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Bannatyne MS

The Bannatyne Manuscript written in tyme of pest (1568).
The 752nd most frequently quoted source in the OED, with a total of 643 quotations (about 0.02% of all OED quotations).

Total number of quotations643Find quotations
Quotations providing first evidence of a word69Find quotations
Quotations providing first evidence of a particular meaning148Find quotations
LemmaDefinitionDate
artingConstraint; compulsion.1568Go To Quotation
barla-fumbleA call for a truce by one who has fallen in wrestling or play; improperly for: Fall, tumble.1568Go To Quotation
batie-bumAn inactive helpless fellow; a useless bungler.1568Go To Quotation
berktrans. To clot, make matted. Hence berkit adj.1568Go To Quotation
bobintr. To move up and down like a buoyant body in water, or an elastic body on land; hence…1568Go To Quotation
bougarpl. ‘Cross spars, forming part of the roof of a cottage, used instead of laths.’ Jamieson.1568Go To Quotation
clockA name for any kind of beetle; esp. the Common Dor or Shardborne Beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius…1568Go To Quotation
clypeJamieson has ‘An ugly, ill-shaped fellow’. Now gen. Sc. in sense ‘a telltale’.1568Go To Quotation
cogue(Sc.) A wooden vessel made with staves and hoops, used in milking cows or ewes, and for other purposes.1567Go To Quotation
corfExplained as: A temporary building, a shed. Error founded on a misprint for coif, 16th c. Sc. form of cove n.1770Go To Quotation
crimelessFree from crime; faultless; innocent.1568Go To Quotation
fealFaithful, firm in allegiance, constant.1568Go To Quotation
franc-archerA member of a body of archers established by Charles VII and exempted from taxes in consideration of their services.1568Go To Quotation
gobThe mouth.1568Go To Quotation
golfintr. Of a pig: To grunt or snort, as in rage. Only in pres. pple. and vbl. n.1568Go To Quotation
hailIn phrase to hail the dool, to reach or strike the goal, to win the goal; to hail the ball…1568Go To Quotation
hirdy-girdyUproar, confusion, disorder. Obs.1568Go To Quotation
hirrie-harrieAn utterance expressive of rapid and tumultuous movement.1568Go To Quotation
jaukintr. To trifle, delay, dawdle.1568Go To Quotation
kensyA rough or rude fellow.1568Go To Quotation
ketchepillarA tennis-player.1568Go To Quotation
leeze meAn expression of lively satisfaction; ‘pleased am I with’. Const. for, on.1500Go To Quotation
loverlyLike a lover; characteristic of a lover.1568Go To Quotation
ludIn pl., the buttocks.1567Go To Quotation
magnificateGlorified, exalted; exaggerated.1568Go To Quotation
mantingStammering, stuttering.1568Go To Quotation
menselessLacking propriety, decorum, or seemliness; foolish, senseless; ill-mannered, boorish.1568Go To Quotation
miligantA term of contempt, prob. for: a rogue, scrounger.1568Go To Quotation
muffA covering, often of fur and usually of cylindrical shape with open ends, into which both…1568Go To Quotation
mullIn pl.: the lips of an animal; (in extended use) †the labia of a woman's vulva (obs. rare).…1568Go To Quotation
murgeontrans. To grimace at, make faces at (a person).1568Go To Quotation
nevelA sharp or heavy blow with the fist; a punch.1568Go To Quotation
now= noll n.1568Go To Quotation
nowtrans. Prob.: to strike on the head. Cf. nob v. 1.1568Go To Quotation
obcaecateBlinded, blind; uncomprehending; lacking spiritual vision.1568Go To Quotation
overharltrans. To relate, consider (in narrative, etc.). rare.1568Go To Quotation
paidleA small leather bag. Now rare.1568Go To Quotation
panseA thought.1568Go To Quotation
perfluenceThe action of flowing through; a flow (of words).1568Go To Quotation
poutertrans. To push against. Obs. rare.1568Go To Quotation
prelucentShining, resplendent.1568Go To Quotation
proptrans. To cram, stuff, or load.1568Go To Quotation
reavel-ravelA rigmarole. on reavel-ravel: in an incoherent, rambling, or confused manner.1568Go To Quotation
recitatetrans. To recite; to narrate. Also intr.1568Go To Quotation
rem in reSexual intercourse; spec. (with the Latin phrase understood literally) sexual penetration.1568Go To Quotation
ripplesA painful condition affecting the back, loins, or kidneys; (in early use also) a venereal disease, spec. gonorrhoea.1568Go To Quotation
roddenA berry of the rowan (mountain ash), Sorbus acuparia; (also) the wood of this tree; the tree itself (also rodden tree).1568Go To Quotation
sitheA sieve; a milk-strainer.1500Go To Quotation
sousedSteeped in pickle; pickled.1568Go To Quotation
sowpearly Sc. variant of soup n.1567Go To Quotation
spurtleA wooden stick for stirring porridge, etc.; a potstick or ‘thivel’.1500Go To Quotation
stranyelour? Corrupted form of strangullion n.1500Go To Quotation
suddleFilthy.1568Go To Quotation
throw-crookA hooked implement for ‘throwing’ or twisting coarse rope from hay, straw, or hair.1567Go To Quotation
torquesTwisted, bent. Obs. rare.1567Go To Quotation
touttrans. To toss or throw about in disorder. Also fig. to canvass, discuss.1567Go To Quotation
truphaneA deceiver, an impostor.1568Go To Quotation
umphAn inarticulate sound, expressive of hesitation, doubt, or dissatisfaction.1567Go To Quotation
unabuilyeitUnarrayed.1568Go To Quotation
unafeardUnafraid.1568Go To Quotation
uncombust(un- prefix 8b.)1567Go To Quotation
unfinedUnrefined, unpurified.1568Go To Quotation
ungeared(un- prefix 8.)1568Go To Quotation
unigenitOnly begotten.1567Go To Quotation
unleepedUncooked, raw.1567Go To Quotation
vetiteForbidden.1499Go To Quotation
wamfler? A beau, gallant.1500Go To Quotation
wedenonfa'Ague (in later use spec. puerperal ague, weed n.), or a fit of this.1500Go To Quotation
well-hued1567Go To Quotation

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