| a | Expressing invocation, surprise, or admiration; (also) used to gain attention. Obs. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| addle | trans. To earn (money, etc.). Also in early use: †to deserve (punishment, etc.); to merit (spiritual reward, etc.) (obs.). | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| addling | The action of earning or deserving something; that which a person earns or merits. Obs. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| albedene | As a group or total; altogether, collectively; all together. Also: one and all. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| all whole | Entire, complete; intact. poet. in later use. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| aloft | Above, high up; at a high elevation in relation to an observer; overhead. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| alone | As a complement of a verb other than to be. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| alpha | (The name of) the first letter (Α, α) of the Greek alphabet, corresponding to English a. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| alther | Of or belonging to all the people specified. In early use following the genitive of… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| amboht | A handmaid, bondwoman. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| ange | Trouble, affliction, anguish. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| anger | To distress, trouble, vex, hurt, wound. Obs. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| angetness | Acknowledgement, confession. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| angetting | Acknowledging or confessing. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| aveled | Endowed with strength. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| awn(e | trans. To put before a person's eyes; to show, manifest. refl. To manifest oneself, appear. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| ay | at all times, on all occasions. (Now only in Sc. and north. dial.) | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| bait | fig. To persecute or harass with persistent attacks (a person more or less unable to… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| band | Anything with which one's body or limbs are bound, in restraint of personal liberty; a shackle, chain, fetter, manacle. arch. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| bank | A portion of the surface of the ground raised or thrown up into a ridge or shelf… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| bask | Bitter, acrid, ungrateful or irritating to the senses. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| bedene | In one body or company, together. Cf. anon adv. 1. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| befreeze | trans. To freeze up or over; to freeze intensely. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| begotten | Gotten. (With right-, etc. prefixed.) Obs. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| behanged | Hung about, draped, hung. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| belap | trans. To lap about, clasp, enfold, envelop; to environ, surround. Chiefly in pa. pple. beˈlapped adj. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| belive | With speed, with haste, quickly, eagerly. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| berrhless | Salvation. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| bezant | A gold coin first struck at Byzantium or Constantinople, and seemingly identical with… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| bibufenn | = above adv. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| big | intr. To dwell, remain; to reside. Obs. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| bilenge | Belonging, related to (with dat.). | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| bink | A bench or form to sit on; = bench n. 1. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| birde | Family; nation. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| birewe | trans. To repent of, rue; also impers. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| bitel | Biting, cutting with a sharp edge. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| bloom | The blossom or flower of a plant. (Not extended like ‘flower’ to a whole ‘flowering… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| bloom | fig. and transf. To come into full beauty; to be in fresh beauty and vigour; to flourish. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| blunt | Dull, insensitive, stupid, obtuse: said, it appears, originally of the sight, whence… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| bodeword | Commandment, behest. Obs. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| bodiȝlich | = body n. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| bole-ax | A large axe; ? a pole axe. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| bolt | trans. To sift; to pass through a sieve or bolting-cloth. to bolt out: to separate by sifting. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| bolted | Sifted; fig. carefully selected, choice. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| boon | To pray for, ask as a boon. Obs. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| bound | Ready, prepared: said both of persons and things. Of persons: Dressed, attired. Also (in… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| brack | Noise, outcry. Obs. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| brath | Impetuosity, violence, wrath, ire. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| brath | Impetuous, violent, wrathful. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| brod | A shoot or sprout. rare. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| brod | intr. To shoot, sprout. Obs. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| broth | Impetuous, violent, passionate, wrathful; also quasi- n. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| brothfall | Falling sickness, epilepsy. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| bull | The male of any bovine animal; most commonly applied to the male of the domestic species (Bos taurus); also of the buffalo, etc. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| burrows-town | = borough-town n. Also attrib. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| butt | intr. To strike, thrust, shove. Now almost always to strike or push with the head or horns… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| byr | with personal subject: To owe, ought. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| cart | A carriage of any kind; a chariot, car. Obs. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| child | trans. To bring forth, give birth to (a child). | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| childless | Having no child or children; without offspring. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| christened | Made Christian, converted to Christianity (obs.); baptized: see the verb. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| chuffing | (app.) Cheating, deceit, falsehood. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| clip | To cut or snip (a part) away, off, out, from. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| clothing | The action of covering or providing with clothes; dressing. