| abbotship | The position or office of abbot or (formerly) †abbess; the benefice of an abbot. Cf. abbacy n. 1. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| abusing | The action or process of misusing, mistreating, spoiling, injuring, or reviling something; an instance of this. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| agateward | On the road or way; (in later use) spec. on the road towards home. Also fig. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| globe | A spherical or rounded body; a roundish formation. Cf. sphere n. 9a. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| manlily | In a manly manner. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| massage | The action of saying Mass. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| misshapen | trans. = misshape v. Only in pa. pple. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| natural fool | A person who is deficient in intelligence from birth; a person born with a mental handicap. Cf. natural n. 7 and natural idiot n. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| nimbly | In a nimble or agile manner; quickly, actively; alertly. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| now-o'-days | = nowadays adv. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| palm leaf | A leaf of a palm tree, spec. one used for thatching, making hats, etc. As a mass noun: palm leaves as a material. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| parishing | = parishen n. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| parsley-bed | A bed or plot of parsley. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| pig | A pot, pitcher, jar, or other vessel, usually made of earthenware; a crock; (in pl.) crockery or earthenware generally. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| plea | trans. and intr. = plead v. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| popeship | The office or position of Pope, the papacy; a period of office as a pope, a pontificate; popehood. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| Premonstratense | = Premonstratensian n. Chiefly in pl. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| proceed | The action, fact, or manner of proceeding; a course of action; an affair, a proceeding. Also in pl. (cf. proceeding n. 2b). Obs. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| psalmody | The action, practice, or art of singing psalms (or sacred vocal music in general… | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| publical | Public. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| purse-master | More generally: a person having control of funds. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| reknowledge | trans. To acknowledge (something); to confess, admit. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| revestiary | The vestry of a church or other sacred building; = revestry n. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| sacket | A bag. Obs. exc. dial. | 1440 | Go To Quotation |
| sacristan | In a nunnery: a sister charged with a function corresponding to that of sacrist. Cf. sacristine n. | 1440 | Go To Quotation |
| salfay | The reward paid to the finder and restorer of lost goods. | 1440 | Go To Quotation |
| satiate | adj. Satiated, filled to repletion, glutted, gratified to the full. Const. with, †of; also †with inf. | 1440 | Go To Quotation |
| saufey | The sum paid for recovering lost property. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| scuttleful | As much as will fill a scuttle. | 1440 | Go To Quotation |
| secretary | A secret chamber or repository. Also fig. | 1440 | Go To Quotation |
| sluggish | Of persons: Indisposed to action or exertion; inclined to be slow or slothful; not easily moved to activity. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| sluggishness | Of persons (or animals). | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| snib | A check, sharp rebuke, or snub. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| snowre | intr. To frown or scowl. Obs. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| somever | = soever adv. 2. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| somewise | In some way or manner; to some extent. In recent use with in. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| sorance | A sore, or a morbid state producing a sore, in an animal, esp. in a horse. | 1440 | Go To Quotation |
| springal(d | A young man, a youth, a stripling. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| steven | intr. To direct one's course. | 1440 | Go To Quotation |
| stout and rout | Completely, entirely. Cf. later stoop and roop adv. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| stoutherie | Theft, stealing; also stolen goods. | 1440 | Go To Quotation |
| striddling(s | Astride. | 1440 | Go To Quotation |
| succeeder | One who (occas. a thing which) succeeds another; a successor. Now rare. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| sumption | The reception (of the Sacrament, of Christ in the Sacrament). Obs. | 1440 | Go To Quotation |
| swound | A fainting-fit; = swoon n. 1b. | 1440 | Go To Quotation |
| syllab | = syllable n. | 1440 | Go To Quotation |
| thumble-toe | The great toe. | 1440 | Go To Quotation |
| thunderbolt | A supposed bolt or dart formerly (and still vulgarly) believed to be the destructive agent… | 1440 | Go To Quotation |
| town-end | Also town's end. The end of the main street of a town or village; one of the extremities of a town. | 1440 | Go To Quotation |
| tunsion | The action, or an act, of beating or striking. | 1440 | Go To Quotation |
| turmatur | App. corruption of tormentor n. | 1440 | Go To Quotation |
| ugsomeness | The quality of being ugsome; loathsomeness; ugliness. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| unbehovable | Unsuitable; unprofitable. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| undoffed | (un- prefix 8.) | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| unorder | trans. To recall an order for (something); to countermand. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| unsoundable | Not sounding well; improper. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| unto-come | intr. To arrive, come to a place. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| usurary | A money-lender. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| violate | To ravish or outrage (a woman). | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| well-savouring | Sweet-scented. | 1440 | Go To Quotation |
| well(-)spoken | Of a person: Gifted with good or ready speech; courteous and refined in speech. | 1440 | Go To Quotation |
| wont | trans. To make (a person, etc.) accustomed or used to (occas. with); = accustom v. 1, use v. 20. | 1440 | Go To Quotation |
| yedder | The mark of a blow or stripe, or that made by tight binding; a weal. Also, a smart blow. | 1440 | Go To Quotation |
