A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language - Part 98
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---- _v. a._ == please, appease. RG. 314. part. 'ypaid.' RG. 391; 'ipaised' == restored to peace. RG. 570. Fr. paier. Lat. pacare

Pay, _sb._ == peace. RG. 125. Fr. paix

Payloun. See Pavilion

Paynim, _sb._ == heathen, pagans. RG. 395

Pays, == pitch, _q. v._

Pea. See Pese

Peace, _sb._ RG. 491, 500

Peaceful, _adj._ Ps. cxix 7

Peacefully, _adv._ Ps. x.x.xiv. 20

Peac.o.c.k, _sb._ Alys. 5410

Peak, _sb._ == The Peak of Derbyshire. RG. 7

Pear, _sb._ 1203 B.

Peer, _sb._ == equal. RG. 17

Peer, _v. n._ == look into. [pure]. K. Horn, 1124; [pouren]. Alys. 5799

Pelican, _sb._ Ps. ci. 7

Pell, _sb._ == fur, skin. Alys. 6697. Lat. pellis

Pelle, _v. n._ == drive, go? HD. 810. Lat. pello

Pelure, _sb._ == a furred robe. Alys. 4129. Fr. pel

Penance, _sb._ RG. 255

Pencel, _sb._ == pennon, banner. Alys. 2688. Fr. pencel. Lat. penna

Penny, _sb._ RG. 404, 493; [pan]. Pol. S. 204. pl. 'panes.' RG. 473; 'pans.' 530

Pepper, _sb._ Alys. 7032

Perauntre, _adv._ == peradventure. RG. 375

Perch, _sb._ == the fish. Alys. 5446. Fr. perche. Lat. perca

Perche, _v. a._ == p.r.i.c.k, spur. Alys. 2460. Fr. percer

Perforce, _adv._ Alys. 4577

Peril, _sb._ RG. 452

Pers, _sb._ == a cloth or stuff. Alys. 4987; usually of a blue colour. Fr.

pers. Vid. Roq.

Pervink. See Parvenke

Pese, _sb._ == a pea. Alys. 5959. AS. pise

Pesens, _sb._ == neck-armour covering the breast. Alys. 3697; same as 'pesane' in the later Romances. Fr. pis, piz, the breast

Pett, _sb._ == pit. Alys. 5764

Pett, for pight? == made. Alys. 7495

Peys, == pitch, _q. v._

Phantom, _sb._ == vanity. Ps. iv. 3. Fr. fantosme

Philosophy, _sb._ RG. 130

Physic, _sb._ RG. 151

Physician, _sb._ RG. 68

Pick, _v. a._ Pol. S. p. 150. part. 'pycchynde.' Wright's L. P. p. 110

Piece, _sb._ == a portion, bit. RG. 555. St Kath. 229

---- == a man. RG. 355

Piecemeal, _adv._ RG. 278

Pierce, _v. a._ RG. 437

Piete, _sb._ == pity. Pol S. 213

Pike, _sb._ == sharp stake. RG. 51

---- _v. a._ == pierce. RG. 51

Pile, _sb._ == hair. Body and Soul, 38

Pilgrim, _sb._ 2360 B.

Pilgrimage, _sb._ 5 B.