hauberk

THE KNIGHTS TALE

PART I (26)
Arcita
Arcite
Theseus

/ar'si:t/ or /ar'ki:t/
/ar'si:t/ or /ar'si:t/
/'i:sis/ or /'i:ss/

rout (N)

crowd of people, throng // disorderly retreat (L. rumpere 'to break', hence 'the
broken way')
happiness, grace (felicitation 'congratulation')
headgear of a horse
resent (orig. imitative, 'to howl')
miserable being (f. wreak 'inflict, avenge', orig. 'drive away, banish', cf. wretch
'exile')
state, condition
dejected, dispirited, hopelessly sad (L. solari 'to comfort')
wickedness, wrongful conduct (lit. unequal, unjust)
evil in character (f. OE wicca 'witch')
hatred, contempt, malice (f. despite, f. L. despecere 'to look down/away', cf.
despise)
light shield/buckler (ON targa 'shield', rel. target)
pennant, banner, flag (It. penna 'feather, wing')
tear out/away

felicity
bridle
grudge
wretch
estate
disconsolate
iniquity
wicked
spite
targe
pennon
rend (rended
or rent)
spar
obsequious
accoutrement
blazon
quick
herald
laurel
mien

sluggard
tress
descry
injunction
compunction

kite
loth (loath,
loathe)

thick, rounded piece of timber (used in a ship or as a rafter, f. spear)

dutiful (obsequies 'funeral rites, dutiful service')
a soldier's outfit/equipment (accoutre 'dress, furnish, equip', f. MF acouster, L.
costure 'seam', consuere 'sew together')
display, make public, boast of (N 'coat of arms')
arch. alive (rel. L. vivus 'alive')
envoy/forerunner // officer devising/granting armorial bearings (ON herr 'army' +
wald 'to wield')
babrkoszor
expression, complexion (f. demean=demeanour, f. L. minare 'to guide, conduct,
lead, drive a herd of animals, threaten', from PIE *men- 'to project', hence
menace, mountain)
a habitually lazy person (f. slug)
arch. braid, plait (of hair, hajfonat)
see, behold, catch sight of (rel. describe)
instruction, order, prohibition (cf. enjoin 'instruct, impose', yoke 'frame of wood
by which two draught animals are joined at the heads')
scruple, twinge of uneasiness, anxiety of spirit arising from consciousness of sin (L.
pungere 'to prick, sting', cf. pungent, point, punctilious, puncture, punctum 'small,
distinct point', H./G. Punktum, G. Punkt 'point')
small hawk (knya)
disinclined, unwilling (nothing loth 'nincs ellenre')

of yore
pawn
indenture
resound
bent (N)
fold

a long time ago

sg. held as security for debt (zlog, f. pane, f. OF pan 'piece of cloth', from the
practice of holding a garment as security)
contract binding one person to work for another (the copies made for the
contracted parties had indented edges)
resonate, echo, reverberate
inclination
a pen/enclosure for livestock (esp. sheep)

PART II (39)
shaft
grisly

(the handle of a) spear/lance // the body of an arrow

grim and ghastly, inspiring horror (f. grit 'gravel, grain', orig. 'to rub', hence
'shudder')
fallow
pale yellowish brown // uncultivated land (ugar)
rack
(of a cloud) be driven before the wind (N 'framework for holding things' derives
from a device of torture, cf. wreak)
imbue
infuse, impregnate (orig. saturate, moisten)
doff
take off (don + off)
chamberlain /'teimblin/ an officer who managed the household of a monarch/noble
vie
challenge, contend, match (L. invitare 'challenge', videre 'to see', rel. envy)
claret
dry red table wine from Bordeaux
care (N)
grief, sorrow
lark
pacsirta
sheaf
bundle of stalks/flowers/arrows
sport
obs. dalliance, amorous play, flirtation
courser
swift horse (paripa)
hawthorn
galagonya
honeysuckle lonc
for the
for the time being (once)
nonce
study
reverie (L. studere 'be eager')
cleave
pass swiftly through, as if by cutting
extinct
extinguished, quenched, dead (L. stinguere 'quench')
harness
gear, equipment (ON herr 'army' + nest 'provisions', cf. herald)
coppice
copse, thicket, growth of short/cut trees (MF couper 'to strike, cut off')
charity
tolerance, love of humankind (L. carus 'dear')
brook (V)
tolerate/allow opposition
filch
steal furtively
poise
balance/suspend (L. pensum 'weight')
hart
the male of the red deer (szarvasbika)
tilt (N)
joust, two opponents on a horseback fighting with lances
equerry
an officer of nobles charged with the care of their horses (cf. esquire, squire)
lists
palisades (fence of stakes, L. palus) enclosing an area for a tournament; barrier
enclosing space for tilting (orig. 'narrow strip, border', hence 'strips of paper used as
a catalogue')

