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Pilgrimage of the Lyf of the Manhode

The Pilgrimage of the Lyf of the Manhode (c1450).
The 701st most frequently quoted source in the OED, with a total of 687 quotations (about 0.02% of all OED quotations).

Total number of quotations687Find quotations
Quotations providing first evidence of a word145Find quotations
Quotations providing first evidence of a particular meaning268Find quotations
LemmaDefinitionDate
angletA small angle; a niche.1450Go To Quotation
coadjutorOne who works with and helps another; a helper, assistant, fellow-helper.1430Go To Quotation
coleeA blow, stroke; esp. the stroke with the flat of a sword given in dubbing a knight; = accolade n.1430Go To Quotation
coleyintr. To turn the neck, turn the head from side to side: said of birds.1430Go To Quotation
collyintr. To move or turn the neck; to turn the head from side to side: said of birds.1430Go To Quotation
comfortressA female comforter.1430Go To Quotation
conduiresse= conductress n.1430Go To Quotation
coquineryRoguery, knavery.1430Go To Quotation
corderOne who cords or fastens with a cord.1430Go To Quotation
counterfeiterOne who makes fraudulent imitations (of coins, seals, documents, etc.); a forger; spec. a maker of counterfeit coins, a coiner.1430Go To Quotation
crumbtrans. To break down into crumbs or small fragments, reduce to crumbs. Now rare.1430Go To Quotation
decolouredCut low in the neck; low-necked.1430Go To Quotation
dedieTo dedicate.1430Go To Quotation
defamousDefamatory.1430Go To Quotation
dungyFoul or filthy as dung; vile, defiling.1430Go To Quotation
enclowtrans. To nail up.1430Go To Quotation
encrampishtrans. To cramp, hamper.1430Go To Quotation
enlargisseTo bestow bountifully; to vouchsafe.1430Go To Quotation
enquerouresseA female inquisitor.1430Go To Quotation
enrichessetrans. = enrich v. 1.1430Go To Quotation
equipolle= equipollent adj.; equivalent.1430Go To Quotation
esperanceExpectation, hope.1430Go To Quotation
espiouressA female espier.1430Go To Quotation
fardryThe action of painting the face, the effect produced by this.1430Go To Quotation
foolhardiment= foolhardiness n.1430Go To Quotation
forgeressA female forger, fashioner, or maker.1430Go To Quotation
foundTo chill or benumb with cold.1430Go To Quotation
gainpainA sort of gauntlet.1430Go To Quotation
gastrimargyGluttony; voraciousness.1450Go To Quotation
giesetryeThe crime of selling some sacred thing; a correlative to simony n.1430Go To Quotation
graveressA female engraver.1430Go To Quotation
greisilerA gooseberry bush.1430Go To Quotation
grummeintr. To grumble.1430Go To Quotation
gustThe sense or faculty of taste; †occas. an act of tasting or of satisfying the appetite.1430Go To Quotation
gusttrans. To taste; to relish. Also absol. (or intr.)1430Go To Quotation
hacheePain, pang, torment.1430Go To Quotation
hafttrans. To fit with, or fix in, a haft or handle.1430Go To Quotation
haltingtransf. and fig. (See halt v. 4 5.)1430Go To Quotation
handseltrans. To give handsel to (a person); to present with, give, or offer, something auspicious…1430Go To Quotation
hangerOne who puts a person to death by hanging, or causes him to be hanged.1430Go To Quotation
hangster= hang-woman n.1430Go To Quotation
hattrans. To cover with a hat; to furnish or provide with a hat. Also, to bestow the cardinal's hat upon.1430Go To Quotation
hideousshipHorror, dread.1430Go To Quotation
hoeAn agricultural and gardening tool, consisting of a thin iron blade fixed transversely at…1430Go To Quotation
hoeintr. To use a hoe; to work with a hoe.1430Go To Quotation
hookingThe action of hook v.; catching, fastening, or attachment by means of a hook or hooks.1430Go To Quotation
imaginativelyIn an imaginative fashion; in imagination.1450Go To Quotation
