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

GLOSSARY.

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Entyrmes, n. A small dish set in
between the principal dishes, a sidedish; in French, entremets, 665. (0.
F. entremes, from entre, between, and
mes, dish, mess.)
Entrike(n), vw. To hinder, entangle, embarrass, 403. (Prov. entricar,
intricar, from Lat. intricare, to perplex, embarrass, from in and tricari,
to make difficulties, from tricce, hinderances, vexations, perplexities. Palsgrave has I entrike, "I hynder or
lette." Modern French intriguer;
modern English intrigue and intricate.)
Errour, n. Misapprehension, mistake, 146, i56. (O. F. error, errur.)
Ese(n), vw. To give ease or content,
480. (O. F. aiser.)
Euene, adj. Fair, equitable, 668.
(A.-S. even, efen.)
Euerich(e), Euerych, Euerryche, ron. Each one, every one,
369, 401o 408, 536, 556, 641. (A.-S.
iire, ever, and ilc, each; that is,
" ever-each.")
F.
Facound, adj. Fluent, eloquent, 52 r.
(Lat. facundus.)
Facounde, n. Eloquence, 558. (0.
F.faconde, from Lat. facundia.)
Falle,f./. Fallen,4o6. (A.-S.fallen,
p. p. of feallan.)
Faste, adv. Soundly, 94. (A.-S.
faste.)
Fayneste, ad. Gladliest, 480. (From
A.-S. adj.figen, glad, fain.)
Fele, adv. Many, 329. (A.-S.fela.)
Fere, n. Mate, equal, 410, 416. (A.S. fra, gefera.)
Fey,-. Faith, 24. (O. F. fe, from
Lat. fides.)
Fyght, 3d sing. fres. Fights, 103.
(See Introduction, p. 41.)
Flete(n), v. To float, 7. (A.-S. vs.
fiaotan.)
Flit, 3d sing. fres. Flieth, fleeth, 3.

(See Introduction, p. 4r.) This may
be, however, from the verb to fleet, or
to flit, a word of Scandinavian origin.)
Fon, n. Ilural. Foes, 103. (A.-S.
f/n, plural cf ai, foe.)
Fonde(n), vw. To try, to attempt,
257. (A.-S. fandian.)
For, prep. (I.) On account of, because
of, 146, 468, 497. (2.) Instead of, 657.
For me. So far as I am concerned,
229. (A.-S.for.)
For, cotj. Because, 107.
For to, with the infinitive, I8, 88, IS5,
II8, 146, G65, i67, 217, 249, 340, 370,
382, 461, 488, 49I, 63I, 648, 663, 673,
693.
Formel(e), n. The female of the
falcon family, 371, 373, 48S, 445, 535,
638, 646. In Ducange's glossary, under
the title of Formelus, is quoted the
following extract from a letter (of Magnus, King of Norway, to Edward I.,
under date of 1280: " Transmittimus
vobis ad solatium... duos nobiles
gerofalcones albos, Formelos: et sex
gressos etiam Formelos;" to which
the following explanation is appended:
"Id est Formatos et instructos, Gallice Formes." As the female falcon
was the one specially trained for use
in hawking, it is possible that this
word passed over from the sense of
" trained, instructed," into that of
"female."
Fors, n. In expression No fors, no
matter, it makes no difference, it is of
no consequence, 615. (0. 1. fors;
L. Lat. forcia, from Lat.fortis.)
Forseyde, adj. Aforesaid, 120. (A.S.fore, before, and sed, p. p. of secgan, to say.)
Forth, adv. On, straight ahead, 27.
(A.-S. forth)
Forwery, adj. Excessively weary,
93. (A.-S. intensive prefix for, and
werig, weary.)
Fulfille(n), vw. To fill full of;p.t.
fulfyld, 89. (A.-S./fl-fylan.)