#  Glosses for Quiz on The Nun's Priest's Prologue, Tale, and Epilogue (Lines VII.2767-3462) 

 



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2829 She foond hirself and eek hir doghtren two.  
 **foond**: provided for  
  
2831 Three keen, and eek a sheep that highte Malle.  
 **keen**: cows  
  
2848 With stikkes, and a drye dych withoute,  
 **stikkes**: palings  
  
2862 Lyk asure were his legges and his toon;  
 **asure**: azure **toon**: toes  
  
2871 Curteys she was, discreet, and debonaire,  
 **debonaire**: gracious  
  
2896 Now God," quod he, "my swevene recche aright,  
 **swevene**: dream **recche aright**: interpret correctly  
  
2991 In which they bothe myghte ylogged bee.  
 **ylogged**: lodged  
  
3034 And forth he gooth -- no lenger wolde he lette --  
 **lette**: delay  
  
3049 The dede man, that mordred was al newe.  
 **al newe**: very recently, just now  
  
3059 Han hent the carter and so soore hym pyned,  
 **pyned**: tortured  
  
3066 I gabbe nat, so have I joye or blis --  
 **gabbe**: lie  
  
3072 But on a day, agayn the even-tyde,  
 **agayn**: shortly before  
  
3096 And thus forslewthen wilfully thy tyde,  
 **forslewthen**: slothfully waste  
  
3154 That I ne telle of laxatyves no stoor,  
 **telle of ... no stoor**: regard as worthless  
  
3172 And with that word he fley doun fro the beem,  
 **fley**: flew **beem**: beam, roost  
  
3177 He fethered Pertelote twenty tyme,  
 **fethered**: clasped with his wings  
  
3185 Leve I this Chauntecleer in his pasture,  
 **pasture**: feeding place  
  
3197 That it was pryme, and crew with blisful stevene.  
 **stevene**: voice  
  
3224 As gladly doon thise homycides alle  
 **gladly**: habitually  
  
3231 That thou into that yerd flaugh fro the bemes!  
 **flaugh**: flew  
  
3267 Faire in the soond, to bathe hire myrily,  
 **soond**: sand  
  
3278 As man that was affrayed in his herte.  
 **affrayed**: frightened  
  
3337 For yet ne was ther no man that hym sewed.  
 **sewed**: pursued  
  
3390 The dokes cryden as men wolde hem quelle;  
 **quelle**: kill  
  
3416 This cok brak from his mouth delyverly,  
 **delyverly**: nimbly

Score 4 points for each correct answer; if you made an 80 or more, congratulations. If you scored 76 or less, go back and again read carefully through of The Nun's Priest's Prologue, Tale, and Epilogue (VII.2767-3462), paying close attention to meaning and availing yourself of the page glosses, the explanatory notes, and the glossary.