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phor for the wearer; i. e. the priest. Hye, hey, has been explained, and hye-huys, is as the farmer's home. Oom, cousin, a term of affectionate intimacy used by the priest when he wanted to coax the boor out of his property. Stoel, pulpit. Boo, bode, bearer of intelligence; evangelist. Aƒ beeven, shiver at; ick af beef, I have a horror of. Geê em, geve hem, betook himself, and sounds came. M' aen, mée aen, mede aen, along with every thing else. Aet, provender. Wee helsch, a hellish nuisance, sounds Welch. Tuyf je, sounds Taffy. Je, continually. Hun, to them; boó hun, sounds bone. Rouw, austere, rough.

GLOSSARY

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NURSERY RHYMES.

The Figures correspond with those prefixed to the separate Rhymes.

3.-Dieden, to explain, to expose, to make it understood. Guit, villain, vagabond, and is usually travestied by cat. Vied, vede, veete, secret enmity, eternal nuisance. Hoeve, farm land, estate. Eeren, to plough; arare. Moeyen, moeden, to work hard, fatiguer. Lij, suffering, distress. T'el, te el, to any, to other. Doghe, as the participle present of doghen, deughen, to be worth, to be of the value of, and here used in a substantive sense, as value, worth, virtue. Laffen, to chatter on. Sij, she, is used in the feminine gender in reference to Hey, which is feminine. Sus, hush, a bidding to hold the tongue. Sporen, speuren, to find out, to trace out. Hou, salute, shout. Yl, quick, instantly. Te dies, to this. Hou yl, sounds while. Haften, heften, to take up, take hold of. Spaé, spade, shovel. Aen, on, upon, is here used an expletive particle, as of is in take hold of.

4.-Ketten, keten, chain, tie. Deyre, dere, injury, hurt. Hieten, to name. Neder, low, depressed. Vaar, fear, apprehension. Nere, food, nourishment. Wije, holy. Gauw, clever, sharpwitted. Toe hun, at home. Rouw, rough, roughly. Hoonen, honen, to abuse, to villify; and rouwhonen is to use disgracefully, brutally. Rouwhond sounds round. Mij, to me; the dative case of ick. Sus, hush. Dies, this. Neder, low, depressed, and the same word with nether. Naer, after. Neere, food, sustenance. Hoopen, to accumulate, store up, and here used in the subjunctive mood. Toe hun, at home, chez lui, in casa sua. Back, dried or preserved provision, bacon, dried beef, &c. Waerd, depository. Voer, voeder, fodder, provender. Sij u hiet, the peasantry calls sounds sweet.

you,

5.—Docken, to give at once, to give without delay; it has the import of an imperious demand, a sturdy begging, Maegh, stomach, the same word with our maw. Klocke, cloak, gown, and here the metaphor for the church or priesthood, in the way we say the cloth in the same sense. Ran, lank, and bere denoting want of food or filling. Strack, immediately. Winnen, to obtain, to succeed in the præt. ick won.

6.-Mistrouw, mistruwe, distrust. Hoe, how. Dus, thus. Gard, a rod. Grouw, terror. Aenwijsen, to point to. Selveverbeeld, self-created view or prospect. Gochel-scheel, sophistry. Wijse sounds with.

7.-Sien, to seem. Saegh, timid, awed. Maer, mar, but. Reeden, to prepare. Auwe, soil, land. Leyen, leiden, to guide, to direct. Hope, future prospect, hope. Trouw, belief, inward trust. Wassen, to wax, to become. N'aet, nae aet, afterwards provision, and sounds not. Wasse is in the subjunctive mood and is as, should become. Schier, entirely. Dier, scarce, high priced. Te slot, as the conclusion, as the finale. Hoop as the potential present of hoopen, to increase the amount. Saegh sounds saw, and might have been written, according to due abbreviation, saé, as it is in fact pronounced.

8.-Heeren, to bully, to tyrannise over. Wennen, to accustom to, to use to. Baeren, to roar, to make a hideous noise. Sublatè et feracitèr clamare more ursorum. Pelle, a pall, and here as the burial-due pai! to the priest. Bereiden, to prepare, to draw out.

9.-Praet, prattle, jaw, talk. Goed, strictly, proper. Hieten. to call, to designate. Nauw, strict, all that can be got by law. Vat, grasp. Leen, loan. Bod, a commandment, precept, Heilicken, to treat as holy, to worship. The word kleyn was spelt clene, and it may have been this form of the word that suggested the travesty of clean.

"Men vint int roomsche rike clene

Dies ghelike dire stenen."-M. STOKE, B. I. v. 609.

Jacke, surplice. Praet, jaw, gabble, lingo. Goed, strictly, proper. Hieten, to call, to name. Nauw vat, a tight grasping, the utmost that can be held and kept. Betwisten, to betwine, to turn about and about. Bod, commandment, precept. Nauw leen, a loan, mode of good or exact security, well tied up by legal forms.

10.-Huyden, hoeden, to keep, to hoard, to lay up, or by. Winnen, to gain over to, to make a profit of.

