlom with more 
 convenience and decency, 
 in after -times, this in- 
 vention was devifed, viz. 
 a piece of wood or metal, 
 with the pi Bur e of Ch rift 
 upon it, was folemnly ten- 
 dered to all the people pre- 
 fent to kifs ; this was call- 
 ed ofculatorium, or the 
 fax, to fignify the. peace, 
 unity, and amity, of all 
 the faithful ', who in that 
 manner, by the medium 
 of the pax, kiffed one an- 
 
 P O 
 
 other. Mat. Paris tells 
 us, that, during the great 
 dijftrence between Henry 
 the Second and his tur- 
 bulent archbifhop Tho- 
 mas Becket, Rex ofcu- 
 lum pads dare archie- 
 pifecpo negavit. Mat. 
 Paris, [17. And ho- 
 lingjhed fays, that the 
 king refufed to kifs the 
 pax with the archbifhop 
 at mafs. Ilolingftjed in 
 anno 11^0. Staveley, 
 191. 
 
 Portelmue, P or tf mouth. 
 
 Porte tz, brought. 
 
 Porton, fhare. 
 
 Porverra, fjjall provide, de- 
 termine. 
 
 Porvoiance, providence. 
 
 Pofe, prevented, fettled. 
 
 Pofer, to put que/1 ions. 
 
 Pofez, put, fet at. 
 
 Pofoms, fuppofe, or put 
 the cafe. 
 
 Polles (en), in pulfe. 
 
 PofTez (jours), times paff- 
 ed. 
 
 PoftoilJe (la), the pope. 
 
 Pot, can. 
 
 Poture, puture, a claim 
 made by forefters cfpro- 
 vifwns from thofe who 
 lived within the pur- 
 lieus of the for eft. 
 
 Pou (G), fo little. 
 
 Povaire,
 
 P o 
 
 Povaire, povare, -power. 
 Pouces, fingers. 
 Pouch on, pinch eon. 
 Poudre de oifeaus et poif- 
 
 fons, ferny c of birds and 
 
 fifhes. 
 Poue Defcofe (la), the 
 
 ■poor people of Scotland, 
 Poverail del eynee (la), 
 
 the poor people in the 
 
 neighbourhood. 
 Pouers, povre, poverez, 
 
 poor; poverty. 
 Pouerte, poverty. 
 Povira (en quanque il), 
 
 in as much as f hall be in 
 
 his power. 
 Poulare, -powder. 
 Poul, Paul. 
 
 Poulce, forefinger, hand. 
 Pouldreux, dufiy. 
 Ponies, wards. 
 Poults, poulter, poultry; 
 
 a poulterer. 
 Pou nage, pannage. 
 Voun(oncz,p6-zvdercd,fipot- 
 
 ted. 
 Pount, a bridge. 
 Pour de mort, fear of 
 
 death. 
 Poure, pour, pouwer, 
 
 ■power, force. 
 Pourar homes, poor men. 
 1 'our ch i vai ier, poor knight. 
 Pour chcu ke, becaufe, 
 Pou res, poor -people. 
 
 i\n 
 
 profited. 
 
 P O 1S9 
 
 Pourkach, pourkars,pour- 
 chack, procurement. 
 
 PourlefTe, fearlefs. 
 
 Pourmener, to go, or walk 
 about. 
 
 Pourpenfer, to devife. 
 
 Pourpoins (en leur), in 
 their coat -armour-, with 
 their arms. 
 
 Pourquoy, on which ac- 
 count. 
 
 Pourfigre, to profecute, 
 
 Pou ry fiement, impoverish- 
 ment, 
 
 Pous, fingers. 
 
 Pous (la), the poor people. 
 
 Pons (par le), by the inch-, 
 the thumb's breadth. 
 
 Pouterent leur iealx, put 
 their feals. 
 
 P u ft e, po%ver,jurifdicliott. 
 
 Pout, may. 
 
 Pout (ne), could not. 
 
 Poutyns, poucins, pullets. 
 
 Poutz, poufes (deux), two 
 finders, inches. 
 
 Power, poor. 
 
 Powers (a), to the poor, 
 
 Powere (per noz), by our 
 father. 
 
 Poy, a little. 
 
 Poy (tout a), very nearly 
 the fame, almofil the 
 whole of, all but a little. 
 
 Poy fait (a\ little prettified, 
 
 Poy er par poy (par), by 
 little and little. 
 
 Poy
 
 190 P R 
 
 Poy denk (un), a Utile ink. 
 Poy a diie (un), to fay a 
 
 word or two. 
 Poy de ly (mult), very 
 
 lightly of him. 
 Poy de temps (par moult), 
 
 a very fhorl time. 
 Poy voet vivere par Toy 
 
 mefmes (qa), which can 
 
 fupport itfelf. 
 Poye vaut, worth but little. 
 Poye (a), at leaft. 
 Poyer de countee, the p off e 
 
 comitatus. 
 Poyer de la rnort, fear of 
 
 death. 
 Poyn, poygne, a hand. 
 Poynes, penalties, pains'. 
 Poynne, pains, trouble. 
 Poyntes, pins. 
 Poynt ne, cannot. 
 Poyount, pay. 
 Poys, weight. 
 Poys. peas. 
 
 Poys (de), of confequence. 
 Poyfe, thinks. 
 Poyfe (lui), affells him. 
 Poyfent pluis, are of a 
 
 deeper die. 
 Poze, placed. 
 Pra, may. 
 Praefedtion, appointing 
 
 making. 
 Praigne, prange, take. 
 Praiie des affiles (la), the 
 
 taking affifes. 
 Praiirnes, took* 
 
 P R 
 
 Pre (plus), nearer. 
 
 Prechourez, preachers. 
 
 Preer (de), to befeech. 
 
 Prees, meadows. 
 
 Preerent (nos), befeeched us. 
 
 Preeft (al), at the meadow. 
 
 Pref (a), to prove. 
 
 Prefaire, to perfecl. 
 
 ♦Prei, meadow. 
 
 Preints (que Ten), that 
 there is inferted, put. 
 
 Preier (a la), at the prayer. 
 
 Preies, preyes, booty, plun- 
 der. 
 
 Preignans affaires, preffmg 
 affairs. 
 
 Preignaunce, puffing, tak- 
 ing. 
 
 Preis, price. 
 
 Preife, acquainted, inform- 
 ed. 
 
 Preifer, to appraife. 
 
 PreilTe (moy), /' plead, 
 infift. 
 
 Preifee, prized, commended. 
 
 Preiflbins, bad taken. 
 
 Preift (le), may be taken* 
 
 Preiftf (les), took them. 
 
 Premerem (le), the fir ft, 
 
 Premefies, promifes. 
 
 Premis, promijed. 
 
 Premiftrent, will promife. 
 
 Prendrans en bon gree 
 (un) > a taking in good 
 part. 
 
 Prendre (pur), to under- 
 take. 
 
 5 Prcng-
 
 P R 
 
 Prengnofifatz, take, 
 Prent (luy), takes himfelf, 
 Prente (le), the impreffion. 
 P*enye,preigne, preagent, 
 
 apprehend, take* 
 Prererre, prayer, 
 Pres, prefented, 
 Pres (de), near, 
 Pres (plus), as near, 
 Pres nulles (bien), fcarce 
 
 any. 
 Pres (fi), as near, as well as, 
 Prefchanntz, perfuading. 
 Prefchein, preceding, 
 Prefchein, next. 
 Prefeance, precedence. 
 Prefentaines, prefented. 
 Prefente, prefentee.. 
 Prefentez, prefantz, pre- 
 
 fent. 
 Prefentment, prefentation. 
 Preibne, prifon. 
 Prefs (fur un), en a pre- 
 fentment. 
 Prefs la def (de), to pre- 
 
 fent the def eft. 
 Preffieux, precious. 
 Preft, took. 
 Preft, made. 
 Preft, borrowed, ready, a 
 
 loan. 
 Preft (de), borrowed on. 
 Preft (fon), what he lent. 
 Pre ft a (luy), lent to him. 
 Preftaige, priejlhood. 
 Pre lie lur aver *, lent their 
 
 money, 
 u - .-.';•..-, in the Stat, of Afton B 
 
 PR .191 
 
 Prcfter (me), to accommo- 
 date me with, 
 
 Preftier (a), to borrow. 
 
 Preftment fute, proof 1 eady 
 at hand. 
 
 Prefz,preftez,prefe, ready* 
 
 Pretend, forethought. 
 
 P'retenfez reignez, pre- 
 tended reigns. 
 
 Preud home, preux, great 
 men ; a valiant man. 
 
 Preue, pren, weal, profit, 
 advantage. 
 
 Prevement, pvementes, 
 privately. 
 
 Prever, to take a view of 
 beforehand. 
 
 Previpfe, private feaL 
 
 Prevufmes, intended, 
 
 Preyer, to pray, 
 
 Preyez, fpoil. 
 
 Preymes, preimes, preif- 
 mes, took. 
 
 Prez, prayers. 
 
 Pri (vus), I pray you. 
 
 Pri, prient (ft), fo prays. 
 
 Prie,. takes. 
 
 Prie (de), worfe. 
 
 Prier, to pray, intercede for,- 
 
 Pries (la), the taking. 
 
 Prigner, to take. 
 
 Priggaute, parity. 
 
 Prime (a heur de), at one 
 o'clock. 
 
 Primer apres (tot a), im- 
 mediately after, foon af- 
 ter. 
 ;rnel, 11 edit, is tranfhted, goedi 
 Primerement,
 
 102' P R 
 
 Primerement, in the firjt 
 place, efpccially. 
 
 Primerime (nonante), 
 ninety-cne. 
 
 Primerme dev'ife (a la), at 
 the fir Jl court. 
 
 Primpt (im), in the twi- 
 light. 
 
 Princee dc Capes, princi- 
 pality of Capua. 
 
 Prinche, prince, 
 
 Principalemcnt, efpecially, 
 
 Principallee de Ceftre, 
 principality of Chefier. 
 
 Principal tee, principal/hip , 
 head of a hall. 
 
 Prins, prinfes, taken from. 
 
 Print, he takes. 
 
 Prioritie, priory. 
 
 Prioure de mo it, fear of 
 death. 
 
 Pris fus, taken up, under- 
 took. 
 
 Pris (fur le), upon the 
 price. 
 
 Pris de guerre (les), the 
 pr if oners of war, 
 
 Pris (plus), the more rea- 
 dily. 
 
 Pris, may *. 
 
 Prife (nous), concern!: us, 
 
 Prifel, a taking ; alfo a 
 condition, acceptance. 
 
 Prife r, to value, appraife. 
 
 Priferunt (qui), who ap- 
 praifed. 
 
 Prifes qu, droit, lefs value 
 * Potius/w/<\ Rot. Pail. vol. 
 
 P R 
 
 than they ought to be of, 
 
 Prifons, prifoners. 
 
 Prift, a loan. 
 
 Prill, borrowed. 
 
 Prift (de), by borrowing on 
 loan. 
 
 Prift (fe), was taken. 
 
 Prifterent a mayn (ilz), 
 they undertook for. 
 
 Prifteront repons, received 
 anfwers. 
 
 Prifterount enfemble(fey), 
 affembled together. 
 
 Prift re (fe), were performed. 
 
 Priftine (fergeant), fer- 
 jeant of the bakehoufe. 
 
 Prifun, prifon. 
 
 Priu, purru, deflowered, 
 
 Prium, we pray. 
 
 Privables, liable to depri- 
 vation. 
 
 Privcz, people of our own 
 nation. 
 
 Privites (les), the Jecrets. 
 
 Probation (pur la),/<?r the 
 proving. 
 
 Procain, next. 
 
 Proces, porks. ■ 
 
 Procft jour, next day, 
 
 Prochainement,precheine- 
 ment, fpeedily, la/1, next, 
 
 Prochement, immediately, 
 
 Procheynete, prochenite, 
 proximity, nearnefs. 
 
 Procier (cela), that pro- 
 ceeded. 
 
 Procinde, precinct. 
 
 I. p. z-jb. pet. 1 6. Hale's MS. 
 
 Procure,
 
 P u 
 
 Procure, a proclor. 
 
 Prodance, prudence, 
 
 Prode, produced. 
 
 Proder, to go out of, 
 
 Prodes, probes hommes, 
 boneji men, 
 
 Prodes homes, the Mag- 
 nates and Grands of 
 the counties, the military 
 tenants, the wife difcreet 
 men of the nation ; alfo 
 men well-affecled. 
 
 Prod o me, a man of fome 
 note. 
 
 Profites (les), the advan- 
 tages, benefits. 
 
 Progaine, progeny. 
 
 Progifer, to ravi/h, 
 
 Proiere, prayer. 
 
 Prois, prayed. 
 
 Prois, proved. 
 
 Proifmes, near. 
 
 Prolation (la), the pro- 
 nouncing, giving. 
 
 Prologner, to prolong. 
 
 Promes, promife. 
 
 Promegons (vous), zve 
 promife you. 
 
 Pron, neighbour. 
 
 Prons, ready. 
 
 Pronunciation, fentence, 
 decree. 
 
 Pronunciafl le dit parle- 
 ment, declared the caufe 
 of calling the faid par- 
 liament. 
 
 PR , 93 
 
 Pronunciement (en temps 
 de), at the time of pro- 
 nouncing. 
 
 Propier, like to fujfer. 
 
 Propitz, favourable. 
 
 Propos, purpefe. 
 
 Proprement (fa fals), his 
 own proper hall. 
 
 Proroignement, proroga- 
 tion, prolongation. 
 
 Prpfme, a neighbour. 
 
 Prou, \>roun,much, enough, 
 a great deal. 
 
 Proute, ready, quick. 
 
 Prouz, proved. 
 
 Provable errour, a mani- 
 feji, a jufi or jujlifiable 
 error. 
 
 Provablement, plainly. 
 
 Provablement attain t,pro~ 
 vably attainted, i. e. up' 
 on manifejl evidence. 
 
 Provables (ceux pleas 
 funt), the fe pleas are to 
 be proceeded in. 
 
 Provant (en), in proving. 
 
 Prou aire, aprieft. 
 
 Proudhornme,proudomys, 
 prudonne (fur 
 la), on the probity, pru- 
 dence. 
 
 Prove (de), of the pro- 
 bate. 
 
 Provenant, arifng. 
 
 Provenders, provifrSypre- 
 bendaries. 
 O Proven-
 
 194- P U 
 
 Pro vend re, a prebend. 
 Prover, to improve, 
 Proveriibn, impoverifh- 
 
 ment. 
 Provers hommes, poor 
 
 men. 
 Proviient, Jhould prove. 
 Provoft, the provoft, the 
 
 lord of the vill; the 
 
 reeve or bayliff of the 
 
 king, or of the lord of 
 
 the manor. 
 Prowe, pron, prevc, prcn, 
 
 pru, profit ', advantage. 
 Proyt, may. 
 Prud ornes, great men. 
 Prudum, an honsjl man. 
 Pruerount, Jhall approve. 
 Prumeirement, in the fir ft 
 
 place. 
 Prufchanaraent pafTee, laji 
 
 paft. 
 Pruvance, proof, evidence, 
 
 property. 
 Pruys, Pruffia. 
 Pry, proper, aclvifeable. 
 Pry (vous), I pray, I be- 
 
 feech you. 
 Pryemes, took. 
 Pryne, tak .. ;. 
 ps, pris, taken. 
 pts, lofs. 
 I'u, more. 
 
 Pucillage, virginity, 
 Pucyns, chickens. 
 Pue et pue (al), by little 
 
 and little. 
 
 i 
 
 P U 
 
 Pueent (il ne), they may 
 not. 
 
 Pueent pas (ne), cannot. 
 
 Pueplier, to publijh. 
 
 Puer, pure. 
 
 Pues, fed. 
 
 Pues,fpoiled, trodden down, 
 
 Pues, afterwards. 
 
 Puet eftre, /'/ might be, 
 
 Puet (ne), cannot. 
 
 Puet unqore, is yet de- 
 pending. 
 
 Pueuble, people. 
 
 Puft Ten dire, one might 
 anfwer. 
 
 Pugny, punifljed. 
 
 Puir (potius pair), pa- 
 ternofters, a pair of 
 paterncflers, firings of 
 beads for the priefis, &c. 
 to number their prayers 
 by. In one of the ca- 
 nons made at a provin- 
 cial fy nod in 8 1 6, where 
 Wulfrud, Abp. of Can- 
 terbury preftded, we meet 
 Kith VII Beltidum Pa- 
 tsrncfter, which feems t§ 
 imply that they had in 
 that age a certain num- 
 ber of Jtuds fafiened into 
 ihtir belts, or girdles, 
 which were then ufed, as 
 firings of beads now are, 
 for the numbering of 
 their prayers, but w.th 
 this
 
 P u 
 
 this difference, that the 
 Jluds were all of onefize \ 
 and that every one of 
 them flood for a pater- 
 nofter ; whereas the mo- 
 dern fafhion is, to have 
 leffer heads, which fand 
 for Ave Maries, to one 
 larger, which Jlands for 
 apaternofler. John ion's 
 Canons, 8 16. 
 
 Pulfre, a bruife, fuellings 
 fear, wound. 
 
 Puljes efperners, young 
 hawks. 
 
 Pulleyns, colts. 
 
 Puker, a poulterer. 
 
 Puker et catour(fergeant), 
 ferjeant of the poultry 
 and of the eatery. 
 
 Pulteri, poultry. 
 
 Pune, youngeft. 
 
 Punee (une), a younger 
 daughter. 
 
 Punees, youngeft fons. 
 
 Punier, to punijh. 
 
 Puoblcs Criltiens, Chri- 
 Jlian people. 
 
 Fuour,ftench. 
 
 Pupplier, to publifh. 
 
 Pur, by. 
 
 i'uralle, puraille, poral, 
 purlieu, perambulation. 
 
 Pur areftier, to arrcft. 
 
 Pur ceo qe, from the time 
 that. 
 
 PU i 95 
 
 Pur coe que, forafmucb 
 
 as. 
 Pur coi, whereby. 
 Pur que. for which. 
 Pur chou ke, becaufe that. 
 Pure he, therefore. 
 Purtanc cum, as long as. 
 Purtant qe, to the intent 
 
 that. 
 Purceynte, purfeynte,^- 
 
 cint7. y 
 Purctl, pur chafer. 
 Purcharrent, proceeded. 
 Purchas de courts, per- 
 
 qui fit es of courts. 
 Purchas (en le), in the de- 
 mand of the writ. 
 Purchas demeyn (en Ton), 
 
 of his own demanding. 
 Purchas (tout), all his ac- 
 
 qiiifitions. 
 Puree, ajcertained. 
 Pur fit, on the fides. 
 Purgacon, cleanfing. 
 Purge, purgation. 
 Purgyfer, to deflower, te 
 
 defle, to violate. 
 Purjace, pur chafed. 
 Purjoiner, to put off'. 
 Purlheynofte, prctho/W- 
 
 tary. 
 Purparl, a conference^ a 
 
 treaty. 
 Purpa'rlance (fur), upon a 
 
 conference, c ondition . 
 Purparler, purparlance, 
 
 O 2 pur-
 
 196 P U 
 
 purparks, puralc, a 
 perambulation. 
 Purparler, to difcourfe of. 
 Purpenfe, prepenfe, fore- 
 thought. 
 Purpemant, affuming. 
 Purportaft, purported, dic- 
 tated. 
 Ptirpofe, fet forth, alledg- 
 
 ed, declared, propofed. 
 Purpreignes, makes a pur- 
 
 prefiure on. 
 Purpreftour, he that makes 
 
 the purprejlure. 
 Purpris, taken, purprifed. 
 Purpull, purple. 
 Purres, adulterated. 
 Purris, rotten, damaged. 
 Purrois lieu (en), in a 
 place full of putrefac- 
 tion. 
 Purr lift, deflowered. 
 Puriauve, profecuted. 
 Purfourver, to purvey. 
 Purfuant, profecutor. 
 Purfuer (de), to profecute. 
 Purfui, purchafe, obtain. 
 Purfuit (en la), in the pre- 
 
 cincl. 
 Purfuount, have fued, ap- 
 plied for. 
 Purtenand, appertaining. 
 Purtrere (la nianere de), 
 the manner of drawing 
 it cut. 
 Ptirus, provided. 
 
 P U 
 
 Purveaunce de Dieu, pro- 
 vidence of God. 
 Purveier, purvoier, pur- 
 ver, purveer, to pro- 
 vide. 
 Purvey, purview, pur- 
 vieus, purveu, purw, 
 provided. 
 Purvele, ball of the eye, 
 Purvenauntz, arifing. 
 Purveyance, purview. 
 Purvieu, purveu, provi- 
 fion, condition, ordinance, 
 flatute. 
 Pus, puz, puis, after. 
 Pus, afterwards, fince. 
 Pufams (quant nus les), 
 
 at her efpoufals. 
 Pufance, power, 
 Pufeit, he may. 
 Pufel, a maid^ a virgin, a 
 
 damfel, a little girl. 
 Pufelage, virginity. 
 Pus ke,Jince that. 
 Pus qui, after that. 
 Puflum, can, may. 
 Puft, put, puift,/*?^. 
 Pufture, homage. 
 Put, ugly, homely, difhonefi. 
 Putage, adultery, whore- 
 dom. 
 Putaine, putiene louee, a 
 hired concubine, an har- 
 lot. 
 Putel, a well. 
 Puthois, putois, a Ful- 
 mar 7. 
 
 Pu-
 
 Puture, pufture, poture. 
 See Poture. 
 
 Puy (mult), much worfe, 
 very lightly. 
 
 Puys (homage), pure bo- 
 mage. 
 
 Puyer, to bear up, to fup- 
 port. 
 
 Puyr, pure. 
 
 Puys, a well, a watery or 
 oozy place. 
 
 Puys apres, foon after- 
 wards. 
 
 Puys (de), fmce. 
 
 Puyt afiettes byen, might 
 •very well. 
 
 Py, pie, pys, the Ireajl. 
 
 Pye, worfe. 
 
 Pye (de), on foot. 
 
 Pyghcnoute, pendant. 
 
 Pyndes d'ivory, ivory 
 combs. 
 
 q, who, when, that. 
 
 Qu, for. 
 
 Q^, a farthing. 
 
 Qare lou, whereas. 
 
 Q. d. non, certainly not, 
 
 qr, quarter. 
 
 Qant, when, as. 
 
 Qanpeyne, that fcarce. 
 
 Qar-qare, quair, for. 
 
 Qarant ibldz (deinz), 
 
 within forty Jlrillings. 
 Qe, who. 
 Qeconqcs, zvbatfoever. 
 
 O.U i 97 
 
 Qele meyfon, what houfe. 
 Qenu enfeuerent, confe- 
 
 quence would be. 
 Qeft, who is. 
 Qeftes, who are. 
 Qeu, that. 
 Q^ (de), whofe. 
 Qi_ de ceo, what's that to 
 
 the purpofe. 
 Q| fi, fuppofe that. 
 Qj (Ion), his cries. 
 CKilloms de ia couftome 
 
 (et), and the collecting 
 
 his cufloms. 
 Qiqe lien, in whatfoever 
 
 place. 
 Q[qe lbit, whether it be. 
 Qoer (vour ehr.eroicnt 
 
 de), heartily thank you. 
 Qoi, what with. 
 Qore eft, who now is. 
 Qua {ii),fo that. 
 Quacorte, fourteen. 
 Quader, to relate. 
 Quanch il aveit, all that 
 
 he had. 
 Quanque, whatfoever, all 
 
 that. 
 Quant et quant, forth- 
 with. 
 Quanrieme, the zvhole 
 
 quantity. 
 Quantqe (en), in as much 
 
 as. 
 Quantreft, whatfoever is. 
 Quantz, how much. 
 O 3 Qua-
 
 19* . QU 
 
 Quaquil, all, whoever. 
 
 Quare, quar, for. 
 
 Quareil de arte, ou dc 
 fletche, a trial cfjkill at 
 fencing or foooting. 
 
 Quareime, querefme (de- 
 my, mii), midlent. 
 
 Quarkes, oaks. 
 
 Quarre de le main, the 
 back of the hand. 
 
 Quarreaux, cufhions, 
 couches. 
 
 Qu a r reu r, a f quare. 
 
 Quarrier, a quarry. 
 
 Quart, takes, carries. 
 
 Quarters (par), by turns. 
 
 Quartier (par un), by 
 turns, in rotation. 
 
 Quartrover (decoller et), 
 beheaded and quartered. 
 
 QuifTentz, quafjed, an- 
 nulled. 
 
 Quaterable, quarterage. 
 
 Quatreble (tiu), in four 
 times. 
 
 Quatrufze, fourteen. . 
 
 Quattezime joar, fourth 
 day. 
 
 Quaunt, when, as much 
 as, as to, how much. 
 
 Ouaunt (et ne p), and yet, 
 never thelefs. 
 
 Quaus deytas (las), which 
 faid. 
 
 Quay (par), by which 
 means, wherefore. 
 
 Q u 
 
 Que, which, whether. 
 Que (pour), for which. 
 Que (de), of which. 
 Quer, qucy (de), whereof. 
 Queilletzes, colletlcd. 
 Queift, fhould feek. 
 Quelnit, cruelly. 
 Queliz genz, whatfoever 
 
 people. 
 Quen, in what. 
 Quen breve, what writ. 
 Quen (outre), over which. 
 Quen-part, wherefoever. 
 Quena, a woman. 
 Quene marchaundie, but 
 
 one merchandife. 
 Quens de Flanders, count 
 
 or earl of Flanders. 
 Quenz, earl. 
 Queor, queur, quoer, quer, 
 
 queer, quier, heart, af 
 
 feclion. 
 Quequej although. 
 Quer, leather, fkin, hide. 
 Quer deners, forty pence. 
 Quer, queor (en mye le), 
 
 in the middle of the choir. 
 Quer donzr, rewarded, pro- 
 vided for. 
 Ouere, which. 
 Ouere (a), to go for, to get. 
 Qucrv hors, go cut of. 
 Querele (de la), of the 
 
 quarrel, contention, party. 
 Querele (par), by which 
 
 means. 
 Quereler mieuz (e), and 
 provide
 
 provide for themfelves 
 better. 
 
 Querer, queur, querez, 
 querre, quer, to get, ob- 
 tain, to enquire, feek for, 
 beg, fetch, bring over. 
 
 Querefteres, choirijlers. 
 
 Qu erf age, wharfage. 
 
 Querge (le), let him feek 
 him. 
 
 Querle (de), to feek him. 
 
 Querefme, Lent. 
 
 Querrer, a quarry. 
 
 Querrour, a digger of 
 jlones. 
 
 Quer fon viver, to get his 
 living. 
 
 Queft (la), the inquefl. 
 
 Queft (le), the which. 
 
 Quefte, which is. 
 
 Quetment, quietly. 
 
 Quets, watch, guards. 
 
 Queue de vin, a veff el con- 
 taining about a hogfijead 
 and half of wine. 
 
 Queve, quevi (Idles en 
 double), fealed by affix- 
 ing the feal to a label. 
 
 Queul (le), which. 
 
 Queulloienr, collet!. 
 
 Queurt, he fearches. 
 
 Oiieux (de), of whom. 
 
 Quex, which, who, what. 
 
 Quey, what. 
 
 Queys, keys, wharfs. 
 
 Quidaunce, belli 
 ivih.an 6 . 
 
 UK". 
 
 Q.U 199 
 
 Qiiiders, thoughts, opinion. 
 
 Quidra, Jhall think. 
 
 Quie, whereas. 
 
 Quier, the heart. 
 
 Quieur (les), which. 
 
 Quiex (a), to whom. 
 
 Quil, he who. 
 
 Quilage, collection. 
 
 Quillers d'or, gilt fpoons. 
 
 Quillours, quiiiburs, col- 
 lectors. 
 
 Quin, which, who. 
 
 Qui nets et requinctz, the 
 
 ■ fifth part of the price of 
 the feudal ejlate fold, 
 and a fifth of that fifth. 
 
 Quinqueal rbit li (par), at 
 any time. 
 
 Quinz, quenz, earl. 
 
 Quinzen (un), fifteen days. 
 
 Quinzifme, every fifteenth 
 day. 
 
 Quirre, quiver, copper. 
 
 Quirs, quivres,^7/7j, lea- 
 ther. 
 
 Quis, quife, quiz, fought, 
 fearched for, drawn 
 cut, entered up. 
 
 Qui fern (que), who expefe 
 to fate. 
 
 Quiffes, quious, buttocks. 
 
 Quid, he fearches. 
 
 Qinr, baked. 
 
 Qu tc clam au nee, a r?- 
 leaje. 
 
 Quicement, entirely. 
 4 Quitie,
 
 200 R U 
 
 Qui tie, acquits, 
 Quittain (la) quittance, 
 
 the acquittance, 
 Quive, end, tail. 
 Qui lie, collcB. 
 Quo, who. 
 Quoer, heart. 
 Qiioer (ne ferons mie a 
 
 cefe de), Jhall not reft 
 
 fatisfed. 
 Quo', who has. 
 Quont, when. 
 Quotes, quotas. 
 Quoue. quo, the tail of an 
 
 animal. 
 Quount, which have. 
 Quoy, look ye. 
 Quoy (p), how, by what. 
 Qux (le). which. 
 Qjyke, quick, living, 
 (^u\m,Jifth. 
 Quyr (ir), the leather. 
 Quyvre, quirre, quyur, 
 
 copper. 
 Qwargh, qwerf, a wharf. 
 Qy, who. 
 
 f reafon ; to anfwer. 
 
 Rv, received. 
 
 Rec, recovery , Jhall reco- 
 ver. 
 
 rn, rns (en), in anfwering. 
 
 Ko, ronn, anfwer. 
 
 Rontfre, rendre, rourre, 
 to anfwer. 
 
 Ru, given. 
 
 R A 
 
 Raancon, ranfom, exemp- 
 tion. 
 
 Raap de Lewes, the rape 
 of Lewes. 
 
 Rabbaifer, rabbatre, to 
 beat down, pull down, 
 
 Racentz, roots. 
 
 Races, rafes, pulled down. 
 
 Rachapz, reliefs. 
 
 Rachater, to redeem, buy 
 out, repurchafe. 
 
 Racinetter, to take root, 
 
 Racions, articles. 
 
 Racourcir, to fink toge- 
 ther. 
 
 Rad, firm, ft able, alert, 
 
 g«y> 
 
 Raempler, to fulfil. 
 Raeneons, raancons, ran- 
 
 foms. 
 Raenpli, jf/fe/. 
 Rajes de la meer, rage of 
 
 thefea. 
 Raim, branches. 
 Raimbre, to refiore. 
 Rain (par) et par bafton, 
 
 per annulum et virgam, 
 
 by a ring and rod, wa?td 9 
 
 orftaff. 
 Raind.re hors de prifon 
 
 (pur luy), to ranfom 
 
 him out of prifon. 
 Raine, queen. 
 Raifins, roots. 
 Raifnaablc, reafcnable. 
 Raifon (brief), fpeedy juf 
 
 ticc. 
 
 Raith,
 
 R A 
 
 Raith, reth, a term made 
 ufe of in Wales, andfig- 
 nifies an oath taken by 
 three hundred men. 
 
 Rakkyng de draps, rack- 
 ing of cloth. 
 
 Ralongement, -prolonga- 
 tion. 
 
 Rama, full of loughs. 
 
 Ramagc, wild, untamed. 
 
 Ramens, ramans, ramures, 
 boughs, branches. 
 
 Ramentcns, remembered, 
 recommended to. 
 
 Ramettre, to replace. 
 
 Ramilles,y#;tf// twigs. 
 
 Rampas, Rampau, Palm- 
 Sunday. 
 
 Ramys, replaced, fixed on 
 again. 
 
 Rancumpanne, cloth not 
 well fulled, dreffed. 
 
 Rancunes, rancors. 
 
 Rangeous, rancorous. 
 
 Raof, Raoul, Ralph. 
 
 Raofon (par), by reafon, 
 by means of. 
 
 Rapelees, revived. 
 
 Rapt, fnatched, forced. 
 
 Rafe,Jhaven. 
 
 Rafez, Jlriked. 
 
 Rafez (dras), ruffet cloths. 
 
 Rafoure, a rafure. 
 
 Rafte, erafed. 
 
 Rafure de os, frafture of 
 a bone* 
 
 R E 
 
 201 
 
 Rate del temps (pur le), 
 for the proportion of 
 time. 
 
 Raube, robbed. 
 
 Ravefti, invefled. 
 
 Ravift, ravijhed, took away 
 with force. 
 
 Rauncener, ranfomed. 
 
 Ravoms, have recovered. 
 
 Ravoquement, revocation. 
 
 Ray, le ray, the array or 
 panel of the jury. 
 
 Ray (jobe de), robe of 
 ruffet cloth. 
 
 Raytz, nets. 
 
 Re, king. 
 
 Read, realt, had again. 
 
 Real chemin (en le), in 
 the king's highway. 
 
 Reale d ignite, regal dig- 
 nity. 
 
 Reafon, reafon, atl, title. 
 
 Reatt, reattachment. 
 
 Reavera (ne), Jhall not 
 have again. 
 
 Reau, reverend. 
 
 Reaume, reaugme, reame, 
 realm. 
 
 Rebatables, may be ob- 
 jected to, refufed. 
 
 Rebataunce (!a), the low- 
 ering, the abating. 
 
 Rebaucieroit, Jhouid rede- 
 liver. 
 
 Rebeaux, rebealx, rebcux, 
 rebels, difobedicnt. 
 
 RvDciiitc,
 
 202 R E 
 
 , Rebeilite, rebellion. 
 
 Re bete, rebote, rejected, 
 put back, put out. 
 
 Reboter, rebutter, re- 
 bouter, to put back, to 
 bar, repel. 
 
 Rebour, a 'robber. 
 
 Kebuquiz, rebuked, dis- 
 countenanced. 
 
 Rec, recovered. 
 
 Reccimes, received. 
 
 Reccouit, record. 
 
 Recebo<Fatz, receive. 
 
 Recehantz, rejiants. 
 
 Receit, receives. 
 
 Receiventerre, to receive. 
 
 Recellernent, withdraw- 
 ing himfclf. 
 
 Rectnie.T.ent, a mufiering. 
 
 R cce ra hen t, jkould receive. 
 
 Recepueurs des peticions, 
 receivers of petitions. 
 
 Reces (dernier), the loft 
 recefs -, abjlinence. 
 
 Rcces (lettre de), letter of 
 recefs; an abjlinence from 
 war. 
 
 Kcccft, reception. 
 
 Recedes, received. 
 
 iveccia, recia, received. 
 
 R^cettement, receipt. 
 
 R ecettours, receivers. 
 
 ftechaceabies, remandable. 
 
 iv^Luai, Lis,, ■ . 
 
 Kechate, ranio'n. 
 
 Kcti'iaier, to rai.fom, fave. 
 
 R E 
 
 Rechept, receipt, admit- 
 tance. 
 
 Rechepte, ranfomed. 
 
 Recherrions, we Jhould 
 fall again. 
 
 Rechefs, extended unto. 
 
 Rechevour, to receive. 
 
 Rechief, rechefle (de), 
 again, moreover. 
 
 Rechoive, receive. 
 
 Rechurent, receheu, recia, 
 received. 
 
 Reclamant, making claim. 
 
 Reclame, reclaimed, chal- 
 lenged. 
 
 Recoeury, recovers. 
 
 Recognoifeans, well know- 
 ing. 
 
 Recoiller, to affemble. 
 
 Recoil lift, reco habited 
 with. 
 
 Recoipuent (ne), do not 
 receive. 
 
 Recoil ant, reco Heeling, re- 
 mimbrinz. 
 
 Recond, hid, buried. 
 
 Reconilaunce, recogni- 
 tion, verdicl of .the re- 
 cognitors in an ajfife. 
 
 Reconilaunce (lour), their 
 confeffwn, acknowledge- 
 ment. 
 
 R econ feile, recou n fe i 1 lez, 
 reconciled to : employ t d by. 
 
 Reronufez, ret cgnifees. 
 
 Recops, receive. 
 
 p.
 
 R E 
 
 Record, rehearfed, recited, 
 
 read over. 
 Recordes, recorders. 
 Recors (afTeez b\en),fuffi- 
 
 ciently apprifed. 
 Recovere, Jhall reftcre. 
 Recoupe, cut off, taken 
 
 lack again. 
 Recoufie, rebellion ; impo- 
 
 fition. 
 Recouft, recow, received. 
 Recreannce'r, to renounce. 
 Recreant, cowardly. 
 Recreantiffe, cowardice. 
 Recreaunt lo pees (en), on 
 
 proclaiming or drawing 
 
 the concord. 
 Recreces del farve (deux), 
 
 two ebbs of the water. 
 Recreu, tired, 
 Recruoz (li ibient), Jhould 
 
 be reftored to him. 
 Reels, a fa folly, imputes 
 
 it to his own Jolly. 
 Rectu, imputed, accounted. 
 Recuillez, entertained. 
 Reculier, to gather, to 
 
 collect. 
 Recuflez, relived. 
 Recuvere, return, be re- 
 jlored. 
 Redde, reddement, redi- 
 
 ment, fpeedy, fpeedily, 
 
 readily. 
 Reddeur del boucher, 
 
 turning cf the mouth. 
 
 R E 203 
 
 Reddouz, reddure, rigor, 
 
 firiclnefs. 
 
 Reddourde droit, render- 
 in. of right. 
 
 Redour deley u(cs,juflices 
 requires. 
 
 Redevanche, debt, duty. 
 
 Redoute feignour, dread 
 lord. 
 
 Redoubtemout, is very 
 much afraid of. 
 
 RedreiTer, redrecher, to 
 ereel and keep up, amend, 
 redrefs, cleanfe, make 
 faiisfaclion for. 
 
 Redubbours de dras, red- 
 ubbers, patchers, botch- 
 ers^ or menders of ap- 
 parel. Thofe who buy 
 ftolen cloaths, &c. and, 
 that they may not be 
 known, turn them into 
 feme other colour or fa- 
 fhion. 
 
 Reeit, jhall have again. 
 
 Reen, any thing. 
 
 Reenvoions, we fend back. 
 
 Rees, refs, nets. 
 
 Rees (de), with reeds. 
 
 Refection, repairing. 
 
 R elees, fubfees. 
 
 Reffaire, refeie,/0 rebuild, 
 repair. 
 
 Reffoul, the emptying a 
 canal cr pend. 
 
 Refoil de la mere, ebbing 
 c f the fca. 
 
 Refor-
 
 204 RE 
 
 Reformement, refioraiion; 
 
 performance. 
 Jicfoii\, great inundation. 
 Rcfoulcr (fouler et), to 
 
 flow and refiow. 
 Refouler (le fouler et), to 
 
 empty it and fill it again. 
 Ref ou rme, reformcd;drawn 
 
 up. 
 Refieindre, to reprefs. 
 Kefrenee, refrained. 
 Refrefement (en), in re- 
 
 frefhing, fuccouring. 
 Refrefler, to refrefh. 
 Refs, nets. 
 
 "Kcixi, fhelter, refuge. 
 Refurment, reformation. 
 Refuft, may refort to. 
 Refuys, refufe. 
 Refuye, refuge. 
 Regal ie, royal. 
 Regal ie (la), the regality, 
 
 royality. 
 Regarcier, to thank. 
 Regard, relation. 
 Regard (poy de), little 
 
 regard. 
 Regard corteifie, regard 
 
 or fervice of court e/y. 
 Regardant, regardant, ex- 
 pectant. 
 Regarder, to allow. 
 Regardcs, fee s, perquifites, 
 
 fervices, rewards ', ex- 
 
 pences,Jhare y allowances. 
 Regardez (les), the fala- 
 
 R E 
 
 ries, liveries, allowances 
 of the judges, &e. 
 
 Regardez, regarde, a~ 
 warded. 
 
 Regardez, rewarded. 
 
 Regermer, tofprout again. 
 
 Regetes, rejecled. 
 
 Regnation, reign. 
 
 Regnauble, reafonable, e- 
 quitable. 
 
 Regnez, reign. 
 
 Regnez (trop), too much 
 emboldened. 
 
 Regracier Dieu, to thank 
 God. 
 
 Regreind, regranted. 
 
 Regrettent, regard. 
 
 Reherceuill, writaL 
 
 Rel, king. 
 
 Reiens (ne foit), knew no- 
 thing of it. 
 
 Reignable, reafonable. 
 
 Reik (le temps de), time of 
 harvefi, vintage. 
 
 Reimber, to kill. 
 
 Reimbre, to ranfom. 
 
 Reimbre (a noftre), for 
 redeeming us, for cur 
 ranfom. 
 
 Rein, any thing. 
 
 Rein (par), by a fir earn. 
 
 Reinement (la), the ar- 
 raignment. 
 
 o 
 
 Reint, ruined. 
 Rt'mtcrcnt^wounded; fined, 
 ranfomed. 
 
 Rcintz,
 
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 Reintz, punijhed, fined, in- 
 
 dicled, ranfomed. 
 Rcis graens, great nets. 
 Rejoier, enjoy. 
 Rejoife (q'il le), that he 
 join it again to, unite it 
 to. 
 Relais, releafe, relaxation, 
 
 remijjion. 
 Relaxes, relachiez, re- 
 leafed. 
 Relene, relinquifhed. 
 Reles," relief. 
 
 Relevaflent, contre nous 
 (fe), rofe again/I us, re- 
 belled. 
 Relevation, relief. 
 Relever (in point de), in 
 danger of being ruined. 
 Relies, are applied. 
 Religion (de mefrr.e la), 
 
 of the fame order. 
 Relinques, remains. 
 Relinquez, given up. 
 Relinquiz, abandoned. 
 Reliveez, reliefs. 
 Reliverer, to redeliver. 
 Rellatues, relative. 
 Rclya, applied, related to. 
 Remaide, remedy. 
 Remainable, to be ac- 
 counted. 
 Remanant (le), the reft. 
 Remaniables forfeit (font), 
 
 are to remain forfeited. 
 Remanons,y/^jy back, for- 
 bear going. 
 
 R E 205 
 
 Remaunderunt, fent back, 
 Remediell, original. 
 Remeinte demounftraun- 
 ce, frequent remon- 
 firance, 
 Remembraunce, (emetere 
 
 en), to be enrolled. 
 Remembre, fet down. 
 Remenable, to be reduced. 
 Remenaunt (a), for ever 9 
 for ever after, from 
 thenceforth. 
 Remener, to reflore, to 
 
 bring back, reduce. 
 Remeintincr, rementener, 
 
 to remind. 
 Remerront, fhall carry 
 
 back. 
 R ernes, remaining, the re- 
 
 fidue. 
 Remettre (a), to be re- 
 
 Jlcred. 
 Remeyndra, fJjall not pre- 
 vent. 
 Reminant, remaining, in* 
 
 habiting. 
 Remis & reconfeile, re- 
 mitted and reconciled. 
 Remife, remys, releafcd, 
 
 remifed. 
 Remiic, received back. 
 Rem i ft, continued. 
 Rem id rent, remained. 
 Remitre, to ranfoin. 
 Remmeinant de flecls (a), 
 
 for ever cfter. 
 Rcmonaera le roy, lay be- 
 fore
 
 ao6 R E 
 
 fore the king, reprefent 
 to the king. 
 
 Remoyer, to remove. 
 
 Remuale, removable. 
 
 Remue, removed, entered 
 into. 
 
 Remuemcnt, remoement, 
 removal. 
 
 Remument (pur la), for 
 remedying, removing. 
 
 Remy (feint), St.Remigius. 
 
 Remys, remiz, left, re- 
 mains. 
 
 Remys, remife, remift, 
 re mi ft rent, remained, 
 continued, releafed. 
 
 Ren, rens, any thing -, no- 
 thing. 
 
 Ren de terre, any land. 
 
 Ren (a), to any thing. 
 
 Ren (en nule), any ways. 
 
 Renable, rev able, reajon- 
 able. 
 
 Rendage, delivering up. 
 
 Rendefifl: (qil), that be 
 fhould deliver up. 
 
 Rendrent, wounded. 
 
 Rend us, furrendered. 
 
 Rene, kingdom. 
 
 R.ene, renues, renowned. 
 
 Renees,reneyee, apcjlates, 
 r en eg ado. 
 
 Renent, reneign, deny, re- 
 fufe. 
 
 Reneftre (a), to be rejiored. 
 
 Reng, rank, 
 
 Rengeons, refign, fubmit. 
 
 Renk et febaylle las, fur- 
 
 R E 
 
 tender and deliver up. 
 
 Renner (nul), no pyker. 
 
 Renniement,potius remu- 
 emens, de la guerre, 
 commotions, dijiurbances 
 of war. 
 
 Reno mens, renun, renown, 
 fame. 
 
 Renoncher, to renounce* 
 
 Renoyer, to abjure, rc» 
 nounce. 
 
 Renfon, ranfom. 
 
 Rent, reint, indicted, ac- 
 cufed, fined. 
 
 Renuef, renewed. 
 
 'Rcn\JLO\ix(dt),tofend back, 
 
 Renure, fame, renown. 
 
 Repaire (lour), their pojl. 
 
 Repairons, repeire, repei- 
 raft, return. 
 
 R.epaniant, confidering, 
 calling to remembrance. • 
 
 Imparlances, conferences. 
 
 Repeir de merchandiles, 
 (le), a Caleys, the re- 
 pair, or carrying mer* 
 chandife to Calais. 
 
 Repeirantz, repairing to, 
 inhabiting in. 
 
 Repcirez uthalez, outlaws 
 returned. 
 
 Repel, calling back. - 
 
 Repeller, repeler, to reco- 
 ver, revoke, rejlore. 
 
 Rependre (a), to expend. 
 
 Rependre (de), to open. 
 
 Reperiller, repariller, re- 
 parelere,
 
 R E 
 
 parelere, repeller, to 
 repair. 
 
