Words from Chaucer's Parliament of Foules:
> Found: 147 entries > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 1. accloy (C. 1374) Chaucer Assembly of Foules 518 ``Whoso it > doth, full foule himself acloyeth, For office uncommitted oft > annoyeth. '' > 2. accordant (C. 1374) Chaucer Parlt. Foules 203 ``Therwith a > wynd..Made in the leuys grene a noyse softe Acordaunt to the > bryddis song a lofte. '' > 3. bedside (C. 1374) Chaucer Parl. Foules 99 ``Right at my beddis > side. '' > 4. blossomed (C. 1374) Chaucer Parl. Foules (MS. Ff.) 183 ``A > garden saw I full of blossummede bowes. '' > 5. bode (C. 1374) Chaucer Parl. Foules 343 ``The owl eke, that of > death the bode ybringeth. '' > 6. cackling (C. 1374) Chaucer Parl. Foules 562 ``Tho began The > goose to speke, and in her cakelinge, She said. '' > 7. chough (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 345 ``The thefe the > Chowgh [v.r. crow(e, chough(e, choghe, chowhe, clough] and eke > the iangling py. '' > 8. coffer (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 177 ``The piler elm, the > cofre unto careyne. '' > 9. colour (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 443 ``As the fressh rede > rose newe Ayene the somer sonne coloured ys. '' > 10. condition (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 407 ``But natheles, > in this condicioun..That she a-gre to his eleccioun. '' > 11. cony (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 193 ``The litel conyes to > her pley gunne hye. '' > 12. cormorant (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 362 ``The hote > cormeraunt of glotonye. '' > 13. craft (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 1 ``The lyf so short, the > craft so longe to lerne. '' > 14. cuckoo (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 358 ``Ther was..the > cokkow [v.r. cucko, cuckow, kukkowe, cuccow] most onkynde. '' > 15. Cupid (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 652, ``I wol noght serve > Venus ne Cupyde [rime betyde]. '' > 16. discuss (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 624 ``Sith it may not > here discussed be Who loveth her best. '' > 17. disfigurat(C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 222 ``Disfigurat [MS. > Cambr. Ff. i. 6 (14..) disfygured] was she, I nyl nat lye.'' > 18. dishevel (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 235 ``In kyrtelles al > discheuel [v.rr. dysshyuell, discheuele, dissheueld, > dissheueled, dischieflee] went &th.ei &th.er. '' > 19. disobeisan(C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 429 ``If that I to > hyre be founde vntrewe, Dishobeysaunt or wilful necligent. '' > 20. distrain (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 337 ``The gentyl > faucoun that with his feet distraynyth The kyngis hand. '' > 21. entitle (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 30 ``This > booke..Entitled was right thus..Tullius of the dreame of > Scipion. '' > 22. entrike (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 403 ``But which of > &ygh.ow, that loue most entrikyth. '' > 23. face (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 317 ``As Aleyn, in the > Pleynt of Kynde, Devyseth Nature of aray and face. '' > 24. facund (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 521 ``With facound voys > seyde, `Holde your tonges there'. '' > 25. fast (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 94 ``Tooke rest, that made > me to slepe faste. '' > 26. fieldfare (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 364 ``The frosty > feldefare. '' > 27. fir (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 179 ``The sayling firr. '' > 28. forge (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 212 ``Besyde a welle I > say Cupyde our lord his arwes forge and fyle. '' > 29. formel (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 371 ``To chese or for to > take, By hir acord, his formel or his make. '' > 30. formel (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 373 ``Nature held on hir > honde A formel egle. '' > 31. fowl (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 323 ``The foules of ravyne > Were hyest set. '' > 32. frosty (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 364 ``The throstel old; > the frosty feldefare.'' > 33. gay (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 234 ``Wommen y-nowe, of > whiche somme ther were Faire of hem-self, and somme of hem were > gay. '' > 34. gent (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 558 ``The goos, with hir > facounde gent..Shal telle our tale. '' > 35. golee (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 556 (MS. Gg. 4. 