Chaucer Vocabulary 4 Flashcards by Richard Parsons | Brainscape

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resoun

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reason, argument

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reven (past rafte, refte)

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to remove, steal, rob

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routhe, reuthe, rewthe

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pity, mercy

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seistow

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you say

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sely

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happy, innocent, simple, blessed

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sentence

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meaning, judgment

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siker(ly), seker(ly)

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certainly, surely

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sin, syn, sith, sithen

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since

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sola(a)s

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comfort, delight

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so(o)th, so(o)thly

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true, truly

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so(o)te, swote

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sweet, fresh

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soveraynetee, soveryntee

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sovereignty, authority

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sp(e)eden (past spedde)

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to prosper, succeed, carry out

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stinten, stenten

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to stop cease

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stevene

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voice

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sweven

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dream

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swich

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such

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theen

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prosper

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so mote I theen

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so may I prosper

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thilke

A

this, that, that very

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tho

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those, then

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trouthe, treuthe

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fidelity, a promise, truth

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trowen

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believe, trust

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unnethes

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hardly, scarcely

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war

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aware, cautious, wary

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wenden (past wente)

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to go, leave, depart

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wenen (past wende)

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to think, suppose, imagine

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wexen, waxen (past wax, wex, wox)

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to increase, grow

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wilholm

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once, formerly

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wight

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person, creature

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witen, weten (past wiste)

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to know

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wonen (past woned)

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to well, live, be accustomed to

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(e)ye(n)

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eyes

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yede

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went, departed (past tense of goon)

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yeven, yiven (past yaf)

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to give