11.-By el leed, by another's mischance, and sounds as b' ell eed, and so belly-ed. Hieten, heeten, to order, to commmand. Hooren, to belong to, to appertain. Miet, stipend. Taen, toe aen, on to, into. Voer, voeder, fodder. Schuere, granary; in the laws of the Franks scuria. Ghiersen, giersen, to beg anxiously for. Stapelen, to pile up, of the same stock as our staple, steeple, step, steep, stop, and the Dutch stap, &c. Aentaelen, to incriminate, to bring to disgrace by accusation, to cite, to call upon, to appeal to. Aentael, the imperative,

sounds and all.

12.-Guise, derision, sneer. Gae aen daer, goes on there, sounds gander. Waenen, to conceive by the mind. Stuyr, tribute. Aendoen, to add, to put on. Mee-lyd is, sympathy is, sounds my lady's. Schem-(schim) baer, a bare appearance. Tacken, to fix to, whence our to tack. By de lij heft leeck, close the layman who bears all the pain, sounds by the left leg. Trouwen, to confide to.

13.--Duiden, to make to appear. Sjuw sweat of the brow, whence the French suer, and sounds shoe. Vied t el has been explained in No. 3. Stick, stuck, a piece of business, an act. Wet, a law. Tot u, to you, sounds to do.

14.-Lost, lust, pleasure. Suype, sope, drinking, a draft, whence our sup and sop, and sounds sheep. Nae 't (nae het) til, according to the humour he is in. Vande, vand, the participle present of vanden, to visit, and is as the contraction of vanding used substantively. 'T heel, het heel, the whole, sounds they'll. Hou 'em, hou hem, cheer him, sounds home. Beringhen, to surround. Teer, the expenses, means of living. Te els, from home, sounds tails. Behanden, to lay hold of adroitly.

15.-Sat, full, stuffed. Kore, keur, explained at page 77. Dingen, to bargain for. Hij ding, sounds eating. By, by the interchanging sounds of p and b, sounds pye. Kruysse, curse. Doeme, judgment, doom. Puijlen, to swell out. Plump, plump, crummy. Kraeyen, to crow. Boeye, magazine, sounds boy.

16.-Bockels, ringlets, curls. Sat is nie, never has enough of. Ijle, haste. Ïjle, idle, and is then as the contraction of ijdle, empty. Maere, fable; maere meê, sounds marry me. Praeten, to prate. 'Es vat aen veer, lays hold of it cleverly, opportunely. Veer, vaer, vaerdigh, are the same word. Gauw, slyly. Indouwen, to foist or shove in. Hel, glorious, bright. O Heer, Oh Lord God as a pious ejaculation thrown in hypocritically by the limitour. Moér, moeder, mother, sounds more. Verheffen, to exalt.

17.-Rancke, fraud, and here as the metaphor for the wheedling friar. Hooren, to listen. Sober, cautiously, in moderation. Dom, dolt. Bede, suit, petition, begging.

18.-Winnen, to get profit from. Op de helle, upon hell, sounds up the hill. Fel, ferociously. Broken, breucken, bruycken, to make use of. Grouw, terror. Geé 'em (geve hem) can give him, sounds came. Te heymelen, to hide away, to secure. Erve, landed property, sounds away. Innen, to take

to one's own account.

19.- Bannen, to anathematize, to proclaim. Hus, huys, family. Bigg, see No. 11. Putten, to extract. Bidt hem d' rom, let him beg about. Boogen, to hragg, to exaggerate. Toe wy 'p (toe wy op) as an ex voto. Licht hel, evident, as clear as daylight. Noose, annoyance. Toe't ei, as the egg, sounds to tie. Hose, strong-box, theca coriacea, and also breeches.

20. Hoeve, land, farm. Heer, master. Waerder, one that looks after, a keeper. Love, potential mocd of loven, to praise. Heel, entirely. Baer, as buer-geld, argent comptant, ready money. Dij, thee. Kond, aware of, acquainted with. Wijen, wijhen, to consecrate, to ordain, to sanctify.

21.-Ding, capital, source of income. Kaetsen, to hunt up. Weld, wealth. Hwa, Anglo-Saxon form of who. Nauwen, to feel want of. Boei, fetter, place of confinement. Wo, where. Aes, carrion. Te draa, at once. Honen, hoonen, expose to shame. Dij den, to succeed. Arme, poor. Bat, profit. Ghilden, gelden, to yield. Eys, yse, terror. Vader, father, monk.

22.-Slappighied, fainéantise, indolence. Toe hare je, to her always, sounds tarry. U yl, hurry you, sounds while. Louw, law. De bot, the dolt, and so the metaphor for subordinate people, parishioners. Guit, rascal.

23.-Toppen, to take the lead, be at the head. Die wint, he who cultivates, the farmer. Wrock, concealed malice. Hel wel, clearly. Bouw, harvest. Breke, a bankruptcy, failure. Fael, fault. Kum, hardly, with difficulty, scarcely.

24.-Wasse, increase. Goen, goeden, of property, of goods. Celle, the monk's cell, and here as the monk's condition. Egg, an incentive. Trippen, trappen, to tread under foot. Ijl 's, the evil is. Fel, outrageous. Aen hys noose, at his misery. heet, mijheeten, name me. Heeten, hieten, to name, to tell. ij, me.