PART III (53)

tier
oratory
covenant
largesse
philtre
paragon
dote
cithern
jagged
sough
armipotent
burnish
clench
boss
snarl
mat
cackle
scald
effigy
shamefast
lodestar
sickle
mantle
gryphon
beetle (V)
traces
diaper
crisp
pard
gambol
dais
yelp
orison
shun
ire
faggot
tarry
edifice
hauberk
season (V)

layer
a small, enclosed room (or chapel) for private devotions/prayer (L. orare 'to pray')
solemn promise, pledge (L. venire 'to come', cf. convene)
obs. liberty // generosity (mod. generosity accompanied by condescension)
love-potion (Gk. philein 'to love')
companion // rival (Gk. parakonan 'to rub against, sharpen', L. acer 'sharp')
become weak-minded as a result of old age // show excessive fondness/affection (f.
dodder 'be unsteady')
pear-shaped medieval guitar (simpler, cheaper, easier to play than the lute)
rough, harsh // having a sharply uneven surface
a moaning/murmuring/sighing sound (as of the wind)
arch. potent/powerful in arms, mighty in battle
polish (OHG brun 'brown, shining')
fix securely, as if by grasping tightly
an ornamental projecting block at the intersection of ribs (e.g. on a church ceiling)
growl with anger (rel. snore)
cover with thick, tangled mass (like the coarse fabric of a mat)
laugh with a harsh, somewhat broken noise (~kotkodcsol)
leforrz (L. caldius 'hot', cf. caldarium 'hot room in a Roman bath', caldera 'large
volcanic crater', cauldron, calorie)
sculpture (form, shape, fashioned by fingers)
arch. (mod. shamefaced) marked by shame // modesty
a conspicuous (leading) star, e.g. North Star (Sarkcsillag)
sarl (sickle and hammer)
kpnyeg
griffin
loom ominously/threateningly, project/jut out/bulge
two side straps by which a horse is attached to a vehicle it is pulling (not reins
'kantr')
rich silk fabric
curl (N/V)
arch. leopard
cavort, caper, frolic, skip about as in dancing/play (L. gamba 'leg')
/deiis/ low platform raised above the floor, usu. for a throne (emelvny)
cry out, squeal (rel. yell)
/'orisn/ arch. prayer (L. orare 'pray, speak')
arch. escape from, evade (mod. avoid deliberately and habitually)
anger, wrath (L. ira, cf. irate)
bundle of sticks/twigs as a means of fire
wait (in expectation) // arch. remain in a state/condition
large, imposing building
chainmail tunic with a close-fitting helmet and a shield (the main defensive armour
of the middle ages)
arch. moderate, temper (mod. add seasoning to, ~spice up)

wan
darkle

arch. dark, gloomy (mod. suggesting poor health, faint, languid)

grow dark, fade into darkness

PART IV (69)
hostelry
canter
trappings
charm
thong
resplendent
pleasance
panoply
thither
rift
serge
truncheon
hurtle
rake
partisan
caterwaul
stave (stove,
stoven)
sage
trim
emulation
valour
cupping
alas
scrabble
thoroughfare
exhort
meet (A)
sable
slacken
fathom
dell
dryad
couch (V)
engender

inn
a moderate, easy gait (on horse) that is slower than a gallop (short canterbury, f. the
gait of horses ridden by the pilgrims)
articles of decoration/dress // caparison, i.e. an ornamental covering for a horse (MF
drap 'cloth')
small ornament worn on a bracelet or chain
strip of leather for fastening sg., used esp. as a rein
splendid, shining brilliantly (L. re- + splendere 'to shine')
pleasantness, delight
full suit of armour (Gk. pan + hopla 'armour, arms', cf. hoplite) // ceremonial attire //
splendid display, pomp
to that place, there (cf. hither 'here')
an opening made by cracking or splitting, crevice // to split (rel. rive 'tear apart',
river)
gyapjszvet
obs. a heavy club // the remnant of a spear/lance (L. truncare 'to cut off', truncus
'trunk', cf. truncate, trunk)
arch. hit with impact, collide // throw violently (rel. hurt, orig. 'to strike')
sweep (with a sword, gunfire, or a look)
an adherent to a party, faction, cause (~biased)
make a harsh cry (as cats at rutting time, i.e. periodical state of sexual excitement,
heat)
narrow iron/wooden bars at the sides of sg. (e.g. a barrel) // break in the staves
zslya
arch. in good condition (V 'to repair a ship, restore to a useable condition')
obs. contentious rivalry
courage (L. valere 'be strong, be worth', rtermettsg)
a formerly used techniqe for drawing blood to the surface of the body by vacuum
(by applying a heated glass vessel)
ah! weary (that I am)! (ah + L. lassus 'weary', cf. lassitude 'fatigue')
scratch or claw about frantically, grope blindly (rel. scrape)
passage (lit. fare through)
preach, incite by advice (L. hortari 'to urge, encourage', cf. yearn)
appropriate
black (f. L. Cerberus, the three-headed dog guarding the entrance to Hades)
become less active, slow down (L. laxus 'slack, loose, spacious, lax')
1.8 metres or 6 feet
valley (f. dale 'vale, valley')
wood nymph (=hamadryade)
to lay, deposit, bed
generate, originate (L. ingenerare)

eschew
murmur
constancy
fir
birch
aspen
alder
elm
poplar

obs. escape (mod. abstain from sg. wrong/harmful)

a half-uttered complaint, grumbling
fidelity, loyalty, freedom from change
feny
yew
tiszafa
nyrfa
box
bokszus
nyrfa
plane
boglrfa
gerfa
ash
krisfa
szilfa
lime
hrsfa
nyrfa
beech
bkkfa