| acang | intr. Perh.: to act foolishly, to lose self-control. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| adore | To worship or venerate as (or as if) God or a god. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| adread | In predicative use. Frightened, terrified, in dread; greatly afraid of (also at, to do) something. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| aflight | Flying, flight. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| agast | To frighten, terrify. Also: to astonish or confound. Cf. gast v., affright v. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| akimed | Confounded, bewildered; dumbfounded. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| alast | = at last at last adj. 10a. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| aroma | Spice; usually in pl. spices. Obs. | 1220 | Go To Quotation |
| beam | trans. To shed light upon, irradiate, illumine. | 1430 | Go To Quotation |
| beast | ‘A brutal, savage man; a man acting in any manner unworthy of a reasonable creature’… | 1210 | Go To Quotation |
| bebloody | trans. To make bloody. | 1210 | Go To Quotation |
| beisum | Pliable, flexible, docile. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| bekimed | = akimed adj. Also: foolish, stupid. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| belimb | trans. To cut off a limb or the limbs of, to dismember, mutilate. Cf. limb v. 1a. †Also refl. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| berede | trans. To advise, inform, counsel; to plan. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| bigape | trans. To gape or stare at. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| biȝule | trans. To beguile n.. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| biheald | trans. To pour over, to sprinkle. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| bitavelen | To overthrow (in argument). | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| blaspheming | The uttering of blasphemy; profane speaking. | 1430 | Go To Quotation |
| bo | The earlier word for both adj. conj. adv. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| cang | Foolish, silly. (In quot. 1225 ? wanton.) | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| clatter | intr. To go to pieces with such a noise; to be shattered; to fall into ruins. Obs. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| clergy | ‘Clerkly skill’; learning, scholarship, science. Obs. exc. in proverb (quot. 1699, 1822). | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| couple | trans. Of things immaterial: To connect, conjoin, link (one with or to another, or together). Properly of two things only. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| cross | The sign of the cross made with the right hand, as a religious act. Cf. sign of the cross at sign n. 1. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| crouch | trans. To cross; to sign with a cross. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| cure | trans. To choose. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| dame | A form of address originally used to a lady of rank, or a woman of position; the… | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| deepship | Depth, profound mystery. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| derfship | Audacity. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| dispute | To contend with opposing arguments or assertions; to debate or discourse… | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| disputing | The action of dispute v. in various senses; disputation; debate; controversy. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| diver | intr. To shake, quake. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| dote | To be silly, deranged, or out of one's wits; to act or talk foolishly or stupidly. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| doubt | The (subjective) state of uncertainty with regard to the truth or reality… | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| droopen | = droop v. 5. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| dult | Blunt; fig. dull, stupid. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| dusilec | Foolishness, folly. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| dusischip | = dusilec n. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| elne | trans. To strengthen, hearten, comfort. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| everywhere | In every place; also in narrower sense, in every part (of a limited space, of a book… | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| fearlac | Fear, terror. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| fley | trans. To put to flight, frighten away. Also with away. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| frary | A brotherhood, fraternity. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| freelage | = freedom n. (in various senses); esp. (in later use) the freedom of a borough (see freedom n. 14b). | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| gab | A taunt. Obs. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| gad | A sharp spike of metal. Obs. exc. Hist. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| gain- | a blow in return, a counter stroke. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| gainturn | A turning back; an evasion. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| gleam | intr. To emit gleams, to shine either with emitted or reflected light; in mod. use… | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| goldly | Resembling gold, golden. | 1430 | Go To Quotation |
| hap | Good fortune, good luck; success, prosperity. Obs. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| hardily | Boldly; courageously, with hardihood. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| hardy | Of persons, their manner, etc. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| hardy | trans. To make hardy or bold; to encourage. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| heritage | That which has been or may be inherited; any property, and esp. land, which devolves by right of inheritance. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| heterly | Roughly, fiercely, violently, cruelly, severely, sternly, keenly, eagerly. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| hey | A call to attract attention; also, an exclamation expressing exultation… | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| hitherto | Up to this time, until now, as yet. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| hoker | trans. To mock, scorn, revile. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| horre | trans. To abhor. | 1430 | Go To Quotation |
| i-ginet | Contrived, devised. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| i-lited | Hued, coloured. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| image | Such an imitation in solid form; a statue, effigy, sculptured figure. Often: a figure of… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| inevitable | That cannot be avoided; not admitting of escape or evasion; unavoidable. In extended… | 1430 | Go To Quotation |
| inwith | Of time. Obs. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| kench | intr. To laugh loudly. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| knotty | fig. Full of intellectual difficulties or complications of thought; hard to ‘unravel’… | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| knowledging | The action of knowledge v.; acknowledgement, confession; formal acknowledgement. In biblical contexts sometimes: praise, worship. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| knows | That makes an acknowledgement or confession. Chiefly in certain fixed phrases. Cf. know v. 4b. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| lanhure | At least. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| lay | Law; esp. religious law; hence, a religion, a faith. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| less | intr. To become less, decrease. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| lifeful | Full of life; having much vitality or animation; that gives or bestows life or vitality. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| lime | trans. To cement. Chiefly fig. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| lour | = Lo or look where! or simply Lo! | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| lowing | The action of low v.; the mooing of cattle; also transf. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| lusty | Of persons and their attributes: Joyful, merry, jocund; cheerful, lively. Obs. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| macegreff | A butcher, a slaughterer. | 1449 | Go To Quotation |
