| abush(e | To ambush. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| alite | A little; to a small extent; somewhat. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| allege | With clause as object. Obs. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| all out | adv. Entirely, completely, totally. Also as an intensifier. Now chiefly Irish English and Eng. regional (north.). | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| ambush | To dispose troops in concealment among bushes, or elsewhere, so as to take an enemy by… | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| assuage | To relax, modify, moderate (a harsh law, etc.). | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| aswink | To labour for, toil for. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| atake | To overtake; get at, catch. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| avision | A vision; a dream. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| avoy | Exclamation of surprise, fear, remonstrance. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| barrow | A utensil for the carrying of a load by two or more men; a stretcher, a bier; spec.… | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| beau | Used in affection, friendship, or politeness, in addressing relations, friends, etc.… | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| beaupere | A term of courtesy for ‘father,’ used esp. to or of a spiritual or ecclesiastical ‘Father’. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| beausire | Fair sir, a form of address. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| blanket | A white or undyed woollen stuff used for clothing. Obs. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| chancellery | The office or position of a chancellor. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| chasuble | An ecclesiastical vestment, a kind of sleeveless mantle covering the body and shoulders… | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| cheve | intr. To reach an end or object, succeed; usually with adv. well, ill, etc., to get on, fare. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| cloister | An enclosed place or space, enclosure; close; compass. Also fig. Obs. or arch. (In later… | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| cock-crow | = cock-crowing n. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| coffer | A box, chest: esp. a strong box in which money or valuables are kept. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| contecker | One who contends at law, or is at strife or discord; a quarrelsome contentious person, etc. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| depardieu | In God's name; by God: used as an asseveration. | 1290 | Go To Quotation |
| despite | In contempt or scorn of; in contemptuous defiance of. Obs. departure in despite of the court: see departure n. 6. | 1290 | Go To Quotation |
| disclander | Malicious speech bringing opprobrium upon any one; slander. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| disclander | trans. To speak evil of, so as to expose to opprobrium; to slander. | 1290 | Go To Quotation |
| disherison | The action of depriving of, or cutting off from, an inheritance; disinheritance. | 1290 | Go To Quotation |
| distance | With a and pl. An instance of this; a quarrel, a disagreement; in later use, an estrangement. Obs. | 1290 | Go To Quotation |
| distrain | To constrain or force (a person) by the seizure and detention of a chattel or thing… | 1290 | Go To Quotation |
| distress | The action of distraining; the legal seizure and detention of a chattel, originally… | 1290 | Go To Quotation |
| disturber | A person or thing that disturbs, disquiets, or interferes with peace or quiet; one who causes tumult or disorder; a troubler. | 1290 | Go To Quotation |
| dolefully | In a doleful manner; sorrowfully, mournfully, sadly; drearily, dismally. | 1290 | Go To Quotation |
| flecche | intr. To bend, flinch, give way; to waver, vacillate. Obs. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| friar | = brother n., in fig. applications; esp. in Old French phrase beu frere ‘fair brother’. Obs. | 1290 | Go To Quotation |
| govern | Government. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| grandsire | = grandfather n. 1. arch. and dial. | 1290 | Go To Quotation |
| gyve | trans. To fasten with, or as with, gyves; to fetter, shackle. | 1290 | Go To Quotation |
| honour | trans. To do honour to, pay worthy respect to (by some outward action); to worship… | 1290 | Go To Quotation |
| hospital | A house or hostel for the reception and entertainment of pilgrims, travellers, and… | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| host | spec. A man who lodges and entertains for payment; a man who keeps a public place of… | 1290 | Go To Quotation |
| hure | A cap. | 1290 | Go To Quotation |
| inquest | A legal or judicial inquiry to ascertain or decide a matter of fact, esp. one made by a jury… | 1290 | Go To Quotation |
| intentive | Of persons: Devoting earnest attention or pains; paying regard or attention… | 1290 | Go To Quotation |
| intentively | In an intentive manner; with earnest attention or application; earnestly, heedfully, intently. | 1290 | Go To Quotation |
| interdict | Ecclesiastical. To cut off authoritatively from religious offices or privileges; to lay (a… | 1290 | Go To Quotation |
| jewel | An article of value used for adornment, chiefly of the person; a costly ornament, esp. one… | 1290 | Go To Quotation |