 Repere, receptacle, habita- 
 tion, boufe. 
 
 Repes (de), repofe, reft. 
 
 Replener, to fill. 
 
 Replietz, reply. 
 
 Rcploy, reply (fur le), en 
 the fold. 
 
 Repoir (fans), without re- 
 turning. 
 
 Repoir, refort. 
 
 Reporter (de), to be fixed. 
 
 Reponables, anfwerable. 
 
 R.eponces, repulfed. 
 
 Repoos (en), at eafe. 
 
 Report, brought back. 
 
 Reportez, obliged. 
 
 Re pole, vefls, lodges. 
 
 Repofer (funs), without 
 rejorting back. 
 
 Repoft (en), in fecret. 
 
 Repperes, repaired. 
 
 Repreciement, appraife- 
 ment. 
 
 Reprehenfailles, jeizures, 
 reprifals. 
 
 Repreigner, reprendre, 
 reprender, to retake. 
 
 Repreifmes les traitz, re- 
 new the treaty. 
 
 Re pre it, rep nit, tak n 
 back, compelled, repre- 
 hended. 
 
 Repreuches, (les), the ac- 
 ce/Tcries, appendages. 
 
 Repriont, reprie, re- 
 prieved dcdniiiJiir. 
 
 R E 207 
 
 Repris, reprifes, deduclions 
 and duties yearly paid 
 out of a manor and lands. 
 
 Reproches, called in oucf- 
 ticn. 
 
 Reprove autentikement 
 (de), on authentic p*cof. 
 
 Reprouvez, reprobate. 
 
 Repue, fed. 
 
 Repugnables, reprovabls. 
 
 Rep us, concealed. 
 
 Repus (leDimanche), Do- 
 minica de Paffione, in 
 the Romifh Mijfal, and 
 Jo called from the creffes 
 and the images of the 
 faints being then covered. 
 
 Requerum, we reaufi. 
 
 Requilkr en grace, to take 
 into favour, 
 
 Requiller (de les faire), to 
 entertain them. 
 
 Requiie, inquired into. 
 
 Re (a de), in arrear. 
 
 Rere, to rafe, erafe. 
 
 Rerecounte (en), in the 
 rear county. 
 
 Rereficz, fub fees. 
 
 Reremain, backwards. 
 
 Rerement, rarely. 
 
 Rene, delayed. ' 
 
 Reiaut, receives. 
 
 Relay la lc eve, the water 
 run back. 
 
 Revivemenr, arrefimrnt. 
 
 llefcoure, relore, to ■e- 
 luve, a£n . 
 
 : US,
 
 20$ R E 
 
 Refcous, refcu, refcufa, 
 refcuedy retake?!, re- 
 lieved. 
 
 Refcous, refcufe, recour- 
 fant (foleil, folail), fun- 
 feu 
 
 Refcrivrc, to write to, to 
 return an anfwer. 
 
 Refcure, to re/cue. 
 
 Refcyt (del), of the receipt, 
 i. e. of the crime of re- 
 ceiving felons or ftolen 
 goods, 
 
 Refeauntife, reriancy. 
 
 Referable, fcems. 
 
 Tic\emee,fcwn again. 
 
 Refervere, to receive. 
 
 Refon, truth, right, jujlice, 
 title, reafon> acl, argu- 
 ment, charge, expreffion, 
 method, cafe, article, 
 point. 
 
 Refon (p la), in propor- 
 tion to. 
 
 Refon (per), by refum- 
 mons. 
 
 Refon (funde fa), grounds 
 his title, counts. 
 
 Refon (noz feare), make us 
 fatisfaclion. 
 
 Reione (de), in reafon. 
 
 Refons (deux), two cir- 
 cumfiances. 
 
 Refons (fes), his evidences, 
 muniments, arguments. 
 
 Refort (fon), a term ufed 
 in a writ of Ayel or 
 
 R E 
 
 Coujinage, in the fame 
 fenfe as a defcent in a 
 writ of right. 
 
 R.eforty, reforted, reverted* 
 
 Refoule, refolvcd. 
 
 Refpe&eres, refpiretz (ne), 
 will not delay, refpite. 
 
 Refpi, delay. 
 
 R.efpoignent, defend. 
 
 Refponez, refpoynez vous 
 (qi), what anjwer d$ 
 you make. 
 
 Refpofle, anfwer. 
 
 Refpundre, to anfwer. 
 
 Refqueufe, refcue. 
 
 Reflfeant, refianc deinez le 
 manoir, one that conti- 
 nually abides within the 
 manor. 
 
 RefTent, received acknow- 
 ledged. 
 
 RefTu, received. 
 
 R.effumes, received. 
 
 Reftor, reflors, refloration, 
 amends. 
 
 Reftreinconufans, takeccg- 
 nifance. 
 
 Reftricle, made narrower. 
 
 Reftut, reftored. 
 
 Reftz, judgment, decree, 
 fentence. 
 
 R.efu la mort (a poi), al- 
 mojl dead. 
 
 Refurdre, pay again. 
 
 Refwardent mie (ne), do 
 not regard. 
 
 Ret,
 
 R £ 
 
 Ret, rete, retz, retent, fuf- 
 pecled, accufed, indicled. 
 
 Retardation, delay. 
 
 Reteign vers luy, keep by 
 him, 
 
 Retenantz, retainers. 
 
 Retenderount,^// retain. 
 
 Retenet, to return, revert. 
 
 Retenget (nuls nel), la no 
 one retain. 
 
 Retenir, reteiner, to de- 
 tain, keep back, retain'. 
 
 Retenu, retained, admit- 
 ted into. 
 
 Retenues, refervations. 
 
 Retenutz, referred, re- 
 tained. 
 
 Retenuz, retinue. 
 
 Reteur, recaur, return, 
 
 Rethes, nets. 
 
 Retiner a foy (de), to take 
 to bimfelf. 
 
 Retoundre, to clip. 
 
 Retoun, vzto\m&u, clipped, 
 
 Retournent'que a ces les), 
 who comply with them. 
 
 Retourner (devoit), was 
 to be reduced. 
 
 Retrachez, withdrawn. 
 
 Retraic~t, retrait, retrayt, 
 retreit, retret, retreic, 
 withdraw, forebore. 
 
 Retrai&er, to withdraw. 
 
 R.ereet, diminution, draw 
 back, draught. 
 
 Retrehere la cQT3ge,to dif- 
 czurage. 
 
 R E 209 
 
 Retret de la meer* re/lux 
 or ebb of the fea. 
 
 Retreter la reconifance, 
 to withdraw the recoz- 
 mzance. 
 
 Retreus, retreux, enlarged, 
 a temporary ran/cm of 
 a prifoner. 
 
 Retrirer, to take, with- 
 draw. 
 
 Rette, crime , offence, guilt, 
 fufpicion. 
 
 Rettent, retain. 
 
 Retter a lui mefme, im- 
 pute it to him f elf-, 
 
 Revable, reafonable. 
 
 Revanche, revenge, 
 
 Revenans, muflering. 
 
 Revenant, comes to, d- 
 mounts to. 
 
 Revener(al), at there turn., 
 
 Revenfift, come back. 
 
 Revenue, return. 
 
 Revenues, reveues, re- 
 view, mujler. 
 
 Revenuez, revennaus, re- 
 vencions, revenues. 
 
 Revcreur, to reverence-. 
 
 Reverons, reverend. 
 
 Reverfes (fes maunches), 
 his fleeves turned back. 
 
 R.everilon (a raire la), to 
 give up again, to rejiore. 
 
 Revertiie le don, let the 
 gift revert. 
 
 Rcvilanc, affetling, mak- 
 ing fo vile. 
 F Revinge,
 
 210 R I 
 
 Revinge, come back. 
 
 Revon (a fon), dufqes 
 until his return. 
 
 ReWars, governors. 
 
 llewle, rule, order. 
 
 Revvelez, regulated, or- 
 dained. 
 
 Rewme, realm. 
 
 Reyans, royal. 
 
 Reynez, ruined. 
 
 Reynt, fined. 
 
 Reys, kings. 
 
 Rhine, ^ueen. 
 
 Ri, omnipotent. 
 
 Ribaud, one of the rabble, 
 afcoundrel, a rafcal, ruf- 
 fian. 
 
 Ri bauds (fortz), fiurdy 
 beggars. 
 
 Rie (Jc), the heir. 
 
 Riclment (pluis), 'mere fel- 
 dom, not fo frequent. 
 
 Ricns, backs. 
 
 Riefgler * (a en), to invei- 
 gle. 
 
 Ricu, a fmall brook. 
 
 Riez, nets. 
 
 llifiez, rif.ed. 
 
 Riiiure, afcrcich,a rifting. 
 
 Rigle, a rule. 
 
 Rimer, to examin 
 into. 
 
 Riottis, riots. 
 
 Ripes del'ewe, ly the 
 voater-ftde, banks cj the 
 river. 
 
 '•• Potius, a an-'flcr. Rot. l\ul. 
 
 R O 
 
 Ris, rix, rich. 
 ' Rizard, Richart, Richard* 
 
 Roaifons, Rotations. 
 
 Robbes, taken from, rob- 
 bed. 
 
 Robiers, Robert. 
 
 Roboration, corroboration. 
 
 Robou chez flopped, forced. 
 
 Roefs, cars. 
 
 Roge, red. 
 
 Roiales (autres), other the 
 king's officers. 
 
 Roignez, clipped. 
 
 Roion, kingdom. 
 
 Rokeboruth, Roxburgh. 
 
 Rol, a roll, a regifier. 
 
 Rolles, colics, necks. 
 
 Rolys, rolls. 
 
 ' Romerie, rommerge, bug- 
 gary. 
 
 Romeyns (rey de), king of 
 the Romans. 
 
 Rondles, rolls. 
 
 Rone fet (lio hyl), potius 
 unt, they have made. 
 
 Ronne, anfiver. 
 
 Rope, rape. 
 
 Ro; : ■: (Rob* dc), Ro- 
 icrt de Roche. 
 
 Rorcs (cent), en hundred 
 faggots. 
 
 Ro(lc, heath. 
 
 Rote (le), the zvhccL 
 
 Roumainement (a), after 
 the manner of the Ro- 
 mans. 
 vol. II p. 79. Pet. 28. Hale's MS. 
 
 Roupr,
 
 R U . 
 
 Roupr, rous, broken. 
 
 Routez, routs* 
 
 Roveninkmedc, Running- 
 mead, 
 
 Rovenereray, without re- 
 turn. 
 
 ■ Rowes, oars. 
 
 R.oy qoreefl (le), the pre- 
 fent King. 
 
 Royal chemin (le), the 
 king's highway. 
 
 Roynage, roage, rovage, 
 rotage, a kind cf tri- 
 bute or payment made 
 for damage done to pub- 
 lic ways by carriages. 
 
 Royne, the Queen. 
 
 Royner, to clip. 
 
 Ru, noife, murmuring. 
 
 Ruaul, rujaul, royal. 
 
 Rubaignes, ribbons. 
 
 Rubboufes, rubbijh, filth. 
 
 Ruby baleis, baleieit, an 
 inferior kind of ruby, 
 not fo deep a red as the 
 true ruby. 
 
 Ruche, a bee-Live made of 
 rufhes. 
 
 Ruge, rouges, red. 
 
 Rule, a roll, a rerifter-, alfo 
 a determination* 
 
 Rumme, Rome. 
 
 ] lumou r, tumult* 
 
 Rumperie, breaking, fail- 
 ing. 
 
 Rumpcrours de trieue?, 
 ti'iice oi'ca\. }\~. 
 
 S A 
 
 211 
 
 Ruwes, ruzs,f reels. 
 Ruyfdefie, feverity. 
 Ryen, nothing, not. 
 Rymours, rimers. 
 Ryu, ryz, a brook. 
 Ryvaille, de la meer, the 
 
 fea-fwre. 
 Ry vires, rivers. 
 
 s, S 1 ', his. 
 
 Seen, known. 
 
 Ssm, feifin* 
 
 Snrs, lords, owners. 
 
 S rs efpeulx, lords fpiritual. 
 
 sviz, fervice. 
 
 Sa et la, here and there. 
 
 Saals, feals. 
 
 Sa cote (en pure), in his 
 
 coat only. 
 Sa volunte (encontre), 
 
 againjl their wills. 
 Saalez du mun fel, fealed 
 
 with my feal. 
 S ab bed i , Saturday. 
 S' ableront, fall rendez- 
 vous. 
 Sablinoufe (feble terre), 
 
 poor fandy land. 
 Saca hors c.v. gaunt, Jhak- 
 
 Cu Oil i Cj it. e 7 love. 
 o.". : j, inftrumentum lit: c , 
 
 the pleadings in a cau/e. 
 Sachaant (em), knowing 
 
 ■ \ 'reef ^ 
 Sadi -:ci c (la noun), lis 
 
 ignorance, 
 
 P 2 Sachau-
 
 212 S A 
 
 Sachaument, fachante- 
 ment, willingly, knew- 
 ingly. 
 
 Sache, /ages. 
 
 Sachet, withers* 
 
 Sachiez, faches, fechea, 
 fachon, know. 
 
 Sacrabor (par), fakebcr, 
 fackber, facaburgh, no 
 freeman was to be feifed 
 or imprifoned, except by 
 inquejl or by facrabor , or 
 unlefs he was taken with 
 the mainour. 
 
 Sacraire, a chapel, an ora- 
 tory. 
 
 Saeil, faes, afeal. 
 
 Sadler (fee), caufed to be 
 fealed. 
 
 Saenti, holy. 
 
 Saettes, faettels, arrows. 
 
 Saflfers (qatre), four fap- 
 phires. 
 
 Sagane, a forcerejs. 
 
 Sage, feat. 
 
 Sagement, cautioufly. 
 
 Saget, feaL 
 
 Sagetre, an arrow. 
 
 Sagitture, archery. 
 
 Sagrea, agreed. 
 
 Sagrement, oath. 
 
 Sai, I know. 
 
 Saichance, fcience, erudi- 
 tion. 
 
 Said, /^/. 
 
 Saielieees, fealed. 
 
 Saient, i'aies, are, be. 
 
 S A 
 
 Saiges homes, the f ages or 
 wifemen of the law, the 
 judges. 
 Saiguw, lord. 
 Sailleires, keepers of the 
 
 feals. 
 Sain, found, flrong. 
 Sainctures, fancluarks. 
 Saine, fubjlantial. 
 Sainees, perfeel, uncan- 
 celled. 
 Sainglement, entirely. 
 Saings manuelz, Jigns ma- 
 nual. 
 Sains, faints. 
 Sains Efperis (li), the Holy 
 
 Spirit. 
 Saintemant(fy), fo cordi- 
 ally. 
 Sainrime, mojl holy. 
 Sairement, oath. 
 Saififement, fei/ing* 
 Saize,y£*. 
 Sak, faak, a bag^ 
 Sake, throw. 
 Sakent, Jleal. 
 Sakekent a terre, fached > 
 demolijhed to the ground. 
 Sal, fafe. 
 Salair, a reward. 
 Salairier, to reward. 
 Saleber, Salcbirs, Salif- 
 
 bury. 
 Sa le nneins (promettant), 
 potius, ja le mzm^pro- 
 mifmg alfo. 
 
 Saler,
 
 S A 
 
 Saler, a fait feller, 
 Salfe pledges, fafe pledges. 
 Saliclaire, wbolefome. 
 Salit, health. 
 Sailer, a fadler. 
 Salmonceux, young fal- 
 
 mon. 
 Salopebyrs, Salobirs, 
 
 Shrewjbury. 
 Salfez (chars), fait meat. 
 Salvage, wild, favage. 
 Salvaigne (jp), by beafts, 
 
 ferse naturae. 
 Salvatione, pardon. 
 Salve, greets. 
 Salvoms (nous vous), we 
 
 greet you. 
 Salvez, know. 
 Salutz, known , fafe. 
 Saluz d'or, falutes of gold, 
 
 a gold coin ,c ailed fo from 
 
 the words, Salus populi 
 
 flip re ma lex e(to. 
 Salyne (un), a fait -pit. 
 Samaday. Saturday. 
 Sambre, vifage, face. 
 Samble temps, the fame 
 
 time. 
 Sambleront (fe), /hall of 
 
 femble. 
 S' ame, his foul. 
 S' amie, his jriend. 
 Sammelplatz, place cf 
 
 meeting, or rendezvous. 
 Sane, blood. 
 Sancere, fncere. 
 Same, health. 
 
 S A 213 
 
 Sanclz, fanntz, fant, with- 
 out. 
 Sandewitz, Sandwich. 
 Sangles (en toutz et), in 
 
 all and fngular. 
 Sani, founds healthful. 
 Sank fin, the end of the 
 
 kindred. 
 Sanne ceo, except that. 
 Sanneys, fauces. 
 Sans (du bien), the good 
 
 fenfe, undemanding. 
 Sanr, are. 
 Sanz un <\zft.ou,fave one 
 
 who was. 
 Sanz, reaf enable, folid. 
 Saon, without. 
 Sap rift, the author »f 
 
 the Pfalms, David. 
 Sarcophes (que feurent), 
 
 who frequent fepulchres, 
 
 graves. 
 Sarcueil, a bier. 
 Sarcus, a fepulchre. 
 Sarke (frank), freefiock. 
 Sarre, far ah. 
 Sarve, Saved. 
 Sarura, a lock. 
 Satain, fa tin. 
 Sathenas, Satan. 
 Savagnie, beafts of the 
 
 forefi. 
 Savarne, the Severn. 
 Savant, faying, knowing, 
 
 notwithflanding. 
 Saver, favoer, to know. 
 
 p 3 
 
 Saver
 
 214 S A 
 
 Saver (fait a), fet aflau', 
 fee aflaver, be it known, 
 undsrjiood. 
 
 Saver (ceft a), to-wit. 
 
 Saver moun, to know for 
 certain, 
 
 Saver mon cornent e le 
 pafTa, juji as it was 
 taken, 
 
 Savernent, with afaving. 
 
 Saverai (jeo), I jh all know. 
 
 Savere (pur), to fave. 
 
 Savi, wife. 
 
 Savit mie lire (ne), can- 
 not read. 
 
 Savhe,fafety. 
 
 S'avoins (nous ne), we 
 don't knoiv. 
 
 Savoure, favours, parta- 
 kes of. 
 
 San, fait. 
 
 Sauant, referring. 
 
 Saubar (per), for fo.ving. 
 
 Saubze.flxte:::. 
 
 Sauccr'e del faucie, (fer- 
 viens), the fcrjcc;:t of 
 the falfarie, viz. trat 
 officer in the kings kit- 
 chc.-, who was to pro- 
 vide the neccfjaries for 
 the king's fences ; or he 
 wl . - '. the care of the 
 prouiftons which were to 
 falLd. 
 
 C'.UC 
 l'j -. 
 
 a c.t . rr.er, creex. 
 
 S A 
 
 Saudre (baton de), a flick 
 
 of willow. 
 Saulx, faulices,fa\vces,y27/- 
 
 lows, willows. 
 
 Saulve, faved. 
 
 San me, Pfalm. 
 
 Sauncte, health. 
 
 Saune, faving. 
 
 Saunete, fauite, fauvette 
 (en), infafety. 
 
 Saunk, faunc, fauns, 
 blood. 
 
 Saunk fine, the determina- 
 tion of a defcent. 
 
 Sauntz, iaunz, without. 
 
 Saura, fhall know. 
 
 Saus, thofe. 
 
 Saufles, torn up. 
 
 Sauffers, faitcers. 
 
 Saut purpenfe (a), with 
 an affault prepenfe. 
 
 Saut (un), a caper, a 
 dance. 
 
 Saut (a la), at the fiegc. 
 
 Saute, fautie, fauvte, fafe- 
 tj, health. 
 
 Sauvaigne, fauvagine, un- 
 reclaimed animals. 
 
 Sauvere, Savi cur 
 
 Sauyz (bien), let him be 
 careful. 
 
 Sauuz deferre (pas), not 
 
 ■7 , r 
 
 wittjcui rea.jcn. 
 q rtuz. .'."' ;•/;•". 
 auzim:;,/.v/^ 
 >avvco, jc.uce, 
 y, ./,:.;,,
 
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 Saybienke, / know very 
 well. 
 
 Saye ley, his law. 
 
 Saye (ceint de), a girdle of 
 filk. 
 
 Sayn (au), to the care., re- 
 gard. 
 
 Sayfze, fix. 
 
 Scalpier de draps, rowing 
 of cloth. 
 
 Scaves, known. 
 
 Scaves (que), that yon 
 may know. 
 
 Sceivcnt, icevent, fcey- 
 nent, know. 
 
 Sccn,fenfe, knowledge, ex- 
 perience. 
 
 Scent, icen, known. 
 
 Sceppt, flock. 
 
 Scet, knows. 
 
 Sceu, fceux, known, know- 
 ledge. 
 
 Sceu It, fubjecl. 
 
 Sceuvent, they know. 
 
 Scey, a feal. 
 
 Scheftifbury, ' Shaft efuury. 
 
 Schopes, fJjops. 
 
 Sciat, fcieuft, iciet, knows. 
 
 Sciecle (qant a), as lo fe- 
 cular affairs. 
 
 Scein, fcienes, knowledge, 
 fciaice. 
 
 Scienc marie (li eir), let 
 the heir be married . 
 :ienz (notoirmenet), no- 
 il. 
 
 S E 
 
 nz 
 
 Sc 
 
 I Of iiii/Ji} K, 
 
 ier, lever, fever, .': 
 
 Sciet, it becomes. 
 Sciet, voluntarily. 
 Scieues, known. 
 Sciez, fawed. 
 Scire, fir. 
 Scilez, mown, cut. 
 Sdatz (peres et), Jlones 
 
 and fates. 
 Scochon, efcutcheon. 
 Scolers, jcholars. 
 Scomers, fcummers. 
 Scotter, io gall. 
 Scripture (pur \€),for the 
 
 writing. 
 Scriver, to zvrite. 
 Scutelar (ferviens), ferje- 
 
 ant of the fcidlery. 
 Scutclaire, the officer in 
 
 the kings houfehold who 
 
 was to take care of the 
 
 difhes,&Q. 
 Scuverad (dunt li), then it 
 
 behoves him. 
 Scyer, to cut. 
 Se, if, whether, his, but, 
 
 except. 
 
 Seal de notre fecre, fecre 
 fe a] , our privy fee I. 
 
 Seailles, harvejl-time. 
 
 Scale (del), of the pound. 
 
 Scant, feants, fejant, fei- 
 ance, fitting. 
 
 Seante, health. 
 
 Seante, fitting. 
 
 ?'»- c hrh ° 
 
 P 4 5 (.as,
 
 2l6 
 
 S E 
 
 Seas, feals. 
 
 Seafon (la), the feifin. 
 
 Seaut, under jicod % knew. 
 
 Sech (harang), red-her- 
 ring. 
 
 Secle, world, age. 
 
 Secle (en le), in the world. 
 
 Secole, fea coal. 
 
 Secondes royes, feconda- 
 ries, adjutants, ajfijiants. 
 
 Sedation, appeafing. 
 
 See ro'iz], royal throne, feat. 
 
 See, feet (ne), knows not. 
 
 Seeche. dried. 
 
 Seel, fait, oil. 
 
 Seen, knowledge* 
 
 Seen (je), I am. 
 
 Seen (le), his. 
 
 Seent (ne), be not. 
 
 Seept, feet, /even. 
 
 Seer, a governor. 
 
 Ser, fereir, tofet. 
 
 Seere, to buy. 
 
 Seerfus, over, acrofs. 
 
 Sten,ferves, is made ufe 
 
 «/• 
 
 Sees, fet ye. 
 
 Sees, his. 
 
 Seeffent (ne), may not ft, 
 
 abide. 
 Seet, done. 
 
 Seetes, feetz, arrows. 
 Seez (qe vous), that you 
 
 be. 
 Segerftain, fegretain, a 
 
 facrijlan, a fexton. 
 Seges, fegez, fteges. 
 
 S E 
 
 Segne (en), in fgn t tef 
 timony. 
 
 Segon, according. 
 
 Segrament, oath. 
 
 Segu, fure, certain. 
 
 Segu, Jure, certain. 
 
 Seguadours,y^wy<rj. 
 
 Seguar, to Jaw. 
 
 Segroi, facred. 
 
 Segurement, fecurely, 
 
 Seguyn, fuit, to follow. 
 
 Sehur conduit, fafe con- 
 duel. 
 
 Sei, fein, himfelf. 
 
 Sei (heir de), heir of his 
 body. 
 
 Sei funt, make themfelves ; 
 acl as. 
 
 Sei (entre), between them. 
 
 Seicheries, the fervice by 
 which a vajfal or tenant 
 was obliged to attend his 
 lord to the army ; profits 
 belonging to a cafile. 
 
 Seieant, fixty. 
 
 Seiemement, knowingly, 
 wittingly. 
 
 Seietz, placed. 
 
 Seietz a un (que vous), 
 that you flick to one. 
 
 Seif, a hedge. 
 
 Seif, ferfe, a villain, afer- 
 vant. 
 
 Sergn, fign, tefiimony, re<* 
 prefentation, fymbol. 
 
 Seigniour, lord, owner. 
 
 Seignur-
 
 S E 
 
 Seignuragcs (les), the feig- 
 nurage. 
 
 Scignuric (la), the prero- 
 gative. 
 
 Seignurle (la), the prero- 
 gative. 
 
 Seignel, feigle, fegle, rye. 
 
 Seijor, abode, dwelling- 
 place. 
 
 Sell, a fail. 
 
 St\\,feals. 
 
 Scimes, made. 
 
 Sein, found, in health. 
 
 Sein, known. 
 
 Sein, fivnal, 
 
 Seine, Jenfes. 
 
 Seins, faints. 
 
 Seigns, feignuus, feigne, 
 figned, marked. 
 
 Scings manuel, figns ma- 
 nual. 
 
 Seins (luis), holy, privi- 
 leges places. 
 
 Seins meen, without mef- 
 ne. 
 
 Seint, feien, be. 
 
 Seint, bleffed. 
 
 Seint entendcment, found, 
 good under fianding. 
 
 Seinta (lui,, girded him- 
 felf. 
 
 Seintilme pier, moft holy 
 father. 
 
 Seintifme temp, feafon for 
 devotion, holy feafon. 
 
 Seimuaries, feintewarie, 
 fanftuary. 
 
 S E £17 
 
 Seinture, a girdle. 
 Seiomes (que nous), thut 
 
 we fhould be. 
 Seiront, fhall fit. 
 Seifier, tofeife. 
 Seifonables, in feafon. 
 Seifibns, might be, caufed 
 
 to be. 
 Seifons del an (tous), all 
 
 feafons of the year, 
 Seift (fi ceo ne), unlefs it 
 
 be. 
 Seit fet, be done. 
 Seit, feven. 
 Seit, let him, let him be ; 
 
 has, is. 
 Seit (ke), which was. 
 Seit fet (nous), have made 
 
 us. 
 Seiverent, profecutcd, pur- 
 
 fued. 
 Seiz, ieifitz, feifed. 
 Sek, dry. 
 
 Sekes a taunt q, until that. 
 Sel, fely, that. 
 Sel (le), the great feaL 
 Selar (ferviens), ferjeant 
 
 of the cellar. 
 Seleables, to be fealed. 
 Selez e enfrenez (viii chi- 
 
 valz), eight horfes fadled 
 
 and bridled. 
 Seli, of this, this. 
 Selles, if they. 
 Selor, then. 
 Selparie, fait -pet re. 
 Sels, alone, 
 
 Semadi,
 
 123 S E 
 
 SemaJl, Saturday. 
 
 Semaille (pur), for feed. 
 
 fcemoillantz, au voftre 
 commune, it feeming to 
 your commons. 
 
 Semblablez (qi font du 
 fuier), which are likely 
 to enfue. 
 
 Semblant d'aucuns (fe- 
 lonc), in the opinion of 
 fome. 
 
 Semblaunt (bon), good ex- 
 ample. 
 
 Semblaunt (par), at firjl 
 fight i prima facie. 
 
 Seme, fixth. 
 
 Sememes (cink), five 
 weeks. 
 
 Semen fes (les), what is 
 fown. 
 
 Semente, cement, annex. 
 
 Semi, half. 
 
 Scmhz,fozvn. 
 
 Semle (fe), it feems, 
 
 Semoifons, feed- time. 
 
 Se mon d , furnm on. 
 
 Sen, le fen, his. 
 
 Sen, fens, undrji 'anding, 
 j udgement, difcretion. 
 
 Sen, Jens flans ion), with- 
 out his know* edi e . 
 
 Sen vouni, depart. 
 
 Senes (les), his own. 
 
 Sondes, fj ps, falls. 
 
 Senee, i 
 
 Sen; irs. 
 
 ie, the effee cf 
 Higl yd. 
 
 S E 
 
 Seneftez, fenefiez, figni- 
 
 fied. 
 Seneftrement, finifttoufly, 
 
 left. 
 Senne de, his own. 
 Sennes (hors de lour), out 
 
 of their mind, infane. 
 Senforcent, endeavour. 
 Senglcrs perfbnes, every 
 
 perfon, 
 Sengles, fiugle, parti- 
 
 cular, 
 Senhor, fenhur, lord. 
 Senfuit, fenfeur, follows. 
 Seniures (,p les), by the 
 
 cenfures. 
 Sent (al), with the offent. 
 Sent (qe furent al), who 
 
 were affenting. 
 Sent (ne), doth not affent. 
 Sentainement, fecret de- 
 vice. 
 Sentez fur, on the Holy E- 
 
 vange lifts, en the facred 
 
 Reliques. 
 Sente (fe), perceives him- 
 
 r i r 
 
 J d J- 
 
 Seine mort, put to death. 
 
 Sente, right, found, good, 
 wholejome. 
 
 Sente, a pathway. 
 
 Senteront, intended. 
 
 Sir. tiers (les', the entering 
 into. 
 
 Sen tre corrient, inter com- 
 mon. 
 
 <w» 
 
 entu,
 
 S E 
 
 Sentn, felt. 
 
 Sentu, thought, were of 
 opiaion. 
 
 Senz, without. 
 Seoffrance, truce, cejj'ation 
 
 of arms, 
 Seoins cufte ffi nous), if 
 
 we be oufied. 
 Seon (le), the feal. 
 Seons (ou que nous), 
 
 wherefoever we arc. 
 Scons (par les), ic leon, 
 
 by his own people. 
 Seont, k?::w. 
 Seoptifme, feventh. 
 Seor, fifler. 
 Seor, fare. 
 Seor (la), the elder. 
 Seolb (ne), durft not. 
 Seoul (le), the foil, 
 Seourmenr, f:fely % fecurely. 
 Sep, fept, race, flock. 
 Sepmayn, fepmeme, a 
 
 wet k. 
 Seps, ceps, cipps, a fair 
 
 of flocks. 
 Septain ; , : iz z^feventeenth. 
 Sepran e: noef, feventy- 
 
 71 1 US. 
 
 Sep daunt leer"' 1 
 
 fecond. 
 Septembrale, September. 
 Sepure, the fcepirs* 
 Sepulture (feynt), holy fe- 
 
 pulchre. 
 Sequer (doyt etre), cv.ghi 
 . to be followed. 
 Sequsren:,/ttfe/;/g-. 
 
 S E 
 
 '9 
 
 Septlaunt [ccnrAJci-enty 
 
 Sequeftre, lock up. 
 
 Sequeftres, locks. 
 
 Seqftres, attendants on of- 
 ficers of j ufl ice. 
 
 Sequeftrour (le), the fe- 
 quejlrator. 
 
 Sequeur, fecure. 
 
 Ser, fball be. 
 
 Ser, ferves. 
 
 Ser (ke de mon li et), 
 potius, ke de meux 
 li fet, who knows it beft. 
 
 Sera, will ferve. 
 
 Sercherie (office de), office 
 of fearcher. 
 
 Serchier, ferch, to fcarch. 
 
 Sercle, a circle. 
 
 Sercler, to weed. 
 
 Sere, fhall be. 
 
 Seredes (ia), the fcreens. 
 
 Sereur, fifler. 
 
 Serfe, a female flave. 
 
 Serfe, a female flave. 
 
 Serfs, flags. 
 
 Serjant, lerviens, one in 
 degree next to a kftight. 
 
 Seriche, fearch. 
 
 Sergeantie (,p defaute de), 
 for want cj counfel. 
 
 Senzeavnre d'Ensdeterre 
 (rout la), all the judges 
 of the coif in England. 
 
 Seriete, ferenity. 
 
 Serions,feriemes,yZ»^/ t y be. 
 
 Se rj ou rs, f archers. 
 
 Sermentez, fworn upon tl e 
 faints.
 
 2 20 
 
 S E 
 
 Seroruge, a furgcon. 
 Serpentyne, a kind of al~ 
 
 embeck. 
 Sena, Jhalljit. 
 Scrrcr, to block up. 
 Serrett (ne), may not be. 
 SerFeynt(U), they would be. 
 Serruns tenuz, Jhall be 
 
 obliged. 
 Sers Y)\eu,fervant ofGcd. 
 Serten, certain. 
 S er vages, fe r v i des ,y^r wtt . 
 Serve, a flroke. 
 Servens (pur le), for the 
 
 payment. 
 Serveyfe, {ervo\fe,fervice, 
 
 ale. 
 Servi la court, tendered to 
 
 the court the ufual form 
 
 cf pleading. 
 Servie, obeyed, complied 
 
 with. 
 Serviens empt, ferjeant, 
 
 purveyor. 
 Servietz, fervices. 
 Servir leftatut, anfwer to 
 
 the fiat ute. 
 Scrvirctz, will ferve. 
 Servitz, iervy, paid. 
 Servois, ponds. 
 Servy (fy il feyt), if it be 
 
 applied. 
 Servy qil foient, that they 
 
 may be paid. 
 Ses, fefze, fix. 
 SeSj without. 
 Ses de la chauncelry (fi), 
 
 if they of the chancery. 
 
 S E 
 
 Scferunt, Jhall ceafe. 
 
 SefTante neuy me, fixty-mne. 
 
 Sefline, feijin. 
 
 Seftez, thefe. 
 
 Seze, fixteen. 
 
 Set, (even. 
 
 Set, knows, known. 
 
 Set, that, this. 
 
 Stl (qe), which refieth. 
 
 Sete l'apoftoille, apojloli- 
 cal fee. 
 
 Sete, fet, fix upon. 
 
 Setes, feties, fcetes, ar- 
 rows, fhafts. 
 
 Setors (fes), his /unties-, 
 his Jiftcrs. 
 
 Setors, failors. 
 
 Sett, be. 
 
 Secra hors (je), J flood out. 
 
 Setter, to fhoot. 
 
 Settle, known. 
 
 Setus (de), of this. 
 
 Setyme (dis), feventeenth. 
 
 Seu, if. 
 
 Sen, ieucee, knowledge, 
 known. 
 
 Seu, fait. 
 
 Seu (de plein), fully, with- 
 out rejerve. 
 
 Seu (jco), I am. 
 
 Sruanr, following. 
 
 Seue, feure, leuyr, feuure, 
 to fuc, profecute. 
 
 Seue, known. 
 
 Seuf, fafe. 
 
 Seuil, / am wont, I am 
 ufed. 
 
 Seulles,
 
 S E 
 
 Seulles, only, atone. 
 Seumes (nous), we are. 
 Seuns (ou ke nous), 
 wherefoever we fhall be. 
 Seur, fijler. 
 Seur, fure, certain. 
 Seur, againji. 
 Seur, upon. 
 Seur fe, moreover. 
 Seur ceo, thereupon. 
 Seures (par la), potius, 
 pur la feures, for the 
 fafeguard. 
 
 Seurplus (le), the remain- 
 der. 
 
 Seurfe, arifen. 
 
 Seus, alone. 
 
 Seus, fcals. 
 
 Seus (les), her people. 
 
 Seus (a), to his. 
 
 Seus (tuz), all thofe. 
 
 Seus (de), of tho/e. 
 
 Seu {Horns (nos), we J: now. 
 
 Seut, Jhould be. 
 
 SeuiCyfuit ; payment. 
 
 Seme (pur), far fear. 
 
 Seufr, feu we, feuwy, 
 knew* known. 
 
 Seux, (a), to them. 
 
 Seuz, fiji Rings. 
 
 Sevant,y#//f«/, ex all. 
 
 Stve, ieue, her o:vn. 
 
 Seve (a la), to his. 
 
 Seveles, buryed. 
 
 Sevcnt, they know. 
 Scvent (qui ne), who are 
 not capable of. 
 
 S E 
 
 221 
 
 Sever, ftte. 
 
 Severa, will fcrve. 
 
 Severes, fevered, feparatecL 
 
 Sevi, fued. 
 
 Sewes, known* 
 
 Sewet, fuit. 
 
 Sextemen, thejixth time. 
 
 Sexter, a meafure of corsu 
 
 Sey, ftlk. 
 
 Sey, bimfelf. 
 
 Sey (e), by it f elf . 
 
 Sey (endroit de), in his 
 
 place, ftation. 
 Sey (que je ne), that I 
 
 may not be. 
 Se defovere, unwrought 
 
 ftlk. 
 Seyanr, fitting, 
 Seyaft, hathfeen. 
 Seye (fil), if he Jit. 
 Seyent, ieynt, be, may be. 
 Seyent, let them apply to y 
 
 let them fue. 
 Seyent (qui meiux), which 
 
 better fuit. 
 Sever, to cut, mow. 
 Seyer, to know. 
 Sey vent, they knew. 
 Seyetes, arrows. 
 Seyetz, en la merci, be in 
 
 mercy. 
 Seyne, healthful, whole- 
 
 fome, found. 
 Seyng liege (lur), their 
 
 liege lord. 
 Seyns, faints. 
 Seyns, furs. 
 
 Seynt.
 
 222 
 
 S I 
 
 Seynt, girt, 
 
 Seyntetee (fa), his holinefs. 
 
 Seyremnuz, oaths, 
 
 Sez, bis. 
 
 Sezaine, fezzime, fixteen. 
 
 Sezile, Sicily. 
 
 Shaft, fcheft, a weight, the 
 
 fame as the aimed. 
 Shelps, /helves in a river. 
 Shout, a /mall boat or 
 
 veffel. 
 Si, whether, here. 
 Si amy, his friend. 
 Sia (et), and there is. 
 Si15n, as well. 
 Sitior, as well of. 
 Siche, be it known. 
 Side, age, world. 
 Si come, as, as it were. 
 Sicome (de), fince, feeing 
 
 that. 
 Sid re, cyder. 
 hie, be it fo. 
 
 Si eins another time, before. 
 Si eft, is, belongs to. 
 Sie plain (le), when the 
 
 fee is full. 
 Siege fai re (de), to bejtege, 
 
 to befet, to lay in zvait 
 
 J or ' 
 Siegea qui, who fat I. . .: 
 
 fee. 
 Siegle, age. 
 Siel, a f idle. 
 Sien, feat. 
 Sience propre choufe, his 
 
 own proper things. 
 Siens (de;, of Lis f icr.d:. 
 
 S I 
 
 Sient pier, holy father. 
 Sier, to mow, to faw. 
 Sier blees (en temps de), 
 
 in harvefl-time. 
 Siercs, lord. 
 Sieremens, oath. 
 Sierges, wax-tapers. 
 Siert (ni), does not ferve, 
 
 lie. 
 Siet, knows. 
 Sietans, fi 'xty, 
 Siet rien (ne), knows no- 
 thing. 
 Sieure, obferve, purfue. 
 Sieute, fuit, requefi. 
 Sieux (des), of thofe, of 
 
 juch. 
 Siex, fiey, fix. . 
 Siglaunte (nefe), a /hip 
 
 failing. 
 Sigles (moiy), mill fails. 
 Signal, feal. 
 Signament, partial! ary, 
 Signe, badge. 
 Signes de palmes, p.gns in 
 
 the palms of the h inds. 
 Signez./ccvjk 
 Signioris, fcignory, lord's 
 
 fervice. 
 Silleurs, mozvers. 
 Silloekes, there. 
 Si Hours de burfe, cut- 
 
 purfes.. 
 Simayne, fimoine, a week. 
 Sime, fyme, Jixth. 
 Simenel (payn de), funnel 
 
 bread. 
 
 Simeniaus,
 
 SI 
 
 Simcniaus, funnels. 
 Simian, Simeon. 
 Simitorie, church-yard. 
 Simonys (fans), without a 
 
 reward., gratis. 
 Simpliit (pte), on account 
 
 of the fmallnefs of it. 
 Sine, his own. 
 Sine, without. 
 Sines, fwans. 
 Singulanf, bloody. 
 Singuler, private. 
 Singulere, fngle. 
 Singuleremenr, in the fin- 
 
 gular number. 
 Singulerre, (in lour), into 
 
 feparatc parts. 
 Sinkaunt, fifty. 
 Sinke, fink, five. 
 Siours (iii.)? three mowers. 
 Siqe, fo that. 
 Si redde ley, any fpeedy 
 
 law. 
 Sir li rois (nodit), noftre 
 
 fire le roi, cur f aid lord 
 
 the king. 
 Sire, fires garr, God pre- 
 
 ferve. 
 Sire de Rcos, lord of Rocs. 
 Sirs, the lords. 
 Sirns, a mat, rufijes. 
 Sis, fitten, abode. 
 Sis, his. 
 
 Sis !:cux, fix miles. 
 Xfan.fxty. 
 
 Si line, fili 'ne, fifiro. / '-. 
 ^ ilkih'es arbres, (fPj ', 
 
 trees ufed to ce mi* 
 
 S O 223 
 
 Sift, // behove th. 
 
 Side, fixth. 
 
 Siftront, flopped, feized. 
 
 Siftrunt (en), fhall iffue 
 
 from them. 
 S\te,fxteenth, 
 Siu, his. 
 
 Siuf, train, followers. 
 Sive, his. 
 
 Siverne, the Severn. 
 Sivre, purfue, profecute. 
 Siwant, following. 
 Si we, purfue, be a tran- 
 
 fcript of. 
 Siwent (qil), that they f el- 
 
 lG ZV. 
 
 Siwera, fjjall fued for ', pro- 
 fecute. 
 
 Siw'itjfued out, fued to. 
 
 Siwte, fuit. 
 
 Sieies des worftedes (les), 
 
 the fileyes of wo? fled. 
 Slethe, flede, a bank of a 
 
 river. 
 So, thus. 
 SoarTre, permit. 
 Sobrain, fovereign, fu- 
 
 premc, prevalent. 
 Sobrine, coufin -german, 
 
 kiyi'woman. 
 Soceures, fuccours. 
 o& c u re s , fu cc cured. 
 So c! t • • n c m e n r, hidden ly. 
 Sodi;>cre, a fub-dcaccu. 
 
 ,. a' own. 
 ■eet, 
 
 Soe-ffrance,
 
 224 S O 
 
 Soefifrance, toleration, de- 
 lay. 
 Soeffre, foeffier, to fuffer, 
 
 permit ; omit. 
 Soeffrir, forbearance, per- 
 
 miffion. 
 Soel, alone, only. 
 Soel, foeil (le), the fun. 
 Soel mayne (en), into an 
 
 indifferent hand. 
 Soele fevera\,feveral foil. 
 Soen, fyen, own, one's own, 
 
 his own, his. 
 Soen (le), his faithful. 
 Soen defirer (quej'eufTe), 
 
 that I had reafon to ex- 
 
 peel. 
 Soen deftre (en), in his 
 
 dijlricl, in the mean 
 
 time to be. 
 Soen (e li), and theirs. 
 Soens, thqfe. 
 Soens (de), offome of his, 
 
 to them. 
 Soens, foiens, fonz (nul 
 
 de), any that belong to 
 
 him. 
 Soens (les), his agents. 
 Soer, foor (harang), red 
 
 herrings. 
 Soer (a), in the evening. 
 Soer a, Jijler. 
 Soer feft, upon a deed. 
 Soertee, fafety, health. 
 Soerts, forts. 
 Soeverrant, fovereignty. 
 Soffianz, fufficient. 
 Soffre, fuffice. 
 
 S O 
 
 Soffrunes, fujpended, re- 
 spited. 
 Sot, / have. 
 Soi, his. 
 Soiapt, fitting. 
 Soias (que vous), that you 
 
 may be. 
 Soiauls, feals. 
 Soie enfile, filk twined. 
 Soien, himfelf be. 
 Soier, tofaw, to cut down. 
 Soiet, be. 
 Soiets, arrows. 
 Soietz, foiets, fubjecls t 
 
 men. 
 Soieur, Jifier. 
 Soief, turf. 
 Soigner, to excufe. 
 Soilent, they ufed. 
 Soillure, foil, filth, dung. 
 Soine, founds. 
 Soingles, fngular. 
 Soint, are. 
 Soivent, fever ah. 
 Soixanteonze, feventy-one. 
 Solacz, comfort. 
 Soldcours, foldiers. 
 Soldrad (pur), as he de- 
 
 ferves. 
 Soldz, falaries. 
 Sole, foil, ground, foil, 
 
 land. 
 Sole, foul, foeil, foleyne, 
 
 fole, alone. 
 Soleient,folerent, foleront, 
 
 folent, folioms, foloia, 
 
 were wont. 
 
 Solein,
 
 s o 
 
 Solein, folemn. 
 
 Selempnife, formality, fo- 
 lemnity. 
 
 Solempnitedes efpofailles, 
 folemnization of marri- 
 riage. 
 
 Soler, to pay. 
 
 Soler (jour), the filar day. 
 
 Solers, Jhoes. 
 
 Soloile recouch, fun-fit. 
 
 Solom, .according to. 
 
 Solonque cefque, accord- 
 ingly, 
 
 Solonque un maner, after 
 a manner. 
 
 Sok(ne), nel font, nel fout, 
 did not know. 
 
 Solyer, a Jhoemaker. 
 
