#  Glosses for Quiz #3 on the General Prologue (Lines I.445-668) 

 



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**Compare your translations with the glosses:**

447 Of clooth-makyng she hadde swich an haunt  
 **haunt**: skill  
  
454 I dorste swere they weyeden ten pound  
 **dorste swere**: dare swear **weyeden**: weighed  
  
462 But thereof nedeth nat to speke as nowthe.  
 **as nowthe**: now  
  
473 And on hir feet a paire of spores sharpe.  
 **spores**: spurs  
  
502 No wonder is a lewed man to ruste;  
 **lewed man**: uneducated man, layman  
  
508 And leet his sheep encombred in the myre  
 **leet**: left **encombred**: stuck  
  
517 Ne of his speche daungerous ne digne,  
 **daungerous**: domineering **digne**: haughty   
  
513 So that the wolf ne made it nat myscarie;  
 **myscarie**: go wrong  
  
525 He waited after no pompe and reverence,  
 **waited after**: expected   
  
532 Lyvynge in pees and parfit charitee.  
 **pees**: peace  
  
537 For Cristes sake, for every povre wight,  
 **wight**: person  
  
544 A MAUNCIPLE, and myself -- ther were namo.  
 **namo**: no more, no others  
  
554 Upon the cop right of his nose he hade  
 **cop**: top  
  
563 And yet he hadde a thombe of gold, pardee.  
 **pardee**: indeed  
  
568 Of which achatours myghte take exemple  
 **achatours**: buyers **myghte**: could  
  
578 Of which ther were a duszeyne in that hous  
 **duszeyne**: dozen  
  
583 Or lyve as scarsly as hym list desire;  
 **as scarsly as hym list desire**: as economically as he pleased  
  
593 Wel koude he kepe a gerner and a bynne;  
 **gerner**: granary **bynne**: bin (for storing grain)  
  
604 That he ne knew his sleighte and his covyne;  
 **sleighte**: trickery **covyne**: treachery  
  
609 Ful riche he was astored pryvely.  
 **riche**: richly **astored**: provided **pryvely**: secretly  
  
616 That was al pomely grey and highte Scot.  
 **pomely**: dapple **highte**: was called  
  
622 And evere he rood the hyndreste of oure route.  
 **hyndreste**: last **route**: company  
  
627 With scalled browes blake and piled berd.  
 **scalled**: infected with the scall, a skin disease **piled**: with hair fallen out  
  
643 Kan clepen "Watte" as wel as kan the pope.  
 **clepen 'Watte'**: say "Walter"  
  
653 And if he foond owher a good felawe,  
 **owher**: anywhere  
  
660 Of cursyng oghte ech gilty man him drede,  
 **cursyng**: excommunication **him drede**: be afraid

Give yourself 4 ponts for each correct answer. If you scored 80 or more, go on with your reading of the last part of the General prologue. If you scored 76 or less, again read carefully through this part (lines 445-668) of the General Prologue, paying close attention to meaning.