[References are usually to volume, page, and stanza.]
(See also under J, Y.)
I II, 59, (Child #61 A) 34; 160, 10-16; 264 f., 4, 18; III, 185 f., (Child #141 A) (Child #140 app) 3, 4, 15, 23; 203, 18; 287, 59; 356, 28: ay.
i abridgment of in, passim.
i abridgment of with: IV, 465, 23.
i-bouht bought.
ickles of ice III, 154 f 1: icicles.
i-dyght, y-dyght III, 62, (Child #117 A) 131, 132: furnished, adjusted. III, 75, (Child #117 A) 392: made ready.
if apparent ellipsis of, II, 62, (Child #61 app) 9, with honour that ye do return.
i-fedred feathered.
i-flawe III, 13, (Child #115 A) 6: flayed.
ile oil. 'inted (anointed) har with ashen ile, V, 305 a, 6: gave her a beating with an ashen cudgel.
ilk, ilke same, of that ilk, III, 451, note *: having a title the same as the surname: as, Wemys of Wemys. in that ilke, I, 287, (Child #30 A) 72: in that same; III, 105, 14: at that same moment.
ilka I, 107, (Child #8 A) 7; 302, A 9, 11, 12; 474, 40: each, either, ilka ane, ilkone, II, 185, (Child #73 B) 25; III, 97, (Child #119 A) 16: each one.
ilkone See ilka.
ill, ell, uil will.
ill-bukled V, 276, 18: badly run down at the heel. See baucheld. (Unless ill be for old.)
ill-far'd I, 342, (Child #39 A) 41: ill-favored.
ill-fardly V, 115, (Child #279 app) 9: ill-favoredly, in an ugly way.
ill-wordie V, 243, 15: unworthy.
im am.
impale V, 182, (Child #304 A) 5: make pale.
imy I, 243, (Child #23 A) 7: in my.
in IV, 464, 3; V, 277, 5, 9: an, and, if.
in o = in (in some part of?), III, 495 b, 23, 24; IV, 19, (Child #192 B) (Child #192 C) 3; 517, 19.
in one II, 186, (Child #73 C) 1; 187, 8; 196 e 1, 7; into ane, 184, 5, 8, 11, 18: anon, or, at once = in a single answer. In, riddle both of us into ane, the intention was, perhaps, together, simultaneously; and so, all in one, III, 4(Child #114 A) (Child #114 B) , 7; both as one, II, 187, 2.
inbearing II, 28, (Child #58 I) (Child #58 J) 15: obtrusive, over-officious, inter-meddling (with the object of thereby ingratiating oneself).
infeft with in, I, 478, (Child #53 M) 5, 10; IV, 350, B b, 4, 5; V, 274, 6, 7; convey (land, money) to, put in possession of. inheft (o), IV, 349, B (Child #239 B) 4, 5: mistakenly for infeft.
in-fere together. See fere.
ingle III, 484 a, (Child #187 D) 36; V, 45 1: fire.
inheft IV, 349, B (Child #239 B) 4, 5, for infeft b, to invest with a possession in fee.
inn, inne III, 117, (Child #122 A) 11; 118, 8; 200, 6, 7; 212, 5: lodging.
i-nocked III, 62, (Child #117 A) 132: nocked, notched.
inowe III, 57, (Child #117 A) 13; 58, 43: enough.
instiled III, 227, (Child #154 A) 3: styled, intitled.
'inted V, 305 a, 6: anointed. See ile.
intil, intill I, 68, (Child #5 A) 28; 69, 36; 302, A 11, IV, 171, (Child #214 I) 1: into, in.
into I, 70, (Child #5 A) (Child #5 B) 20; 71, 29; 127, 5; 440, 13-15; IV, 263, (Child #226 E) (Child #226 F) 35: in. into his age, IV, 359, (Child #242 A) 12: at, of.
into ane II, 184, (Child #73 B) 5, 8, 11, 18: anon, in a single answer, or simultaneously. See in one.
intoxicate pret., II, 47, (Child #59 B) 8: intoxicated.
i-pyght III, 63, (Child #117 A) 136: put.
ir are.
irale (stane, as the rhyme shows the reading should be), I, 326, (Child #37 C) 9: an undetermined stone mentioned in romances.
ire thro, II, 408, (Child #101 A) (Child #101 B) 17: seems to mean, as resenting the covering (not ballad-like), wi ire, II, 411, (Child #101 C) 10, is sufficiently incongruous.
irke with, V, 15, (Child #267 A) 14: tired, weary of.
is III, 440, (Child #179 A) 11: has.
-is, -ys termination of 3d pers. pres. indic., he stendis louys: III, 98, (Child #119 A) 22; 101, 88.
I'se IV, 506, 68: I am.
istow I, 175 f., (Child #14 C) (Child #14 D) 4, 10, 16: is thou, art thou.
it (= O. Eng. his), its. defile it nest, III, 445, (Child #180 A) 32.
ith in the.
'ith with.
ither IV, 210 a; V, 306, 15: other. IV, 110, (Child #206 A) 9: one another.
I wat, a wat, I wot I wad = surely: I, 107, (Child #8 A) 1; 471, 11; and very often. See a = I.
I wis IV, 405, (Child #252 B) (Child #252 C) 1: probably to be taken as assuredly, since we have I wot in that sense in 7.
i-wis, i-wisse, i-wys II, 46, (Child #59 A) (Child #59 B) 43; 265 f., 9, 26; III, 27, (Child #116 A) 104; 277, 17; 359, 84: surely, indeed. As to i-wis that, III, 277, (Child #158 A) 18, 19, it is to be remembered that a superfluous that is common in the Percy Manuscript
I wist III, 187, (Child #141 A) 32: for iwis, indeed. Perhaps the Scottish I wat, surely, has influenced the form.
iyen, iyn III, 57, (Child #117 A) 23, 28; 59, 58: eyen, eyes.
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