| labour | An instance of physical or mental exertion; a piece of work that has been or is to be performed; a task. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| lay-fee | A fee or estate in land held in consideration of secular services, as distinguished… | 1290 | Go To Quotation |
| lorain | The straps (often spoken of as gilt, studded with metal, or jewelled) forming part of the harness or trappings of a horse. | 1290 | Go To Quotation |
| misbear | trans. (refl.). To misbehave or misconduct oneself. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| mopish | Bewildered, confused. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| mount | trans. To raise in honour, estimation, power, wealth, etc. Obs. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| noy | trans. To annoy, trouble, harass; to harm or injure. Occasionally in pass.: to be annoyed or vexed. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| ofswink | trans. To gain by labour; to work hard for. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| patron | Christian Church. A person who holds the right of presentation to an ecclesiastical benefice; the holder of the advowson. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| pelerinage | = pilgrimage n. (in various senses). | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| privy council | Private affairs; confidential advice. Obs. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| receipt | trans. To receive or harbour (a person, esp. a criminal). Cf. reset v. 1. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| response | Answer or reply given in speech or writing. Freq. in to make (also give, etc.) response; also in response (to). | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| scornliche | Scornfully. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| see | A seat of dignity or authority; esp. a royal seat, throne. Hence the rank or position symbolized by a throne. Obs. | 1290 | Go To Quotation |
| seize | (In technical use written seise.) trans. To put (a person) in legal possession of a… | 1290 | Go To Quotation |
| sept psaumes | The seven penitential psalms. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| servage | Servitude, bondage, slavery. Obs. | 1290 | Go To Quotation |
| shrine | trans. To enclose (relics) in a shrine; to provide (a saint or deity) with a shrine or sanctuary. Now rare. | 1290 | Go To Quotation |
| spill | A splinter; a sharp-pointed fragment of wood, bone, etc.; a slip or sliver. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| squire | In the military organization of the later middle ages, a young man of good birth attendant… | 1290 | Go To Quotation |
| stout | Fierce, furious. Obs. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| strain | To draw tight (a band, bandage, bonds). Also absol. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| straitly | Strictly, rigorously, stringently; with strictness of observance. Now only arch. with… | 1290 | Go To Quotation |
| study | A state of mental perplexity or anxious thought. Sometimes with indirect question: Doubt whether, etc. Obs. | 1290 | Go To Quotation |
| sum | sum of money, sum of gold, sum of silver, sum of pence, etc. | 1290 | Go To Quotation |
| surance | A pledge, guarantee; = assurance n. 1. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| suspend | trans. To debar, usually for a time, from the exercise of a function or enjoyment of… | 1290 | Go To Quotation |
| tabor | The earlier name of the drum; in later use (esp. since the introduction of the name drum… | 1290 | Go To Quotation |
| tallage | Orig., in Eng. Hist., An arbitrary tax levied by Norman and early Angevin kings upon the… | 1290 | Go To Quotation |
| tax | To estimate or determine the amount of (a tallage, fine, penalty, damages, etc.);… | 1290 | Go To Quotation |
| Templar | A member of a military and religious order, consisting of knights (Knights Templars, Knights or… | 1290 | Go To Quotation |
| therehence | From or out of that place; from there: = thence adv. 1. Now dial. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| tomb | A place of burial; an excavation in earth or rock for the reception of a dead body, a… | 1290 | Go To Quotation |
| transcript | A written copy; also transf. a printed reproduction of this; spec. in Law, a copy of a legal record. | 1290 | Go To Quotation |
| treasury | A room or building in which precious or valuable objects are preserved, esp. a place… | 1290 | Go To Quotation |
| tyrant | Any one who exercises power or authority oppressively, despotically, or cruelly; one… | 1290 | Go To Quotation |
| uncunning | Lack of knowledge; ignorance. | 1290 | Go To Quotation |
| uneasily | With difficulty on account of discomfort; only with pain or suffering. Obs. | 1290 | Go To Quotation |
| uneasy | Not conducing to ease or comfort; productive of physical discomfort. Also in fig. context. †Occas. const. to (a person). | 1290 | Go To Quotation |
| ungraithed | (un- prefix 8.) | 1290 | Go To Quotation |
| unworthily | Without being worthy, fit, or qualified; without having sufficient merit or ability; unmeritedly. | 1290 | Go To Quotation |
| violence | The exercise of physical force so as to inflict injury on, or cause damage to… | 1290 | Go To Quotation |
| void | Of a see, benefice, etc.: Having no incumbent, holder, or possessor; unoccupied, vacant. | 1290 | Go To Quotation |
