| ABEDDE...........2 | |
| MerT 1818 The bryde was broght abedde as stille as stoon; | 574 |
| MerT 2051 And thynges whiche that were nat doon abedde, | 806 |
| ABIGAYL..........1 | |
| MerT 1369 Lo Abigayl, by good conseil how she | 124 |
| ABLE.............1 | |
| MerT 1912 And for to been a thrifty man right able. | 668 |
| ABOUTE...........16 | |
| MerT 1364 Boond the kydes skyn aboute his nekke, | 120 |
| MerT 1549 And yet, God woot, my neighebores aboute, | 304 |
| MerT 1560 Is bisy ynough to bryngen it aboute | 316 |
| MerT 1579 Of Januarie aboute his mariage. | 334 |
| MerT 1703 Forth comth the preest, with stole aboute his nekke, | 458 |
| MerT 1722 Bacus the wyn hem shynketh al aboute, | 478 |
| MerT 1727 And with hire fyrbrond in hire hand aboute | 482 |
| MerT 1770 And spices al aboute the hous they caste, | 526 |
| MerT 1799 Gan oversprede the hemysperie aboute; | 554 |
| MerT 1827 He rubbeth hire aboute hir tendre face, | 582 |
| MerT 1849 The slakke skyn aboute his nekke shaketh | 604 |
| MerT 2019 Thus lete I Damyan aboute his nede, | 774 |
| MerT 2041 Aboute that welle, and daunced, as men tolde. | 796 |
| MerT 2143 The gardyn is enclosed al aboute; | 898 |
| MerT 2184 Now kys me, wyf, and lat us rome aboute. " | 940 |
| MerT 2324 So longe aboute the aleyes is he goon, | 1080 |
| ABOUTEN..........1 | |
| MerT 1495 Abouten lordes of ful heigh estaat; | 250 |
| ABOVE............4 | |
| MerT 1376 As seith Senek, above an humble wyf. | 132 |
| MerT 1449 Of children to th' onour of God above, | 204 |
| MerT 1974 I kan nat seye; but grete God above, | 730 |
| MerT 2162 For by that Lord that sit in hevene above, | 918 |
| ABREGGE..........2 | |
| MerT 1614 He wolde abregge hir labour, alle and some. | 370 |
| MerT 1657 And for he wolde his longe tale abregge, | 412 |
| ABYDE............5 | |
| MerT 1409 Al sodeynly, for I wol nat abyde; | 164 |
| MerT 1588 He wiste nat wher that he myghte abyde. | 344 |
| MerT 1616 He was apoynted ther he wolde abyde. | 372 |
| MerT 1927 And spede yow faste, for I wole abyde | 682 |
| MerT 2124 Which ye shul heeren, if ye wole abyde. | 880 |
| ABYDEN...........1 | |
| MerT 1888 So longe hath Mayus in hir chambre abyden, | 644 |
| ACCORDED.........1 | |
| MerT 2130 They been accorded, rownynge thurgh a wal, | 886 |
| ACCUSE...........1 | |
| MerT 2270 And bere hem doun that wolden hem accuse. | 1026 |
| ACT..............1 | |
| MerT 1975 That knoweth that noon act is causelees, | 730 |
| ACTES............1 | |
| MerT 1838 For in oure actes we mowe do no synne. | 594 |
| ADAM.............1 | |
| MerT 1325 The hye God, whan he hadde Adam maked, | 80 |
| ADAWED...........1 | |
| MerT 2400 Til that he be adawed verraily. | 1156 |
| ADOUN............2 | |
| MerT 1956 Adoun by olde Januarie she lay, | 712 |
| MerT 2234 This kyng of Fairye thanne adoun hym sette | 990 |
| ADVERSITEE.......3 | |
| MerT 1275 Whan that they fynden any adversitee | 30 |
| MerT 1338 How myghte a man han any adversitee | 94 |
| MerT 2084 He paciently took his adversitee, | 840 |
| AFTER............9 | |
| MerT 1304 After thy good and hath doon many a day. | 60 |
| MerT 1357 So that he werke after his wyves reed. | 112 |
| MerT 1769 And after that men daunce and drynken faste, | 524 |
| MerT 1805 Soone after that, this hastif Januarie | 560 |
| MerT 1845 And after that he sang ful loude and cleere, | 600 |
| MerT 1913 But after mete, as soone as evere I may, | 668 |
| MerT 2077 For neither after his deeth nor in his lyf | 832 |
| MerT 2081 But atte laste, after a month or tweye, | 836 |
| MerT 2267 And alle wommen after, for hir sake, | 1022 |
| AFTER-METE.......1 | |
| MerT 1921 At after-mete ye with youre wommen alle, | 676 |
| AFTERWARD........1 | |
| MerT 1858 And afterward, whan that he saugh his tyme, | 614 |
| AGAST............3 | |
| MerT 1644 That evere I am agast now in myn age | 400 |
| MerT 1683 Beth nat agast herof, my brother deere, | 438 |
| MerT 1760 I am agast ye shul it nat susteene. | 516 |
| AGAYN............5 | |
| MerT 1610 Agayn his choys; this was his fantasye. | 366 |
| MerT 1620 Agayn the purpos which that he hath take, | 376 |
| MerT 2320 Now lat us turne agayn to Januarie, | 1076 |
| MerT 2355 To Januarie he gaf agayn his sighte, | 1110 |
| MerT 2357 And whan that he hadde caught his sighte agayn, | 1112 |
| AGAYNES..........1 | |
| MerT 2325 Til he was come agaynes thilke pyrie | 1080 |
| AGE..............7 | |
| MerT 1407 Unto som mayde fair and tendre of age, | 162 |
| MerT 1421 I wol no womman thritty yeer of age; | 176 |
