bet - better
bihete(n) - to promise
bountee - goodness
brenne(n) - to burn
buxom - obedient
boote - help, remedy
cas - chance, accident
clepe(n) - to call
corage - heart
couthe - known
coy - quiet
dangerous - standoffish
dreynt - drowned
em - uncle
emforth - to the extent of
erme - sorrow,be distressed
feere - companion
ferre - farther
fonde(n) - to strive
forward - promise-, agreement
forwhy - because
grete - gist
hem - them
her - their
hight - was called
him thoughte - it seemed to him
keep - heed
kinde - nature
lewdignorant
lust - pleasure
mede - reward
mete(n) - to dream
moot - must, may
mowe - may
ne - not, nor
ner - nearer
nice - foolish
no fors - no matter
not (ne wot) - do not know
nyste - did not know
nys - contraction: ne is
overal - everywhere
peraunter - peradventure
quyte(n) -- to reward, repay
rathe - early
sithe - time
sithen - since
skill - reason
skillful - reasonable
sounen unto - to conduce to
stenten - to stop
sterve(n) - to die
steven - voice
sweven - dream
swich - such
swinke - labor
tho, - adv. then
tho, pron. - those
trow - believe
unnethe - scarcely
verray - true(ly)
wher - whether
wente, n. path
werre - worse
withouten drede - without doubt
wood,adj. - mad, insane
worship - honor
wot (woot) - know
wrie(n) - to turn
yerne - eagerly
yfere - together
ywis - certainly
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