| abay | The barking or baying of hounds at a hunted animal, esp. when they have driven it into… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| accumbrance | An encumbrance, burden, or impediment; molestation, injury. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| acold | Cool, chilled; cold. Chiefly in predicative use. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| acounter | An armed encounter; an attack. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| adoubted | Feared, dreaded. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| adread | trans. To make afraid, terrify. Cf. ofdread v., adread adj. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| adventurously | In an adventurous or daring manner. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| affray | trans. To frighten, terrify. Cf. afraid adj. 1. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| afray | trans. To wear away. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| ago | With reference to a period of time: that has gone by, that is in the past; elapsing… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| Almain | A native or inhabitant of Germany or the lands corresponding to modern Germany; a… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| almond | An oval, nut-like, oil-rich kernel with a light brown skin and a hard pitted shell… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| almose | = alms n. (in various senses). | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| amends | pl. in form, collect. in sense. | 1314 | Go To Quotation |
| ande | Breath. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| anour | Honour, reverence, worship. | 1314 | Go To Quotation |
| apassed | Past by. (Often, like past, used as adv. or prep.) | 1314 | Go To Quotation |
| asperly | Roughly, harshly; fiercely, bitterly. | 1314 | Go To Quotation |
| attame | trans. To cut into; to penetrate, pierce. | 1314 | Go To Quotation |
| avale | trans. To cause to descend, fall, or sink; to let down, lower; to send or direct downwards. | 1314 | Go To Quotation |
| avenom | To poison. | 1314 | Go To Quotation |
| barbel | Part of a helmet protecting the chin (= Old French barbier, -iere.) | 1314 | Go To Quotation |
| behew | trans. To hew about, to carve. | 1314 | Go To Quotation |
| bel | Fair, fine, beautiful. Obs. | 1314 | Go To Quotation |
| betimes | At an early time, period, or season; early in the year; early in life. | 1314 | Go To Quotation |
| beyelp | trans. To talk loudly of, boast of, glory in. Also refl. with of. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| bitought | Attired, arrayed. (In quot. as past participle.) | 1314 | Go To Quotation |
| bleaunt | A kind of tunic or upper garment; also a rich stuff or fabric used for this garment. | 1314 | Go To Quotation |
| bloodhound | Any of several large breeds of hound with a keen sense of smell; esp. a breed… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| boban(t | Pride, boasting; = bobance n. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| bole | The stem or trunk of a tree. | 1314 | Go To Quotation |
| breasted | Having a breast; esp. in comb., as big-breasted, narrow-breasted, open-breasted, wide-breasted, flat-breasted. | 1314 | Go To Quotation |
| byss | = byssus n. 1; Fine linen. The word was to English writers often a mere name to… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| challenge | A claim; the act of demanding as a right. In early use, often, a false claim. Obs. | 1314 | Go To Quotation |
| check | A call at chess by which notice is given to the opponent that a move has been made… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| citizen | An inhabitant of a city or (often) of a town; esp. one possessing civic rights and privileges, a burgess or freeman of a city. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| covenant | = covenanted adj. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| covenant | with inf. or clause, expressing purpose or purport. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| covinliche | In agreement, with one accord. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| cumberer | One who or that which cumbers: see the verb. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| dart | A pointed missile weapon thrown by the hand; a light spear or javelin; also applied… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| death-wound | A wound causing death, a mortal wound. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| deswarré | Gone out of the way; that has lost his way, gone astray, stray. Another form of the word is… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| emforth | According to; in proportion to. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| encumbrance | Encumbered state or condition; trouble, molestation, perplexity. Obs. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| even forth | To the extent of; in proportion to. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| everly | Always, continually. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| germane | germane cousin: a child of a full brother or sister of either parent of the person in… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| gyrfalcon | In early use, a large falcon, esp. one used to fly at herons; now, any large falcon of… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| herald | An officer having the special duty of making royal or state proclamations, and… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| lance | trans. To fling, hurl, launch, throw (a dart, also fire, lightning, smoke); to shoot… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| list | trans. To put a list, border, or edge round (an object); to border, edge. Also, to put as a list or border upon. Obs. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| lowly | In a low position or posture; along the ground. In examples from 18th c. there is mixture of sense 1. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| mail | Any of the metal rings (or plates) of which mail-armour is composed; also fig. Obs. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| marquis | In some continental European countries: (originally) the ruler of certain… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| minstrelsy | The art or occupation of a minstrel; the practice of singing and playing… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| misknow | trans. To fail to recognize (a person); to mistake the identity of. Also intr. Obs. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| mulet | A mule, esp. a young or small one. In later use Eng. regional. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| myth | trans. To show, reveal, demonstrate. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| nasel | = nasal n. 2. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| net | Of a person: smart, trim, or elegant, esp. in dress. rare. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| nurry | A foster-child or nursling; a ward; a pupil. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| nurse | To rear or bring up; to nurture. Usu. in pass.: to be reared or brought up in a certain… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| oathing | The action of oath v. (in various senses). | 1499 | Go To Quotation |
