A Concise Dictionary of Middle English
Chapter 56 : +Cwalm-stow+, _sb._ place of execution, S, MD.--AS. _cwealm-stow_ (Schmid).+Cwa+, _pt.

+Cwalm-stow+, _sb._ place of execution, S, MD.--AS. _cwealm-stow_ (Schmid).

+Cwa+, _pt. s._ quoth, S; see +Queen+.

+Cwead-schipe+, _sb._ wickedness, S; see +Quedschipe+.

+Cwellen+, _v._ to kill, S; see +Quellen+.

+Cweme+, _adj._ pleasing, S; see +Queme+.

+Cwemen+, _v._ to please, S; see +Quemen+.

+Cwennkenn+, _v._ to quench, S; see +Quenchen+.

+Cween+, _v._ to speak, S; +cwe+, _pt. s._, S; see +Queen+.

+Cwic+, _adj._ living, S; see +Quik+.

+Cwidden+, _v._ to speak, announce, MD; +i-cwiddet+, _pp._, S.--AS.

_cwiddian_.

+Cwide+, _sb._ speech, bequest, S; see +Queen+.--AS. _cwide_, a saying.

+Cyll+, _sb._ a canopy, SkD (s.v. _ceil_).--OF. _ciel_, canopy, inner roof, ceiling (Cotg.); Lat. _caelum_, see Brachet, p. lv.

+Cyne-rice+, _sb._ kingdom, rule, S; see +Kine-+.

+Cyrce-iaerd+, church-yard, S; see +Chirche-?eard+.

D.

+Dade+, _sb._ deed, S; see +Dede+.

+Daed+, _adj._ dead, S; see +Deed+.

+Daede+, _sb. pl._ deeds, S; see +Dede+.

+Daei+, _sb._ day, S; +dae?e+, _pl._, S; see +Day+.

+Daere+, _adj._ dear, S; see +Dere+.

+Dae+, _sb._ death, S; see +Dee+.

+Daft+, _adj._ apt, fit, SkD (p. 799); +deft+, fit, mild, gentle, innocent, foolish, MD; +daffe+, a fool, S2, PP; +deffe+, _obtusus_, _agrestis_, Prompt.; +defte+, _dat._, S.--AS. _daeft_.

+Dafte-like+, _adv._ fittingly; +deftly+, MD; +defly+, MD; +dafftelike+, S.

+Dage+, _sb. pl._ days, S; see +Day+.

+Dagen+, _v._ to become day, S; see +Dawen+.

+Dagge+, _sb._ a jag of cloth, Prompt., MD, HD, CM; +dagges+, _pl._ jagged edges, PP.

+Daggen+, _v._ to pierce, to notch, to jag, to cut at the edges, MD, PP, SkD (p. 150), CM, HD; +daggyn+, _fractillo_, Prompt.; +daggyde+, _pp._, Prompt.--Cp. ODu. _daggen_, to stab. See +Jagge+. [[error for +Iagge+]]

+Dagger+, _sb._ dagger, _pugio_, CM; +daggar+, Voc.; +daggare+, Prompt.

+Daghynge+, _sb._ dawning, H; see +Dawing+.

+Dagoun+, _sb._ a jag of a blanket, CM; +dagon+, HD. See +Daggen+.

+Dahe+, _sb._ dawn; +dahees+, _gen._, S. See +Dawen+.

+Dai+, _sb._ day, S, W; see +Day+.

+Dai-gang+, _sb._ day's journey, S2.

+Dai-liht+, _sb._ daylight, MD; +dai-li?t+, S.

+Dai-rawe+, _sb._ day-break, MD.

+Dai-red+, _sb._ the flush of morn, MD.

+Dai-rime+, _sb._ the edge of dawn, MD; +dai-rim+, S.--AS. _daeg-rima_.

+Dai-sterre+, _sb._ day-star, S, W2; +day-sterre+, PP.--AS.

_daeg-steorra_, morning-star.

+Dale+, _sb._ dale, valley, S, PP; +dele+, S; +dalen+, _dat._, S; +dales+, _pl._, MD; +deales+, MD.--AS. _dael_: Goth. _dal_; see Sievers, 49.

+Dalf+, _pt. s._ dug, W; see +Deluen+.

+Daliaunce+, _sb._ talk, C, C2, C3; +daliance+, MD.--AF. _daliaunce_, interference.

+Dalien+, _v._ to talk, Prompt.; +dalye+, to play and sport, Palsg., MD.--AF. _dayler_, to dally.

+Dal-neominde+, _pr. p._ as _sb._ partaker, sharer, S.--OMerc.

_dl-niomend_, Ps. 118. 63 (VP.).

+Dalte+, _pt. s._ dealt, G; see +Deelen+.

+Damage+, _sb._ damage, loss, Prompt., MD; +domage+, S3.--AF. _damage_ (also OF. _damage_); Late Lat. *_d.a.m.natic.u.m_, from Lat. _d.a.m.num_.

+Dame+, _sb._ dame, lady, dam, S, C3, MD; +dam+, MD.--AF. _dame_; Lat.

_domina_.

+Damesele+, _sb._ damsel, S, W2, MD; +damoysele+, C.--AF. _damoysele_; Late Lat. _domicella_, for *_dominicella_; see Constans.

+Dan+, _sb._ a t.i.tle of respect placed before personal names, MD, C2, CM; +danz+, MD; +daun+, MD, CM; +dene+, S3.--OF. _danz_, _dans_; Lat.