Frequently Used Words (and Meanings) in Chaucer

Over 50 frequently used words and their meaningsin Chaucer's 'The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale'

(SOURCE: Cambridge School Edition)

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  • Created on: 02-10-14 12:48
Abide
Wait a moment, stay
1 of 53
Anon
Straight away
2 of 53
Axe
Ask
3 of 53
Bad
Ordered
4 of 53
Breed
Bread
5 of 53
Chese
Choose
6 of 53
Clepe(d)
Name(d)
7 of 53
Clerke
Scholar (frequently a churchman)
8 of 53
Conseil(le)
Advice, recommendation
9 of 53
Daungerous
Difficult to please, gruding, reluctanty
10 of 53
Defended
Forbade
11 of 53
Dorste
Dared
12 of 53
Ech
Each
13 of 53
Eek
Also
14 of 53
Flour
Flower
15 of 53
Freletee
Frailty, weakness
16 of 53
Gentil
Noble
17 of 53
Glose
Interpret, explain, persuade
18 of 53
Goost
Spirit, soul
19 of 53
Hem
them
20 of 53
Herkne
Listen
21 of 53
Hir
Their
22 of 53
Hoten
Be called
23 of 53
Ilke
This here, this same
24 of 53
Indulgence
Allowance
25 of 53
List
If you like, if it pleases you
26 of 53
Maide
Virgin (male or female)
27 of 53
Maidenhede
Virginity
28 of 53
Mo
More
29 of 53
Nathelees
Nevertheless
30 of 53
Nis
Is not
31 of 53
Noght
Nothing
32 of 53
Noon
No, none
33 of 53
Pardee
By God (par dieu)
34 of 53
Quod
Said
35 of 53
Seith
Says
36 of 53
Sholde
Should
37 of 53
Sith
Since
38 of 53
Sondry
Various
39 of 53
Sothe/Sooth
Truth
40 of 53
Stirte
Jumps
41 of 53
Swich
Such
42 of 53
Thral
Slave
43 of 53
Trowe
Believe
44 of 53
Wight
Person
45 of 53
Wiste
Knew
46 of 53
Wo
Misery
47 of 53
Wolde
Would, wanted
48 of 53
Woot
Know, knew
49 of 53
Wrothe
Angry
50 of 53
Yaf/yeve
Give, gave
51 of 53
Yifte
Gift
52 of 53
Ywis
You know, indeed, certainly
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Straight away

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Anon

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Ask

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Card 4

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Ordered

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Card 5

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Bread

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