defende (A.N.) 47, 485, _to forbid, prohibit_
defien, defyen, defie (A.N. ?) 84, 100, 141, 298, _to digest_
defyen (A.N.) _to defy_. _pret. s._ defyed, 429
deyen (A.S.) _to die_. _pret. s._ deide, 214. to dye, 352
deyntee (A.N.) 205, _dainty, niceness, preciousness_
deys, dees (A.N.) 139, 250, _the dais, or high table in the hall_
del, deel (A.S.) _part, portion_. tithe deel, 323, _tenth part_
delen, dele, deelen (A.S.) 47, 175, 218, _share, distribute, give, deal_. _pres._ ye deele, 144
deliten (A.N.) _to delight, take pleasure_
delven (A.S.) 417, _to dig, bury_. _pret. pl._ dolven, 128. _part. pas._ dolven, 128, 293
dere (A.S.) 140, 349, 370, _to injure, hurt_
destruyen, destruye (A.N.) 361, _to destroy_. _pret. s._ destruyed, 340
dighte (A.S.) 134, _to fit out, make, dispose, dress_. _pret. s._ dighte, 396
dikere, dykere (A.S.) 96, _a ditch or foss digger, ditcher_
dymme (A.S.) 388, _dark_. _adv._ dymme, 184, _darkly_
dymmen (A.S.) 98, _to become dim or dark_
dyngen (A.S.) 62, 125, 193, 295, _to strike, ding, knock_
disalowed (A.N.) 281, _disallowed, disapproved. disalowyng_, 282, _disapproving_
dyssheres (A.S.) 96, _a female who makes dishes_
doel (A.N.) 100, 124, 368, _grief, lamentation_
doughtier (A.S.) 83, _more doughty, more to be feared_. doghtiest, 403, _bravest_. doghtiliche, 371, _doughtily, bravely_
dole (A.S.) 47, _a share, portion_. Another form of _del_.
donet (A.N.) 89, _grammar, elements, first principles_, from Donatus. See note on l. 7944
dongeon (A.N.) _a fort, the chief tower of a castle_
doom, dome (A.S.) _pl._ domes, _judgment_
doon (A.S.) _to do_. _pres. sing._ dooth, _pl._ doon, don. _pret. s._ dide, _pl._ diden, 278, 392, dide, 389. _part. pas._ doon, do. _imperat. pl._ dooth, 152. to doone, 226, 263
dowen (A.N.) _to endow_. _pret._ dowed, 325, _endowed_
draf (A.S.) 173, 419, _dregs, dirt_. Things thrown away as unfit for man's food, particularly the dust and husks of corn after it has been threshed. Chaucer's Parson (C. T. l. 17329) says:--
Why schuld I sowen _draf_ out of my fest, Whan I may sowe whete, if that me lest?
drawen (A.S.) _to draw_. _pret. s._ drough, 89, 98. drogh, 280, 437. drow, 376, _pl._ drowen, 222. _part. pas._ drawe, 175
+drecchen (A.S.) 478, 480, _to vex, grieve, oppress_