Chaucer Vocabulary 3 Flashcards by Richard Parsons

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le(e)ve

A

dear

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lever(e)

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rather

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him was levere

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he would rather

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lewed

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ignorant, simple

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list,lest

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it pleases

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looth

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displeasing, hateful

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lust

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pleasure

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make

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mate, spouse

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maugre

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despite, in spite of

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me(e)de

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reward

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merye, murye, myrie

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merry, cheerful, pleasant

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me(e)ten (past mette)

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to meet, or to dream

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mo

A

more

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mo(o)t

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must, may

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mowen

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may, might, to be able

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nadde

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had not

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nam

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am not

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namo, namo(o)re

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no more

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neigh, ney, ny

A

near

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nerre

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nearer

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next(e)

A

nearest

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nere

A

was not, or near, nearer

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nolde

A

would not

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no(o)t, niste

A

does not know, did not know

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nones, nonys

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occasion, purpose

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nyce

A

ignorant, silly

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nys

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is not

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o, oo, on, oon

A

on, or one

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of

A

of, or off

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ones, onis

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once

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or

A

or, or before

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paraunter, paraventure

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perhaps, possibly

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pardee, pardieu

A

by God!, sometimes certainly, surely

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pleynen

A

complain, mourn, lament

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preef

A

proof, test

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pre(e)ven

A

to prove, establish

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prive(e), privy

A

private, secret

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queynte

A

cunning, curious, or vagina

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quiten, quyten (past quitte)

A

to requite, pay back

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quod

A

said

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rathe

A

early

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reden (past redde, radde)

A

to advice, counsel, explain

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recchen, rekken

A

consider, reckon