| accordment | Reconciliation; harmony, accord. Also: an agreement. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| acquire | To gain possession of through skill or effort; to obtain, develop, or secure in… | 1449 | Go To Quotation |
| agye | trans. To conduct, manage. Also impers., as him agyeth: he fares, gets on. | 1449 | Go To Quotation |
| alangeness | Loneliness. Cf. elenge adj. 2. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| aprise | Emprise; enterprise, undertaking, achievement. | 1320 | Go To Quotation |
| argument | intr. To adduce arguments, argue, reason. | 1320 | Go To Quotation |
| asmell | To smell out, scent. | 1320 | Go To Quotation |
| atray | To vex, trouble. | 1320 | Go To Quotation |
| barley-water | A drink, made by the decoction of pearl barley, used as a demulcent. strong barley-water: ale. | 1320 | Go To Quotation |
| beshadow | trans. To cast a shadow upon, to shade, overshadow; also fig. | 1320 | Go To Quotation |
| bewept | Drowned in tears; marked or disfigured by weeping. | 1320 | Go To Quotation |
| blown | Inflated; swollen; formed by inflation. Also blown-up. Applied spec. to glassware formed by forcing air into molten glass. | 1425 | Go To Quotation |
| bob | trans. To make a fool of, deceive, cheat. | 1320 | Go To Quotation |
| boie | An executioner, a hangman. | 1320 | Go To Quotation |
| boiling | Bubbling up under the influence of heat; at boiling temperature. | 1320 | Go To Quotation |
| boiloun | A bubble. | 1320 | Go To Quotation |
| bore | A hole made by boring, a perforation; an aperture (irrespective of shape), a chink… | 1320 | Go To Quotation |
| bounde | A husbandman, peasant, serf. | 1320 | Go To Quotation |
| bourdise | intr. To joust, tilt. | 1320 | Go To Quotation |
| castellet | A small castle. | 1320 | Go To Quotation |
| cease | To cause (an agent) to leave off (of an action); to appease, bring to rest, quiet. Obs. | 1320 | Go To Quotation |
| chastement | Chastisement. | 1425 | Go To Quotation |
| chick | Applied to human offspring; = chicken n. 2; esp. in alliteration with child. Sometimes as a term of endearment (see quot. 1616). | 1320 | Go To Quotation |
| church haw | A churchyard. Cf. church hay n. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| comforting | The action of the verb comfort v., in various senses: Consolation; †strengthening, †encouragement, etc. | 1320 | Go To Quotation |
| constellation | The configuration or position of ‘stars’ (i.e. planets) in regard to one another, as… | 1320 | Go To Quotation |
| crake | A crow or raven. north. dial. | 1320 | Go To Quotation |
| curfew | Hence, the practice of ringing a bell at a fixed hour in the evening, usually eight… | 1320 | Go To Quotation |
| dearness | Affection, fondness. | 1320 | Go To Quotation |
| delivering | The action of deliver v., q.v.; deliverance, delivery (in various senses). | 1320 | Go To Quotation |
| dishful | As much as a dish will contain. | 1320 | Go To Quotation |
| dispense | The act of spending, expenditure. | 1320 | Go To Quotation |
| drink | To drown. | 1425 | Go To Quotation |
| dunghill | A heap or hillock of dung or refuse. | 1320 | Go To Quotation |
| duress | Harsh or severe treatment, infliction of hardship; oppression, cruelty; harm, injury; affliction. | 1320 | Go To Quotation |
| elengenesse | Loneliness, dreariness, misery. | 1320 | Go To Quotation |
| fenk | trans. To vanquish; conquer. Also absol. | 1320 | Go To Quotation |
| flap | trans. To toss with a smart movement; to throw down suddenly; to fold together roughly.… | 1320 | Go To Quotation |
| flattery | The action or practice of flattering; false or insincere praise; adulation; cajolery, blandishment. | 1320 | Go To Quotation |
| foot-hot | In the phrase to follow foot-hot, the adv. was sometimes taken to mean ‘closely’; hence… | 1320 | Go To Quotation |
| geometry | The branch of mathematics concerned with the properties and relations of points… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| glittering | That glitters. lit. and fig. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| gramarye | Grammar; learning in general. Obs. | 1320 | Go To Quotation |
| grammar | Used for Latin adj. n., or the Latin language. by grammar: in Latin. (Cf. grammar school n.) | 1320 | Go To Quotation |
| joise | refl. and intr. To rejoice. | 1320 | Go To Quotation |
| limed | Smeared with birdlime (or other sticky substance); †fig. said of hands given to pilfering. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| lour | A gloomy or sullen look; a frown, scowl. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| love letter | A letter expressing love or admiration; esp. one written by a lover to the object of his or her affection. Also in extended use. | 1524 | Go To Quotation |
| malgrace | Disfavour. | 1449 | Go To Quotation |
| master-root | The main root of a plant. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| midden | A dunghill, a dung heap; a refuse heap. Also: a domestic ash-pit. Now chiefly Sc. and Eng. regional (north.). | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| mislearning | Lack of learning, ignorance. Obs. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| mop | A fool, a simpleton. Cf. mope n. 1. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| nibble | The action or an act of nibbling; a small, tentative, delicate, or amorous bite. | 1524 | Go To Quotation |
| night ward | A night watch. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| nigromancy | = necromancy n. 1a. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| old age | The later part of life; the period of life after youth and middle age (cf. age n. 1); the… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| overbold | Excessively bold; unwarrantably or unduly brave; presumptuous. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| presence | The place or space in front of or around a person; the immediate vicinity of a person… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| profit | trans. To be of advantage or benefit to; to advance or promote (a person). | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| quart | Healthy; in good condition; whole and sound. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| refrayne | trans. To question or examine (a person). | 1449 | Go To Quotation |
| respite | To suspend or remit the execution of (a condemned person); to grant a reprieve to (a… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| retour | Return (to a place); a return. Now rare. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| rhetoric | The art of using language effectively so as to persuade or influence others, esp.… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| Romany | Rome; the Roman Empire. In later use also: the region around the city of Rome. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| shrewness | Wickedness. | 1425 | Go To Quotation |
| silly | Deserving of pity, compassion, or sympathy. Now north. and Sc. Cf. poor adj. 5. | 1425 | Go To Quotation |
| squirrel-tail | The tail of a squirrel. In quot. 1400 collect. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| subject | A person who is under the control of another or who owes obedience to another. Also in… | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| trest | = trestle n. 1. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| undoing | Exposition; interpretation. Obs. | 1329 | Go To Quotation |
| unseal | trans. To remove a seal from, to break the seal of (a letter, etc.). | 1425 | Go To Quotation |
| uphend | trans. To catch or snatch up; to take up, raise. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| vencue | trans. To vanquish, subdue. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| verger | A garden or orchard; a pleasure-garden. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| vie | Envy. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| well(-)paid | Highly pleased or satisfied. Const. of. (See paid adj. 1, pay v. 1) Obs. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| whyne | = whence adv. conj. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