 Solz, i'o\dz,Jhillings. 
 
 Som, fomez, fummoned. 
 
 Sombrefler (Charles de), 
 Charles Somerfet. 
 
 Somdant, arifing. 
 
 Some, fummons. 
 
 Somerement, in a fum- 
 mary way, briefly. 
 
 Somerier, infloort. 
 
 Someyns, zveeks. 
 
 Somis, fubjecls. 
 
 Sornmage, burdens. 
 
 Sommeirles befoignes(cle), 
 to confummate the bufi- 
 nefs. 
 
 Sommer, to fummon. 
 
 Somnelentz, perfons trou- 
 bled with a lethargy. 
 
 Somous, are. 
 
 Son, are. 
 
 S O i*t 
 
 Sond, wages, pay. 
 
 Sone, les Tones, his, his 
 affairs. 
 
 Sone tens (en le), in the 
 mean time. 
 
 Sonee, foune, fonnent, 
 founds. 
 
 Sonent, fovent (tant), fo 
 often. 
 
 Sonent, are. 
 
 Sones (par les), by his con- 
 federates. 
 
 Sonette d'argent (un), a 
 little Jilver bell. 
 
 Son nour, his honour* 
 
 Sons, fous, Jhillings. 
 
 Sons, payment. 
 
 Sons, without* 
 
 Sont, know. 
 
 Sontent (fe), think. 
 
 Sooton, Sutton. 
 
 Sor, fore, fors, upon, above. 
 
 Sor (ceo), therefore. 
 
 Sorceler, to bewitch. 
 
 Sore, fordjjijler. 
 
 Sore (harang), red her- 
 ring. 
 
 Sores, you may be. 
 
 Sort, be. 
 
 Sort, lot. 
 
 Sortz, forts. 
 
 Sorvent (vos), you may re* 
 member. 
 
 Sos, a fool. 
 
 Soipent (quy), which are 
 in fufpence, which aye 
 depending. 
 
 C^ S n^fcoa
 
 226 
 
 SO 
 
 Sofpefcon(qui miensfeient 
 en), who are no ways 
 fufpecled. 
 
 Softinges, fupport, uphold. 
 
 Soft y nt, /upper ted. 
 
 Sot, knew. 
 
 Sot (laron ncl), did not 
 know he was a thief. 
 
 Sonletees, lotinetes, fub- 
 tleties. 
 
 "Sotii'e, fotye, ideocy. 
 
 Sot naltre, a fool natural, 
 a fool from his birth, an 
 ideot. 
 
 S uodaine, fudden. 
 
 Soublever, to lift up. 
 
 Soubminifter, to ferve un- 
 der another. 
 
 Sf »u brerie , fobriety. 
 
 Soubs, under. 
 
 Soubfcrire, to underwrite. 
 
 Soubzviage, under age, mi- 
 nority. 
 
 Soucheefz, fhVUngs. 
 
 SouconJuit, Jafeconducl. 
 
 Soucy 'fans), without fuf- 
 picion. 
 
 Soudant, Supporting, forti- 
 
 ^ fy in Z- \ 
 
 Sou : foulde, foudees, 
 
 wages, pay. 
 So., uz u c rcrre (cent), 
 
 an hundred fallings of 
 
 land. 
 Soudtr, furder, to arife. 
 Soudeyers, foudicrs, iou- 
 
 ders, foudjours, foudo- 
 
 vers, foud\our$,Jo/diers. 
 
 SO 
 
 Soudoyer, maintain, keep 
 
 in pay, 
 Soudoy ez, jupplied. 
 Soudure, foaer. 
 Souealx, fafe. 
 Soveners, frequent. 
 Souentifiez, frequently. 
 Souez, under. 
 SourFeft, fufficient. 
 SoufFraunce, foffrance,fuf- 
 
 itxzxiZt,ceffation of arms, 
 
 a truce. 
 SoufFrire, to fuffice. 
 Sougiuz, fougies, fubjetts. 
 Soul, alone. 
 
 Soul jour, a Jingle day. 
 Soul, potius tout, (de), 
 
 la terre, of all the land. 
 Souk, fafe. 
 Soulement, only, alfo. 
 Souleu, the fun. 
 Soulevation, revolt. 
 Soulez (femes), femes fole, 
 
 Jingle women. 
 Soulu, forgiven. 
 Soulze, fouz,fouce, foubz, 
 
 foulds, a falling. 
 Soumerement, arbitration. 
 Soun piere, his father. 
 Soun (e), and. 
 Soun (ne), goes not. 
 Sonne, founds. 
 Sonne ne foit, fball not be 
 . publifhed, fall not tend 
 
 to. 
 Sour, upon, againjl. 
 Sour chou, thereupon. 
 
 Sour
 
 s o 
 
 Sour li, againft him. 
 
 iSourdlers, Jhoes. 
 
 Soure (n\im),fafe band. 
 
 So\}rft)et,furmtfes, alledges'. 
 
 Sourfift, arife. 
 
 Sourviflant, attending to* 
 
 Soufprendre, vfurp. 
 
 Souftretes, fubjlratled. 
 
 Sout, fuit, juit of court, 
 petition. 
 
 Sout, fot, knows. 
 
 Sout, foute, (jor de la), 
 day of payment. 
 
 Southaller, to undergo. 
 
 South boys, underwood. 
 
 Southes (fet), /even foil- 
 lings. 
 
 Scuthminer, to undermine. 
 
 Southfewantz, fubfequcnt, 
 following. 
 
 Soutre, ibultre, under- 
 neath, below. 
 
 Soutz pur foutz, fhilting 
 for fhilling. 
 
 Soutz eux, under thm. 
 
 Souve, founds. 
 
 Souvement, fafely. 
 
 Souvenere pleint, frequent 
 complaint. 
 
 Souveneres, heavy, fre- 
 quent. 
 
 Sovent (deftrefie), conti- 
 nued diflrefs, dijlrefs in- 
 finite. 
 
 Souvcntfoth, oftentimes. 
 
 Souveraignement (dcf- 
 irant), greatly, earnejlly, 
 above all things defiring. 
 
 S P 227 
 
 Souveraunce, guide. 
 Souvereign,y»/ww, next 
 
 immediate. 
 Sovercigne garnement, up- 
 per garment. 
 Sovereigne yzxivz, great eft 
 
 part. 
 So vers, frequent. 
 Souz, fous, fillings. 
 S u z m e i ft, Jubmitted. 
 Souzmis, foulzims, fnb- 
 
 flitute, fubjetls. 
 Sovicront ailtres rerhedyeS 
 
 (he), feeing, knowing of 
 
 no other remedy. 
 Sowdan,fultan. 
 Sown, found. 
 Sowne (ill), they are. 
 Soy, his. 
 Soy, of them) elves. 
 Soy, foyer, fijier. 
 Soy (fi jeo), if I be. 
 Soy (cofte de), a coat of 
 
 ftlk. , 
 Soye, itjelf. 
 Soye, Toy mene, foimene, 
 
 himfelf. 
 Soy fie, was made. 
 Soyen, are. 
 Soyens (ne nul des), nor 
 
 any of thofe. 
 Soyer, to cut. 
 Soyetz,fhbjecJs, men. 
 Soyionr, puffed. 
 Soy my ft, put himfelf. 
 Soyne, ajynod. 
 Spanges, fpangles. 
 Q^ 2 Spar-
 
 228 
 
 S T 
 
 Spargiflent, ravijh. 
 Spaule (lez), the Jlmildcrs. 
 Spergifier, to violate, ra- 
 vijh. 
 Sperniroms(que nous ne), 
 
 that we will not /pare, 
 Splatte, /platted, fplit. 
 Spoliation, difTeifin, depri- 
 vation. 
 S pours, /purs. 
 Sprcte,y/>//;'/. 
 Squerer, e/quire. 
 Sqiller (fergt), /erjeant of 
 the /cullcry -, the officer 
 in the kings kitchen, 
 who had the care of the 
 di/bes, knives, &c, 
 Squillerye, the fcullery. 
 Sra, Jhall be. 
 Stagne, a pool, a pond* 
 Stat, /and. 
 Stater, firm, binding. 
 Stathes wharfs. 
 Station (la), the fianding. 
 Statuit, ftatute. 
 Staunche, in good order, 
 
 dry. 
 Stefne, Stephen. 
 Steppes (le), the way, the 
 
 path, 
 Steres, fiirred. 
 Sterver, death, 
 Sterveth (cc), it dieth. 
 Steym, ///;. 
 Stoure, Jlcckcd. 
 Srraicr. (home), a man out 
 cf bis mind, dijlro tiled » 
 
 s u 
 
 Streat, the Jireet, the way, 
 Streitures des rivers, the 
 
 flraitne/s } the obftrutliom 
 
 in rivers. 
 Strepe, the/lirrip, 
 Streyte, ftritt. 
 Streyr.ement,y?n#/)> > bafli- 
 
 h- 
 
 Strome (le), the Jlream. 
 Stuffe (de leur), for their 
 
 keeping. 
 StufFez, flocked. 
 Stuffure, fluff, lining. 
 Stuffure (pur la), for tht 
 
 repairing. 
 Sturroit, put, forced. 
 Stewes (lez), the fezes. 
 Style defcrire (le), the 
 
 manner of writing, 
 Su, I am. 
 Su (le), the foutb. 
 Sua, fued, impleaded. 
 Suafguiage, fafe condutl, 
 Suantz, fuaunte, fucceed- 
 
 ing. 
 Subditz, afore/aid. 
 Subduitz, ruined, 
 Subit, forthwith. 
 Subornatz, fuborned. 
 Submys, fubjetls. 
 Subridendre, to laugh be- 
 hind another's back. 
 Subroguer, iurroguer, to 
 make a deputy or furro- 
 gate. 
 Subroguez, fubjlituted. 
 Subtius
 
 s u 
 
 Subtus, under. 
 
 Suburg, fuburbs. 
 
 Subz umbre, under pre- 
 tence. 
 
 Sud (ne), was not. 
 
 Sue (je), I am. 
 
 Sue, his, his own. 
 
 Sue, knotvn. 
 
 Sue, followed. 
 
 Sue cornes, Jhooing hems, 
 
 Sueffrent, fuffer, permt. 
 
 Suelt, accufiomed. 
 
 Suens(nul des),none of his. 
 
 Suer, Jijler. 
 
 Suer, ferve, to follow, pur- 
 fue, profecute, enfue. 
 
 Suer.«, fjfiers. 
 
 Suertie, fafeguard, fafety. 
 
 Sues, ye ought. 
 
 Suete (greynour), more 
 frefh air, a greater 
 ranze. 
 
 Suette, (uete,fuit. 
 
 Suez vous tot, although 
 you are. 
 
 Suffenne, unwholefome. 
 
 Sufferable cautele, a pru- 
 dent patience. 
 
 Sufferaunce (la), the truce, 
 fufpenjion of arms; par- 
 don. 
 
 SufFert, allowed, permitted. 
 
 Sufficcantie de terre, fuf- 
 ficient land. 
 
 Sufficiat, fufficient. 
 
 S u in l a b 1 e n lent, fufficient ly . 
 
 SufFrable, rcaftnable, law- 
 Jul. 
 
 S U 229 
 
 SufFrable chofe, a hard' 
 flip. 
 
 Sufi rabies (les), things li- 
 able to make good a nui- 
 fance. 
 
 SuffV'ace (en), in f uf pence. 
 
 SufFrancie (folent la), ac- 
 cording to the proportion. 
 
 Suffreint, to be born, en- 
 dured. 
 
 Suffreit (grant), great 
 want, fear city. 
 
 Sufiretz, hardfhips. 
 
 Suffrir, delay, put off. 
 
 ? u ffroit, would be fufficient. 
 
 Sugales, South Wales. 
 
 Sugets, fugles, fapoetl. 
 fubjecls. 
 
 Sui, followed. 
 
 Sui, enfue d. 
 
 Suis (a luy prendre), to 
 take him up. 
 
 Suis (les deliverent), de- 
 liver them up. 
 
 Suis (en), upwards, above. 
 
 Suifchargiez, above charg- 
 ed. 
 
 Suis dift de, hereafter f aid. 
 
 Suis dies, abovefaid. 
 
 S 11 i iargen ten t, Jilvered 
 ever. 
 
 Suilbrre, embroidered, gild- 
 ed ever. 
 
 SuiiToins, had find cut. 
 
 Sui ft, be. 
 
 Suit, afcrefahh 
 
 0. 
 
 ;uit
 
 230 S U 
 
 Suit, fuyt, the retinue, 
 chattels, offspring, and 
 appurtenances of a vil- 
 lain. 
 
 Suit, the witnejfes or fol- 
 lowers of the plaintiff; 
 proof. 
 
 Suit, a path, or track. 
 
 Suit Ton fever.}), has fued 
 out his fever rd \ partition 
 has been made. 
 
 Suix, upon. 
 
 iSuiz, iuient, follow. 
 
 S'ul 1'ad, if he has one. 
 
 Sulary, fallary. 
 
 Sulierve, a plow land. 
 
 Sullings, alder trees. 
 
 Suluc, fulun, fullqnc, ac- 
 cording. 
 
 Sum, his. 
 
 Sumeigne, week. 
 
 Surr.es, we are. 
 
 Su meter, the prov editor for 
 the garrifons. 
 
 Summ (a), a fum' damag', 
 to fpecify his damage. 
 
 Summa en la tefte, fir nek 
 him on the head. 
 
 Summ^e (ove), w//£ 
 hcrfes laden. 
 
 Summament, efpeiially. 
 
 Sumrnes fur chivalls(les), 
 the Jumms, or package 
 an horfs. 
 
 Sun conduit, fife, fire 
 
 CQndlict. 
 
 Sun iiuz. his fen. 
 
 S U 
 
 Sun lc chef, the price of 
 his head, his were, 
 
 Sune, funs, his, his own* 
 
 Sunt, they are. 
 
 Suours, ffjoemakers. 
 
 Supetencions, fufpecled, 
 
 Suppeditee, in fubjeclion, 
 
 Supplecions, helps, amend- 
 ments. 
 
 Supportation, fupport. 
 
 Suppofaill, allegation. 
 
 Suppofe (enfaunt), afup- 
 pofititious child. 
 
 Suppour, fub-prior. 
 
 Suppriz, furprifed. 
 
 Suppweillez, fupponail- 
 lefs, fupported, fuccour- 
 ed. ' 
 
 Sup q, iv hereupon. 
 
 Sur. upon, a^ainfi. 
 
 Surs, lords. 
 
 Sur fe, therein, thereupon. 
 
 Suracbater, to overbuy. 
 
 Surchetut, more ejpccially. 
 
 Surcris, addition, furplus. 
 
 Surdier, to arife. 
 
 Sur dit, fufpicion. 
 
 Sure, to profecute, to fcl- 
 lozu. 
 
 Surfet de hoftes (fanz), 
 without too many guefs. 
 
 Suijetter, to cafl over, 
 
 Surigiens, furgeons. 
 
 Suriplus, furplus. 
 
 SurmcifTent, cbargedwith, 
 
 Surment, oath. 
 
 Surmettent, take from. 
 
 Sur-
 
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 Surmettent (ils), theyfur- 
 
 mife,fuggeft. 
 Surmitter, to furmife, ac- 
 
 cufe. 
 
 Surmys (a luy), alledged 
 againft him. 
 
 Surorrer, to gild. 
 
 Surpluis (le), thefurplus. 
 
 Surplufer (le), the remain- 
 der, deficiency, what is 
 behind, or wanting. 
 
 Surpprifes, encroachments, 
 
 Surprendre, feize. 
 
 Surpris, undertaken, fup- 
 ported. 
 
 Surprifion (fanz), without 
 mo left at ion. 
 
 Surquerge, molefts. 
 
 Surquidance, arrogance, 
 prefumption, difdain. 
 
 Surre&ion, fubjetlion. 
 
 Surrounder, to drown. 
 
 Surfane, rotten, putrid, un- 
 wholefome, furfeited. 
 
 Surfer (yl ne poit), he can- 
 not pay the penalty of 
 furfife. 
 
 S u rfe r a 1 a fu r fi fc,Jhall neg- 
 led t9 purfue the hue 
 and cry. 
 
 Surfes (de), furcelTer, to 
 furceafe. 
 
 Furfife, furfair, negleEl. 
 
 Surfife, a penalty or for- 
 feiture laid on thofe who 
 neglecled paying the duty 
 
 S U 231 
 
 or rent of Caftleward at 
 Dover. 
 
 Surfife en pie (de doner), 
 to give orders for afur- 
 ceajing' of the plea. 
 
 Surfifts, negletls,furfyfes. 
 
 Surfift, furfys, negkfted r 
 omitted, ceafed* 
 
 Surte, furety. 
 
 Surveer, to overlook, fur- 
 vey. 
 
 Survenantz, fcjourning. 
 
 Survenet, Jurvey. 
 
 Survenue p malady, feifed, 
 overtaken with aficknefs. 
 
 Survefquiii, furvives. 
 
 Surveux, fuperint ended r 
 examined, furveyed. 
 
 Survieu, furvey, 
 
 Survint, came. 
 
 Survys, looked upon, deem- 
 ed. 
 
 Surundes en le meer, loft- 
 in the fea. 
 
 Sus, upon. 
 
 Sus, arife, be. 
 
 Sus e jus, up and down. 
 
 Sufmne, furanne (terre), 
 land worn cut with too 
 long ploughing. 
 
 Sufdit, fufditz, aforefaid. 
 
 Sufditz (des), above-men- 
 tioned. 
 
 Suk'.uirz, put back. 
 
 S u \ groffes , engroffe. 
 
 S 11! met, fubmit. 
 
 Q^4 Sus mette
 
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 Sus mette (il), he alledges, 
 
 charges. 
 Sus mettre a nous, impute 
 
 to us. 
 Suipetenus, fufpeclcd. 
 Sufpirale, efpirale, conduit 
 
 pipe. 
 Sufpris de maladie, feized 
 
 _ with Jicjitiefs. 
 Sufquiet, harraffcd,fearch- 
 \ ed about for. 
 Suffemee (chair), un- 
 
 whol/ome meat. 
 Sufifent (ct fil), and if they 
 
 know. 
 S,uft, be. 
 Suftenance de fa corone 
 
 (en), in fupport of his 
 
 crown. 
 Suuendroms (ne), will 
 
 not /upper t. 
 Suftretz,iiiftretes,fuureits, 
 
 fuftrits, fu ft rain, with- 
 drawn, withheld. 
 Sine, fuity prof edition, 
 
 proof evidence, inflance, 
 
 jequcfi. 
 Suter, ieuter, aflooemaker. 
 Suterez, fuitors. 
 Sutes, fuits, /ervices. 
 Suth (dcs parries del), 
 
 fouthern parts. 
 Suthdit, hereunder, here- 
 after faid. 
 Suthmyz, fubjeHls. 
 Suthtry, withdrawn. 
 Sutike, fotivke de fens, 
 
 by parity of reafon. 
 
 S Y 
 
 Suwe, fu, onions. 
 
 Suy, proceeded. 
 
 S u y , followed, purfued, pr&- 
 fecuted. 
 
 Suy rmyr, his heir. 
 
 Suynnanr, following. 
 
 Suyrement, fecurely. 
 
 Suyft, fue out. 
 
 Suys preft, I am ready. 
 
 Suys (liverer), to deliver 
 up, furrender. 
 
 Suyt, fttit, right of profe- 
 cution, livery, fecurety. 
 
 Suyt (a la), at the requeji. 
 
 Sux (pur), for thofe. 
 
 Suz, under. 
 
 Suz ley, again/ him. 
 
 Suzpris, feifed. 
 
 Swayl (pur), for fuel. 
 
 Swefe (q'il tenfit), that he 
 hold it gently. 
 
 Sy, if fo. 
 
 Sy (que), that he might. 
 
 Sycome, ftnee. 
 
 Syen, his. 
 
 SyfFet, a puff with the 
 cheeks, a whifile. 
 
 Symayne, fymeigne, week. 
 
 Symblement, /imply. 
 
 Sy mere men t, purely, /im- 
 ply, /merely. 
 
 Synkes fielez, five daugh- 
 ters. 
 
 Syre, S r , father. 
 
 Sys, /ix. 
 
 Sys,/et dozvn. 
 
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 T A 
 
 t, ten, tenant. 
 
 Ten, to bold. 
 
 Ten, tent, held. 
 
 Ten, fuch. 
 
 Tenez,ten,tenz, tenements. 
 
 Tenz, tenants. 
 
 Tm, only. 
 
 Tns, trns, trefpafs. 
 
 Tps, time. 
 
 Tr pled, plea of land. 
 
 Tabard, a cloak. 
 
 Tabulet, a tablet , *z port- 
 able altar. 
 
 Tache, infccled; tied, fixed 
 unto, tacked together. 
 
 Tache d'or (un), a cup of 
 gold. 
 
 Tacifiir, to cough. 
 
 Taiie de boys (un), a tally 
 of wood. 
 
 Tailla (que fe), which 
 was pronounced, given. 
 
 Taille, barred, taxed. 
 
 Taile, taill, tally. 
 
 Taille (fe), are defircus. 
 
 Taille, taylle le ditz A 
 (a la), at the dictation 
 of the faid A , when the 
 faid A pleafed. 
 
 Taillee, pronounced, de- 
 clared. 
 
 Tailler, to cut. 
 
 Tailler, to limit. 
 
 Taillera (jugement fe), 
 judgement would be 
 given, pronounced. 
 
 Tailleroicnt(fc) ?i /&0«/</«f« 
 deavcur. 
 
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 Tailles, acquittances. 
 
 Tailletz (covenantz), co- 
 venants limited, expref- 
 fed, made. 
 
 Taillez, taillie, entailed. 
 
 Taillez (que vous vous), 
 that you will prepare 
 yourfelf. 
 
 Taillez (un bois), a cop' 
 pice, or wood ufed to be 
 cut. 
 
 Tail Ion t, they limit, they 
 lay. 
 
 Taillours, taylors. 
 
 Taillur un villain (de), to 
 recover a villain de- 
 parted. 
 
 Taili element, tacitly. 
 
 Taillurs de amans, cutters 
 of diamonds. 
 
 Talant, talenz, talent , love, 
 defire, inclination. 
 
 Talemains, neverthelefs. 
 
 Teknt, encouragement, in- 
 clination. 
 
 Talent d'amer matrimoy- 
 ne, a love for the jlate 
 of marriage. 
 
 Talent (man ), illzvill, re- 
 fen tment. 
 
 Talent (vous dites), you. 
 fay right, truly. 
 
 Talent (p), by means of. 
 
 Talent preigne, take ef- 
 feci. 
 
 Tales, talys (novelles), 
 new declarations, talcs. 
 Tallion,
 
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 Tallion, lex talionis, like 
 
 ftf like. 
 TaK uns (coupes de), cut 
 
 off clofe by the heels. 
 Tan ps, time. 
 Tangne, thine, thy own. 
 Tan longament, fo long a 
 
 time* 
 Tank, extended. 
 Tannz, as well. 
 Tanqal, tanne, until. 
 Tanqe, think. 
 Tanqe ceo fuit, until it 
 
 was. 
 Tanque il foit, until it be. 
 Ta^ns, time. 
 Tant, as well. 
 Tant, (per), thereby, 
 Tant (es), in the tent. 
 Tantcome, in as much as, 
 
 while, fo long as. 
 Tan toft, by and by, almofl, 
 
 fo much, prcfently. 
 Tantqeu Eyre, until the 
 
 Eyre. 
 Taper, to lurk. 
 Tapets, blankets, cover- 
 lets. 
 Tapiers, tapers. 
 TapifTant, lying concealed, 
 
 lurking about. 
 Tard (a plus), at latefl. 
 Tardance, delay. 
 Tardift, tardiver (plus), 
 
 later. 
 large, targue, a target. 
 Targe, the impreffion of 
 
 the king's arms in the 
 
 T A 
 
 figure of a target, and 
 fometimes called pes fi-? 
 gilli, the privy feal. 
 
 Targer, targyr, o delay. 
 
 Targera, fhall wait. 
 
 Tariez nounduement, un- 
 duly delayed. 
 
 Tart ou tempre, later or 
 fconer. 
 
 Tape de blee, flack of 
 corn. 
 
 Tafkes, taxes. 
 
 Taft (par), by handling. 
 
 Tafte (vient), have found, 
 experienced. 
 
 Tafter, to touch, to endea- 
 vour, to find out. 
 
 Taflers, little cups. 
 
 Taulpinier, a mole-catcher. 
 
 Taunt avaunt come, as 
 fully as. 
 
 Taunt come, as foon as, 
 for as much as. 
 
 Taunt (ceft), thus much. 
 
 Taunt (pe), by fo doing. 
 
 Taunt ne quant (ne eft 
 empire), will be neither 
 better nor worfe. 
 
 Taunt qe (jufques a), un- 
 til that. 
 
 Taunt foient, as foon as. 
 
 Tauft apres, foon after. 
 
 Taux, fuch. 
 
 Taux (au), at the affeff. 
 ment, taxation. 
 
 Taxe. yew-tree. 
 
 Taxer,
 
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 Taxer, to fettle. 
 
 Taxes, appraifed, affeffed. 
 
 Tax us, taxes. 
 
 Taye, grandmother. 
 
 Tayl, tally. 
 
 Tayl (per), by payment. 
 
 Tayler haut et bas, to tax 
 
 a villain at difcretion. 
 Tayler (lui), prepare him- 
 
 Self. 
 Tay liable, taxable. 
 Tayon, grandfather* 
 Te, behold. 
 Teaux, fuch. 
 Teaux (qe), that fuch are. 
 Tebaud, Theobald. 
 Teguler, a tvler. 
 Tei, teie, thine. 
 Teigles, tile. 
 Teigner, to hold, to take 
 
 place. 
 Teilz, fuch. 
 Teinable (le plus), the mofi 
 
 favourable. 
 Teintrere, to be dyed. 
 Teinz (dras), dyed cloth. 
 Teire, land. 
 Teirs, teirce, the third. 
 Teifium, a badger. 
 Teizeler de draps, a tea- 
 
 zeller of cloth. 
 Teizels, teazles. 
 Tele, a web. 
 Temoniance, temonie, tef- 
 
 timony, evidence. 
 Tern porau t e, temporal- 
 
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 Tempouros, the four Em~ 
 ber-weeks. 
 
 Tempre (tart ou), laer or 
 fooner, 
 
 Temprer (a), to Mitigate. 
 
 Tempriere (la), tempera- 
 ment. 
 
 Temps (par), prefently, 
 fhortly. 
 
 Temps defcovcnables, non 
 juridical feafons. 
 
 Temps (quatuor), the Em- 
 ber-days, at the four dif- 
 ferent feafons of the year. 
 
 Tempt (les), held them. 
 
 Tenable, to hold place, de- 
 fcnfible. 
 
 Tenables pur attaintes, to 
 be accounted or deemed as 
 attainted. 
 
 Tenaud, Stephen. 
 
 Tenaunce, tenancy, 
 
 Tencon, a difpute, quar- 
 rel. 
 
 Tendi, intended. 
 
 Tendreche (par), by the 
 infirmity. 
 
 Tend j tent, offers, is ready. 
 
 Tendiont, may hold. 
 
 Tendrez fecrees, will 
 keep fecret. 
 
 Tendroit, taking away. 
 
 Tendroit (ii), he thought. 
 
 Tendrons, will reflore, de- 
 liver up. 
 
 Tendroyntr
 
 236 T E 
 
 Tendroynt (ils), they 
 would think* 
 
 Tendumes de lage le roy 
 veantz le), feeing the 
 tender age of the king. 
 
 Tendy (il n'a), he did not 
 look upon. 
 
 Tendy, tendered, offered. 
 
 Tenell du roy (le), the pa- 
 lace where the king re- 
 fides ; the king's hall, 
 bell houfe. 
 
 Tener, to gain. 
 
 Tenet, Thanet. 
 
 Tenez, bound. 
 
 Tenge (vous), ktep, pre- 
 ferve you. 
 
 Tent, ten, held. 
 
 Tengent (qe), that they 
 keep, obferve. 
 
 Tenier, to hold. 
 
 Tenir, accept, take. 
 
 Tenirs (a), to beholden. 
 
 Tenk (je), I hold. 
 
 Tenoins nous, we think. 
 
 Tenoms, look upon, re- 
 gard. 
 
 Tens (ou), at the time. 
 
 Tens (en), in time. 
 
 Tenfer, to preferve. 
 
 Ten fit covenant, perform- 
 ed the covenant. 
 
 Tcnfit pie (qui) ne), that 
 he fhould not hold 'plea. 
 
 Tent aufi come fi, in as 
 full manner, as if. 
 
 Tenure, tenure. 
 
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 Tenure, tenuer (le), the 
 
 tenor. 
 
 Tenure (a), to obferve. 
 
 Tcnz, kept, obferved. 
 
 Terage, a duty for break- 
 ing up the ground. 
 
 Terce, terfe, third. 
 
 Tere, land. 
 
 Tere de la Comun, Com- 
 mons, Community, of the 
 Land, viz. the Bijhops, 
 Earls, Barons, and great 
 men of the realm ; alfo 
 military men, fuch as 
 hold Knight's fees or 
 parts of Knights fees, 
 and fuch aspaidfeutage. 
 
 Terme, time. 
 
 Termine, detained. 
 
 Termine, determination. 
 
 Terminer, to at terminate, 
 or affign a time for pay- 
 ment of a debt. 
 
 Terminez, held, kept. 
 
 Terra land. 
 
 Tcrre (eft a), fails, is a- 
 ground. 
 
 Terrene, terrien, earthly. 
 
 Tefir, to be filent. 
 
 Te flaunt (en), tacitly, by 
 being ftlent. 
 
 Teftez, heads. 
 
 Tefture, a teflern of a bed. 
 
 Tet, head. 
 
 Tets, tez, all. 
 
 Teu, kept. 
 
 Tcule, tewle, tile. 
 
 Teu
 
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 Tcu lieu, fucb a place. 
 Teumoine (en), en wit- 
 
 nefs. 
 Teu prilbns, fucb prifons. 
 Teus deus, both, 
 Tex, telx, fucb. 
 Texes, wove* 
 Teyle (de), with math 
 Teynont, teynt, bold. 
 Teynce (la), the attaint. 
 Teyfant (en), by being 
 
 Jilent, tacitly. 
 Teyfe (fi en), ;/ he is 
 
 Jilent. 
 Tezeller de draps, a tea- 
 
 zeller of cloth. 
 Theflaine, the Epiphany. 
 Therai (en mon ferus), in- 
 to my ferious conjider- 
 ation. 
 Tholomeu, Bartholomew. 
 Tholun, tholon, toll. 
 Thrave des blees,# tbrave 
 
 of corn. 
 Thrommes, thrums cf 
 
 woollen yarn. 
 Ti, thy. 
 
 Tibaud, Theobald. 
 Tie), toil], teoil, tuaill 
 (uneprierede), one piece 
 cf cloth. 
 Tiel moy, fucb a one. 
 Tielle (en la), in tail. 
 Tien, thy. 
 Tien counfell, fucb coun- 
 
 fely advice. 
 Tienge, keep. 
 Tienk (jeo ie), / bell it. 
 
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 Tient (luy), acknowledged, 
 
 owned him. 
 Tient mye in moi (il ne), 
 
 it is not my fault. 
 Tient my lieu (ne), does 
 
 not lie, take place. 
 Tiercz (par), by thirds. 
 Tierz (lui), himfelf, and 
 
 three others. 
 Tieux, tieul, tiex, tious, 
 
 tilz, fucb. 
 Til, fucb a one. 
 Tikre, title. 
 Timer (a), to fear. 
 Timeur, fear. 
 Tin, the found of a clock. 
 Tinctours, dyers. 
 Tinel, a place where jujlice 
 
 is adminijlered. 
 Tinel, tynel, le roy, the 
 
 king's hall. 
 Tingue, tinent, held. 
 Tint, held, obferved. 
 T inters, tinkers. 
 Tiou, thine. 
 Teraunties, tirannies. 
 Tiphaynei, Epiphany. 
 Tiieours de draps, wea- 
 vers of cloth. 
 Tiiferans, weavers, em- 
 broiderers. 
 Tides, twijled, fixed. 
 Tiftours, twiflers. 
 Tixterefces, weavers. 
 Title (foit), be entitled. 
 Tiwe, killed. 
 Toat ale, gone altogether. 
 Tocher
 
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 Tochey (je), 1 mentioned, 
 
 propofed. 
 Toddels de lane, tods of 
 
 wool, 
 Toict, tect, the roof of a 
 
 houfe. 
 Toient, hold, keep. 
 Toil (le), the plea, tolt, 
 
 conteji, difpute, the point* 
 Toiller, to deprive* 
 Toillier, a zveaver. 
 Toldee, Theodore. 
 Tolt, tote (some), fum 
 
 total. 
 Tolerefs, the per/on by 
 
 whom the entry is tolled. 
 Tolet, toilet, tolets, tolle- 
 
 rent, deprived, taken a- 
 
 way, barred. 
 Tolkeps yards* 
 Toloun, toll. 
 Tols, toluz, tolz, removed, 
 
 taken away. 
 Tolyr eux (a), to take from 
 
 them. 
 Tonde (ne), does not fig- 
 
 nify, cannot be found 
 
 fault with. 
 Tondour de drap, one who 
 
 Jhears the cloth. 
 Tondra (ne), will not take 
 
 away, deprive. 
 Toneiles, hcgfhead, tun. 
 Tonel, a kind of prifonfor 
 
 night -walkers, a round- 
 
 houfe. 
 Toni, Anthony. 
 Tunnel, a veffel, vat. 
 
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 Tonneux voides, empty 
 veffels. 
 
 Tonnu, toll. 
 
 Tbor favage, a wild bull. 
 
 To rain, of Touraine. 
 
 Torale, a kiln. 
 
 Torbes, multitudes, routs. 
 
 Torcenouie, wrongful. 
 
 Torcionnieres, unjufl. 
 
 Tormente, purified. 
 
 Tome de chefcun pleyntyf 
 (pur le entre de la), 
 for the entry of the at- 
 torney of every plant iff. 
 
 Torriei, tournament. 
 
 Torre, land. 
 
 Tors, a tower. 
 
 Torsjors, always. 
 
 Torteuous, tortious ^wrong- 
 ful. 
 
 Tofale (un), a hog fly, . 
 
 Tofte (fe),fofocn. 
 
 Tot, tos, all. 
 
 Tot, although. 
 
 Tot fois, tote voies, totc- 
 betz, totedys, always. 
 
 Tot outre, entire. 
 
 Tot a primer, asfoon, im- 
 mediately. 
 
 Tot le meins (a), full at 
 the leaji. 
 
 Tot en tot, wholly, entire- 
 ly. 
 
 Tottee, totted. 
 
 Touaille, a towel. 
 
 Touch iez, handled* 
 
 Ton lie, toll. 
 
 Tout-
 
 t b 
 
 ToullifTent, Jhould take 
 away from. 
 
 Toume, Thomas. 
 
 Toundefon (feifone du), 
 feafons for fheep-foeer- 
 ing. 
 
 Toundurs deherbis, Jheep- 
 Jheerers. 
 
 Tounu, toll, 
 
 Tourbes, turfs. 
 
 Tourmentes, tournaments. 
 
 Tourteres, Tartars, Sara- 
 tens. 
 
 Touft (pluis), as foon. 
 
 Touft que (fi), as foon as. 
 
 Tout, yet, although. 
 
 Tout attrenche, entirely, 
 from beginning to end. 
 
 Tout diz, tous dis, al- 
 ways. 
 
 Tout dys, always had 
 done. 
 
 Tout de nette, entirely. 
 
 Tout net, altogether. 
 
 Tout outre, entire, the 
 whole. 
 
 Toutper, throughout. 
 
 Tout foit, although. 
 
 Toute fuoies, always. 
 
 Tout vois, however. 
 
 Toutz jours (a), for ever. 
 
 Toutz jours mes, for ever, 
 for ever after. 
 
 Touzours, always. 
 
 Toy ion, fleece. 
 
 Toz, all, the whole. 
 
 Tozail, tofail, a hick-kiln, 
 or chiui/iev. 
 
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 Trabeation, Crucifixion. 
 This was an <era from 
 which charters were 
 feme times dated \ A n no 
 Trabeationis Domini- 
 can roj.3. Dufre/ne. ' 
 
 Tracaffer to range up and 
 down. 
 
 Tracement, feeking after. 
 
 Traditions (des). Fart 
 of the fervice in the 
 Reman Miffal, and cal- 
 led fo from the apojlles 
 upbraiding the Jews for 
 following the falfe tra- 
 ditions of their anceflors, 
 and neglecting the weigh- 
 tier matters of the law. 
 Jnflruments are fome- 
 times dated from this 
 day. Feria MI. pod 
 III. Dominic. Quadrag. 
 Lemoine. 
 
 Traete, treated. 
 
 Trahes in juries, drawn 
 injurys. 
 
 Trahir, to draw in, to be- 
 tray, to commit treafon 
 againft. 
 
 Trahir ( poit), may commit 
 treafon. 
 
 Trahy out, drawn be- 
 yond. 
 
 Traictemets (que fe font\ 
 that this is proper treat- 
 ment. 
 
 Traiet .
 
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 Traiet, drag. 
 Trail le, delivered. 
 Trailler, to fearch after, 
 Traillez, taxed. 
 Traine (per), by drawing. 
 Trait (gens de), crofs-bow- 
 
 men. 
 Tramettre, to tranfmit. 
 Tranchees, trenches. 
 Trans, over, acrofs. 
 Tranfcrire, to write over, 
 
 tranferibe. 
 Tranfefcrit, tranfeript. 
 Tranfiger, to tranfacl. 
 Tranfon, a fragment. 
 Tranfportera, Jhall iranf- 
 
 fer, affign over. 
 Trara, Jhall extracl. 
 Trat (nient), not drawn 
 
 out of, taken out of. 
 Travailer en jures, to go 
 
 far to be on juries. 
 Travaille, travayli, vexed. 
 Travaille, profecute. 
 Travailler, to vex, harrafs, 
 
 dijlurb. 
 Travailler la court, to trou- 
 ble the court. 
 Travers (pur), for fheaves. 
 Traverfant, traverfing, 
 putting upon trial or 
 ijfue, eppojing. 
 Traverfeles (lines), crofs 
 
 lines, collateral lines. 
 Traverfer, to meet, inter- 
 cept, to deny. 
 Tray fun, treafon. 
 
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 Tre, earth. 
 
 Treadle le pie hors, draw 
 
 the plea out. 
 "TreaiToms (ne), may not 
 
 draw. 
 Treatables, drawn, with' 
 
 drawn. 
 Trebuchables, are to be 
 
 caji down. 
 Trebuche, fell down. 
 Treer, to drazv. 
 Trees, drawn. 
 Trees, handled, difcujfed. 
 Trefue, truce. 
 Treihes hors, drawn out. 
 Trehiffent (fe), Jhould 
 withdraw ; Jhould meet, 
 Treies, three. 
 
 Treifiem (a), e veflel, at 
 the mill-hopper and vef- 
 fel. 
 TreififTent cele part (fe), 
 Jhould move towards 
 thofe parts. 
 Treifent (qils fe), that 
 they would treat toge- 
 ther. 
 TreifTent (qils fe), that 
 
 they repair to. 
 Treit, trait, trat, arrozv, 
 
 dart. 
 Treit, treated, ufed. 
 Treit (nefeuft mye), was 
 
 not advanced. 
 Treit (ioit), let him be 
 withdrawn, dij charged. 
 Treite, carriage, behaviour. 
 Trcitres,
 
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 Treitres, traitors. 
 
 Treittenient, treaty enter- 
 tain. 
 
 Tremetoms, tranfmit, fend 
 over. 
 
 Tremois, oats, barley, and 
 fueb like grain ; called 
 fo a tribus menfibus, 
 becaufe they are but about 
 three months on the 
 ground before they are 
 got in. 
 
 ■tremor, tremur (pur), 
 for fear. 
 
 Trencha durement, cut 
 with all his force. 
 
 Trenche (il), it enureth. 
 
 Trenche a tout, it Jlrikes 
 at all. 
 
 Trenche (a), trenchemerit, 
 peremptorily. 
 
 Trenche, divided. 
 
 Trencheours, carvers. 
 
 Trencher, to carve. 
 
 Trencheront devant lor 
 feign u r (ke), who eat 
 at their lord's tabic. 
 
 Trent lieu ici (ne),/7 fid all 
 not take place here. 
 
 Trentel, thirty maffes. 
 
 Trentifme tierz, thirty- 
 third. 
 
 Treos (jeo), I find. 
 
 Trepaflent, paffovcr. 
 
 Trepir, trepier (un), a 
 tripod. 
 
 T R £ 4 t 
 
 Trep legierment, too hajli- 
 
 ly. 
 Trerche fois (la), the third 
 
 time, 
 Trere hors (les), dragged 
 
 them out. 
 Treroms (ne), will not 
 
 draw. 
 Trefamble, the like. 
 Trefceint, mff holy. 
 T r e fi fin e j o u r, third day. 
 Trefmarry, very much con- 
 cerned, forry. 
 Tfefor (on), in the trea- 
 sury. 
 Trelpafla, left this world. 
 TrefpaiTauntz, tkofe who 
 
 pafs by, go backwards 
 
 and forwards. 
 Trefpafle (darreinement), 
 
 lately deceafed. 
 TrefpafTe, an offence. 
 TrefpafTement du dit nad- 
 
 gairs roy (par le), by 
 
 the death of the f aid late 
 
 kin 
 
 
 Tre fpa iTernenf, mifcar- 
 
 na 
 
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 TrefpafTement des terms, 
 making default at the 
 time appointed. 
 
 Trefpaffent, pafs over. 
 
 TreipafTer, to trefpafs, to 
 offend, to tranfgrefs. 
 
 Trefpaffet, death. 
 
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 Trefque,
 
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 Trefque, as foon as, pre- 
 fently. 
 
 Trefredout, mofi dread. 
 
 Trefreguife (]ty),nowvery 
 requifite. 
 
 Treffauntz (potius cref- 
 fauntz), growing. 
 
 Treffeint, moji holy. 
 
 Treftaft, treated, agreed 
 with. 
 
 Treftifme, thirtieth. 
 
 Treftournes, trefturnes, 
 turned from their courfe. 
 
 Treft'out perdc, let himlofe 
 all 
 
 Treftoutz, treftous, tref- 
 tore, all. 
 
 Trefublie, quite forgot. 
 
 Trefze, thirteen. 
 
 Tret, trete, agreement con- 
 ference. 
 
 Tret, here. 
 
 Tret faunk, drawn blcod. 
 
 Trete, treaty, conference. 
 
 Tretez, drawn, induced 
 to. 
 
 Tretable, traclable, kind. 
 
 Tretans, as much, as 
 many. 
 
 Trcieours, thofe who were 
 appointed to manage the 
 treaty of concord and 
 peace between Edward 
 the fecond and the dif- 
 contented barons. 
 
 Tretementz, tretis, trea- 
 ties, treaty. 
 
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 Treter, treitiz, to treat of, 
 
 to entreat. 
 Trett, draught. 
 Treterez, will treat, ufe, 
 
 entreat. 
 Tretuit, all. 
 Trevcure, finding. 
 Treveure (d'altre), of any 
 
 other thing found. 
 Trewe, truce. 
 Treygne (per), by delays 
 Treyne, to draw, draught, 
 
 draws, drawn. 
 Treyne et pendu, drawn 
 
 and hanged. 
 Treys, three. 
 Treyt (payn de) bread of 
 
 Trete -, wheaten bread ; 
 
 one of the kinds of bread 
 
 mentioned in the Stat, of 
 
 51 H. III. 
 Trey tour, a tray tor. 
 Treyturement, treturc- 
 
 ment, traiteroufly. 
 Tri, tries, three. 
 Triboill, troubles diflur- 
 
 bances. 
 Trie, tried, examined into, 
 
 fifted into. 
 Triement, trial. 
 Trienalx,/<?r three years. 
 Trier, to chufe y felecl. 
 Trier, et arraier (les), to 
 
 chufe, pick out, and ar- 
 ray them. 
 Trierz jour, third day. 
 'fries, pro clamed. 
 
 Tries
 
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 Tries cxcepcions, excepti- 
 ons may be taken. 
 Trieux (en temps des), in 
 
 time of truce, 
 Triours, triers. 
 Triouflent, find. 
 Triowes, trives, trieues, 
 
 truces. 
 Tripe (un), a tripod. 
 Triplication, rejoinder. 
 Tris jurs, always. 
 Triftur, forrow, grief. 
 Troboill, trouble. 
 Troc, bartered, exchanged. 
 Troches, troufles (en), in 
 
 clujlers, bunches. 
 Troes, found. 
 Troefifejtroeffent, they find. 
 Troffe, idle. 
 Troiter, to treat. 
 Trones, beams. 
 Tronour des laines, weigh- 
 ers of wool. 
 Tronquez, mutilated. 
 Trop hant, too high. 
 Trop (par), too many. 
 Trope (met), put more. 
 Trope toft faidt (un), an 
 
 over hafly aft. 
 Trop outrement, too much. 
 Tropoy, too little. 
 Troppe, a mole. 
 Trove (de), et de owe, fee 
 
 ove de et de trove. 
 Trovenes de novelles, in- 
 ventors of news. 
 Trove en un default (ferra), 
 
 TU 243 
 
 fihall be turned into a de- 
 fault. 
 Trouez, boxes with flits to 
 
 receive charity. 
 Troums(nus), we find. 
 Troufieme, the third. 
 Trowe, troye, a fow. 
 Trowe, found. 
 Troye, found. 
 Troyes, three. 
 Trube, trouble. 
 True, truce. 
 
