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Lvtel wot hit any mon / Hou loue hym haueth ybounde: glossary
London, British Library, Harley MS 2253, f. 128r

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A
abuggen
v. inf. pay (for it) 19
al
adj. all 35; alle pl. all 23, etc.
any
adj. any 1
ant conj. and 4, etc.

B
blede
v. inf. bleed 28; bledeth pres. 3 pl. 30
blod
n. blood 9, etc.
bohte
v. pa. t. 3 sg. bought, redeemed 4, etc.
brohte v. pa. t. 3 sg. brought 23; ybroht pa. pple. 33

C
calle
v. inf. call 20
clepe
v. inf. call, cry out 20
conne v. pret. 3 pl. (of gin) began; as aux. v.  indicating pa. t. 28
crien
v. pres. 1 pl. subj. should cry 14

D
day
n. day 7
dede n. deed, act 24
deope adj. deep 30.
deore adv. dearly 8
deth n. death 23
deye v. inf. die 21
do see don
don v. inf. do; do (for) 10; dude pa. t. 3 sg. did 24; do imper. 2 sg. grant 25; ydon pa. pple. done 13
dude see don

E
euer
adv. always 14; ~ ant oo constantly 7, etc.

F
fader
n. father 16
fast adv. severely 30
for
prep. for 3, etc.
frendes n. gen. sg. of a friend 34
from prep. from 23

G
gon
v. pa. t. 3 sg. began (to) (or as aux. v. indicating pa. t.) 20
good
adj. good, virtuous 11
gost n. spirit 6
grene adj. fresh [of wounds] 28
grimly adj. terrible, evil 6
grimly adv. dreadfully 28
grounde
n. ground; to ~ down 6

H
hath
v. pres. 3 sg. has 32, haueth 2, etc.; han pres. 1 pl. have 13
haueth see hath
he
pers. pron. 3 sg. masc. he 7, etc.; hym acc. him 2, him after prep. 5, hym 20; is gen. his 4, 7, 9, his gen. his 16, etc.
hede n. heed 27
helle n. hell 32
hem pers. pron. 3 pl. (after prep.) them 31
herte n. heart; gen. heart's 18, 35
heuene n. gen. of heaven 26
him see he
his
see he
hit
pers. pron. 3 sg. neut. it 1
holy adj. holy 9
hou conj. how 2
hym see he

I
Iesu
n. Jesus 25; ~ Crist Jesus Christ 14
in
prep. in 7
is v. pres. 3 sg. is 11; wes pa. t. 3 sg. was; had (as pf. auxiliary) 17
is
4, 7, 9 see he

L
leose
v. inf. lose 8
loue
n. love 2, etc.
lvtel
adv. little 1

M
mede
n. reward 26
meoke
adj. meek 11
milde adj. mild, gentle 11
mon
n. man, person 1, humanity 17
monkunne n. mankind 35
more adj. comp. more 10
moste v. pa. t. 3 sg. might 21
munne v. inf. remember; ~ of bear in mind 31

N
nagulte
v. pa. t. 3 sg. (agulte with neg. prefix) did not offend 12
Nazareth n. Nazareth 25
nout
adv. not 8
nul
v. pres. 3 sg. (wil with neg. prefix) will not, does not wish (to) 8; nulle pres. 1 pl. 27
nyht
n. night 7

O
o
prep. on 3
of prep. of 5, etc.
oht n. oath 18
ohte v. pa. t. 1 pl. ought (to) 31
oo adv. always; euer ant ~ constantly 7, etc.
ore n. mercy 14
ous see we
out
prep. out 32. etc.

P
preiede
v. pa. t. 3 sg. prayed 21

R
rede
v. pres. 1 sg. advise
reowen v. pres. 1 pl. subj. should repent 13
rode
n. Cross 3, etc.
ron v. pa. t. 3 sg. bled 3

S
seh
v. pa. t. 3 sg. saw
seid v. pa. t. 3 sg. said 18
shulde
v. pa. t. 3 sg. should; could 10; shulde pa. t. 1 pl. 19
so
adv. so 8, etc.
sone n. son 20
sorhe n. sorrow, grief 18
sounde
adj. whole, healthy; ymaked ~ healed 5
suete adj. sweet 20, etc.
sunne n. sin 33

T
taken
v. inf. take 27
that
rel. pron. who 3, what 8, which 17
the def. art. the 3, etc.
thohte n. thought 7
thou pers. pron. 2 sg. you 26, etc.; thyn gen. your 14
thunne adj. thin 34
thyn see thou
to prep. to 6, etc.

V
vpon
prep. on; [take heed] of 27
vs
see we

W
waxeth
v. pres. 3 sg. grow 34
we
pers. pron. 1 pl. we 13, etc.; vs acc. us 4, etc., ous 32, dat. (to / for) us 10, 24, 26, after prep. 3, etc.
wes see is v.
what interr. pron. what 10
why interr. adv. why 27
with prep. with 4, etc.
wonder adv. amazingly, greatly 16
wonges n. pl. cheeks 34
wot
v. pres. 3 sg. knows, realizes 1
wounde n. pl. wounds 4, etc.; wounden 30
wroht adj. angry 16

Y
Y
pers. pron. 1 sg. I 13
ybounde
v. pa. pple. bound 2
ybroht
see brohte
ycast
v. pa. pple. thrown; brought 32,  ~ to grounde cast down 6
ydon see don
yef v. pa. t. sg. gave 35
yfalle v. pa. pple. fallen 17
ymaked v. pa. pple. made 5



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