| omnipotent | As an attribute of a god, esp. the Christian God or Christ: almighty; all-powerful, having infinite power. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| organister | A person who plays an instrument, esp. an organ; an organist. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| ostridge | A goshawk. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| outdraught | An act of extracting or withdrawing. Also: an excerpt or abstract (from a document, etc.). | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| outspin | intr. Of blood: to gush out. Obs. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| pain | trans. (refl.). To take pains or trouble; to exert oneself with care and attention; to… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| payeny | The domain or realm of pagans. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| peerless | Without peer; unequalled, matchless. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| plainness | The quality or condition of being flat, smooth, even, or level; (also) a flat or smooth surface or area. Obs. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| please | Pleasing; pleasure. | 1475 | Go To Quotation |
| port | Bearing, deportment, or carriage, esp. dignified or stately bearing; demeanour or manner. Now arch. and rare. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| portray | trans. To paint, adorn, or decorate (a surface or object) with an image or images. Obs. (arch. in later use). | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| preachment | Preaching; the delivery of a sermon or exhortation. Now usu. depreciative: obtrusive or tiresome preaching; sermonizing. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| prede | Plunder, spoils, booty; an instance of this, a trophy. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| psaltery | An ancient or medieval stringed instrument with a sounding board or box, similar to… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| quitclaim | A formal renunciation or relinquishing of a claim. Formerly also: †a formal discharge… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| quitclaim | trans. To declare (a person) free; to release, acquit, or discharge. Also intr. Now arch. and hist. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| quite | With verbs, freq. in the past participle, indicating thorough completion of the action. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| quitely | Completely, altogether; = quite adv. 1. humorous and rare in later use. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| raft | A beam, a spar; a rafter. Sc. in later use. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| real | Of, relating to, or characteristic of a monarch, royalty, or (by extension) the nobility… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| reason | = raising-piece n. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| record | Attestation or testimony of a fact; witness, evidence, proof. In early use chiefly in… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| recreant | In predicative use, usu. following a verb (as to be, to become, to yield (oneself), to make… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| rereband | = arrière-ban n. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| rescue | To set free (a hostage, a person captured by an enemy); to deliver (a person) from the… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| rial | Belonging or appropriate to a king; of or relating to a king. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| ripple | trans. To scratch slightly; to graze or ruffle. | 1475 | Go To Quotation |
| rivage | A coast, a shore; a riverbank. Now rare (chiefly poet. in later use). | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| rook | Each of the four pieces set in the corner squares at the beginning of a game, moving in… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| ruel | Ivory, probably from the tusk of a walrus or narwhal; = ruel-bone n. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| savement | Safety; salvation. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| scale | One of the small thin membranous or horny outgrowths or modifications of the skin in… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| scomfiture | Discomfiture, defeat. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| seisin | trans. To give seisin of (property). | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| straw brede | = straw-breadth n. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| surgeon | One who practises the art of healing by manual operation; a practitioner who… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| swoon | Without article, in phr. to fall, lie in (occas. on, of) swoon. arch. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| tassel | A clasp or fibula by which the two sides of a cloak or the like are held together. Obs. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| thousandel | A thousand times. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| trade | The track or trail of a man or animal; footprints; = tread n. 1 2 Obs. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| turret | A small or subordinate tower, usually one forming part of a larger structure; esp.… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| 'tween | Aphetic form of atween prep. adv., between prep. adv. n. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| unarm | refl. To free or strip (oneself) of armour. (Also with head as obj.) | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| uncouple | trans. To release (dogs) from being fastened together in couples; to set free for the chase. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| upcoming | The action of coming up, in various senses. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| valure | Courage, bravery; = valour n. 1c. Obs. | 1349 | Go To Quotation |
| woe-begone | ‘Beset with woe’; oppressed with misfortune, distress, sorrow, or grief. Obs. or arch. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