 Truerant, touching, con- 
 cerning. 
 TrurTe, found. 
 Truffle, found. 
 Truir, to find. 
 TruhTe, trufie, find. 
 Truite, takes in the fail ', 
 
 catches. 
 Trum, obfcure y black, dark. 
 Truflez, packed up. 
 Truve, finds. 
 Trynks, trymkes, trunks, 
 
 weirs. 
 Tuaill, towaill, cloth for 
 
 towels. 
 Tuche, touch ; touches, 
 
 concerns. 
 Tuement, flaying. 
 Tuerie, Jlaughter. 
 Tueft (foit), fhculd be cut 
 
 out. 
 Tueft chefcun langue 
 
 (foit), that every tongue 
 
 Jhould be/dent. 
 Tuey, killed. 
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 Tuicion, protection, re- 
 prieve. 
 Tuit, tuite, whole, all-, 
 . although, 
 Tuit, hold, 
 
 Tuiz feintz, all faints. 
 Turn be hors, fell out, 
 Tundu, cut, clipped. 
 Tuors, flayers. 
 Tur, a Turk, 
 Tur, a town. 
 Turbefover, to dig turf, 
 Turbeurs, dijburbers. 
 Turelle, a little tower, 
 
 turret, 
 Turgent, remain. 
 Turmentyr, to torment, 
 Turnance, turning. 
 Turnereit, would turn. 
 Turnez, turnes, tourns. 
 Turnois noirs (feiflante 
 mile livres de), fixty 
 thoufand livres of black 
 turnois, i. e. fifteen thou- 
 fand pounds Sterling. 
 Tus jours, for ever. 
 Tut, although. 
 Tut ad e primes, frrji of 
 
 all. 
 Tut le rcaume, the whole 
 
 kingdom. 
 Tution, defence. 
 Tu wantj kill. 
 Tuz ceuz, all thofe, 
 Tuz feynz, all faints. 
 Tuzon (ladifme),/^ tenth 
 fleece. 
 
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 Twaite, wood grubbed up, 
 and land made arable. 
 
 Twefdie, Tuefday. 
 
 Tyelx, fuch. 
 
 Tyenc, keep, detain. 
 
 Tyent, tynt, they hold. 
 
 Tynell, the ball, 
 
 Tynt, held, 
 
 Tyois, the ancient German, 
 or Teutonic language, 
 
 Typhanie, the Epiphany. 
 
 ", u, or, whether. 
 u, one. 
 
 Vre (a), to your. 
 
 V-as fait, would have done. 
 
 vs, towards. 
 
 Vacations, voidances, 
 
 Yacherie, vacarie (un), a 
 cow houfe. 
 
 Vacquer, to be at leifure. 
 
 Vadat, let him go. 
 
 Vadlet, valet. This word 
 has various acceptati- 
 ons ; femetimes it Jigni- 
 fies the heir effome noble- 
 man or knight, who is in 
 ward; at other times, a 
 young gentleman retained 
 in the king 1 ;, cr fomo 
 great man's family, and 
 a candidate cf honour ; 
 often a young gentleman 
 who ferves in the army •, 
 and fuch an one is fre- 
 quently called, icutifer, 
 fcrviens, armiger. Clcff, 
 x.
 
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 ft. Script, v. Valettus. 
 Alfo a yeoman. 
 
 Vadlettes del corone, yeo- 
 man of the crown, 
 
 Vadletz, fervantSj valets. 
 
 Vaer (de), to go. 
 
 Vagarant, wandering., 
 
 Vageront (qui), which 
 Jhall be vacant. 
 
 -Vahuz, bahuz, vejfels. 
 
 Vaie, way. 
 
 Vail, under. 
 
 Vailance (a la), to the va- 
 lue. 
 
 Vailez, valets, yeomen. 
 
 Vaillament, valiently, 
 
 Vaille, fufficient. 
 
 Vaille, vigil, watch. 
 
 Vaille cruettz, old cruets. 
 
 Vaillentzde biens, perfons 
 of property. 
 
 Vaillet regardcr (qe vus), 
 that you will have re- 
 gard. 
 
 Vailliv, bailiffs. 
 
 Vaine voicle, common fame. 
 
 Val ( encontre ) , down- 
 wards. 
 
 Valable, of force. 
 
 Valait riens (ne), availed 
 nothing. 
 
 Valallument, the force of 
 it. 
 
 Valaunt (en), in the de- 
 fending line. 
 
 Valer^valoir, avail. 
 
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 Valeures (des), of the lips. 
 
 Valeyent \\(ne) y they would 
 not. 
 
 Valez, farezvell. 
 
 Valiaunts ferjeaunts (les 
 meulx), ferjeants of the 
 moft fubfiance or proper- 
 
 ValiiTant, to have been 
 worth. 
 
 Valletz, the next condition 
 to an efquire. 
 
 Valles, vailez, valets. 
 
 Valoir (le bien), the wel- 
 fare. 
 
 Valoic avant, goes for- 
 wards. 
 
 Valoue, value. 
 
 Valu (aient), have pre- 
 vailed. 
 
 Valuble (eftre plus), to be 
 of more force. 
 
 Values arguments, argu- 
 ments of weight and 
 force. 
 
 Vancre, to vanquifJj. 
 
 Vanez, potius vaux, du 
 pais (mieutz), mcflfub- 
 fiantial or fufficient of 
 the county. 
 
 Vanque, vanquifhed. 
 
 Vanra a age, jhall arrive 
 at the a?e. 
 
 Van fill melz, it would be 
 better. 
 
 Vant (le), the aforefaid. 
 
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 Vant parlour (office de), 
 the office of Speaker of 
 the Houfe of Commons. 
 
 Vaollaunce, value. 
 
 Vaquans, vacant. 
 
 Vaquier, vaquer (ne peuf- 
 fent), cannot be at lei- 
 fare. 
 
 Varech, fhipwreek. 
 
 Variaunfe, change. 
 
 Varies, fervants. 
 
 Varlet, a yeoman. 
 
 Varleton, a groom, 
 
 Varraie, true. 
 
 Varvick, Warwick. 
 
 Vaffalle, vailTels, vaffaux, 
 vejfels. 
 
 Vaffaux, men of courage. 
 
 Valt, wajle. 
 
 Valiant, wafting. 
 
 Vat, go, extend to. 
 
 Vau, a valley. 
 
 Vaudra, yW/ give up. 
 
 Vaues, vauez, vauiz, 
 vauetz (des meulz), of 
 the moft fubftantial, 
 worthy. 
 
 Vavetz des countees (des 
 mieultz), men of the 
 heft reputation in the 
 county. 
 
 Vault, worth, avails, is of 
 force. 
 
 Vault (ne), cannot he had, 
 faileth. 
 
 Vaukenant (un), an un- 
 
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 thrifty or one that is 
 
 worth nothing. 
 Vaukre, a mnngrel hound. 
 Vaulx, vallies. 
 Vaunt dit (la), the afore- 
 
 faid. 
 Vaufifent (fi il), */ they 
 
 could. 
 VaufTiffee, vouchfafe. 
 Vaufiiffies efchevour (ke 
 
 vous), that you would 
 
 vouchfafe to receive. 
 Vault (il), /'/ goeth, it en- 
 
 ureth. 
 Vaxel, veffel. 
 Vay (lune leue de), one 
 
 mile of the way. 
 Vaylaunce efpernes (ne), 
 
 /paring no pains. 
 Vaylantz, worthy, vali- 
 ant. 
 Vaylorent (qils), as they 
 
 thought fit. 
 Vayn, the autumn. 
 Ubblie, oblivion. 
 Ubliaunce, forgetfulnefs. 
 Ubois, where. 
 Udifs, udyfs (gens), idle 
 
 people. 
 Udifte, mifery, idlenefs. 
 Udincfs, idlenefs. 
 Ve, faw. 
 Ve, worth. 
 Ve, vce, true 
 Vea (luy), refufed him. 
 Vea, veia, refujed. 
 
 Veaee,
 
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 Veage, voyage. 
 
 Veair, to fee. 
 
 Vealletz, you will. 
 
 Veance (en), in view, in 
 expectation of. 
 
 Veaude place, void, vacant 
 place. 
 
 Veault, he is willing. 
 
 Vedentz, feeing. 
 
 Vee, refufal. 
 
 Vee de name (plees de), 
 pleas de vetito namio. 
 Holding plea of dijireffes 
 taken and forbid to be 
 replevied. Name, nam, 
 naam,namps, and nams, 
 which fignifies a dijirefs, 
 come from the Saxon verb 
 niman, capere, to take. 
 
 Vee, fent. 
 
 Vee mye (ne), does not in- 
 tend. 
 
 Veel, old. 
 
 Veelez vifcountz, oldjhe- 
 riffs. 
 
 Veenr, forbid, deny. 
 
 Veer, true. 
 
 Veer, to acl, to view. 
 
 Veer (nous voulons), we 
 will fee. 
 
 Veer avant (en), to pro- 
 ceed. 
 
 Vees, think. 
 
 Veer, le coroner, let the co- 
 ronor go. 
 
 Vef'uej widow* 
 
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 Vegle, blind. 
 
 Vei jeo ne, jeo ne veign, I 
 do not fee. 
 
 Vei, veye, this day. 
 
 Veia, refufed. 
 
 Veiance (par), by feeing. 
 
 Veici, behold. 
 
 Veie, vCyfeen. 
 
 Veie (tote), quite laid open 
 to the fight. 
 
 Veient, may fee. 
 
 Veiers, true. 
 
 Veies, veez, la vie, dijireffes 
 forbidden to be replevied, 
 the refufing to let the 
 owner have his cattle 
 which were dijlrained. 
 
 Veif, vefve, vefues, a wi- 
 dow ; widows. 
 
 Veifuage, widowhood. 
 
 Veigle (la), la veille, the 
 vigil, the eve, the watch. 
 
 Veigne, offend. 
 
 Veigner, to come. 
 
 Veille, will. 
 
 Veillement, y£«//g-, watch- 
 ing. 
 
 Veiller, to watch. 
 
 Vei lies, veils. 
 
 Veillez, veiles, old. 
 
 Veiltee, eld age. 
 
 Vein (en), in vain. 
 
 Veine, comes. 
 
 Veinged (d altre), if any 
 other Jh all come. 
 
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 Veincjuemes.:
 
 248 V E 
 
 Veinquemes, we conquer- 
 ed. 
 
 Veint diftinftement no- 
 mez, not exprefsly or 
 particularly named. 
 
 Veioins (nous), we faw. 
 
 Veir (mis en), produced^ 
 fbewn, proved. 
 
 Veir (faunz), without de- 
 nying. 
 
 Veirge, le, the verge or 
 bounds limited to the king's 
 court , i. e. twelve miles 
 round the fame. 
 
 Veifeetz a lier (que vous), 
 which you faw doing. 
 
 Veifietz a lier hors, jaw 
 going out. 
 
 Veiftes(vous ne),you never 
 faw. 
 
 Veiffon (il), they fee. 
 
 Veit, fees. 
 
 Vel, I will. 
 
 Vele, may. 
 
 Veler (en), in view. 
 
 Velewet, velvet. 
 
 Vclra, will. 
 
 Vclt, vcyl, velloit, velec, 
 will. 
 
 Ven, viewed. 
 
 Veil la, coming thither. 
 
 Venaiant, coming. 
 
 Venancez, comings haflen- 
 ing forwards. 
 
 Venanncez (enaux), inbe- 
 in? revenged on them. 
 
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 Vedees, fales. 
 
 Vendires (a), to be fold. 
 
 Vendra, jhall come. 
 
 Vendra(ne),^// not chal- 
 lenge. 
 
 Vendre foit, fale may be 
 made. 
 
 Vendroins (a peyne), we 
 fjjould fcarce have come. 
 
 Vendront (com re), ffall 
 offend cigainfl. 
 
 Venelle du lict, the fpace 
 between a bed and the 
 wall. 
 
 Veneours, hunters. 
 
 Venerdy, Venardy, Ven- 
 redi, Friday. 
 
 Vengnent, they come. 
 
 Venials (ibnt), arc to be 
 brought. 
 
 Venjaunce, revenge. 
 
 Venier (pur le non), for 
 not caning. 
 
 Venifmus, we come. 
 
 Veniflent 'qi), who offend. 
 
 Venku, overcome, conquer- 
 ed. 
 
 Venours, huntfmen. 
 
 Venra, fold. 
 
 Venre (le), the f cull. 
 
 Venfift (que il), that he 
 ffould come. 
 
 Vent, comes. 
 
 Vent (len), comes. 
 
 Vent (p), by fale. 
 
 Vent (le), is fold. 
 
 Vent
 
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 Ventpreftz, ready fale. 
 Ventee, difperfed by the 
 wind. 
 
 Ventes, woods marked for 
 
 fale. 
 Ventier, ventilcr, to blow. 
 Ventifme jour, the icth 
 
 day. 
 Ventrez (rumpes les), 
 
 broken-bellied, biirflen. 
 Venue, de venne (mal de) 
 
 the ejfcign de malo ve- 
 
 niendi. 
 Veoer, veoir, to fee, to in- 
 
 fpecl. 
 Veoid, fees. 
 Veoir, true. 
 
 Veors, viewers, furveyors. 
 Veor, wills, fioews. 
 Veot (unques ne) never 
 
 had fcen. 
 Vcouns nous, we fee-, we 
 
 will. 
 Ver, cattle. 
 Ver, true, appear. 
 Ver (a), to view. 
 Ver (pur), to fee. 
 Ver, again ft. 
 Ver en cite, potius vcrte 
 
 cire, green wax. 
 Verament, verreymenr, 
 
 truly. 
 Veray, very. 
 Verbatement, verbally. 
 Verdi-aore, Good Friday, 
 Ycrcduift, verditl. 
 
 V E £ 49 
 
 Verek, wreck. 
 
 Verement (la), the tvra- 
 ment. 
 
 Vereys, verreys, vers, verri, 
 true. 
 
 Vergee (ne acree q ne fu- 
 ift uncj') which was ne- 
 ver furveyed, meafured, 
 or laid out into acres. 
 
 Verges, yards. 
 
 Vergis, young fuckers. 
 
 Vergnauntz, coming. 
 
 Vergoignes, viergoigne, 
 vergoyne, Jhame, re- 
 proach. 
 
 Vergonder, to abufe, ra- 
 vi flo, violate. 
 
 Verilemblubles, very like- 
 
 Verite, truth. 
 
 Veritee (peufTe dire fa 
 grofie), may relate the 
 whole truth of his cafe, 
 may tell his own tale. 
 
 Verreyment, truly. 
 
 Verroic, true. 
 
 Verroient, have a mind. 
 
 Verronr, verretz, /hall fee. 
 
 Vers eux (de prendre), to 
 take with them. 
 
 Verier, to turn. 
 
 Verfuij towards. 
 
 Vertie, truth. 
 
 Ves (autre), otherways. 
 
 Vefcu (fi il uft), if he had 
 lived. 
 
 Vefnes,
 
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 Vefnes, widows. 
 
 Vefque, vefke, a bijhop. 
 
 Vcfquitt, vefquirent, vef- 
 quiflcnt, lived. 
 
 Vefquift (fi il), if be was 
 alive. 
 
 VelTcliTientz, things apper- 
 taining to vejjels and 
 flipping. 
 
 Veil, veftus, vejied. 
 
 Yefter, veftu, to vefi, to 
 enure, vejied. 
 
 Veftes, wafte. 
 
 Veftre, vefte, cloathed, co- 
 vered* 
 
 Veftue, veflc, clothed* co- 
 vered. 
 
 Yeltue, potius vefcu, (en 
 core), Jlill alive. 
 
 Yefture, crop, growth. 
 
 Yefture, robes, vejlments. 
 
 Yet (s'en), go therefrom. 
 
 Vetere, old. 
 
 Veterlokkes, fetterlocks. 
 
 Ye van t, living. 
 
 Veve, veia (le), the fight. 
 
 Veve, a widow. 
 
 Veve res, widowers. 
 
 Yevete (en fa), in her wi- 
 dowhood. 
 
 Yeu, your. 
 
 Yeue, a widew. 
 
 Veuez, will. 
 
 Yeugle, blind. 
 
 Yeu Is, c elves. 
 
 Yeulliantj willing. 
 
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 Veum (nus), we fee. 
 
 Veure (par), by being wil- 
 ling. 
 
 Veus articles, old articles. 
 
 Veufiffiens, we would. 
 
 Veut (per), by a way t me- 
 thod. 
 
 Veute (de), by fale. 
 
 Veuttez mye, claim ns- 
 thing. 
 
 Veutz, veuz, greigne, old 
 grain. 
 
 Yewe, view. 
 
 Vey (haut), highway. 
 
 Veye (ii), if he perceives, 
 if he will. 
 
 Veyer, to view, to behold. 
 
 Veyer eft, is to be feen. 
 
 Yeyes, was. 
 
 Veyet, fees. 
 
 Veyle (le), the elder. 
 
 Veyllcs, towns. 
 
 Veyn, vain, void. 
 
 Veyner, to come. 
 
 Veyr, vier, truth. 
 
 Vey re, true. 
 
 Vey fin, a neighbour. 
 
 Vcz (vous), you will, you 
 wifh. 
 
 Viage, voyage, expedition. 
 
 Vicary, a vicarage. 
 
 Vice, a def eel, fault, errcv. 
 
 Vice, crime, injujlice. 
 
 Vichei (un), an heifer. 
 
 Yicie, corrupted. 
 
 Yicint, come. 
 
 UidainCj,
 
 V I 
 
 Uhftaine (1') the otlave. 
 Vidimee, a vidimus, 
 Vidront, will. 
 Viduele, widowhood. 
 Vie, the view. 
 Vieant, coming. 
 Viec ftile, old ftile. 
 Vief naam, live dijtrefs. 
 Viegles hommes, blind, 
 
 old, impotent men. 
 Viegnes, vineyards. 
 V\e\,fenior, elder. 
 Viclcs, viez dettes, old 
 
 debts. 
 Viel, calf. 
 Viel bed, live beaft. 
 Viels, vills. 
 Viendront, /hall come ; ad, 
 
 offend. 
 Viener, came. 
 Vienes (ffiflent les), Jhould 
 
 make the views. 
 Vienqe, comes. 
 Vient (que vie, que), who 
 
 is defirous. 
 Vient, they fee. 
 Vient (le), the loth. 
 Vier, to deny. 
 Vier, puit, may fee. 
 Vierge fon marye, povier, 
 
 controul of her hufband. 
 Viergier, a verger. 
 Viergoigne (en), to the re- 
 proach, Jhame of. 
 Vieront (al), they look to. 
 Yiers, towards. 
 
 VI 251 
 
 Vies (par plufors), by many 
 ways. 
 
 Vieftes (ou), where you 
 fee or find. 
 
 Vieu, fight. 
 
 Vieus, views, widows. 
 
 Viex, viez, old. 
 
 Viez (toutz), all ways. 
 
 Vigued, neighbourhood. 
 
 Viguereufe (fame), a vir- 
 tuous woman. 
 
 Vikere, vicar. 
 
 Vikeris, vicarages. 
 
 Vilaine ferment, blafphemy 
 againjl God, the Virgin, 
 and the Saints. 
 
 Vilaint (li), a villain, the 
 occupier of land. 
 
 Vileins faitz, vile, bafe y 
 villainous acls. 
 
 Vilenement defoler, bafely 
 ufed them. 
 
 Viles, old. 
 
 Vi 1 1 , a village -, a villain. 
 
 Villaine, vilenie, difgrace, 
 difgraceful. 
 
 Ville, citce de la, (com- 
 munaltie) the communi- 
 ty or commonalty of a 
 town, burgh, or city. 
 This always f.gnified the 
 mayor, aldermen, and 
 common council, where 
 they were to be found, or 
 the Jlcward or bailiff, 
 and capital burgeffes> or, 
 in
 
 252 V I 
 
 in Jhort, the governing 
 fart of cities and towns , 
 by what perfons foever 
 they were governed, or 
 names and titles they were 
 known ; and not the com- 
 moners or ordinary jort 
 of burgeffes or freemen 
 only, Brady, 132. 
 
 Villeez, tewnjbips. 
 
 Villenie, villainous. 
 
 Villude (que vous me), 
 that you will acquaint 
 me with. 
 
 Vil pris, a low price. 
 
 Vilte, •uilenefs. 
 
 Vilte tenu, bafenefs. 
 
 Vinch point (joe ne), / 
 dont't come. 
 
 Vincle (St. Pere lad), the 
 fejlival of St. Peter in 
 bonds ; \fi of Augufl. 
 
 Vine, vins, vint, twenty. 
 
 Vinez, vivez, flacked. 
 
 Vincent, come. 
 
 Vink, vinfeft, came, got 
 to. 
 
 Vins vermeilles, red wines 
 ir.ned, carried in. 
 
 Vinz, aunes, inned, car- 
 ried in. 
 
 Vinzliverez eHIL (VII.) 
 feven fcore and four 
 pounds, i. e. /144. 
 
 Vinteront, they tie, or bind. 
 
 * Putins I p. See Ror. 
 Hale's MS. 
 
 V I 
 
 Viollent (ne), they will not. 
 
 Viot, envy. 
 
 Vioure, to live. 
 
 Virent (qui), who faw. 
 
 Virge, a virgin. 
 
 Virolez, ferrilled, tipped, 
 capped. 
 
 Viron, about. 
 
 Virtons, veritons, viret- 
 tons, arrows. 
 
 Vif. vifc. vifconte, Jheriff. 
 
 Vis, alive, alfo void. 
 
 Vis, viie, face, vif age. 
 
 Vis, forefeen. perceived. 
 
 Vis, advice. 
 
 Vis a fair, thought ft to be 
 done. 
 
 Vile ne did: refs (p), by fe- 
 cret difrefs. 
 
 Vifcns, vifnes, neighbours. 
 
 Vifes, kinds *. 
 
 Vifeur, the face. 
 
 Vifitatour, vijitor. 
 
 Vifne, neighbourhood, ve- 
 nue. 
 
 Viihees viles, neighbouring 
 towns. 
 
 Vide, the vizor of a hel- 
 met. 
 
 Vifient, had. 
 
 UiiTerie, the office of porter. 
 
 Vifc, virent, faw. 
 
 Vilt le coroner, let the co- 
 roner go, 
 
 o 
 
 Puil. Vol. II. p. 94, Pet. 22. 
 
 via
 
 UN 
 
 Vitt enfower (per), ly bu- 
 rying alive. 
 Vifteconfail, fpeedy coun- 
 cil. 
 Vit, privities. 
 Vit, eight. 
 Vitel (un), a calf. 
 Viteretz (en), in truth. 
 Vivand (en ion), in his 
 
 life- time. 
 Vive vois, by word of 
 
 mouth. 
 Viver (en), et in vefture, 
 
 in vicluals and cloaths. 
 Viver (pur \€),for the live- 
 lihood. 
 Vivers, fifh ponds, zvar- 
 
 rens, parks. 
 Vivers, livelihoods. 
 Vivi, alive. 
 
 Vivies, viver, v?5tyals,diet. 
 Viuperons, Jhall live. 
 Viz, feen. 
 Ul, any one. 
 Ulle, any. 
 Ulveftie-r, Ulfter. 
 Urn (!'), the man. 
 Umbracles, fecret places. 
 Umbre, fhadow, colour. 
 Umbrez, coloured. 
 Un mefme, the felf fame, 
 
 one and the fame. 
 Uncore, unquore, un- 
 
 ques, _/?///, yet. 
 Unement, uniemenr, in 
 general ; unanimoujly. 
 
 V O 253 
 
 Ung count, an earl. 
 Ungou deux, one or the 
 
 other. 
 Ungle, nail. 
 Ungr, one. 
 
 Uniement, unanimoujly. 
 Unificence, making otie, 
 
 uniting. 
 Uniment, equally, in union. 
 Unifone, unz efme, the 
 
 eleventh. 
 Unite (d'), ivhatfoever. 
 Univerlaire, c.nniverfary. 
 Unzieme, eleven. 
 Unkes (ne), never. 
 Uns, fever al. 
 Uniemely chofe (coe), as 
 
 an unbecoming thing. 
 Unfzime, unziefmc, unfi- 
 
 me, unzim, unifme,^- 
 
 venth. 
 Unt, have. 
 Unt, there fere. 
 Unze (les), any. 
 Vo, or. 
 Vo, yours. 
 Voaie, voyage. 
 Voain, vomheri, Autumn.' 
 Voair, fee, appear. 
 Voaflintnt a ceoibmandre, 
 might fena to fummen 
 them. 
 Voce, voice. 
 Vocer, to call. 
 Voder unt, are vsiUing. 
 
 Vo©
 
 254 V O 
 
 Voe (par nulle), by any 
 way. 
 
 Voel (ne), would not, 
 
 Voelliant, willing, 
 
 Voels, vows, zvijhes. 
 
 Voer, to view, 
 
 Voefon (la), theadvowfon, 
 
 Voelt (les), let kirn vouch 
 them. 
 
 Voet, requires. 
 
 Voet (qu'il), that be go, 
 
 Voet (fi il), // be will, 
 
 Voeve, voef, widow. 
 
 Voguement, puffing, re- 
 turning. 
 
 Voguer, to call again, re- 
 turn. 
 
 Voi, / am going. 
 
 Voi droit, the law requires. 
 
 Voidera, will. 
 
 Voidez, departed. 
 
 Void re (a), to quit, 
 
 Voie, true, 
 
 Voie deleft, by way of ef- 
 cheat. 
 
 Voie de utre mer, voyage 
 beyond fea, 
 
 Voier, voiar, voir, the 
 truth, 
 
 Voier (eft a), is to befeen, 
 
 Voier (per), potius noier, 
 by drowning. 
 
 Voies (nul), no right to 
 accufe, 
 
 Voiez, ye fee. 
 
 Voil (jeo), / will. 
 
 V O 
 
 Voilde Iriftimen, wild 
 Irijhmen. 
 
 Voile (ne), cannot, 
 
 Voilauncez feigniories, po- 
 tent lords. 
 
 Voilent, violent, 
 
 Voiler (malvey), ill will. 
 
 Voillantz, men of worth, 
 fubflance, 
 
 Voilleit, named. 
 
 Voi loir, voillour, will, tef- 
 tament. 
 
 Voir (la), potius Tavoir, 
 the riches. 
 
 Voire, voirement, truly. 
 
 Voife encontre, aft again/1. 
 
 Voifent (ne), go not. 
 
 Void avaunt, proceeds in. 
 
 Volant, vollentifs, en vo- 
 lentie, willing. 
 
 Vol a til royal, a royal 
 bird, 
 
 Volen trine, giddy, wilful. 
 
 Voier, to be willing, tt 
 wifh, 
 
 Voier (bien), endeavoured. 
 
 Volez, would take away. 
 
 Volg, volie, volys, will. 
 
 Voiles, chautes, et gargaus 
 de oifieaux (en), in the 
 flight, Jinging, and chat- 
 tering of birds. 
 
 Voloir (male), ill wll. 
 
 Volvement des toifons du 
 lein, winding up of 
 feeces of wool. 
 
 i Voloud,
 
 V o 
 
 Volund, a will or tefla- 
 
 ment. 
 Volunt, meaning. 
 Voluntrivemcnt, wilfully. 
 Voluptuofice, wantonnefs. 
 Von gre (de lor), of their 
 
 own accord. 
 Voot, voil, voit, be will, 
 
 would. 
 Vorra, vorroient, would. 
 Vorrount (ou), or Jhall 
 
 hear. 
 Vors, you. 
 Vos, yours. 
 
 Vofdretz vous, zvould you. 
 
 Vouch bien (s'il voet), 
 
 fave if he would bid him 
 
 welcome. 
 Voucher, to vouch, to call. 
 Voudroknotre b\zn,wijhes 
 
 our welfare. 
 Vove, a vow. 
 Vover, to vow. 
 Voulanr. (bien), good will. 
 Vount, they go. 
 Vounze, eleven. 
 Vouffcierent, will. 
 Vous eft, is true *. 
 Vou (\ft,Jhould have a mind. 
 Vouitrent, would. 
 Vous vies (y), yen would. 
 Vout, voul, vifage, counte- 
 nance. 
 
 U R 235 
 
 Voutent bille, prefer, p«t 
 
 in their bill. 
 Voy, voye, way ; fcape. 
 Voyce (jeo ne), I don't fee, 
 Voyct, eight, 
 Voyer, true, 
 Voyerment, truly. 
 Voyertie, truth. 
 Voyez voluntaries Qco), 
 
 / zvould be willing. 
 Voyez, woods j, 
 Voy fill, let him go. 
 Voylere (il deyvont), they 
 
 ought to wifh, 
 Voys, voice. 
 
 Voyfe, is direcled; ijfuez, 
 Voy Tent, let them go. 
 Voy fen t jurer (qui), c:£t 
 
 are to fwear. 
 Vowe de frank pWp-e 
 
 (aver), have a view of 
 
 frank pledge. 
 Voz (par les) by yours. 
 Vraes, true. 
 Vre, your. 
 
 Ure, ure, praclice, ufc, 
 Ure (mis en) put in prac- 
 tice. 
 Ure (al) at the time. 
 Ure apprife, haie under. 
 
 Jlanding. 
 Ure, burned. 
 Ureiluns, -prayer;. 
 
 * Potius t'iiir f/i, 
 Halt's MS. 
 
 f Potius bovcr. II:. p 
 
 Sec Rot. Pari. Vol. IJ. 
 
 .. l\-U ( a. 
 
 Bi. P 
 
 UrciK
 
 256 U T 
 
 Urent avannt, were fore- 
 times. 
 
 Urera, Jhall ferve, Jhall 
 be ufeful. 
 
 Urera (ne) Jhall not vejl. 
 
 Urgeroule, urgent, eager, 
 
 Vrie (per) byway of 
 
 Urur de eux (per) by pul- 
 ling out the eyes. 
 
 Us, huts, houfe, doors* 
 
 Us, ufe, cujlom. 
 
 Us (de) of them. 
 
 Ufee, ufage. 
 
 Ufees (rien) not at all 
 made life of. 
 
 Ufents, ujing. 
 
 Ufez (les) the profits. 
 
 Ufier, make ufe of, ufed. 
 
 Uffent trove (q) that they 
 fhculd find. 
 
 Utters et ports, ufhers and 
 porters. 
 
 U fifes (fichiezes) fixed on 
 the doors. 
 
 Ufley (fijeo)// I had. 
 
 Uflbit ellre, would be, had 
 been. 
 
 Uflbyt, uflbnt, had. 
 
 Ufum, hitherto, fo far. 
 
 Ut, and. 
 
 Ur, eight. 
 
 Ute, the eighth. 
 
 Utes, utas, utaves, urns, 
 Raves. 
 
 Utifme, utim, eighth. 
 
 Utine (d') of the eighth. 
 
 W A 
 
 Utre ceu tcrme, beyond 
 that time. 
 
 Uttard, lately. 
 
 Utter (que) who gives out, 
 or publi/hes. 
 
 Uttrees, uttercs, uttered. 
 
 Vuech, eight. 
 
 Vueille, vuellies, will. 
 
 Vuidoit (fe il fe) //// was 
 robbed, deprived. 
 
 Vuille, will. 
 
 Vunt, have ; go. 
 
 Vus (pw) for ycu. 
 
 Vufe, ufed. 
 
 Vut, had. 
 
 Vut, fees. 
 
 Vy (jeo) If aw. 
 
 Vyant, feeing. 
 
 Vye, life. 
 
 Vye, refufed, prohibited* 
 
 Vye de (par) by way of. 
 
 Vyel parol, old word. 
 
 Vyeu, feen. 
 
 Vyle, vylys, vill, city. 
 
 Vyncles, bonds, fetters. 
 
 Vynee (del) of the neigh- 
 bourhood. 
 
 11 ys, door. 
 
 Vytime, the eighth. 
 
 Vz, T--^r. 
 
 Uxuott, prov ifi. 
 
 Uzzans, without. 
 
 W acreours, vagabonds. 
 
 ■Wacrus viaundes, rotten 
 meat, corrupted. 
 
 Wage, gages, fureties. 
 
 Wage
 
 W E 
 
 Wage (feu) his challenge, 
 Waifnez, waived. 
 Waillez fanz paftour, left 
 
 without a teacher. 
 Wainable, that may be 
 
 ploughed or manured. 
 Wainent lour querells qui, 
 
 who gain their fuits. 
 Wakerantz, vagrants, 
 
 people who go begging, 
 
 and Jirolling about the 
 
 country. 
 Walais, Walaix, Wallois, 
 
 Welfh. 
 Walcfeh, the language of 
 
 the JValons. 
 Wallez, Wales. 
 Wand it (le) the afore faid. 
 Warandir, to guarantee. 
 Wardees m\us,better kept, 
 
 obferved. 
 Warnefture, the necefaries 
 
 for fortifying a place. 
 Warretz, fallow, un- 
 
 ploughed. 
 Wart T urn, let a man 
 
 take care. 
 Wefemeftre, Wejlminfer. 
 Wafkerantz, wandering 
 
 abroad. 
 Waft et beal, handfomely, 
 
 civilly. 
 Wafteynes (lues) wajle 
 
 places. 
 Wautham, Waltham. 
 Way our, a wears, or 
 
 were. 
 
 WY 2 57 
 
 Wcducs, widows. 
 Wefs, w«ifs, waifs. 
 Weigher, to weigh. 
 Welogh, willow. 
 Wener (pur) to conducl. 
 Werpir, to yield up, giv$ 
 
 up,forfake. 
 Werrons, fhallfee. 
 Weruft, awruft, doubt. 
 Weftmufter, Wejlminjler* 
 Weftours, wajfailers. 
 Weuce, a widow. 
 Weux, a beggar. 
 Weymofter, Wejlminfte*. 
 Weynez, weyna, weyne, 
 deferted, relinquijhed, in a 
 
 decline. 
 Weyve, waived. 
 Weyver, to waive. 
 Wherwes, wharfs. 
 Wiere, war. 
 Windemonet, the month 
 
 of Oclcber cr Novem- 
 ber. 
 Windowe, a blank place ', 
 
 or fpace. 
 Wis, wifdom, prudence. 
 Witembre, Oclober. 
 Witime jor, the eighteenth 
 
 day. 
 Witive, witave, wi&ieve, 
 
 eight, eighth. 
 Wombes, bellies. 
 Worftetz (lit de) a bed of 
 
 worfted. 
 Wou (un) a vow. 
 S Woylc,
 
 a 5 8 Y E 
 
 "VVoyle, will. 
 
 "Windier, to evacuate, 
 *Wyt myle unces d'our 
 (pour) for eight thou* 
 /and ounces of gold. 
 Wyt (dixe), eighteen. 
 Xcnie, a new-year's gift. 
 Xenteile, afpark. 
 Xeurte, affurance, promife, 
 
 furety. 
 Xeut, follows. 
 Xexanr.es, fixty. 
 Yalemaines, at the leaft, 
 
 however. 
 Yaue,yave,yaiies chaude, 
 
 hot water. 
 Yaues (par) by water. 
 Yaus (pour) for them. 
 Yauxi (devant leurs) be- 
 fore their eyes. 
 Ycel (en) in it. 
 Ycement, thus, in like 
 
 manner. 
 Ycen, this, that. 
 Yceftes (per) by thefepre- 
 
 fents. 
 Yceux, yceaux, ye\\z,thofe, 
 
 them. 
 Yeit (fil) if there is. 
 Yeme, hyeme, winter. 
 Yemer (a) to winter. 
 Yeoven, yeven, given, 
 
 dated. 
 Yerledom, earldom. 
 Yeulx, yex, yes, eyes. 
 Ycufle jeo efte (e tut 
 and although I bad been. 
 
 Y V 
 
 Yeux ont (nous) we have 
 
 feen it with our own 
 
 eyes. 
 Ygaument, equally. 
 Ygife, lies. 
 Ygo, therefore. 
 Yl, he. 
 
 Yl femble, itfeems. 
 Yl (ke) that they. 
 Yleke, from thence. 
 Ylemans, inhabitants of 
 the ijles of Jerfey and 
 Guernfey. 
 Ylles, yles, ijles. 
 Yloques, threw. 
 Ymage, an image. 
 Ymagine, adorned, em- 
 broidered. 
 Ympnaire,^ book ofhymnsj 
 with books of conjura- 
 tions^ and church legends. 
 Yo, yio, an egg. 
 Yoe, iye, water. 
 
 Yra (il) hefhallgo. 
 
 Yraigne, a fpider. 
 
 Yraut, an herald. 
 
 Yraudement, in a paffion. 
 
 Yretge, an heretic. 
 
 Yris, ivory. 
 
 Yrois, an Irifhman. 
 
 Yrra mys (n')Jhall not go. 
 
 Yfoit, therein be. 
 
 Yflement, an iflander. 
 
 Yfiir, to come, to go out. 
 
 Yfi , he is. 
 
 Yii:cnt(nc)willnctgo out. 
 YtaJ,
 
 Y V 
 
 Ytal, tbuSyfo, 
 
 Ytel, Juch. 
 
 Yve, water* 
 
 Yvant, feeing. 
 
 Yver, yvre,yverne, «;/«/«*. 
 
 Yvernayle (ble) winter 
 
 corn. 
 Yver (froidare) a frofty 
 
 winter. 
 Yverefs (per) through 
 
 drunkennefs. 
 Yveroigner (dc) in a 
 
 drunken ft \ 
 
 Yveroynes (lcs ) drunk" 
 
 ards. 
 Yvifcs, fervices. 
 Ywell (per) equally. 
 
 Zabulon, /and. 
 
 Zern, yarn. 
 
 Zork (due de) duke of 
 
 York. 
 Zufche (Sire Aleyn la) 
 
 Sir Man Zouche. 
 
 FINIS.
 
 THE 
 
 A W 
 
 O F 
 
 WILLIAM the CONQUEROR, 
 
 WITH NOTES AND REFERENCES. 
 
 I. The Laws of William (being the fame, as the Title 
 imports, which Edward the Confeflbr obferved before him) 
 in three Columns; viz. the Laws themfelves in the Norman 
 Language, with Dr. Wilkins's Latin Tranflation of them in 
 oppofite Columns ; and an Englifh Tranflation in another 
 Column, with Notes ; and alfo References from each Law, 
 to the Anglo-Saxon Laws. 
 
 II. The pd, 55th, 58th, 59th and 63d Laws, in Latin, 
 cf William, which, towards the latter End of his Reign, he 
 added to thofe of Edward the ConfeiTbr, and by which he 
 eftablifhed the Feodal Syftem here ; tranflated into Englifh, 
 with occasional Notes. 
 
 By ROBERT KELHAM, 
 
 OF LINCOLNS-INN. 
 
 LONDON: 
 
 Printed for EDWARD BROOKE, 
 
 Succeffor to Men". WORRALL and TOVEY, 
 
 in Bell-Yard, near Temple-Bar. 
 
 MDCCLXXIX.
 
 ( "i ) 
 
 PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE, 
 
 TO THE L AWS OF 
 
 WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. 
 
 THE Laws of William I. having at various 
 Times engaged Men of very great Learning and 
 Abilities in different Countries, in tranflating them 
 into foreign Languages •, I hope I need not apologize 
 for endeavouring to give a more perfect Tranflation 
 of them into our own Tongue, than has yet been 
 done. 
 
 The great Selden, in his Notes on Eadmer, was 
 the firft who attempted to render thefe Laws into 
 Latin ; but he left many Parts of them (on account 
 of the Rudenefsof the Norman Tongue) untranflated 
 as he found them. The very learned Ducange, at the 
 Inftance of Gabriel Gerberon, of the Benedictine Or- 
 der, who publifhed the Works of Saint Anfelm, tranf- 
 lated the whole of thefe Laws into the fame Lan- 
 guage, which Tranflation is added at the End of 
 Gerberon's Edition. Dr. Wilkins, in his Code of anti- 
 ent Laws, amongft which he has inferted thefe of 
 William, has likewife tranflated them into Latin, 
 neither intirely adopting the Verfion of Selden or 
 Ducange ; but frequently varying from both. 
 
 a 2 
 
 Monf.
 
 IV PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE TO THE 
 
 Mr. Houard, a learned Advocate of the Parlia- 
 ment of Normandy, has, among his antient Laws 
 of the French, given us, in oppofite Columns, thefe 
 Laws of William, with Selden's and Ducange's Tranf- 
 lations in Latin, and his own in French. 
 
 Mr. Tyrrell and Mr. Mortimer have tranflated 
 fome of thefe Laws into Englifh, and given the Sub- 
 ftance of others of them in their Hiftories of Eng- 
 land. 
 
 They bear a venerable Afpect, and are the only 
 Laws extant in the Norman Idiom of that Age. 
 
 The Title prefixed to thefe Laws of William, im- 
 ports that they are the fame a as thofe which King 
 
 a They are conjectured by Selden to have been a Copy of thofe 
 Laws,*which by public authority had been reviewed and confirmed 
 in the fourth year of William's reign ; and that the time ot In- 
 gulphus's taking them down to his Abby was after the 15th year 
 of William's reign, Seld. ad Eadmerum, 172 ; and which Sir 
 Roger Twyfden has fixed at the 21ft, Wilk. 21b. 
 
 The MSS of Ingulphus's Hiftory of Crowland, with thefe 
 Laws at the end, were, as Salden informs us, in his time, pre- 
 ferred at Crowland, but that, notwithftanding all his endea- 
 vours, he could not procure the ufe of it ; that he therefore pub- 
 limed thefe Laws from a MS of them in his own cuilody ot 
 about 200 years more recent date. Seld. 172,173. 
 
 Sir Roger Twyfden had another MS of thefe Laws, differing 
 but very little from that of Selden's ; as likewife had Sir Robert 
 Cotton. Wilkins 211. Notes on Fortefcue de Laudibus Leg, 
 Ang. c. xviii. p. 47. London, 1775. 
 
 Selden had his Copy from the Chronicle of Litchfield. Wilk. 
 215. Nicholfon's Eng. Hift. Library fol. edit. 
 
 Mr. Somner had alio a MS of thefe Laws, which Wilkins made 
 great ufe of, and which, when he puhhfhed his Saxon Laws, 
 was in the Library at Canterbury. Wiikins's Preface. 
 
 But the mod authentic Copy is that which is in the Red Book 
 of the Exchequer. 
 
 The lit, 17th, 18th, 20th, and 36th of thcfc Laws (they 
 relating to the Church) are inferted in Wiikins's Concil. from 
 the MS of Ingulphus. Wiikins's Concil. torn. i. p. 313,314. 
 Whelock's Lamb. Archaion. p. 159. ' 
 
 Edward,
 
 LAWS OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. V 
 
 Edward, his Kinfman, had obferved before him : but 
 tii is ract being called in Queftion by the above learn- 
 ed Advocate in his Preliminary b Difcourfe prefixed 
 to the antient Laws of the French, it will, in order to 
 maintain the Truth of the Title prefixed to thefe 
 I aws, be nece'Iary from our own Lawyers and Hifto- 
 rians to give a (hort Account of the principal Founders 
 and Reftorers of the Saxon Laws ; and, to fhew how 
 thole Laws ltood at the Entrance of William 1, iome 
 Explanatory Notes alio are added to the Laws of Wil- 
 lia-r:, and References made from each of them to the 
 Anglo-Saxonic Laws. Theie will mutually illuftrate 
 each other, and we hope will prove that the AfTertions 
 laid down by Houard are not well fupported. 
 
 The chief Founders and Reltorcrs of the Saxon 
 Laws, wer Ina, Alfred, Edgar, and Edward the Con- 
 fefibr. Wnen King Alfred fucceeded to the Monar- 
 chy of England, founded by his Grandfather Egbert, 
 he collfdted the various Cuftoms he found difperfed in 
 the Kingdom, and reduced aud digefted them into 
 one uniform Syitem or Code of Laws in his dome book , 
 or Liber judiciahs •, this he compiled for the Ufe of 
 the Court Baron, Hundred, and County Court, the 
 Court Lect, and the Sheriffs Tourn ; Tribunals which 
 heellablifhed for the Trial of all Caufes civil and cri- 
 minal, in the very Diftricls wherein the Complaint 
 arofe ; all of them fubject however to be infpecled, 
 controlled, and kept within the Bounds of the univer- 
 fal or Common Law, by the King's own Courts ; 
 which were then itinerant, being kept in the King's 
 Palace, and removing with his Lloulehold in thofe 
 
 b Anciennes Loix des Francois confervees dans les Coutumes 
 Angloifes recueillies par Littleton, par M. David Hou;'rd, Avocat 
 an Parlement de Normandie, en z Vols in 4to. a Rouen, i 766. 
 
 roval
 
 VI PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE TO THE 
 
 royal Progrefifes, which he continually made from one 
 End of the Kingdom to the other. And this Book 
 we may probably fuppofe to have contained the prin- 
 cipal Maxims of the Common Law, the Penalties for 
 Mifdemefnors, and the Forms of judicial Proceedings; 
 but though it is faid to have been extant fo late as 
 the Reign of King Edward IV, it is now unfortunately 
 loft, i Black. 64. — i Black. 404. 
 
 This Code was called the WeJI-Saxon Lage, or 
 Laws of the Welt-Saxons, and obtained in the Coun- 
 ties to the South and Weft of the Ifland from Kent to 
 Devonfhire. 
 
 The local Conftitutions of the antient Kingdom of 
 Mercia, which were obferved in many of the Midland 
 Counties and thofe bordering on the Principality of 
 Wales, and probably abounded with many Britifn or 
 Druidical Cuftoms, were called the Mercen Lage, or 
 Mercian Laws. 
 
 The Cuftoms which had been introduced on the 
 Danifh Invafion and Conqueft, and which were prin- 
 cipally maintained in the North, in the reft of the 
 Midland Counties, and alfo on the Eaftern Coaft, 
 went under the Name of Dane Lage or Danilh Law. 
 
