Le Morte D'Arthur, vol 2 by Thomas Malory (book club suggestions txt) 📕

Bedashed, splashed, 19 2

Behests, promises, 916

Behight, promised, 17 23

Beholden (beholding) to, obliged to, 7 2I, 13 I9

Behote, promised, 8 8

Benome, deprived, taken away, 14 8, 16 8

Besants, gold coins, 4 25

Beseek, beseech, 15 4

Beseen, appointed, arrayed, 1 18, 116

Beskift, shove off, 4

Bested, beset, 21 2

Betaken, entrusted, 16

Betaught, entrusted, recommended, 6 7

Betid, happened, 7 I S

Betook, committed, entrusted, 123,1069

Bevered, quivered, 1 IS

Board, sb., deck, 14 7

Bobaunce, boasting, pride, 10 63, 15 6, 18 IS

Boishe, bush, branch of a tree, 6 I6

Boistous, rough, 2 8, 14 6

Bole, trunk of a tree, 6 I6

Boot, remedy, 9 I7

Borrow out, redeem, 10 30

Borrows, pledges, 7 I8

Bote, remedy, 8 I, 6

Bound, ready, 1 2

Bourded, jested, 9 43

Bourder, jester, 10 z5

Braced, embraced, 10 78

Brachet, little hound, 3 6

Braide, quick movement, 20 2I

Brast, burst, break, 1 I4, 18 z

Breaths, breathing holes, 8 7

Brief, shorten, 9 I2

Brim, fierce, furious, 20 13

Brised, broke, 9 +, 10 I

Broached, pierced, 1 I6

Broaches, spits, 6 5

Bur, hand-guard of a spear, 214

Burble, bubble, 18 22

Burbling, bubbling, 10 2

Burgenetts, buds, blossoms, 20 I

Bushrnent, ambush, 5 5

By and by, immediately, 18 4

Bywaryed, expended, bestowed, 7 2I

Canel bone, collar bone, 4 27

Cankered, inveterate, 212

Cantel, slice, strip, 1 I6

Careful, sorrowful, full of troubles, 5 5, 21 II Cast (of bread), loaves baked at the same time, 7 I 4

