| abbatie | The benefice, jurisdiction, or office of an abbot or abbess. Also: an abbey. Cf. abbacy n. 1. | 1299 | Go To Quotation |
| amount | intr. (simply, or with prep. defining relation to an object.) To go up, ascend, rise, mount. Obs. | 1250 | Go To Quotation |
| anoure | To adore v., worship, reverence, or honour. | 1250 | Go To Quotation |
| apparel | trans. To make ready, or prepare (for a purpose); to fit out, get ready, put into proper order. | 1250 | Go To Quotation |
| appear | esp. of angels, disembodied spirits, and visions. | 1250 | Go To Quotation |
| architricline | The president or ‘ruler’ of a feast. (Taken in mediæval legend as proper name of a rich lord.) | 1250 | Go To Quotation |
| areason | By-form of arraign v.; to address words and esp. questions to; to question, examine, call to account. | 1250 | Go To Quotation |
| arghhood | Cowardice, pusillanimity. | 1350 | Go To Quotation |
| aschape | trans. = escape v. 2 4. | 1299 | Go To Quotation |
| astrength | To strengthen, establish, confirm. | 1250 | Go To Quotation |
| atblench | intr. To escape. | 1275 | Go To Quotation |
| atdare | intr. (with dat.) To escape by hiding (from). | 1275 | Go To Quotation |
| ateliche | Frightfully, horribly. | 1275 | Go To Quotation |
| back | In a position to the rear, or away from the front; at a point or distance behind. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| beak | The horny termination of the jaws of a bird, consisting of two pointed mandibles… | 1220 | Go To Quotation |
| begin | trans. To entrap, ensnare. | 1250 | Go To Quotation |
| belave | trans. To lave about, wash all over; to lave its banks as a river. | 1299 | Go To Quotation |
| besoil | trans. To soil, stain, sully; also fig. | 1299 | Go To Quotation |
| bespete | = bespit v. | 1239 | Go To Quotation |
| bill | intr. To strike with the bill; to peck. Obs. | 1220 | Go To Quotation |
| bisp | = bishop n. | 1299 | Go To Quotation |
| biwile | trans. To overcome with wiles, ensnare, beguile. | 1274 | Go To Quotation |
| bloke | intr. To turn pale. | 1275 | Go To Quotation |
| book-lered | = book-learned adj. | 1274 | Go To Quotation |
| bounty | An act of generosity, a thing generously bestowed; a boon, gift, gratuity. | 1250 | Go To Quotation |
| breechgirdle | A girdle or belt worn round the loins; a belt to keep up the breeches. | 1299 | Go To Quotation |
| bretheling | = brethel n. | 1275 | Go To Quotation |
| brittle | trans. To cut into pieces; (Hunting) to cut up (a deer or boar). | 1299 | Go To Quotation |
| centurion | The commander of a century in the Roman army. | 1275 | Go To Quotation |
| cete | A whale, a sea-monster. | 1220 | Go To Quotation |
| cethegrande | A whale. | 1220 | Go To Quotation |
| chrysoprase | In mod. Min. Applied to an apple-green variety of chalcedony. | 1275 | Go To Quotation |
| clever | (?) Expert or nimble with the claws or hands, expert to seize. Obs. | 1220 | Go To Quotation |
| clib | ? Eager, sharp, keen. | 1275 | Go To Quotation |
| cocker | A fighter, prizefighter; a contentious, quarrelsome man; a wrangler. Obs. | 1275 | Go To Quotation |
| commandment | An authoritative order or injunction; a precept given by authority. (arch.) | 1250 | Go To Quotation |
| commencement | The action or process of commencing; beginning; time of beginning. | 1250 | Go To Quotation |
| company | Companionship, fellowship, society; †also transf. of things. in company: in the society… | 1250 | Go To Quotation |
| compeer | A companion, associate, comrade, fellow. | 1275 | Go To Quotation |
| contrary | absol. the contrary n. the exact opposite or reverse of what has previously been mentioned. | 1250 | Go To Quotation |
| corse | simply. | 1250 | Go To Quotation |
| courteous | Having such manners as befit the court of a prince; having the bearing of a courtly… | 1275 | Go To Quotation |
| cover | To shield, protect, shelter. Also fig. | 1274 | Go To Quotation |
| cover | trans. To get, gain, obtain, attain. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| cule | The rump; a buttock. | 1220 | Go To Quotation |
| defend | trans. To ward off attack from; to fight for the safety of; to keep safe from assault or injury; to protect, guard. | 1250 | Go To Quotation |
| dissever | trans. To separate (a person or thing from another or from a body, two or more things… | 1250 | Go To Quotation |
| divers | Different or not alike in character or quality; not of the same kind. Obs. in this form… | 1250 | Go To Quotation |
