| able | To fit, adapt; to prepare, make ready. Also intr. Chiefly with to, into, unto, for, or infinitive. Obs. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| amend | trans. Obs. | 1220 | Go To Quotation |
| angry | Full of trouble actively; troublesome, vexatious, annoying, trying, sharp. Obs. | 1360 | Go To Quotation |
| anguille | ‘A sort of small worms cast up by sick hawks.’ Phillips 1658; whence in Bailey, etc. | 1499 | Go To Quotation |
| are | In Guido d'Arezzo's arrangement of the musical scale, the name of the note A in… | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| arisness | Rising, resurrection. | 1299 | Go To Quotation |
| atcome | intr. To come away, escape. | 1220 | Go To Quotation |
| awake | Roused from sleep, not asleep. wide awake: thoroughly roused from sleep. | 1299 | Go To Quotation |
| awene | To think; to suppose, deem. | 1299 | Go To Quotation |
| baston | A stanza, or verse. (Transl. of staff, stave.) | 1308 | Go To Quotation |
| bemol | Name given to B♭, when that note was first introduced into the scale. | 1326 | Go To Quotation |
| benimming | The taking away. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| bequarre | Music. Old name for the note B♮. See B n. 3. | 1349 | Go To Quotation |
| bevy | The proper term for a company of maidens or ladies, of roes, of quails, or of larks. | 1430 | Go To Quotation |
| bikenned | Begotten. | 1249 | Go To Quotation |
| bisse | A female deer, a hind. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| biter | One who or that which bites. (See the vb.) | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| blasphemely | Blasphemously. | 1380 | Go To Quotation |
| bolled | Swollen, inflated, gibbous; fig. swollen with pride, puffed up. | 1375 | Go To Quotation |
| bower | (See quots.) | 1460 | Go To Quotation |
| break- | an alleged old name of the hare. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| brocket | A stag in its second year with its first horns, which are straight and single, like… | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| broll | Offspring, child; contemptuously, a brat, an ‘imp’, a little wretch. | 1324 | Go To Quotation |
| burbot | A fresh-water fish (Lota vulgaris) of the family Gadidæ, somewhat like an eel, but with… | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| bye-bye | A sound used to lull a child to sleep. | 1499 | Go To Quotation |
| cammed | = camois adj.; having a cam or camois nose. Obs. | 1350 | Go To Quotation |
| Captain General | Chief commander of a force: commander-in-chief of an army (obs. in English use). Also… | 1514 | Go To Quotation |
| cataract | (See quot. 1400) Obs. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| cerfoil | = chervil n., q.v. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| cesolfa | The name of a musical note, the treble C, which was sol of the 6th hexachord and fa of the 7th. Cf. are n. | 1324 | Go To Quotation |
| Chad-farthing | (See quot. 1806.) | 1588 | Go To Quotation |
| chavart | An alleged name for the hare. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| civy | ‘A broth or sauce made of the entrails of a hog; also broth or sauce for the forepart of… | 1324 | Go To Quotation |
| clamber | intr. To climb by catching hold with hands and feet; to creep or crawl up (or down); to climb with difficulty and effort. | 1430 | Go To Quotation |
| clondre | intr. ? To make a rumbling noise, to drone. | 1325 | Go To Quotation |
| clutch | intr. To bend or crook as a joint; = clitch v. 2. Obs. | 1325 | Go To Quotation |
| colourably | With an appearance of truth or trustworthiness; plausibly; reasonably. Now rare. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| contrariety | Opposition of one thing to another in nature, quality, or action; diametrical difference, repugnancy, contrariness. | 1380 | Go To Quotation |
| coppy | A low stool. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| corse | trans. To exchange, to interchange; to barter; to deal in (a thing) by buying and selling… | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| coss | trans. To barter, exchange. Also absol. | 1471 | Go To Quotation |
| counselless | Void or bereft of counsel. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| cowardness | = cowardliness n., cowardice n. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| cray | Chalk. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| creaking | of things. | 1520 | Go To Quotation |
| cuddle | trans. To press or draw close within the arms, so as to make warm and ‘cosy’; to hug… | 1520 | Go To Quotation |
| curtiler | A gardener. | 1299 | Go To Quotation |
| deubert | One of the old appellations given to the hare. | 1324 | Go To Quotation |
| deuding | One of the appellations anciently given to the hare. | 1324 | Go To Quotation |
| disciplehood | The condition or state of a disciple; = discipleship n. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| dise | Decapitated form of adise, addis, adze v., the initial a being mistaken for the indefinite article. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| drivel | Spittle flowing from the mouth; slaver, dribblings. Now rare. | 1325 | Go To Quotation |
