DERNE, DERNIE; Woeful, lamentable, cruel.  C.—­Derne; Dirus, crudelis.  Sk.

DROORIE; Modesty.  C.—­Drury; Modestia.  Sk.

FONS, FONNES; Fancys, Devices.  C.—­Fonnes; Devises.  Sk.

KNOPPED; Fastened, chained, congealed.  C.—­Knopped; Tied.  Sk.

LITHIE:  Humble.  C.—­Lithy; Humble.  Sk.  But in truth I do not believe that there is any such word.  Skinner probably found it in his edition of Chaucer’s Cuckow and Nightingale, ver. 14. where the MSS. have LITHER (wicked), which is undoubtedly the right reading.]