implicationThe action of involving, entwining, or entangling; the condition of being…1430Go To Quotation
infirmarerIn mediæval monasteries, the person who had charge of the infirmary; the infirmarian.1430Go To Quotation
interjectionThe utterance of ejaculations expressive of emotion; an ejaculation or exclamation.1430Go To Quotation
irontrans. To fit, furnish, cover, or arm with iron. (Chiefly in pa. pple.: see ironed adj. 2.)1430Go To Quotation
joininglyIn the way of junction or connection, jointly, unitedly; in the way of contiguity, adjacently.1430Go To Quotation
joinpeeWith the feet joined or put close together.1430Go To Quotation
jowltrans. To strike (a ball) with a stick.1430Go To Quotation
juggleressA female juggler.1430Go To Quotation
juniperineA juniper-tree.1430Go To Quotation
justnessThe quality of being just or upright; righteousness; uprightness. Obs.1430Go To Quotation
knurredKnotted; rugged, gnarled.1430Go To Quotation
languetintr. To chatter, talk idly.1450Go To Quotation
latrocinyHighway-robbery, brigandage, freebooting, plundering.1430Go To Quotation
locallyIn respect to place, or position in space.1430Go To Quotation
lopynA morsel or lump of food; a ‘gobbet’.1430Go To Quotation
mailureMail-armour, mail.1450Go To Quotation
manwardto manward (also to menward). Obs.1450Go To Quotation
marshaltrans. To tend (a horse) as a farrier. Also: to conceal a defect in (a horse); = fake v. 1b. Obs.1450Go To Quotation
masonTo construct of masonry; to build up or strengthen with stone, brick, etc. Also: to cut…1450Go To Quotation
maximAn axiom; a self-evident proposition assumed as a premise in dialectical or mathematical reasoning. Now rare.1450Go To Quotation
mayoressgen. A woman holding high office. Obs.1450Go To Quotation
mensongeFalsehood. (In quot. 1450 personified.) Obs.1450Go To Quotation
menteryLying.1450Go To Quotation
missittingUnbecoming, unseemly.1450Go To Quotation
molehillA small mound or (occas.) ridge of earth pushed up by a mole in burrowing near the surface of the ground.1450Go To Quotation
moneytrans. To make (metal, etc.) into money; to stamp (a coin). rare.1450Go To Quotation
mossyProb.: hairy, dirty. Obs.1450Go To Quotation
museryAn amusement, a pastime.1450Go To Quotation
muzzletrans. Chiefly Sc. To muffle, veil, or mask (the face); (also) to provide (a person) with a veil or mask. Also fig. Obs.1450Go To Quotation
non sequiturPerh.: a part of the collar of a garment. Obs.1449Go To Quotation
orphanityThe condition of being an orphan; orphanhood.1450Go To Quotation
orphenin= orphan n. 1.1450Go To Quotation
outshuttrans. To shut out; to exclude.1450Go To Quotation
overbuyTo buy (something) at too high a price; to pay too much for (something). Also intr. Obs.1450Go To Quotation
overthrownWith pl. concord. With the. People who have been overthrown as a class.1450Go To Quotation
pareintr. To compare; to be comparable. Also trans.: to compare to or with.1450Go To Quotation
parisisA coin, esp. a denier, minted at Paris, worth one quarter more than one minted at Tours.1450Go To Quotation
perjurement= perjury n.1450Go To Quotation
persecutorA person who or (occas.) thing which persecutes or pursues; an oppressor.1450Go To Quotation
pittancerAn officer in a religious house having the duty of distributing and accounting for pittances.1450Go To Quotation
poiningA stitch; a layer of stitching.1450Go To Quotation
pondreintr. To be productive; to multiply.1450Go To Quotation
presentativelyIn a presentative manner.1450Go To Quotation
presserageSomething extracted or squeezed out by pressure.1450Go To Quotation
procuressA female advocate or defender. Obs. rare.1450Go To Quotation
quaintrelleA finely-dressed woman.1450Go To Quotation
