| achate | = agate n. 2. Now rare. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| achesoun | Reason, motive, occasion; = encheason n. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| aching | Of a part of the body, a wound, etc.: painful, sore; throbbing with pain; (of a… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| addebted | = indebted adj. (in various senses). | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| adoted | Doting, foolish, silly. Also as n.: foolish people. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| adversity | Adverse fortune, condition, or circumstance; a state opposed to well-being… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| afaite | trans. To incline, dispose, or discipline (the heart). | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| ail | Trouble, affliction; (in later use esp.) illness, disease. In early use also: harm. Obs. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| air | An atmosphere contaminated by noxious fumes, vapours, etc.; such contaminating… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| alas | Used to express grief, pity, regret, disappointment, or concern. Also with for, †to. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| all over | In every respect; throughout; fully, totally. Now colloq. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| amaze | To put out of one's wits; to stun or stupefy, as by a blow on the head; to infatuate, craze. Obs. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| ampul | A small bottle or flask; a phial. Obs. in general sense. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| anchor | trans. To secure (the ship) with an anchor; to place at, or bring to, anchor. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| angerful | Full of trouble; careful, anxious. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| anguishous | actively, Fraught with anguish, attended with much suffering; tormenting, distressing. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| arche | Noah's ark; = ark n. 3. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| areim-en | To set at large, liberate. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| arep(pe | To reach, lay hold of, seize. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| a-row | Of time or order: In succession, one after another, successively. Obs. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| article | Each of the separate items of a summary of faith; spec. (a) each of the separate… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| askebathe | One who sits among the ashes; = askefise n. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| asquint | (To look) to one side instead of straight forward; obliquely, out at the corners of the eyes. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| assoin(e | trans. To excuse; to offer or put in an excuse for non-appearance of. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| aswelt | intr. To perish, die, become extinct. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| atiffe | To adorn, deck (the person). | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| atslip | intr. To slip away; cf. aslope adj. adv. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| attent | Intention, aim, purpose. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| authority | The quotation or book acknowledged, or alleged, to settle a question of opinion or give conclusive testimony. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| ave | Short for Ave Maria n., q.v. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| Ave Maria | The Hail Mary! the angelic salutation to the Virgin (Luke i. 28), combined with that… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| await | trans. Obs. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| awileg-en | trans. To make wild, dazzle (the eyes). | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| awly | Awfully, terribly, dreadfully. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| babble | intr. To talk excessively or inappropriately; to chatter quickly, excitedly, or at length… | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| babbling | That talks rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible… | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| bandon | Jurisdiction, authority, dominion, control; power of disposal, full discretion, or… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| barrat | Trouble, distress, sorrow, grief, pain. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| bat | A stick, a club, a staff for support and defence. (In 1387 applied to a crosier.) arch.… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| beating | The infliction of repeated blows; spec. the action of inflicting blows in punishment… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| beaubelet | A small toy, trinket, plaything. | 1205 | Go To Quotation |
| bebar | trans. To bar about; to debar. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| bebleed | To cover, or stain with blood, make bloody. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| beclout | trans. To cover with a clout or cloth; to dress up; chiefly fig. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| bedwele(n | trans. To mislead, lead into error. | 1205 | Go To Quotation |
| beforehand | Generally. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| beforesaid | = aforesaid adj. Also in non-finite clauses introduced by as. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| beggar | One who asks alms, especially habitually; one who lives by so doing. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| beggild | ? A female beggar. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| bemazed | Stupefied, bewildered. (Cf. amaze v.) | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| bested | Placed in some situation, situated, circumstanced; generally with ill, and the like. to be hard… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| beswinkful | Toilsome. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| beturn | To turn about. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| bewrap | trans. To wrap up, clothe, cover, envelop. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| biheve | Behoof; advantage. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| birewness | Commiseration, compassion, ruth, pity. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| bisteke | trans. To shut (firmly). | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| bitrufle | trans. To befool, delude. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| biwrench(e | To cheat, deceive. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| biwrixle | trans. To change, transform. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| bleeding | Losing or emitting blood, or transf. sap. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| blindfolding | The action of covering up the eyes; hoodwinking; the apparatus used in the action; the state produced. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| blissfully | In a blissful manner, happily, joyously. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| blood-letten | Bled by surgical means; phlebotomized. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| bloodshedding | = bloodshed n. 1. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| boist | A box, a casket; chiefly used of a box for ointment, a vase or flask for oil, etc. (= box n. 1.) | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| bolt | To spring back, rebound, recoil; to fall violently backward. Obs. