gladeth - sing, rejoice
foules - fowls, birds
rowes rede - the red/pink sunbeams of dawn
floures - flowers
wol ye sprede - will you spread (your petals)
lest wikked tonges yow espye - unless you enjoy being talked about
teres blewe - pale tears
apeseth - alleviate
sorowes smerte - painful sorrow
er sonne gan up-sprynge - as the sun was rising
rede yow al awake - I call you to wake
wyse - manner
make - mate, spouse
renoveleth - renew
dure - last, endure
briddes wise - literaly "bird manner" or my manner as a bird
morwenynge - morrow, morning
whilom - once
the thridde hevenes lord - literally "the lord of the third heavens"; this refers to Mars, who is in the third celestial sphere
lust - wish, desire
tal - meek
deyned - deigned, consented
desevere - sever, put asunder
stevene - appointment, date
paleys - literally "palace," this refers to a zodiac sign (Taurus)
atake - overtaken
preiede - prayed
myschef - misfortune, trouble
sikerly - truly
smerte - pain
thilke tyme no wight - during that time no person
ne - nor
oo - one
tunge-telle - telling, as in the telling of a tale
feyrnesse - fairness
rede - tell
Phebus - Phoebus, the sun
yates - gates
honde - hand
knokkeden - knocked
depeynted - decorated
boles grete - great bulls
brenne - burn
sely - poor, unfortunate
nygh dreynt - nearly drenched or drowned
wol wrie - will betray us
hym liste not - he did not wish
eyen tweyne - two eyes
firi - fiery
brosten - burst, broke
hente - grabbed, seized
hauberk - a spear-like weapon
Fle wolde... himselven hide - He would neither flee nor hide
towond - split in two
maist - may (past tense)
seyn - seen
therto ys - there is
Is passed... yen - is half out of his celestial influence, meaning that the conjunction of planets is nearing an end
nere -- were not
Cilenios - Mercury
voide cours - lonely course or solitary course
socour - succor, aid
For she ne... wyght - For she neither found nor sought any maner of person
herselven for to hyde and save - attempting to hide and save herself
pas - steps
wod - mad, angry
roghte - cared
feble - feeble
wex - became, waxed
swelte - grow weak or faint
unnethe - scarcely
nathelesse - nonetheless
brennyng - burning
paas - step, pace, distance
wyd - wide
Cilenius - Mercury, alternate spelling of Cilenios
chevache - carriage or chariot
valaunse - the zodiac sign opposite of a planet's home
wyght, wight - person
pleyne - lament or complain
deme - judge
folily -foolishly
hider - hither
wroth - angry, grieving or sad (the meaning here is unclear)
cure - care, attention
lust - pleasure, delight
thewed - with good personality traits
yshewed - issued
knette - bring together
wele - happiness
sith hit lyth in her myght - since it lies in her power
hette - vowed
lette - cease, desist
wete - know, believe
ye - eye
certes - certainly
bane - death, destruction
sauf - safe
no fors - no matter, unimportant
mote, mot - must
rewe - rue, have pity
horowe - foul, scandal-mongering
depraven - slander
savacyoun - salvation
in affray - scared
swowne - swoon, faint
fyn - purpose, result
malgre her hed - in spite of their best efforts
mystihed - mysteriousness
yeving - giving
algates - all the while
sesed - owned, possesed
at erst - at first
Ynde - deep blue, indigo
He wende... mynde - He went right of his mind
drye - suffer, endure
worcher - worker, maker
nyce - weak, foolish
wrighte - made, crafted
also mot I the - as I may prosper (mild oath or adjuration)
wite - know
unwit - foolishness
Al be I not - although I am not
Be wey of kynde - By way of kindness
sable - black
emperise - emperess (here refers to Venus)
can - know
chevise - triumph in her attempts, reach her goal
eke - also
in-fere - together
thilke -this
ensample - example
Kytheth... kyndenesse - show to her some kindness