| dote | A foolish or weak-minded person; a dotard. Obs. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| egleche | ? Valiant. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| ensample | Phrases: in (†to) ensample; to give, set (an) ensample; to take ensample (†at, by, of). | 1250 | Go To Quotation |
| enter | To take on oneself (an engagement, a relation, the duties of an office, etc.).… | 1250 | Go To Quotation |
| er-aftur | According as. | 1370 | Go To Quotation |
| extortioner | One who practises or is given to extortion. | 1375 | Go To Quotation |
| eye-pit | The depression between the eye and the orbit. | 1275 | Go To Quotation |
| fed | At variance, hostile. | 1250 | Go To Quotation |
| fiery | Consisting of or containing fire; flaming with fire. fiery-drake, fiery-dragon = fire-drake n. | 1275 | Go To Quotation |
| flother | A flake (of snow). | 1275 | Go To Quotation |
| fokel | Treacherous. (In quots. absol. and quasi- adv.) | 1274 | Go To Quotation |
| foken | intr. To play false. | 1274 | Go To Quotation |
| frough | Liable to break or give way, not to be depended on, frail, brittle. lit. and fig. | 1275 | Go To Quotation |
| gains | | 1275 | Go To Quotation |
| gatherer | One who gathers or collects (in general senses). Also gatherer up. | 1199 | Go To Quotation |
| gavelling | Usury. | 1250 | Go To Quotation |
| gentleman | A man of gentle birth, or having the same heraldic status as those of gentle birth… | 1274 | Go To Quotation |
| gentlery | = gentry n. | 1274 | Go To Quotation |
| giddihead | Giddiness, folly. | 1275 | Go To Quotation |
| glare | intr. To shine with a brilliant or dazzling light. Also of light itself. | 1250 | Go To Quotation |
| Grew | The Greek language, Greek. | 1275 | Go To Quotation |
| gripe | A vulture. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| heathenhood | = heathendom n. 1. | 1275 | Go To Quotation |
| hokerful | Scornful. | 1274 | Go To Quotation |
| huge | Of things material or of spatial extent. | 1274 | Go To Quotation |
| humble | Of persons. | 1250 | Go To Quotation |
| hydre | A water-pot. | 1250 | Go To Quotation |
| idleship | Vanity (= idleness n. 1); in idleship, in vain. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| i-hosed | early Middle English form of hosed adj. | 1275 | Go To Quotation |
| jail | A place or building for the confinement of persons accused or convicted of a crime or… | 1275 | Go To Quotation |
| kene | trans. To beget, conceive, bear. intr. To be born. | 1275 | Go To Quotation |
| lectory | = cock-stone n. | 1275 | Go To Quotation |
| lichy | Like. | 1370 | Go To Quotation |
| lickerous | Pleasing or tempting to the palate. Also gen. and fig.: Sweet, pleasant, delightful. | 1275 | Go To Quotation |
| listening | That listens or hears attentively. Also fig. | 1274 | Go To Quotation |
| lude | Noise, clamour. | 1274 | Go To Quotation |
| malkin | A typical name (usu. derogatory) for: a lower-class, untidy, or sluttish woman, esp. a… | 1275 | Go To Quotation |
| manquelle | A murderer. | 1275 | Go To Quotation |
| misbethink | trans. (in pass.). To be mistaken or misguided. | 1299 | Go To Quotation |
| parson | In the pre-Reformation Church and the Church of England: a person presented to… | 1275 | Go To Quotation |
| people | With the. Obs. | 1299 | Go To Quotation |
| preaching | The action of preach v. (in various senses); the action or practice of delivering a… | 1299 | Go To Quotation |
| punishing | The action of punish v.; punishment; an instance of this. | 1375 | Go To Quotation |
| reusful | Lamentable, regrettable. | 1275 | Go To Quotation |
| rone | A brake or thicket; thick bush or undergrowth. | 1299 | Go To Quotation |
| rusk | trans. To disturb violently; to shake; to tear or tug up. Obs. | 1299 | Go To Quotation |
| russet | A coarse woollen cloth of a reddish-brown or subdued colour, formerly used for clothing… | 1299 | Go To Quotation |
| sacrifice | That which is offered in sacrifice; a victim immolated on the altar; anything… | 1250 | Go To Quotation |
| sapphire | A precious stone of a beautiful transparent blue. It is a variety of native alumina akin to the ruby. | 1271 | Go To Quotation |
| sardoin | = sardonyx n. | 1271 | Go To Quotation |
| scab | Disease of the skin in which pustules or scales are formed: a general term for skin… | 1250 | Go To Quotation |
| scarlet | In later use, cloth or clothing of the colour described in A. 2. | 1250 | Go To Quotation |
| scum | Foam, froth; pl. bubbles. Obs. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| sheer | trans. To clear, free, acquit from blame. In quot. 1250 refl.; cf. skere v. 2. | 1250 | Go To Quotation |