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| brooch | An ornamental fastening, consisting of a safety pin, with the clasping part fashioned into… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| buffet | A blow, stroke; now usually one given with the hand. †pl. Fisticuffs (rare). blindman('s) buffet… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| buffet | trans. To beat, strike, esp. with the hand; to thump, cuff, knock about. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| bust | A box, a container. Cf. boist n., boost n., buist n. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| buying | The action of buy v.; purchase. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| cackle | A cackler. (Or ? adj. cackling.) | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| cackle | Said of the chattering of other birds, esp. crows, jackdaws, magpies, and starlings. Obs. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| cackling | That cackles. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| cader | A cradle. Obs. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| cage | A box or place of confinement for birds and other animals (or, in barbarous times… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| canonial | = canonical adj. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| capital | Of or relating to the head or top. Obs. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| carving | The action of the verb carve v., in various senses. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| case | A thing that befalls or happens to any one; an event, occurrence, hap, or chance. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| catch | esp. To capture or lay hold of (that which tries or would try to escape, as a man or… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| cellar | In general sense. A storehouse or storeroom, whether above or below ground, for… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| champion | A fighting man, a combatant; a stout fighter, a man of valour. Also fig. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| change | The act of changing (see change v. 6 7); alteration in the state or quality of anything… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| charge | A (material) load, burden, weight. Obs. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| charge | To put in or on (a thing) what it can bear or is adapted to receive; to cause to take or… | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| chaste | Pure from unlawful sexual intercourse; continent, virtuous. (Of persons, their lives, conduct, etc.) | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| chavel | intr. To wag the jaws; to chatter, talk idly. Obs. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| cheapild | A female trafficker. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| circumstance | pl. The logical surroundings or ‘adjuncts’ of an action; the time, place, manner… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| city | orig. A town or other inhabited place. Not a native designation, but app. at first… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| claver | intr. To climb, clamber. (Some take it in first quot. as = clutch, claw.) | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| cleche | A clutch. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| clout | To put in, on, or to by way of a patch; usually fig. Obs. Also absol. To add patches. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| clutch | The claw of a beast or bird of prey, or of a fiend: mostly in pl. claws, talons… | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| cogitation | The action of thinking or reflecting; attentive consideration, reflection, meditation. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| comfort | Strengthening; encouragement, incitement; aid, succour, support, countenance. upon comfort of… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| commendation | Liturg. (gen. in pl.; also Commendation of Souls) An office originally ending with… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| confiteor | A form of prayer, or confession of sins (Confiteor Deo Omnipotenti, I confess to… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| consent | Voluntarily to accede to or acquiesce in what another proposes or desires; to agree… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| contemplation | spec. Religious musing, devout meditation. (The earliest sense; very common down to 17th c.) | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| contumace | = contumacy n.; also, a pronouncing a person to be in contumacy. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| convent | An institution founded for the living together of a number of ‘religious’ persons, monks, friars, nuns, etc. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| cope | As the special dress of a monk or friar. Obs. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| corbin | A raven. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| costen | = cost v. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| counsel | Opinion as to what ought to be done given as the result of consultation; aid or… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| coverture | A bed-cover, coverlet, or quilt. Obs. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| covet | To desire with concupiscence or with fleshly appetite. Obs. (or merged in sense 3). | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| coward | A reproachful designation for one who displays ignoble fear or want of courage in the… | 1288 | Go To Quotation |
| creant | In phrases to yield oneself creant, to cry (or say) creant: To acknowledge oneself… | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| crooked | Bent from the straight form; having (one or more) bends or angles; curved, bent… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| crop | trans. To cut off or remove the ‘crop’ or head of (a plant, tree, etc.); to poll, to lop off the branches of (a tree). | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| crucifix | An image or figure (formerly also a pictorial representation) of Christ upon the cross. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| cruelty | The quality of being cruel; disposition to inflict suffering; delight in or indifference… | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| cry | with the person addressed as indirect (dative) object, and the thing begged as… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| cubbel | Something fastened to a beast as a clog. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| culvert | Infamous, villainous, treacherous. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| debonair | Pleasant and affable in outward manner or address; often in mod. quots. connoting gaiety of heart. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| debtor | One who owes an obligation or duty. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| default | (with a and pl.) A failure in duty; a wrong act or deed; a fault, misdeed, offence; = fault n. 5. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| delight | in or to do (anything). | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| deliver | Now esp. To set free from restraint, imminent danger, annoyance, trouble, or evil generally. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| depaint | Depicted, painted, delineated; ornamented; coloured: see the verb. Chiefly as pa. pple. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| depaint | trans. To represent or portray in colours, to paint; to depict; to delineate. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| dernship | Secrecy; = dernhead n. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| desert | now conceived as a desolate, barren region, waterless and treeless, and with but scanty… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| destroy | To lay waste, ravage, make desolate. Obs. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| devout | Devoted to divine worship or service; solemn and reverential in religious exercises; pious, religious. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| dialogue | A literary work in the form of a conversation between two or more persons. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| diet | Food; the provisions or victuals in daily use, viewed as a collective whole, especially in relation to their quality and effects. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| dignity | The quality of being worthy or honourable; worthiness, worth, nobleness, excellence. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| dimly | In a dim manner; in or with a dim light; obscurely; somewhat darkly; faintly, indistinctly. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| discipline | Correction; chastisement; punishment inflicted by way of correction and training… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| discomfit | trans. To undo in battle; to defeat or overthrow completely; to beat, to rout. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| dod | trans. To make the top or head of (anything) blunt, rounded, or bare; hence, to clip or… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| dolk | A wound, a scar. Obs. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| doubt | with simple object. Obs. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| dreadful | Full of dread, fear, or awe; fearful, terrified, timid; reverential. Obs. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| dreadly | = dreadful adj. 1 2. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| droopy | Dejected, sad, gloomy, drooping. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| druery | Love, esp. sexual love, love-making, courtship; often, illicit love, amour. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| dry-footed | Having dry feet; with the feet not wetted; =prec. i. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| dusk | Dark from absence of light; dim, gloomy, shadowy; dark-coloured, blackish; dusky. (Now… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| ease | Opportunity, means or ability to do something (cf. easy adj. 1). | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| entermete | refl. To concern or occupy oneself, intermeddle, take part; to have dealings or… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| estate | A special state or condition; a condition of existence. Also in estate = in existence. Obs.… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| estre | Chiefly pl. Apartments, dwellings, quarters; the inner rooms in a house, divisions or alleys in a garden, etc. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| estudy | = study v. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| exode | The Book of Exodus; = Exodus n. 1. Obs. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| fail | ‘To fall off in respect of vigour or activity’ (W.); to lose power or strength; to flag… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| falsely | Deceitfully, treacherously. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| farrow | trans. Of a sow: To bring forth (young). | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| fawning | Said of animals: see fawn v. 1. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| fay | trans. ? To adorn. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| feeble | intr. To become or grow feeble. Now arch. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| feer | A price. Obs. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| fellowly | Pertaining to or befitting comrades or friendly associates; social. More recently revived in poet. and rhet. use. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| fellowred | The condition or state of being fellows or companions; companionship, company… | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| fethre | trans. To load. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| fickle | intr. To flatter. Also to fickle with. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| fig | The fruit of the fig-tree or Ficus, esp. the fruit of the Ficus carica. figs of Pharaoh… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| figure | A numerical symbol. Originally, and still chiefly, applied to the ten symbols of… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| file | To remove (roughnesses, part of a surface, etc.) by filing. Now only with away, off. Also fig. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| flattering | The action of flatter v., in its various senses. Now rare exc. in gerundial use. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| flower | fig. Also with out, into. to flower off: (of reflexions) to arise spontaneously in the treatment of a subject. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| fool | Foolish, silly. Now colloq. (freq. in U.S.). | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| foolhardy | Daring without judgement, foolishly adventurous or bold, rashly venturesome. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| forcast | trans. To cast away, reject; to fling away, do away with. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| forfret | trans. To devour, gnaw; to eat up or into, corrode. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| forquidder | A foreteller. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| free will | Spontaneous or unconstrained will; unforced choice; (also) inclination to act… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| fretewil | Voracious. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| frot | trans. To rub, chafe; spec. to polish (a precious stone); to rub (a garment) with… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| gaincome | A coming again, return. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| galstre | intr. To make a noise or outcry. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| garse | A cut, incision, gash. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| gesten | intr. To receive hospitality; to be entertained as a guest, to lodge. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| gewgaw | fig. A paltry thing of no account, a trifle. In pl. also, ‘vanities’. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| gibbet | Originally synonymous with gallows n., but in later use signifying an upright post… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| gliff | To slip, glance aside; fig. to make a slip in reading. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| gnodde | trans. To rub, bruise, crush. (Cf. gnide v.) | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| god-child | A person considered in relation to his or her god-parent or god-parents; a godson or god-daughter. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| godhood | In early use: = godhead n. 1. Now chiefly, the state or rank of being a god. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| gonfaneur | = gonfalonier n. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| grane | A snare, trap; a noose. (Cf. girn n.) | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| grant | To accede to, consent to fulfil (a request, prayer, wish, etc.). | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| greatest | The superlative of great adj. adv. n. in various senses. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| Greek | a combustible composition for setting fire to an enemy's ships, works, etc.; so called… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| grice | A pig, esp. a young pig, a sucking pig; †occas. and spec. in Heraldry, a wild boar. