A Concise Dictionary of Middle English eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 648 pages of information about A Concise Dictionary of Middle English.

A Concise Dictionary of Middle English eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 648 pages of information about A Concise Dictionary of Middle English.

Cabine, sb. a shed made of boughs, Cotg. (s. v. cabane); cabin, small enclosed place, Sh.

Cabinet, sb. small shed, arbour, S3.—­OF. cabinet, an arbour in a garden, Cotg.; cp.  It. cabinetto (Florio).

Cacchen, v. to catch, to chase, MD, C3, P; katchen, MD; kecchen, MD; chacche, S2; chacen, MD; chaci, MD; caucht, S3; cacces, pr. s., S2; cahte, pt. s., MD; ca3*te, S2; caughte, C2; cau3*t, MD; cought, MD; caght, MD; cahten, pl., MD; kei3*t, MD; caht, pp.  MD; kau3*t, W2.—­OF. cachier, cacier (also chacier, chasser); Late Lat. captiare, from Lat. captare, freq. of capere, to take, to hold; see Constans.

Cache-pol, sb. a tax-gatherer, constable, bailiff, MD, PP; cahchpolle, Prompt.; catchepollis, pl., W.—­AF. cacchepole, OF. chacepol, chassipole; cp.  Low Lat. cachepollus, cacepollus, chacepollus, chassipullus.  The form cacepollus is met with in the Leges Ethelredi, see Schmid and Ducange.  The word probably meant at first the officer who collected from the tenant the fowls (pullos) paid as rent.

Cacherel, sb. an inferior officer of justice, MD; kachereles, pl., S2.—­OF. cacherel; cp.  Low Lat. cacherellus.

CA|se; see Chese.

CA|ste, sb. dat. chest, S; see Chest.

Caf, sb. chaff, H; see Chaf.

Caitif, adj. and sb. captive, miserable wretch, MD, W, C3, H; caytif, C2; cay-*tiue, P; caitifes, pl., S3; caytiues, S3; kaytefes, S2.—­AF. caitif’.  Prov. captiu; Lat. captiuum (acc.); see Brachet (s.v. chA(C)tif).

Caitifte, sb. wretchedness, S2, W, W2, H; caytefte, S2.—­OF. caitivete; Lat. captiuitatem.

Calabre, sb.  Calabrian fur, P, S2 (p. 200); NQ. (5. 12. 232); calabere, P (n). Comb.:  calaber amyse, a person wearing an amice trimmed with calabre, P (n).

Cald; see Cold.

Calengen, v. to accuse, to charge, W2; see Chalengen.

Calewe, adj. bald, without hair, MD, S2.—­AS. calwo-,-stem of calu; cp.  OHG. chalo (gen. chAilawes), and Lat. caluus.

Caliz, sb. chalice, S, MD, SkD; chalis, MD; chalys, Voc.; calice, dat.  S, SkD.—­OF. caliz; Lat. calix; also OF. calice; Lat. calicem.

Calle, sb. a caul, net for the hair (worn by women), MD, CM, SkD (s. v. caul).

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