 Thefe three Laws were, about the beginning of the 
 nth Century, in Ufe in different Counties of the 
 Realm ; but King Edgar obferving the ill Effects of 
 thefe three dittindt Bodies of Laws prevailing at once 
 in feparate Parts of his Dominions, projected and 
 began one uniform Digeft or Body of Laws, to be 
 observed throughout the whole Kingdom. 
 
 Edward the Confeftbr, his Grandfon, afterwards 
 completed this Defign ; but probably this was no 
 more than a Revival of King Alfred's Code, with 
 fome Improvements fuggefted by NeceiTity and Ex- 
 perience ; particularly the incorporating fome of the 
 Britifh, or rather Mercian Cuftoms, and alfo fuch of 
 the Danifh as were reafonable and approved, into the 
 2, IVe/t.
 
 LAWS OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. Vll 
 
 Weft -S axon- L age, which was ftill the Ground-work 
 of the whole : This, Blackftone tells us, appears 
 to him the beft fupported and moft plaufible 
 Conjecture (for Certainty is not to be expected) of 
 the Rife and Original of that admirable Syftem of 
 Maxims and unwritten Cufloms, which is now known 
 by the Name of the Common Law, as extending its 
 Authority univerfally over all the Realm ; and which 
 is doubtlefs of Saxon Parentage. 4 Black. 404. 
 
 This Edward the ConfefTor effected without Tu- 
 mult or Contradiction ; all thefe three different Laws 
 holding an Uniformity in Subflance, and differing 
 rather in the Quantity of Fines and Amerciaments, 
 than in the Courfe and Frame of Juftice. Spelm. 
 Rem. 49. 
 
 Fortelcue, indeed, is of Opinion, that thofe Laws 
 could not be at that Time confolidated and thrown 
 into one Body of Laws, becaufe each of thofe Species 
 of Laws were in Force after, and are to be found, 
 not only in Edward the ConfefTor's, but all over Wil- 
 liam the Firft's Laws. And not only Mulcts and 
 Fines fet, according to the Dane-Laga, Saxon-Laga, 
 and Mercen-Laga ; but Cuftoms and Ufages fet out 
 to- be obferved according to thofe different Laws. 
 So that he thinks it muff be meant only, that Edward 
 the ConfefTor made a Collection out of thofe Laws 
 then extant, as Alfred did before him; and that, 
 ordering thofe to be obferved, which had not been 
 obferved in the fliort Reigns of Harold and Hardica- 
 nute, he may well enough be called the Reflorer of 
 the Englifh Laws. 
 
 Thus flood the Laws of England at the Entry of 
 William I. ; and it fcems plain that the Laws com- 
 monly called the Laws of Edward the Confefibr were 
 at that Time the {landing Laws of the Kingdom, and 
 confidered as the great Rule of their Rights and Li- 
 berties ; and that the Englifh were lb zealous for 
 
 them.
 
 yill PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE TO THE 
 
 them, that they were never fatisfied till the faid Laws 
 were reinforced and mingled for the moft Part with 
 the Coronation Oath. Hale's Hift. p. 85, 86. 
 
 Accordingly, we find that this great Conqueror, at 
 his Coronation on the Chriftmas-day iucceeding his 
 Victory, took an Oath at the Altar of St. Peter Weft- 
 minfter, in Senfe and Subftance the very fame with 
 jthat which the Saxon Kings ufed to take at their 
 Coronations ; adding further, that he would make no 
 Diftinftion between the Englifh and French. Fort. 
 Pref. 26. Arg. Ant. p. 12. 
 
 Of all the feveral Species of Laws, the Dane Lage 
 pleafed William beft ; and he declared, that as his 
 Anceftors and moft of his Norman Barons came from 
 Norway, and were of Norwegian Extraction, he 
 ought to govern the Realm by thefe Laws. However, 
 he was at lad, by Tears, and Prayers, and Adjurati- 
 ons by the Soul of Edward, who bequeathed him 
 his Kingdom, diverted from his Purpofe; and at 
 Berkhamftead, in the 4th Year of his Reign, in the 
 Preftnce of Lanfranc Abp. of Canterbury, for the 
 quieting of the People, he fwore, that he would in- 
 violably obferve the good and approved antient Laws 
 which had been made by the devout and pious Kings 
 of England, his Anceftors, and chiefly by King Ed- 
 ward ; and we are told, that the People then departed 
 in good Humour. 
 
 William 1. having now folemnly bound himfelf to 
 govern chiefly by the Laws of Edward the Confeflbr, 
 ic became neceflary, as his Followers were Foreigners, 
 and Strangers to the Englifh Laws and Cuftoms, to 
 have them ascertained, and for this Purpofe he fum- 
 moned 12 Saxons from every County, to inform him 
 and his Lords upon Oath, what the antient Laws were ; 
 and Alured Abp. of York, who had crowned Wil- 
 liam, and Hugh, Bifhop of London, by the King's 
 4 Command,
 
 LAWS OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. IX 
 
 Command, wrote down with their own Hands the 
 Keturn made by thefe Jurors. 
 
 And to bring the Matter dill nearer Home, In- 
 gulphus, who was an Englifhman, who had been 
 Secretary to the Conqueror, and afterwards made by 
 him Abbot of Crowland, has tranfmitted to Pofterity 
 this Account of his Laws. " I brought this Time 
 " with me (fays he) from London to my Monaftery 
 " the Laws of the mod juft King Edward, which 
 " my Lord William, the renowned King of England, 
 '* had proclaimed to be authentic, and to be always 
 " inviolably obferved through the moft grievous Pe- 
 " nalties, and commended them to his Juftices in the 
 " fame Tongue they were fet forth, left through Ig- 
 " norance we or ours might happen to offend." 
 Ingul. Hift. Seld. Ead. p. 172. Whelock's Edit. 
 of Lambard's Archaion, 158, 159. Wilk. Leg. 
 Saxon. 216. 
 
 Having given an Account how the Laws flood at 
 the Entrance of William I ; we will now lay before the 
 Reader what Houard has advanced in Oppo- 
 fition thereto, and make fome Obfervations on thofe 
 Paflfages. 
 
 His AfTertions, amongft others to the like Effect, 
 are thefe : 
 
 1. Guillaume le Conquer ant defendit fes nouveaux 
 Sujets de fuivre d'autres Coutumes que celles de fon pre- 
 mier domaine. Difc. Prelim, p. 23.31. 
 
 William the Conqueror forbad his new Subjects 
 to follow any other Cuftoms than thofe of Nor- 
 mandy. 
 
 Our Obfervation on this is, that as William at 
 his Coronation fwore that he would govern by the 
 Laws of Edward the ConfefTor, confirmed thefe Laws 
 by his Charter to the Citizens of London, and renew- 
 ed this Oath afterwards at Berkhamited •, it can 
 never be imagined that after fuch Solemnities all thefe 
 
 Laws
 
 X PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE TO THE 
 
 Laws were cancelled and abolifhed : and indeed wc 
 have on the contrary, many Proofs from our Hifto- 
 rians of the Obfervance of the Laws of Edward in 
 his Reign. 
 
 2. Les Loix de Guillaume riont rien emprunte des 
 Loix d' Edward. Difcours Prelim, p. 32. 
 
 The Laws of William have borrowed nothing from 
 thofe of Edward the Confeflbr. 
 
 Here we mud remark, that Ducange, who tranflat- 
 ed thefe very Laws, fays, that William did not dic- 
 tate to the Englifh new Laws, fo much as confirm 
 the old, efpecially the Laws of Edward, to which he 
 made ibme Additions. Ducange, Dift. Lex Angl. 
 Vol. ii. p. 265. 
 
 Thefe Laws of William comprifethe Ordinances of 
 the Kings Ina and Ethelred, and more efpecially of 
 Canute. Wilk. Leg. Angl. Saxon, p. 229. 
 
 Rapin tells us, that the Cuftoms now practifed in 
 England are, for the moft Part, the fame as the 
 Anglo-Saxons brought with them from Ger- 
 many. Dilfertation on Government of Anglo-Saxons, 
 Vol. ii. Oft. Ed. p. 138. 
 
 M. Lacombe, in the Preface to his Supplement to 
 the Dictionary du vieux Langage Francois, fpeaking 
 of William the Conqueror, fays, " Ses Ordonnances 
 " font les memes que celles d'Edouard fon Predecef- 
 " feur." Pref. p. 13. His Laws are the fame as 
 thofe of Edward his Predecefibr. 
 
 3. A I'avenement de Guillaume au 'Trone, les Loix 
 Saxonnes etoient abrogees depuis long temps en Angle t err e. 
 Celles d' Edward, qui ne confervoient aucunes traces de 
 ces Loix, les avoient remphicees. Prelim. Difc. p. 34. 
 
 The Saxon Laws had been abrogated a long Time 
 in England before William I. came to the Crown. 
 The Laws of Edward, which preferved no Traces of 
 thofe Laws, had fucceeded in their Room. 
 
 Surely
 
 LAWS Of WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. XI 
 
 Surely nothing can be further from the Truth than 
 this. 
 
 All Hiftorians agree, that the Laws which "William 
 I. fwore to obferve, were, " bonse et approbate an- 
 " tiquae Regni Leges," the good, approved, and an- 
 tienc Laws of the Realm. Pref. 8 Coke. 
 
 That thefe Laws were no other than the Laws of 
 Edward the Confeflbr ; and that, fo far from not pre- 
 ferving any Traces of the Saxon Laws, Coke fays, 
 they contain the Subftance of all thofe ; and that 
 what was Law in thofe Days is ftill the fame in feveral 
 Inftances. Pref. to 6 Coke. 
 
 This will appear from the Laws themfelves, for 
 many of the Laws of Edward the Confeflbr are the 
 very fame as in former Saxon Kings ; and many Ex- 
 prefllons and Words, and moft of the Terms in Wil- 
 liam Ps Laws, are mere Saxon, and derived from 
 that Language, but put into Norman French. For- 
 tefcue's Pref. to Reports. 
 
 The Common Law, though fomewhat altered and 
 impaired by the Violence of the Times, has in a great 
 Meafure weathered the rude Shock of the Norman 
 Conqueft. Black. Vol. i. p. 17. 
 
 The Laws of William I. are in general little other 
 than Tranfcripts of the Saxon Laws or Cuftoms. 
 Sullivan, Lec~t. xxviii. p. 288. 292. 
 
 4. Lit t let o?i diftingue en chaque Article de fon Recueil 
 ce qui eft de la commune Loi ; e'eft a dire, de la Loi eta- 
 bhe par Guillaume le Coyiqucrant d'avec ce qui a ete in- 
 ftitui par des Cbartes, Statuts> ou Edits pofterieurs. 
 Difcours Prelim, p. 42. 
 
 Littleton diftinguifhes in every Section of his 
 work, what the Common Law is ; that is, the Law 
 ellablifhed by William the Conqueror, from that 
 which has been ordained by Charters or Statutes fince 
 his Time. Difc. Prel. p. 42. 
 
 This
 
 Xll PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE.' 
 
 This Norman Jurift fecms to have a very imperfect 
 and inadequate Idea of what we underftand by the 
 Common Law, when he tells us, it is the Law efta- 
 blifhed by William the Conqueror. Let us confult 
 our own Lawyers and Hiftorians, and they will in- 
 form us, it was called Folc-Right in the Saxons 
 Times-, that Alfred, Edgar, and Edward the Confef- 
 for, were the great Compilers and Reftorers of the 
 Engiifh Laws ; and thatthefe are the Laws which our 
 Anceftors ftruggled fo hardly to maintain under the 
 firft Princes of the Norman Line, and which fo vigo- 
 roufly withftood the repeated Attacks of the Civil 
 Law j and that thele (and not the Law eftablifhed by 
 William) gave Rife and Original to that Collection of 
 Maxims and Cuftoms which is now known by the 
 Name of the Common Law. i Black. 66. 
 
 To thefe Laws, William, at the latter End of his 
 Reign added fome of his own, which were the Means 
 of eitablifhing the Feudal Syftcm in this Nation ; 
 and, by his Charter, he commanded that all his Sub- 
 jects inould enjoy the Laws of King Edward in all 
 Things, with thole Additions which he had appoint- 
 ed for the Good of the Englilh. 
 
 Si me erraffe deprebenderis, in mam revoca ; et Ducem 
 fequar manibus pdibufque. Houard, Title, Vol. ii. 
 
 L A W S
 
 THE 
 
 ANGLO-SAXON LAWS 
 
 REFERRED TO, 
 
 As found in WILKINS. 
 
 THE Laws of iEthelbirht p. i 
 
 He was King of Kent, and the firft Chri- 
 
 ftian King of the Saxons. He began his 
 
 reign 50 i and died in 616. 
 The Laws of Hlothare andEadric p. 7 
 
 They were Kings of Kent ; the firft began * 
 
 to reign about 673, and died 685 ; the 
 
 other was his nephew, and reigned but 
 
 about a year and half after him. 
 The Laws of Wihtrced p. 10 
 
 He fucceeded his brother Ladric as King 
 
 of Kent, and died 725. 
 The Laws of Ina p. 14 
 
 Fie was King of the Weft Saxons ; began 
 
 his reign 68 8 and died about 728. 
 The Laws of Alfred p. 28 
 
 He was grandfon of Egbert and King of 
 
 the Weft Saxons; fucceeded to the throne 
 
 in 872 and died 901. 
 Foedus Alr'redi & Guthruni p. 47 
 
 Guthrun the Daniih general was inverted 
 
 by Alfred with the title of King of Ealt 
 
 Anglia about 878. 
 
 B The
 
 [ » ] 
 
 The Laws of Edward (the elder) p. 48 
 
 He fucceeded his father Alfred, and af- 
 cended the throne in 901, and died about 
 924. 
 
 Foedus Edwardi & Guthruni p. '$ r 
 
 The Laws of Athelftan p. 54 
 
 He fucceeded his father Edward in 924, 
 and died 940. 
 
 Judicia Civitatis Londonias p. 6$ 
 
 Thefe Laws were publifhed under the reign 
 of Athelftan. 
 
 The Laws of Edmund p. 72 
 
 He was nephew to Athelftan, who died 
 without iffue, attended the throne in 940 
 and died about 948. 
 
 The Laws of Edgar p. 76 
 
 He was youngeft fon of Edmund, and fuc- 
 ceeded his brother Edwy in 959, and died 
 
 in 975- 
 Supplement to the Laws of Edgar p. 79 
 
 Canons publifhed under the reign of Edgar p. 82 
 
 Laws of the Northumbrian Prelbyters p. 98 
 
 Mr. Johnfon is of opinion thefe Laws were 
 made under a Danifh King, between the year 
 949 and 952. 
 
 The Laws of Ethelred p. 102 
 
 He was the youngeft fon of Edgar, and fuc- 
 ceeded his brother Edward in yjy, and died 
 about 1016. 
 
 Book of Conftitutions :o6 
 
 Thefe were ordained injthe reign of Ethel- 
 red. 
 
 Councilor iEnham p. 119 
 
 Tins was a general Council held between 
 the 28th and 35th years of the reign of 
 Ethelred, at TEneham, probably now En- 
 fham in Oxfordihire. 
 
 Senatus
 
 C 3 J 
 
 Senatus Confultum de Monticolis Wallise p. 125 
 
 This is placed by Dr. Wilkins under the 
 reign of Ethelred. 
 
 The Laws of Canute p. 126 
 
 He was King of all England, and of Den- 
 mark and Norway. He afcended the 
 throne after the death of Edmund Ironfide, 
 eldeit fon oi' Ethelred in 1017, and died 
 
 1035- 
 Book of Conftitutions p. 147 
 
 This is fuppoled to have been compofed 
 about the time of the Conquelt. 
 Book of Ecclefiaftical Canons p. 153 
 
 Theie Canons, or Rules rather, are ima- 
 gined to have been made about the time of 
 the Conqueft. 
 The Epillles of iElfric p. 161 
 
 This /Elfric was both a Bifhop and Abbot, 
 and is the fame perfon who compofed the 
 book of Canons. 
 Book of Ecclefiaftical Laws p. 173 
 
 Spelman conjectures that this Book or 
 Capitulary was compiled by fome Bifhop. 
 The Laws of Edward the ConfelTcr p. 197 
 
 He was the youngeit lbn of Ethelred by 
 Emma his fecond wife, and Ethelred was 
 the voun«elt fon of Edgar; he afcended the 
 throne after the death of Canute the 2d, 
 the laic Danifh King in 1 04 2, and died \0b6. 
 Theie Laws are luppofed to have been col- 
 lected after William Rufus's time. 
 The Laws of William the Conqueror u. 211 
 
 William Duke of Normandy, having gained 
 a complete victory over King Harold, the 
 fecond lbn of Earl Godwin, on the 14th 
 of October 1066 j he was crowned .the 
 B 2 Chriflmas
 
 [ 4 ] 
 
 Chriftmas-day following, and died on the 
 9th ofSeptember 1087. 
 The Laws of Henry the Firfl: p. 2 3 1 
 
 He was the youngeft fen of William the 
 Conqueror, and fucceeded his brother Wil- 
 liam Kufas on the %d of Auguft 1 ico, and 
 died the 2d of December 1 1 35. 
 
 T II E
 
 THE 
 
 A W 
 
 O F 
 
 WILLIAM the CONQUEROR, 
 
 WITH NOTES AND REFERENCES. 
 
 References to the Anglo- Sax on Laws, 
 
 *** The principal defign of making the References, 
 from the Laws of William the Conqueror to the 
 Anglo-Saxon Laws, and thofe of Hen. I.-, is tofhew, 
 that the Laws of William, notwithstanding what 
 has been aflerted by Monf. Houard, ftand greatly- 
 indebted to the Saxon Laws ; in the next place it 
 is hoped thefe References will not a little tend to- 
 wards illuttrating both Laws ; and at the fame time, 
 prefent the Reader with a fhort view of what the 
 greateft part of the Public or Common Law in 
 thofe ages confifted; as well as in fome degree 
 facilitate, what is greatly to be wifhed for, a regular 
 digeft of that moil antient body of Laws* 
 
 B x
 
 [ 6 ] 
 
 LEGES 
 
 GULIELMI CONQUESTORIS; 
 
 Ha funt Leges & Confuetu- Ces font les Les 6? les Cuf- 
 
 dines quas Williel- tumes que UReisWiL- 
 
 mus Rex concejfit uni- liam a grantut a tut le 
 
 verfo Fopulo Anglia? Feuple de Engleterre, 
 
 pojl fubatlam Terram. apres le b Conquefi de la 
 
 Eadem funt quas En- Terre. Ice c les meifmes' 
 
 wardus Rex, cognatus que le Rets Edward 
 
 ejus, ob/ervavit ante fun Cofin d tint devant 
 
 eum. lui. 
 
 I. De Afylorum e jure £s? immunitate Ecclefiafiica. 
 
 SCilicet; Pax Sanffe /^O eft a laveir; f Paisa 
 Ecclefia? cujufcun- V^4 Saint Ygliie ; de 
 que Forisfacturas quis quel forfait que home out 
 reus fit hoc tempore ; & fait en eel tens ; e il pout 
 venire poteft ad Sanctam svenir aSainteYglife; out 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 * Grantut. — In the fourth year of his reign. 
 
 b Conquefi de la Tcrrc. — According to Sir Maihcw Hale, 
 Blackflone, and others, the word Conquefi: fignifies no more than 
 Acquilition or Purchafe ; but according to Dr. Brady and many 
 more, it is taken in the fenfe Wilkins here understands it, tor ah- 
 foluteConquell. Hale's Hill. Law, p. 86. 2d Black. 48. 242. Brady. 
 
 ' Les meifmes. — They were translated from the Saxon by the 
 command of William, into the Norman Language, and then 
 confirmed by him ; and there are not any Laws which are 
 wrote in the Norman Idiom of that Age extant befidcs thefe. 
 
 But ftiil we mult remember, that though thefe Gallo-Nor- 
 mannic Laws, as well as fome others in Latin ot Kdward the 
 Confcflbr, have been handed down to u.s ; yet that we mull 
 ccnfider them only as a manual of thofe Laws, and that the 
 greater part of the Laws of Edward are the immemorial Cuf- 
 tom of the Realm. Wiik. .219. Seld. 189. Hale's Hilt. p. 80. 
 Sulivan'.i Lcc c t. p. 253. 
 
 [Sec a further account of thefe Laws in the Preliminary Difcourfe.] 
 4 Eclefiam ;
 
 Z 1 1 
 
 THE 
 
 LAWS 
 
 O F 
 
 WILLIAM the CONQUEROR* 
 
 Thefe are the Laws and Cufloms which William the 
 King granted to all the People of England after his 
 Conqiieft of the Realm ; being the fame as thofe which 
 King Edward, his Coufin, obferved before him, 
 viz. 
 
 I . Concerning the Privilege of AJylums, and Immunity 
 of the Church. 
 
 LET Holy Church enjoy her Peace •, whatever 
 forfeiture a man hath incurred to this time, if he 
 can come to Holy Church, let him have Peace of 
 life and limb ; and if any man lay hands on him who 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 d Tint (levant hi. — Obferved before him; not tulit, enacled ; 
 therefore lb me are of opinion, that thefe Laws were framed and 
 promulgated by fome of the predeceflcrs or Edward the Confef- 
 lbr, and efpecially by Canute. See Wilkins's Concilia, torn. i. 
 
 P- 313- 
 
 e De Ajylorum jure. — The numbers and titles prefixed to 
 each Law, were added by Sdden. Seld. 194. Wilk. 215. 
 
 REFERENCES. 
 
 Holy Church, Ina?, c. v. p. 15. — Alfr. c. ii. v. p. 34, 35. c. xxxviii. 
 
 A/ylums to t l c Kir.?, Archb-Jhop t hobleman, Bijjop, Lib. Conflit. 
 
 Temp. Athel. p. 1 ia, 1 1 1, 1 12, 1 13. 
 T. ?, Feed. Edw. 6c Guth. p. 51.L.1. — Edg. p. 76. 1. — Can. p# 
 
 1 27. ii. iii. — Hen. I. p. 243. xi. 
 
 B 4 has
 
 LEGES GULIELMI C0NQUEST0RIS. 
 
 Ecclefiam ; Pacem ha- 
 beat vitse & membri. Et 
 fi quis injecerit manum in 
 cum qui matrem Eccle- 
 fiam qusefierit, five fit 
 Abbatia, five Ecclefia Re- 
 ligionis, reddat eum quern 
 abftulerit, & centum fo- 
 lidos nomine Forisfadtu- 
 rse : et Matri Ecclefice 
 Parochiali xx folidos : et 
 Capellae x folidos : et qui 
 fregerit pacem Regis in 
 Merchenelega centum fo- 
 lidis emendet, fimiliter de 
 compcnfatione homicidii, 
 & de infidiis prsecogitatis. 
 
 pais de vie & de membre. 
 E fe alquons meift main 
 en celui qui la mere Y- 
 glife requireit, fe ceo full 
 u Abbeie, u h Yglife e de 
 Religion, rendift ce que il 
 javereit pris, e cent folz, 
 de forfait, e de Mer Y- 
 glife de ParoifTe xx folz, 
 e de Chappelle x folz, e 
 que enfraiant la pais le 
 Rei en Mcrchenelae cent 
 folz les amendes, altrefi 
 de ' Heinfare k e de aweit 
 purpenfed. 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 ' Pais a faint Tglife. — Pax Ecclefiae frequently occurs, and fig- 
 nifies the immunities and privileges the Church was intitled to, 
 and whoever broke them was faid to break the peace of the Church, 
 If any brawls or contentions arofe in the Church, the peace of 
 the Church was violated, and a double mulcl was to be paid ac- 
 cording to the dignity of the Church ; from 5I. to 30s. jEthel- 
 birht, 1. 1. Wihtred, p. 10. S. 3. 4. InJe, 1. 5. Lib. Conftitut. 
 p. 151. c. ii. Foedus £dw. & Gut. 1. 1. Canut. 1. 2, 3. Edw. 
 Conf. 1. 2.7. Edgar 1. 1. Concilium TEnhamenfe, p. \2\. Sec. 
 
 2 > 3 " r ■ 
 
 Thofe who fled to the Church for refuge, were faid to have the 
 peace of the Church. See next page,, note s. 
 
 Our Saxon and Norman anceftors called thofe days and 
 parts ot the year that were alligned to God, Dies 1'acis et Ecclefiae, 
 and the refidue allotted to the King, Dies or tempus pacis 
 Regis; and in the Laws of Edw. the Conf. Term time is called, 
 Dies Pacis Regis; and Vacations Dies Pacis Dei, et SanCta; Ecclefia 
 Spel. Rem. p. 79. Ed. Con. 1. 3. 
 
 2. De
 
 LAWS OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. 9 
 
 has fought the prote&ion of the Mother Church, 
 whether it be an Abby or a Church of Religion, let 
 him deliver him up whom he has taken, and pay . 
 100s. as a forfeiture, and 20s. to the Parochial Mo- 
 ther Church, and ios. to a Chapel ; and whofoever 
 breaks the King's peace, the fatisfaction, by the law of 
 the Mercians, Ys 100s; the fame for Heinfare and 
 premeditated affaults. 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 S Venir a fainte Yglif — Churches had this privilege from the time 
 of Conltantir.e, though there are no Laws about it older than 
 Theodofius, either in the Jultinian or Theodofian Code. By the 
 ninth Law of Alfred, the Criminal had Sanftuary for three days. 
 /Ethelltan extended it to nine days. iE-helred, 1. 9. to nine or 
 more. By the 6th Law or FAw. the C.mr". he could be taken trom 
 San&uary by none but the Pope, or one aurhorifed by him. The 
 King, Archbiihops, Noblemen, and Biihops, Iug alio this privilege.* 
 Conftitut. iEthelred, p. 1 10. 
 
 h Yglife de Religion. — A MonaiTeiy or Church dedicated to any 
 religious Order. Wilkins. As to ;he degrees of Reverence and 
 Privilege, and the punifhment of violation ; Churches were thus 
 
 differenced, viz. into Ecclefia Oipitalis, Eccleha Mediocris, and 
 
 Eceleiia Camped ris. Jo. Biompton 91 3. 
 
 • C\ nt folz de forfait e de mer Yglife de paroife xx folz. fani zedituis 
 
 I jo folidorum numeratione pacts Eccldiae violate panasluito, Leg. 
 
 Alb. c. 1. 
 
 x Heinfare — this is fometimes wrote Hainfare and Ham fare — 
 
 Infultus tactus in Domo ; and ieetns here to lignity ttie lame as 
 
 Hamfocen, and not fervi tranfitum, trom Hein fervus &c ftrtranfitus; 
 
 or Homicidii compenfationem, as it iometimes does. Hi.nfoken Sc 
 
 Hatnfare are often u!ed as iynonyinous in ancient Hiilorians ; and 
 
 the amends is the fame. 
 
 E de avoeit purp:>i':d — prajmeditatus alEiltus, L. Hen. i. p. 2 j.2. 
 
 1. 10. or it may lignify any offence committed by a>vai., or malice 
 
 prepenled. 
 
 The
 
 IO 
 
 LEGES GL'LIELMI C0NQUEST0RISY 
 
 2. De Hominum 
 
 Hzec placita pertinent 
 ad Coronam Regis. Et 
 fi aliquis aut aliqua vexa- 
 verit, (moleftaverit aut) 
 malefecerit hominibus il- 
 lius Ballivse & de hoc fit 
 attinctus per Juftitiam Re- 
 gis, Forisfa&ura fit dupla 
 Alius quam alius quifpiam 
 forisfecerit. 
 
 Regis privilegio. 
 
 Icee plaiz afierent a la 
 Coroune le Rei j & fe al- 
 quens k u quens uxuoft 
 mefleift as homes de fa 
 1 baillie, e de eo fuift atint 
 de la juftice du Roi, for- 
 fait fuft a . duble de ce 
 com me altre full forfait. 
 
 3.. De Pads puhlica violatoribus. 
 
 Et qui in Danelega vi- E que en ,n Danelae fru- 
 
 i fie la pais le Roi vii viiis 
 livres e iiii les amendes i 
 e les forfaiz le Roi qui 
 afierent alVefcuntexl folz 
 en Merchenelae, e 1 folz 
 en Weft-Sexenelae. E al 
 frans home qui aveit n Sac 
 e ° Soc e p 'I'ol e i Tem e 
 
 olaverit pacem Regis, 
 cxliv libris emendet : Et 
 Fortisfaclurse Regis quze 
 pertinent ad Vicecomitem 
 xl folidi inMerchenelega, 
 & 1 folidi in Weft-Sexene- 
 lega. Et de libero homine 
 qui habet Sac & Soc & 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 k U ' qxens vxunjl — " Soit Comte foit Prevot," Houard ; whether 
 Earl or I'rovoft ; and indeed Quenz or Quens frequently fignih'es 
 Karl. See Laws ot William, xvji. Qjjens de Flanders — Treadle on 
 prero?. Q^een confort, p. i i.-Seld. Tit. Hon. p. 115. 
 
 ^Baillie, i. e Jurisdiction, Province, Wilkins. 
 
 ni Da>:clac. — The Danelae, the Merchenlae, and the Weft-Sexelae 
 are all 1 ere taken notice ot, as Fortcfcuc has obferved ; which feems 
 to countenance his opinion, that thofe Laws were not all confo- 
 lidated or thrown into one body or Laws; but that Edward the 
 Conleilbr made a collection out or thele Laws then extant, as Allied 
 v did be tore him. Fortejads fref. z^. 
 
 r> t'nc, Soc, Tol, Tan, and Infangtblef, contain privileges en- 
 joytji by Louis 01 Manors, and Fieemen. 
 
 Tol
 
 LAWS OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. II 
 
 2. The Privilege of the Men of the King's Bailiwick. 
 
 Thefe pleas belong to the King's crown, namely ; 
 if any one whether Earl or Provoft, fhall evil entreat 
 the men of his Bailiwick and be convicted thereof in 
 the King's court ; let him forfeit double what another 
 would have forfeited in the like cafe. 
 
 3. Of the Violators cf the public Peace. 
 
 He who is guilty of a breach of the King's peace, 
 fhall, according to the Law of the Danes, pay 144 1. ; 
 and the King's forfeiture, which belong to the Sheriff, 
 is by the Law of the Mercians xl s. and by the Law of 
 the Welt Saxons ls, As to a freeman who has fac 
 and foe, tol and tern, and infangentheof, if he is im- 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 m Sac from r*ace, is that priviledge which a Lord of a Manor en- 
 joys ot holding pleas and punifhing offenders within his Manor.— 
 It alfo figniiies the right of taking the forfeitures or mulcts arifing 
 from thence. 
 
 r Soc from r*ocn, is the territory, precinct, or circuit, wherein 
 the privileges of Sac, Tol, Team, Infangthefe, &c. are exercifed; 
 it alfo imports a liberty, immunity, franchife, priviledge, or jurifdio 
 tion. Gloil. Dec, Script. — Somner Gav. 134. — Sptl. 51. Ducange. 
 Houard, v. ii. p. 1 18. 
 
 1 Tol, the privilege of buying and felling within his own Manor, 
 L. Edvv. 24, Brae. 55, b ; al(o of taking Toil of what is bought and 
 fold there. To be exempted from taxes or tolls lor what was loli 
 ofFhis own domaines. Houard. To be quit from paying toil in any 
 part of the kingdom. Brad. Fht. p. 62. S. viii. 
 
 REFERENCES. 
 
 Alfred, p. 43. xxxvi. — Edward, p. 4.9. iv. — Athelfl. p. 63. iii.— 
 Canute, p. 127. ii. — Edw. Cont. p. 199. xii. p. 203. xxx, xxxi.— ■ 
 Win. I. p. 228. Ii. — lien. I. p. 273.lx.xxi. 
 
 pleaded
 
 12 LEG-ES GULIEL'MI 
 
 Tol & Tem & Infan- 
 gtntheof & implacitatus 
 luetic, & adForisfacturam 
 pofitus in Comitatu, per- 
 tinet Forisfaclura ad opus 
 Vicecomitis xl Oras in 
 Danelcga, & de alio no- 
 mine qui ejufmodi Liber- 
 tatCm non habet orse xxxii. 
 De his xxxii oris habebit 
 Vice comes ad ufum Regis 
 oras decern, & is qui eum 
 implacitaverit habebit in 
 remedium verfus eum oras 
 xii, & Dominus in cujus 
 finibus manferit x oras. 
 Hasc eft in Danelega. 
 
 CONQUESTORIS. 
 
 q Infangenetheof, fe il eft 
 emplaide e feit mis en 
 forfeit en le Counte, afiert 
 il forfait a oes le Vefcunte 
 xl r ores in Denelae, e de 
 altre home qui ceft fran- 
 chife non ad xxxii ores. 
 De ces xxxii ores, arat ft 
 Vefcunte a oes le Roi x 
 ores, e cil qui li plait 
 aurat de remied vers lui 
 xii ores, e le Seigneur, en 
 ki fin il maindra, x ores ; 
 co eft en Denelae. 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 "i Tern, from T\ man propagare, to teem or bring forth. A pri- 
 vilege granted to a Lord ot a manor, of having, retraining, and 
 judging bondmen, thieves, and villains, with their children, goods 
 and chattels, in his court. Glojf. X. Script. Latro. 
 
 1 Infangtbief, from the Saxon in infra, pangan capere, and beop 
 fur. Is that priviledge which the Lord had of trying and hanging 
 a thief on his own gallows, who was taken with the goods ftolen 
 upon him, within his manor. All thefe prerogatives were granted 
 to freemen for tire encouragement of hufbandry. 
 
 Considerable farms could not be managed by a fingle family ; 
 from thence it became natural for the owners to trull the cultivation 
 of part of thoie farms to poor people and flaves ; and that he 
 fhould have the liberty of chaltiiing them without obferving the 
 forms of law, and to be anfwerable for wrongs they might do to 
 fuch hufbandmen as lived alfo under his dependence. Houard t 
 p. 119. 
 
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 LAWS OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. I 3 
 
 pleaded, and a forfeit is laid upon him in the county- 
 court, the forfeit fhall go to the ufe of the Sheriff ; 
 40 ores, according to the laws of the Danes, and as 
 to any other man not having fuch franchife, 32 ores ; 
 and of thefe 32 ores the Sheriff fhall beanfwcrable for 
 10 to the King's ufe -, and the profecutor fhall have 
 1 2 towards his damages, and the Lord within whofe 
 juifdiftion he refides fhall have 10 ores. Tins is 
 u.q Law of" the Danes. 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 * Ores. Syelman and Somner are of opinion, that there wa $ 
 no fpecific coin called an ore, but that it ll unified the f.'.me as our 
 our.ee. It differed according to the variation ot the ftandard, rind 
 was fometimes valued at i2d foinetiines at 1 6 J. ar.d at other 
 times at zod. See G'.oil. X. Script. 
 
 Ta'c manerium dedit 10, 10, vel 30, libras denariorurn de 20 in 
 ora. DomcjJay, 
 
 S.)hnar.t'd;irc pro filih fnis maritand'.s duas oras qux valcnt 52 
 dcsuiios. P;<i. Mn: a 7 H. III. 
 
 Ccn-
 
 1+ 
 
 LEGES GULIELMI CONQUESTORIS. 
 
 4. De Latrocinii reo>& fidejujjbre qui morum ejus peri- 
 culum in fe fufceperat. 
 
 Hsec eft Confuetudo in 
 Merchendega ; Ci quis 
 appellatus fuerit de Latro- 
 cinio, feu de Furto, & 
 plegiatus fuerit venire ad 
 
 Cod eft la cuftume en 
 Mcrchenelae, fe alquens 
 eft apeled de larciu, u de 
 roberie, e feit plevi de 
 venir a juftice, e il feit 
 
 Juflitiam, & fugerit in- fuie dedcnx, fon plege ft 
 
 terim, Plegius <jus habe- avera de iv meis e i jour 
 
 bit iv me-nies & unum de quer le, r e ft il le pot 
 
 diem ad eurn qua?rendum, truver, fi jurad u ie dud- 
 
 & fi pofllt eum invcnire, zime main que a l'lreque 
 
 juret fe duodecima manu, il le plevi, w JLaron nel lot, 
 
 quod tempore quo eurn ne pur lui ne lent eft fui, 
 
 plegiavit Latro non fuerat, ne aveir nel pot dune 
 
 neque per eurn eftet quod 
 fugerit, nee eurn prehen- 
 dere pofFit. Tunc reddat 
 Catallum, & xx folidos 
 pro capite, & iv denarios 
 
 rendrad le chattel x e xx 
 folz pur la teft, e iiii den. 
 al ceper, e une maille pur 
 la baiche, e xl folz al Rei. 
 En Weft-Sexenelae cent 
 
 ei qui ceperit iplum, & folz al clamur pur la telt, 
 unuiii obolum pro inqui- e iv livres al Rei. H en 
 
 NOTE S. 
 
 1 F. fi il le pot trwver — and if" he can find him ; but the fenfe 
 feem* ro requite, that it fhould be ; and if he cannot find him; 
 jrovifion being made in the latter part or this Law; in talc the 
 ihicfiva's taken. 
 
 » He dndzitrc main. See note on L. 17. 
 
 ^ Laron vet ft. — Latro non fuerat, Will:. One would rather 
 think it ihoukl be; latronem effb nelcivit, did not kucvj he ivas a 
 sh'if, as in Law 48. Set: alio L. 4 i . 
 
 * E xx /'>>> } u>- la rfi, r iv den. rd crpcr, e une maille fur la 
 /.•'•V. Kouard renders if thus, xx 3. for proicribing the lu^iiive, 
 4',:. to the -aolir, 
 
 rnaille to the hundred to make up tor the 
 
 the lalAiUj of ;he abfent perhm. 
 
 fitione,
 
 LAWS OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. 15 
 
 4. Concerning him who is guilty of Larceny , and his 
 
 Surety. 
 
 The cuftom of the Mercians is this ; that if one 
 who was appealed of larceny or robbery, and was 
 pledged that he fhould be amenable to juftice, (hall 
 in the mean time flee; his pledge mail have four 
 months and a day to feek him up; and if he can find 
 him, he, with 1 1 compurgators, (hall fwear, that at 
 the time he became a pledge for him, he did not 
 know that he was a thief, that he had not any hand in 
 his efcape, and that he cannot find him ; then he (hall 
 make amends for the the thing ftolen, and pay 20s. 
 for the head, and ^d. to the gaoler, and a halfpenny for 
 the inqueft, and 40s. to the King. By the Weft-Saxon 
 Law, 1 00 s. to the hue and cry for the head, and 4I. 
 to the King; and according to the Law of the Danes, 
 
 REFERENCES. 
 
 Of Pledges, Alfr. p. 3^. iii. p. 41. xxix. — Edg. p. 78, vi. — Edw. 
 
 Conr. 201. xx. 
 Theft above izd. and the thief above 1 2 years of age; the punifb- 
 
 ment, and forfeiture, Jud. Civ. Lond. p. 65. ii. 
 Theft from the A/7/J-, ho-w to be compen fated, Arhelb. p. 2. IV. 
 Of theft committed by a freeman, Hloth. and Ead. p. 8. v. — Alfr. 
 
 p. 29. xv. — Iiite, p. 22. xlvi. — Edvv. p. 50. ix. 
 Of the killing a thief, Whil. p. 12. viii. — Inaj, p. 20. xxxv. p. 17. 
 
 xvi. 
 Of thieves ivben taken, their punlfliment, Inn?, p. 17. xii. p. 18. xviii, 
 
 p. 19. xxviii. 
 Of the accufation of theft, Inae, p. 22. xlvi. — Ediv. p. 49. vi. — 
 Of intercepting things folen, or being found in the pojijjion of ano- 
 ther, Hloth. and Ead. p. 8. vii. — lnx, 22. xlvii. p. 26. Ixxv.— 
 
 Hen. I. p. 262. 
 
 the
 
 l6 LEGES GULIELMI 
 
 fitione, & xl folidos Regi. 
 In Weft-Sexenelega c fo- 
 lidos ad chmorem pro 
 Capite, & iv libras Regi. 
 Et in Danelega, Forif- 
 factura eft viii libras. xx 
 iblidi pro Capite, & vii 
 libra? Regi. Et fi is po- 
 tcft intra annum &: iv dies 
 invenire Latronem, & 
 eum perducere ad Juftiti- 
 am, redhibebuntei viginti 
 folidos quos acceperent, & 
 fiat Juftitia de Latrone. 
 
 CONQUESTORIS. 
 
 Denelae, le forfait viii 
 livres ; les xx folz pur la 
 teft, e les vii livres al Rei. 
 E fil pot dedenz un an & 
 ivjurs trover le larun e 
 amener a la juitice, fi li 
 rendra les vent folz, kis 
 aurad ont, e feit faite la 
 juftice de Larun. 
 
 REFER 1 ENCES. 
 
 Of compenfiitlon of theft, iEthelbirhf, p. 4. xxix. — Ina?, p. 24. — . 
 
 Athelit. p. 56. i. 
 Of purgation of tbrft, and of 'receiving things fok/i, Inrc, p. 22. xlvi. 
 Ej'c ape of a thief ho-'jj punched, In:e, p. 20. xxxvi. — Canute, p. 
 
 158. xxvi. — Hen. I. p. 24.4. "ii. p. ?b],. b;v. 
 Of the Reward for taking a thief Whit. p. 12. x. — Ina?, p. uj. 
 
 xxviii. — Jud. Civ. Lund. p. 6;. iv. 
 
 trDt
 
 LAWS OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. 1 7 
 
 the forfeiture is 81. of which xxs. for the head, and 81. 
 to the King. And if he can find the thief within a 
 year and four days, and bring him to juflice, let the 
 xxs which he paid be returned to him, and let juftice 
 be executed on the thief. 
 
 REFERENCES. 
 
 Of a thief taken ivitb the manour. Wiht. p. 12. ix. Athelflr. p. 56. 
 
 i. — Can. p. 143. lxi. — Edg. p. 78. vii. — Hen. I. p. 259. L. lix. 
 
 — Win. Conq. p. 224. xxxi. 
 Of theft, where ivife and children are priny to it, Inse. p. 16. vii. 
 Where Majfer privy. iEthel. p. 57. L. iii. 
 
 Theft committed by afervant, luho are to be his pledges, F.dw. p. 49. vi. 
 By a freeman and feroant together, which to be punifl;ed, Hen. I. p. 
 
 259. lix. 
 Jtfjere by feveral frvants concerned in one theft, how to bepunijhed, Hen* 
 
 Lp. 259. lix. 
 
 5. Of
 
 1 8 LEGES GULIELMI CONQ^ESTORIS. 
 
 5. De La fronts prehenfione. 
 
 Is qui prehenderit La- Cil ky prendra Larun 
 
 tronem abfque fecta & fanz fuitee fanz cri, ?que 
 
 abfque'clamore, quern di- cil en leift a qui il aurad 
 
 miferit ei cui damnum fe- le damage fait, & vinge 
 
 eerie, & venerit port ea, z pois apres, fi eft: raifun, 
 
 Jujlitiam poftulaturtiSy ra- que il dunge x folz de 
 
 tioni conveniens eft, ut b Hengwite y e fin face la 
 
 det x folidos de Hengwite juftice a la primere devife 
 
 & finem faciat Juftitise ad e fil pafle la devife fans le 
 
 primam Curiam, & fi con- ' conge a la juftice, fi eft 
 
 firmetur in Curia*, abfque forfait de xl iolz. 
 li:entia Juftitiie, fit forif- 
 fictura de xc folidis. 
 
 6. De Animalium Redemption. 
 
 Is qui Averium reple- Cil ky aveir efcut, u 
 
 giaverit, aut Equos, aut Chivals, u Buefs, u Va- 
 
 Boves, aut Vaccas, aut ches, u Pores, u Berbz, 
 
 Porcos, aut Oves, (quod que eft c Forfengen Eng- 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 y S>ue cil en leijl— -ct in ejus poteitatem tradiderit, deliver up. 
 Ducangc. 
 
 z Pois apres — foon afterwards, the word pois e p>it, being fre- 
 quently taken in this fenfe. 
 
 * Si eonfirmetur in curia, Wllkins — but the words in this Law are, 
 '• fil paffe la devife." The punifhment inflicted by this Law on 
 the party robbed, is but ju'ft ; as by his negle&ing to raife the Hue 
 and Cry, the neighbourhood might have harboured a robber without 
 fufpecting him to be fuch. Houard. 
 
 b Hengwite, Hangwit/j, or Hengwitb, from hanjian, fufpendere, 
 and pithe, mulcla. 
 
 A mulct for hanging a man without due judgment, or for having 
 efcaped out or his cultody. 
 
 Aifo the liberty granted to a man to be quit from fuch mulct. 
 D mange 
 
 c Forfengen, Forfang, Forfcng, and Forefcng, from pope ante and 
 pang capio; uiually figuifies the taking -of proviuons in fairs 
 
 1 Fop-
 
 laws of William the conojjeror; 19 
 
 5. Of the apprehending a Thief, without Hue and Cry, 
 
 If any one* without purfuit and hue and cry, ap- 
 prehends a thief, and delivers him up to the party 
 robbed, and applies foon afterwards for a reward, it is 
 but reafonable there fhould be given him xs. for 
 Hengwite^ and that a fine be paid to juftice at the 
 firft court ; but if that court be pafled over without 
 leave of juftice, let the forfeiture be 40s* 
 
 6. Of the refcuing Cattle. 
 
 Where cattle are refcued, whether horfes, oxen, 
 cows, hogs, or fheep (which in EngtiQi is called Fer- 
 fengen) he who claims them fhall give to the provoft 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 and markets* before the king's purveyor ; but it cannot be here ap- 
 plied in that fenfe, but mull rather be taken, as in the Laws of King 
 Ina, tor a certain fum of money given by the owner of things ftolen, 
 to him who received them out ofthe hands of a thief; or to one 
 who had found cattls which had eflrayed, and brought them to the 
 owner. 
 
