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Rh GLOSSARY. 365 care, anxiety. care-bed, sick-bed; care-bed taetty fallen sick with anxiety. carefull, full of care, sorrowful. carl, man. carlin, carline, old woman. carp, carpe, sing, narrate. cast, to intend. cast, a throw, as in dice. cawte, wsiTy. channerin, fretting. chap, to knock. chays, chase, hunting-park. chepe, bargain. chere, face {Gest, 28*); entertain- ment (Gest, 61*). chess (for jess^, strap : see note, Willie's Lady, 1 5^ child, children (R. H. Death, 7'), title of honor, knight, brave fellow. Christendom ( Tarn Lin, 20*), chris- tening, baptism. dame, climbed. cleading, clothing. close, doss, a narrow place ; a court- yard. coffer (Sir Hugh, 11=^), though ridiculous enough in this place, must mean box, small trunk. cole, cowl. collayne, Cologne [steel]. coped, knocked, struck. corbie, crow. coresed {Gest, 100^) ? Professor Child suggests * possibly bodied, in fine condition.* cors, curse. corser, see note, Gest, 256*. corsiare, courser. cote-a-pye, upper garment, short coat : cf . courtepy. coud, knew. coulters, iron blade of a plough. couth {Gay Goshawk, 2^), word, saying (cwide). covent, convent. cowthe, could. cracked {Bewick, 4-*), defied, bid boastful defiance to. craftely, skillfully. craw, to crow. cressawntes, crescents. crye, to announce by a crier. cun {can), know; cun. . . thanks, feel gratitude, * savoir gre.' curch, kerchief, head-covermg. Dame, mother. daunton, to frighten. daw, to dawn. dawin, dawning. de, to die. dead, deed, death. deal {Fair Marg, and Sweet W., 16*), give out as * dole.' dee, to do. dele, part, bit; no dele, not at all. demed, judged. departed, divided, parted. dere, harm, injury. derne, secret, dark. did, dyde, caused. did {them), betook themselves, went. dight, dyght, prepared, done ; fur- nished {Barton, 28*). ding, to beat, cast. disgrate, fallen in fortune, inno- cently disgraced. disherited, dispossessed. do, to cause. doen {he's doen him), betaken himself, gone. done, down {Cheviot, 30^^). donne, dun. dool, doole, dule, sorrow. dout, dread, danger. Digitized by LjOOQIC