Glum-mong in the Saxon signifies twilight, a dark or
dubious light; and the modern word _gloomy_ is derived from the Saxon
_glum_.
dubious light; and the modern word _gloomy_ is derived from the Saxon
_glum_.
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[Footnote 8: a loose robe or mantle. ]
[Footnote 9: the sky, the atmosphere. ]
[Footnote 10: Arose. ]
[Footnote 11: hiding, shrouding. ]
[Footnote 12: at once. ]
[Footnote 13: beauteous. ]
[Footnote 14: It would have been _charitable_, if the author had not
pointed at personal characters in this Ballad of Charity. The Abbot
of St. Godwin's at the time of the writing of this was Ralph de
Bellomont, a great stickler for the Lancastrian family. Rowley was a
Yorkist. ]
[Footnote 15: beggarly. ]
[Footnote 16: filled with. ]
[Footnote 17: beggar. ]
[Footnote 18: clouded, dejected. A person of some note in the literary
world is of opinion, that _glum_ and _glom_ are modern cant words;
and from this circumstance doubts the authenticity of Rowley's
Manuscripts.
Glum-mong in the Saxon signifies twilight, a dark or
dubious light; and the modern word _gloomy_ is derived from the Saxon
_glum_. ]
[Footnote 19: dry, sapless. ]
[Footnote 20: The grave. ]
[Footnote 21: accursed, unfortunate. ]
[Footnote 22: coffin. ]
[Footnote 23: a sleeping room. ]
[Footnote 24: sun-burnt. ]
[Footnote 25: smoke. ]
[Footnote 26: drink. ]
[Footnote 27: _pall_, a contraction from _appall_, to fright. ]
[Footnote 28: fly. ]
[Footnote 29: lightning. ]
[Footnote 30: steam, or vapours. ]
[Footnote 31: flames. ]
[Footnote 32: noisy. ]
[Footnote 33: moves.
[Footnote 8: a loose robe or mantle. ]
[Footnote 9: the sky, the atmosphere. ]
[Footnote 10: Arose. ]
[Footnote 11: hiding, shrouding. ]
[Footnote 12: at once. ]
[Footnote 13: beauteous. ]
[Footnote 14: It would have been _charitable_, if the author had not
pointed at personal characters in this Ballad of Charity. The Abbot
of St. Godwin's at the time of the writing of this was Ralph de
Bellomont, a great stickler for the Lancastrian family. Rowley was a
Yorkist. ]
[Footnote 15: beggarly. ]
[Footnote 16: filled with. ]
[Footnote 17: beggar. ]
[Footnote 18: clouded, dejected. A person of some note in the literary
world is of opinion, that _glum_ and _glom_ are modern cant words;
and from this circumstance doubts the authenticity of Rowley's
Manuscripts.
Glum-mong in the Saxon signifies twilight, a dark or
dubious light; and the modern word _gloomy_ is derived from the Saxon
_glum_. ]
[Footnote 19: dry, sapless. ]
[Footnote 20: The grave. ]
[Footnote 21: accursed, unfortunate. ]
[Footnote 22: coffin. ]
[Footnote 23: a sleeping room. ]
[Footnote 24: sun-burnt. ]
[Footnote 25: smoke. ]
[Footnote 26: drink. ]
[Footnote 27: _pall_, a contraction from _appall_, to fright. ]
[Footnote 28: fly. ]
[Footnote 29: lightning. ]
[Footnote 30: steam, or vapours. ]
[Footnote 31: flames. ]
[Footnote 32: noisy. ]
[Footnote 33: moves.
