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Merlin

Merlin (a1500).
The 340th most frequently quoted source in the OED, with a total of 1275 quotations (about 0.04% of all OED quotations).

Total number of quotations1275Find quotations
Quotations providing first evidence of a word54Find quotations
Quotations providing first evidence of a particular meaning172Find quotations
LemmaDefinitionDate
acolee= accolade n. 1.1499Go To Quotation
apperceivantDiscovering, cognizant.1499Go To Quotation
assel(e1499Go To Quotation
bourdintr. To joust, tilt; to engage in a sham fight.1499Go To Quotation
bourgUsed by historical writers in the earlier sense of town or village under the shadow of…1499Go To Quotation
braytA cry, yell.1499Go To Quotation
calionA flint nodule; a boulder or pebble; often collective.1459Go To Quotation
chapleA fierce combat or encounter.1499Go To Quotation
confessedThat has confessed his sins, shriven.1499Go To Quotation
desirantDesiring, desirous of.1499Go To Quotation
despiteouslyWith bitter ill-will or enmity; spitefully, cruelly, pitilessly, mercilessly.1499Go To Quotation
discumbrance= cumbrance n.1499Go To Quotation
disinherittrans. To deprive or dispossess of an inheritance; ‘to cut off from an…1499Go To Quotation
distrifeStrife, contention.1499Go To Quotation
disturdisonStunned or stupefied condition; a state of unconsciousness caused by a blow or the like.1499Go To Quotation
dolorouslyIn a dolorous manner; painfully, sorrowfully, dolefully.1499Go To Quotation
doughtDoughtiness, might, power.1499Go To Quotation
engenderingThe action of engender v., in various senses.1499Go To Quotation
entraverseAthwart, crosswise.1499Go To Quotation
envay(eAn attack.1499Go To Quotation
envoisiesGay, lively.1499Go To Quotation
for-swollen(fig.)1499Go To Quotation
girthtrans. To gird, surround, encompass.1499Go To Quotation
greatlyGreat.1499Go To Quotation
Hallow-tideThe season of All Saints; the first week of November.1499Go To Quotation
headilyIn a heady manner; headlong, precipitately, hastily, rashly; violently, impetuously; †eagerly.1499Go To Quotation
inquireThe action, or an act, of inquiring; inquiry.1499Go To Quotation
interpassintr. To pass between, to pass from one to another.1499Go To Quotation
jourA day. Obs.1499Go To Quotation
launchantDarting, leaping.1499Go To Quotation
listedBordered, edged; striped. Also (of colours), arranged in bands or stripes.1499Go To Quotation
lovemakingCourtship, wooing; an instance of this. Cf. love n. 3a(a). Now somewhat arch. Also fig.1499Go To Quotation
maltalentiveBearing ‘maltalent’; malevolent.1499Go To Quotation
mangleTo hack, cut, lacerate, or †mutilate (a person or animal) by repeated blows; to reduce…1499Go To Quotation
martelaiseHammering; intense hand-to-hand combat.1499Go To Quotation
open fieldMil. A battlefield allowing unrestricted passage in all directions, as opposed to a…1499Go To Quotation
pantonerProb. a scribal error for pautener n. Cf. pantener n. adj.1499Go To Quotation
paramourtrans. To love.1499Go To Quotation
pelly melly= pell-mell adv.1499Go To Quotation
pleaderA pleading.1499Go To Quotation
prizetrans. To seize, take, or capture, esp. in war; to confiscate. Obs.1499Go To Quotation
rottenintr. To become rotten (lit. and fig.); to rot. Also with off, out, into, etc.1499Go To Quotation
saisne= Saxon n.1499Go To Quotation
short-windedShort of breath; suffering from or liable to difficulty of breathing; that soon becomes out of breath with any exertion.1499Go To Quotation
shrike= shriek n. (In first quot., a shrill note.)1499Go To Quotation
skirmerySkirmishing, fencing.1499Go To Quotation
spear-pointThe point of a spear.1499Go To Quotation
startlingCapering, prancing. Obs.1499Go To Quotation
surbateintr. ? To bear down heavily on.1499Go To Quotation
sustainmentMeans of sustenance or support; esp. = sustenance n. 1a. Obs.1499Go To Quotation
tortue= tortuous adj. 1.1499Go To Quotation
trobellionObs. variant of tourbillion n., whirlwind.1499Go To Quotation
unstufftrans. To empty (of people).1499Go To Quotation
vivierA fishpond; a tank for storing live fish, etc.1499Go To Quotation

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