Very Common Chaucerian Words (Chaucer Harvard online course)

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• Fetis> made graceful well
• Devyse> trick device
• Verray> true
• Sleighte> trick
• Drede> doubt fear
• Sooth> truth
• Ensample> example
• Vilenye> churlishness
• Estaat> condition life rank in
• Reknen> reckon to
• Viage> expedition voyage
• Chesen chees ychose> choose
• Forward> agreement
• Rennen ran yronne> run
• Werre> war
• Clepen> call
• Foule/fowel> bird
• Jape> joke trick
• Rekne> reckon
• Deme(n)> judge consider
• Certeyn> sure certain
• Povre> poor
• Fer ferrer ferrest> farther farthest
• Siker> trusty certain
• Wene> suppose consider
• Al although even if
• That> for because
• Als so> as
• Order to for in
• If> and if
• Outher> other or
• If> but if unless
• Or> or either
• Eek/eke> also
• Sin/syn> since
• Forthy> therefore
• Sithe(n)> since
• Forwhy> because
• Ther(as)> where
• Wher> introduce question whether also
• Array> condition arrangement
• Lust> pleasure desire
• Bane> destruction killer
• Lym> limb
• Boote> remedy
• Mete> food
• Conseil> counsel advice
• Paas> slow walk pace
• Deel> part bit
• Rede> advice
• Degree> rank social condition
• Routh> pity
• Feyn> glad willing
• Wode/wood> mad crazy
• Gentle> noble
• Hye/heigh> high
• Ny next> nearer nearest near
• Hende> handy tricky courteous
• Leef> dear
• Looth> hateful loath
• Axe> ask
• Helpen heelp/help yholpe> cure help
• Brenne> burn
• Lesen> lose
• Bresten braste ybrest> burst
• Dighten dighte> prepare adorn equip
• Wedden> pledge marry
• Duren> endure last
• Wilnen> desire want
• Fallen fil/fel yfalle> happen befall
• Yeven/yiven yaf y)yeven> give
• Gyen> guide direct
• Witen wot wiste> know
• Highte> called p.p hoten promise
• After> according to
• Nedes> necessity by
• Agayns> towards
• Ones> once
• Agon> ago long
• Overal> everywhere
• Atones> immediately at once
• Owher> anywhere
• Ay> forever ever
• Unethe(s)> hardly
• Blyve> quickly
• There> where
• Certes> truly certainly
• Yliche> alike
• Eft> again
• Yond> yonder
• Er> ere earlier before
• Whilom> once formerly
• Erst> first at
• Ech iche> each
• Everich> each
• Everichon> every one
• Ilk> each
• Swich> such some
• Thilke> the same that
• After> according to after
• Maugree> despite
• Agayn agaynes> against toward
• Of> agent passive by when
• At> of from at
• Atte> at the
• Thurgh> through
• Biforn> before
• Til> toward
• Bitwix bitwinen> between
• Up> upon
• Fro> from
• With> agent passive by when
• Inwith> within
• Withouten> adverb without also as

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