A Concise Dictionary of Middle English eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 648 pages of information about A Concise Dictionary of Middle English.

A Concise Dictionary of Middle English eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 648 pages of information about A Concise Dictionary of Middle English.

Iogelour, sb. buffoon, juggler, CM, C2, PP; ioguloure, Prompt., iogulor, deceiver, H; iuguler, Cath.; iuglur, S.—­AF. jugleAr; Lat. ioculatorem.

Ioie, sb. joy, S, C2; joye, S, S2, C2, PP.—­AF. joie, OF. goie; Lat. gaudia, pl. of gaudium, rejoicing.

Ioien, v. to rejoice, W2, PP.

Ioist, v. to put out cattle to graze at a fixed rate, to agist cattle, HD, EDS (C. vi); jyst, EDS (C. xxvi); ioyst, pp., lodged (of cattle), S2.—­OF. gister, to lodge, from giste, a place to lie in, a pp. form of gesir; Lat. iace*re, to lie; see NED (s. v. agist).

Iolif, adj. gay, merry, C, H, PP; iolef, S2; ioli, W2, PP; joly, C2.—­AF. jolyf, jolA-f.

Iolifte, sb. amusement, enjoyment, joviality, H; iolitee, C2, C3.—­OF. jolivete.

Iolily, adv. merrily, G.

Iolynesse, sb. festivity, C, C2.

Iorne, sb. journey, S2; jornay, S2; see Iourne.

Iouisaunce, sb. enjoyment, S3.—­OF. jouissance (Cotg.), from OF. joA-r:  Prov. gaudir; Lat. gaudere.

Iourne, sb. a day’s work or travel, PP; iornay, S2; jurneie, SkD; iourney, S3, C2; iornes, pl, S2; iournes, H (Ps. 22. 9).—­OF. jornee, journA(C)e, a day, a day’s journey, a fixed day (cp.  AF. jorneie, day on which a court is held); Low Lat. jornata, *_diurnata_, from Lat. diurnus.

Iousten, v. to approach, encounter, to joust, tilt, PP, CM; iusten, C3.—­OF. jouster (joster), juster; Late Lat. juxtare, to approach, from Lat. iuxta.

Iouster, sb. champion, PP.

Ioustes, sb. pl. tournaments, CM.—­AF. joustes.

Ioutes, sb. pl. a food made from herbs, broth, P, HD, Prompt, (n); iowtes, lap-*pates, Cath., Prompt, (n); iowtys, potage, Prompt.; jutes, Voc.; eowtus, Prompt, (n).—­OF. ioute, ‘olera’ (Ps. 36. 2); Low Lat. ju*ta, ‘awilled meolc’ (Voc.); jutta (Ducange); prob. of Celtic origin, cp.  Breton iot, porridge, Wel. uwd, OIr. A-th. see Rhys, Lectures on Welsh Philology, p. 7.

Joutes.  For juta* read ju*ta.  For other cognates of this wide-spread word, see Kluge (s.v. jauche).  See also s.v. kAse, where Kluge remarks that Icel. ostr, cheese, and Finnish juusto, cheese, are etymologically connected with G. jauche, and Latin jus. [Addition/Correction]

Ioynen, v. to join, PP, C3; joyneaunt, pr. p., joining, S3.—­OF. joindre (pr. p. joignant); Lat. iungere.

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