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Upon, _prep._ Wright's L. P. p. 26; [upe]. RG. 505, 506
Upperest, _adj._ Alys. 7068
Uprear, _v. a._ Ps. cxliv. 14
Uprise, _v. n._ Ps. vii. 7; pret. 'upras.' Ps. cx.x.xviii. 18; part.
'uprisynde.' Alys. 2270
Uprising, _sb._ RG. 379. F. and P. 6
Upstand, _v. n._ == stand up. Ps. ii. 2
Upsteghing, _sb._ Ps. ciii. 3
Upstie, _v. n._ == go up. pret. 'upstegh.' Creed of St Athan. 75
Uptake, _v. a._ RG. 387; pret. 'uptoke.' Ps. xxvi. 10
Upward, _adv._ RG. 321
Urling, _sb._ == edge. Ps. cx.x.xii. 2. Fr. orle. Ital. orlo
Urne, _v. n._ == run. O. and N. 638; pret. 'ourne.' RG. 405; 'orn.'
Wright's L. P. p. 58; part. 'urmynde,' a mistake for 'urnynge.' RG. 402; 'y-eornd.' Alys. 4357. AS. yrnan
Usage, _sb._ == custom. Alys. 4211. RG. 191
Use, _v. a._ Alys. 5256; part. 'y-used.' 476 B.
Usurer, _sb._ Manuel des Pecches, 2453
Ute, _adv._ == let us; used with verbs. M. Ode, st. 168. AS. ute
Utenlad, _sb._ == a foreigner. HD. 2153. AS. utlaend
Uthalve, _adv._ == on the outer part. O. and N. 110
Uthest, _sb._ == outcry. O. and N. 1696
Utschute, _sb._ == outbreak, excess. O. and N. 1466. AS. utscyte
Utterest, _adj._ == uttermost. Ps. cx.x.xiv. 7
Uvel. See Evil
U?ten, _sb._ == morning, the dawn. K. Horn, 1424. AS. uhta
U?tening, _sb._ == the dawn. Ps. c. 8; lxxii. 14
V
Vacant, _adj._ RG. 472
Vad, _adj._ == dirty, faded. Fragm. Sci. 273
Valley, _sb._ RG. 55
Vault, _sb._ == cellar. Alys. 7210. Fr. volte, from Lat. volutus, volvere
Vauntward, _sb._ RG. 457
Vava.s.sor, _sb._ == a subtenant of a fief, or tenant paravail, who held of a mesne lord. Alys. 3827. Ducange derives it from va.s.sus va.s.sorum
Vawe, == fain, _q. v._
Va?t, 'vor va?t;' probably a mistake for 'vor na?t,' or 'vor no?t.' RG.
253
Vein, _sb._ RG. 28. Alys. 2414
Veir, _adv._ == truly. Alys. 1001, 5676; 'in veire.' Alys. 5679
Velasour, _sb._ A corruption of 'valva.s.sor,' another form of 'vava.s.sor.'
Alys. 3305
Vengeance, _sb._ RG. 333, 429
Venison, _sb._ RG. 243. Alys. 6353
Venom, _sb._ RG. 43, 106. Fr. venin. Lat. venenum
---- _adj._ == envenomed. Alys. 2860
Venomed, _part._ [i-wenemyd], Legend of St Patrick, in Warton, H. E. P.
vol. i. p. 17
Venomous, _adj._ 440 B.
Veolthe, == filth, _q. v._
Verade, _sb._ == a mult.i.tude. K. Horn, 172. AS. werod
Verament, _adv._ == truly. Alys. 1346
Verdict, _sb._ RG. 141
