| accline | intr. To incline; to slope, slant. Also in extended use: (to tend) to incline or lean.… | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| alright | Exactly, just. Chiefly modifying so. Cf. right adv. 4. | 1025 | Go To Quotation |
| apocalypse | (With capital initial.) The ‘revelation’ of the future granted to St. John in the isle… | 999 | Go To Quotation |
| aumbry | A container for storing books, a bookcase; (occas.) a room where books or other… | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| bell-ring | The ringing of a bell, esp. as a signal, warning, etc.; (also) an instance of this. | 1025 | Go To Quotation |
| carf | Cutting, a cut, incision; a wound; a fissure. | 999 | Go To Quotation |
| cellaress | A woman (esp. a nun) in a convent or similar establishment charged with the safe… | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| greatness | Thickness, coarseness; stoutness. Obs. | 1020 | Go To Quotation |
| livelihood | The course of a person's life, lifetime; kind or manner of life; conduct. Obs. | 1025 | Go To Quotation |
| meeting | The act or an instance of assembling or coming together for social, business, or… | 1025 | Go To Quotation |
| mendness | Amendment. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| miri | A physician. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| misdight | trans. To mismanage, bring to misfortune, treat badly. Also: to prepare, provide for… | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| misfang | intr. To make a mistake, go wrong, err. | 1025 | Go To Quotation |
| mishear | trans. and intr. To hear incorrectly or imperfectly. | 1025 | Go To Quotation |
| misrede | trans. To advise wrongly. Also intr. | 1025 | Go To Quotation |
| miste | intr. To take the light meal known as mixtum. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| monastery | A place of residence for a community living under religious vows, esp. the residence… | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| need | With that -clause. Obs. | 1025 | Go To Quotation |
| novicery | = novitiate n. 3. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| oftly | = often adv. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| oncall | trans. To call upon, invoke. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| opened | That has been opened. | 1050 | Go To Quotation |
| ordainment | The action or fact of ordaining; appointment; authoritative order; institution… | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| otherliker | In another manner, otherwise. | 1025 | Go To Quotation |
| over-early | At too early a time; prematurely. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| overfill | trans. To fill to overflowing or to excess; to put more into (a container, etc.) than it… | 1025 | Go To Quotation |
| overflowing | That overflows (in various senses of the verb). In early use also: †superfluous (obs.). | 1050 | Go To Quotation |
| over-mickle | Too much, overmuch, excessive. Also occas.: very much. | 1025 | Go To Quotation |
| over-old | Too old. Also (now arch.): very old, antiquated. | 1025 | Go To Quotation |
| overseam | trans. To overload, oppress. | 1025 | Go To Quotation |
| overspread | trans. To spread (something) over or upon something else. Also in extended use in pass.… | 1025 | Go To Quotation |
| overswithe | Too greatly; excessively, without restraint. | 1025 | Go To Quotation |
| poughed | Of a garment: baggy, loose. | 1125 | Go To Quotation |
| president | That presides or has authority; presiding, in charge. | 1449 | Go To Quotation |
| prime | Christian Church. One of the daily offices, or canonical hours of prayer, of the… | 1025 | Go To Quotation |
| priorwick | The position or office of prior. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| prome | A neighbour. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| propertary | = proprietary n. 1b. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| prostrate | intr. To become prostrate; to fall forward with the face downward; to throw oneself to… | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| quiver | Active, nimble; quick, rapid; brisk, lively. | 1050 | Go To Quotation |
| quiverly | Actively, zealously, quickly, smartly. | 1050 | Go To Quotation |
| raving | Wandering, straying. | 1449 | Go To Quotation |
| ready | To make (a thing) ready; to prepare or put in order. In later use also with up. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| rebel | Rebellion. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| reliquiae | Relics of a saint, martyr, or other deceased holy person. Cf. relic n. 1a. rare. | 1025 | Go To Quotation |
| respoun | Christian Church. = respond n. 1. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| restless | Deprived of rest; finding no rest; esp. uneasy in mind or spirit. | 1050 | Go To Quotation |
| ring | A ringing sound or noise, esp. of a bell. | 1025 | Go To Quotation |
| rule | Also with capital initial. The code of discipline or body of regulations observed by… | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| siecle | The world (in the religious sense). | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| slackly | In a remiss or negligent manner; without due diligence or energy. | 960 | Go To Quotation |
| sleeveless | Of a coat, jacket, or other garment: Having no sleeves; made without sleeves. | 950 | Go To Quotation |
| smit | A sullying spot or stain; a taint or blemish. Freq. fig. of moral taint. Obs. | 1030 | Go To Quotation |
| sowl | Any kind of food eaten with bread, as meat, cheese, etc.; relishing or tasty matter added… | 960 | Go To Quotation |
| spare | To close (the lips or eyes) firmly. Obs. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| spele | trans. To take or stand in the place of (another); to represent. | 960 | Go To Quotation |
| stickle | Of a hill or incline: steep, high-pitched. s.w. dial. | 960 | Go To Quotation |
| stunt | Foolish, stupid. Obs. | 960 | Go To Quotation |
| sunderlepes | Separately, apart from the rest, severally. | 1020 | Go To Quotation |
| Te Deum | An ancient Latin hymn of praise in the form of a psalm, sung as a thanksgiving… | 1025 | Go To Quotation |
| thinking | In pl. Thoughts; musings, trains of thought. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| up | On or upon. (In various contexts.) | 960 | Go To Quotation |
| veyne | = veny n. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| wil | Misery, ill. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| wrong-doing | That does wrong, harm, or ill; prone to or committing wrongful actions. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
