Browse dictionary
Showing 1-20 of 52 results in 52 entries
1. alder-, prefix View full entry ?a1160
...Prefixed to superlative adverbs with the sense ‘of all’, as alder-best, alder-first, alder-last, alder-most, etc. Usu. in cases where modern English uses an adverbial...
2. an, conj. and n. View full entry ?a1160
...Now usu. in form an'. = andI. (coordinating). Now regional and nonstandard....
3. Araby, adj. and n. View full entry c1175
...Arabian, Arabic. arch. and poet....
4. ball, n.1 View full entry 1166
...A rounded hill, a knoll. Now Eng. regional (south-west.)....
5. buxom, adj. View full entry c1175
...Morally....
6. crook, v.1 View full entry c1175
...trans. To bend into an angular or curved form; to distort from a straight line; to curve....
7. crown, v.1 View full entry c1175
...trans. To place a crown, wreath, or garland upon the head of (a person), in token of victory or honour, or as a decoration, etc.; to adorn with the aureole of...
8. grisly, adj. View full entry a1150
...Causing horror, terror, or extreme fear; horrible or terrible to behold or to hear; causing such feelings as are associated with thoughts of death and ‘the other world’, spectral appearances, and the...
9. kirk, n. View full entry lOE
...= churchI....
10. † lend, v.1 View full entry 11..
...intr. To arrive, come. Also refl....
11. long, v.2 View full entry ?a1200
...intr. To be appropriate to (†occas. for); to pertain to (†rarely with simple dative); to refer or relate to; to belong, as a member of...
12. marble, n. and adj. View full entry c1180
...Limestone that has been recrystallized by metamorphism and is capable of taking a polish; esp. one that is pure white or has a mottled surface, such as is often used...
13. market, n. View full entry lOE
...A meeting or gathering together of people for the purchase and sale of provisions or livestock, publicly displayed, at a fixed time and place; the occasion or time of this. Also: the...
14. May, n.2 View full entry lOE
...The fifth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendar, containing 31 days and falling between April and June....
15. mightful, adj. and n. View full entry lOE
...Mighty, powerful; endowed with divine or kingly power; †efficacious (obs.)....
16. miracle, n. View full entry ?a1160
...A marvellous event not ascribable to human power or the operation of any natural force and therefore attributed to supernatural, esp. divine, agency; esp. an act (e.g. of healing) demonstrating...
17. morrow, n. (and adv.) and int. View full entry lOE
...= morning1a. †Also used adverbially. Now rare (chiefly poet.)....
18. much, adj., adv., pron., and n. View full entry a1154
...Of any physical object or entity: great in size or dimension; spec. (of a person) tall, large, bulky; (formerly also) †adult, grown up, mature (obs.). Now only in...
19. my, adj., int., and pron. View full entry c1175
...Of or belonging to me; of or relating to myself; which I have, hold, or possess....
20. nevermore, adv. and n. View full entry lOE
...Never again, at no future time; no longer; (also simply) never....