Cast, rei propose, 13 20

Cedle, schedule, note, 212

Cere, wax over, embalm, 5 8; cered, 21 1 I Certes, certainly, 14 7

Chafe, heat, decompose, 4 8; chafed, heated, 149

Chaflet, platform, scaffold, 213

Champaign, open country, 1 I4

Chariot (Fr c/iarette), cart, 19 4

Cheer, countenance, 7 IS, 13 20; entertainment, 3 8

Chierte, dearness, 13 8

Chrism, anointing oil, 9 39

Clatter, talk confusedly, 118

Cleight, clutched, 6 2

Cleped, called, 9 6

Clipping, embracing, 4 22, 8 36

Cog, small boat, 5 3

Cognisance, badge, mark of distinction, 11 3

Coif, head-piece, 8 7

Comfort, strengtten, help, 16 7

Cominal, common, 4 25

Complished, complete, 7 I

Con, know, be able, 5 I6 j con thank, be grateful, 20 I 3

Conserve, preserve, 17 I4

Conversant, abiding in, 17 3

Cording, agreement, 1 II

Coronal, circlet, 5 S

Cost, side, 7 I2

Costed, kept up with, 18 2x

Couched, lay, 14 6

Courage, encourage, 19 I0

Courtelage, courtyard, 4 24

Covert, sheltered, 20 22

Covetise, covetousness, 13

Covin, deceit, 13 15

Cream, oil, 9 39

Credence, faith, 5 z

Croup, crupper, 8 I6

Curteist, most courteous, 6 IC

Daffish, foolish, 9 42

Danger (in), under obligation to, in the power of, 7 8, 19 4

Dawed, v tr,, revived, 11 lo; lttr,9 dawned, 17 2

Deadly, mortal, human, 17, 9, 20

Deal, part, portion, 16 I I

Debate, quarrel, strife, 3 6

Debonair, courteous, 17 4

Deceivable, deceitful, 10 6 I

Defaded, faded, 10 86

Default, fault, 3 8

Defend, forbid, 1 23; deferded, forbade, 7 I; forbidden, 18 2

Defoiled, trodden down, fouled, deflowered, 1 I4, 7 I2, 9 32

Degree (win the), rank, superiority, 8 9

Delibered, determined, 5 2

Deliverly, adroitly, 20 22

Departed, divided, 9 7

Departition, departure, 9 36

Dere, harm, 1 17, 13 IZ

Descrive, describe, 10 I

Despoiled, stripped, 15 2

Detrenched, cut to pieces, 5 7

Devised, looked carefully at, 17 13

Devoir, duty, service, 7 23, 20 18

Did off, doffed, 13 B

Dight, prepared, 4 6

Dindled, trembled, 5 8

Disadventure, misfortune, 13 20

Discover, reveal, 13 20

Disherited, disinherited, 13 IO, 14 8

Disparpled, scattered, 20 I

Dispenses, expenses, 5 2

Disperplyd, scattered, 5 2, 8

Dispoiled, stripped, 7 2

Distained, sullied, dishonoured, 184

Disworship, shame, 9 3

Dole, gift of alms, 21 3

Dole, sorrow, 1 IS, 11 B

Domineth, dominatesj rules, 5 I

Don, gift, 7 2

Doted, foolish, 10 55

Doubted, redoubtable, 167

Draughts, privities, secret interviews, recesses, 18 IX 19 6

Drenched, drowned, 14 8

Dress, make ready, 1 I6

Dressed up, raised, 13 I8

Dretched, troubled in sleep, 20 5

Dretching, being troubled in sleep, 21 I Dromounds, war vessels, 5 3

Dure, endure, last, 4 I; dared, 8 29;

