Text 86: The Boke of Margery Kempe (iii) (vocabulary)

schort – short
tretys – treatise
synful – sinful
wrecchys – wretches
wher – where
solas – solace
vndyrstondyn – understand
vnspecabyl – unspeakable
ower – our
souereyn – sovereign
Sauyowr – Saviour
cryst – Christ
Ihesu – Jesus
whos – whose
worschepd – worshipped
magnyfyed – magnified
wythowten – without
ende – end
deyneth – deigns
exercysen – exercise
nobeley – nobly
goodnesse – goodness
werkys – works (n)
ben – are
exampyl – example
instruccyon – instruction
werkyth – works
profyth – profit
lak – lack
charyte – charity (love)
hynderawnce – hindrance

Text 85: The Boke of Margery Kempe (ii) (vocabulary)

bedde – bed
herd – heard
sownd – sound
swet – sweet
þwot – seemed (to her)
þerwith – therewith
styrt – started
owt – out
euyr – ever
dede – did
synne – sin
ful – full
hevyn – heaven
passyd – passed
mygth – might
wyth owtyn – without
ony – any
myrth – mirth
aftyrward – afterward
plentyuows – plenteous
habundawnt – abundant
teerys – tears
hy – high
deuocyon – devotion
greet – great
sobbyngys – sobbings
syhyngys – sighings
blysse – bliss
dredyng – dreading
shamys – shames
spytys – spites
wretchyd – wretched

Text 84: The Boke of Margery Kempe (i) (vocabulary)

þis – this
ȝer – years
sumdele – something
mor – more
sche – she
maryed – married
worschepful – worshipful
burgeys – burgess
wyth – with
chylde – child
kynde - nature
wolde – wished
aftyr – afther
þat – that
conceyued – conceived
accessys – fevers
þan – then
chyldyng – childbirth
sekenesse – sickness
beforn – befote
dyspered – despaired
hyr – her
wenyng – thinking
leuyn - live

Text 83: Letter of King Henry V, 1418 (vocabulary)

tru∫ty - trusty
wi∫e – manner, way
lres - letters
repacon - reparation
restitucon - restitution
∫ugettes - subjects
ayen∫t – against
with∫tanding – withstanding
vnto – unto
lieg(es) – lieges
ye, yow – you
whiche – which
clo∫ed – closed
wiþ ynne – within
þees – these
haue – to have
trouthe – truth
wol – will
doon – to do, done
ha∫t – haste
þoo – those
per∫onnes – persons
aboue∫aid – above said, aforesaid
∫emblable - similar
mat(er)es – matters
Iu∫te – just
remede – remedy
re∫titucon – restitution
attemptat(es) – violation(s)
thai – they
we cau∫e – we are compelled
yeuen – given
vnder – under
∫ignet - signet