| MerT 1514 Of any man that stapen is in age | 270 |
| MerT 1555 Avyseth yow -- ye been a man of age -- | 310 |
| MerT 1601 Hir fresshe beautee and hir age tendre, | 356 |
| MerT 1644 That evere I am agast now in myn age | 400 |
| MerT 1738 Whan tendre youthe hath wedded stoupyng age, | 494 |
| AGEYN............2 | |
| MerT 2313 That I wolde graunten hym his sighte ageyn, | 1068 |
| MerT 2403 First whan his sighte is newe come ageyn, | 1158 |
| AGO..............3 | |
| MerT 1637 " I have, " quod he, " herd seyd, ful yoore ago, | 392 |
| MerT 1764 I wolde that al this peple were ago. " | 520 |
| MerT 2158 Into his fresshe gardyn is ago, | 914 |
| AIR..............1 | |
| MerT 1558 By hym that made water, erthe, and air, | 314 |
| AL...............63 | |
| MerT 1256 That day and nyght he dooth al that he kan | 12 |
| MerT 1300 For she wol clayme half part al hir lyf. | 56 |
| MerT 1309 But take no kep of al swich vanytee; | 64 |
| MerT 1321 He lyveth helplees and al desolat -- | 76 |
| MerT 1326 And saugh him al allone, bely-naked, | 82 |
| MerT 1344 Al that hire housbonde lust, hire liketh weel; | 100 |
| MerT 1346 " Do this, " seith he; " Al redy, sire, " seith she. | 102 |
| MerT 1351 Upon his bare knees oughte al his lyf | 106 |
| MerT 1406 And that anoon in al the haste I kan. | 162 |
| MerT 1409 Al sodeynly, for I wol nat abyde; | 164 |
| MerT 1459 To do al that a man bilongeth to; | 214 |
| MerT 1467 And syn that ye han herd al myn entente, | 222 |
| MerT 1473 As al day falleth altercacioun | 228 |
| MerT 1492 I have now been a court-man al my lyf, | 248 |
| MerT 1510 By God, ther nys no man in al this toun, | 266 |
| MerT 1537 Al be it so that no man fynden shal | 292 |
| MerT 1538 Noon in this world that trotteth hool in al, | 294 |
| MerT 1543 And al this axeth leyser for t' enquere. | 298 |
| MerT 1559 The yongeste man that is in al this route | 314 |
| MerT 1625 Al were it so she were of smal degree; | 380 |
| MerT 1629 And thanked God that he myghte han hire al, | 384 |
| MerT 1708 And made al siker ynogh with hoolynesse. | 464 |
| MerT 1712 Al ful of joye and blisse is the paleys, | 468 |
| MerT 1714 The mooste deyntevous of al Ytaille. | 470 |
| MerT 1722 Bacus the wyn hem shynketh al aboute, | 478 |
| MerT 1728 Daunceth biforn the bryde and al the route. | 484 |
| MerT 1746 I may yow nat devyse al hir beautee. | 502 |
| MerT 1759 Al my corage, it is so sharp and keene! | 514 |
| MerT 1761 But God forbede that I dide al my myght! | 516 |
| MerT 1764 I wolde that al this peple were ago. " | 520 |
| MerT 1765 And finally he dooth al his labour, | 520 |
| MerT 1770 And spices al aboute the hous they caste, | 526 |
| MerT 1772 Al but a squyer, highte Damyan, | 528 |
| MerT 1794 Than hoomly foo al day in thy presence. | 550 |
| MerT 1815 Lat voyden al this hous in curteys wyse. " | 570 |
| MerT 1826 For he was shave al newe in his manere -- | 582 |
| MerT 1847 He was al coltissh, ful of ragerye, | 602 |
| MerT 1880 And in a lettre wroot he al his sorwe, | 636 |
| MerT 1915 To doon hym al the confort that I kan. " | 670 |
| MerT 1953 She rente it al to cloutes atte laste, | 708 |
| MerT 1958 Anon he preyde hire strepen hire al naked; | 714 |
| MerT 1976 He deme of al, for I wole holde my pees. | 732 |
| MerT 2007 And bad hym been al hool, and forth she wente | 762 |
| MerT 2010 Al passed was his siknesse and his sorwe. | 766 |
| MerT 2012 He dooth al that his lady lust and lyketh, | 768 |
| MerT 2016 (For craft is al, whoso that do it kan) | 772 |
| MerT 2023 This noble Januarie, with al his myght, | 778 |
| MerT 2029 He made a gardyn, walled al with stoon; | 784 |
| MerT 2039 Proserpina, and al hire fayerye, | 794 |
| MerT 2071 Is woxen blynd, and that al sodeynly. | 826 |
| MerT 2112 For al that evere he koude poure or pryen, | 868 |
| MerT 2120 And Damyan, that knew al hire entente, | 876 |
| MerT 2143 The gardyn is enclosed al aboute; | 898 |
| MerT 2146 No spot of thee ne knew I al my lyf. | 902 |
| MerT 2172 And al myn heritage, toun and tour; | 928 |
| MerT 2212 For verraily he knew al hire entente, | 968 |
| MerT 2215 For in a lettre she hadde toold hym al | 970 |
| MerT 2262 Thanne shal he knowen al hire harlotrye, | 1018 |
| MerT 2272 Al hadde man seyn a thyng with bothe his yen, | 1028 |
| MerT 2286 But, sire, ne be nat wrooth, al be it so, | 1042 |
| MerT 2303 I sette right noght, of al the vileynye | 1058 |
| MerT 2390 " Now, dame, " quod he, " lat al passe out of mynde. | 1146 |
| MerT 2409 And it is al another than it semeth. | 1164 |