| emerods | With pl. concord. = haemorrhoid n. (Still sometimes used in allusions to 1 Sam. 5:6, 7, in A.V.) | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| endue | Of a hawk: In early use, app. = ‘to put over’, i.e. to pass (the food contained in… | 1430 | Go To Quotation |
| engouted | ? Marked with spots like drops of blood. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| enseam | trans. To cleanse (a hawk, later also a horse) of superfluous fat. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| er | = or conj. | 1220 | Go To Quotation |
| eye | A brood (of pheasants). | 1430 | Go To Quotation |
| fa | The name given by Guido d'Arezzo to the fourth note in his hexachords, and since… | 1325 | Go To Quotation |
| fangle | intr. ? To trifle. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| fart | A breaking wind. Often in let (†let flee) a fart. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| fitelfoot | An alleged designation for the hare. | 1324 | Go To Quotation |
| flesh-hook | A hook for removing meat from the pot. | 1325 | Go To Quotation |
| foin | A thrust or push with a pointed weapon. to cast a foin at: to make a thrust at. Obs. or arch. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| fourch(e | intr. = fork v.; spec. of a hart: see quot. Also trans. | 1413 | Go To Quotation |
| gallantness | The quality or state of being gallant, in various senses. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| gnacche | intr. = gnash v. 1. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| gnit | ? A nit. | 1482 | Go To Quotation |
| goibert | An alleged name for the hare. | 1324 | Go To Quotation |
| gorgeaunt | A boar in its second year. | 1420 | Go To Quotation |
| goutous | Of persons: Gouty. Also absol. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| gowk | The cuckoo. | 1325 | Go To Quotation |
| grasshopper | An alleged name for the hare. Obs. | 1324 | Go To Quotation |
| G-sol-re-ut | The note G, sung to the syllable sol, re, or ut, according as it occurred in one or other… | 1325 | Go To Quotation |
| guilter | An offender, transgressor. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| hallow | The parts of the hare given to hounds as a reward or encouragement after a successful chase. | 1420 | Go To Quotation |
| homple | ? Some kind of linen fabric. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| house row | A row, series, or street of houses. In early use often in by (also in) house-row: according… | 1586 | Go To Quotation |
| inlaw | One who is within the domain and protection of the law: opp. to outlaw. | 1250 | Go To Quotation |
| in-stop | (app.) An inside guard. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| joy | refl. To experience joy; to find or take pleasure; to enjoy oneself; to rejoice. Obs. | 1260 | Go To Quotation |
| jubarb | The houseleek. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| kayles | pl. The set of pins of wood or bone used in a kind of ninepins or skittles; more frequently, the game played with these. | 1325 | Go To Quotation |
| knuckle | The end of a bone at a joint, which forms a more or less rounded protuberance when the… | 1375 | Go To Quotation |
| la | The name given by Guido d'Arezzo to the sixth note in his hexachords, and since… | 1325 | Go To Quotation |
| lench | intr. | 1325 | Go To Quotation |
| lew | Weak. Also, of a leaden or pale colour; pale, wan. | 1325 | Go To Quotation |
| lightfoot | quasi- n. A name for the hare, and the deer. Obs. | 1324 | Go To Quotation |
| lorey | A dish in ancient cookery. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| louting | That louts or skulks. In quot. 1325 absol. | 1324 | Go To Quotation |
| lurker | One who lurks or lies concealed: freq. employed as a term of abuse in early quots. lit. and fig. | 1324 | Go To Quotation |
| marigold | A plant of the genus Calendula (family Asteraceae (Compositae)) with golden or… | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| maroile | Either of two plants used medicinally, white horehound, Marrubium vulgare, and black horehound, Ballota nigra. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| mistrist | Mistrust; suspicion. Also: despair. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| muzzled | Having a muzzle of a particular shape, colour, etc. Chiefly as the second element in compounds. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| occupying | The action or fact of being occupied; engagement in something. Obs. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| out-stop | Prob.: a position protecting one's right-hand side. | 1499 | Go To Quotation |
| pamp | trans. To pamper with food; to fatten. Cf. pomp v. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| pap | trans. To feed or indulge with pap. Also with up. Obs. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| partel | Editorial misreading of parcel (see parcel n.). | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| pelure | Fur; esp. a fur lining or trimming on a garment. | 1325 | Go To Quotation |
| perceiver | A person who receives or partakes; a participator. Cf. perceive v. 8. Obs. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| playingly | In a playing manner; playfully, for fun. rare before 17th cent. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| plough maul | A mallet carried on a plough for breaking up large clods of earth; = plough-mell n. | 1499 | Go To Quotation |
