Middle English Vocabulary Education July 10-18
I thought I would educate everyone on some Middle English vocabulary. I get an email daily from my Barony and find the words interesting. So I will post five of them every week. I have been saving them for seven days so the first one is going to be more education.
You will see the word, description, it used in a sentence along with how wrote the sentence, and how to pronounce it.
1) Deraye (n.) - Confusion; noise. Also a verb, to act as a madman.
He began to make /deraye/,
And to hys felows dud he say.
- MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 38
Pronunciation: /dEraI/
2) Lele (adj.) - Loyal; faithful; true.
Hir love is ever trewe and /lele/,
Ful swete hit is to monnes hele.
- Cursor Mundi, MS. Coll. Trin. Cantab.
Pronunciation: /lEl@/
3) Deduit (n.) - Pleasure; delight.
In whiche the 3ere hath his /deduit/,
Of gras, of floure, of leef, of frute.
- Gower, MS. Soc. Antiq. 134
Pronunciation: /dEduit/
4) Querele (n.) - A complaint.
Thou lyf, thou luste, thou mannis hele,
Biholde my cuse and my /querele/.
- Gower, MS. Soc. Antiq. 134
Pronunciation: /kuErEl@/
5) Bayard (n.) - Properly a bay horse, but often applied to a horse in
general.
Ther is no God, ther is no lawe
Of whom that he taketh eny hede,
But as /Bayarde/ the blynde stede,
Tille he falle in the diche amidde,
He goth ther no man wol him bidde.
- Gower, MS. Soc. Antiq. 134
Pronunciation: /baIArd/
6) Ysels (n.) - Ashes.
And whenne the heved schalle be waschene,
make lee of haye /ysels/, that was mawene
byfor mysommer day.
- MS. Med. Line.
Pronunciation: /IsEls/
7) Flayre (n.) - Smell; odour.
And alle swete savowres that men may fele
Of alkyn thyng that here saveres wele,
War noght bot styncke to regarde of the /flayre/,
That es in the cyte of hefen so fayre.
- Hampole, MS. Bowes
Pronunciation: /flaIr@/