 Sclr/en, Ducan?e, and Wilkins, feem to confider this chapter as 
 treating of Replevyns ; but with deference to fuch great authorities, 
 the Reader will judge whether it does not either relate to things 
 taken out of the hands of a thief, or to cattle eftrayed and brought 
 back to the owners, or to the refcuing cattle which had been di- 
 ftrained. The words " efcut, kjl-ujfum, Ucus* come from excu- 
 tere, eripere de manibus alterius— Nemo namium excutce pnefu- 
 mat — Qui namium excutfit, reddat, &c. Let no one prefume to 
 refcue a diltrefs ; let him who refcued a ditlrefs, reftore it, &c. 
 L. Hen. I. £i. p. 257. Qui rem furto ablatam de manibus latro- 
 num excufiit. Who fnatched from the hands of a thief, the thing 
 iiolen. Ducange ; Exattere, Forfang, 
 
 REFERENCE S, 
 
 L. S < 
 J>,a,p. 20. xxxvi. p. 25. lxxii. — Canute p. 138. xxvi, — Ken. I. 
 p. 244. xii. p. 2b 3. Uv. 
 
 C 2 in
 
 LEGES GULIELMI CONQTJESTORIS. 
 
 Foppengen Anglice di- 
 citur) is qui poftulat, da- 
 bic Praspofuo, in toto, pro 
 Averio replegiato viii de- 
 narios, nee tamen habeat 
 plus, qui centum habet 
 pro obolo, non dabit pluf- 
 quam viii denarios, & pro 
 Porco iv denarios, & pro 
 Ove denarium unum, & 
 pro alio unoquoque quod 
 vivit iv denarios, nihilo- 
 minus neque habebit, nee 
 dabit, plufquam viii de- 
 narios, & dabit vadios, & 
 inveniet plegios, fe, fi 
 aliquis venerit ad pro- 
 bationem intra annum & 
 diem ut Averium petat, 
 ad rectum h'abiturum in 
 Curia, eum de quo is A- 
 verium replegiaverit. 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 c The Provoft, or Prapnjitus, was that perfon, who in the Pleas of 
 the Foreft, at the County Court, and Sheriff's Turn, reprefented the 
 Lord of the Manor, whereof he was the Prarpo/ltus ; and he was no 
 other than the Lord's Reeve, or as now called, his Bailiff; one that 
 managed his manor and lands for him. Sometimes he is called 
 Servient Villa ; and if more Lords than one in a Town, then Scr- 
 "jientes Villa:. 
 
 The Lord anfwered for the town where he was refident ; where 
 he was not, his Dapifer or Senefchal, it he were a Baron; but it 
 neither or them could be prefent, then the Reeve, and four of the 
 bell men of the town. Jhailys Introdutlicu t vol. i. (jl"JJlvy t 
 La-l'Ji of Hen. I. c. 7. p. 57. 
 
 leis apeled, cil qil clamed 
 durrad al grofs al c provoft, 
 aveir pur lefcuffum viii 
 den. c jatant ni ait meis 
 quil ont cent al maille, ne 
 durrad que viii den. epur 
 un Pore iv den. e piir un 
 Berbz i den. e ifitres que 
 vit pur chafcun iv den. ne 
 jatant ni aurad ne durrad 
 que oit. d. e durra wage, 
 e truverad plege, que fi 
 altre veinged a pref de- 
 denz Ian e un jour pur 
 laveir demander, d quil i ai 
 a droit en la Curt, celui 
 de que il aveir efcus. 
 
 REFERENCE. 
 IL-u. I. p. 255. li. 
 
 7. De
 
 LAWS OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. 21 
 
 in the whole 8d. for the cattle refcued; and if all the 
 cattle together are not worth more than 100 halfpence, 
 he fhall itill give no more than Sd. for a fingle hog 4d. 
 a fheep id. ; and for every other living animal 4d. 
 each ; neverthelefs • there fhall be no more given or 
 taken than 8d. ; and he (hall give gages, and find 
 pledges, that if any other perfon (hall come with proof 
 within the year and a day, and demand the cattle, the 
 perfon, from whom he refcued the cattle, fhall be 
 amenable to juftice. 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 Whatever thing was found, was by the next law to be (hewn to 
 the principal perfons of the vicinage; by the Confeflbr's laws, it 
 was to be produced bdore the pariih prieft, the prapofitus of the vill, 
 and four of the moit fubltantial men ot it. L. Edtv. Conf. 28. 
 p. 202. 
 
 Houard thinks th's was the officer who was appointed to take 
 care of the cattle which had eftrayed. 
 
 c Jataut ni a ; t mris quil ont cent al tnaH/e, ne durrad que viii. 
 denier s " But if all the cattle together are not worth more than 
 100 mailles, he lhall ilill pay only 8d." Houard. 
 
 <l Quil i a : t a droit en la Curt, cehy de que il a~'cir e/cus — or 
 whether this may not be rendered, " that he will be amenable to 
 41 the court of him from whom he refcued the cattle." 
 
 c?»
 
 22 
 
 LEGE5 0VLI£LMI CONQUESTORIS, 
 
 7. Be rebus forte inventis. 
 
 Similiter de Averio va- 
 ganti & alia re inventa. 
 Oftendatur tribus parcibus 
 Vicineti, ut teftimonium 
 habeat de inventione, fi 
 aJiquis veniat ad probati- 
 onem adrempoftulandam, 
 det vadios & inveniat 
 plegios fe 3 fi alius quifpiam 
 poftulaverit Averium intra 
 annum & diem ad rectum 
 exhibiturum in Curia, id, 
 invenerit. 
 
 Altrefi de aver tndirez 
 e de altre troveure ; feic 
 multred € de treis pars del 
 veifined, que il eit tefte- 
 monie de la troveure, fi 
 alquens vienge a pref pur 
 clamer la chofe duiftwage 
 e trove pleges que fe al- 
 tre clamud laveir dedenz 
 Jan e un jour qui il ait a 
 droit en la curt, celui qui 
 lauerat troved. . 
 
 8. De Homicidio &? Capitis aftimatione, feu Wera. 
 Si quis alium occiderit, Si home occit altre, f eil 
 
 & fit reus confidens, & 
 emendare negaverit, det 
 de fuo Manbote Domino 
 pro libero homine x foli- 
 dos & pro fervo xx for- 
 
 feit counfaunt, e & il denie 
 faire les amendes, durrad 
 de fa h Manbote al Seignor 
 pur le franc home x Tolz, 
 e pur le ferf xx folz ; la 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 * Dc treis pars del veifined — ante Eccleliam ducat, et coram Sacer- 
 dorc Eccleiia;, et prepouto vihx, et melionbus hominibus totum 
 oftendat inventum quicquid fit. L. Ed. Con. p. 202. 1. 28. 
 
 f E il (eit counjav/.t, and confefles it ; or perhaps it may be ren- 
 dered, and is known ; the word ftit feems to ani'wer fit, and is in 
 other places taken in that fenle. See L. Htu. I. 28c. 1. 91, 92. 
 
 ! h di.tic — In Ducan^e's Gioiiary, under Manbote, is read il 
 drive — he 011 dit. 
 
 h Manbote, irom Man and Boar. Compenfation, is that part of 
 the price ot a man killed, which was paid as a compensation to the 
 Lout o! the deceaied. 
 
 dos.
 
 LAWS OF V WILLIAM THE CONCJUEROR.. 23 
 
 7. Concerning Things found by Chance. 
 
 What is faid of cattle may be applied to any thing 
 elfe which is found ; let it be mewed in three parts of 
 the vicinage,that there may be evidence of the finding-, 
 and if any one brings proof and lays claim to what is 
 found, let him give gages and find pledges, that if any 
 other perfon fhali claim the cattle within the year and 
 a day, the perfon who found them (hall be amenable 
 tojuftice. 
 
 REFERENCE. 
 Edvj. Conf. p 202. xxviii. 
 
 8. Concerning Homicide , and the Were or Price fet on 
 each Man's Head. 
 
 If one man kills another, and confefies it ; yet re- 
 fufes to pay the ufual compenfation : there (hall be 
 given out of his manbote, to the Lord, for a freeman 
 
 REFERENCES, 
 L. 8. 
 Homicide, kinds of, Hen. f . p. 267* lxxii. 
 
 Committed by thofc hi Orders, Edg. p. 90. ix. xi. Hen. I. p. 26£. 
 
 lxxiii. p. 263. lxvi. 
 Committed on a minijler of the Altar. Canute, p. 140. xxxviii. — 
 Hen. I. p. 263. lxvi. 
 
 On Infants. Alfr. p. 37. viii. Edg. p. 93. xliii. Hen. I. p. 266. 
 On a woman big ivitb child. Alf. p. 37. ix. Hen. I. p. 266. 
 In the Kings Courts, Palace, &c. yEihelbrit, p. 3 # xiii.— Hen.I. p. 
 
 272.IXXX- 
 On bis Lord, Hen. I. p. 268. Ixxv, 
 On a Dane, jEthelr, p. 105 .v. 
 On a Welfiman, Sen. Conf. p» 125. v. 
 On a frenchman, Win. I. p. 228. liii. — Hen. I. p. 269. lxxv. p. 
 
 280. xci, xcii. 
 On an Englfoman, Hen. I. p. 265. Ixix. 
 On a Freeman, zEthelb. p. 2. vi. — Wiht. p. 1 2. X. 
 By a Gucjl, jEthclb. p. 3. xxvi. p. 4.. xxvii. 
 Where many are a£e?njled, Alf. p. 40. 
 Cafital Homicide, Hen. I. p. 267. lxxii. p. 278. xc. 
 fuftifiable, Alt. p. 30. xxv. 
 
 Ai'ylum, /Ethel, p. x 13. i. — Alf. p. 29. xiii. — Edm. p. 74. \r. 
 Turgaiion, Hen. I, p. 268. lxxiv. 
 
 C 4 los. ; 
 
 v
 
 54 LEGES OULIELMI 
 
 dos. Wera Thani eft xx 
 librae in Merchenelega, & 
 in Weft-Sexenelega. Et 
 Wera Villani c folidi in 
 Merchenelega, atque eti- 
 am in Weft-Sexenelega. 
 
 CONQUESTORIS. 
 
 1 Were del Thein xx li. en 
 Merchenlae e en Weft- 
 Sexenelae, e la wer del 
 Vilain c folz en Merche- 
 nelae, e eufement en 
 Weft-Sexenelae. 
 
 REFERENCES. 
 
 L. 8. 
 
 Hovj compen fated or punijhed, iEthelbirt, p. 3. 20, 21, 22. — iEthelr. 
 
 p. in. iv. p. 105. v. — Inse, p. 25, lxx. — Edm. p. 72. iii. p. 73. 
 
 i. — Canute, p. 134. vi. 
 Murder, what, Hen. I. p. 280. xcii. 
 Ho--jj puniJJ;cd, Alfr. p. 29. xiii. — Hen. I. p. 267. lxxi. p. 278. 
 
 Ixxxix. 
 Tbi MukJl on the Vill or Hundred ivbere the Murderer could not he found f 
 
 Edw. Conf. p. 199. xv. — Hen. I. p. 280., xci. xcii. 
 
 9. Quibus Capitis ajlimatio feu Werafolvenda. 
 
 Quod ad Weram atti- 
 net, primo reddat is qui 
 eft de nobili fcnguine Vi- 
 dua? & Orphanis x folidos, 
 & quod fupereft Orphani 
 
 & Cognati inter fe divi- 
 dant. 
 
 De la were, primere- 
 ment rendrat Turn de halt 
 Sainc a la Vidue a as Or- 
 phanins x folz, e le fur- 
 plus Orphanins e les Pa- 
 rens departent entr'els. 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 1 PFcrr, JFcrcgild, Wcrcgeld. ./Eui;natio capitis — Head money. The 
 price or asm (when certain crimes were punifhed by pecuniary 
 mulcts inftead c.r death) let en every mans head, according to his 
 conchriun and quality, who hud been guilty of luch offences as were 
 
 redeemable. 
 
 10. Ani-
 
 LAWS OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. 7.$ 
 
 I os. ; and for a villain 20s. The Were of a Thane in 
 the Mercian and Welt Saxon Law is 20I. and by the 
 fame Laws, the Were of a villain is 100s. 
 
 9. To whom the Price of the Head or Were is to be paid. 
 
 As to the Were ; for one who was of noble ex- 
 traction, let there be paid to the widow and orphans 
 x s. ; and let the orphans and the kindred divide the 
 remainder between them. 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 This cuftom was derived to us, in common with other northern 
 nations, from our anceitors, the ancient Germans. 
 
 In the Laws of King Athelftan, we find the feveral Wercgllds 
 for homicides ellabliihed in progreflive order from the death of the 
 ceorl orpealant, up to that of the King himfelt ; the Weregild of a 
 ceorl was 266 thrymfa-, that of the King 30,000 ; each thrymfa 
 being equal to about one milling of our prefent money ; and in the 
 Laws of Hen. I. we have an acountof what offences were then re- 
 deemable by Weregild, and what were not fo. 
 
 When the ranfom was fettled, the offender was to find Were 
 Pledges for the payment of it at ftated times, and then he was re- 
 ltored to the King's peace ; but if he could not find any pledges, he 
 was doomed to perpetual bondage. 
 
 This Weregild) when the crime was homicide, was divided into 
 feveral parts, and paid under different denominations ; one propor- 
 tion of it was paid to the kindred, another to the King, and another 
 to the Lord. 
 
 It the party denied the fact, then he was to purge himfelf by 
 the oaths ol feveral perfons, according to his degree and quality. 
 
 io» What
 
 2.6 1EGES GULIELM1 COtfQUESTORIS. 
 
 10. Animaltum aliquot valor, in Capitis ajlimatione 
 tenfenda. 
 In Wcra reddere pote- En la were purra il ren- 
 nt quis Equum non caf- draChival qui ad la cuille 
 tratum pro xx Iolidis, & pur xx lolz, e tor pur x 
 Taurum pro x folidis, & folz, e afer pur v ioiz. 
 Jumentum pro v iolidis. 
 
 ii. De percuffbre. 
 
 Si quis alium percuf- Si home fait plaie a al- 
 
 ferit, & negaverit ultra tre, e il denie otrei fair les 
 
 emendare, pnmo iili red- amendes, primere<rent li 
 
 dat caput fuum (id eft, rende fun le chefe, e li 
 
 capitis pretium,vulgoWer- plaiez jurraz fur ientez, 
 
 gildum) & illi percufibr qui pur me* nel pot fair 
 
 jurcr fuper Sancia quod ne pur tiaur fi chjer nel 
 
 aliter non potuerit facere, fift defarbore choefl dela 
 
 nee ex maLua quacunque dulor. 
 ille fuerit in terram de- 
 jeetus, id quod (caufa) 
 doloris eft. 
 
 12. De ' vulnere indito. 
 
 Si plaga alicui eveniat Si la plaie lui vient a 
 vifui apertp, capite toto vis en defcuuert al polz 
 vifo iv denarios del per- tote veie iv den. & de tanz 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 y J/er, Dr. Wilkins reads Aftr, which he renders Jumentum ; 
 Pucange and Houard tranflate it Ferrcm j but it is fubmitted ta 
 the Beader, whether Iter, as in Lair.bard, is not the true reading, 
 and whether Iter rruy not, from Aries, fignify a ram. 
 
 cujfor
 
 LAWS OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. 1J 
 
 10. What Beajls may be taken inftead of the Weres. 
 
 Inftead of the were of xxs. A ftone horfe may be 
 rendered ; a bull for that of xs. 5 and a rani for 
 that of vs. 
 
 REFERENCES. 
 L. 10. 
 
 Were, xxs. Hen. I. p. 270. latter end of the Law. 
 Of ajfaulting another^ Alfr. p. 38. xiii. xv. . 
 
 11. Of one Jlriking another . 
 
 If one wounds another and refufes to make him 
 amends, in the firft place let him pay his Were, and 
 alfo fwear upon the Gofpels to the perfon wounded, 
 that he could not avoid doing it, and that it was not 
 through hatred. 
 
 12. Of the wound given. 
 
 If any one is wounded, fo as that the fcull is laid 
 open, there (hall be paid 4d. -, and alio the likefum 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 1 E li plaiczjurraz, &c. Ducange tranflates the pafTage thus, 
 *' Et plagatus jurabit fuper fancta, quod pro minori (emenda) non 
 " potettracere, nee proodio cariorem (vel majorem) tecerit de fer- 
 " bota, id elt de dolore." Houard has followed Ducange, but I 
 have adopred the transition of Wilkins; though this muft be 
 con tolled to be a very obfeure Law. 
 
 for
 
 £8 LEGES GULIELMI CONQUESTORIS. 
 
 cujfor, & de omni ofTe, os cum horn trarad de la 
 
 quod quis traxerit ex pla- plaie al os tote veie iv den. 
 
 ga, ofie toto vifo iv dena- pois acordement fi li me- 
 
 rios, poftea compofitio ei trad avant honours qui ii 
 
 fi!at,fecudumhonoresquos illiont fait, co quil ad fait 
 
 a lui, fe fori queur li pur- 
 portaft, e fon confeil li 
 donaft, ])rendreit de lui 
 ce quil offre a lui. 
 
 ei (cs vel caput) fecerint ; 
 hoc cum fecerit, fi cor 
 iuum ei benevolum mon- 
 ftraverit, & confilium 
 fuum ei donaverit, acci- 
 piat ab illo quod ei obtu- 
 lerit. 
 
 13. Membrorum praciforum ajlimatio. 
 
 Si accident utquispug- Si co avent qui alquen 
 
 num cujufpiam abiciderit 
 aut pedem, reddat ei me- 
 dietatem Wer<e, fecund urn 
 id quod faclum ell. Sed 
 pro pollice reddat medi- 
 etatem manus. Pro di- 
 gito qui pollici proximus 
 xv folidos, de foiido An- 
 glicano, hoc eft, quatuor 
 denarios. Pro digito longo 
 xvi folidos. Fro ahero 
 qui poriat annulum xvii 
 folidos. Pro digito mini- 
 mo v folidos. Si unguem 
 quis prasciderit, pro quo- 
 'libet v folidos de foiido 
 Anglicano, ct pro ungue 
 diaiti minimi iv denarios. 
 
 colpe le poin a altre, u le 
 pied, fi li rendra demi 
 were, fu luc ceo q'il eft. 
 Mezdelpochierrendradla 
 meite de la mein, del dei 
 apres le pokier xv folz 
 de folt Engleis, co eft qiier 
 deners ; de lunc dei xvi 
 folz, del akre qui ported 
 l'anel xvii folz, del petit 
 dei v folz, del ungle fi il 
 colpe de cafcun v folz de 
 folt Engleis ; al ungle de 
 petit dei iv den. 
 
 14. Be
 
 LAWS OF WILLIAM THE CONQJJRROR." 2$ 
 
 for every bone which appears to be extracted from 
 the wound ; but if the wound be afterwards com- 
 pounded for by his Lords, at his own inftance, and 
 with his own confent, then let him accept what is 
 
 offered. 
 
 13. The Rates to be paid for the lofs of Limbs, &c. 
 
 If any perfon happens to cut off the fift or foot of 
 another, let him render to him the half of a Were 
 according to the condition of the perfon ; for a thumb 
 he fhall render the half of the price for a hand ; for 
 the forefinger 15s. Englifh, that is 4d. to every 
 milling; for the middle finger 16s. ; for the ring 
 finger 17s.; for the little finger 5 s. If a nail is cut 
 off, for every nail 5 s. of the Englifh milling; and for 
 thenail of the little finger, 4d. 
 
 REFERENCES. 
 
 L. 12, 13. 
 
 Wounds, Compcnfation for, ^Ethelbirt, p. 4. Law 33d. and the 38 
 following Laws. — Alfr. p. 44. xl. — Hen. I. p. 281. xciii. 
 
 14. Of
 
 3° 
 
 LEGES CULIBLMI CONOJJESTORIS. 
 
 14. De adulter io. 
 
 Qui defponfatam alte- 
 rius vitiaverit, forisfaciat 
 Wcram fuam Domino 
 fuo. 
 
 Ki altrei efpoufe pur- 
 gift, fi forfaic la were 
 vers fun Seignor. 
 
 1 5. De Judice corrupto* 
 
 Etiam qui falfum tulerit 
 Judicium, Weram fuam 
 perdat, nifi fuper facro- 
 fancta (Evangelia) pro- 
 bare potent, fe melius 
 judicare nefcivifife. 
 
 Altrefi qui faus juge- 
 ment fait, pert fa were, fi 
 il ne pot prover for Saintz 
 qui melz ne pot juger. 
 
 1 6. Depurgatione illius qui Furti reus eft. 
 
 Si quis alterum appellet 
 de Latrocinio & is fit liber 
 homo, &. habeat exinde 
 verum ted imonium de le- 
 galitate,purget fe per ple- 
 numSacramentum,& alter 
 qui infamis ante fuerat per 
 Sacramentum nominatum 
 videlicet xiv homines le- 
 gates ; attamen fi is ha- 
 bere eos poterit purget fe 
 
 Si home apeled altre de 
 Larcin, & il fot francz 
 home, & il ait ondca verre 
 teftemonie " l de lealte, fen 
 efcoudirad per plein fer- 
 ment, & altre qui blafmed 
 ait efted per ferment no- 
 med, co eft a favoir, qua- 
 corte homes leals, per non 
 fi il aver les pot, fi fen 
 efcoudirad lei dudzime 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 ro De lealte, legality, that is, of his being reHus in curia, not out- 
 lawed, excommunicated, &c. Hence legality is taken tor the con- 
 dition of fuch a man. -Leg. Edw. Conf. p. 20l.xviii. the oppolite 
 is Deleaute, perfidy, difloyalty, infamy. 
 
 Legality fometimes fignifies judiciary dignity, power of judging, 
 and jurifdidtion or tranchife. Decern ikriptores. 
 
 Tlie fimplex Lada here correfponds v\ ith Sacra," ''inn plafirvtj 
 and fignifies a (.ufgaticn or excule by the iimpleoat.: >r th 
 accuied. Ducange, Lada,
 
 LAWS OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. 3 1 
 
 14. Of Adultery. 
 
 If one violates the wife of another, let him forfeit 
 his Were to his Lord. 
 
 REFERENCES, 
 L. 14. 
 
 Adultery, punljhment of it, jEthelbirht, p. 4. Xxxiu p. 7. Ixxxir.— • 
 Wiht. p. 10. v. — Alfred, p. 37. x. — Edmund, p. 73. iv. — Edgar, 
 p. 90. xvii. p. 91. xviii, xix, xx. xxlv. p. 92. xxxiii, xxxiv, xxxv. 
 — Canut.p. 134.. vi. p. 141. xlvii. p. 142. I. li. — Wm. Conq. 
 p. 225. xxxvii. 
 
 15. Of a corrupt fudge. 
 
 Alfo he who pronounces a falfe Judgment, (hall 
 lofe his Were •, unlefs he can prove, by fwearing on 
 the Gofpcls, true his fentence was according to the 
 beft of his Judgment. 
 
 REFERENCES. 
 
 L. 15. 
 
 Edg. p. 77. iii. — Wm. Conq. p. 226. xli. 
 
 16. Hozv one is to purge him/elf who is guilty of Larceny. 
 
 If one appeals another of Larceny, and he is a Free- 
 man, and nas all along had good proof of his Legali- 
 ty, let hin-> clear himfelt per plein ferment ; and if the 
 accufed has I.er^cofore been rendered infamous, per 
 ferment nomed, that is to fay, by 1 4. lawful men 
 named ; let him, if he can, clear himfdf by 1 2 com- 
 
 REFERENCES. 
 
 L. 16. 
 
 Plenum Sacrame>ifum. Hen. I. p. 263. Ixvi. 
 
 Nomiuatum Sacramentum, Edw. p. 48. i.— Athelilan, p. $S. ix. 
 — Hen. I. p, 263. Ixvi. p. 264. lxvii. 
 
 purgators i
 
 32 LEGES GULIELMI 
 
 duodecima manu, & fi ha- 
 bere non poffit, fe defen- 
 dat per judicium, & Ap- 
 pellator jurabit (prater 
 eum jurent vii homines 
 nominati) quod propter 
 malitiam non fecerit nee 
 propter aliam caufam, 
 quam quia jus fuum per^ 
 iequeretur. 
 
 CONQUESTORIS. 
 
 main, & fi aveir nes pot, fi 
 fe defende per ivis, e li a- 
 peleur jurra fur lui jur 
 fet homes nomes, qui pur 
 haur nel fift, ne pur altre 
 chofe, fi pur fon dreit non 
 purchacer. 
 
 17. De eo qui Templum aut Domum fregerit. 
 
 Et fi quis appellatus 
 fuerit de fra&ione Mona- 
 fterii aut Cubk.uli, neque 
 fuerit infamis a retro, fe 
 purget per xlii legales 
 homines nominatos duo- 
 decima manu, & fi alias 
 infamia notatus fuerit, 
 purget fe per triplum, 
 videlicet per xlviii homi- 
 nes legales nominatos tri- 
 gefima fextu manu, & fi 
 illos habere nequierit eat 
 ad judicium per triplum 
 ii audeat ad triplex ple- 
 num Sacramentum, & fi 
 is a retro latrocinium 
 emendavit, eat ad aquam 
 
 E fi alcons eft apelez 
 de mufter fruitier, u de 
 chambre, e il ne efted 
 blamed enarer, fen efcou- 
 dit per xlii leals homes 
 nomez fei dudzime main, 
 c fil eit altre fiee efled 
 blamed, fen efcoudied a 
 treis dubles, ceo a fa voir 
 per xlviii homes lea's 
 nomes fei trentefifte mein, 
 e fil aveir nes pot, aut a 
 la ivife a treis dubles, fi 
 coil douft a treis du plein 
 ferment, e fil ad enarer 
 Larcin amended, alt al 
 ewe. Li Arcevefque a- 
 verad de forfeiture xl folz 
 
 REFERENCES. 
 
 L. 17. 
 
 Church, breaking into ; punijl:ment y AthellT. p. 30. xxv. — Edmund, 
 p. 74. vi. — Catuit. p. 142. lix. 
 
 isfactura
 
 LAWS OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. 33 
 
 pnrgators •, and it* he cannot, then let him defend 
 himfelf by ordeal. Let the Appellant alio himfelf, 
 with feven others named, fwear that what he did was 
 not through hatred, or any other motive, than that of 
 profecuting his Right, 
 
 in. Concerning him who breaks into a Church or Houfe. 
 
 If any one, who has not in Times pad been rendered 
 infamous, (hall be appealed of breaking into a n Church, 
 or ° Monaftery, or inner part of a Houfe ; let him clear 
 himfelf by p xlii lawful Men named, he himielf making 
 the twelfth j and if he has at any other Time been 
 adjudged infamous, let him clear himfelf by 1 three 
 times that Number, that is to fay, by r xlviii lawful 
 Men named, he s himfelf making the 36th ; and if he 
 cannot procure that Number, let him go to the triple 
 ordeal, as he mu it have three times taken the plein 
 Serment. And if he. has heretofore made Satisfaction 
 for a Larceny, he muft undergo the water 'ordeal. In 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 c Mujlre—The Party here being accufed of a Crime of a deeper 
 dye than that in the former Law, he mull in the fir ft inftance clear 
 himfelf by twelve Compurgators, though his Character till that time 
 flood unimpeat-hed. 
 
 De Mufter fruijjer, u de chamlre — for breaking of a Monaftery, 
 or of any private Room in it. Johnfon's Collection of Canons, 
 &c. Vol. I. 1065. 
 
 p xlii hah homes— this fhould be xii, as appears by the duodecimo, 
 manu, and Ducange has rendered it fo. 
 
 ■J A treis dubki — legerfWz<j; thrice 12. Ducange Juifium 
 p. 140. 
 
 ' xhiii— This I apprehend fhould be xxxVi, i.e. 3 times 12; 
 the Purgation being trigefvnafc.ua mam, that is n Compurgators 
 and the Party accufed. * b 
 
 1 Sei—ji himfelf; the Party being included in the 36th. 
 
 1 Ant a la Juiji a >reis dttble—h is np 'ehended, this was to be 
 Fire Ordeal, as being more reputable than that of Water, and the 
 Party accufed had been only detained before, but not convicted. 
 The triple Fire Ordeal was by the impeded Perfon carrying in his 
 Hand a Bar or red hot Iron of three Pounds VVeis>hr ; ' the JimpU 
 I ire Ordeal, ot oae Pound only. Laws Hen. 1. p. 64, 67. 
 
 V this
 
 34 LIGES 0ULI1LMI CONQUESTORI§» 
 
 (7. e. judicium aqua). Ar- en Mercheneale, e lui 
 chiepifcopus habebit de Evefques xx folz, e lui 
 forisfa&ura xl folidos in Quinz xx folz, e le Baron 
 Merchenelega, & Epifco- x folz, e li Vilain xl den. 
 pi xx folidos, & Comes xx 
 folidos, & Baro x folidos, 
 & Villanus xl denarios. 
 
 REFERENCES. 
 L. i 7 . 
 
 Church, breaking into; punijhment, Athelft. p. 57. v. 
 
 Houfe, Alfred, p. 30. xxv. — Edmund, p. 74. vi. — Canute, p. 142. Hx. 
 
 18. Be Benariis S. n Petri, feu Vetligali Romano. 
 Liber homo qui habu- Franc home qui ad m aver 
 
 erit averia campeftria xxx 
 denarii ajftimanda, dabit 
 denarium S. Petri. Pro 
 iv denariis quos donaverit 
 Dominus, quieti erunt 
 Bordarii ejus & ejus Sca- 
 bini & ejus Servientes. 
 
 champefter trente deners 
 
 vailaunt, deit doner le n de- 
 
 ner Seine Pere. Le Seis- 
 es 
 
 nur pur iv den. que ii 
 dourrard fi erent quietes 
 fes ° Bordiers e fes p Bonerz 
 & fes Serjanz. Li Bur- 
 
 Burgenfis qui de propriis geis qvi ad en foud pro- 
 Catallis habet id quod di- pre chatel demi marc 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 * Aver champe/ler~~-Omms qui habuerit xxx denaritus viva? pe- 
 cuniae, in domo fua de fuo proprio, dabit Denarium Sandti Petri. 
 Leg. Edwardi, p. 198. x. 
 
 n Le dener Seint Pere,— Peter Pence, Romefoe, Romefcot, Rome 
 pennying. A yearly Penfion or Alms of id. out of every family ; fir ft 
 grained by Ina King ot the Weft Saxons for iupport of an Englifh 
 College founded by him at Rome ; it was called Peter Pence, be- 
 caufc collected yearly on the feaft of St. Peter ad Vincula, i. e. on the 
 iftofAuguft. Thi» 
 
 REFERENCES. 
 L. 18 and 20. 
 Peter-Pence — Romfcot. 
 
 Forfeiture for non-payment. Feed. Edw. & Guth. p. p. vi. — Nor- 
 thum. Prefbyt. Leges, p. 101. lviii. lix' — Lib. Conllit. temp.- 
 ^Ethel. p. 114. iii. — Canute, p. 130. ix. Edw. Conf.p. 198. x. 
 In what proportion to he paid. Edw. Conf. p. 198. x. 
 Byjjbom to be coUcQcd, North. Prefb. Leg. p. loi.lvii. 
 
 midia
 
 LAWS OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. 25 
 
 this Cafe the Archbifhop, by the Mercian Law, fhall 
 have for his Share of the Forfeiture xls. the Bifhop 
 xx s. the Earl xxs. the Baron xs. and the Villan 
 xld. 
 
 1 8. Of Peter Pence, 
 
 A Freeman who has Beads for Agriculture, to the 
 value of god. ought to give i d. to St. Peter. The 
 Lord, for 4d. which he fhall give, fhall have his 
 Bordmen, the Overlookers of his Cattle and his Ser- 
 vants quit. A Burgeis who has Chattels of his own 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 This was afterwards by fucceeding Kings extended throughout all 
 England, and fettled at jT. 201 6j. a year; and in procefs of 
 time, the Popes, pretending k was a tribute paid to St. Peter and 
 his fucceflbrs, collected it to their own ufe, till it was prohibited 
 by 25 Hen. VIII. and entirely abolished by 1 Eliz. 
 
 Borders. Tenanrs who held a Bord or Cottage under the fer- 
 vice of Bordage from Bcnb, domus ; they are riiftinguifhed from 
 fervants and villains, aud were liable to the moft abject iervices. 
 Ducange. 
 
 p Bcvers. Whelock's Edit. Boners. Thofe who held Bonnaria, or 
 Lands fet out by certain Bounds. Id. 
 
 Tenants who lived in cottages on the Lord's wade. Johnfon's 
 Canons. 
 
 D z to
 
 36 LEGES GULIKLMI 
 
 midia Marca jeftimandum 
 eft, dare debet denarium 
 S. Petri. Qui in Dane- 
 lega eft liber homo, & 
 habet averia campeftria 
 qua? dimidia marca in ar- 
 gento seftimantur, debet 
 dare denarium S. Petri. 
 Et per denarium quern 
 donaverit Dominus, erunt 
 quieti ii qui refident in 
 iuo Dominio. 
 
 CONQUESTORIS. 
 
 vailant,deit doner le dener 
 Seint Pere. Qui en Da- 
 nelae francz home eft e il 
 averad demi marc en ar- 
 gent vailant de aveir 
 champeftre, fi devrad 
 doner le dener Seint Pere. 
 E per le dener qui li 
 Seignur durrat ft erent 
 quietes ceals, qui meinent 
 en fon demainer. 
 
 19. De muliere vi comprejfa & pudicitia lud amine 
 tentata. 
 
 Qui fceminam vi com- 
 preflerit, forisfacit mem- 
 bra fua. Qui proftra- 
 verit foeminam ad terram 
 & ei vim inferat, mule"! a 
 ejus Domino eft x folidi. 
 Si vero earn comprefierit, 
 forisfacit membra. 
 
 Ki purgift femme per 
 forze forfait ad les mem- 
 bres, ki abate femme a 
 terre, pur faire lui force, 
 la muke al Seignur x folz, 
 fil la purgifte, forfait eft 
 de 1 membres. 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 1 Forfait eji de Membres, Under our Saxon Kings, the punifhment 
 of Rape was only pecuniary, and the only exprefs Laws on this 
 head are thofe of iEthelb. p. 7. lxxxi. — Alfr. p. 40. xxv. and 
 Canute p. 142. xlix. 
 
 2C. Be
 
 LAWS OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. 37 
 
 to the value of half a Mark, ought to give i d. to St. 
 Peter. By the Danifh Law, a Freeman who has 
 Beaih for Agriculture, to the value of half a Mark 
 of Silver, ought to give i d. to St. Peter, And for 
 the 1 d. which the Lord mail give, thofe who dwell in 
 his Domain, mail be quit. 
 
 19. Concerning Rape, and an Attempt on a Woman's 
 Chajiity. 
 
 Whoever (hall forcibly defile a Woman, fhall be 
 punilhed by lofs of his Members; and whoever 
 throws a Woman on the Ground, with an Intent to 
 violate her, the MulcT: to the Lord is 10 s. But if he 
 defiled her, he forfeits his Members. 
 
 REFERENCE 8. 
 L. 19. 
 
 Of Rape the 'P nnljlmient . iEthelbirht, p. 7. lxxxi, Ixxxii, Ixxxiii. — 
 
 Alfred, p. 40. xxv. — Canute, p. 142. xlix. 
 Of Fornication, punijlmient . Alfr. p. 36. via. 
 
 With a Nun. Edm. p. 73. iv. — Edgar, p. 92. xxxii. — Northum. 
 
 Prefbyt. Leg. p. 102. Ixiii. — Concil. JEnham. p. 123.lv. 
 
 With others. iEthelbirht, p. 2.x. p. 3. xi.xii. xiv. xvi. — Alfred, 
 
 p. 31. xxix. p. 40. xxv. — Edgar, p. 91. xxiv, xxv.— Concil. 
 
 JEnham. p. 123. iv. 
 Fornication to be avoided. Lib. Con flitur. temp. Ethelr. p. 108. iv. 
 
 Concil. jEnham, p. 120. viii. — Canute, p. 132. xxiv. 
 Cbaflity foiicitation of, punijhmcv.t, Alfred, p. 37. xi. p. 38. xviii.— » 
 
 Edgar, p. 92. xxx, ii, xxxiv, xxxv, xxxvi. 
 Adultery, punijkment. See L. 14. 
 
 D 3 20. Con-
 
 3« 
 
 LEGES GULIELMI CONQUESTORIS. 
 
 20. De iis qui veJligal Romanum feu D. Petri non 
 
 pendunt. 
 
 Qui retinet denarium 
 S. Petri, denarium reddat 
 per Juftitiarn S. Ecclefize 
 & xxx denarios rbrisfac- 
 turae. Et ft de ea re eft 
 implacitatus per J uflitiam 
 Regis, forisfaciat Epif- 
 copo xxx denarios, & 
 
 Ki retient le dener 
 Seint Pere, le dener ren- 
 dra par la juftice de Seint 
 Eglife e xxx den. forfair. 
 e fi il en eft plaide de la 
 juftice le Rei, le forfait al 
 Evefque xxx den, den. e 
 al Rei xl folz. 
 
 Regi xl iblidos. 
 
 21. De Oculo effoffo. 
 
 Si quis alteri oculum 
 cffoderit infortunio quo- 
 cunque, emendet Ixx foli- 
 dis folidorum Anglica- 
 nornm. Et fi vifus ei 
 reftiti.iatur,dimidiumdun- 
 taxat reddatur. 
 
 Si al alquns criene r Toil 
 al altre per aventure quel 
 que feit, fi amendr?d lxx 
 iblz del folz Engleis, e fi 
 la purvele i eft remis, fi 
 ne rendra lui que la 
 meite. 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 T Crime V oil. The Law of Alfred is very fimilar to this — " Si 
 «* oculus alicui excutiatur, demur ei fexaginra lex foiidi et fix de- 
 " narii, et tertia pars denarii pro compenfatione. Si oeulus in ca- 
 " pite lit, ct tile tainen videre nequeat, retineatur tertia pars com- 
 «* penfati'onis illius." 
 
 20. De
 
 LAWS OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. 39 
 
 20. Concerning the Refufalto pay Peter Pence. 
 
 He who witholds Peter Pence, fhall be compelled 
 by Holy Church to pay it ; and fhall forfeit 30 d. 
 And if he fhall be impleaded for it in the King's 
 Court, he fhall forfeit to the Bifhop 30 d. and to the 
 King 40 s. 
 
 2 1 . The Punijhent where an Eye is put out. 
 
 If any one, by what Accident it will, fhall put out 
 the Eye of another, let the Amends be 70 s. Englifh. 
 And if the Ball of the Eye remains, only half that 
 fum fhall be payed. 
 
 REFERENCES. 
 L. 20. See 18. 
 
 L. 21. 
 
 JEthelbirht, p, 5. xliv. p. 7. Ixxxvi. — Alfred, p. 30. xix, xx. 
 
 p. 45. — Hen. I. p. 281. cxiii. 
 
 L. 22, 23, 24. 29. 40. 
 Heriot — tvbat to lepaid, Canute, p. 144. Ixix. — Hen. I. p. 244. xiv. 
 Where the Tenant died in Battle by the Side of bis Lord, Canute, p. 145. 
 
 lxxv. — Edw. Conf. p. 205. 
 
 D 4 22.O/
 
 4<- 
 
 LEGES GULIELMI CONQUESTORIS. 
 
 22. 
 
 De Relevio feu sio-^ikJix,^ Comitis. 
 
 De Relevio Comitis, 
 quod ad Regem pertinet 
 viii Equi ephippiati & 
 frsenis ornati, iv Loricze, 
 & iv Galea?, & iv Scuta, 
 & iv Hafts, & iv Enfes, 
 alii ca?teri iv Neredi & 
 Palfredi cum fnenis & 
 capiltris. 
 
 De releif al Cunte, que 
 al Rei afiert viii chivalz 
 felez, e enfrenez, les iv 
 Halbers, e iv Hammes, e 
 iv Efcuz, e iv Launces, e 
 iv Efpes, s les altres iv 
 Chaceurs e * Palfreis a 
 frenis e a chevellres. 
 
 23. De Relevio Baronis, 
 
 De Relevio Baronis iv 
 Equi cum fellis & frgenis 
 ornati, & Loricx ii, & ii 
 Galea? & Scuta ii & ii 
 Haftse, & ii Enfes ; & alii 
 caeteri ii unus Veredus & 
 unusPalfredus cum frseno 
 &: capifl.ro. 
 
 De releif a Barun iv 
 Chivalz enfeles eenfrenes, 
 e ii Halbers, e ii hammes, 
 e ii Efcus, e ii Launces, e 
 ii Efpes, e les altres ii un 
 Chaceur, e un Pale f rei a 
 frenis e a che veil res. 
 
 24. De Vavaforis Relevio, 
 
 De Relevio Vavaforis De releif a Vavafour a 
 ad legitimum fuum Do- fonligeSigneur,deiteeftres 
 minum. Quietus ei'fe quite per le Chival fon 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 • Lrs altres TV, This part of the Law feems to have been mif- 
 underllood ; the words les altres If. plainly refer to feme former 
 p.irt ot rhe Law ; therefore we apprehend that after the words viii, 
 c/jivals, there followed in the original text, les in), that is four of 
 them were ro be horfes for war with all their furniture ; arid the 
 other fbt>r were to 1 e hunters, and paltreys. 
 
 The 69/h Law of King Canute w^ll, we hope, juftify this re- 
 mark. 
 
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 LAWS OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. 41 
 
 22. Of the Relief of an Earl. 
 
 The Relief which an Earl" is to pay to the King, 
 is 8 Horfes faddled and bridled, 4 Coats of Mail, 4 
 Helmets, 4 Shields, 4 Spears, and 4 Swords; the 
 other 4 Horfes for hunting and palfreys, with Bridles 
 and Head Stalls. 
 
 23. Of the Relief of a Baron. 
 
 The Relief of a Baron is 4 Horfes faddled and 
 bridled, 1 Halberts, 2 Helmets, 2 Shields, 2 Lances, 
 and 2 Swords ; of the other 2, one 'hall be for :unt- 
 ing and one a palfrey, with Bridle and Head Stall. 
 
 24. Of the Relief of a Vavafor. 
 
 Of the Relief of a Vavafor to his lawful Lord ; he 
 ought to be quit, on yielding up the Horie of his 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 The Heriot of an Earl by that Law was 8 equi, 4 fellati, 4 in- 
 fcllati, &c. 
 
 Of the King's Thane, 4 equi, 2 fellati, 2 non fellati, &c. 
 
 See alio the Laws of Hen. I. ch. XIV. 
 
 The names 01 Count, Baron, Vavafcur, and Villain, were Nor- 
 man, and were fubitiiuted in the room of the Saxon titles or Earl, 
 Thane, Theoden (or leller Thane) and Churl, when the Laws of 
 Edw. the Confeflbr were trantlated into the Norman tongue. 
 
 So likewife the Normans conceiving the Saxon Heriot to be the 
 fame that their Norraan Relief was, the}- translated the word Heriot 
 by the Releviament^m or Relevium, and raifing the rorni or their 
 Feudal Law in England, drew the Saxon Cuitoms to cohere there* 
 with as much as might be; but as Sir Henry Spelman obferves, 
 there is vreat difference between Heriots and Rciiets. Spel. Rem. 
 32. 2 Black. 65. 8;. Sull. Left. 281. 
 
 1 Palfrcls. The Palfrey was a horfe of parade ; ladies in Ro- 
 mances are always mounted on a Palfrey, as were Priuces often, 
 when they made a public entry. 
 
 Father,
 
 42 LEGES GULIELMI CONQUESTORIS. 
 
 debet per Equum patris peipe tel quil aveit a jour 
 lui talem qualem habu- de fa mort, e per fon Hal- 
 erit tempore giortis fuae, berr, e per fa Launce, e 
 & per Loricam fuam, & per Sefpe, fil fuft des a- 
 per galtam fuam & per peille, quil ne ont ne 
 fcutum fuum, & per ha- Chival ne les armes per c 
 flam fuam, & per enfem folz. 
 fuum, & fi adeo fuerit 
 inermis ut nee equum ha- 
 buerit nee arma, per cen* 
 turn folidos. 
 
 25. De re intejiata, aut de rebus ereptis penes alium 
 deprebenfis. 
 
 De averio quod quis in De entremeins aveir kil 
 
 manibus habet, qui velit voldrad clamer emblet, e 
 
 poftulare furto fublatum, il volge doner wage trou- 
 
 & ilie vult dare vadios & ver plege a perfuir fon 
 
 invenire plegios ad profe- appel, dunt li fcuverad a 
 
 quendum appellum fuum, celui quil auverad entre 
 
 tunc incumbit ill i qui rem meins nomer fon guarant 
 
 habuerit in manibus, no- ful lad, e fi il nel ad dunt 
 
 minare warrantum fuum, nomerad fon u Heuvelborh 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 L. 2$. 
 
 u Hcuvel lorh. Fidejuflbr, from healp, dimidius, and bortgh, 
 debitor, vd etiam fidejullbr; unlefs this fhould be the fame as Head- 
 borough. Ducange. 
 
 w Scifyle ?nain. See Leg. Athel. p. $8. 1. 9, ei ex vicinis nomi- 
 riantor viri quinque. 
 
 x Non pjfuerat fuum Warrantum, The original is, ne Jet, non. 
 fcit, — does not kno r M. 
 
 REFERENCES. 
 
 Jna, p. 22. xlvii. p. 26. lxxv. — ^Ethelft. p. 58. ix. — iErhelrcd, p, 
 103. iv. p. 105. ix. p. 106. x. — Canrt?, p. 1 37.XX1. xxii. — Edw. 
 Conr". p. 202. xxv. — Hen. I. p. 248. xxxi. p. 254. xlix. 
 
