| BABILOIGNE.......1 | |
| SumT 2082 Whan that he wente Babiloigne to wynne. | 374 |
| BACON............1 | |
| SumT 1753 Bacon or beef, or swich thyng as ye fynde. " | 44 |
| BAK..............2 | |
| SumT 1756 And what men yaf hem, leyde it on his bak. | 48 |
| SumT 2140 " Now thanne, put in thyn hand doun by my bak, " | 432 |
| BAKE.............1 | |
| SumT 1731 To been yclawed, or to brenne or bake. | 22 |
| BAR..............1 | |
| SumT 1755 That was hir hostes man, and bar a sak, | 46 |
| BE...............37 | |
| SumT 1721 Ne ther it nedeth nat for to be yive, | 12 |
| SumT 1723 Thanked be God, in wele and habundaunce. | 14 |
| SumT 1766 Cam til an hous ther he was wont to be | 58 |
| SumT 1795 There have I taught hem to be charitable, | 86 |
| SumT 1798 " Yond in the yerd I trowe that she be, " | 90 |
| SumT 1800 " Ey, maister, welcome be ye, by Seint John! " | 92 |
| SumT 1807 Thanked be God, that yow yaf soule and lyf! | 98 |
| SumT 1811 " Algates, welcome be ye, by my fey! " | 102 |
| SumT 1848 I prey yow, dame, ye be nat anoyed, | 140 |
| SumT 1861 They may now -- God be thanked of his loone! -- | 152 |
| SumT 1879 Whoso wol preye, he moot faste and be clene, | 170 |
| SumT 1882 Suffisen us, though they be nat ful goode. | 174 |
| SumT 1902 But they be sobre that for the peple preye, | 194 |
| SumT 1923 `Blessed be they that povere in spirit been.' | 214 |
| SumT 1925 Wher it be likker oure professioun, | 216 |
| SumT 1966 Nay, nay, Thomas, it may no thyng be so! | 258 |
| SumT 1980 If it be good in Thomas lyf of Inde. | 272 |
| SumT 1989 `Withinne thyn hous ne be thou no leon; | 280 |
| SumT 1993 Be war from Ire that in thy bosom slepeth; | 284 |
| SumT 1996 Be war, my sone, and herkne paciently | 288 |
| SumT 2029 The knyght cam which men wenden had be deed. | 320 |
| SumT 2034 `Ye shul be deed,' quod he, `so moot I thryve! | 326 |
| SumT 2037 `I dampned thee; thou most algate be deed. | 328 |
| SumT 2048 " `A lord is lost, if he be vicius; | 340 |
| SumT 2076 But if it be unto a povre man. | 368 |
| SumT 2086 `Ne be no felawe to an irous man, | 378 |
| SumT 2095 I have be shryven this day at my curat. | 386 |
| SumT 2118 In charitee, ythanked be oure Lord! | 410 |
| SumT 2139 " Lo, heer my feith; in me shal be no lak. " | 430 |
| SumT 2195 Distempre yow noght; ye be my confessour; | 486 |
| SumT 2211 But I on oother wyse may be wreke, | 502 |
| SumT 2214 To parte that wol nat departed be | 506 |
| SumT 2231 It is an inpossible; it may nat be. | 522 |
| SumT 2246 " My lord, " quod he, " be ye nat yvele apayd, | 538 |
| SumT 2248 To yow, sire frere, so ye be nat wrooth, | 540 |
| SumT 2249 How that this fart sholde evene deled be | 540 |
| SumT 2279 The worthy men of hem shul first be served; | 570 |
| BEDREDE..........1 | |
| SumT 1769 Bedrede upon a couche lowe he lay. | 60 |
| BEEF.............1 | |
| SumT 1753 Bacon or beef, or swich thyng as ye fynde. " | 44 |
| BEEN.............21 | |
| SumT 1726 Ye, whan that they been hastily ysonge, | 18 |
| SumT 1731 To been yclawed, or to brenne or bake. | 22 |
| SumT 1788 I have to day been at youre chirche at messe, | 80 |
| SumT 1816 Thise curatz been ful necligent and slowe | 108 |
| SumT 1860 That han been trewe freres fifty yeer; | 152 |
| SumT 1870 Oure orisons been moore effectueel, | 162 |
| SumT 1907 Been wedded to poverte and continence, | 198 |
| SumT 1913 Been to the hye God moore acceptable | 204 |
| SumT 1923 `Blessed be they that povere in spirit been.' | 214 |
| SumT 1929 " Me thynketh they been lyk Jovinyan, | 220 |
| SumT 1936 But we that humble been, and chaast, and poore, | 228 |
| SumT 1960 To praye for yow been insufficient? | 252 |
| SumT 1970 Thomas, of me thou shalt nat been yflatered; | 262 |
| SumT 2044 And ay delited hym to been a shrewe. | 336 |
| SumT 2102 Hath been oure foode, our cloystre for to reyse. | 394 |
