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Short Middle English Word List
For the study of the works of Geoffrey Chaucer
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Undergraduate 2
05/01/2009
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al
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although
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alday
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continually
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alderbest
 Definition
best of all
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algate(s)
 Definition
in any case, at any rate
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anon
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immediately, at once
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bet
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better
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bihote
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promise
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blyve
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quickly, soon
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bountee
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goodness
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brenne(n)
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burn
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breyde
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move suddenly, start
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buxom
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obedient
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cas
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chance, accident
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clepe(n)
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call, name
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conne, konne
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be able, know
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kowthe
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known
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corage
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heart
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coy
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quiet
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daungerous
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distant, haughty
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disese
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discomfort
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drenche(n)
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drown
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dreynt
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drowned
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em
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uncle
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emforth
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to the extent of
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fere, feere
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companion
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fele, feele
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many
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ferre
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farther
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fonde
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test, strive
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forthy
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therefore
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forward
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agreement, promise
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for-why
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because
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grete
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gist
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hem
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them
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her, hir(e)
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their
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hight
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named, promised
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him thoughte
 Definition
it seemed to him
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in hye
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quickly, soon
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in hye
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quickly, soon
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kep(e)
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keep, heed, care
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kynde
 Definition
nature
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lette(n)
 Definition
hinder, prevent
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lite
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little
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lust
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pleasure, desire
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mede
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reward
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mete(n)
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dream
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moot
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must, may
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mowe
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may
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murye, myrie
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merry
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neer
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near, nearer
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no fors
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no matter
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no fors
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no matter
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not
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(i.e. "ne wot") do(es) not know
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nyce
 Definition
foolish
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nyste
 Definition
(i.e. ne wyste) did not know
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or
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ere, before
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paraunter, peraunter
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peradventure (–noun
1. chance, doubt, or uncertainty.
2. surmise.
–adverb
3. Archaic. it may be; maybe; possibly; perhaps.)
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quite(n)
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repay, requite
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rathe
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early, soon
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siker(ly)
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sure, surely
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sithen
 Definition
since, afterwards
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skile, skille
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reason
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skilful
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reasonable
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sownen
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conduce to
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steven(e)
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voice
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stinten, stenten
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stop
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sweven
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dream
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swich
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such
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swynk, swynken
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work
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swythe
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quickly
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ther
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where
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tho (adverb)
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then
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tho (pronoun)
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those
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trowe(n)
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believe
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unnethe(s)
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scarcely, hardly
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verray
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true
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wente (n.)
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turn, path
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wisly
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certainly, surely
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withouten drede
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without doubt
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wood (adj.)
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mad, insane
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worship
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honor
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wot
 Definition
know
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wrye(n)
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turn
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yerne
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eagerly
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yfeere
 Definition
together
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ywis, iwis
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certainly, indeed
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trouth(e), treuthe
 Definition
pledge, fidelity, loyalty to one's word, truth, truthfulness, Truth (as an ideal or a higher truth)
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sely
 Definition
happy (naively happy?), innocent, hapless, wretched, insignificant, ignorant
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in mewe, in muwe
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in hiding, in secret OR in hiding in the sense of withdrawn from society
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boote
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remedy
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foyson
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plenty
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remenant
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rest
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acephalous (not Middle English)
 Definition
Refers to a "headless" first line in poetry; the meter is disrupted by the omission of the first foot.
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fairnesse
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gentleness
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despitous
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scornful
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spiced
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overly fastidious
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