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 LAWS OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. 43 
 
 Father, fuch as he had at his death, and his Halbert, 
 his Helmet, his Shield, his Lance, and his Sword ; 
 but if he died fo unfurnifhed with thefe Things as to 
 have neither Horfe or Arms, then he mult pay ioos. 
 
 25. Of Goods Jlolen, and challenged by theOwnr. 
 
 With refpect to Goods found in the Hands of 
 another ; if any one will challenge them as ftolen, and 
 i's ready to give Gages, and find Pledges to profecute 
 his Appeal, then the Poffeifor of the Goods mult 
 name his Voucher, if he has one, and if not, his 
 Heuvelborth and his Witnefles, and produce them, 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 y OJ. I rather think this fhould be tranflated, nvith, inftead of 
 O&o. 8. as in Wilkins. See the fame word in L. 46. 
 
 z Ses teftimonies. by the Law or Athelil. if the goods were under 
 the value of 20 d. then the party, under whole cuitody the things 
 were round, and oniy one ot his witnefles ; and the claimant and 
 two of his were to be fworn ; if above 20 d. then the whole number 
 that were chofen were to be fworn. Leg. Atheld. p. 53. 1. ix. 
 
 a Pleinfrment. See note on L. xvi. 
 
 *>SpnSeign>:r — I.e. to his landlord or owner of the farm. E their. 
 103. iv. Mulct. im (cui jure.debetur) petfolvito. Canute, p. 137. 
 1. xxii. 
 
 c De fa Nurture. Ex propria re pecunria nutam pecudem. Leg. 
 Athelit. p. 58. 1. ix.
 
 44 LEGES GULIELMI C0NQ17ESTORIS, 
 
 fi eum habueric, &c fi non e fes teitemonies e ait Iesa 
 habuerit eum, nominabit jur e a term, fil les ad, u 
 fuum vadem primarium, fil les pot aver, e li enter- 
 ed teftes iuos, &: habebit 
 eos ad diem, & ad termi- 
 num fi ecs habeat aut eos 
 habere potent, & interti- 
 ator tradet in vadium fe 
 fexta manu, & alter mitta- 
 tur in manum fui warranti 
 aut fui vadis primarii, & 
 habeat ille tetles quod tra- 
 det mercatui Regis, & 
 quod ille non x pofuerat 
 fuum warrantum in plegio 
 vivo nee mortuo id jurent 
 oclo tcftium fuorum per 
 plenum Sacramentum; aft 
 perdat catallum fuum, fi 
 is teftimonium perhibeat 
 quod vadem primarium 
 accufaverir, & fi non po- 
 tent habere warrantum 
 nee teftem, perdat & pro 
 debito perdat Weram 
 fuam Domino fuo. Hoc 
 obtinet in Merchenekga,& 
 in Danelega, & in Weft- 
 Sexenelega. Non vocabit 
 quis Dominum luum ad 
 Warrantum de hoc quod 
 pofitum eft in vadio, & in 
 Danelega confirmee in 
 
 ceur liveriad en p-uage fei 
 
 O D 
 
 fiite w main, e li altre le 
 mettrad en la main ion 
 warrant va fon Heuvel- 
 borth, & il ait tefti monies 
 que il lacharad al marchied 
 du Rei, e quil ne let fon 
 warrant en lc plege vif ne 
 mort, co jurad y od x fes 
 teftimonies per a plein fer- 
 ment ♦, fi perdra fon 
 Chatel fi il teftimonient 
 qui il Heuvilbcrb em- 
 pufed, e fil ne pot aveir 
 guarant ne teftimonie li 
 perdrad, & pur foldrad 
 pert fa werre vers fon 
 Seignur, coeft en Merche- 
 nelae e en Danelaee en 
 Weft Sexenelae. Kevo- 
 cherad une h fon Seignor 
 warrant iceo qui feit mis 
 en guage, e on Danclae 
 mettred en vele difii la, 
 qui il feit derained e fil 
 pot prover qui ceo foit 
 de fa c nurture per treis 
 partz fon d vigued fe il 
 averad derained. kar puis 
 que ferment li eft jugied 
 
 NOTE S. 
 
 d Per treis partz foon vigued. Three parts of his neighbourhood : 
 compare this with 1. va. 
 
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 LAWS OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. 45 
 
 if he has them, or can have them, at the Day and 
 Place afiigned. And the Party challenging the Cattle 
 fhall offer himfelf and five others as Gages ; and as 
 for the other, let his Voucher or his Heuvelbortb be 
 anfvverable for him; and let him bring WitnefTes 
 that he bought them at the King's Marker, and that 
 he does not know his Voucher or Pledge dead or 
 alive. This he fhall fwear with his Witnefies perp'ein 
 ferment ; but let him lofe his Chattels if his Witnefies 
 declare that it is in his Power to produce his Voucher. 
 And if he can neither produce Voucher or Witnefs, 
 the Matter fhall be determined againft him, and lee 
 him, as he deferves, forfeit his Were to his Lord. 
 This is the Law of the Mercians, Danes, and Weft- 
 Saxons. One need not vouch his Lord to warrant 
 that which is put in Pledge, and by the Danifh Law 
 he may put it in, till the Matter is determined •, and 
 if he can prove by three parts of his Neighbourhood, 
 that the Cattle were of his own bringing up, Judg- 
 
 mani
 
 46 LEGES GULIELMI CONOJTESTORIS. 
 
 faciem diftum ibi, quod is ne len pot pas puis lever 
 Iitdifrationatus,&fipoteft per le jugement de Eng- 
 probare quod hoc fit de leterre. 
 fua nutritione, per tres 
 partes fui vic~lus illi fuerit 
 difrationatum. Nam pod 
 quam Lex facramentalis 
 fibi eft adjudicata, inde 
 non poteit poftea quaeftio 
 moveri per judicium 
 Anglise. 
 
 26. De ccnturi<e multta, ubi reus homlcidii judicio non 
 fijiitur. 
 
 De Murdo Francigense De murdre freceis c oc- 
 occifi, & homines hun- cift, e les homes del hun- 
 dredi non prehendunt & dred nel prengent e ame- 
 ducunt ad Juftitiam infra nent a la juftice de denz 
 viii dies ut oftendat ob les f oit jours per muftrer 
 quam caufam fecerit, red- spurqui il la fait, fin rend- 
 dant murdri nomine xlvii runt le murdre' 1 xlvii Marc. 
 Marcas. 
 
 NOTES. 
 L. 26. 
 
 e Freceis occlft. Ducange, and Houard drop the word freceis. 
 Selden places it in Italic, as difficult to be made out ; but comparing 
 this Law with the 53d or Win. I. and 91ft of Hen. I. and others, 
 it feems to relate to the murder of a Frenchman or Norman, as 
 Wilkins has rendered it ; and to have been added when thefe Law* 
 were tranflated — it not, it fignifies a recent murder. 
 
 The title of the 53d Law is De Normanni feu Francigenae 
 caede. L. Wm. I. p. 228. 1. liii. 
 
 Si quis Fiancigena, vel Normannus occidatur. L. Hen. I. 
 p. 280. 1. xci. 
 
 1 Oh jours. — This is the time afligned by the Law of Edw. Conf. 
 p. 199. 1. xv. — By the Laws of Wm. I. in Latin 5 days. — Wm. I. 
 p. 228. 1. liii — by the Laws of Hen. I. 7 days. Hen. I. p. 280. 
 ]. xci, xcii. 
 
 B Pur qui. Ob quam caufam ; Selden and Wilkins ; but Ducange 
 a quo, which lail I have followed'. 
 
 " xlvii Marc — By all the above Laws 46 marks. 
 
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 LAWS OF WILLIAM THE C0NQJJER0R. 47 
 
 ment (hall be in his Favour ; for after he has been 
 put to his Oath, the Queftion, by the Law of Eng- 
 land cannot be agitated again. 
 
 26. Of the Multt on the Hundred, where the Murderer 
 is not amenable to Juftice. 
 
 Where a Frenchman is killed; and the Men of the 
 Hundred do not apprehend the Murderer and bring 
 him to Juftice within eight Days fo as that it may ap- 
 pear who committed the Murder, they mail pay, in the 
 Name of Murder, 47 Marks. 
 
 REFERENCES. 
 
 L. 26. 
 
 Ed-x\ Conf. p. 199. xv. p. 200. xvi. — Wm. Conq. p. 228. liii.— 
 ■Hen. I. p. 280. xci. xcii. 
 
 '•?' Of
 
 LEGES GULIELMI CONQUESTORtS. 
 
 27. De clienti s attlone verfus Dominum, 
 
 Si quis vultdifrationare 
 conventionem de terra fua 
 verfus Dominum fuum 
 per pares fuos eadem te- 
 nuraquos vocavit in tefti- 
 monium, debet illud dif- 
 rationare. Nam per ex- 
 traneos non poteft dif- 
 rationare. 
 
 28. De Vlacito. 
 
 Si home volt derainer 
 covenant deterre vers ^m 
 Seignor per fes pers k dela 
 tenure meimes que il ape- 
 lerad a teftimoines iefcu- 
 verad derainer. Kar per 
 eflranges nel purra pas 
 dereiner. 
 
 Qui placitat in Curia, 
 cujulcunque Curia fit, ex- 
 cepto ubi perfona Regis 
 eft, & quis eum fiftat fuper 
 eo quod dixerit, rem quam 
 nolit confiteri, fi non po- 
 teft difrationare per ii in- 
 telligences homines qui 
 interfuerunt placito & 
 videntes,quod non dixerit, 
 recuperet juxta verbum 
 fuum. 
 
 Home qui plaide en 
 Curt, a qui Curt qui co feit 
 fors la ou le cors le Rei 
 eft, e home li mettid fur 
 quil ait dit chofe qui il ne 
 voille coiniilre, fe il ne pot 
 derainer per ii entendable 
 home del pleidant & ve- 
 antqui ilnel aurad dit l re* 
 covered a fa parola. 
 
 29. De Servorum Relevio, 
 
 De Relevio Villani. De relief a m Vilairt. Le 
 Melius animal quod ha- meillur aveir quil avera u 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 L. 27. 
 
 1 Fcrsfon Seignor— Yiy Lord, here, is meant only the Proprietor of 
 an eltate, not a Lord ot a fee. Howard preuves, In ft. p. i;o. 
 
 k Per Jes Pers de la tenure ?neimes—i. e. by freeliuldcrs vviihin the 
 fame Hundred. 
 
 1 Recovered a fa parola — Recurretur ad ejus Sacramentum. Du- 
 cange ; Houard — In mifericordia domini Regis remauet. G!an- 
 Vill, 1. x. c. 12. 
 
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 LAWS OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. 49 
 
 27. Of the Client ary ABion of Covenant againjl the Lord* 
 
 If a Tenant would deraign an Action of Covenant 
 concerning Land againft his Lord, he muft deraign it 
 by his Peers of the fame Tenure as he produced for 
 "VVitnefTes ; for it cannot be deraigned by Strangers* 
 
 28. Concerning T leaders. 
 
 If a Perfon pleading in a Court, (whofefoever the 
 CoUrt is, except the King is prefent) be charged with 
 having faid fomething which he will not own ; if he 
 Cannot in fuch Cafe prove by two intelligent Men, 
 who were prefent at the Plea and faw him, that he did 
 riot fpeak the Words he is charged with, he muft have 
 Recourfe to his Oath. 
 
 29. Of the Relief of a Villain, 
 
 As to the Relief of a Villain, he fhall give to his 
 Lord the beft Beaft he has (whether Horfe, Ox or 
 
 N O T E a 
 
 L. 29. 
 n Vilain, The Villain mentioned in this Law is not to be under- 
 flood a Bondman, but a Ceorl, Churl, or Hnjbandman. He was 
 of free condition, and was valued as a member of the Common- 
 wealth in the Saxon Laws; whereas a bondman was not valued ,t 
 all, but was part of his mailer's fubitance, therefore could have 
 nothing whereoUt to pay a Heriot or Rel/'ef. Spe!. Rem. 14, 15. 
 Sec note, Law 22. Judicia Civitatis Lundcnix, p. 71. 
 
 REFERENCES. 
 
 L. 27, 2?. 
 Hen, t. p. 253. slviii. 
 
 L. 29. Sv.*e L. 22, » 
 
 FdnvCmf. p. 199. xii* 
 
 Mu'.iifor nut repairing then:, Canute, p. 543. lxiL 
 
 E Cow)
 
 gO LEGES GULIELMI CONQUESTORIS. 
 
 buerit id (five Equus fit, Chival, u Buf, u Vache, 
 
 five Bos, five Vacca) do- 
 nabit Domino fuo pro 
 Relevio, & poftea fint 
 omnes Villani in franco 
 plegio. 
 
 donrad a fon Seignor de 
 releif & puis fi ferait touz 
 les Vilains en franc plege. 
 
 30. De viis publicis. 
 
 De tribus viis, videlicet 
 Wetlingftreet^ & Erming- 
 Jireet & ° Fofe. Qui in 
 aliqua harum viarum ho- 
 minem itinerantern five 
 occiderit five infilierit, is 
 pacem Regis violat. 
 
 De iii chemins co eft a 
 faveir JVetlingJlreet & Er- 
 mingjlreet & Fos» Ki en 
 alcunde ces chemins oceit 
 home qui fcit errant per 
 le pais u afalt, fi enfreit la 
 pais p le Roi. 
 
 3 1. De Latrone, cum latrocinio feu iTruvjopc^, prehenfo. 
 
 Si larecin eft troved, en 
 qui terre qui ceo feit & le 
 Laron s ovefque, le Seignor 
 de la terre, & la femme 
 averunt la meited del aveir 
 
 Si latrocinium fit in- 
 ventum in cujufcunque 
 terra fit & latro fimul, 
 Dominus terrae & Uxor 
 ejus habebunt medietatem 
 bonorum Latronis & ven- 
 dicatores eorum Catalla fi 
 yia invenerint, & alteram 
 fnedietatem, fi repertum 
 fit intra Sache & Soche per- 
 dat Uxor, & Dominus 
 habebit. 
 
 a Laron, e les chalenurs 
 lor chatel fe ille trovent e 
 latre meited fil eft trove 
 dedanz r Sache & Soche^ fil 
 perdra la femme & la 
 Seignor lavcrad. 
 
 NOTE S. 
 
 o Fcjjl — there was another public Way called IkiniUJlrett. 
 Hen. I. p. 109. 1. xit.xiii. 
 
 * La pais le Roi — Thefe four loyal Ways were faid to have the Peace 
 of the King, becaule whoioever committed any Otfence on them 
 wag to be punched in the King'i Court only. Ducange, Erming- 
 Jlrcct. 
 
 32. De
 
 LAWS OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. 51 
 
 Cow) for fuch Relief ; and afterwards let all fuch 
 Villains be admitted into Frank Pledge. 
 
 So. Of the public Ways. 
 
 Of the three public Ways, viz. Watling-ftreet, 
 Erming-ftreet, and Fois ; whofoever kills or affaults 
 a Man travelling on either of thefe Ways, he is guilty 
 of a breach of the King's Peace. 
 
 j i. Of a Thief taken 'with the Thing Jiolen upon 
 
 him. 
 
 If a Thief be apprehended with the Goods ftolen 
 upon him, let it be on whofe Land foever, the Lord 
 of the Land and his Wife fhall have a Moiety of the 
 Goods of the Thief; and the Challengers their own 
 Goods, if they find them, and the other Moiety ; 
 but if found within Sache and Soche, the Wife ffcall 
 lofe her Share, and the Lord have it. 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 L. 31. 
 
 * Et le Laron ovefque— Selden underftands this Law of a 
 Thief taken with the Manour ; in the Saxon Laws, called Hart' 
 dcbind, and Backberend ; and by thofe Laws it the Thief was 
 under 12 Years of Age, or the Thing ftolen not of the value of 8d* 
 he was to be pardoned for the firft Offence. Athelih p. 56. 1. i. 
 Hen. I. p. 2!; 7. 1. lix. 
 
 * Sacbe fe" Socbe. See Law III. 
 
 REFERENCES. 
 
 L.31. 
 
 Wibt. p. 12. ix.— Atfcelfh p. 56. \>— Canute* p. 143. lxi.—Hen. I* 
 p. 259. lix* 
 
 32. Of
 
 52 
 
 LEGES GULIELMI CONQUESTORIS. 
 
 32. f De 
 
 A Senefchallo de una- 
 quaque Hidarum Hun- 
 drcdi, homo intra feftum 
 S. MichaeliS) & S. Martini, 
 & Ballivus habebit xxx 
 hidas quietas pro labore 
 liio, & fi averia fuperent 
 limites, aut aqua iis dene- 
 getur, & non pofilt quis 
 oflendere nee clamorem 
 nee vim qua? eis facta 
 fuerit, reddat averia. 
 
 Senefchallo. 
 
 De q Strewarde de chefcon 
 des hides del hundred un 
 home dedenz la fefteSeint 
 Michiell & leSeint Martin, 
 & Wardireve fi aurad r xxx 
 hides quites per fon tra- 
 vaile, & fi aveir s tres paf- 
 fent'per ilot u u il denient 
 waiter, e il ne pufTent 
 muftrer ne cri ne force, 
 qui lour fuft fake, fi ren- 
 difent laveir. 
 
 33. De colonis 13 glebte Afcriptitiis. 
 
 Eos qui colunt terram Cil qui cuftinent la ter- 
 
 re ne deit Turn travailer, 
 fe de leur diotre cenfe. 
 Non ne leift a * feignurage 
 
 non debet quis moleftare, 
 prasterquam de corum 
 debito cenfu. Nee licet 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 ■f- This is a very obfeure Law. 
 
 «J Strezvarde, this feetns to be the Officer who was to take care 
 that the Cattle did not eftray, therefore I have not followed Wilkin*, 
 but Lambard, where the Text is Streward, and not Stewarde, Senef- 
 chalhis. 
 
 r Si aurad xxx bides quites, "Aura, a raifon de chaque charrue 
 «' de terre de l'Hundred ou il fera fa garde, ^exemption de la* 
 ** bourer 30 hides ;" (hall have for every Plow Land of the Hun- 
 dred where he guards the Cattle, an Exemption from tilling 30 Hides, 
 Houard, Preuves Juft. p. 103. 
 
 • Tres pajfent — moriautur, die. Sclden, Ducangc. 
 
 x Per Hot — periclitentur — expofed to Danger. Ducange. 
 
 c U il denient IVaitcr — vtl labc allqua infedta lint, or become 
 infected with aay Diforder. Ducange. Selden reads, devient. 
 
 a Domino
 
 LAWS OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. 53 
 
 32. Of Stray Wards, andlVard Reeves. 
 
 A Stray Warde and Ward Reeve lhall be appoint- 
 ed out of every Hide of Land of the Hundred be- 
 tween Michaelmas and St. Martin, and he fhall have 
 30 Hides quit for his Labour ; and though fome of 
 the Cattle died, were expofed to Danger, or caught 
 fome infectious Diforder, yet unlefs proof can be 
 given of fome violence being offered to them, let 
 him be acquitted, on the Cattle being reftored in the 
 Condition they are in. 
 
 33. OftheCoIoni and Naif s. 
 
 No one ought to exact more from thofe who till 
 the Land than their due Tafk, nor is ic lawful for 
 
 NOTES 
 
 L- 33- 
 
 * Selgnurage. Selden pafles over this Word ; Ducarige and 
 Wllkins underftand it as ot the Lords of the Fee ; but Houard fays 
 it has no relation to them, and that in order to comprehend the 
 force of this Expreflion, we ought to recollect that a Hundred was 
 compofed of 100 Families. That every one ot ;he'e Families made 
 a Roll of the Freemen, Slaves, and Children belonging to them, of 
 above 12 Years old, and prefented this to the Governor of the 
 Hundred; that the Governor, with 12 of the moft difcreet, chofen 
 out ot all the Families, twice a Year made provisional and cecono- 
 mical Regulations for the Diitribution of the Works neceilary tor 
 the Cultivation of the Lands ; and that the Head of every Familv 
 was obliged to fee thcfe Regulations executed within his own Di- 
 {rricl. Now thefe Heads ot Families, fays Houard, were what they 
 called the Seignurage; and they could not exadt ot the Coloni, who 
 were fubordinate to them, greater Talks than the Hundred had ap- 
 pointed them to do; and that thefe Coloni depended fo little on 
 the Heads ot the Families, that they could not difmifs them while 
 
 REFERENCES. 
 
 L. 33. 
 
 Servants — Homicide committed by tbcm on their Lord— -punifhment. 
 Hen. I. p. 26S. 75. 
 On a Xoblcman, Hlothar. & Eadr. p. 7. i. 
 
 E 3 Lord
 
 54 LEGES GtTLIELMI 
 
 a Domino feodi amovere 
 Cultores de terra fua 
 quamdiu rectum ferviti- 
 vi m fuum facere poffint. 
 Nativi qui difcedunt a ter- 
 ra fua non debent cartam 
 falfa? nativitatis qustrcre, 
 ut non faciant fuum rec- 
 tum fervitium quodfpe&at 
 ad terram fuam. Nativum, 
 qui difcedit a terra unde 
 eit Nativus & venit ad 
 
 COXQUESTORI5. 
 
 departir les cultiuurs de 
 lur terre per tant cum il 
 puflent le dreit fervife 
 faire. Les y naifs ki de- 
 partet de fa terre, ne de« 
 vient cartre faut naivirie 
 quere, qui il ne facentlur 
 dreit fervice, que apend 
 a lor terre. Li naifs ki 
 departet de fa terre dunt 
 il eft nez, e vent a autri 
 terre, z mils nel retenget 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 they were about their Work ; and when any of them died or ran 
 a vay, they were obliged to find otheis in their Head ; or in cafe of 
 their Neglect, the Hundied Court did it. Houard.Preuves Juftificat. 
 p. 122. : but with Deference to Houard, the Subject Matter 
 of this Law feems to be the Tenures of Villan-Socage and pure 
 Villenage. 
 
 The Villain-Socbnan at that Tim?, as well as when Brafton 
 wrote, was diiringuifhed from the pure Villein, in that he could 
 not be removed irom his Etiate at the Will of the Lord, '* a gJeba 
 **. amoveri non debet, quamdiu velit et poilit facere debitum icrvi- 
 " tiuin." Bract, 1, i. c. ii. S. I. — 1. iv. p. 209. Blacklione's Conf. 
 on Copyholders, p. 122, &cc. 
 
 y Les Naifs, i. e. Nutivi or Villeins by Birth held in pure 
 Villenage; they could not quit their Lands without their Lords 
 Per-iffion, and were obliged to do whatloevcr their Lords com-* 
 manded them. Bract, ut (up, 
 
 8 Nuls ncl rttenget. Si quis abeat a Domino fuo abfque venia 
 ipfius, vel in aliam provinciam fugiat, et ille deprehendutur, abeat 
 ub prius fuit. Leges In ae, p. 21. xxxix. 
 
 Nemo fufcipiat alterius Servum abfque venia ejus qucm antes 
 fe<juet>atur. Leges Athelftani, p. 60. x:ui. 
 
 alteram,
 
 LAWS OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. 55 
 
 Lords to eject them, fo long as they perform their 
 right Service. Naifs who leave their Land ought 
 not to procure a Charter of falfe' Naifty, on purpofe 
 to avoid the Service appendant to their own Land. 
 If a Naif abandons the Land of which he is a Naif, 
 and goes to another, let no one retain either him or 
 
 REFERENCES. 
 
 L - 33- 
 
 On a Freeman or others, iEthelbirht, p. 7. lxxxv. — Hlothar. & 
 Eadr. p. 8. iii. 
 
 By command of bh Lord — Penance — what, Hen. I. p.265. lxviii.— 
 Theft, by them — punifhment, iEthelbirht, p. 7. lxxxviii. lxxxix. — 
 Wiht. p. i2>. xi. — Ina, p. 18. xxiv. — Athelftan, p. 57. iii. Jud. 
 Civ. Lond. p. 66. viii. p. 67. i. 
 
 Lying in wait fir their Lord — punifhment, AthellL p. 57. iv. Edg. 
 p. 78. vii. 
 
 Defcrting their Lord in Battle — punifhment, Can. p. 145. lxxv. — 
 Hen. I. p. 144. xiii. 
 
 Working on the Lord's Day, or not obfrving Fafi Days — punifh- 
 ment, Wiht. p. 1 1. iv, v. ix, x. — Feed. Edr. & Gut. p. 53. viii.— 
 Canut. p. 140. xlii. 141. xliii. 
 
 Purgation and Examination, by Ordeal — punifhment, Leg. Wight, 
 p. 12. v. vi. vii. — iEthelred, p. 103. iii. — Canute, p. 139. xxix. 
 Not to quit their Service without leave, ina, p. 21. xxxix. — Euw. p. 
 50. x. — Hen. I. p. 251. xli. 
 Killing a Servant, Multl, Wiht. p. 12. xi. — Altr. p. 29. xvii.— 
 
 Hen. I. p. 264. lxviii. 
 Beating him, or putting him in Chain:. iEthelbirht, p. 7. lxxxvi. 
 
 lxxxvii. 
 Not to be fold into a foreign Country. Wm. Conq. p. 226. xli. 
 
 p. 229. lxv. 
 Manumijfion — what would intitle him to it. Wiht. p. n. iii. — 
 
 Alfr. p. 39. xii. p. 30. xx. — Canut. p. 141 . lxii. — Wm. Conq. 
 
 p. 229. lxvi. 
 7"he Form of it. Wm. Conq. p. 229. lxv. — Hen. I. p. 270. Ixxviii. 
 Dying in Defence of his Lord — the Heriot 10 be remitted, and his 
 
 Inheritance uefcendible. Canut. p. 149. lxxv. 
 Fighting in defence of bis Lord, jultifiable. Altr. p. 44. xxxviii— 
 
 Hen. I. p. 274. 
 
 E 4 his
 
 $6 LEGES GULIELMI CONQUESTORIS. 
 
 alteram, nullus retineat, nc li, ne fe chatels, cnz le 
 
 nee eum, nee catalla ejus, facet venir arere a faire Ton 
 
 fed redire cogatur ut faciat fervife tel cum a a li apend, 
 
 fervitium fuum tale quod fi les feignurages ne facent 
 
 ad eum fpectat : fi Domi- akri gainnys venir a lor 
 
 m non faciunt alterius terre, b la juftile le facet, 
 colonum venire ad terram 
 fuam, Juftitia id faciat. 
 
 1ST O T E S. 
 
 « Alt apend. Ad eum fpeclat. The Villein by Birth, perform- 
 ed his Services in refpect. of his own peifonal Condition. Black- 
 fione's Confiderations on Copyholders, p. 119. 
 
 b La yujlife le facet. Breve de nativo habendo. Reg. Br, p. 87. 
 Pe villanis Regis fubtraclis reducendis, p. 87. vi. 
 
 34. Ne quis Domino fuo debit as pr^ejl at tones fubtrahat* 
 
 Nemo Domino fuo fub- Nullui ne toille a fon 
 
 trahat rectum fervitium Senior fun dreit fervife, 
 
 fuum, propter ullam re- c pur nul relais, que ilii ait 
 
 mifiionem quam ei antea fait en arere, 
 fecerit. 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 c Pur nul relais. On account of any relaxation of his Services. 
 If the Villein ran away, and the Lord put in his Claim within the 
 Year, fo as to Ihew he did not wave his ibvereign Power, the Villein 
 diil not bv his Abfence gain his Freedom. Non currit Tcmpus 
 pontra Dominum, cum Res per claiiieum appoiitum elficiatur liti- 
 gioi'a. Brae. 1. i. c, x. f. III. 
 
 34. Dt
 
 LAWS OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. 57 
 
 his Goods, but compel him to go back to perform 
 his due Service ; if Lords don't make fuch as till the 
 Lands of others return to their Land, Juftice muft 
 do it. 
 
 REFERENCES. 
 
 L- 33- 
 
 Lord anfvicrable for their E/cape. or Flight. Hlothar. & Eadr. 
 
 p. 8. ii. iv. — Athelft. p. 57. iii. p. 60. xxii. — Jud. Civit. 
 
 Lond. p 67. iii. — iEthelred, p. 102. i. — Canur. p. 139. 28.— 
 
 Edw. Conf. p. 202. xxi. — Wm. Conq. p. 227. xlvii. xlix.— 
 
 Hen. I. p. 24i.viii. p. 258. lix. 
 Entertaining the Servants of others without Leave. Ina;, p. 1 g. xxx. 
 
 — ^thelitan, p. 60. XKii. p. 62. i. 
 Servants not under the Protection of any Lord, how considered.—- 
 
 ^Ethelftan, p. 56. ii. p. 57. viii. — Hen. I. p. 257. iviii. 
 
 34. Of Services wit held from the Lord, 
 
 Let no one withold from his Lord his due Ser- 
 vice, on account of any Indulgence his Lord may 
 have before fhewn him. 
 
 35- Of
 
 58 LEGES GULIELMI CONQJJESTORIS. ' 
 
 35. De Fcemina gravida qu<$ capita It fupplicio dam- 
 
 natur. 
 
 Si morti damnata fit Si femme eft jugce a 
 
 aut membrorum mutilati- mort, u a defacum des 
 
 oni fcemina imprsgnata, membres, kifeitenceinr.ee, 
 
 de ea non fiat jultitia ne faced lnm juftice des 
 
 priufquam parturierit. quele feit delivere. 
 
 36. De Inteftatorum bonis. 
 
 Si quis inteftatus obi- Si home mort fans de- 
 
 erit, liberi ejus hasre- vife, fi departent les en- 
 
 ditatem sequaliter divi- fans d l'erite entre fei per 
 
 dant. \x vvel. 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 «* Si departent la enfans ferite entre feu A fuceincT: Account 
 bow Lands have defcended in England from the Time of the 
 Britons to our Days may not be unpleafing to the Reader. 
 
 The SuccefTion or all the Sons was the ancient cuftomary Law 
 among the Britifh in Wales, and was continued to them by the 
 Stat. Wallis, 1 2th Edw. I. Hale's Hilt, p. 221. 
 
 By the Law of England in the Saxons Times, Lands defcended 
 equally to all the Male?, the Relicks of which remain in the Gavel* 
 kind of Kent, Hale 221. Su 11. Left. p. 149. 
 
 Our fubfequent Danifh Predeceflbis feem to have made no Di- 
 ftinclion of Sexes, Vuttohavc admitted all the Children at once to 
 the Inheritance. 2 Black, p. 213. 
 
 De lnteriato mortuis. 
 
 Sive quis incuria, five morte repentina fuerit inteftato mortuus, 
 dominus tamen nullam reium fuarum partem (prsteream qune jure 
 debetur Hereoti nomine) fibi aifumito. Vtruin eas judicio fuo 
 uxori, liberis, et cognatione pioximis, jufte (pro fuo cuiqne jure) 
 diftribuito. Canut. p. 144. 1. 68. 
 
 The above 36th Law ot William's is the only one touching De- 
 scents ; and Lord Chief J mtice Haie fays, that trom this Law, it 
 kems that, until the Conquelt, the Deftcnt of Lands was at lealt to 
 all the Sons alike, and, for aught appears, to all the Daughters alio; 
 
 37. De
 
 LAWS OP WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR, S9 
 
 35. Of a Woman enceinte, condemned to Death, 
 
 If a Woman quick with Child is condemned to 
 Death, or Lofs of Limb, let Execution be refpited till 
 after her Delivery. 
 
 3 6. Of the Ejfefts of Inteflates. 
 
 If a Man die inteftate, let his Children divide the 
 inheritance equally between them. 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 and that there wtis no Difference in the hereditary Tranfmifilon of 
 Lands and Goods, at lead in reference to the Children. Hale's 
 Hill. p. 222. 
 
 Afterwards, when William, by Confent of Parliament, eftab- 
 lifhed the Feudal S)ilem, Lands defcended to the eldeif Son only. 
 
 Henry the firll moderated this, and directed the eldetr. Son to 
 have onlv the principal Efiate, " primum patris feudum ;" the rtft 
 of his Eltate, if he had any others, being equally divided among 
 them all. Hen. I. 1. Ixx. p. 266. 4 Black. 414. 
 
 In the Reign of Henry II. the Right of Primogeniture feems to 
 have tacitly revived, being tound more convenient for the Public, 
 than the parceling of Eftates into a Multitude of minute Subdivi- 
 sions ; but if there was any uncertainty and unfettlednefs in the 
 Bufincfs of Defcents or Hereditary Succeflioniin his Time, yet in 
 the Reign of Hen. III. the Law feems to be unquelHonably fettled, 
 that the eldefr. Son was of common Right Heir, not only in Cafes 
 or Knight Service Lands, but alfo ot Socage Lands, unlefs \here 
 wete a Ipecial Cuitom to the contrary, and has continued lb down 
 ;o thel'e Days. Hale's Hilt. p. 232. 
 
 REFERENCES. 
 
 L. 35. 
 Vr ' oman hig ivit/j Child, Jlriking t — punilhment. Alf. p. 39. xviii. 
 
 L. 36. 
 Of Svccfjfion, Can. p. 144. lxviii. — Hen. I. p. 266. Ixx. 
 
 37- Of 

 
 6o 
 
 LEGES CULIELMI CONQUESTORIS. 
 
 37. De adult era apatre deprchenfa. 
 
 Si pater deprehenderit Si le Pere trovet fa file 
 
 en adukerie en fa maifonn, 
 u en la maifonn fon gen- 
 dre ben li leilt occire la- 
 dultere. 
 
 filiam in adukei io indomo 
 fua, feu in domo generi 
 fui, bene licebit ei, occi- 
 <kre adukerum. 
 
 38. Dejaftu velut ad Legem Rhodiam* 
 
 Si quis ex necefiitate Si c home en puilTuned 
 
 alterum occiderit aut pro- akre feit occis, u per ma- 
 
 pter gubernationem faci- nablement eiflilled, Jo 
 
 liorem, ego jecero res tuas jettai voz chofez de la nef 
 
 de navi ob metum mortis, pur pour de mort, & d'eo 
 
 de hoc non potes me im- 
 placitare. Nam licet al- 
 teri damnum inferre ob 
 mortis metum quando 
 periculum evadere non 
 
 ne me poez enplaider, kar 
 lei ft a faire damage a akre 
 pur pour de mort quant 
 parele ne pot efchaper, e 
 fi de co me mefeez, qui 
 
 poteft, & fi de hoc me pur pour de mort nel feifie 
 
 accufes quod ob metum de co mefpriorai, e les 
 
 mortis nihil feci de hoc chofes qui funt remife en 
 
 contemptu & ea qujs in le nef, feient departis en 
 
 navi reftant dividantur in comune fulun les chatels, 
 
 e fi alcun jetted les cha- 
 tels hors de la nef, fenz 
 buiun, fil rendet. 
 
 T E S. 
 
 communi fecundum Ca- 
 talla, & fi quis jecerit 
 Catalla extra navim, ab- 
 fque necefiitate ea refli- 
 tuat. 
 
 N O 
 
 « Si hnme en pjt'jjTtiperl nitre felt occis, u per ?nanable?nent cijjillccl.— 
 Si quis alterum impofionaycrit, interficiatur, vel perpetuo Exilio 
 uarriiiCiur. Ducange. 
 
 One would imagine this was a dilYinc~t Law, it having no Con- 
 nection with what follows. 
 
 VemfLi r elf gen tur ex Terra. Edw. & Guthrun. p. 55. 1, xu 
 
 See other Laws de Vcneficis. 
 
 39- D*
 
 LAWS OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. 6l 
 
 37. Of a Daughter taken in Adultery by the Father* 
 
 If a Father (hall take his Daughter in the Act of 
 Adultery in his own Houfe, or in that of his Son in 
 Law, it is lawful for him to kill the Adulterer. 
 
 38. Of cajiing Goods Over -hoard agreeably to the Rho- 
 dian Law, 
 
 If one poifon another, let him fufFer Death, or per- 
 petual Banimment. 
 
 If I call your Goods Over-board through fear of 
 Death, you cannot implead me of this •, for we may 
 juftify doing an Injury to another, when there is no 
 other Way of avoiding the Danger of Death ; and if 
 you accufe me of having done this, not through Fear of 
 Death ; I will exculpate myfelf of it ; and the Goods, 
 which remain in the Ship, mull be divided in com- 
 mon, according to the Quality of them ; and if any 
 one cads Goods Over-board when Neceflity does not 
 require it, he fhall render the value of them. 
 
 REFERENCES. 
 L. 37, See L. 14. 
 
 L - 38. 
 
 Poifon — the Puniftiment of tho'.e.v. ho by Poifon wrought pernicious 
 Effects on others. Ina?, p. 26. Ixxvii. — Fa:d. hd. 6c Gut. p. ^5. 
 xi. — Athelft. p. 57. vi. — Edgar, p. 92. xxxix. p. 03 xii.— 
 Northum. Pref. Leg. p. ioo. xlviii. 
 
 puliation of Goods, punilnmeut. -.L.helied, p. 104. iv. 
 
 19- Of
 
 62 
 
 LEGES GULIELMI CONCEIT ESTOftlS* 
 
 39. Dejudicio infocium abfentem. 
 
 Duo funt participes e- 
 jufdem Pacis, & unus 
 corum implacitatus abfque 
 altero, fi negligentia fua 
 perdit, non inde debet 
 damnum cedere alteri, qui 
 abfens fuit. Nam quod 
 judicatum eft inter eos 
 non debet prsejudicare lis 
 qui abfentes fuerunt. 
 
 Dous funt percenef9 
 d'un f jnife, e eft lun en- 
 plaide fans laltre & per fa 
 folie fi pert, ne dit per co 
 laltre eftre perdant, qui 
 prefent fud, kar chofe juge 
 entre eus, ne fors juge pas 
 les altres, qui ne funt a 
 prefent. 
 
 40. De Relevio eorum qui clientes cenfum pendunf* 
 
 Eorum qui fundum 
 fuum tenent ad cenfum, 
 fit rectum Relevium tan- 
 tum quantum cenfus an- 
 fluus eft. 
 
 Cil qui tenent lur terre 
 ^a cenfe, foit lur droit re- 
 leif a tant cum a cenfe eft 
 d'un an. 
 
 Caute profpiciant ii 
 quibus cura incumbit ju 
 dicia facere, ut judicent 
 uti petunt quando dicunt 
 dimitte nobis debita noftra y 
 & prohibemus ut homo 
 chriftianum extra terram 
 
 41. De Judiciis. 
 
 Ententivement fe pur- 
 penfent cil qui les juge- 
 mentz unt a faire, que fi 
 j ugent cum defirent quant 
 il dient h dimitte nobis de- 
 bita nojlra, & nous de- 
 fendonz qui lum Chri- 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 f HjiiJjC-. Larnbard, Selden, and Houard, read Cricket inllcad of 
 jni)>e, and Houard renders Cricbet, a Horfe. 
 
 g A Cenfe. This was free Socage. Where the Service was by 
 Fealty only, or by Rent and Fealty only, &c. that Tenure wa3 
 called liberum Socagium or free Socage. Blacklionc's Confuicrations 
 on Copyholders, p. 114. 
 
 7 non
 
 LAWS OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. 6$ 
 
 39. Of Judgment againft an abfent Partner, 
 
 Two Perfons are equally interefted in the fame 
 Contract, and one of them is impleaded without the 
 other ; if Judgment through his Negligence is given 
 againft him ; yet the other, who was not prefent, fhall 
 not lofe his Right ; for a Judgment between them 
 ought not to affect thofe who were abfent. 
 
 40. Of the Relief of thofe who bold by a certain Rent. 
 
 Thofe who hold their Land at a ftipulated Rent, 
 let their right Relief be fo much as the annual Rent 
 is. 
 
 4 l • 0/" P^g Judgment. 
 
 Let thofe, whofe office it is to pronounce Judg- 
 ment, take particular Care they judge, in like Man- 
 ner as they pray •, when they fay — " Forgive us our 
 " Trefpafles.'* And we forbid any one to fell aChri- 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 L. 41. 
 fc Dimhte nobis peccata nqftra, & nous tUfendmz qui htm Chriflkn, 
 &c. See Leges Canuti, p. 133. ii. ami p. 134. iii. from whence 
 this is plainly taken. 
 
 REFERENCE. 
 
 L. 39. 
 fhn. I. p. 248. xxx'i. 
 
 L. 40. See L. ncp. 
 
 flian
 
 LEGES GULIELMI CONQUESTORIS. 
 
 non vendar, nee prsefertim 
 in paganifmum. Caveat 
 homo quod quis animam 
 ejus non perdac quam 
 Deus vita fua redemit. 
 Qui injuriam elevaverit, 
 aut falfum judicium hinc 
 proferet aut odii aut ava- 
 ritise gratia, fit in forisfac- 
 tura Regis de xl folidis ; 
 li non poteft allegare quod 
 plus recti facere noluerit, 
 perdat libertatem fuam, 
 nifi juxta beneplacitum 
 Regis illam ab eo redi- 
 mere queat. Et fi fit in 
 Danekga, fit Forisfactura 
 
 flien fors de la terre ne* 
 vende nen furchetut eflU 
 paiiumne. Wart lum qui 
 lum lamne ne perde qui 
 Deu rechatat de fa vie. 
 Ki tort eflevera, u faus 
 jugement fra purcurruz, 
 ne per bange ' u pur aveir, 
 feit eh forfeiture le Rei 
 d' k xl folz, fil ne pot aleier 
 qui plus dreit fair ] nel 
 font, fi perdre fa Franchife, 
 fi al Rei nel pot rachater 
 a fon plaifir, e fil eft en 
 Danelae feit forfait de 
 m Laxlite, fil alaier ne fe 
 pot qui il melz faire nc 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 * U per aveir. — Si quis ira, vel odio, vel timore, vel amore, rei 
 cupiditate, &c. injuff um judicet, L. H. I. c. xxxiv. therefore the 
 word aveir may probably be rendered tear ; en awer t in doubt 
 Britton, 13. a. — aiwure, Doubt Reg. 229. b. 
 
 k xls. — By the Laws or" Hen. I. exx s. 0411 injufti judicabit 
 exx 9. folid. reus fit, et dignitatem judicandi perdat, nili redimat 
 erga Regem. Hen. I. c. xxxiv. p. 249. c. xiii. 1. p. 244. 
 
 ! Nel font. — See Law 4. 
 
 m Laxlite, Lab/lite, La/Jjli/e, — ruptio Legis, tranfgreffio Legis, 
 poena violatae Legis, from la^h Lex, r"he, ruptio, violatio. It de- 
 noted the Danifn Common Forfeiture, which was 12 Ores, or one 
 Pound llerling ; but it varied according to the Condition of the 
 Offender. A Thane paid 5 Marks. He that had Bocland 3 
 Marks, and a Ceorl 12 ores. J ' .abjlite ; and Overjeunrfs, Over- 
 famrjfa and Overbernijfa aie fometimes put as lynonymous ; but 
 the lall more particularly fignifics a Contumacy or Contempt of the 
 Court, or a neglect of Duty ; it alfo fignifies the Forfeiture for fuch 
 Offence, from the Saxon oj:eji fupcr, and hyj*an audiic, aufcultare. 
 Ducan^e, GlolT. X Suipt. 
 
 de
 
 LAWS OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. 6$ 
 
 ftian out of the Land, but more efpecially into a Pa- 
 ganilh Country ; let us take care that that Soul which 
 God redeemed with his own Life, be not loft. Who- 
 foever promotes Injuftice, or pronounces falfe Judg- 
 ment, through Anger, Hatred, or Avarice, fhall for- 
 feit to the King 40 s. ; and if he cannot prove he did 
 not know how to give a more right Judgment, let 
 him alfo lofe his Franchife, unlefs he can redeem it at 
 the King's good Pleafure : And if he lives under the 
 Danifh Law, he fhall forfeit Laijfltite, if he cannoc 
 
 R EFERENCES* 
 
 L. 41. See* L. 15. 
 Dombec, or Liber judia'alis, what. EcUv. p. 48. i.— Athelflan, p. 57. 
 
 v. — Edgar, p. 77. iii. 
 Judgment to be impartial. A!fr. P.-32. xliii. — Edw. p. 48. i.— Edgar, 
 p. 77. i. — Canut. p. 1 33. i.— Hen. I. p. 247. xxviii. 
 Unj ujl Judgment, \k\z Mulct. Edgar, p. 77. iii. — Canut. p. 13^. 
 
 xiv>— Hen. I. p. 249. xxxiv. 
 Jujlice, the Denial, or Obfiruclion of it ; MulcT. Edw. p. 49. ii.— 
 Athelftan, p. 56. iii. Concil. /Enham. p. 123. iii. p. 124. ii, 
 Canut. p. J35.XIV. — Hen. I. p. 249 xxxiv. 
 Mercy, to be exercifed ivith Judgment. Canut. p. 133. ii. 
 Appeals to the Ki/.g, in what Cafe allowed. Edg. p. 77. ii. — Canut. 
 
 p. 136. xvi. 
 Jttdgcj, who ought to be. Hen. I. p. 241. ix. p. 247. xxix. 
 
 prov«
 
 66 LEGES GULIELMI 
 
 de Lab/lite, fi allegare non 
 poteft quod melius facere 
 non voluerit & quod rec- 
 tam legem & return ju- 
 dicium recufaverit, fit fo- 
 risfaftura erga ilium ad 
 quern jus hoc pertinueritj 
 hoc eft, fi fie ergo Regem, 
 vi librae, fi fit erga Comi- 
 tern xl folidi, fi fit in 
 Hundredo xxx folidi, & 
 erga omnes eos qui Curi- 
 am habent in Anglia, hoc 
 elt, juxta folidos Angli- 
 canos. In Danelega qui 
 rectum judicium recufave- 
 rit, fit is in mifericordia 
 de fuo Lab/lite, nee bene 
 jfaciat querelam Regi de 
 hoc quod quis ei defe- 
 cerit in Hundredo aut in 
 Comitatu. 
 