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| cloven | the divided hoof of ruminant quadrupeds, consisting of the third and fourth phalanges… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| crook | fig. A crooked piece of conduct; a trick, artifice, wile; deceit, guile, trickery. Obs. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| derf | Bold, daring, courageous, brave. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| derfly | Boldly; fiercely. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| dew | trans. To wet with or as with dew; to bedew; to moisten. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| dill | Sluggish, slow, stupid, dull. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| doughtiness | Valiantness, valour, stoutness. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| drawn | Of a sword: Pulled out of the sheath, naked. †Of a person: Having his sword drawn (obs.). | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| dry-foot | With dry feet; without wetting the feet. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| eastdale | = eastdeal n. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| egede | Foolish conduct or behaviour, silliness, frivolity. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| eld | intr. To grow old. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| eldern | Elderly. Obs. exc. Sc. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| elesaew | Oil. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| epe | intr. To cry aloud. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| evenmete | Of the same measure or standing, co-equal. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| eyesight | The power or faculty of seeing; sight: attributed also to the heart, soul, etc. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| fall | A dropping down from a high or relatively high position, by the force of gravity. to ride for a fall: see ride v. 2c. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| fast | as a religious observance, or as an expression of grief. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| fere | Ability, power; health. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| file | To render morally foul or polluted; to destroy the ideal purity of; to corrupt, taint, sully; = defile v. 3. Obs. exc. arch. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| filsen | trans. To minister to, aid, support; to further, promote. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| flight | The action of fleeing or running away from, or as from, danger, etc.; hasty departure or retreat, also, an absconding. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| flit | trans. To remove, transport, or take away to another place; to transfer from one… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| flitting | esp. The action of removing from one abode to another; a removal. Now chiefly north. and Sc.… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| forblend | trans. To blind. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| fordread | intr. To be in dread of. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| forfear | trans. To terrify. Only in pa. pple., which often coincides in sense with the phrase for ferd… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| forgar | To destroy, corrupt. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| forhunger | trans. To make very hungry; to cause to die of hunger; to starve. Only in pa. pple. and ppl. adj forˈhungered adj. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| forlong | To be possessed with longing. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| forswounden | Implied in forˈswundenleȝc n., forˈswundenness indolence, remissness. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| for that | For the reason that, because. arch. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| forthirst | Overpowered with thirst. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| forthwithal | = forthwith adv. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| for-wary | trans. To curse. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| forwhore | trans. To lead into unchastity; to debauch, defile. Also refl. and fig. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| forwonder | Only in pa. pple.: Astonished. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| forworden | Perished, gone to ruin. Hence (Orm.) forwurþenlike adv. corruptly, perversely. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| foster | trans. To supply with food or nourishment; to nourish, feed, support. In early quots. to feed and foster. Obs. in lit. sense. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| frame | Advantage, benefit, profit; = freme n. Also in to do frame: to do (someone) good, to benefit. Obs. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| furtherly | = further adv. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| furthermore | To a more advanced point of progress, still further; = further adv. 1a. Occas. with omission of go. Obs. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| gain | Advantage, use, avail, benefit; remedy, help. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| gain | intr. To be suitable, useful, or advantageous; to avail, help; to serve, suffice (for). Const. dat. of person. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| gain | Against, over against, contrary to. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| gainless | Of no avail. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| gainly | Suitably, fitly, conveniently, readily. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| gate | A way, road, or path. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| gateless | Pathless. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| gaw | intr. To gape, stare; to look intently. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| get | To obtain possession of (property, etc.) as the result of effort or contrivance. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| gete | trans. To watch, guard, take charge of (a person or place); to tend (cattle or sheep). | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| gin | Skill, ingenuity. Also in a bad sense: Cunning, craft, artifice (cf. engine n. 1a). quaint of gin… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| gluterness | Gluttony. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| golik | Gay, joyful. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| gome | (See quot. 1877, and cf. gaum-like adj., gormless adj.) | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| goodlaik | Goodness, kindness. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| graith | trans. To make ready, prepare, put in order, repair; also, to procure. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| grave | In certain parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, each of a number of… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| greedilaik | Greediness. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| grill | Of persons: Fierce, harsh, cruel. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| grimcundleȝc | Grimness, fierceness. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| grimleȝc | Grimness, cruelty. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| hagheli | Properly, becomingly. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| hagher | Skilful, clever, dexterous; apt, fit. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| hail | trans. To salute with ‘hail!’; to salute, greet; to receive with expressions of gladness, to welcome. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| halesome | The northern, and now chiefly Sc. form of wholesome adj. n., q.v. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| halfling | To the extent of a half, half; in part, partially. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| handfast | Contracted by the joining of hands; espoused. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| handfast | trans. To make a contract of marriage between (parties) by joining of hands; to betroth (two persons, or one person to another). | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| handwrit | Handwriting; autograph; signature. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| harbourless | Destitute of shelter, houseless, homeless. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| harden | To render or make hard; to indurate. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| harvest-tide | = harvest time n. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| head-penny | A poll tax or capitation fee. Cf. head-money n. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| herethrough | Through this; by this means; hereby. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| hethe | To mock, scorn. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| hethely | Scornfully, derisively, contemptuously; esp. in early Middle English phrase hetheli leten… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| hething | Scoffing, derision, mockery; scorn, contempt; dishonour. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| hie | Haste, speed. Chiefly in phr. in hie, in haste, with haste, quickly, soon: often added merely for rhyme's sake. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| hinderling | A base, mean, degenerate person. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| hofles | Immoderate, excessive; unreasonable; intemperate. att hofelæs (quot. 1200), immoderately. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| holily | In a holy manner; with sanctity or devoutness. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| hoot | trans. To assail with shouts or sounds of disapproval, contempt, or derision. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| hove | Measure, moderation, temperateness. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| huckster | Without distinction of sex. (The ordinary use.) locally in specific senses: see quots. 1858 and 1877. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| icche(n | trans. and intr. To move, stir. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| idlelaik | Idleness. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| ilka | Each, every. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| ilkane | Each one, each (absolutely); see each adj. pron. 1c. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| ill | With hostility, aversion, displeasure, or offence: chiefly in phrases to like ill = (a)… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| innerest | Innermost, inmost. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| insight | Internal sight, mental vision or perception, discernment; in early use sometimes, Understanding, intelligence, wisdom. Obs. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| Judew | = Jew n. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| kaggerleȝc | Wantonness. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| kid | The young of a goat (cf. quot. 1562). | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| kindle | trans. To set fire to, set on fire, ignite, light (a flame, fire, or combustible substance). | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| kindless | Without natural power, affection, feeling, etc.; unnatural. Obs. rare. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| kirkyard | A churchyard. Cf. kirk-garth n. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| kithly | Familiarly. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| lake | Play, sport, fun, glee. In pl. games, tricks, goings on. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| lake | trans. To present an offering or sacrifice to. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| law-book | A book containing a code of laws. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| lay | Hire. Also in comb. leȝhemann n. (= ON. leigumaðr), a hireling. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| leech | trans. To cure, heal. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| like | Const. to, unto (now arch.), north. †till, †of, with (arch.), †as. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| lisk | The loin or flank; also, the groin. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| little world | A literal rendering of microcosm n. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| little-worth | Of little worth; esp. Sc. = of worthless character. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| livish | = living adj., in various senses. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| long | Phr. long of (†long on): attributable to, owing to, on account of, because of, ‘along of’. Now arch. and dial. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| low | Phrases. (to be, set) in, on a low, in a flame, on fire; to put the low to, to set fire to; to take a low, to catch fire. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| low | trans. To make or bring low (chiefly in immaterial sense); to abase, humble, lower. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| lower | As an ordinary comparative (capable of being followed by than): see the senses of low adj. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| lowest | The superlative of low adj. in its various senses. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| lund | Disposition, nature; manners. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| magus | Chiefly with capital initial. the (three) Magi: the three ‘wise men’ (see wise man n.… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| mannishlaik | Humanity. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| manse | trans. To excommunicate (a person); to curse or damn. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| many-what | Many things. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| may | A maiden; a virgin; a young woman. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| mean | Intercourse, fellowship; spec. sexual intercourse. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| meek | Gentle, courteous, kind. Of a social superior: merciful, compassionate, indulgent. Obs. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| meek | To make meek in spirit, to humble; (occas.) to appease, mollify. Obs. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| meeklaik | Meekness, gentleness, lowliness. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| meekly | In a meek or humble manner. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| meekness | Gentleness; humility, obedience. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| meetly | Fittingly, properly, suitably; as is meet. Also: †beautifully, handsomely (obs.). | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| middle-erd | The world, the earth, regarded as a middle region between heaven and hell; (also)… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| middle world | = middle earth n. 1. