Pap, _sb._ == woman’s teat. HD. 2132. Ps. xxi. 10. Ital. poppa. Lat. papilla
Papejay, _sb._ == parrot. Wright’s L. P. p. 26. Fr. papegai
Paradise, _sb._ Alys. 5685; [parays]. 353 β
Parage, _sb._ == rank. Alys. 2953. Fr. parage
Paramours, _adv._ = with love, tenderly. Wright’s L. P. p. 91
Parchment, _sb._ [parchemyn]. Pol. S. 156. Fr. parcamin
Pardie, _interj._ == by God. 2082 B. Fr. par Dieu
Parred, _part._ == locked up. HD. 2439. ON. sperra
Parvenke, _sb._ == periwinkle. Wright’s L. P. p. 26. Pol. S. 218. AS. pervence
---- == the flower, excellence of a thing. Ritson’s AS. xvii. 42
Pasken, _v. n._ == push, strike? ‘to pasken in the watere,’ St Andrew 8, seems to mean to beat the water by throwing in the net. Swed. piska. O. Engl. ‘pash.’ Cf. our phrase of ‘whipping a stream.’
---- _v. n._ == go through, pass by. RG. 556
Passion, _sb._ == the suffering of our Saviour. RG. 495
Pasty, _sb._ HD. 644. Cok. 52. Dut. pastei. Fr. pâte
Pate, _sb._ == head Pol. S. 237. Judas, 83
Pautener, _sb._ == rascal. Alys. 1737. Fr. pautonier. Ital. paltone. Vid. Roq. and Burguy, _s. v._
Pavilion, _sb._ [pavelon]. RG. 48, 569; [payloun]. Alys. 5067
---- _v. a._ == to lodge under tents. part. ‘ypavylounded.’ Alys. 2038. Fr. pavillon. Lat. papilio
Pay, _v. a._ (money); pret. ‘payde.’ RG. 374, 498. part. ‘ipaiid.’ Pol. S. 204
---- _v. a._ == please, appease. RG. 314. part. ‘ypaid.’ RG. 391; ‘ipaised’ == restored to peace. RG. 570. Fr. paier. Lat. pacare
Paynim, _sb._ == heathen, pagans. RG. 395
Peak, _sb._ == The Peak of Derbyshire. RG. 7
Peer, _v. n._ == look into. [pure]. K. Horn, 1124; [pouren]. Alys. 5799
Pell, _sb._ == fur, skin. Alys. 6697. Lat. pellis
Pelle, _v. n._ == drive, go? HD. 810. Lat. pello
Pelure, _sb._ == a furred robe. Alys. 4129. Fr. pel
Pencel, _sb._ == pennon, banner. Alys. 2688. Fr. pencel. Lat. penna
Penny, _sb._ RG. 404, 493; [pan]. Pol. S. 204. pl. ‘panes.’ RG. 473; ‘pans.’ 530 β
Perauntre, _adv._ == peradventure. RG. 375
Perch, _sb._ == the fish. Alys. 5446. Fr. perche. Lat. perca
Perche, _v. a._ == prick, spur. Alys. 2460. Fr. percer
Pers, _sb._ == a cloth or stuff. Alys. 4987; usually of a blue colour. Fr. pers. Vid. Roq.
Pese, _sb._ == a pea. Alys. 5959. AS. pise
Pesens, _sb._ == neck-armour covering the breast. Alys. 3697; same as ‘pesane’ in the later Romances. Fr. pis, piz, the breast