 CONQUESTORIS. 
 
 folt, e qui dreite leie dreitc 
 jugement n refuferad, feit 
 forfait envers celi ki dreit, 
 co eft a aveir, fi co eft 
 envers li Rei vi°Livres, ft 
 coeftenversCuntexl folz, 
 fi co eft en hundred xxx 
 folz, e envers touz i cons 
 ki Curr unt en Engleterre, 
 co eft al folz Engleti. E 
 en Danelae qui dreit juge- 
 ment refuferad, feit en la 
 mercie de fa Lahflite, e 
 ne faceP bon plainte a Rei 
 did qui lun li feit de faili 
 el hundred u el Conte. 
 
 N O T E S. 
 
 h R.fuferad — with great deference, I think this (hould rather be 
 iranflated, gainfay, call in quejl'wn y or oppofe, than recufaverit, as 
 in Wilkin?. The Law of Hun. I. will throw fome Light on this 
 Paflage. Qui jufrum judicium ordinahiliter habitum, et legitime 
 reJditvm imprcbaverit, ii Regis Actio fit, ovcrfeuvejfc judicetur, i. 
 L fol. in Welt-Sexa. L. Hen. I. Chap, xxaiv. p. 249. See alfo 
 Leg. Cmut. p. 135. xiv. 
 
 42. De
 
 LAWS OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. 67 
 
 prove that he could not judge better ; and whofoever 
 fhall oppofe right Law, and right Judgment, let the 
 Forfeiture go to him who ought to have had that 
 Right; that is, if the King, vil. ; if an Earl, xl s. 
 If it be within a Hundred, xxx s. •, and to all thofe 
 who have a Court in England, this muft be according 
 to the Englifh Shilling. By the Danifh Law, he who 
 oppofes right Judgment, fhall be amerced his Lahllite ; 
 and he will very improperly appeal to the King's 
 Court under a Pretence that there has been a Failure 
 of Juftice in the Hundred or in the County. 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 vi Li'vres, Law Hen. I. 1. 41. 
 
 p Bon plai?itc — Et nemo apud rcgem proclamationem faciat de 
 aliquo qui ei fecundum legem rectum offerat in Hundredo fuo. Leg. 
 Hen. I. p. 250. Leg. Edgar, p. 77. ii. Canut. p. 136. xyi. 
 
 10. Con-
 
 68 
 
 LEGES GULIELMI C0NQUEST0RI5. 
 
 42. De pignore quod Namium vocant capiendo. 
 
 Non capiat quis Na- Ne q prenge hum 11am- 
 mium aliquod in Comi- mil en Conte, ne de fors 
 tatu, nee extra ufque dum d'ici quil eit tresfois de- 
 ter rectum petierit in mand dreit el hundred u 
 Hundredo, aut in Comi- el Conte, e fil a la terce 
 tatu, & fi ad tertiam vicem flee ne pot dreit aver, alt 
 rectum non poteft habere, a Conte, e le Conte len a 
 eat ad Comitatum & Co- fete le quart jurn, e fe cili 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 L. 42. 
 ' Ne prenge hum nammll — Houard endeavours to prore that this 
 Law is Norman ; but we hope to {hew that it is ot Saxon Origin. 
 The Pafiage runs thus, Art. 63. "DesLoix recueillies parSelden, le 
 " Conquerant, en recommendant d'obferver les Statuts d'Edouard, 
 " avoue qu'il y a ajoute plufieurs difpofnions, Adautlis his quas 
 " conftituimuS) &c. Et on ne peut douter que celle du 42 Article 
 " ne fbit de ce nombre. II eft intitule De Pignore quod namium 
 " vacant. LeGageconnu fous le nom de namps parmi les Nor- 
 * ; mands, ne l'etoit pas des Anglois, puifqu en leur impofant 
 *' l'ufage, le Lcgiilature eft oblige de leur donner en linter- 
 *' proration." Difc. Prelim, p. 33. Tom. I. Note 39. 
 
 " line fut done pas difficile a ceSoverain de faire inferer dims 
 *' les Statuts d'Edouard quelques Maximcs relatives aux Coutumes 
 " ce Normandie qu'il avoit refolu de leur fubftituer; et la traduc- 
 " tion qu' il lit faire de ces Statuts en langue Normande, lui four- 
 " nit un Moyen aife de parvenir a ce but. Car, fous prctexte de 
 " rendre inteliigibles certains droits particuliers a l'Angletterre, on 
 " fe fervit de noms qui etoient confacres a deligr.er des droits Nor- 
 ** mands qui n'avoient avec les premiers que des rapports fort 
 " eloigne's ; et inftnfiblement laconformitedes noms fit confondre 
 '* ccs differens droits auxquels on les avoit indiftinclement ap- 
 " pliques." jbid. p. n- 
 
 The; Conqueror, (fays Houard) in the 63d of his Laws given 
 us by Selden, avow; his having made feveral Additions to the 
 Laws ot Edward; Adauciis his quas conjiituimus, ts'c. and there is 
 no doubt bu. that the 42d Law is one of that Number. It isintitled 
 " De Pignore quod Namium vocant." The Pledge, known under 
 the Name of Namps among the Normans, could not have been in 
 me amon ; the Enghlh, lince at the Time ot inttituting this Ufage, 
 the Legillature was obliged to ^ivc them an Interpretation or it. 
 
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 LAWS OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. 69 
 
 42. Concerning taking a Bijlrefs, which is called Na- 
 trium. 
 
 Let no one take a Diftrefs either within the County 
 or out of it, till he has demanded Right to be done 
 him three Times in the Hundred or County Court ; 
 and if he cannot have Right the third Time he de- 
 mands it, then let him apply to the County Court, 
 which fhall appoint him a fourth Day ; and if the 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 It was not difficult then for this Monarch to caufe to be inferted 
 among the Statutes of Edward fome Maxims which bore Relation 
 to the Cuftoms of Normandy, which he had refolved to fublHtute 
 in their Place ; and the Tranflation which he caufed to be made 
 of thefe Statutes into the Norman Language iurnifhed him with an 
 eafy Means of attaining that End. For, under Pretence of render- 
 ing intelligible certain Rights peculiar to the Englifh, he made ufe 
 ot Terms which were appropriated to ligniry fome Norman Rights 
 which had only remote Connections with the others ; and the Con- 
 formity in Terms infenlibly occafioned thefe different Rights, to 
 which they had been indiicri minutely applied, to be confounded. 
 
 Our anfwer to thefe Affertions is, that it is very true that Wil- 
 liam added the Laws, by which feudal Tenures were eftablifhed, 
 to thofe of Edward; but then heat the fame Time exprefsly or- 
 dained that the Laws ot Edward Ihould " in omnibus rebus" w : .*h 
 thofe additional Laws, be obferved ; thefe laft are fuppofed to 
 have been enacted feveral Years after the Publication ot Edward's 
 Laws, and they are in Latin, and not in Norman French. The Titles 
 make no Part ot the Original, they being added by Selden ; but if 
 they were, it is prefumed that the 43d Law cannot be one of thofe 
 new Laws, as this learned Author conjectures ; for the Term Namps 
 a Dillrefs, though made ufe ot by the Normans, comes from the 
 Saxon Verb namian, caperc, to take ; and like many other of our 
 Law Terms, which although they leem to be French, are only dif- 
 guifed in a Norman Drefs, and really have a Saxon Original ; and 
 as in the Grand Cuftumiere or Normandy there is a Chapter of 
 Nantpes, there is great Reafon to believe that the Normans borrowed 
 this and many other of their Laws from the Englifh, inltead ot the 
 Englilh from them, as Motif. Houard would periuade us. SeL!. 
 Eaumer. 194. Fort. Pref. p. 46. Arg. Ante Norm. 121. Pret. 6. Rep. 
 
 REFER ENCES. 
 
 L + 2 ' 
 
 Canute, p. 136. xviii.' — Win, Conq. p. 239. lxiv. 
 
 F 3 Perlon
 
 JO LEGES GULIELMI CONQUESTORIS^ 
 
 mitatus prsefigat ei diem defait dc ki il fe claime, 
 quartum & fi ipfe defe- dunt prenge conge qui il 
 cerit de quibus ipfe pof- pufle nam prendre r pur le 
 tulat, tunc licentiam ac- fon lum e pref. 
 cipiat, ut pofiit Namium 
 capere pro fuo homine & 
 teftimonio. 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 r Pur le fon lum e pref— I have followed Ducange— Pro fua mili- 
 tate et proflcuo. — Canute, p. 136. 1. xviii.*— Uc proprium fuum 
 perquirat. 
 
 43. Ne qu'is rem aliquam emat fine tcjlibus. 
 
 Nemo emat quantum iv Ne nul achat le vaili- 
 
 dcnariis seftimatur, neque ant de iv den. de mort, 
 
 de re mort-ua neque de vif, fans teftimonie ad iv 
 
 viva abfque teftimonio iv. hommes u de Burg, u de 
 
 hominum aut de Burgo, Vile; e lelum le chalange 
 
 aut de Villa. Et fi quis e il nen ait teftimonie, li 
 
 rem vendicat, & is non nad nul Warrant rende 
 
 habcat tcftimonium ; fi lunal hum fon chatel, ele 
 
 nullum habeatWarrantum forfait ait, ki averledeit; 
 
 refpondeat a'teri Catallum e fi teftimonie ad, fi cum 
 
 fuum, & forisfacluram nous eviz defunes s voeft 
 
 habeat qui habere debet, les treis foiz, e a la quart 
 
 & fi testimonium habeat foiz le deremet, u il le 
 
 ut jam diximus advocet rende. 
 tribus vicibus & vice 
 quarta diihitionetj aut rem 
 reddat. 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 L. 43. 
 
 • Voijl ki treh foiz — Ducange and Houard, in their Tranflations, 
 feem n. h iv '-.ikcn this Paflage. Selden left it uniendered ; 
 
 but when the Words " vceji Us treis foiz" are attended to and 
 
 44 
 
 . De
 
 LAWS OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. Jl 
 
 m 
 Perfon againft whom he complains, makes Default ; 
 
 then let him have Leave to take a Diitrefs fufficient to 
 
 make himfelf Amends. 
 
 43. 'That nothing Jhall be bought but in the Prefexce of 
 Witnejfes, 
 
 Let no one buy either dead or live Goods of the 
 Value of 4d. without the Teftimony of four Men, 
 either of the Borough or Vill ; and if the Thing be 
 challenged, and he has no fuch Teftimony, he mail 
 not be allowed to litigate the Matter, but muft re- 
 ftore the Goods to the Owner, and let the Forfeiture 
 go to him to whom it belongs •, and if he has fuch 
 Witnefles as above mentioned, let him vouch them 
 three Times, and at the fourth either prove his Right 
 to the Goods, or reftore them. 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 L. 43. 
 
 compared with the Law of Canute, which fays, " tunc Advocatio 
 " fiat tcr" the Difficulty feems to vanilh. Canute, 1. xxii. p. 3/7. 
 
 REFERENCES. 
 
 L. 43. 
 
 Lothar. & Eadr. p. 9. xvi. — Edw. p. 48. i. 
 
 Athelftan, p. 58. xii. p. 61. xxiv. — Edgar, p. 80. viii. — ^Ethel- 
 red, p. 103. iv.— Canut. p. 137. xxii. — Wm.Conq. p. 218. ii, 
 p. 229. lx. 
 
 F 4 45- Of
 
 72 LEGES GULIELMI CONQUESTORIS. 
 
 44. De appropriations rei. 
 
 Nobis rationiconfonum Nus ne femble pais 
 
 non videtur, uc quis pro- raifon que lum face pru- 
 
 priationem faciat fupra vance fur teftimonie ki 
 
 teftimonium quod cogno- conufient co que entre eft 
 
 verit id quod intereft, & e qui nul nel pruft devant 
 
 quod nihil quis proprium. le terme de vi meis, apres 
 
 faciat ante terminum vi ico qui laveir fu emble. 
 menfium poftquam averi- 
 um furto fit ablatum. 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 L. 44. 
 
 This Law was totally unintelligible to Selden ; and Ducange, 
 Wilkins, and Houard, differ very much in their Interpretation of 
 it ; but I think the following Law of Canute explains it belt. 
 Nobis etiam non videtur juftum, quod quis poffideat aliquid, cum 
 adfit testimonium, et cognofcere poffint, quod furto fit ablatum ; 
 quod nemo pollit appropriare fibi aliquid citius quam poft fex menfes 
 poltquam lurto fueiat ablatum. Leges Canut. p. 137. xxii. 
 
 45. De vadimonio deferto. 
 
 Et qui retatus eft, & E cil qui eft redte, e 
 
 teftibus convictus de re- teftimoniet de l deleaute, 
 
 beliione, & implacitatus ele plait tres foiz efchuite 
 
 tribus vicibusvitavit,&ad al quart muftrent li fu- 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 L. 45. 
 
 1 De deleaute — Spelman, Ducange, and Houard, read, de haute ; 
 but I apprehend it fliould be de deleaute, as in Wilkins, and that 
 fuch R-a.ing will be warranted by the Laws of Edgar, jEthelred, 
 and Cfl.i :e. Si qui- (cujus apud otnnem populum labehifta eft 
 fide-; : ::pius fuerit incufatus. Leg. Edgar, p. 78. 1. vii. iEthelr. 
 p. .03. v. Canute, p. 137. 1. xxiii. 
 
 See Note on L. xvi. 
 
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 LAWS OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR 73 
 
 44. Of claiming things Jlokn, 
 
 It does not feem juft that any one fhould keep what 
 is ftolen, when there is Evidence of its being fo ; or 
 that he fhould gain any Property in the Thing, till 
 fix Months after it has been ftolen. 
 
 REFERENCES. 
 
 L. 44. 
 Inac, p. 22. xlvii. — iEthelred, p. 106. x, — Canut. p. 137. xxii.— • 
 Hen. I. p. 262. lxiv. 
 
 45. How to proceed againji contumacicus Offenders, 
 
 If any one who has forfeited his Character among his 
 Neighbours ftandsaccufedof any Crime, and hasavoid- 
 
 REFERENGES. 
 
 L. 45;. See L. 50. 
 Edgar, p. 78. vii. — vEthelred, p. 103. v. — Canute, p. 137. xxiii. 
 p. 138. xxvii. p. 139. xxx. p. 136. xx.
 
 LEGES OULIELMI 
 
 74 
 
 quartam vicem oftendat 
 fummonitor tria ejus cri- 
 mina, nihilominus man- 
 detur homini ut plegium 
 inveniat & veniat ad jus, 
 & fi nolir, fi non viderit 
 hominem vivutn aut mor- 
 tuum, capiat quantum 
 habet & reddat petenti 
 catallum fuum & Domi- 
 nus habeat medietatem 
 refidui, & Hundredum 
 medietatem. Et fi nullus 
 Parens aut amicus iftam 
 Juftitiam deforciaverint, 
 forisfaciant erga Regem 
 vi libras: Et quasrat latro 
 quicquid poterit invenire, 
 non habeat warrantum de 
 vita ma, nee per prohibi- 
 tum placiturn poterit ali- 
 quid recuperare. 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 L. 4$. 
 
 u Li Sie ait le meite — alteram bonorum partem fundi dominus, 
 alteram centuriati habento, Leg. Edgar. 1. vii. p. 78. Houard is of 
 opinion, that the Sire in this Law is not be 11: derflood of a Lord of 
 the Fee-, but or the Land ; and that the Perion accuiedis not :o be 
 confiuerd as a VafTai, but as a Member of the Hundred ; and that 
 for this Feafon the Hundred is intitled to the remaining Hair of 
 his fcfilcts. liuuaid pieuves Juliilicat. L. xlv. p. 123. 
 
 CONQUESTORIS. 
 
 menour de fe treis defau- 
 tes, uncore le mande lum 
 que il plege trufe, e vienge 
 a dreit, e fil ne volt, fi ne 
 vifl lum vif u mort, fi 
 pfenge lum quanque il ad 
 e fi rende lum al chalan- 
 geur fun chatel, e u li Sire 
 ait la meite del remenant, 
 e le Hundred la meite. 
 Et w fi nul parent nami 
 cefte juftice *deforcent, 
 feient torfeit envers li Rei 
 de y vi lib. e quergent le 
 larun nen en ki poefte, il 
 feit trove neit warrant de 
 fa vie, ne per de ten fed 
 plait nait mes recourer. 
 
 46. De
 
 LAWS OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. J$ 
 
 cd appearing at three Courts, and his three Defaults 
 are proved by the Summoners at the fourth Court; 
 then let him be commanded to find Fledges, and (land 
 to Jultice $ but if he will not, nor can be found 
 either alive or dead ; then let all which he hath be 
 feized and the Value of the Thing claimed be paid out 
 of his Effects to the Claimant; and let one half of the 
 Refidue go to the Lord, and the other half to the 
 Hundred. And if any of his Kindred or Friends 
 obftruct luch Judgment, let the Forfeiture be 61. to 
 the King, and Search made after the Thief; and 
 in whofoever Cuftody he be found, no Pledge fhall be 
 taken for his Life, nor (hall he ever after be allowed 
 to plead any thing in his Defence. 
 
 NOTES. 
 L. 45. 
 
 w Et /i nul parent nami cefle juftice deforcent — the Forfeiture here 
 feems to arife from rehiring the Law; therefore I have taken the 
 Liberty of differing trom Se.den, Ducange, and Monarch by tranf- 
 lating " ii nul parent n'ami," — if any of his Kindred or Friends, in- 
 ftead of if none ; nul being frequently ultd in this Senfe. A nul, 
 to any one, Mir. 33:2. Haw. Stat. i. 26— Ji nul, if any one, Frynn 
 400 — Sclden chol'e to leave this Part or the Law from the word null, 
 as he round it. 
 
 x Before nt — difforciare reftum ; dicitur is qui contra rectum agit, 
 Ducange, dirfbrciare. L. Hen. I. p. 26* 1. lxi. 
 
 r VI. lib. See Law 41. 
 
 46. Of
 
 yS LEGES OULIELMI CONQUESTORIJ. 
 
 46. De Hofpitibus. 
 
 Nemo alium recipiet Nuls ne receit horn 
 
 ultra iii nocl.es nifi is eum ultre iii'nuis, fi til ne U 
 
 mlli commendaverit, qui command od qui il full 
 
 ejus fuerit amicus. amy. 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 1 Ultre iii nun — This Law is plainly taken from Canute's, 
 *' Nemo alterum fufcipiat diutius quam tres Dies, nil! ille cui 
 ** antea fervivit, eum commendaverit." Can. 1. xxv;p. 138. 
 
 47. De famulis. 
 
 Nemo hominem fuum Ne nuls ne lait fun hum 
 a fe difcedere patiatur an- de li partir, pus qui il elt 
 tequam b retatus fuerit. a rete. 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 * Rete — with this nearly agrees the Law of Canute, " Nemo 
 " fervum fuum a fe amoveat, antequam fe purgaverit ab omni 
 " fi'fpicione, cujus prius accufatus erat." Canute, 1. xxv. p. 138. 
 £ra<5t. 1 1\. 1. iii. c. x. S. I. 
 
 b Antequam — rather pqftquam, agreeable to the Text, pus qui. 
 
 48. Be
 
 LAWS OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. 77 
 
 46. OfGueJls. 
 
 Let no one harbour another more than three 
 Nights, unlefs recommended by him who lafl enter- 
 tained him. 
 
 REFERENCES. 
 
 L. 46. 
 
 Stranger, entertaining three Nights, to be anfaxrdble for him. Hlothar. 
 & Eadr. p. 9. xv. — Canute, p. 138. xxv. — Edw. Conf. p. 202. 
 xxvii. 
 
 If only tzvo Nights, not anfiveralle. Ed. Conf. p. 202. xxvii. 
 Villain Fugitive harbouring, to be anfiver able for him, Inae, p. io,." 
 
 XXX. 
 
 Violator of the Peace — what Purgation. ^Ethelred, p. 118. x. 
 
 47. Concerning thofe of a Man's Houjhold* 
 
 Nor let any one fuffer his Man to quit his Service, 
 after he has been fufpected of any Crime. 
 
 REFERENCES. 
 
 L. 47. See L. 33. 
 Athclftan, p. 60. xxii. — Car^ut. p. 138. xxv.— 'Hen. I. p. 2£i. x\\. 
 
 37. Tht
 
 7 8 
 
 LEGES GULIELMI CONQU ESTORIS. 
 
 48. De eo qui furibus obviam dederit, & abire per- 
 miferit. 
 
 Et qui Latroni occur- 
 rerit, & fine clamore eum 
 permiferit abire, emendet 
 juxta valorem Latronis, 
 aut fe purget plena lege, 
 quod ilium Latronem efle 
 nefcivit : Et qui clamorem 
 audierit & fuperfederit, 
 fuperfeffione Regis emen- 
 det, aut feipfum purget. 
 
 E ki larun encontre, c 
 fanz cri a acient li leit 
 aler, fi lamend a la vai- 
 launce de larun, u fe nef- 
 purge per c pkner lei, qui 
 il larun nel fout ; e ki le 
 cri orat e furfera, la d furfife 
 li Rei amend, u fen ef- 
 purget. 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 c Plener lei — This is the fame as Lex plenaria, and Lex atparens ; 
 viz. the Trial by Ordeal or Battle, and called fo, becaufe from the 
 Event, the Truth of the Matter in Controverfy, as was believed in 
 thofe Days of Ignorance and Superitition, evidently appeared. 
 
 This Law is borrowed almoft Word for Word from the 26th Law 
 of Canute ; and adopted by Hen. I. in his 65th Law. 
 
 d Surfifc — in Saxon Opejij-ennyry e, in the LL. Hen. I. Over- 
 feunejfa. See Note on Law 4 1 . 
 
 49. De hero ut familiajijlenda fidejujforftt. 
 
 Quilibet etiam Dominus 
 habeat fervientem fuum 
 aut plegium fuum, quern, 
 fi non retatus fuerit, habeat 
 ad rectum in Hundredo. 
 
 E chafcun Seniour eit 
 fon Serjant, u fun plege 
 e que fi nele rete, que ait a 
 dreit el Hundred. 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 e Que fi nele rete — quem, li non retatus fuerit, Wilkins — but I 
 apprehend there muft be fome Miftake, the Senfe being quite the 
 contrary; and the Law of Hen. I. is " Ut oinnis Dominus iecum 
 *' tales habeat, qui juiticiabiles lint, ct teneat famiham iuam in 
 * ; plegio fuo, et fi accufetur in aliquo, refpondeat in Hundredo fuo, 
 «« &c." L. Hen. I. p. 251. xli. 
 
 1 50. De
 
 LAWS OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. 79 
 
 48. The Mulft for letting a Thief go without raijing the 
 
 Hue and Cry. 
 
 And whofoever meets a Thief, and fuffers him to 
 efcape without railing the Hue and Cry j he (hall 
 make Amends to the Price of the Thief, or clear him- 
 felf by Plener Lei that he did not know he was a thief: 
 and whofoever hears the Hue and Cry and neglects 
 to purfue it, he fhall make Amends to the King for 
 the Neglect, or clear himlelf. 
 
 REFERENCES. 
 
 L. 48. See L. 33. 
 Inae, p. 20. xxxvi. — Canut. p. 138. xxvi. — Hen. I. p. 263. lxv. 
 p. 244. xii. 
 
 49. Every Lord to anpwer for his Servant being amen- 
 
 able to Jujlice. 
 
 Let every Lord be Pledge for his Servant, fo that if 
 he (hall be accufed of any Crime, he (hall be amenable 
 to Juftice in the Hundred. 
 
 REFERENCE. 
 
 L. 49. See L. 33. 
 /Ethclr. p. 103. i. — Canut. p. 139. xxviii. — Edvv. Conf. p. 202. 
 xxi. — Hen. I. p. 251. xii. 
 
 5c. How
 
 So 
 
 LEGES GULIELMI CONQUESTORIS* 
 
 50. De incredibili accufato in Hundrcdo. 
 
 Si quis intra Hundre- Sieftalquonqui blamet 
 
 dum incufatus fuerit, iv feit de dinz le Hundred 
 
 homines eum retineant, fe iv humes le retent, fei xii 
 
 duodecima manu purger, main s'efpufget, e fi il (en. 
 
 & fi aufngerit pendente fuift dedenz la chalenge, 
 
 accufatione,Dominusred- li fire rende fun were, e fi 
 
 dat Weram fuam, & fi Inn chalenge le Seignour 
 
 Dominus 'incufetur quod qui per le fen feit ale fi 
 
 per eum abire permittitur, s'efcundie f fei vi main, fc 
 
 fe purget fexta manu, & fil ne pot en vers li Kei 
 
 fi non poffet, emendct lament, e & cil foit utlage. 
 verfus Regem, & fit uda- 
 gatus. 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 f Sei vi main, i. c. He himfdf making the 6th. See L. 1 7. 
 
 S E cil foit utlage — et lit utlagatus. Lambard, Seiden, Ducange, 
 Houard. This lait Part of the Law does not fecm to have been 
 thoroughly attended to by any of the above learned Authors ; for 
 by comparing the Words " cil foit utlage'" with the LL. of iEthel- 
 red, Canute, and Hen. I. ; it is evident, " cil" mult refer to the 
 Party accufed, and not to the Lord; as the Puniihment by Out- 
 lawry would not only be too ievere, but abfurd alio, after making 
 Amends. 
 
 Sit Fur exlex. yEthelred, L. i. p. 1 03 — Sit Homn exlex. Canut. 
 L. xxviii. p. 139 — Quijugit, Utiaga lit. Hen. 1. L. xii. p. .251.
 
 LAWS OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. J$ 
 
 50. How one of bad Character, if accufed in the Hun- 
 dred, is to purge himfelf. 
 
 If any one, whofe Character has been impeached 
 within the Hundred by four Men, ftands accufed, let 
 him acquit himfelf by 12 Compurgators ; and if he 
 flees, depending the Profecution, the Lord fhall pay 
 his Were ; and if the Lord be charged with being 
 privy to his Efcape, he mull clear himfelf by the 
 Oaths of fix Perfons ; and if he cannot do that, he 
 mail make Amends to the King j and let the accufed 
 Perfon be outlawed. 
 
 REFERENCES. 
 
 L. 50. See L. 4;. 
 uEtbelred, p. 102. i. — Canut. p. 138. xxvii. — Hen, I. p. 263. hv. 
 p. 264. lxvii.
 
 [ 8o ] 
 
 INTRODUCTORY PREFACE 
 
 To the 52a 1 , 55th, 58th, 59th, and 63d, 
 LAWS ok WILLIAM the CONQUEROR. 
 
 MY firft Intention was only to have tranflatcd the 
 Laws of William I. which are in the Norman 
 Tongue ; but as the Landed Pjoperty of England under- 
 went fo great an Alteration by his EfFblifhment of the 
 Feudal Syftem, I judged it mifjht afford fome Entertain- 
 ment to the Reader to take a View of the above Laws of 
 William in Latin, which efTec"u d this great Change ; for 
 this purpofe I have given a Translation of them, and added 
 fome Notes from various Authors who have confidered thefe 
 Law?. 
 
 William I. foon after his Conqueft transferred aim oft all 
 the Lands of England to his Followers, and nude them In- 
 heritances defcendible according to the Norman Law: but 
 as thofe which remained inEngiifh Hands would have gone 
 on in the old Cotrrfe, and been free from the Burthen of 
 I' eudal Tenure, it was ncceflary to proceed fome what fur- 
 ther; for this Purpofe, in fome fubfer.uent Part of his Peign, 
 tiie commune Concilium of the Nation was convened, and Laws 
 made, which, in the Event, altered the Military Policy of 
 the Kingdom, abolifhed the trinoda Nscjjitas, and made the 
 Lands of the Englifh and of the Church liable to Knights 
 Service, as he had done the Lmds granted to the Normans; 
 and the Syftem was thereby rendered uniform. 
 
 The ./Era of formally introducing the Feodal Tenures by 
 Law into this Nation,' is not free from Ihrcrtainty. Sulli- 
 van places this in the 4th Year of King William's Reign ; 
 but Blackitonc, from the Saxon Chronicle, is of Opinion it 
 was in the ictb, the latter h'nd of the Year 3086, when 
 William was attended by all his Nobles at Sarum, and all 
 the principal Landholders did him Homage and Fealty; and 
 lie thinks it probable that the very Law thus made at that 
 Council, is the yj.d Law of this King; and that the Per- 
 formance of the Military Feodal Services, as ordained by 
 that general Council, are exacted by the cXth Law. Sull, 
 2.8 7. — 2d Blackftone 49. 
 2
 
 LAWS OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. 
 
 8l 
 
 L. 52, 
 
 Statuimus a ut omnes 
 liberi b homines fa?dere c et 
 Sacramento affirment, 
 quod intra et d extra uni- 
 verfum regnum Anglise 
 Regi Willielmo Domino 
 
 We ordain that all Free- 
 men (hall oblige them- 
 felvcs by Homage and 
 Fealty, that within and 
 out of the Dominions of 
 England, they will be 
 
 NOTE S. 
 
 * Stataimus— This implies it was not by the King alone, but by 
 the commune Concilium, or Parliament ; for the Style of the King 
 of England, when fpeaking of himfelf, was for Ages after in the 
 lingular Number, bull. 288. Wright. 2 Black, p. 49. See Law 
 
 b Liheri Homines — Thefe were Tenants in Military Service, and 
 were the only Men or Honour, Faith, Trutt, and Reputation, in 
 the Kingdom ; and trom fuch as thefe, which were not Barons, 
 the Knights ciid chufe Jurymen, ferved on Juries themielves, bare 
 Offices, and difpatched all Country Buiinefs. Brady's Anfwer to 
 Petit, p. 39. 
 
 c Feed re et Sacramento affirment. — FceJus is the Homage, and Sa- 
 er amentum the Oath of Fealty, anil they are placed in the Order 
 they are fo be done. Sull. 28S. 
 
 * Intra et extra univerfum regnum Anglia: — Thefe Words are par- 
 ticularly to be obferved ; for thev made a Deviation from the gene- 
 ral Principles of the Feudal Law, and one highly advantageous to 
 the Kingly Power. By the Feudal Law, no Vaflal was obliged to 
 ferve his Lord in War, unlefs it was a defenfive War, or one he 
 thought a juit one ; nor for any Territories belonging to his Lord 
 that was not a Part of the Seigniory of which he held ; but this 
 would not eiFechiady ferve lor the Defence of William. He was 
 Duke of Normandy, which he held trom France; and he knew the 
 King of that Country was very jealous ot tne extraordinary Ac- 
 t( ifion of Power he had gained by his new territorial Acquilition, 
 and would take every Occaiion, juft or unjuit, of attacking him there; 
 in Oiorr, that he mult he always in a State of War. Such an Obli- 
 gation on his Tenants, 01 ferving every where, was of the higheft 
 Confequence tor him to obtain : nor was it difficult ; as moil of 
 them alfo ha.! Klhites in Normandy, aad were by S.^f-intereft en- 
 rated in ir.s Defence. Sull. .-80. 
 
 G 1 
 
 fuo
 
 %Z LAWS OF WILLIAM 
 
 ■ fuo fidcles f effe volunt, 
 terras et honores ill 1 us om- 
 ni fidelitate ubiquefervare 
 cum eo, et contra inimicos 
 et alienigenas defendere. 
 
 THE CONQUEROR. 
 
 faithful to King William 
 their Lord, his Lands and 
 Honours, with all Fidelity 
 every where with him will 
 preferve, and againft all 
 Enemies, foreign and do- 
 meftic, will them defend. 
 
 L. 
 
 Volumus etiam ac fir- 
 miter prsecipimus et con- 
 cedimus ut omnes liberi 
 homines totius Monarchic 
 regni noftri pradicli ha- 
 beant et teneant terras fuas 
 et polTefiiones fuas bene 
 et in pace, libere ab omni 
 Exa&ione s injuria, et ab 
 
 yy 
 
 We will and firmly 
 command and grant that 
 all Freemen of the whole 
 Monarchy of our aforelaid 
 Kingdom may have and 
 hold their Lands and Pof- 
 feflions well and in Peace, 
 free from all unjurt Ex- 
 actions and Tallage ; io as 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 e Willlelmo "Domino fuo — not Reg', not the Oath of Allegiance as 
 King, but the Oath or Fealty, iiom a Tenant to a Landlord, tor 
 the Lands he holds. Still. 288. 
 
 t Fideks — this is the very technical Word of the Feudal Law for 
 a Vaflal. Sull. 288. Gloff. XV. 
 
 E Exafiione injujta et ab omni tallagio — that is, from all extraordi- 
 nary hard Impolnions and Taxes; not their ordinary Scutage or 
 Aids. Anfvver to Petit, 38. 
 
 Notwithfianding this Law, by which Reliefs were made certain, 
 the Military Fees hereditary, and freed from all extraordinary 
 Taxes, &c. William, and his Son Rufus, had introduced many ill 
 Cuiroms, and opprefled the Military Tenants to a great Degree ; fo 
 tha' Hen. I. in order to ingratiate himlelt with his Subjects, granted 
 them, on the Day ot his Coronation, a Charter, by which all ill 
 Cufionis, &c. were 10 be removed. This Charter, Dr. Brady thinks, 
 was intended as a Relaxation or Abatement of the Feudal Norman 
 Law praot.fcd by his Father and Brother in exacting great Reliefs, 
 and concerning the Wardship ot Orphan?, and dilpoling of them 
 and Widows in Marriage ; but that, at the lame time, this Charter 
 was an Indulgence granted to the "Norman Englijb, fuch as lived 
 in England, rather than to the ancient Natives, or t'axon EngHJb. 
 Brady's I nweduct. Vo .1. p. 265. 
 
 omni
 
 LAWS OF WILLIAM 
 
 omni Tallagio ; ita quod 
 nihil ab eis exigatur vel 
 capiatur ni(i iervicium 
 fuum liberum quod dc 
 jure nobis facerc debent & 
 facere tenentur ; et prout 
 ftatutum eft eis et illis a 
 nobis datum et concei- 
 fum jure hsereditario im- 
 pertum per commune 
 Confilium totius Regni 
 noflri prsdicti. 
 
 THE CONQUEROR. S3 
 
 nothing be exacted or 
 taken fave their free Ser- 
 vices, which of Right they 
 ought and are bound to 
 perform tons, and as it was 
 appointed to them, and 
 given and granted to them 
 by us, as a perpetual Right 
 of Inheritance by the com- 
 mon Council of the whole 
 Kingdom. 
 
 L. 5 S. 
 Statuimus a etiam et We ordain alfo, and 
 
 firmiter prsecipimus ut 
 omnes Comites, et Ba- 
 rones, et Milites, et Ser- 
 vientes, b et univerfi liberi 
 
 firmly command, that all 
 Earls, and Barons, and 
 Knights, and Servants, 
 and all the Freemen of our 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 a Statuimus — This new Polity feems not to have been impofed by 
 the Conqueror, but nationally and freely adopted by the general 
 Aflembly of the whole Realm, in the fame Manner as other Nations 
 of Europe had before adopted it, upon the lame Principle of Self- 
 i'ecurity. And, in particular, they had the recent Example ot the 
 French Nation before their Eyes ; which had gradually furrendered 
 up all its allodial or rice Lands into the King's Hands, who reftored 
 them to the Owners as a Beneficium or Feud, to be held to them and 
 fuch of their Heirs as they previoufly nominated to the King. 
 2 Black. 50. See Law 52. 59. 
 
 b Servientes — And their Servants and Efcuyers. Anfwer to 
 Petit, 38. 
 
 According to Mr. Sullivan, thefe were " the lower Soldiers not 
 knighted, who had not yet got Lands, but were quartered on the 
 " Abbeys." SuH. 289. 
 
 In our Year Books, in the Time of Edward III. the Name of 
 Sfjeant (the fame with Servicns) is u fed tor the next to Knight. 
 As where the Court gives Direction to the tour Knights to choofe 
 tUe grand Allife in a Writ or Right, ne ejlies (lay they) nul Serjeant 
 
 homines
 
 84 LAWS OF WILLIAM fHE CONQUEROR. 
 
 homines totius regni noftri 
 praedicti habeant et tene- 
 ant fe femper bene in Ar- 
 mis et in equis ut ckcet et 
 oportet, et quod fini 
 femper prompti et bene 
 parati ad fervicium fuum 
 integrum nobis explen- 
 dum et peragendum cum 
 femper opus adfuerit, 
 fecund um quod nobis de- 
 bent de feodis c et tene- 
 mentis fuis de jure facere, 
 et ficut illis ftatuimus per 
 commune Concilium to- 
 tius regni noftri prsdicli, 
 
 whole Kingdom aforefaid 
 fhall be always fitted with 
 Horfe and Arms as they 
 ought to be, and always 
 ready and well prepared 
 to perform their whole 
 Service to us when there 
 fhall be Need, according 
 to what they ought by 
 Law to do to us by rea- 
 fon of their Fiefs and Te- 
 nements ; and as we have 
 ordained to them by the 
 common Council of our 
 whole Kingdom aforefaidj 
 and have given and grant- 
 
 N O T E *S. 
 
 Utnt come vous poies avez Chivalitrs convenient. Do not chufe any 
 Serjeant as long as you can find a proper Number of Knights. 2 2d 
 Ea\ III. 18 3.-26 Ed. III. 57. a. Seld. Tit. Hon. 2d Ed. p. 832. 
 
 So likewife in the Ordinances of the Parliament of the 46 Ed. 
 711. refpeding Knights of the Shire, Serjeant is placed next to 
 Knight, " voeji le Roy que Chivalers & Serjantz des meulx vaues da 
 ** paid foicnt rctournez defore Cbivalers en Parkmentz." The King 
 wills, that Knights and Serjeants of the moft Subftance in the County 
 be from henceforth returned Knights in Parliament. Ruff. Appen. 
 
 43* 
 
 It began to grow out of Ufe about this Time, and the Title 
 
 of F.fquire fucceeded. Seld. 832. 
 
 Others are of Opinion that by Servientes are meant thofe who 
 held by Grand or Petit Serje^nty. 
 
 c De Feodis et Tenemcnt'u j'uii — for their Fees and Tenures. An- 
 f.ver to Petit, p. 39. 
 
 et
 
 LAWS OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. 85 
 
 et illis dedimus et concef- cd to them in Fee in here- 
 fimus in fcedo jure d hx- ditary Right, 
 reditario. 
 
 L. 59. 
 
 Statuimus etiam et fir- » We ordain alfo and 
 
 miter praecipimus utom- firmly command, that all 
 
 nes liberi e homines totius Freemen of our whole 
 
 regni noftri prsedidti fint Kingdom aforefaid be 
 
 fratres conjurati ad Mon- iworn Brothers, manfully 
 
 archiam noftram et ad reg- to preferve and defend our 
 
 num noftrum pro viribus Monarchy or Govern- 
 
 fuis et facultatibus contra ment, and our Kingdom 
 
 inimicos pro pofle fuo with all their Power, 
 
 defendendum et viriliter Force, and Might, againft 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 d Jure hartdharlo — The great Effe£t of this Law was to fettle two 
 Things, not exprefsly mentioned in the former ; the firir, to ffcew 
 the Nature of the Service now required, Knight Service on Horfc- 
 back ; and the other, to afcertain to all his Tenants, Saxons as well 
 as Normans, the Hereditary Right they had in their Lands ; for if 
 that had not been done by this Law, as now all Lands were made 
 feudal, and their Titles to them confequendy to be decided by that 
 Law, they might otherwife be liable to a Conttruclion, according 
 to its Principles ; that any Man, who could not fliew in his Title 
 Words of Inheritance, which the Saxons generally could not do, 
 was but Tenant for Life. This general Law put all on the fame 
 Feoting, and gave them Inheritances, as they had before, but of ano- 
 ther Nature, the feudal one, and confequently made them fubjecl to 
 all its Regulations. Sull. 284. 289. a Black. 50. Anfwer to Petir, 
 38. See Law 55. 
 
 e Liberi Homines — The Freemen in this Law are the fame as are 
 mentioned in the pd, 55th, and 58th Laws, and the)' were fuch 
 as held in Military Tenure, though not knighted ; tor fuch as were, 
 are tailed Militcs, and the other liberi Homines, and ibmetimes they 
 are taken proniifcuoufly one for another ; but they were very dif- 
 ferent trom our ordinary Freeholders at this Day. Anfwer to Petit, 
 p. 5S, 39. Gioiihry, by the fame Author, p. 32. See L^w 52. 
 
 According to Sullivan, they were " the Saxon Freeholders, and 
 the Tenants of the Church, which now was fubje£ted to Knights 
 Service." Sull. 283. 
 
 G 4 fervanJum,
 
 $6 
 
 LAWS OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. 
 
 fervandum,Pacem et Dig- 
 nitatem Coronas noftras 
 integram obfervandam, et 
 ad judicium f reclum et 
 juftitiam conftanter om- 
 nibus modis pro pofie fuo 
 fine dolo et fine dilatione 
 faciendam. HocDecretum 
 fancitum eft in Civitate 
 London. 
 
 Enemies, and keep entire 
 the Dignity and Peace of 
 our Crown, and to give 
 right Judgment, and con- 
 ftantly to do Juftice by all 
 Ways and Means, accord- 
 ing to their Power and 
 Ability, without Fraud 
 or Delay. This Law was 
 enacted in the City of 
 London. 
 
 L. 6 
 
 3- 
 
 "Hoc quoque prseci- This we alfo command 
 pimus ut omnes habeant et that all our Subjects have 
 teneant Legem s Edwardi and enjoy the Laws of 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 r Judicium reclum et Juftitiam — The Judgment they were to give, 
 -and the JuiHce they were to do by this Law (befides that in their 
 own Courts and Jurifdicfions) was principally as they were Jurors 
 or Recognitors upon Affize, &c. ; though fome of the greaterf of 
 their Milites were often Sheriffs, Hundredaries, and other under 
 Judges, and minifterial Officers of Juflice in the feveral Counties. 
 Anfwer to Petit, p. 40. Glanville, 1. 2. ex. ir. 1. 9. c. vii. 
 3. lib. xiii. 
 
 & Legem Edivardi Regis. — We have before (hewn that William 
 the Conqueror, at his Coronation, fwore to the Obfervation of the 
 Laws of Edward the Confcjfor ; and with relpecf. to fuch of them 
 as did not clalh with his Deiign ot introducing the military Feudal 
 Syltem, he now again confirms them in omnibus rebus ; adding 
 thereto the above Laws and lb me others. 
 
 Regis
 
 LAWS OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. 87 
 
 Regis in omnibus rebus, King Edward in all 
 adauftis h bits quas con- Things ; with the Additi- 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 h Adauftis hiii— We hope it will be no improper Conclufion of 
 thefe Notes to prefent the Reader with the very ftriking View which 
 Blackftone and Sullivan give us of the prodigious Alterations thefe 
 few additional Laws of William made in the Properties of Landed 
 Eftates here, from what was their Nature and Qualities before that 
 Time. 
 
 Thefe Eftates, in the Saxon Times, had, in general, been the ab» 
 folute Properties of the Owner ; they could be aliened at Pleafure, 
 they could be devifed by Will, were fubjecl to no Exactions on the 
 Death of the Owner, but a very moderate fettled Heriot paid by 
 the Executor. In the mean Time, on the Death of the Anceftor, 
 the Heir entered without waiting for the Approbation of the Lord, 
 or paying any Thing for it; and his Heir, if there was no Will, 
 was all the Sons jointly. No Wardship or Marriage was due or ex- 
 acted, if the Heir was a Minor. Now, by the Feudal Cuftoms be- 
 ing introduced, no Alienation without an exorbitant Fine for a Li- 
 cence, no Will or Teftamcnt concerning them, availed any Thing : 
 Aids towards knighting his eldeft Son, or marrying his eldclt Daugh- 
 ter, not to forget the Ranfom of his own Perfon, are become indi'*- 
 penfable Duties. The Heir on the Death of his Anceftor, if of full 
 Age, was plundered of the firft Emoluments arifing from his Inheri- 
 tance, by way of Relief and primer Jeifin ; and, if under Age, of the 
 whole or' his Eftatc during Infancy. And then, as Sir Thomas Smith 
 very feelingly complains, " when he came to his own, after ht 
 " was out of Warjjliip, his Woods decayed, Houfes fallen down, 
 " Stock waded and gone, Lands let forth and ploughed to be 
 11 barren," to make Amends, he was yet to pay Haifa Year's Pre* 
 fits as a Fine for filing out his Lively; and alio the Price or Value 
 of his Marriage, if he refilled fuch Wife as his Lord and Guardian 
 had bartered for, and impofed upon him ; or twice that Value if he 
 married another Woman. Add to this, the untimely and expenfive 
 Honour of Knighthood, to make his Poverty more compleatly 
 fplendid. And when, by thefe Deductions, his Fortune was fo 
 fluttered and ruined, that perhaps he was obliged to fell his Pa- 
 trimony, he had not even that poor Priviledge allowed him, with- 
 out paying ss above an exorbitant Fine for a Licence of Alienation. 
 
 II ftituimus
 
 S8 LAWS OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. 
 
 ftituimus ad utilitatem on of tbofe which we have 
 Angiorum. appointed for the Benefit 
 
 of the Englijh. 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 But at length, as Blacijlone obferves, we were happily freed from 
 this complicated Slavery ; and Military Tenures with all their heavy 
 Appendages, were deftroyed at one Blow by the Statute of 12 C. IT. 
 c. 24. and all Sorts of Tenures held of the King, or others, are 
 turned into Free and Common Socage ; fave only Tenures in 
 Frankalmoign, Copyholds, and the honorary Services of Grand 
 Serjeanty. 
 
 A Statute, which, was a greater Acquifition to the Civil Property 
 of this Kingdom than even Magna Charta itfelf. Sull. zoj.id. 
 Black, p. 76, 77. 
 
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