during, 10 7 I

Duresse, bondage, hardship, 13 I2X 14 7

Dwined, dwindled, 21 IZ

Eased, entertained, 17 I x

Eft, after, again, 8 13

Eftures, passages, 19 7

Embattled, ranged for battle, 5 8

Embushed, concealed in the woods, 1 I9, 46

Eme, uncle, 8 S

Empoison, poison, 18 3

Emprised, undertook, 9 2

Enbraid, 20 I2

Enchafe, heat, 18 IS; enchafed, heated, 149, 185

Enchieve, achieve, 9 2X 13 2

Endlong, alongside of, ff 7

Enewed, painted, 3 9

Enforce, constrain, 10 74, 18 18

Engine, device, 10 I7

Enow, enough, 1 23

Enquest, enterprise, 9 2

Ensured, assured, 7 I7

Entermete, intermeddle, 10 26

Errant, wandering, 4 I2

Estates, ranks, 10 6I

Even hand, at an equality, 92

Evenlong, along, 10 6 I

Everych, each, every one, 16 3

Faiter, vagabond, 2 IO

Fare, sb., ado, commotion, 219

Faren, pp., treated, 7 x 5

FautS v., lack, 3 I; fagted, lacked, 9 32

Fealty, oath of fidelity, 7 I7

Fear, frighten, 7 I6

Feute, trace, track, 6 I4, 18 2I

Feuter, set in rest, couch, ff 2

Feutred, set in socket, 20 I3

Fiaunce, affiance, promise, 1 3

Flang, flung, 6 7, 10 41; rushed, 9 6

Flatling, prostrate, 18 7

Fleet, float, 13 2

Flemed, put to flight, 20 D

Flittered, fluttered, 5 4

Foiled, defeated, shamed, 18 25

Foined, thrust, 20 22

Foining, thrusting, 7 4

Foins, thrusts, 9 8

Foot-hot, hastily, 5> 28, 33

Forbled, spent with bleeding, 9 8, 20 7

Force (no), no concern, 3 7, 21 IO

Fordeal, advantage, 5 8

Fordo, destroy, 8 26; ferdid, 2 I9

Forecast, preconcerted plot, 20 5

For-fared, worsted, 6 6

Forfend, forbid, 18 2

Forfoughten, weary with fighting, 2 IO

Forhewn, hewn to pieces, 7 I2, I7

Forjousted, tired with jousting, 8 39, 10 58

Forthinketh, repents, 2 3

Fortuned, happened, 7 x

Forward, vanguard, 20 I3

Forwounded, sorely wounded, 9 8

Free, noble, 10 6 I

Fr shed,

Froward, away from, 3 x4, 104

Gad, wedge or spike of iron, 15 2

Gainest, readiest, 7 20

Gar, cause, 20 I6

Gart, compelled, 3 IO, 8 I S

Gentily, like a gentleman, 9 5

Gerfalcon, a fine hawk, 4 26

Germane, closely allied, 2 I I, 14 2

Gest, deed, story, 6 I3

Gisarm, halberd, battle-axe, 4 25X 7 22

Glaive, sword, 20 6

Glastings barking, 10 53

Glatisant, barking, yelping, 10 13

Gobbets, lumps, 7 23

Graithed, made ready, 5 7

Gree, degree, superiority, 5 IO, 6 7

Greed, pp., pleased, content, 16 IS

Greses, steps, 17 I8

Grimly, ugly, 6 8, 19 2

Grovelling, on his face, 8 26

Guerdonless, without reward, 10 86

Guise, fashion,

Habergeon, hauberk with leggings attached, 16 IO

Hair, a hair-shirt, 152

Hale and how, a sailor’s cry, 7 IS

Halp, helped, 10 64

Halsed, embraced, 8 I4

Halsing, embracing, 2 I6

Handfast, betrothed, 10 37

Handsel, earnest-money, 8 I6

Hangers, testicles, 10 38

Harbingers, messengers sent to prepare lodgings, 7 27

Harness, armour, 9 I I

Hart of greese, fat deer, 10 86

Hauberk, coat of mail, 1 I6

Haut, high, noble, 2 I9, 8 27

Hauteyn, haughty, 4 IO

Heavy, sad, 14 4, 6

Hete, command, 1] 9

Hide, skin, 11 I4

Hied, hurried, 17 19

High (on), aloud, 6 II

Higher hand, the uppermost, 16 I4

Hight, called, 1 I8

Hilled, covered, concealed, 10 59, 17 22

Holden, held, 18

Holp, helped, B 12

Holts, woods, 6 9

Hough-bone, back part of knee-joillt, 12 3

Houselled, to be given the Eucharist, 21 12

Hoved, hovered, waited about, 2 I9, 4 20 18 Io Hurled, dashed, staggered, 8 26, 9 4X 6, 104I; hvrSig, 7 H

