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.

Vicarie, sb. vicar, PP; vicary, C2; vicorie, PP; vikery, PP; vickery, PP; vecory, Voc.—­AF. vicaire (F. viquier); Lat. uicarium, a substitute.

Vilanye, sb. villainy, C2, C3, PP; villanie, violentia, Manip.; vilonye, disgrace, G.—­AF. vilanie, OF. vilenie (vilonie), from vilain, peasant, farm-servant, also bad, villainous (BH); Late Lat. villanus, farm-servant, from Lat. uilla, farm-stead, country-house.

Vile, adj. vile; vyle, PP; vil, PP.—­AF. vil; Lat. uilem.

Villiche, adv. vilely, S2.

Vilte, sb. vileness, H (Ps. 49. 22); vylte, HD; vilete, HD.—­OF. viltA(C); Lat. uilitatem.

Viole, v. to violate; violid, pp., S3.—­OF. violer; Lat. uiolare.

Viole, sb. vial; violis, pl., W (Rev. 5. 8); violes, C3.—­OF. viole; AF. fyole; Lat. phiala; Gr. [Greek:  phialae].

Virelay, sb. a sort of rondeau, ND; virelayes, pi., S3, CM; virolais, HD.—­OF. virelay (Cotg.); OF. virer + lai; OF. virer; Late Lat. virare; Lat. uibrare (Diez, p. 736).  Cf. Vyre.

Visage, sb. face, PP, C2; vysege, S2.—­AF. visage; Late Lat. *_visaticum_, from Lat. uisum, acc. of uisus, sight.

Vitaille, sb. food, S2, C2, C3; vitaile, PP, WW; vitayle, S3; victual, WW; vitalis, pl., B.—­AF. vitaille; Lat. uictu[a*]lia, provisions; see BH, ASec. 6.

Vitailled, pp. provisioned, C3; vitailid, W.

Vitailler, sb. victualler, PP; vittelleris, pi., foragers, B.

Vitremyte, sb. woman’s cap, C2.—­Lat. uitream mitram, glass head-dress (?).  Cp.  Sp. mitra, a sort of cap made of pasteboard, which was put on the heads of witches when led to punishment (Stevens).  For the loss of r in _-myte_ cp.  F. marte for martre, a marten, also OF. feneste for fenestre, and terreste for terrestre; see Apfelstedt (p. xxxviii).

Voide, adj. void, empty, W2.—­AF. voide (F. vide), OF. vuide, fern, of vuit; Late Lat. *_vocitum_, from stem voc-; [cp.  Lat. uacare; see BH, ASec. 63, and Constans (s.v. vuit).—­A.L.M.]

Voiden, v. to empty; voyden, to get rid of, C2; to expel, C; voidis, pr. s., S3; voyde, imp. pl., make room, S3; depart from, C2; voydeth, send away, C3; voyded, pt. s., S2; voidid, pp., made void, W.—­AF. voider, to leave, OF. vuidier (Bartsch).  See above.

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