27) > ``Whan euerryche hadde his large gole [v.rr. golee, gule, > Caxton golye] seyd. '' > 36. great (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 35 ``Of his centence I > wole &ygh.ow seyn the greete. '' > 37. guide (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 136 ``Thorw me men > gon..Onto the mortal strokis of the spere Of whiche disdayn &. > daunger is the gyde.'' > 38. hardy (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 176 ``The byldere ok &. > ek the hardy [v.r. harde] assh.'' > 39. haysugge (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 612 ``Thow mortherere > of the heysoge [v. rr. heysoke, heysug(g(e, haysugge]. '' > 40. he (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 166 ``It likyth hym at > wrastelyng for to be, And demyn &ygh.it wher he do bet or he. > '' > 41. head (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 554 ``The watyr foulis han > here hedis leid Togedere..They seydyn sothly al be on assent > How that [etc.]. '' > 42. heat (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 145 ``That on me hette, > that othir dede me colde. '' > 43. him (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 623 ``Hym that she chesith > he shal hire han a swithe. '' > 44. horologe (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 350 ``The kok, that > orloge ys of thorpis lyte. '' > 45. instrument(C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 197 ``Of > Instreumentis of strengis in a-cord Herde I so pleye, and > rauyshyng swetnesse. '' > 46. lash (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 178 ``The boxtre pipere, > holm to whippis lasch. '' > 47. laurel (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 182 ``The victor palm, > the laurer [v.rr. lawrer, laureol] to deuyne. '' > 48. lay (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 554 ``The watyr foulis han > here hedis leid To gedere. '' > 49. life (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 53 ``Oure present wordis > lyuys space Nys but a maner deth. '' > 50. little (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 513, ``I am a sede > foul..and litil of cunnynge. '' > 51. meed (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 228 ``Fool hardynesse &. > flaterye &. desyr, Messagerye, &. meede &. o&th.er thre.'' > 52. merlin (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl Foules 611 ``&Ygh.e have the > glotoun fild I-now his paunche, Thanne are we wel! sayde thanne > a Merlioun. '' > 53. merry (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 592 ``Daunsith he murye > that is myrtheles? '' > 54. messagery (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules xxxiii, ``I saw..Fool > hardynesse &. flatterye, &. desyr, Messagerye &. meede &. > o&th.er thre. '' > 55. mete (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 104 ``The louere met he > hath his lady wonne. '' > 56. mind (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 69, ``&. al schulde out of > mynde That in this worlde is don of al mankynde. '' > 57. mirthless (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 592 ``Daunsith he > murye that is myrtheles. '' > 58. miss (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 75 ``Thou shalt nat misse > To comen swiftly to that place dere. '' > 59. miss (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 40 ``Til the day gan > misse. '' > 60. moist (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 380 ``Nature..That hot, > cold, heuy, lyght, moyst, &. dreye Hath knyt with euene > noumberis of a-cord In esy voys gan for to speke &. seye > [etc.]. '' > 61. murderer (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 353 (Camb. MS.) ``The > swalwe mortherere of the foulis smale That makyn hony of > flouris frosche &. newe. '' > 62. murmur (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 520 ``Nature, which that > alway had an ere To murmour of the lewednes behinde, With > facound voys seide, `hold your tonges there!' '' > 63. music (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 62 ``The melodye herde he > That comyth of thilke speris thryes thre That welle is of > musik. '' > 64. north-nort(C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 117 ``As wisly as I > sawe the northe northe west When I beganne my sweuene for to > write. '' > 65. old (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 19 ``It happede me for to > beholde Vp on a bok was wrete with letteris olde. '' > 66. piper (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 178 ``The byldere ok, and > ek the hardy assh, The pilere elm,..The boxtre pipere,..The > saylynge fyr,..The shetere Ew.'' > 67. plea (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 485 ``Of al myn lyf syn > that day I was born So gentil ple in loue or othir thyng Ne > herde neuere no man me be-forn. '' > 68. point (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 372 ``But to the poynt, > nature held on hire hond A formele egle of shap the gentilleste > That euere she a-mong hire werkis fond. '' > 69. present (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 423 ``Or let me deye > present in this place. '' > 70. pull (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 164 ``For manye a man that > may nat stonde a pul It likyth hym at wrastelyng for to be. '' > 71. queke (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules (Harl. MS.) 594 ``&Ygh.a > queke yit saide the goos ful wele &. faire.'' > 72. ravin (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 336 ``&Th.e goshauke that > dothe pyne To bryddis for his outragious ravine. '' > 73. reave (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 86 ``The derke ny&ygh.t > That revith bestis from here besynesse. '' > 74. recover (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 688 ``Wele han they > cause forto gladen ofte Sethe ech of hem recouerede hathe hys > make.'' > 75. regard (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 58 `` Thanne shewede he > hym the litel erthe that here is At regard of the heuenys > quantite. '' > 76. rest (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 376 ``In hire was eueri > vertu at his reste. '' > 77. ruddock (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 349 ``The tame rodok &. > the coward kyte. '' > 78. scale (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 189 ``Smale fischis lite > With fynnys rede &. skalis syluyr bry&ygh.te. '' > 79. scorner (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 357 ``The fesaunt > skornere of the cok be nyghte. '' > 80. scorning (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 346 ``The skornynge > lay. '' > 81. see (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 211 ``Vndyr a tre be-syde a > welle I say Cupide oure lord hise arwis forge &. file. '' > 82. seed (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 328 ``But foul that lyuyth > be sed sat on the grene. '' > 83. seed (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules (MS. Seld.) 328 ``Bothe > watere foule and *sede foule on the grene That so fele were > &th.at wonder was to sene. '' > 84. seize (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 481 ``Til that deth me > sese, I wele ben heris. '' > 85. shape (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 373 ``A formele egle of > shap the gentilleste. '' > 86. shape (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 502, ``I can shappe herof > a remedie. '' > 87. sharp (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 331 ``The royal > egle..That with his sharpe look perceth the sonne. '' > 88. sharp (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 2 ``Thassay so hard, so > sharp the conquering. '' > 89. shooter (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 180 ``The saylynge fyr, > the cipresse deth to pleyne, The shetere [v.rr. sheter, shoter, > scheter] Ew, the Asp for shaftys pleyne.'' > 90. short (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 1 ``The lyf so short, the > craft so long to lerne. '' > 91. shove (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 154 ``Til African my gyde > Me hente and shofe [v.rr. shof, shoff, schofe, shoofe, shoif] > yn at the gatys wyde. '' > 92. sigh (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 248 ``Withyn the temple of > syghes [v.r. syhes] hote as fyre.., Whyche syghes engendryd > were with desyre [etc.]. '' > 93. solein (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 607 ``Lat eche of hem > ben soleyn al here lyue. '' > 94. solein (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 614 ``Leue thow soleyn. > '' > 95. sough (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 247 ``Of sykys hoote as > fuyr I herde a swow that gan a-boute renne. '' > 96. soul (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 33 ``Erthe and soulis that > thereon dwelle. '' > 97. speech (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 489 ``Frome the morowe > gan this spech last Tyll don-warde went the sonne wonder fast. > [Cf. 495 Whan shall your cursyd pledynge haue an ende.] '' > 98. sphere (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 59 ``After shewede he > hym the nyne speris. '' > 99. sphere (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 61 ``Aftyr that the > melodye herde he That comyth of thilke speris thryes thre. '' > 100. squirrel (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 196 (Camb.), > ``Squyrelis &. bestes smale of gentil kynde. '' > 1. squirrel (14..) Chaucer's Parl. Foules 196 (Harl.), > ``Squerellis smale, and bestes of gentil kynde. '' > 2. star (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 595 ``There been mo > sterris god wot than a payre. '' > 3. stare (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 348 ``The stare that the > counsell can bewrey. '' > 4. statute (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 387 ``&Ygh.e knowe wel > how seynt volantynys day By myn statute..&Ygh.e come for to > cheese..&Ygh.oure makis. '' > 5. sterny (A. 1500) Chaucer's Parl. Foules 43 (MS. Arch. Seld. B > 24) ``..A sterny [other MSS. sterry] place. '' > 6. stork (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 361 ``The stork the > wrekere of a-vouterye. '' > 7. stroyer (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 360 ``The drake, > stroyer of his owne kinde. '' > 8. subtile (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 272 ``A subtyl > couercheif of valence. '' > 9. such (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 570 ``Lo sich it is to > haue a tunge loos. '' > 10. suffisance(C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 637 ``Which I have > wroght so wel to my plesaunce; That to yow oghte been a > suffisaunce. '' > 11. sweet (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 161 ``For thu of loue > hast lost thi tast, y gesse As seek man hath of swete &. > bitternesse. '' > 12. swim (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 188 (Harl. MS.) ``Colde > welle stremes,..