| acovering | The action of acover v.; recovery. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| adamantine | = adamant n. 1a. Obs. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| adust | trans. With adown. To cast or throw down. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| always | On all occasions, at all times; on every occasion, every time; (sometimes with the… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| amad | Demented, distracted; mad. | 1220 | Go To Quotation |
| anguish | Excruciating or oppressive bodily pain or suffering, such as the sufferer writhes under. | 1220 | Go To Quotation |
| arles | fig. An earnest, a foretaste. | 1220 | Go To Quotation |
| assail | To attack with temptations; to tempt, try. | 1220 | Go To Quotation |
| atour | Attire, array, dress. | 1220 | Go To Quotation |
| aureole | = aureola n. 1. | 1220 | Go To Quotation |
| balm | An aromatic substance, consisting of resin mixed with volatile oils, exuding naturally… | 1220 | Go To Quotation |
| beastly | Resembling a beast in conduct, or in obeying the animal instincts. | 1220 | Go To Quotation |
| blame | The condition of being blamed. Obs. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| broiden | (More usually) fig. Skilfully contrived, constructed, arranged, ordered, prepared. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| broke | esp. in comb. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| bulge | A wallet or bag, esp. one made of hide; a skin-bottle, a pouch, a purse; = bouge n. 1. Obs. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| cake | orig. A comparatively small flattened sort of bread, round, oval, or otherwise… | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| cleanship | Cleanness, chastity. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| clipping | Clasping, embracing. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| cock | intr. To contend, fight, wrangle, quarrel. Also in 16th c. to cock it. Obs. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| cocking | Fighting, strife, contention. Obs. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| congeon | A dwarf, or congenitally deformed man. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| conquer | trans. To acquire, succeed in gaining, get possession of (by effort); to win, gain, attain to. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| covering | Recovering, recovery. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| crowned | Invested with a crown or with royal dignity. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| degree | A step or stage in a process, etc., esp. one in an ascending or descending scale. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| desire | with simple obj. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| dusk | intr. To become dusk or dim; to grow dark. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| earman | A cultivator. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| ettling | Conjecture, estimation. wiðuten eni etlunge (early Middle English): without any guessing, unquestionably. Obs. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| evening | ? the action of comparing; hence, comparison (quot. 1230, which may belong to next word). | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| falseship | Dishonesty, deceit. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| fample | trans. Sense uncertain; in the context, To put (food) into a child's mouth. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| folly | Foolishly; also, lewdly, unchastely. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| forhecche | trans. To despise. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| forroot | intr. To ‘root’ as a swine. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| forthly | Healthy, likely to live; also, full of energy. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| fostering | The action of foster v. in various senses. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| geld | Of women or female animals: Barren. Now dial. in restricted application (see quot. 1869). | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| gentlewoman | A woman of good birth or breeding. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| gerlaundesche | A garland. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| haunt | To practise habitually, familiarly, or frequently. Obs. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| heaven queen | The Queen of heaven; spec. a title of the Virgin Mary. Cf. Queen of heaven at queen n. 6a. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| hereby | In connection with this. Obs. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| heveld-bed | ? A canopied bed, a tent-bed. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| hired | Engaged or employed for payment; let out on hire: mercenary. Also with adverbs, as hired out. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| holour | A fornicator, whoremonger; a debauchee, ribald. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| jacinth | In mod. use, a reddish-orange gem, a variety of zircon; also applied to varieties of topaz and garnet. (= hyacinth n. 1.) | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| knowledge | trans. To admit to knowledge of; to accept or admit the existence or truth of; to confess (one's sins, etc.); = acknowledge v. 2. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| ladyship | The state or condition of being a lady; the rank, status, or authority of a lady. Also as… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| lairwite | A fine for fornication or adultery, esp. with a bondwoman. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| lechery | Habitual indulgence of lust; lewdness of living. †Also, an instance of this. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| loamy | Formed of earth (see loam n. 1). Obs. rare. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| lust | trans. To please, delight (also absol.); pass. and refl. to be pleased or delighted. Obs. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| me | But; moreover; now; on the contrary. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| meekship | Meekness. Obs. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| mensk | As a mass noun: honour, dignity, reverence. Also in pl. in same sense. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| never the later | Nevertheless; notwithstanding. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| noneways | = no way adv. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| noughting | Depreciation, scorn; effacement, eradication; an instance of this. Cf. naughting n., self-noughting n. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| nourice | A woman who takes care of a child; a wet nurse, nursemaid or foster-mother. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| ofthinking | Displeasure, vexation; disgust; grief, sorrow, remorse; (also) an instance of this. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| otherwhiles | = otherwhile adv. 1. Obs. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| overher | An overlord. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| overrunning | That overruns (something); overflowing. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| paid | In predicative use: pleased, satisfied, content. Formerly freq. with of; now only in ill-paid… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| pass | To exceed in excellence or worthiness; to surpass in some activity, quality, or degree. Now arch. and regional. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| poison | Material that causes illness or death when introduced into or absorbed by a living… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| proke | trans. To make a thrust at; to poke. Formerly also: †to goad, stir, incite, provoke (a person) to do something (obs.). | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| proking | The action of proke v. (in various senses); †an instance of this (obs.). | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| prove | With subordinate clause, or object and complement. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| ridged | With modifying word: having a back of a specified kind. Only in broken-ridged adj. at broken adj. 2b. Obs. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| rob | trans. To plunder or pillage (a place, house, etc.); to steal from. Also in extended use. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| ruefulness | Compassion, mercifulness. Obs. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| seal | fig. A token or symbol of a covenant; something that authenticates or confirms; a final addition which completes and secures. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| shream | intr. To scream. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| simplety | Simplicity. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| sorrowfully | In a sorrowful manner; to a distressing extent; sadly, pitiably. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| state | The combination of circumstances or attributes belonging at a particular time to a person… | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| sticking | That pierces or pricks (obs.); dial. of an animal, that gores. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| stikelunge | ? Piercingly, intently. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| sunegild | A female sinner. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| thrift | Prosperous growth, physical thriving. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| thriftre | = thrift n. 1c. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| tinder | intr. To become inflamed, glow, burn. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| treche | trans. To deceive, cheat, betray, play false with. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| trouble | Disturbance of mind or feelings; worry, vexation; affliction; grief; perplexity; distress. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| turning | A sensation as of rotation; ‘whirling’, giddiness, vertigo. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| uncomely | Not pleasing or agreeable to the moral sense or to notions of propriety; unbecoming, improper, unseemly. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| unlikeness | Strangeness. Obs. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| unlusty | Indisposed to activity or exertion; slothful, lazy; dull, listless. Also const. to with inf. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| unwedded | Of persons: Not wedded; unmarried. Also absol. | 1229 | Go To Quotation |
| unworthly | Of little consequence or worth; base, mean. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| unworthy | trans. To dishonour; to do discredit to. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| vanity | That which is vain, futile, or worthless; that which is of no value or profit. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| waste | To consume, use up, wear away, exhaust, diminish (a thing) by gradual loss; †to reduce… | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| wasting | That lays waste, devastates, or destroys. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| wasty | Desolate, desert. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| water bulge | = water-bouge n. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| wealful | Happy, prosperous, fortunate, blessed, gladsome. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| weimer | Lamentation. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| wherein | In what (thing, matter, respect, etc.)? | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| which-so | Whichever. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| whithersoever | To (or in) any place to which: = wherever adv. conj. 3. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| wholeship | = wholeness n. 1. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
| wlatful | Nauseous, loathsome. | 1230 | Go To Quotation |