recouptrans. To cut short, interrupt. Obs. rare.1450Go To Quotation
representativelyIn a representative manner; by means of or with regard to representation.1450Go To Quotation
resouvenanceRecollection, memory.1450Go To Quotation
revieTo return (an invitation or challenge); to rival (an action). Obs.1450Go To Quotation
rudeshipRoughness, harshness.1450Go To Quotation
sauletrans. To satisfy, fill with food.1430Go To Quotation
scorchtrans. To strip off (skin or bark), to flay. Also fig.1430Go To Quotation
scorcheresseA female flayer; in quot. 1430 fig.1430Go To Quotation
sergeantintr. To act as a sergeant.1430Go To Quotation
sergeantessA female sergeant.1430Go To Quotation
slaveryLike slaver; befouled with slaver; characterized by slaver; given to slavering.1430Go To Quotation
sluggedSluggish.1430Go To Quotation
sluggingSlothful, sluggish.1430Go To Quotation
smithierA smith. Also fig.1430Go To Quotation
southcellarer= sub-cellarer n.1450Go To Quotation
sowner? One who lies in a swoon.1430Go To Quotation
spavinedOf horses, etc.: Affected with spavin; having a spavin. Also absol. (of persons).1430Go To Quotation
spottingThe action or process of making spots; the fact of becoming spotted.1430Go To Quotation
stenttrans. To extend, stretch out or set (a tent, sail, curtain, net, etc.) in its proper position.1430Go To Quotation
stutting= stuttering n.1430Go To Quotation
surquidrous= surquidous adj.1430Go To Quotation
suscitetrans. To raise up (from or as from death); to resuscitate.1430Go To Quotation
suthselerere= southcellarer n., subcellarer.1430Go To Quotation
targetrans. To protect or defend as with a targe or shield; to shield.1430Go To Quotation
threadera bodkin for threading tape or ribbon through interstices in a garment or the like; see also quot. 1877.1430Go To Quotation
thwartingOpposition; hindrance, impediment; defeating, frustration.1430Go To Quotation
thwartingLying or passing crosswise; crossing, traversing, transverse; of the eyes: crossed, squinting. Obs. or arch.1430Go To Quotation
to-ragtrans. To tear the clothes of, to make very ragged.1430Go To Quotation
tprwImitation of the sound of a horn.1430Go To Quotation
tresmountain= transmontane adj. 2; cf. tramontane n. 1.1430Go To Quotation
tricotTrickery, fraud.1430Go To Quotation
unblindfoldtrans. To unbandage (the eyes); to free (a person or animal) from a bandage over the eyes. Also fig.1430Go To Quotation
uncommandtrans. To countermand, to abrogate.1430Go To Quotation
uncordtrans. To unstring (a bow); to free or disengage from a cord or cords.1430Go To Quotation
uncouchtrans. To raise up from a couch.1430Go To Quotation
understanderOne who understands; one who has knowledge or comprehension (of something).1430Go To Quotation
unfound(un- prefix 3.)1430Go To Quotation
unglovetrans. To divest of a glove or gloves.1430Go To Quotation
unimpeachedNot impeded or hindered. Obs.1430Go To Quotation
unironed(un- prefix 8.)1430Go To Quotation
unlikeningDiffering.1430Go To Quotation
unmakerOne who unmakes.1430Go To Quotation
unnestle(un- prefix 3 + nestle v. Cf. Dutch ontnestelen.) Chiefly fig.1430Go To Quotation
unscauberkedUnscabbarded.1430Go To Quotation
unscrip(un- prefix 4.)1430Go To Quotation
unsheathedOf a weapon: Drawn from the sheath; not covered by a sheath.1430Go To Quotation
vicariship= vicarship n.1430Go To Quotation
virlyA light dance, or sport accompanied by dancing.1430Go To Quotation
virtuallyIn respect of essence or effect, apart from actual form or specific manner; as far as essential qualities or facts are concerned.1430Go To Quotation
wormyAttacked, gnawed, or bored by worms or grubs; worm-eaten.1430Go To Quotation
ygot(engot.1430Go To Quotation
yveresceDrunkenness.1430Go To Quotation

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