Sumer is icumen in: Glossary

Sumer is icumen in: glossary
London, British Library, MS Harley 978, f. 11v

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A
after prep. after, to 7, 8.
and conj. and 4, 5.
awe n. ewe 7.
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B
bleteth vb. pres. 3 sg. bleats 7.
bloweth vb. pres. 3 sg. blooms 4.
bucke n. billy-goat? (see note) 10.
bulluc n. bullock 9.
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C
calue n. calf 8.
cu n. cow 8.
cuccu n. cuckoo 2, 6, 11, etc.
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G
groweth vb. pres. 3 sg. grows 3.
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I
icumen vb. pa. pple. come; icumen in arrived 1.
in adv.: see icumen.
is vb. pres. 3 sg. is; has (with vb. of motion) 1.
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L
lhouth vb. pres. 3 sg. lows 8.
lhude adv. loudly 2.
lomb n. lamb 7.
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M
med n. meadow 4.
murie adv. merrily, sweetly 11.
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N
naver adv. never; ne . . . naver not . . . ever 14.
ne adv. not 14.
nu adv. now 5, 14, 15, etc.
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S
sed n. seed 3.
sing see singes
singes vb. pres 2 sg. sing 13; sing imper. sg. sing! 2, 6, 11, etc.
springth pres. 3 sg. comes into leaf 5.
sterteth vb. pres. 3 sg. prances 9.
Sumer n. summer, warm weather 1.
swic vb. imper. sg. stop 14.
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T
the def. art. the 5.
thu pers. pron. 2 sg. you 13.
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U
uerteth vb. pres. 3 sg. farts? (see note) 10.
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W
wel adv. well 13.
wde n. wood 5.
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