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| griddle | = gridiron n. 1b. Obs. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| grief | Hardship, suffering; a kind, or cause, of hardship or suffering. Obs. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| grindstone | A millstone. Obs. (exc. in nonce-use). | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| grinning | The action of grin v. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| grising | Terror, horror, dread; loathing. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| grithful | Peaceful. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| gruse | trans. To munch. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| grutch | intr. To murmur, complain, repine; = grudge v. 1. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| grutching | The action of the verb grutch v.; murmuring, complaining; murmur, complaint, reluctance. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| gulch | trans. To swallow or devour greedily. Also with down, in, up. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| gutefestre | ? A running ulcer. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| habit | Bodily apparel or attire; clothing, raiment, dress. arch. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| hag | fig. Applied to personifications of evil or of vice. (The place of the first quot. is uncertain.) | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| harlot | A vagabond, beggar, rogue, rascal, villain, low fellow, knave. In later use (16–17th… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| heaven bliss | = bliss n. 2c. Also: a state or feeling of great happiness. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| Hebrew | The Semitic language spoken by the Hebrews, and in which most of the books of the… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| hendy | = hend adj. (with various shades of meaning). | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| here-against | Against this; in opposition, contradistinction, or contrast to this; in comparison with this. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| hiding | The action of hide v., lit. and fig.; the condition of being hidden; concealment. (Often in phr. in hiding, Sc. under hiding.) | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| hidlings | In hidden wise, secretly. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| highing | Raising aloft, exaltation, elevation. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| highship | Elevation; high dignity; altitude. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| hokerly | In a way worthy of scorn, contemptibly, ridiculously. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| holding | The action of hold v., in various senses. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| hour | Ecclesiastical (pl.). The prayers or offices appointed to be said at the seven stated times… | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| housewifeship | Household management; housewifery. Also in later use: the role or status of housewife. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| hurtle | To strike, dash, or knock (something against something else, or two things together); †to… | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| hurtling | The action of the verb hurtle v.; clashing, collision, conflict; †a charge, onset; dashing, rushing, darting, etc.: see the verb. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| hypocrisy | The assuming of a false appearance of virtue or goodness, with dissimulation of real… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| i-borenesse | Birth. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| i-hwulen | intr. To have time, be at leisure. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| i-kepe | trans. To keep, receive, observe. (In quots. the sense is that of keep v. 5 6c, to watch for, wait for, intercept, ward off.) | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| impatience | Want of endurance; failure to bear suffering, discomfort, annoyance, etc. with equanimity; irritability, irascibility. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| incest | The crime of sexual intercourse or cohabitation between persons related within the… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| instead | Phrase. instead of, in stead of: In place of, in lieu of, in room of; for, in substitution for. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| intent | The act or fact of intending or purposing; intention, purpose (formed in the mind).… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| inwards | = inward adv. 2a. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| itching | A feeling of uneasiness or irritation in the skin, which leads to scratching: see itch v. 1. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| James | either apostle of the name; esp. St. James the Greater, chosen as the Patron Saint of… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| jealousy | In biblical language, attributed to God: see jealous adj. 4c. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| keach-cup | A toss-pot, drunkard. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| kernel | An indentation or embrasure in the battlement of a wall; = crenel n. 1. Also pl. (rarely sing.) = battlements. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| kid | Made known, mentioned, declared, renowned; well-known; famous; notorious: see also kithe v. 5. (Freq. in alliterative poetry.) | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| kill | trans. To strike, hit; to beat, knock. Also with off, and absol. or intr. Also fig. Obs. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| knowing | Recognition; acknowledgement. Obs. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| lace | To fasten or tighten with, or as with, a lace or string; to tie on; to fasten the lace of.… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| ladyly | In a manner befitting or characteristic of a lady; in a noble or ladylike way. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| largely | Copiously, abundantly; in a large measure; to a great extent; extensively, greatly, considerably, much. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| largess | Liberality, bountifulness, munificence. Obs. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| lasting | Abuse, blame, reproach. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| leaded | Covered, lined, loaded, or weighted with lead. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| leather | trans. To cover or arm with leather. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| leprous | Of a person or part of the body: affected with leprosy (leprosy n. 1). | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| liquor | A liquid; matter in a liquid state; occas. in wider sense, a fluid. Obs. in general sense. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| litany | Christian Church. An appointed form of public prayer, usually of a… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| litting | The action of colouring, dyeing, or painting. Also Comb. litting-lead n. Obs. a dyer's vat. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| lodge | To place in tents or other temporary shelter; to encamp, station (an army). Often refl.… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| loose | Not rigidly or securely attached or fixed in place; ready to move in or come apart from… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| loveful | Full of love; characterized by love. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| lowship | Lowness; humility. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| lutewiht | A little. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| lying | The action of lie v. in various senses; resting, reclining, remaining in deposit, †being sick, etc. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| malicious | Of a person, disposition, etc.: given to malice; addicted to sentiments or acts of ill… | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| mantle | Freq. in pass. To clothe or dress (a person or part of the body) in a mantle or similar… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| Martha | Originally: in Christian allegory, used as a symbol or type of the active life, as opposed… | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| mathelild | A female chatterer, a gossip. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| matheling | That chatters. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| mazely | Irrationally. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| medicine | A substance or preparation used in the treatment of illness; a drug; esp. one taken… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| memory | An act of commemoration, esp. of the dead; = commemoration n. 2b. Obs. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| menskful | Worshipful, honourable; gracious, beautiful. Of a building: stately. Also as n. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| menskly | Courteously, kindly; reverently; honourably, with dignity. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| mercer | A person who deals in textile fabrics, esp. silks, velvets, and other fine materials; spec.… | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| messenger | A person who carries a message or goes on an errand for another; a courier. Formerly… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| misbearing | Misconduct; offensive or sinful behaviour. Also: wrongful or improper bearing of arms. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| misease | Distressed, miserable; in need. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| mishappen | intr. To meet with mishap or misfortune, come to grief; = mishap v. 2. Obs. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| mishappening | Misfortune. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| miskeeping | Carelessness, neglect, mistreatment; an instance of this. Obs. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| misliking | Discomfort, uneasiness; unhappiness; trouble. Now arch. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| misnote | trans. To abuse, misuse. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| mispay | trans. To displease, dissatisfy; to anger, irritate. Obs. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| missaw | Evil-speaking, calumny, slander, insult; an instance of this. Also: desecration. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| mistrum | Scant, poor. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| mitcher | A robber, a petty thief. Now hist. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| mongle | trans. To join, mingle. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| mongling | A mixing, mingling; admixture, adulteration. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| monstrison | A display; an assembly, review, parade. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| moul | intr. To become mouldy; to rot. Also fig. Now rare. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| mouled | Mouldy; rotten; decayed. Also fig.: ill-tempered (cf. mouldy adj. 2b). | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| nakedly | Without concealment or reserve; plainly, openly; blatantly. Formerly also (Sc.): †without confirmation or proof (obs.). | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| namely | Precise, proper. Obs. rare. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| narrowth | Narrowness, constraint; constriction. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| noblesse | The quality of being noble in birth or rank, or in character or mind. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| noblewoman | A woman of noble birth or rank; a peeress. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| noces | A wedding. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| noise | Sound; the aggregate of sounds occurring in a particular place or at a particular… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| observance | An action, esp. of a religious or ceremonial nature, performed in accordance with… | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| ocker | The lending of money at (excessive) interest, usury; interest gained from this. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| ofdraw | trans. To draw away, draw to oneself, attract. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| ofseche | trans. To search for, seek out; to conduct a search of; to search for and find; to… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| open-head | = open-headed adj. 1. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| Our Lady day | = Lady day n. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| outcome | The act or fact of coming out. Obs. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| outcoming | A coming out, an emergence; the departure of a person from a place; an opening, a place for coming out. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| over-feeble | Excessively feeble, too weak. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| overforth | Very far forth, forward, or onward; directly above. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| overgart | Immoderate; excessive; presumptuous. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| overpraising | The action of bestowing excessive praise. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| overrun | Speed or exceptional ability in running. Obs. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| over-strong | Excessively strong (in various senses). | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| overtrust | Excessive trust; overconfidence, presumption. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| overtrust | intr. To trust too much; to be overconfident. Freq. with to. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| over-trusty | Overconfident, presumptuous. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| overturn | intr. Of a wheel: to turn round, to revolve. Also fig.: (of time) to pass. Obs. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| pagine | A page or leaf in a book; (also) pages collectively, writing; a document. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| painting | Painted matter; that which is painted. In later use esp. as a count noun: a representation… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| painture | That which is painted; painted matter; a painting; = painting n. 1a). | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| parishen | A member of a parish community; = parishioner n. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| parure | An ornamental part of an alb or other vestment. Cf. parel n. 2a, apparel n. 7b. Obs. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| patience | The calm, uncomplaining endurance of pain, affliction, inconvenience, etc.; the capacity for such endurance. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| peel | To rob or strip (a person) of possessions; to pillage or plunder (a place); (also) to… | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| perfection | The fact, state, or condition of being completed or perfected; consummation, completion, end. Obs. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| peril | The position or condition of being imminently exposed to the chance of injury, loss, or destruction; risk, jeopardy, danger. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| phantasm | As a mass noun: illusion, deceptive appearance. Cf. phantom n. 1a. Now rare. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| pick | trans. Of a bird or (occas.) other animal: to pierce or strike with its beak or mouthparts; to peck or peck at. Also fig. Obs. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| piece | Without complement or with of. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| pilch | intr. and trans. To pick, pluck; to pilfer, rob. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| pilling | The action of removing the outer layer (as skin, rind, bark) of a fruit, vegetable, tree… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| pinching | The action or process of compression between two surfaces, esp. between a finger… | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| pity | The disposition to mercy or compassion; clemency, mercy, mildness, tenderness. Now only as in sense 2b. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| plaint | The action or an act of plaining; audible expression of sorrow; (also) such an expression… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| plenty | Without determiner: a full or ample amount, a sufficiency, more than enough; (more widely)… | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| point | A critical position in the course of affairs; a decisive moment or juncture; (also) a… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| polling | The cutting of hair; shearing, cropping, clipping; an instance of this. Obs. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| poor man | lit. A man who is poor, esp. one who is indigent or needy; a pauper. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| pottage | A thick soup or stew, typically made from vegetables, pulses, meat, etc., boiled in… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| praising | The action of commending or lauding a person or thing; the offering of praise to God… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| preach | To deliver a sermon or religious address. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| preacher | A person who preaches, esp. one whose occupation or function is to preach the (Christian)… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| prelate | A cleric of high rank and authority, as a bishop, archbishop, or the superior of a religious house or order. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| primogeniture | The fact or condition of being the firstborn child in a family. | 1499 | Go To Quotation |
| privily | Not openly or publicly; secretly, in secret; stealthily, craftily; discreetly… | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| privy | Of a person: intimate or familiar (with someone; cf. private adj. 7b); trusted; belonging… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| properly | Correctly, rightly, duly; in an appropriate or suitable manner; respectably, with propriety or decency. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| prophecy | That which is done or spoken by a prophet; the action or practice of revealing or… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| proving | A demonstrative argument; a proof. Obs. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| purity | The state or quality of being morally or spiritually pure; sinlessness; freedom… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| quench | The action or an act of quenching something (in various senses); the state or fact of being quenched. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| quickship | = quickness n. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| quire | Originally: a small book or pamphlet, esp. one consisting of a set of four sheets of… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| raiker | A wanderer, a traveller; a vagabond. Cf. Rome-raiker n. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| raim | trans. To ransom, save, redeem (a person) (freq. refl.); to recover (a right, a possession). | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| ransom | The action or means of freeing oneself from a penalty; a sum of money paid to obtain pardon… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| reckoner | A person who or (occas.) thing which reckons (in various senses of the verb); esp. a… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| recluse | In predicative use, or as postmodifier. Of a person: retired or secluded from society, esp.… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| redely | Clearly, plainly, distinctly. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| relic | In the Christian Church, esp. the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches: the physical… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| remission | Forgiveness or pardon of sins or other offences. Cf. sense 2a. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| renge | intr. To move in all directions over an area; = range v. 1a. Occas. trans. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| repentant | Experiencing repentance; feeling contrition or regret for past sins or actions; penitent. Also with of, for. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| rochet | Christian Church. An ecclesiastical vestment similar to a surplice, typically of white linen and chiefly worn by a bishop. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| rond | A stick, a piece of firewood. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| rotted | In attributive use. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| rout | A group of people gathered or assembled together; a company, a troop; a gathering, a crowd. Obs. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| route | A way or course taken in moving from a starting point to a destination; a regular line of… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| row | trans. To stir; to mix by stirring; to poke or rake about. Esp. in Brewing. Also intr.: to… | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| ruck | A heap or stack of combustible material, esp. when to be used as fuel. Freq. with of. Now rare. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| ruck | intr. To squat, crouch; to cower; to huddle together. Also with down, together, and… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| runge | intr. With up. To stand or rise up; fig. to become roused. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| sacre | To consecrate (the elements, or the body and blood of Christ) in the Mass. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| salus | A salutation. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| scalding | That scalds; scalding hot. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| scandal | Discredit to religion occasioned by the conduct of a religious person; †conduct, on the part… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| schule | intr. To look obliquely. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| scrat | intr. To use the nails or claws for attack; to scratch (at a person). | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| servant | A personal or domestic attendant; one whose duty is to wait upon his master or mistress… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| setwall | The root of the East Indian plant Curcuma Zedoaria, used as a drug; also the plant itself; = zedoary n. Obs. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| shendful | Infamous, disgraceful. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| shendfully | Ignominiously, disgracefully, infamously. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| shrepe | intr. To scratch. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| shrift-father | A confessor. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| shunt | intr. To start or go aside (so as to avoid some person or thing); to shy; to shrink or steal away; to hang back. Obs. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| siege | A seat, esp. one used by a person of rank or distinction. Obs. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| sigaldry | Enchantment, sorcery. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| sign | A gesture or motion used to convey information or instructions. Freq. in to make a sign (also to make signs). | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| silence | The fact of abstaining or forbearing from speech or utterance (sometimes with reference… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| simony | The act or practice of buying or selling ecclesiastical preferments, benefices… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| skulk | intr. To move in a stealthy or sneaking fashion, so as to escape notice. Usually with… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| skull | The bony case or frame containing or enclosing the brain of man or other vertebrate… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| sleepy | Characterized by, appropriate or belonging to, suggestive of, sleep or repose. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| slibbery | Smooth and slippery; lubric. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| sliddery | Slippery; on which one may readily slip. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| slummy | Drowsy; inclined to slumber. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| smatchless | Devoid of savour. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| smiter | One who smites, strikes, or buffets; a beater, striker. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| snaker | intr. To approach stealthily; to sneak. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| snatch | To make a sudden snap or bite (at something). | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| snese | trans. To run through with a weapon. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| somredness | Concord, unity. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| sorrowfulness | Sorrowful state or character; grief, sadness, melancholy. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| soulement | Solely, only. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| speche | Spittle. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| special | Of actions, qualities, etc. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| spi | = fie int. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| spice | fig. (In Middle English sometimes applied to persons.) | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| spittle-staff | A kind of spade or digging implement. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| spouse-breach | Adultery. Also transf. (arch. in quot. 1922). | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| sprintle | A twig or shoot. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| stilth | Stillness, quietness, tranquillity. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| stinging | fig. That causes sharp mental pain or irritation, poignant; that goads or stimulates. Of speech: Biting, pungent. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| stone-still | As still as a stone; perfectly still or motionless. Usually after sit, stand, lie, etc. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| story | A narrative, true or presumed to be true, relating to important events and celebrated persons… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| strive | intr. To be in a state of variance or mutual hostility. ? Obs. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| strust | trans. and intr. To trust. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| sturb | trans. To disturb, trouble, upset. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| suffer | pain, death, punishment, †judgement; hardship, disaster; grief, †sorrow, care. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| superstition | An action characterized by superfluity or excess. Cf. superstitious adj. 4. Obs. rare. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| surquidry | Arrogance, haughty pride, presumption. (In first quot. 1250 app. personified.) | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| swalm | Swelling. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| sweam | trans. To afflict, grieve. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| swell | A morbid swelling. Obs. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| swow | intr. To swoon, faint. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| tap | trans. To strike lightly, but clearly and audibly; rarely applied by meiosis to a sharp… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| tent | A variant of tempt n., occasional down to 16th c. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| thereas | In that place (or case) in which; where; = there adv. 9. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| thewful | Full of or characterized by good qualities; good, virtuous, moral. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| thilk | (determiner). The very (thing, person, etc.) mentioned or indicated; the same; that; this. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| thirling | The action of thirl v.; piercing, boring. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| throne | In the phrase in (on) throne: enthroned; esp. as said of God or Christ. Obs. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| thucke | A malicious trick. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| tiffing | The action of tiff v.; decking or tricking out, personal adornment. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| tilling | The action of till v.; work done upon land for raising crops; cultivation, tillage. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| time | To befall, happen, occur; = tide v. 1a. Usu. impers. or with it as subject. Cf. i-time v. a. Obs. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| tip | fig. Utmost point, extremity; highest point, apex, crown. Obs. (Cf. also tipe n.) | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| to-fret | trans. To gnaw, devour, consume. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| toggle | intr. To tug, tussle. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| tolling | The action of enticing, allurement; †incitement, instigation (obs.). | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| torpelness | ? State of turmoil. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| torple | intr. To fall, tumble; = topple v. 1. Obs. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| treason | The action of betraying; betrayal of the trust undertaken by or reposed in any one… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| trinity | The three ‘persons’ or modes of being of the Godhead as conceived in orthodox Christian… | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| trod | intr. (U.S.) To pursue a path. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| trouble | To put into a state of (mental) agitation or disquiet; to disturb, distress, grieve, perplex. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| truandise | Fraudulent begging; vagabondage; roguery, knavery. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| truss | A collection of things bound together, or packed in a receptacle; a bundle, pack; †in… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| trust | Confidence in or reliance on some quality or attribute of a person or thing, or the truth… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| trust | Confident, safe, secure, sure. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| trusty | Characterized by trust; having faith, confidence, or assurance; trustful, confident. Now rare. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| tugging | The action of tug v. in various senses. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| turn | A movement, device, or trick, by which a wrestler attempts to throw his antagonist: = French tour. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| tutel | intr. and trans. To whisper. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| twin | Of two persons or things: To go asunder; to separate, part. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| umbestound | After a (short) time. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| unasked | Without being asked; not requested or intreated; uninvited. | 1254 | Go To Quotation |
