Chaucer Vocabulary 4

Question 1

resoun

Answer 1

reason, argument

Question 2

reven (past rafte, refte)

Answer 2

to remove, steal, rob

Question 3

routhe, reuthe, rewthe

Answer 3

pity, mercy

Question 4

seistow

Answer 4

you say

Question 5

sely

Answer 5

happy, innocent, simple, blessed

Question 6

sentence

Answer 6

meaning, judgment

Question 7

siker(ly), seker(ly)

Answer 7

certainly, surely

Question 8

sin, syn, sith, sithen

Answer 8

since

Question 9

sola(a)s

Answer 9

comfort, delight

Question 10

so(o)th, so(o)thly

Answer 10

true, truly

Question 11

so(o)te, swote

Answer 11

sweet, fresh

Question 12

soveraynetee, soveryntee

Answer 12

sovereignty, authority

Question 13

sp(e)eden (past spedde)

Answer 13

to prosper, succeed, carry out

Question 14

stinten, stenten

Answer 14

to stop cease

Question 15

stevene

Answer 15

voice

Question 16

sweven

Answer 16

dream

Question 17

swich

Answer 17

such

Question 18

theen

Answer 18

prosper

Question 19

so mote I theen

Answer 19

so may I prosper

Question 20

thilke

Answer 20

this, that, that very

Question 21

tho

Answer 21

those, then

Question 22

trouthe, treuthe

Answer 22

fidelity, a promise, truth

Question 23

trowen

Answer 23

believe, trust

Question 24

unnethes

Answer 24

hardly, scarcely

Question 25

war

Answer 25

aware, cautious, wary

Question 26

wenden (past wente)

Answer 26

to go, leave, depart

Question 27

wenen (past wende)

Answer 27

to think, suppose, imagine

Question 28

wexen, waxen (past wax, wex, wox)

Answer 28

to increase, grow

Question 29

wilholm

Answer 29

once, formerly

Question 30

wight

Answer 30

person, creature

Question 31

witen, weten (past wiste)

Answer 31

to know

Question 32

wonen (past woned)

Answer 32

to well, live, be accustomed to

Question 33

(e)ye(n)

Answer 33

eyes

Question 34

yede

Answer 34

went, departed (past tense of goon)

Question 35

yeven, yiven (past yaf)

Answer 35

to give