O, a, an, _passim_; one, a single, 2998, 3003, 3393, etc. Obeisand, obedient, 641. Obeß, obey, 2134. Oblist, obliged, 969. Occupye, to use, employ, 3457; to dwell, 75. Lat. _occupare_. Of, with, 66. Oft-syß, oft-times, 2304, 2594, 2789, 2885, 2929. See _Syß_. On, and, 519. Possibly a mistake. One, on, often used for In; One to = unto. { Onan, Onone, Onon, } anon, 158, 1466, 2602, etc. The form "onan," l. 3086, suggests the derivation of _anon_; viz. from A.S. _on-án_, in one; hence, forthwith, immediately. Onys, once, at some time or other, 3013; at onys, at once, 3187. { Opin, 1286, Opine, 13, } open. Or, ere, before, 77, 1887, 2545. A.S. _[´æ]r_. Ordand, to set in array, 784; to prepare, procure, 1713. R. _ordener_; Lat. _ordinare_. Ordan, to provide, 2416, 2777. Ordynat, ordained, 490. See l. 507. Orest (= Arest), to arrest, stop, 3186. Orient, east, 5. Oucht, it; it is the duty of (= Lat. _debet_), 2995. Strictly, we should here have had "it owes" (_debet_), not "it ought" (_debuit_). See _Aw_. Ourfret, over-adorned, decked out, 71, 2480. A.S. _frætwian_, to trim, adorn. Out-throng (= Lat. _expressit_), expressed, uttered, 65. A.S. _út_, out, and _þringan_, to press. Owtrag, outrage, 3454. R. _outrage_; Ital. _oltraggio_, from Lat. _ultra_. The MS. has _outray_, probably owing to confusion with _affray_ in the same line. We find "owtrag" in l. 2578. Oyß, to use, 1701, J.
Paid, pleased; ill paid, displeased, 908. Low Lat. _pagare_, to pay, satisfy. Pal[gh]onis, pavilions, tents, 734; _plural of_ Pal[gh]oune, a pavilion, a tent, 1305. R. gives _pavillon_, a tent; cf. Low Lat. _papilio_, a tent. Pan, pain, 1273. Pas hyme, to pace, go, 362. Paß, to go, 1213. Pasing, pacing, departing, 371; surpassing, 303, 346, 689, etc. Pens, to think of, 1431. Fr. _penser_. Planly, at once, 3319. J. gives "Playn, out of hand, like Fr. _de plain_." In the same line "of" = off. Plant, plaint, complaint, 137. Fr. _plainte_. Plesance, Plesans, pleasure, 941, 1939. Plessith, pleases, 68. Possede, to possess, 578. Fr. _posseder_. Poware, a power, a strong band of men, 2647. We now say _force_. Powert, poverty, 1330, 1744. Pref, to prove, 2229, 3476. Prekand, pricking, spurring, 3089. See the very first l. of Spenser's _Faerie Queene_. Prekyne, 2890, showy(?), gaudy(?). J. gives "Preek, to be spruce; to crest; as 'A bit _preekin_ bodie,' one attached to dress; _to prick_, to dress oneself." Compare D. _prijcken_. Pretend, to attempt, aspire to, 3282, 3465. Fr. _prétendre_. So, too, in lines 559, 583. Pretendit, endeavour, attempt, 3442. Process, narration, 316. Wright gives "Proces, a story or relation, a process." The writer is referring to his prologue or introduction. Promyt, to promise, 965. Proponit, proposed, 361, 445. Pupil, people, 285. Puple, people, 1367, 1498, 1520. { Pur, 1648, Pure, 1697, Pwre, 1655, } poor.