Chaucer Vocabulary 3 Flashcards

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1
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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

A

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

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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

A

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

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near

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nerre

A

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

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does not know, did not know

25
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nones, nonys

A

occasion, purpose

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nyce

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ignorant, silly

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nys

A

is not

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o, oo, on, oon

A

on, or one

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of

A

of, or off

30
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ones, onis

A

once

31
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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

34
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pleynen

A

complain, mourn, lament

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preef

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proof, test

36
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pre(e)ven

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to prove, establish

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prive(e), privy

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private, secret

38
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queynte

A

cunning, curious, or vagina

39
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quiten, quyten (past quitte)

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to requite, pay back

40
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quod

A

said

41
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rathe

A

early

42
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reden (past redde, radde)

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to advice, counsel, explain

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recchen, rekken

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consider, reckon