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

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Vers, n. Verse, nom. pl. vers, 124,
I41. (0. F. ver, vers, from Lat.
versus.)
Vnnethe, Onethe, adv. Hardly,
scarcely, with difficulty, 20o, 264, 314.
(A.-S. unedac, from un and edpe,
easily.)
Vnto, con]. Until, 647.
Vntressed, adj. Without having
the hair done up in tresses or ringlets,
268. (0. F. trecer, trescer, to plait,
from trece, tresce, tress.)
Vsaunce, n. Custom, practice, 674.
(O. F. usance.)
Vse(n), vw. To practise, 549. (O.
F. user.)
W.
Wakyr, adj. Watchful, 358. (A.-S.
wacor.)
Walke(n), vs. To walk, fret. welk,
297. (A.-S. wealcan, wedlc.)
War, adj. Wary. To be war, to
perceive, 218, 298. (A.-S. war, war.)
Warne(n), vw. To give notice of
beforehand, 45. (A.-S. warnian.)
Wel-begon, adj. Filled with happiness, 171. (0. E. and A.-S. wel
and p. p. begon, covered, filled, surrounded, furnished. A.-S. began, to
follow after, observe, use. The corresponding woe-begone is still in use.)
Welk. See WALKEN.
Welle, n. Source, fountain, 62, 2II,
2I5. (A.-S. well from weallan, to
boil, to spring forth.)
Wene(n), vw. To suppose, to think,
to ween; jret. wende, 493. (A.-S.
wenan, wende.)
Were, n. A weir, a fish-pond, 138.
(A.-S. wer, wer, an enclosure, fishpond.)
Weste(n), vw. To descend to the
west, 266. (From A.-S. adv. west.)
Wexe(n), vs. To become, to grow,

to wax, 444; pret. wex, 583. (A.-S.
weaxan; wedx.)
What, pron. Who, 410. Used adverbially in what - what, in the sense
of partly — partly, I5.
Wher, adv. Whether, 7, x66. (Contracted from whether, A.-S. hwiier.)
Which, iron. What sort of, 564.
(A.-S. hwilc.)
Wight, n. A person, 22. (A.-S.
wiht.)
Wynke(n), vw. To close the eyes, to
become drowsy, 482. (A.-S. wincian.)
Wise, n. Manner, 457. (A.-S. wzse.)
Wisly, adv. Certainly, truly, 1r7.
(A.-S. wislce, wisely, prudently.)
Wysse(n), vw. To guide, to teach,
to direct, 74. (A.-S. wzssian.)
Wite(n), v. pret. fres. To know;
fres. Ist and 3d persons sing. wot,
513, 552, 595, 663. (A.-S. infin. witan;
pres. wot, witon; pret. wiste.)
With, frep. By, 432. (A.-S. wip.)
Wondir, Wondyr, adv. Wondrous, wonderfully, 24r, 490. (A.-S.
wundrum, dat. pl. of wundor.)
Wot. See WITEN.
Wrekere, n. Avenger, 36I. (From
A.-S. wrecan, to avenge, to wreak.)
Y.
Ye, adv. Yes, 52. (A.-S. gea, ia, yea,
yes.)
Yerde, n. Rod, staff of office, a
mark of authority, 640. (A.-S. gyrd.)
Yerne, adv. Rapidly, earnestly,
eagerly, 3, 2I. (A.-S. georne, earnestly, vehemently.)
Yore, adv. A long time past, long
ago, 17, 476. (A.-S. geara, formerly,
ged, formerly, before.)
Youre, pron. Yours, 642. (A.-S.
e6wer. See Introduction, p. 40.)