| popple | Corncockle, Agrostemma githago, formerly a common cornfield weed. Also: the seeds of this plant. Now Eng. regional (north.). | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| praecipe | A writ demanding action or an explanation of non-action. See also praecipe quod reddat n. Obs. | 1440 | Go To Quotation |
| Prester John | (The name of) an oriental Christian king of medieval legend, originally believed to rule… | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| purfle | trans. (usu. in pass.). To decorate with a purfle; to adorn (a garment) with a border… | 1325 | Go To Quotation |
| riband | In sing. and pl. A ribbon (ribbon n. 1a). Also: a representation of this. | 1325 | Go To Quotation |
| ribibe | intr. To play on the ribibe. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| saladine | Variant of celandine n. | 1430 | Go To Quotation |
| scampant | | 1585 | Go To Quotation |
| scutarde | An old name for the hare. | 1324 | Go To Quotation |
| sew | trans. Of a hawk: To wipe (the beak) after feeding. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| slice | intr. Of birds: To mute, so that the fæces are ejected to some distance. Also transf. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| smelling | Giving out a smell or odour. Chiefly with qualifying term (see also sweet-smelling adj.). | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| sol | The fifth note of Guido d'Arezzo's hexachords, and of the octave in modern solmization; the… | 1325 | Go To Quotation |
| solf | intr. = sol-fa v. 1. Also fig. | 1330 | Go To Quotation |
| sorrel | The leaves of species of Rumex (see sense 1) used in cookery or medicine, or as a… | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| spalch | refl. Of a hawk: To clean (itself) with the beak. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| spaya(r)d | A male deer in its third year. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| spill- | | 1320 | Go To Quotation |
| spilquern | A whirligig or top. | 1375 | Go To Quotation |
| splint | A slender, moderately long and freq. flexible, rod or slip of wood cut or cleft off… | 1325 | Go To Quotation |
| squage | trans. To dirty (? with handling). | 1499 | Go To Quotation |
| stickleback | A small spiny-finned fish, of the genus Gasterosteus or family Gasterosteidæ.… | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| stobhert | An alleged name for the hare. | 1324 | Go To Quotation |
| stop | Fencing. (See quot. 1891.) Cf. stop-thrust n. at Compounds, and French coup d'arrêt. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| streinant | App. a musical note written with two stems; a breve. Cf. strene n. | 1325 | Go To Quotation |
| stummer | intr. To stumble (lit. and fig.). | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| swikebert | An alleged name for the hare. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| talm | intr. To become exhausted; to fail, tire, faint, swoon. | 1325 | Go To Quotation |
| text-letter | A large or capital letter in handwriting. | 1511 | Go To Quotation |
| throll | A nostril or breathing hole. | 1430 | Go To Quotation |
| tiring | The action of tire v.; the pulling or tearing of a hawk at a tough morsel given to it… | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| tone | (Without a or pl.) Pitch of a musical note; correct pitch, ‘tune’. Obs. | 1325 | Go To Quotation |
| tone | To sound with the proper tone or musical quality; to intone. Obs. | 1325 | Go To Quotation |
| trailing | That trails (almost always in intr. sense); dragging or dragged behind, drifting… | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| travailed | Wearied in body or mind; troubled; harassed. Obs. or arch. | 1420 | Go To Quotation |
| trouble | Of water, wine, etc., Troubled, turbid, muddy, thick; of air, etc., Misty, murky, cloudy, not clear; in quot. 1400, dim, dusky. | 1326 | Go To Quotation |
| turpin | A fanciful name for, or appellation of, the hare. | 1324 | Go To Quotation |
| unblamed | Not found fault with; uncensured. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| ungladly | Of the eyes: Dull. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| unmaht | One not possessed of any power or means. | 1299 | Go To Quotation |
| unordinate | = inordinate adj. (in various senses). | 1375 | Go To Quotation |
| unswore | ? = unsworn adj. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| ut | The first note in Guido d'Arezzo's hexachords, and of the octave in modern… | 1325 | Go To Quotation |
| wamble | intr. To be qualmish, feel nausea. | 1301 | Go To Quotation |
| well-kept | Carefully preserved or stored; faithfully observed or guarded; maintained in good order or condition. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| wimount | A name of the hare. | 1280 | Go To Quotation |
| wretchness | Wretchedness; misery; a cause or source of distress. | 1329 | Go To Quotation |
| ybite | bitten. | 1460 | Go To Quotation |
| y-det | stopped, closed. | 1339 | Go To Quotation |
| yfaȝe | Fain, gladly. | 1299 | Go To Quotation |