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| mildheartlaik | Mercifulness. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| min | impers. In me mins: I recollect, I remember, I think. With of, on. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| moal | Language; speech. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| 'mong | = among prep. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| moodilaik | Pride. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| mu | The name of the twelfth letter (μ, Μ) of the Greek alphabet, corresponding to the English m. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| mun | Expressing necessity or obligation: am (is, or are) obliged to, must. Formerly also… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| murder | trans. To kill (a person) unlawfully, spec. with malice aforethought (in early use often… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| namecund | Famous. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| nay | = no adv. 1a; used to express negation, dissent, denial, or refusal, in answer to a statement, question, command, etc. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| near | In general use, esp. with past participles or verbs, indicating that an action is all but completed or accomplished. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| New Year | The coming year; the year about to begin or just beginning; the beginning or first few days… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| nithe | Evil, bad; dreadful. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| nonce | For the particular purpose; on purpose; expressly. Freq. with infinitive or clause… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| northdale | = northdeal n. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| nowt | In pl. Cattle. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| ofdrunken | trans. To drown, swallow up (in water). Also fig. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| offering-lake | A sacrifice. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| oftsithe | = oftsithes adv. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| old | Age; duration of life or existence. Obs. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| oldly | In the manner of or like an old person. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| onfast | Nearby. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| or | In general use, coordinating noun phrases, adjective phrases, adverb phrases, verbs, and clauses. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| orrath | Doubtful, perplexed, irresolute. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| orrathness | Doubt, indecision. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| ortrowth | Distrust. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| otherwhat | Something else; some different or additional thing. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| outenwith | On the outside, outwardly. Cf. outwith prep. 1. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| outnumen | Exceptional, extraordinary; eminent, distinguished. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| outwith | In a position or place outside of; situated or located outside of; beyond. Also fig. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| overbid | trans. To overburden (a person). Obs. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| overgart | Arrogance, presumption, pride. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| overhand | The upper hand; mastery, victory, superiority. Chiefly in to get (also have, etc.) the overhand. Also with of. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| overking | A king who rules over lesser kings; a superior king. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| overlord | A lord superior to other lords or rulers; a supreme lord; a feudal superior (now hist.). | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| overmet | Above measure, excessive. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| overmore | Further up; further away. Obs. (Sc. in later use). | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| overswive | trans. To overcome, to overpower, to defeat. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| overthink | trans. (freq. impers.). To displease, grieve, vex; to cause regret or repentance to; = ofthink v. Cf. forthink v. 1 2. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| pap | A woman's breast or (now rare) nipple. Also fig. Now chiefly arch. and Sc., Eng. regional (north.… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| pasch day | Easter Sunday. In early use also: Passover (see quots. 1200, 1400). | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| prat | Cunning, astute. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| prime-sign | trans. To mark with the sign of the cross before baptism; to make (a person) a Christian convert or initiate. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| publican | Roman Hist. A person who farms the public taxes; a tax-gatherer, esp. any of those in… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| quathrigan | A four-wheeled chariot; (fig.) the four gospels. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| queem | Pleasure, satisfaction. Chiefly in to (a person's) queem: so as to be satisfactory; to… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| rad | Frightened, afraid, alarmed. Also with of or †for, or with dependent clause or infinitive. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| raise | To rouse (a person or animal) from sleep; to make (a person) wake up or get out of bed. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| rathe | Counsel, advice. Also: a counsellor, a friend. Cf. rede n. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| rhyme | Metre, measure (in verse). Obs. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| riding | A way or road made for horse riders; esp. a track or path cut through or skirting a wood… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| righteouslaik | = righteoushead n. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| right half | The side or region that lies immediately to the right of a person or other object… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| roose | Boasting, bragging; an instance of this, a boast, brag, vaunt. Chiefly with make. Obs. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| roose | intr. To boast or be proud of something. Obs. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| roosing | Boasting, vaunting, vainglory. Obs. (Sc. in later use). | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| rothe | trans. To counsel, advise (a person). Also refl. and intr. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| roust | A voice; a shout, a roar; a loud noise. Cf. rout n. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| same | Followed by a clause with relative pronoun (that, who, which) or relative adv. (when, where). Cf. very adj. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| samtale | Accordant, agreed. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| sann | intr. To argue. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| scare | trans. To frighten, terrify. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| scathe | trans. To injure, hurt, damage. Now arch. and Sc. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| scatheless | Without scathe; unharmed. †Const. of. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| scold | In early use, a person (esp. a woman) of ribald speech; later, a woman (rarely a man) addicted to abusive language. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| scorken | In pass.: To be scorched or parched. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| scorn | intr. To speak or behave contemptuously; to use derisive language, jeer. Const. at, with. Obs. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| seem | impers. and quasi- impers. with the real subject expressed by a clause or infinitive phrase. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| selcouthly | Strangely, wonderfully. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| sere | Separate, distinct; each in particular, single. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| serelepes | Separately. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| seventy | In concord with n. expressed or implied. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| sheepskin | The skin of a sheep; esp. one used as a garment or in the making of a garment. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| shifting | Used for: A ‘course’ of the Jewish priesthood. Obs. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| show | a show-house (an interpretation of ‘Ephratah’ in Micah v. 2). | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| sicken | intr. To become affected with illness, to fall ill or sick. Also const. of or with. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| sinfully | In a sinful manner; wickedly, iniquitously. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| site | Care or sorrow; grief, trouble of any kind. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| sithre | With of: At a later time; subsequently. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| skair | trans. To scatter, disperse; to send out in various directions. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| skeet | Quickly, hastily, immediately. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| skilless | Devoid of (†reason or) knowledge; ignorant. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| skire | Clear of, free from, something morally bad. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| skirp | trans. To mock, deride. (Cf. scrip v.) Obs. rare. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| sleck | trans. To extinguish or quench (a fire); to allay, assuage (thirst, etc.). | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| sleuth | The track or trail of a person or animal; a definite track or path. Also fig. Obs. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| somekin(s | Some kind of; some; such. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| somewhat | A certain amount, esp. in the way of statement, information, etc. Freq. with of (= concerning). Now arch. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| somewhere | In or at some place unspecified, indeterminate, or unknown. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| soul food | fig. Food for the soul; spiritual nourishment. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| sound | Of persons, animals, etc.: Free from disease, infirmity, or injury; having or… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| southdale | = southdeal n. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| sowth | A sheep. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| spar | trans. To fasten (a door or gate) with a bar or bolt; to shut or close firmly or securely. Also occas. with up. Now arch. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| spelder | trans. and intr. To spell, as words. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| stalworthly | Stoutly, strongly, etc. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| steek | trans. To shut up, enclose, imprison (a person in a place); also with up. Also refl. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| stern | = star n. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| stidy | Obstinate. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| stint | intr. To cease action; to leave off (doing something); to desist, forbear. Now only arch.… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| stofne | trans. To found. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| stone | trans. To throw stones at, pelt with stones; esp. to put to death by pelting with stones. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| straw | trans. To scatter, spread loosely; to scatter (rushes, straw, flowers, etc.) on the… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| strengthless | Destitute of strength. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| strenk | trans. To sprinkle. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| strinkle | A holy-water sprinkler, an aspergillum. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| sugh | intr. To sigh. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| sum | orig. after swa so, swilk, sli such, all quite, just (cf. Middle Swedish sva som, sliker som, alsom): As. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| sware | intr. and trans. To answer. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| swenk | Occasional variant in Ormin of swenche v., prob. due to pa. tense swencte, pa. pple. ȝeswenct… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| t' | Shortened form of to n., before a vowel, formerly in use, often combined with the… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| their | poss. adj. (orig. gen. pl. of pers. pron.) Of, belonging, or pertaining to them; also refl. of or belonging to themselves. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| theirs | Used instead of their pron. (rare); in 17–18th c. when followed by another possessive… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| theowlike | Servile, slavish; base. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| theowten | trans. and intr. To serve, minister. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| thethen | From that place; = thence adv. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| thew | trans. To instruct in morals or manners; to discipline, train, instruct, chastise. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| thoughtful | Given to, disposed to, or engaged in thinking; absorbed in thought… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| thrice | Three times (in succession); on three successive occasions. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| thrive | Of persons or plants: in early quots. (esp. Ormin) simply †To grow, to increase in… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| throughoutly | In every part, all over: = throughout adv. 2. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| thurfe | Needed, needful, wanting. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| to-bell | intr. To swell exceedingly; also fig. to be puffed up with pride or swollen with anger. Chiefly in pa. pple. to-bollen n. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| to-britten | trans. To cut in pieces. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| tor | Difficult, hard, toilsome; irksome, tedious; = tere adj. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| toth | Exact meaning uncertain: the context implies some kind of wrong-doing. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| trig | True, faithful; trustworthy, trusty. Now only north. dial. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| trothless | Destitute of ‘troth’ or loyalty; faithless, perfidious, disloyal. arch. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| umbeclip | trans. To circumcise. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| umbethink | trans. (with objective clause). To think about, to consider; to remember (how, that, etc.). Obs. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| unbigged | Not built upon. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| undeemed | Not judged or condemned; uncensured. Obs. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| under foot | With vbs., esp. tread. (Also in fig. use: cf. 2.) | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| underpriest | (under- prefix 3a(a). Cf. ON. undirprestr, Dutch onderpriester.) | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| undertake | To take by craft, to entrap; to overtake, seize upon. Obs. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| unleared | Unlearned, untaught; ignorant. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| unlike | Not like or resembling, different from, dissimilar to (some other person or thing). | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| unlittle | Not little. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| unmeek | Not meek or gentle; †unkind, harsh, cruel. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| unquenched | Of fire or light. Also fig. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| unride | Severe; causing much suffering. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| unridely | Violently, roughly, harshly. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| unsib | Not related, not of kin. In quots. absol. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| unspar | trans. To unbar (a door, etc.); to open. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| unstrength | Lack of strength; weakness, feebleness. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| unthewed | Ill-mannered; unruly, wanton. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| until | To, unto (denoting motion to and reaching a person or place); = till prep. 1. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| unwholesome | Not beneficial, salutary, or conducive to morals, etc.; detrimental or prejudicial to health of mind. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| unwit | Lack of wit or practical knowledge; ignorance; stupidity, folly. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| upbrixle | Reproach, scorn. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| uphoven | As past participle: raised up, exalted. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| upo' | = upon prep., in various senses. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| upon | Denoting contact with or location on a surface, etc., whatever its position; = on prep. 2a. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| usell | Wretched, miserable, lowly. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| utterlike | = outwardly adv. 1. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| waeling | In Comb. wæling-word pl., words of temptation or courtship. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| wain | trans. To transport in a wain or carriage. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| wakeman | A watchman. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| wand | A straight slender stick. Now Scottish and dial. In Scottish use, chiefly a slender… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| want | predicatively, or quasi- adj. (Something that is) wanting, missing. In Ormin const. with dative. Obs. rare. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| want | trans. Not to have; to be without, to lack; to have too little of; to be destitute of… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| wantroth | Unbelief. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| wantsum | Indigent, poor; devoid of. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| war | = worse adv. in all senses. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| ware | Pus, matter. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| well-near | = well-nigh adv. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| westdale | = westdeal n. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| weste | A desert, a wasteland; wilderness. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| whatso | pron. = whatever pron. adj. 2a. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| whelp | trans. To bring forth (a whelp or whelps). | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| whereof | in various obsolete senses of of v.: esp. From what source, whence; to what purpose, what..for; for what reason, wherefore. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| wheresome | = wherever adv. conj. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| wherewith | interrog. With what? | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| whosome | = whoever pron. 1 2, whoso pron. 1 2. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| wick | = wicked adj. 1a 1b. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| wiken | = wike n. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| wind- | a swaddling-band. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| windle | A winnowing-fan. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| wis | Certainly, assuredly. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| withal | Along with the rest; in addition; besides; moreover; likewise; as well. Often in… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| wither- | In sense (1), used (esp. by Layamon) in compounds denoting hostile acts or contests, as wiþerblench… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| witter | Clear, evident, certain. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| witterly | Clearly, plainly, evidently; certainly, for certain; without doubt, undoubtedly, truly. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| womankin | Women considered collectively; womankind. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| womankind | Women considered collectively; the female sex. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| wonder | Wondrously, marvellously, surprisingly; exceedingly, very. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| workaday | A day on which work is ordinarily done (distinguished from holiday); a work-day, working-day. Obs. or dial. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| wretchly | In a wretched or distressing manner; miserably. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| wrong | Having a crooked or curved course, form, or direction; twisted or bent in shape or contour; wry. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| yemsel | Keeping, care, charge, custody. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| yond | Qualifying half, side, or the like (with or without the preceding): The farther, the more distant, ‘the other’. Obs. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
