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 Fordone, ruined, destroyed.

For-fare, 47, perish.

Forgeten, forgot.

Forlorn, 7, utterly lost.

Former, 159, creator.

For-than, 64, therefore.

For-thy, 120, therefore, on this account.

Foulyng, 306, wretch.

Frayth, 15, affrayeth, caused fear to.

Fre, 3, 8, noble.

Freke, 30, fellow. This word generally occurs in a bad sense.

Frelnes, 108, frailty.

Frenchep, frienship.

Fryth, 264, an inclosed wood. See Sir F. Madden's gloss. to Sir Gawayne, in voc.

Fryhthis, 167, 183, possessions, as distinguished from money.

Fro, from.

Fruyssyon, fruition.

Fulfyllyd, 125, 127, filled full.

Fullyche, fully.

Gadere, gather.

Game, 133, sport.

Gan, began.

Gate, 51, way.

Gatys, 346, ways.

Geawunt, 15, giant.

Gebettys, 290, gibbets.

Gendyr, 61, engender.

Gent, 135, gentle.

Gerlys, 181, children (of either sex). Knave gerlys, male children.

Gerthe, 186, girth.

Gesyne, 150, parturition, childbirth. "Gesine, a lying in childbed, a lying in," Cotgrave.

Geste, guest.

Gett, gotten.

Gyde, guide.

Gyldyn, golden.

Gynne, 44, trap.

Gynne, begin.

Gynnyng, beginning.

Gyse, 118, fashion.

Glade, 168, fine.

Glathe, 171, welcome.

Glete, 165.

Glevys, 270, glaives, swords.

Glose, 9, gloss.

Godys, 34, goods.

Gomys, 384, gums.

Gonge, 345, little house.

Gost, spirit.

Governawns, 135, conduct.

Gowys, 179, vide Golkys.

Grame, 2, 27, anger.

Gramercy, 56, thanks.

Grave, 227, buried.

Gre, great.

Grede, 181, cry.

Grees, 82, 85, steps. "Siste gradum, abide thor at grees," Reliquiæ Antiquæ, vol. i. p. 8.

Greff, grief.

Gres, grass.

Gyrlle, 230, angry.

Grym, 69, cruel. "Gryme, gryl, and horrable, horridus," Prompt. Parv. "He loked grymly or angerly," Hormanni Vulgaria.

Gryscysme, 189, an educational book of the time.

Gryse, vide agryse.

Grythe, 7, peace. Perhaps it ought to be spelt gyrthe, which would complete the rhyme; and yet it occurs similarly in the Townley Mysteries, p. 140.

Gronyn, 95, groan.

Groundyd, 1, foundation.

Grugge, 228, grumble. See "The Voiage and Travaile of Sir John Maundevile," ed. 1839, p. 57. "Grucchyd, murmuratus," Prompt. Parv.

Grw, 179, Greek.

Gun, 11, began.

Ha, 163, hedge.

Halle, 303, all.

Hals, 342, neck.

Halse, 323, embrace. From the Saxon hals, i. e., the neck, but used generally.

Halwe, 61, hallow, sanctify.

Happys, 182, fortunes.

Haras, 147, a stud of horses. "A "hous of haras" merely means a "stable." The following definition of this word is given in a poem of the reign of Edward II., MS. Trin. Coll. Cantab. B. 14, 40:—"Haras seyth man of coltys."

Hardaunt, 15, courageous.

Harlot, 217. This word is applied to either sex. "Scurra, a harlotte," Reliquiæ Antiquæ, vol. i. p. 7.