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Sumer is icumen in: glossary
London, British Library, MS Harley 978, f. 11v

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A
after
prep. after, to 7, 8.
and
conj. and 4, 5.
awe
n. ewe 7. 

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B
bleteth
vb. pres. 3 sg. bleats 7.
bloweth
vb. pres. 3 sg. blooms 4.
bucke
n. billy-goat? (see note) 10.
bulluc
n. bullock 9.
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C
calue
n. calf 8.
cu
n. cow 8.
cuccu
n. cuckoo 2, 6, 11, etc.
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G
groweth
vb. pres. 3 sg. grows 3.
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I
icumen
vb. pa. pple.  come; icumen in arrived 1.
in
adv.: see icumen.
is
vb. pres. 3  sg. is; has (with vb. of motion) 1.
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L
lhouth
vb. pres. 3 sg. lows 8.
lhude
adv. loudly 2.
lomb
n. lamb 7.
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M
med
n. meadow 4.
murie
adv. merrily, sweetly 11.
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N
naver
adv. never; ne . . . naver not . . . ever 14.
ne
adv. not 14.
nu
adv. now 5, 14, 15, etc.
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S
sed
n. seed 3.
sing
see singes
singes
vb. pres 2 sg. sing 13; sing imper. sg. sing! 2, 6, 11, etc.
springth
pres. 3 sg. comes into leaf 5.
sterteth
vb. pres. 3 sg. prances 9.
Sumer
n. summer, warm weather 1.
swic
vb. imper. sg. stop 14.
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T
the
def. art. the 5.
thu
pers. pron. 2 sg. you 13.
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U
uerteth
vb. pres. 3 sg. farts? (see note) 10.
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W
wel
adv. well 13.
wde
n. wood 5.
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