The parlament of foules, by Geoffrey Chaucer. Ed., with introduction, notes, and glossary, by T. R. Lounsbury.

GLOSSAR Y.

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Hemself, fron. reflex. Themselves,
223, 234. (The plural form selves was
unknown in Chaucer's time.)
Hente(n), vw. To seize, to grasp,
I20, I54. (A.-S. hentan, hene.)
Hette(n), vw. To heat, fret. hette,
145. (A.-S. hitran, pret. hatte; prov.
Eng. pret. het.)
Heysoge, n. Hedge-sparrow, 612.
(In Huntley's Glossary of the Cotswold (Gloucestershire) Dialect, haysuck is given as the local word for the
hedge-sparrow. In ]Elfric's A.-S.
Glossary, under the names of birds,
A.-S. hege-sugge is given as the translation of L. Lat. cicada, vicetula; but
it is uncertain what these latter mean.
Vicetula may be the white-throat.
Hey or hay, however, is certainly the
A.-S. hag, hege, a hedge.)
Hye, adj. High, loud; on hye, in a
loud voice, 499. (A.-S. hedh.)
Hyng. Pret. of vs. HANGE(N), to hang,
282. (A.-S. hangan (hon), heng;
hangen.)
Hire, Heris, pron. Hers, 482, 588.
(A.-S. hire, genitive of heo, she. See
Introduction, p. 40.)
His, fron. Its, 68, 376. (A.-S. his,
genitive of hit, it.)
Holsum, adj. Wholesome, 206. (A.S. hal, healthy, hale, whole, and termination sum. The w of whole was
prefixed in the sixteenth century, by a
false analogy with such words as who,
whoop, &c.)
I.
I or Y. A prefix found often in old
English, and representing the A.-S.
ge. The latter was added to nouns,
pronouns, adjectives, and verbs. After
the Norman Conquest,ge was weakened into i or y, and confined principally to verbs, and with verbs, in most
cases, to the past participle. When
the p. p. of strong verbs received it,
they were apt to drop the final n. In

modern English, the e of enough represents the original ge.
I prefixed to the p. p. of strong verbs.
Ibounden, bound, 268; ilroke, broken,
282; ido, done, 542; inone, taken, 38
(see NIM).
I prefixed to the p. p. of weak verbs.
Ifounded, founded, 231; imakid, made,
677; ipyeyntid, painted, 284; iwrought,
wrought, made, 123, 305, 418.
I prefixed to adjectives. Inowe, enough,
233. (A.-S. genbg); ithewid, an adjective with participial termination from
A.-S. pedw, in plural, Pfeawas, manners, customs, endowments, morals;
modern English, thews. Wel ithewid,
furnished with good manners or morals, 47.
I prefixed to adverbs. Inow, enough,
6i0. (A.-S. gen&g); iwis, certainly,
surely, 6, 692. (A.-S. wise, with ge.)
Ilke, adj. Same, very, 433. (A.-S.
ylc.)
J.
Jangelere, n. A jeerer, mocker,
scolder, 457. (0. F. jangeor.)
K.
Kep, n. Heed, 563. (From A.-S.
cipan, to keep.)
Kerve(n), vs. To cut, 217;. i.
korvyn, 425. (A.-S. ceorfan; cearf,
curfon; corfen.)
Kynde, n. Nature, 316,672. (A.-S.
cynd. )
Kirtel, n. A gown, 235. (A.-S. cyrtel.)
Knytte(n), vw. To knit; f. f. knyt,
628. (A.-S. cny/tan.)
Korvyn. See KERVEN.
L.
Last, 3d sing. fres. Lasteth, 49.
(A.-S. lIastan. See Introduction, p.
41.)
Launde, a. Thinly timbered wood.
land, a plain sprinkled with trees or
underbrush, 302. (0. F. lande.)