A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language - Part 103
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Purpose, _sb._ RG. 558

Purse, _sb._ Alys. 1798. AS. puse

Pursue, _v. a._ 937 B.

Purvey, _v. a._ RG. 289; part. 'ypurveyed.' Alys. 6212

Purveyance, _sb._ RG. 533, 535

Puste, _vb._ == pushed? St Andrew, 70

Put, _v. a._ == throw (a stone). HD. 1023, 1044

---- _sb._ == a cast or throw. HD. 1055

---- _v. a._ place, lay before. Wright's L. P. p. 53. See Pulte. Dan.

putte

Putting, _sb._ == throwing. HD. 1042

Pykeys, _sb._ == pick-axe. Manuel d. Pecches, 940

Pyne, _sb._ == pain, _q. v._

---- _v. a._ == trouble. Alys. 5914

Pypyn, _sb._ == windpipe. Alys. 3256

Q.

Quaint, _adj._ RG. 408, 412, 566; [koweynte]. Body and Soul, 10. Fr. coint

Quaintance, _sb._ == acquaintance. Alys. 6173

Quaintise, _sb._ == device. RG. 19

Quaintly, _adv._ RG. 28

Quake, _v. n._ RG. 132, 336; pret. 'qwoke.' Ps. xiii. 5

Quaking, _sb._ == fear. RG. 336. Ps. ii. 11

Qual, == whale, _q. v._

Qualm, _sb._ == destruction. RG. 378. AS. cwealm

---- _v. a._ == annoy. Ps. x.x.xvi. 14

Quarrel, _sb._ == arrow. RG. 491, 537. Fr. quarel

Quarry, _adj._ == square. RG. 412. Fr. carre

Quarry, _sb._ == a place whence stone is excavated. RG. 412. Fr. carriere

Quart, _sb._ == a measure. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176

Quarter, _sb._ (of a man's body). Pol. S. 213

Quash, _v. a._ [cwesse]. O. and N. 1386. Fr. qua.s.ser. AS. cwysan

Queche, _v. n._ == make a disturbance. Alys. 4747. See the Prompt. Parv.

_s. v._ Qvycchyn. AS. cwecian

Qued, _adj._ == wicked. Alys. 5619. Dut. kwaad

---- _sb._ == the devil. RG. 314. Rel. S. v. 225

---- == evil. Alys. 4237. Body and Soul, 243

Quede, _sb._ == bequest. Alys. 8020

Quednes, _sb._ == wickedness. Ps. c. 7

Queen, _sb._ RG. 368

Quell, _v. a._ RG. 38, 499. AS. cwellan

Queller, _sb._ St Kath. 247

Quelling, _sb._ == destruction. RG. 296

Queme, _adj._ == agreeable. HD. 130. AS. cweman

---- _v. a._ == please. Wright's L. P. p. 25. O. and N. 209

---- _v. n._ [icweme] == be pleased, satisfied. K. Horn, 497

Queming, _sb._ == pleasure. Ps. cxlvi. 10

Quenching, _sb._ Fragm. Sci. 164.

Quern, _sb._ == a mill. Pilate, 5. AS. cweorn

Quert, _adj._ == joyful. Ps. vii. 11. Fr. cur, queor. Cf. our own 'hearty' and 'in good heart'