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- Type de publication : Chapitre d’ouvrage
- Ouvrage : Writing the Future. Prognostic Texts of Medieval England
- Pages : 189 à 192
- Collection : Textes littéraires du Moyen Âge, n° 24
- Série : Divinatoria, n° 2
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Accusur s. accuser
Alouable a. praiseworthy
Amenuser v.t. to weaken, diminish
Artfiur s. craftsman, artisan
Astrologye s. astrology
Auriene viande s. ?
Auterous a. authoritative, knowledgeable
Baiard a. (of horse) bay, dapple-grey
Blemesure, blemisure s. blemish, injury, disfigurement
Bosunable a. needy, in want
Brusure s. fracture
Busoignable a. in need of repair
Carneument adv. carnally
Cer s. sister
Chambe s. leg
Changeur s. changer, barterer
Changle s. grumbling, nagging
Chenys s.pl. dogs
Colre s. choler, bile
Corer v.i. to run
Corouce, coruce s. anger
Corumpu a. (of woman) immoral
Defauste s. lack, want
Demetir v.refl. to withdraw, resign
Dousse a. num. twelve
Enbonder v.i. to abound
Enfantere v.i. to give birth
Enhaucé p.p. raised, exalted, promoted
Envious a. covetous, desirous of
Eryra [fut.3 errer] v.i. to move around, travel
Esquinascie s. quinsy
Favel a. fawn-coloured
Feeth, fethe s. time, occasion, moment
Ferm a. fixed, stable
Ffundre v.t. to found, establish
Ficher s. to pierce
Fisonomye s. physiognomy
Goule s. mouth, throat
Grace(s s. good fortune, luck, favour
Habundant a. strong, powerful
Jecun a. each, every
Meblité s. movability
Menstruose a.f. affected with the menses
Mentor a. deceitful, untruthful (confusion with mende(o)r; lat. mendicus read as mentitus)
Meoble (cf. muvable) a. movable
Merche s. (birth)mark, scar
Mercher v.t. to mark, scar
Merydien s. south
Meyns s. month
Morel a. (of horse) dark brown, black
Nefes s.pl. ships
Officious a. obliging, dutiful
Parmy prep. ~ l’an throughout, in the course of
[Partenir] v.i. to belong to, pertain to
[Partir] v.i. to share in, partake of
Paules s.pl. shoulders
Peccunie s. wealth
Pecteryne, pectyrine s. breast, chest
Penuyl(e s. groin
Pere s. (kidney) stone
Persecucion s. affliction
Pomelé a. (of horse) dappled
Postume s. abscess, boil
Pouer s. (period of) jurisdiction, authority
Quartaygne s. quartan fever
Quillur s. amasser (of wealth)
Quinesye s. quinsy
Rees p.p. shaven
Resplendisable (cf. resplendisans) a. shining, translucent
Ruge a. (of horse) chestnut
Sanguineen, sanguinien a. bloody; sanguine, associated with blood
Scarse a. mean, stingy
Terme s. period
Trenchesouns (en ventre) s.pl. gripes, stomach ache
Treytur s. negociator
Tysyk a. consumptive, suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis
Variant a. (of tooth) out of place, loose
Ventios a. windy
Verrément adv. Truly
Vesteus s. clothes
Veyllard a. home ~ old man
cotton Cleopatra BIX
Cotefier v.a. to cultivate, work (the soil)
Duwé p.p. endowed, richly supplied with
Ferm a. fixed, stable
Husubundrie s. husbandry, land ma-
nagement
Malencolien a. pertaining to black bile
Meble a. movable
Mebleté s. movability
Sanguinien a. associated with blood
Tractatus de fatis in gallico
Anoyter v.i. to increase (in wealth)
Arcine s. burning
Aspre a. coarse (of hair)
Blaundien a. flattering, smooth (of words)
Benefié p.p. blessed
Bruillaunt a. hot (of temper)|
Colre s. choler, bile
Contek, contak s. dispute
Contekker v.i. to quarrel
Contekkour s. conspirator, intriguer
Contekkous a. quarelsome
Corisous a. angry
Coucher v.a. to go to bed with, lie with, have sexual relations with
Coyer v.i. to couple
Desnoreture s. ill-breeding, coarseness
Devaunt prep. ~ la main beforehand, in advance
Double s. Gemini
Ebrew s. Hebrew language
Engeyte s. ambush, attack, trap
Enjoyer v. i. to take delight in, to benefit from
Eschuwe a. unfriendly, unapproachable, sullen, withdrawn
Face s. decan
Faculté s. skill, accomplishment, manners
Feer s. iron
Fluvye s. floodwater, river
Fortunalment (~ serra prové) adv. by fortune ?
G[l]uttus a. sickened (nausiosus)
Haunge s. hatred
Houste s. host
Juracioun s. blashemous oath (periurium)
Maginaciouns s.pl. machinations, schemes, plots, plans
Malencolious a. melancholy
Maletru a. wretched
Mellé a. yellow, quince-coloured (lat. melinus)
Mene a. medium
Mokerous a. derisive
Neiresté s. deep red (rubor)
Officious a. obliging, dutiful, devoted
Owel, ouwel a. equable, unruffled
Paal s. winding sheet, shroud, funeral pall
Passioun s. pain, suffering
Pilous a. hairy
Poer s. power, authority
Privé a. privez instrumentz private parts, genitals (verenda)
Queynte, quoynte a. bright, clever
Recercilé p.p. curly (of hair)
Saulé s. repleteness
Serchour s. investigator
Servisable a. helpful
Surcilles s.pl. eyebrows
Sustenaunce s. resources
Taucer v.a. to shave
Terme s. period
Tonser v.a. to shave
Urteys s.pl. toes
Voluble a. fickle, changeable, capricious
Warecter v.i. to plough fallow land
Astronodia Ypocratis,
Constellationes probatae gallice
Angerous (for anguisous ?) a. anxious
Aversté, adversté s. adversity, tribulation
Awower v.a. to acknowledge
Basee s. lower regions ?
Cheance s. fortune, luck (according to birth sign)
Chene s. dog
Corneleyn s. cornelian
Cowe s. neck
Degayné p.p. uncultivated
Desconter v.a. to recount
Deseyvable a. easily deceived, gullible
Domest a. domestic
Enveos a. envious
Esclandrer v.a. to bring into disrepute, slander
Faun s. child
Fe(o)t s. time, occasion; a la feot sometimes
Fit s. son
Fructe s. fruit (of the womb), offspring
Gaungelour s. (smooth) talker
Haché s. affliction ?
Karecte s. character, sign, caract
Malencolous a. melancholy
Mavesant a. for of ‘malfesant’, showing ill-will, maleficent
Mensonnous a. deceitful, mendacious
Mordure s. bite
Pilgrimage s. pilgrimage
Pleyseres a.f.pl. pleasurable, pleasing
Posté s. power
Poverois a. poor
Privé a. ‘privez menbrez’ private parts, genitals
Qwicz, qwys s.pl. thighs
Refust s. refuge
Sire s. wax
Suspeciouce a.f. suspicious
Suspect s. suspicion
Suspecte a. suspicious
Torteus a. devious
Wakeraunt a. roving, wandering, vagrant
Wowe s. vow
- Thème CLIL : 3438 -- LITTÉRATURE GÉNÉRALE -- Oeuvres classiques -- Moyen Age
- ISBN : 978-2-8124-1090-1
- EAN : 9782812410901
- ISSN : 2261-0804
- DOI : 10.15122/isbn.978-2-8124-1090-1.p.0189
- Éditeur : Classiques Garnier
- Mise en ligne : 03/10/2013
- Langue : Français