| madly | In a mad, wild, insane, or foolish manner. (In modern use often somewhat colloq.) | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| madship | Madness. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| maidenly | Of a quality, action, etc.: proper to or characteristic or reminiscent of a maiden. | 1449 | Go To Quotation |
| mainful | Powerful, mighty. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| manhood | The state or condition of being human; human nature; spec. with reference to Jesus. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| manness | Human nature. Obs. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| master | trans. To get the better of, in any contest or struggle; to overcome or defeat. In later use chiefly with immaterial object. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| mastery | Superiority or ascendancy in battle or competition, or in a struggle of any kind… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| mate | Overcome, vanquished, defeated, confounded. to make mate: to overcome, render powerless. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| mere | A siren, a mermaid. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| misnim | intr. To make a mistake; to err, do wrong, commit an offence. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| mispraise | trans. To dispraise, disparage; to blame, find fault with. Obs. (arch. in later use). | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| missay | To speak ill of (a person), blaspheme (a god); to abuse, slander, revile, vilify. Formerly also: †to rebuke, reproach (obs.). | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| morsel-meal | Piecemeal. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| motild | A female disputant, debater, or advocate. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| needless | Without any compulsion or necessity; needlessly. Obs. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| nowcin | Hardship, distress; (also) an instance of this. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| nurth | Noise, din. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| onehood | = onehead n. 3. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| orcost | Wealth. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| peer | A person of the same civil or ecclesiastical status or rank as the person in question… | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| pride | trans. To ornament or adorn magnificently. Obs. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| quaintise | Wisdom, cleverness; skill, ingenuity. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| reason | to give (also yield, render) (a) reason: to give an account (esp. of or for one's acts or conduct). Obs. (arch. in later use). | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| rebous | A contrary movement; movement back. Also at rebous: in the opposite or wrong direction (cf. at rebours at rebours n. 2). | 1480 | Go To Quotation |
| right-believed | Of correct, true, or orthodox belief. In quot. 1250 as n. Cf. misbelieved adj. n. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| rived | Abundantly, plentifully. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| roidly | Chiefly Sc. With great force; violently, roughly. | 1480 | Go To Quotation |
| ron | A short poem or song, esp. a love song. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| rueful | Of cries or speech. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| ruthfully | In a pitiable or lamentable fashion; piteously, dolefully, dismally. Now usually: in a wryly regretful manner, ruefully. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| save | trans. Esp. of God or Christ: to preserve (a person, a soul, etc.) from damnation; to… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| savoury | Pleasant, pleasing, agreeable. Now rare except as implied in sense A. 1d. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| schoolmaster | A man who teaches in a school. Cf. master n. 11 schoolmistress n. Now somewhat arch. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| scourge | A whip, lash. Now only rhetorical, with reference to the torturing of human beings, or… | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| sealed | Bearing the impression of a signet in wax (or other material), as evidence or guarantee of authenticity. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| seemly | Of a person, his figure, etc.: Of a pleasing or goodly appearance, fair, well-formed, handsome, ‘proper’. Obs. exc. dial. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| sehelich | That may be seen, visible. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| shendlac | Disgrace, infamy. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| sightful | Visible. | 1480 | Go To Quotation |
| slain | That has been slain; killed, slaughtered. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| slaught | Slaying; slaughter. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| smartly | Vigorously, forcibly; sharply (in respect of physical action); in later use… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| smeethly | Smoothly. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| spute | intr. To dispute; to contend in disputation. Usu. const. with. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| stevenet | intr. ? To stop. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| stew | trans. To check, restrain. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| stitchen | A small part or piece; spec. a division or section of a discourse. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| storven | Dead; also absol. Also of an animal: That has died of disease. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| stourly | Greatly. Obs. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| strife | An act or instance of contention or antagonism; a contest or conflict, a quarrel or dispute. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| stutte | intr. To stop, cease; to stay, remain. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| sustain | To keep in existence, maintain; spec. to cause to continue in a certain state for… | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| swerve | intr. To depart; to make off. Obs. rare. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| swip | trans. To strike, hit, smite. (Cf. swap v. 1a 1b.) | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| theretoward | Toward that (place, thing, matter, etc.). | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| to-whither | trans. To ‘whirl in pieces’ (Stratm.). | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| trendle | intr. To roll, revolve: = trundle v. 1b. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| trust | intr. To have faith or confidence; to place reliance; to confide. Const. in, to (†of, on, upon). | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| twosome | Two persons together; two in company; a pair of lovers. | 1480 | Go To Quotation |
| unabiding | (un- prefix 10.) | 1430 | Go To Quotation |
| undit | trans. To open (up). Also fig. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| unfearfully | Fearlessly, resolutely. | 1430 | Go To Quotation |
| unhendly | Discourteously, rudely, roughly; improperly. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| unshameful | Shameless. | 1430 | Go To Quotation |
| unsightful | Invisible. | 1480 | Go To Quotation |
| unstrenge | intr. To lose strength. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| unthinkable | Too great, numerous, etc., to be conceived or apprehended by thought; unimaginable. | 1430 | Go To Quotation |
| untidy | Untimely, unseasonable; unsuitable, unseemly. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| well-queme | Well-pleased, content, satisfied. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| wilt | = wile n. | 1229 | Go To Quotation |
| windi | Devoid of; quit of. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| withward | ? Along with. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| worthmint | Honour; worship. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| wrenchful | Artful, crafty, deceitful. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| wringing | Of hands: That undergo wringing, squeezing, or pressing; wrung under distress. Obs. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| yfost(e)red | fostered. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| ygraithed | prepared, equipped. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
