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Political, Religious, and Love Poems

Political, Religious, and Love Poems (c1400–1500).
The 959th most frequently quoted source in the OED, with a total of 508 quotations (about 0.01% of all OED quotations).

Total number of quotations508Find quotations
Quotations providing first evidence of a word69Find quotations
Quotations providing first evidence of a particular meaning136Find quotations
LemmaDefinitionDate
abandoningThe action of relinquishing, giving up, or deserting; abandonment.1499Go To Quotation
acleaveintr. To cleave, be split.1424Go To Quotation
after-gameA second or subsequent game, played esp. in order to overturn an earlier loss; a return…1499Go To Quotation
assignOne to whom a property or right is legally transferred; = assignee n. 2. Esp. in the phrase heirs and assigns: see quot. 1865.1450Go To Quotation
atweenBetween.1400Go To Quotation
authentical= authentic adj. 2.1531Go To Quotation
baggageThe collection of property in packages that one takes along with him on a…1430Go To Quotation
baptisteryThat part of a church (or, in early times, a separate building contiguous to the church)…1460Go To Quotation
bedighttrans. To equip, furnish, apparel, array, bedeck. (Now only poetical.)1400Go To Quotation
besailtrans. To assail, attack.1460Go To Quotation
betweche(The context suggests ‘exorcize, deliver, or rid.’)1450Go To Quotation
blazing starfig. The brilliant centre of admiration; ‘cynosure,’ ‘star.’ arch.1460Go To Quotation
blikenintr. To turn pale.1399Go To Quotation
blood-shottenSuffused with blood; spec. = bloodshot adj. 1. Now U.S. regional and rare.1450Go To Quotation
brotherlessHaving no brother.1460Go To Quotation
bruchelnesseFrailty.1460Go To Quotation
circumdateSurrounded, encompassed.1460Go To Quotation
cochour(eA kind of dog which couches or lies low.1400Go To Quotation
confidenceThe mental attitude of trusting in or relying on a person or thing; firm trust, reliance, faith. Const. in (†to, on, upon).1430Go To Quotation
contingenceThe coming to pass of anything without predetermination, freedom from necessity; chance; happening by chance; = contingency n. 3.1530Go To Quotation
cony-garthA rabbit-warren.1430Go To Quotation
corsie= corrosive n. (usually fig.)1450Go To Quotation
coucherOne lying down: in 15th c. quot. perh. one confined to bed; in Sc. one who lies when he…1400Go To Quotation
currishfig. Like a cur in nature; snappish, snarling, quarrelsome; mean-spirited, base, ignoble.1460Go To Quotation
deaveintr. To become deaf. Obs. rare.1399Go To Quotation
decorateAdorned, decorated; ornate.1460Go To Quotation
detent? Restraint; holding back or inhibition.1465Go To Quotation
eistricion? Erroneous form of extraction n. (Old French estracion).1460Go To Quotation
enfeoffmentThe possession of a fief.1460Go To Quotation
enforsothe1460Go To Quotation
en-greeIn good part.1400Go To Quotation
fambleintr. To speak imperfectly; to stammer, stutter.1400Go To Quotation
ferdlyFearful, frightful.1440Go To Quotation
ferretintr. To hunt with ferrets.1450Go To Quotation
fortunableBringing good fortune, lucky.1465Go To Quotation
foxishfig. Like a fox in nature, crafty, cunning.1400Go To Quotation
glorificateGlorified.1460Go To Quotation
grateThe railing round a monument, building, etc.1399Go To Quotation
holtHold, grasp, grip; support, sustenance. dial. and U.S. colloq. Cf. a-holt (s.v. ahold adv.).1375Go To Quotation
increepintr. To creep in.1420Go To Quotation
joyinglyWith joy, joyfully.1430Go To Quotation
kyvar-knaue= Cover-knave, that covers a knave.1563Go To Quotation
life-honeyFresh honey which runs from the honeycomb, or which may be extracted after the virgin…1449Go To Quotation
luckGood fortune; success, prosperity or advantage coming by chance rather than as the…1400Go To Quotation
madfulMad; full of or causing distress.1474Go To Quotation
mannerlessHaving no manners; ill-mannered, unmannerly. Also as n.: a mannerless person.1499Go To Quotation
memoralPerh.: memorable, notable. (In quot. 1500 app.: inordinate, excessive.)1499Go To Quotation
mouldTo allow to become mouldy. Obs.1499Go To Quotation
noxialOf or relating to the night; nocturnal.1499Go To Quotation
penitencyThe state of being penitent; penitence as a disposition; repentance; = penitence n. 2. Now rare.1499Go To Quotation
rechaceA ransom, a repurchase.1499Go To Quotation
rottleintr. To rattle (in various senses of rattle v.); esp. (in early use) = rattle v. 2a.1399Go To Quotation
ruttleintr. To rattle; esp. to make a rattling noise in the throat.1399Go To Quotation
sempiternalEnduring constantly and continually; everlasting, eternal.1400Go To Quotation
sood? Irreg. variant of soot n.1430Go To Quotation
sorcerizetrans. To transform by sorcery.1866Go To Quotation
spitefulExpressive of, characterized by, contempt or disdain; contemptuous, disdainful, opprobrious.1440Go To Quotation
spouselessOf a person: Having no spouse; bereaved or deprived of a spouse.1460Go To Quotation
stalkingStealthy. Obs.1399Go To Quotation
starkenintr. = stark v. 1.1400Go To Quotation
surfeitySurfeiting, excess; immoderate behaviour.1449Go To Quotation
tent-takerOne who ‘takes tent’ or gives heed.1430Go To Quotation
terrestrialOf or pertaining to this world, or to earth as opposed to heaven; earthly; worldly; mundane.1460Go To Quotation
uphaletrans. To pull or draw up; fig. to drink up.1400Go To Quotation
WThe letter, its sound or name.1465Go To Quotation
waletrans. To mark (the flesh) with wales or weals.1400Go To Quotation
welcomerOne who, or something which, welcomes or greets (a person or thing).1300Go To Quotation
withholden= withheld adj.1430Go To Quotation
wrang-nailA corn on the foot or hand; = agnail n. 1.1530Go To Quotation

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