Middle English Vocabulary Education September 8-12

1) Setille (n.) - Seat.

Apon the /setyl/ of hys majeste
That day sal alle men before hym be.

- Hampole, MS. Bowes

Pronunciation: /sEtil/

2) Chinch (n.) - A miser.

Every avowter or unclene man that is a glotun or
/chynche/ schal never have erytage in the rewme of
Cryst.

- Wimbelton’s Sermon, 1388, MS. Hatton 57

Pronunciation: /tSintS@/

3) Fryke (adj.) - Fresh; active; lusty.

Thys day a man ys fresche and /fryke/,
And schewyth forthe a gladly chere.

- MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 38

Pronunciation: /frik@/

4) Minch (n.) - A nun. The nunnery at Littlemore is still called the
minchery.

There was a mynchun withinne that abbay tho,
The wheche was come off hey3e lynage.

- Chron. Vilodun

Pronunciation: /mintS/

5) Knape (n.) - A lad; a page.

Ac right now a litel /knape/
To Bedingham com with rape.

- Arthour and Merlin

So felle it that this cherlische /knape/
Hath lad this mayden where he wolde.

- Gower, MS. Soc. Antiq. 134

Pronunciation: /knAp@/