| unbeseenness | Heedlessness; want of care. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| understipre | trans. To prop up, support. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| ungracious | Of persons: Devoid of spiritual grace; graceless, reprobate, wicked. Obs. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| unhap | Misfortune, mishap. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| unhealed | (un- prefix 8. Cf. North Frisian unhialed, Dutch ongeheeld, Middle High German ungeheilet, German -heilt.) | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| unhend | Of acts, words, etc.: Unfitting, improper. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| unhope | Lack of hope; despair. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| unicorn | A fabulous and legendary animal usually regarded as having the body of a horse with a… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| unkindly | Morally unnatural; unnaturally wicked or vile. Obs. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| unsained | Unblessed; esp. not formally blessed or protected by a blessing. | 1274 | Go To Quotation |
| unsavoury | Having no savour; not attractive to the taste; tasteless, insipid. Obs. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| unsewed | (un- prefix 8a 8c) | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| unsewly | Uncomely. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| unshriven | (un- prefix 8b.) | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| unsought | Not searched out or sought after; not sought or asked for. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| unstrength | trans. To weaken, enfeeble. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| untrussed | Unburdened. Obs. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| untrust | Unbelief, distrust. Now rare. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| untrust | intr. To have no confidence; to be in despair. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| unwraste | = unwrastly adv. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| unwree | trans. To free (a person) from accusation; to clear. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| upbrud | Reproach. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| uphold | To support, sustain, maintain, by aid or assistance; to preserve unimpaired or intact. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| ure | intr. To pray. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| utterly | Without reserve or extenuation; sincerely, truly, plainly; straight out, straightway. Obs. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| vamp | That part of hose or stockings which covers the foot and ankle; also, a short stocking, a sock. Now dial. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| veil | A piece of linen or other material forming part of the distinctive head-dress of a nun… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| veny | Pardon or forgiveness; a request for this; the gesture of kneeling or prostrating oneself… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| versle | intr. To say or sing versicles or verses of the Psalms, esp. during Divine Office. Also trans. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| vestiment | A vestment, esp. one worn by an ecclesiastic. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| vigil | Christian Church. The eve of (i.e. preceding) a festival or holy day, as an occasion… | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| villainy | Action or conduct befitting, characteristic or typical of, a villain; evil or wrongdoing… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| virtue | With a and pl. A particular moral excellence; a special manifestation of the influence of moral principles in life or conduct. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| wag | To be in motion or activity; to stir, move. Now colloq. (chiefly in negative context), to stir, move one's limbs. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| warden | One who guards, protects, or defends; occas. a guardian angel: = guardian n. 1. Obs. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| warrer | One who engages in warfare, a soldier, warrior. Also, an antagonist, a persecutor. Obs. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| washing | The action or an act of cleansing by water, or of laving or bathing with water or… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| wearing | The fact or habit of being clothed in a particular way; kind or style of clothing; also concr.… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| well-itoȝe(n | Well trained or instructed; well-conditioned, modest. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| wem | Moral defilement; stain (of sin). Chiefly in phr. without(en) wem = immaculate adj. 1. Obs. exc. arch. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| wheel | intr. To turn or revolve about an axis or centre, like a wheel on its axle; to rotate; to whirl. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| wiggle | intr. To move to and fro or from side to side irregularly and lightly, to waggle; to walk… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| wild | intr. Of an animal or plant: To be or become wild; to run wild, grow wild. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| willesful | Desirous: = wilful adj. 2. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| wimple | trans. To envelop in a wimple; loosely, to veil (†occas. pass. to take the veil). | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| wimpling | The wearing of a wimple. Obs. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| withdraw | To take back or away (something that has been given, granted, allowed, possessed, enjoyed, or experienced). | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| withsaying | Contradiction, gainsaying, opposition. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| wone | sing. and pl. A dwelling-house, dwelling, habitation: freq. applied to a palace. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| wore | trans. To trouble, disturb, confuse. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| wrag | intr. To struggle or strive; to resist. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| wraw | Of persons: Angry, wrathful, wroth. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| wretchdom | Misery; distress; baseness. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| yours | Equivalent to your with a noun supplied from the context. Frequently paired or contrasted with another possessive. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
