swain
someone who sings love songs in pastoral poetry; a young man serving a knight in chivalric tales; someone who lives in the woods; a young male lover
sanguine
optimistic, particularly in a bad situation
vernal
young; in full bloom; a word often used to describe plants in spring
twain
two things closely tied
wan
pale, sickly
interpose
intervene
quaint
old-fashioned but in a pleasing way
waft
passing gently as if carried on the air
contagion
a disease easily passed from one person to another
hue
a shade of color
forsake
to give up someone or betray them
wanton
free-spirited or promiscuous
dread
to think of something with fear
meed
an appropriate reward
perfidious
lacking trustworthiness
strew
scatter
privy
to be aware of information not generally known
wretched
an unfortunate state of being, deserving of pity
devour
to consume with great hunger
smite
to deal a heavy and violent blow to another
grim
stern and humorless
ere
before
battening
fattening
bier
the stand where the dead are placed before they are buried