| shot | intr. ? To participate or consort with. Obs. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| sitting | Of garments or articles of apparel: Fitting well or closely to the body. Obs. rare. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| slumber | intr. To sleep, esp. to sleep lightly; to doze or drowse. | 1220 | Go To Quotation |
| smake | trans. To perceive by scent or smell. | 1220 | Go To Quotation |
| snout | The trunk of an elephant. Also transf. | 1220 | Go To Quotation |
| soothness | Without article. | 1275 | Go To Quotation |
| spake | intr. To hasten (to do something). | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| stable | Steadfast in purpose or resolution; settled in character, not fickle, changeable, or… | 1274 | Go To Quotation |
| stand | An open tub; a barrel set on end. | 1250 | Go To Quotation |
| succour | trans. To help, assist, aid (a person, etc.). | 1250 | Go To Quotation |
| summon | trans. To call together by authority for action or deliberation. †Occas. with up. (See summons n. 1a 1b.) | 1250 | Go To Quotation |
| sunrising | = sunrise n. (In early use often with the.) | 1250 | Go To Quotation |
| supper | The last meal taken by Jesus with the apostles before his crucifixion, at which he… | 1299 | Go To Quotation |
| swoft | Sweepings. | 1250 | Go To Quotation |
| targe | intr. To delay; = tarry v. | 1250 | Go To Quotation |
| tempest | A violent storm of wind, usually accompanied by a downfall of rain, hail, or snow, or by thunder. | 1250 | Go To Quotation |
| toll | trans. To attract, entice, allure, decoy; †to incite, instigate (obs.). | 1220 | Go To Quotation |
| tomorrow | For or on the day after today; for or on the morrow. | 1275 | Go To Quotation |
| topaz | In modern use (true or occidental topaz), a fluo-silicate of aluminium, usually… | 1271 | Go To Quotation |
| to-tug | trans. To pull to pieces. | 1220 | Go To Quotation |
| travail | Bodily or mental labour or toil, especially of a painful or oppressive nature; exertion; trouble; hardship; suffering. arch. | 1250 | Go To Quotation |
| travail | intr. (for refl.; cf. 1b). To exert oneself, labour, toil, work hard. arch. | 1250 | Go To Quotation |
| tray | trans. To betray. | 1275 | Go To Quotation |
| trest | refl. To commit oneself securely, to trust (in, of, on): cf. traist v. 1. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| truth | trans. To believe, trust. Obs. | 1299 | Go To Quotation |
| twelvemonth | A period of twelve months; a year. | 1275 | Go To Quotation |
| twyeling | (Meaning uncertain.) | 1275 | Go To Quotation |
| unbeaten | Not beaten or struck. | 1274 | Go To Quotation |
| unbore | = unborn adj. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| unbuxom | Not submissive or compliant; intractable, disobedient. Freq. const. to. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| uncost | Bad disposition, evil nature. | 1220 | Go To Quotation |
| underwroot | trans. To burrow under; to undermine. | 1271 | Go To Quotation |
| unketh | Unknown, strange. | 1274 | Go To Quotation |
| unlude | An unpleasant noise. | 1274 | Go To Quotation |
| unsly | Of persons: Unskilful, unwise, foolish, careless. | 1275 | Go To Quotation |
| unsoft | Not soft; hard, severe. | 1275 | Go To Quotation |
| untrend | trans. To unroll. | 1271 | Go To Quotation |
| uprist | Rising from the dead; resurrection. | 1250 | Go To Quotation |
| venom | The poisonous fluid normally secreted by certain snakes and other animals and used by them in attacking other living creatures. | 1220 | Go To Quotation |
| very | Of persons, or the Deity. | 1250 | Go To Quotation |
| warish | trans. To heal, cure (a person, etc.) of, (out of), a sickness or trouble. | 1250 | Go To Quotation |
| warrant | trans. To keep safe from danger, to protect. Const. from. Obs. | 1275 | Go To Quotation |
| wemless | Without stain of sin; undefiled, immaculate. | 1275 | Go To Quotation |
| wherethrough | In reference to reason or cause: By reason of which, on account of which, wherefore… | 1220 | Go To Quotation |
| whiles | conj. = while conj. 1; also with that, †as. | 1220 | Go To Quotation |
| whine | of persons. | 1275 | Go To Quotation |
| wond | The evil one, the devil. (So Danish den onde.) | 1250 | Go To Quotation |
| wonderness | A wonder. | 1275 | Go To Quotation |
| worthy | Of sufficient merit, excellence, or desert to be or have something. †Also with that. | 1220 | Go To Quotation |
| wrase | A small bundle. | 1275 | Go To Quotation |
| wrength | Crookedness; distortion. | 1220 | Go To Quotation |
| ydronke(n | drunk. | 1274 | Go To Quotation |
| yfrore | frozen. | 1275 | Go To Quotation |
| younghead | Youth (abstr. and concr.). | 1275 | Go To Quotation |