| SumT 2117 Han freres been -- that fynde I of record -- | 408 |
| SumT 2122 He wolde that the frere had been on-fire | 414 |
| SumT 2175 And it shal been amended, if I may. " | 466 |
| SumT 2196 Ye been the salt of the erthe and the savour. | 488 |
| SumT 2268 As any tabour, hyder been ybroght; | 560 |
| SumT 2294 My tale is doon; we been almoost at towne. | 586 |
| BEEST............1 | |
| SumT 1842 But that I nolde no beest for me were deed -- | 134 |
| BEGGE............1 | |
| SumT 1712 To preche, and eek to begge, it is no doute. | 4 |
| BEGGETH..........1 | |
| SumT 1739 And beggeth mele and chese, or elles corn. | 30 |
| BELLES...........1 | |
| SumT 1865 Withouten noyse or claterynge of belles; | 156 |
| BELY.............1 | |
| SumT 2267 Thanne shal this cherl, with bely stif and toght | 558 |
| BEN..............2 | |
| SumT 1833 This maketh the feend; this moste ben amended. | 124 |
| SumT 2101 Whan othere men han ben ful wel at eyse, | 392 |
| BENCH............2 | |
| SumT 1773 Have I upon this bench faren ful weel; | 64 |
| SumT 1775 And fro the bench he droof awey the cat, | 66 |
| BENEDICITEE......1 | |
| SumT 2170 This lord gan looke, and seide, " Benedicitee! | 462 |
| BER..............1 | |
| SumT 1987 And ber this word awey now, by thy feith; | 278 |
| BERETH...........1 | |
| SumT 2286 He bereth hym so faire and hoolily. " | 578 |
| BESTE............2 | |
| SumT 1986 Ne stryve nat with thy wyf, as for thy beste; | 278 |
| SumT 2030 Thanne thoughte they it were the beste reed | 322 |
| BET..............1 | |
| SumT 1951 Ful many a pound; yet fare I never the bet. | 242 |
| BETH.............1 | |
| SumT 2074 Beth war, therfore, with lordes how ye pleye. | 366 |
| BIBLE............1 | |
| SumT 1845 My spirit hath his fostryng in the Bible. | 136 |
| BIFEL............2 | |
| SumT 1713 And so bifel that on a day this frere | 4 |
| SumT 2045 And so bifel, a lord of his meynee | 336 |
| BIFOORE..........1 | |
| SumT 2062 An hondred part, than he hadde don bifoore; | 354 |
| BIFORE...........3 | |
| SumT 2022 Anon the knyght bifore the juge is broght, | 314 |
| SumT 2064 Leet this knyghtes sone bifore hym fecche, | 356 |
| SumT 2065 Comandynge hym he sholde bifore hym stonde. | 356 |
| BIFORN...........3 | |
| SumT 1759 That he biforn had writen in his tables; | 50 |
| SumT 2199 As ye han herd biforn -- ye woot wel what. | 490 |
| SumT 2223 Biforn this day, of swich a question. | 514 |
| BIGAN............1 | |
| SumT 1782 " How han ye fare sith that March bigan? | 74 |
| BIHYNDE..........2 | |
| SumT 1754 A sturdy harlot wente ay hem bihynde, | 46 |
| SumT 2141 Seyde this man, " and grope wel bihynde. | 432 |
| BIREVE...........2 | |
| SumT 2111 For whoso wolde us fro this world bireve, | 402 |
| SumT 2113 He wolde bireve out of this world the sonne. | 404 |
| BIREVED..........1 | |
| SumT 2071 Hath wyn bireved me myn eyen sight?' | 362 |
| BIREVETH.........1 | |
| SumT 2059 Ther is no wyn bireveth me my myght | 350 |
| BISEKE...........1 | |
| SumT 2184 " Now, maister, " quod this lord, " I yow biseke -- " | 476 |
| BISET............1 | |
| SumT 1952 Certeyn, my good have I almoost biset. | 244 |
| BISY.............1 | |
| SumT 1940 Of charitable and chaste bisy freres | 232 |
| BITWIX...........1 | |
| SumT 2047 Seyde on a day bitwix hem two right thus: | 338 |
| BITYD............1 | |
| SumT 2191 This day bityd is to myn ordre and me, | 482 |
| BLANKET..........1 | |
| SumT 1751 A dagon of youre blanket, leeve dame, | 42 |
| BLASPHEMED.......1 | |
| SumT 2183 Blasphemed hath oure hooly covent eke. " | 474 |
| BLASPHEMOUR......1 | |
| SumT 2213 This false blasphemour that charged me | 504 |
| BLESSE...........1 | |
| SumT 1787 And for oure othere freendes, God hem blesse! | 78 |
| BLISFUL..........1 | |
| SumT 2202 " Ey, Goddes mooder, " quod she, " Blisful mayde! | 494 |