The Rowley Poems Part 55

[Alofe, H. 1. 292. _Aloft_.]

[Alse, ae. 1063. _Else_.]

Al.u.s.te, H. i. 88. [The sense is clearly _draw himself out, release himself_; but K. B. and Speght throw no light on the word.]

Alyne, T. 79. _Across his shoulders_. C.

Alyse, Le. 29. _Allow_. C.

Amate, ae. 58. _Destroy_. C.

Amayld, E. II. 49. _Enameled_. C.

Ameded, ae. 54. _Rewarded_.

Amenged, p. 278. 6. as _Menged_; mixed.

Amenused, E. II. 5. _Diminished_. C.

[Ametten, M. 46. _Met_.]

Amield, T. 5. _Ornamented, enameled_. C.

[Anenste, as _Anente_; against.]

Anente, ae. 475. _Against_. C.

Anere, ae. 15. _Another_. C. [Ep. 48. _another time or occasion_.]

Anete, p. 281. 64. [_put an end to_, from C.'s _nete, nothing_.]

Anie, p. 281. 59. as _Nie_; nigh.

[Anie, H. 1. 120. _Annoy_.]

Anlace, G. 57. _An ancient sword_. C.

Antecedent, ae. 233. _Going before_.

Applings, E. I. 33. _Grafted trees_. C.

Arace, G. 156. _Divest_. C.

[Arcublaster, H. 2. 52. K. has arcubalista, _a warlike engine for casting great stones_, and Speght has arblasters, _crosse-bowes_. This last is evidently C.'s meaning.]

[Ardurous, p.25. 30. ? as if _ardourous_, valiant.]

Arist, Ch. 10. _Arose_. C.

Arrowe-lede, H. 1. 74. [Neither K.B. nor Speght throws any light on _-lede_. Sk. reads _arrow-head_.]

Ascaunce, E. III. 52. _Disdainfully_. C.

Asenglave, H. 1. 117. [_Ashen-spear_. K. has glaive, _a weapon like a halbert_.]

Askaunted, Le. 19. [_Look carelessly at_, from two words side by side in K., askaunce (O.), _if by chance_, and askaunt (O.) _to look askaunt i.e. to look sideways_.]

Aslee, ae 504. [Probably _sidle_ would give the meaning. Sk. renders _dost but slide away_.]

a.s.seled, E. III. 14. _Answered_. C.

Ashrewed. Ch. 24. _Accursed, unfortunate_. C.

a.s.swaie, E. 352. [There is no satisfactory explanation; the sense is clearly _cause_.]

Astedde, E. II. II. _Seated_. C.

Astende, G. 47. _Astonish_. C.

Asterte, G. 137. _Neglected_. C.

Astoun, E. II. 5. _Astonished_. C.

Astounde, M. 83. _Astonish_. C.

Asyde, p. 282. 90. perhaps _Astyde_; ascended. [More probably _wyth Trouthe asyde_ means _at the side of Truth_.]

Athur, H. 2. 466. as _Thurgh_; thorough.

Attenes, ae 18. _At once_. C.

Attoure, T. 115. _Turn_. C.

Attoure, ae 322. _Around_.

Ave, H. 2. 636. for _Eau_. Fr. Water.

Aumere, Ch. 7. _A loose robe, or mantle_. C.

Aumeres, E. III. 25. _Borders of gold and silver_, &c. C.

Aunture, H. 2. 133. as _Aventure_: adventure. Autremete, Ch. 52. _A loose white robe, worn by priests_. C.

Awhaped, ae. 400. _Astonished_. C.

Aynewarde, Ch. 47. _Backwards_. C.