ornamented with embroidery; and then they So the knight

were used without the armour. here appears in a gipon, or pourpoint, of fustian, stained by his armour. Ibid. p. 350. Before Chaucer's time, the word was written jupoun.

GIRLES, Sax. Young persons, either male or female. Ch. Prol. ver. 666. See Mr. Tyrwhitt's note, Illustr. p. 262.

GLAD, Sax. pleasant. Ch. F. L. ver. 35. "A glad light grene."

GNARRE, Sax. a hard knot in a tree. Ch. Prol. ver. 551.

GNOFFE, a miser. This is another of the words

and phrases in Chaucer, which Mr. Tyrwhitt pronounces not understood. But see the explanation of it, in the notes, Illustr. p. 260. GOBBET, Fr. a morsel. Ch. Prol. ver. 698. GOLEARDEIS. Ch. Prol. ver. 562. See the note,

Illustr. p. 257. In P. Plowmans Vision, this character is exhibited with a distinction, which has escaped the notice of Mr. Tyrwhitt. See the Poem, fol. iii.

Than greued hym a Goleardeis, a gloton of wordes,
And to the angell on hygh answered after, &c.

Compare also P. Plowmans Crede, Sign. C. i. b.

Trow ye that gleym of that gest, that Golias is yeald

GRAMERCY, Fr. great thanks. Ch. F. L. ver. 462. Written at length grand mercy in the Canter bury Tales.

Y y

GRESE, Fr. grease.

GREVES, Sax. groves.

Ch. Prol. ver. 135.

Ch. F. L. ver. 367. As

in the Canterb. Tales, ver. 1497. Phebus

with his stremes drieth in the greves

The silver dropes, hanging on the leves.

GRIS, Fr. a species of fur. Ch. Prol. ver. 194. It is not clear, Mr. Tyrwhitt says, of what species of fur the gris was, only that it was one of the better sorts. See Du Cange in V. Griseum. GRUTCHED, grudged, discontented. Gow. I. ver.

48. Dr. Johnson cites two instances, from Tusser and Ben Jonson, of this word, which he pronounces corrupted for the sake of the rhyme. The learned lexicographer was not aware that the word had been employed by Gower, and by Chaucer; the latter of whom writes it gruche or groche.

H.

HABERGEON, Fr. a diminutive of hauberg, a coat of mail. Ch. Prol. ver. 76.

HALI, an Arabian Physician. Ch. Prol. ver. 433.

HAPPE, to happen. Ch. Prol. ver. 587.

HARDILY, (hardely,) Sax. certainly.

Ch. F. L.

ver. 234. So, in the Canterb. Tales, ver. 7901,

And therfore wolde I do you obeysance,

As far as reson asketh hardely.

HARLOT.

Ch. Prol. ver. 649. See Th. Anim. p. 79. And the notes, Illustr. p. 261. Mr. Horne Tooke has distinguished, in a variety of instances, this application of harlot to men, merely as persons receiving wages on hire. Ежεα ПITEρоενтα, vol. ii. p. 150. The instance, Πτερόεντα, from the Sompnoures Tale, is very pointed:

A sturdy harlot went hem ay behynde,

That was her hostes man, and bare a sacke.

HARLOTRIES, ribaldries. Ch. Prol. ver. 563. HAUNT, Fr. custom, practice. Ch. Prol. ver. 449.

HEGGE, Sax. hedge. Ch. F. L. ver. 54, 402. So, in our old romances, bregge for bridge; and still in the Northern parts of England brig.

HEM, them. passìm.

HENCHMEN, pages. Ch. F. L. ver. 252. This

word continued to be used in this sense to the
time of Milton. See his MS. Trin. Coll. Cambr.
Ode at a Solemn Musick, ver. 12. Where the
Cherubim are called
called first " sweet-winged
squires," then "Heaven's henshmen.”

HENG, Sax. hung. Ch. Prol. ver. 360, 678.
HENT, Sax. took hold of. Ch. Prol. ver. 700.
HER, OF HIR, Sax. their. passìm.

HERBER, Sax. an arbour. Ch. F. L. ver. 49. In

P. Plowmans Crede, among the conventual luxuries, are reckoned " Orcheyardes and erberes," Sign. A. iiii. b.

HERBERWE, Sax. an inn a lodging. Ch. Prol. ver. 767. See the note Illustr. p. 250. In ver. 405, it rather means, Mr. Tyrwhitt thinks, a harbour.

HERD, HIERDE, Sax. a keeper. Ch. Prol. ver. 605.

HERE, Sax. hair. Ch. Prol. ver. 677.

HERONER. See Th. Anim. P. 45.

HETHENESSE, Sax. country of heathens. Ch. Prol. ver. 49.

HEVE, Sax. to heave, to raise. Ch. Prol. ver. 552.

HIE, HIGHE, Sax. high. In high and low. Ch. Prol. ver. 819. In or de alto et basso. Barb. Lat. Haut et bas. Fr. These, Mr. Tyrwhitt remarks, were expressions of entire submission on one side, and sovereignty on the other. HINE, Sax. a servant in husbandry; a hind. Ch. Prol. ver. 605.

HINDEREST, the superlative of hind, Sax. hindmost. Ch. Prol. ver. 624.

HIPPOCRAS, Hippocrates. 433. See the note, Illustr. p. 255.

HIRE, Sax. herself, of her. passim.

HONEST, Fr. means generally, according to the

French usage, creditable, honourable. Ch. Prol. ver. 246.

Gow. Illustr. p. 279.

HORSE-KNAVE, a groom. Gow. Illustr.

See V. knave.

HOSTELRIE, Fr. an inn or lodging-house. Ch.

Prol. ver. 23.

HOVYTH, stands still, stays. Ch. S. P. II. ver. 36. As in P. Plowmans Vision, fol. iiii.

Yet howed there an hundred in hownes [gownes] of silke, Sergeaunts, yt besemed, that seruen at the barre, &c. HUGH OF LINCOLN. See Th. Anim. p. 63. HYPPE. See Th. Anim. p. 45.

I.

JANGLYNG, Sax. babbling. Gow. B. Pref. p. 140.

ILKE, Sax. same. Ch. Prol. ver. 64.

JULIAN, Ch. Prol. ver. 344. See the note, Illustr. p. 250.

K.

KENELME. See Th. Anim. p. 66.
KENE, strong. Ch. F. L. ver. 271.

KNAVE, Sax. properly a boy or man-child; sometimes, a servant. Gow. Illustr. p. 279. "And am but her horse-knave," i. e. their groom, the attendant on their horses. So Chaucer, Canterb. Tales, ver. 7230.

With footmen, bothe yemen and eke knaves.

In the Chronicle of England, printed by Julian Notary, it is used for a man-servant. "And whan the Scottes knaves saw the scomfiture