Hurtle, dash, 7 H

Incontinent, forthwith, 5 z

Ind, dark blue, 1 IS

Infellowship, join in fellowship, 8 27

In like, alike, 1214

Intermit, interpose, 16 15

Japer, jester, 10 44

Japes, jests, 3 II

Jesseraunt, a short cuirass, 19

Keep, sb., care, 7 20

Keep, v., care reck, 9 I4

Kemps, champions, 7 8

Kind, nature, 118

Kindly, natural, 118

Knights partcrs, marshals. 199

Know, acknowledge, 5 I2

Knowledging, acknowledgment, confession, 19 I Lain, conceal, 20 I

Langering, sauntering, 9 20

Lapped, took in her lap, 8 r

Large, generous, 1061

Largeness, liberality, 4 H

Laton, latten, brass, 2 II

Laund, waste plain, 4

Layne, conceal, 18 }3

Lazar-cot, leper-house, 8 35

Learn, teach, 6 IO

Lears, cheeks, 9 20

Leaved, leafy, 18 IO

Lecher, fornicator, 18 2

Leech, physician, 125

Lesnan, lover, 6 5

Let, caused to, 10 6 I

Let, hinder, 5 7

Lewdest, most ignorant, 126

Licours, lecherous, 18 25

Lief, dear, 215

Liefer, more gladly, 9 4

Lieve, believe, 20 I

Limb-meal, limb from limb, 8 37

List, desire, pleasure, 9 2421039

Lithe, joint, 3 H

Longing unto, belonging to, 1 H

Long on (upon), because of, 15 2X20 r

Loos, praise, 5 lo, 16 I I

Lotless, without a share, 10 4

Loveday, day for settling disputes, 10 I5

Loving, praising, 11 I, 19

Lunes, leashes, strings, 6 16

Lusk, lubber, 7 5

Lusts, inclinations, 8 36

Maims, wounds, 1 IS

Makeless, matchless, 6 II, 1O 73

Makers, authors, poets, 21 H

Mal-ease, discomfort, 8 4I

Mal engine, evil design, 18 5, I8, 204

Mal-fortune, ill-luck, mishap, 912

Marches, berders, 1 H8, 9

Mass-penay, offering at mass for the dead, 18 20

Matchecold, machicolated, with holes for defence, 7 lo Maugre, Jb, despite, 1 2 3, 20 6X I1

Measle, disease, 17 I I

Medled, mingled, 10 59

Medley, melee, general encounter, 1 IS

Meiny, retinue, 5 5

Mickle, much, 10 63

Minever, ermine, 12 I ,.

Mischieved, hurt, 9 I I

Mischievous, painful, 20 6

Miscomfort, discomfort, 10 29

Miscreature, unbeliever, 17 2

Missay, revile, 9 3; missaid, 9 2

Mo, more, 8 34,10 58

More and less, rich and poor, 7 27

Motes, notes on a horn, 7 8

Mountenance, amount of, extent, 7 4

Much, great, 20 4

Naked, unarmed, 12 I2

Namely, especially, 13 20

Ne, nor, 5 8

Near-hand, nearly, 5 7, 8 I4; near, 19 I Needly, needs, on your own compulsion, 10 67

Nesh, soft, tender, 13 20

Nigh-hand, nearly, 9 35

Nill, will not, 10 55

Nilt, will not, 13 20

Nis, ne is, is not, 6 I6

Nist, ne wist, knew not, 1614

Nolulesse, nobleness, 119

Nobley, nobility, splendour, 10 6

Noised; reported, 10 46

Nold, would not, 13 IO

Noseling, on his nose, 17 4

Not for then, nevertheless, 10 30,

Notoyrly, notoriously, Pre95

Noyous, hurtful, 17 8

Obeissance, obedience, 18

Or, before, 9 N

Orgule, haughtiness, 21 I I

Orgulist, haughtiest, 21 I

Orgulite, pride, arrogance, 10 I

Orgulous, proud, 2 4

Other, or, 1 23

Ouches, jewels, 20 I4

Ought, owned, 6 5, 9 2

Outcept, except, 10 72

Outher, or, 9 N7, 10

Out-taken, except, 10 7 3

Over-evening, last night, 9

Overget, overtake, 12 3

Overhylled, covered, 10 9

Overled, domineered over, 20 I I

Overlong, the length of, 10 60

Overslip, s., pass, 8 I4

Overthwart, alj., cross, 9 IS

Overthwart, sb., mischance, 7 17

Overthwart and endlong, by the breadth and length, 13 N

Painture, painting, 6 6

Paitrelles, breastplate of a horse, 7 16

Paltocks, short coats, 5

Parage, descent, 7 S

Pareil, like, 6 2

Passing, surpassingly, 18 t

Paynim, pagan, 9 38

Pensel, pennon, 10 47

Perclos, partition, 14 3

Perdy, par Dieu, 7 }9

Perigot, falcon, 6 16

Perish, destroy, 17 2

Peron, tombstone, 10 2

Pight, pitched, 1 I, 5 5, 9 20

Pike, steal away, 20 I7

Piked, stole, 9 44

Pillers, plunderers, 214

Pilling, plundering, 13 15

Pleasaunce, pleasure, 8 36

Plenour, complete, 7 1

Plump, b., cluster, 1 16