| abob | trans. To astonish, confound, mystify. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| accompackment | Prob.: a compact, an agreement. | 1650 | Go To Quotation |
| according | The action of reconciling people or things; harmony, accord. Also: an instance of this. Obs. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| accursedly | In an accursed manner; damnably. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| acost | Alongside; beside; nearby. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| acounter | trans. and intr. To meet (a person or group) as an adversary. Also: to engage in combat with. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| adventure | trans. (refl.). To risk oneself; to venture. Now rare. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| affy | intr. To trust in someone or something; to rely on (also upon). Also occas. without construction. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| afore- | Prefixed to verbs and verbal derivatives in the senses ‘previously, beforehand’, ‘in… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| afterclap | An act or effect occurring after the conclusion of some affair or incident, esp.… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| afternoon | Originally: the part of the day between the midday meal and the evening meal. In later… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| aggrieve | trans. To bring grief or trouble to, to grieve, distress; to oppress, treat unfairly.… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| alange | Tedious, dreary; strange; = elenge adj. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| alange | trans. To make tedious, dreary, or desolate. Cf. alange adj. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| aleft | On or to the left side. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| allodge | trans. To pitch (a tent or encampment). | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| anhigh(e | To lift up on the gallows, hang. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| annoying | The giving of trouble or vexation; annoyance. (Now gerundial.) | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| apass | intr., rarely trans. To pass on or by (in space or time). | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| aplat | Flat on the ground. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| appease | An appeasing, allaying; appeasement. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| astore | Provision, stock of provisions. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| astronomien | An astronomer, an astrologer. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| behovesome | Useful, of service. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| being | Existence in relationship to some place or condition; (formerly also) presence (obs.). Now somewhat rare. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| bent | Braced, nerved, or wound up for action; couched for a spring; levelled or aimed as a weapon. sharp-bent: sharp-set, hungry. Obs. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| bichant | trans. To enchant, bewitch. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| bittern | A genus of grallatorial birds (Botaurus), nearly allied to the herons, but smaller. spec.… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| brut | A chronicle of British history from the mythical Brutus downward. (The Middle English… | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| bur | Any rough or prickly seed-vessel or flower-head of a plant: esp. the flower-head of the… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| cade | | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| cease | = ceasing n., cessation n. Obs. exc. in the still occasional without cease, without end, incessantly. (Cf. French sans cesse.) | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| chafed | Heated; rubbed, fretted; angered, irritated, vexed. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| churchward | The direction of a church; church (cf. church n. 1b). Only in prepositional phrases… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| cokin | Rogue, rascal. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| couch | With inverted construction: To lay, overlay, inlay, spread, set with (of). Chiefly in pa. pple. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| cowardship | The action or behaviour of a coward; cowardice. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| defoul | Trampling down; oppression, outrage. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| depart | Departure from this life, death. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| ender | Only in phrase, this ender day, night, year, indicating a day, etc. recently past. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| eschele | A troop, squadron (of soldiers); rarely a company (of travellers). | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| exile | A banished person; one compelled to reside away from his native land. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| flap | A blow, slap, stroke. Also fig. Obs. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| flat | intr. To dash, rush; to dart out. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| girdlestead | That part of the body round which the girdle passes; the waist. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| grail | the (Holy) Grail, the Saint Grail or sangrail n.: (in mediæval legend) the platter used… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| ingress | intr. To enter, go in. Now U.S. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| journeying | The action of journey v.; travelling; †engagement in a battle (obs.). | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| joyfully | With a feeling or manifestation of joy; with joy; with much gladness. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| lash | spec. A stroke with a thong or whip. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| lash | intr. To make a sudden movement; to dash, fly, rush, spring, start. Of light: To flash.… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| litter | A framework supporting a bed or couch for the transport of the sick and wounded. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| living | The means of living; livelihood, maintenance, support; †also, an income, an endowment.… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| lower | Reward, guerdon, recompense. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| lush | intr. To rush, dash; to come down with a rush. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| luxurious | Lascivious, lecherous, unchaste. Obs. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| maidenkin | = maidkin n. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| march | intr. To border on (formerly also with †to, †unto, †upon); to have a common frontier with; to be adjacent (occas. with together). | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| marvellous | Such as to excite wonder or astonishment (chiefly in a positive sense);… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| mate | = checkmate n. 1. Also: a move, or sequence of forcing moves, by which the king is checkmated. Freq. in fig. context. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| medley | Combat, conflict; fighting, esp. hand-to-hand fighting between two groups of combatants.… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| midmorrow | = mid-morn n. Also more fully midmorrow day, midmorrow tide. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| mileway | A distance of one mile. Obs. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| mining | The action of mine v.; (in early use) the process of digging a tunnel under a wall, fort… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| misbeget | trans. To beget or acquire unlawfully or illegitimately; spec. to beget (a child) out of wedlock. Also fig. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| misbegetten | = misbegotten adj. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| misbelieving | Holding a false belief; heretical, unorthodox. Also in extended use. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| miscreant | Misbelieving, heretical; pagan, infidel. Obs. (in later use arch., freq. with overtones of sense A. 2). | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| missal | The book containing the service of the Mass for the whole year; a mass-book. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| mort | Death, slaughter. Obs. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| nourishment | The action, process, or fact of nourishing; nurture. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| noy | Annoyance, trouble; suffering, distress, sadness; (also) †harm, injury (obs.). Also as a count noun: an instance of this. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| nurture | A person's breeding, upbringing, education, or training (in early use esp. in matters of behaviour and etiquette). Now rare. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| ofgreet | trans. To strike off. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| ofwake | intr. To awake. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| ordinance | The decision of a judge or referee which settles a disputed matter; the authoritative… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| overcark | trans. To overpower; to overcharge, overburden. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| overthrow | To knock or throw to the ground; to overturn, upset; to knock down, demolish. Now rare. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| overthrowing | The action of overthrow v.; an instance of this. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| pallet | A piece of armour for the head, a helmet; a type of headpiece or skullcap (usually of leather). | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| pautener | A rascal, a villain. See also pantener n. adj. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| paw | The foot or claw of a bird; the foot or claw of a dragon. Also in extended use. Now rare. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| payeme | = payen n. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| perforce | By the application or threat of physical force or violence; forcibly, violently; by force. Obs. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| plat | intr. Chiefly Sc. To lie, sink, or fall down flat. Obs. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| portcullis | A strong barrier in the form of a grating of wooden or iron bars, usually suspended… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| pourpoint | A quilted doublet worn by men in the 14th and 15th centuries as part of civil costume and of armour. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| prize | Something seized or captured by force, esp. in war; booty or plunder; a captive of war. Obs. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| pruance | Prowess. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| punye | A handful of soldiers, a small force. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| quiet | Freedom from mental or emotional agitation; inner tranquillity; peace of mind. Now rare. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| race | A rush, onset, charge; a raid. Obs. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| ram | intr. To beat down earth with a heavy implement, so as to make it compact and firm. Now rare. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| rattle | intr. Of a thing: to give out a rapid succession of short, sharp, percussive sounds, esp.… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| rebut | trans. To rebuke or reproach (a person) violently. Obs. (Sc. in later use). | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| recoil | The action or an act of retreating, retiring, or going back. Also fig. Now rare. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| recover | intr. To regain ground, to rally or stand one's ground in battle. Also of an enemy. Obs. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| recure | Help, recourse; remedy; (means of) recovery. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| ree | A stream, a brook; a river. | 1499 | Go To Quotation |
| reke | Haste, hurry. in a (also with) great reke: in a hurry, in great haste. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| reke | trans. To cover over, esp. with earth or ashes (cf. rake v. 5); to bury. Also fig. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| remanant | The rest or remainder of a number of people or (occas.) animals; the others. Also in pl. Now rare. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| remembrance | Without dependent phrase or clause. Esp. in phrases to have (or keep) in remembrance, to bring (or… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| roam | To wander, rove, or ramble; to walk, move about, or travel aimlessly or… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| rote | intr. Of a banner: to flutter. Of wind: (perh.) to blow. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| rugged | Hairy, shaggy. Of a horse: rough-coated. Cf. ragged adj. 1. Obs. (arch. in later use). | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| Saint Saviour | (A title of) God or (more usually) Christ, conceived of as offering salvation to… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| sarraly | In close order or array, closely. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| saumbu | A saddle-cloth. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| saviour | God or (more usually) Christ, conceived of as offering salvation to mankind and… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| seeker | One who seeks, in various senses of the verb; a searcher, an explorer, one who endeavours… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| seignior | As a title of address. Obs. exc. arch. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| shatter | trans. To scatter, disperse, throw about in all directions; to cause (seed, leaves, etc.)… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| smiting | The action of the verb; beating, striking. Also fig. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| socket | A lance- or spear-head having a form resembling that of a ploughshare. Obs. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| sojour | intr. To sojourn. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| somer | In collective singular. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| sperver | A sparrow-hawk. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| spite | A strong feeling of (†contempt,) hatred or ill-will; intense grudge or desire to… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| stete | trans. To push, shove, kick; to throw or fling violently. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| substance | Theol. The divine essence or nature, esp. as that in which the three persons of the Trinity are united as one. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| succouring | The action of succour v.; assistance. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| surcarking | Great trouble or distress. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| surname | A name, title, or epithet added to a person's name or names, esp. one derived from… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| tare | The seed of a vetch: usually in reference to its small size. (Probably familiar in early… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| tass | A heap, pile, stack. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| toiling | The action of toil v. in various senses; struggling; tugging; labouring, working hard. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| unply | trans. To unfold, unfurl. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| uplands | = uplandish adj. n. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| valour | Worth or importance due to personal qualities or to rank. Obs. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| vigorous | Of persons or animals: Strong and active in body; endowed with or possessed of… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| violet | In sing. without article or with the. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| volunty | Will, desire, pleasure; that which one wishes or desires. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| wail | intr. To express pain or sorrow by prolonged piteous cries. Often with reference to funeral lamentations. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| well-doing | That does good or acquits oneself well; †valiant; diligent in performance of work or duty; well-behaved, respectable. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| whomever | As nominal relative, or with correlative in principal clause (with constructions as in whoever pron. 1): Any (one) whom. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| wrathfully | In a wrathful manner; angrily, wrothfully. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| ybent | bent. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| ypraised | Praised. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