&Th.at swommyn ful of smale fysshes lyht. '' > 13. temper (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 214, ``I say > Cupide..hise arwis forge &. file..And wel his doughtyr > temperede al this whyle The heuedis in the welle. '' > 14. tercel (C. 1381) (MSS. 1430-) Chaucer Parl. Foules 405 ``And > therwithal the tersel [v.rr. tarsell, tercel, tersell] gan she > calle. '' > 15. tercel (A. 1500) Chaucer's Parl. Foules 415 (MS. R. 3. 19, > Trin. C.C.) ``Thys Royall Tarcell spake and taryed nought. '' > 16. tercelet (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 529 ``Foulis of lauyne > Han chosyn..The terselet of the facoun. '' > 17. thorp (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 350 (MS. Gg. 4. 27) ``The > kok that orloge is of thorpis lyte. '' > 18. to-shiver (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 493 ``The noyse of > ffoules..So loude ronge..&Th.at wele y went &th.e wode had Al > to-sheuered [v.r. Alto-shyuered]. '' > 19. trace (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 54 ``Oure present > wor[l]dis lyuys space Nys but a maner deth what weye we trace. > '' > 20. uncommande(14..) Chaucer's Parl. Foules 518 (Camb. MS.), ``For > office vncommaundet full ofte anoyth. '' > 21. uncommitte(C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 518 ``Whoso hyt doth > full fowle hymsylf accloyeth For offyce vncommyttyd oft > anoyeth.'' > 22. unconveyed(14..) Chaucer's Parl. Foules 518 (MS. St. John's, > Oxf.) ``For office vnconveyid offt tym Anoyithe. '' > 23. unto (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 647 ``Almyghty queen vnto > this &ygh.er be gon I axe respit. '' > 24. untressed (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 268 ``Her gylt heares > with a gold threde Ybounde were, vntressyd [Camb. Univ. MS. > vntrussede] as she lay. '' > 25. usage (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 15 ``Of vsage what for > lust &. what for lore On bokis rede I ofte. '' > 26. valence (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 272 ``The remenaunt was > wel keuerede to myn pay Rygh[t] with a subtyl couercheif of > valence; Ther nas no thikkere cloth of no defense. '' > 27. Valentine (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 309 ``For this was on > seynt Volantynys day Whan euery bryd comyth there to chese his > make. '' > 28. verdict (C. 1381) Chaucer Parlt. Foules 525, ``I iuge on euery > folk men shul on calle To seyn the verdit for yow foulys alle. > '' > 29. vicary (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 379 ``Nature, vicarye o > the almyghty lord. '' > 30. victor (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 182 ``The olyue of pes, > &. ek the dronke vyne, The victor palm, the laurer to deuyne.'' > 31. wake (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 482, ``I wol ben hirs > whethir I wake or wynke. '' > 32. waker (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 358 ``The wakyr goos, the > cokkow most onkynde. '' > 33. walk (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 297 ``Forth welk I tho mi > seluyn to solace. '' > 34. want (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 287 ``And manye a mayde of > whiche the name I wante. '' > 35. waste (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 283 ``Of maydenys swiche > as gunne here tymys waste In hyre seruyse. '' > 36. waterfowl (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 327 ``But watir foule > sate lowest in the dale. '' > 37. waterfowl (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 554 ``The watir > foules. '' > 38. wax (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 206 ``There wex ek euery > holsum spice &. gres. '' > 39. weather (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules v. 681 ``Now welcom > somer, with thy sonne softe, That hast this wintres weders > over-shake. '' > 40. wedded (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 355 ``The wedded turtil > with hire herte trewe. '' > 41. well begon(C. 1381) Chaucer Parlt. Foules 171 ``But lord, so I > was glad and wel begoon.'' > 42. well-strea(C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 187 ``Colde welle > stremys..That swemyn ful of smale fischis lite. '' > 43. west (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 266 ``On a bed of gold > sche lay to reste Tyl that the hote sunne gan to weste. '' > 44. wilful (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 429 ``Dishobeysaunt or > wilful necligent. '' > 45. worm (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 326 ``The foules smale > That eten as that nature wolde enclyne, As worme, or thynge of > whiche I tel no tale. '' > 46. worm (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 505, ``I..wol sey my > veyrdit..For watir foule... And I for *worme foule, seyde the > foole cukkowe. '' > 47. wreaker (C. 1381) Chaucer Parl. Foules 361 ``The stork the > wrekere of a-vouterye. ''