| acore | trans. To suffer (pain, punishment, or some other hardship). | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| aday | Without construction. Obs. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| adeath | To death; in death. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| algate | Always, continually; = algates adv. 1. Obs. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| altar cloth | A cloth used to cover an altar; spec. (a) a cloth of white linen covering the top of… | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| anredly | With singleness of heart, steadfastly. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| aspew | To spew out, vomit. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| astrye | trans. To destroy. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| at-hele | trans. To hide away. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| at-old | Too old. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| avel | (a) trans. To gain, get, earn. (b) intr. To make an effort, strive. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| awlench | To make splendid, adorn. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| awly | Awful, dreadful, terrible. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| baptist | One who baptizes; esp. as applied to John, the forerunner of Jesus Christ. Baptist's day: the 24th of June. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| baron | A specific order or rank, being the lowest grade of nobility. | 1199 | Go To Quotation |
| barren | Of a woman: Bearing no children; without issue, childless. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| becatch | trans. To lay hold of, seize upon. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| befind | trans. To find, discover. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| begrede | To cry out against; to upbraid, reproach, accuse. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| behoten | Promised. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| belight | trans. To light up, illuminate. Also fig. Cf. enlighten v. 5. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| beside | Formerly with names of towns, etc., where we now use by, near. Obs. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| besides | = beside prep. 1. Obs. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| besigh | To sigh over. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| bethought | Of a thing: Intended, purposed, contrived. Obs. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| bewake | trans. To keep watch over; to guard. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| bewield | trans. To hold in hand, rule, control, manage, handle, wield. refl. To use one's limbs. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| bireme | trans. To call out at. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| birth | Viewed as a fact pertaining to the offspring: The fact of being born, nativity… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| bisay | trans. To cause to fall or stumble, to entrap. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| bisulien | To pollute, make filthy. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| blame | trans. To find fault with; to censure (an action, a person for his action): the opposite of to praise. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| bleach | trans. To whiten (linen, etc.) by washing and exposure to sunlight, or by chemical processes. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| blok(e | Pale; also (by confusion of forms) black, dark. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| board-cloth | A cloth used to cover a table, a table cloth. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| booth | A temporary dwelling covered with boughs of trees or other slight materials. arch. in gen. sense. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| bret-full | Full to the brim, brim-full. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| broadling | Broadwise, with the broad or flat side; extended, flat; broadly. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| broken | Produced by breaking, severed. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| burnet | Of a dark brown colour. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| buyer | One who buys, a purchaser. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| cast | trans. See simple senses and out n. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| caste | To chasten, chastise. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| chaste | trans. To correct or amend by discipline; to discipline, train; to bring up under restraint. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| chew | The action of the verb chew v. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| childbed | The state of a woman in labour; ‘confinement’. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| choosing | The action of choose v. in various senses; selection, adoption, picking out, electing, etc. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| chosen | absol. Elect. (mostly pl.) | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| church clothes | Ecclesiastical vestments. Also fig. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| corporas | = corporal n. 2. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| custom | A habitual or usual practice; common way of acting; usage, fashion, habit (either of an individual or of a community). | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| day-rawe | The first streak of day; the dawn. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| derne | ‘Dernly’, secretly. | 1199 | Go To Quotation |
| dihtende | Ruler, disposer. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| dove | A bird of the Columbidæ, or pigeon family. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| downward | in reference to movement through space. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| draught | The drawing of liquid into the mouth or down the throat; an act of drinking, a drink… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| dread | Extreme fear; deep awe or reverence; apprehension or anxiety as to future events. Rarely in pl. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| dree | Enduring, patient, long-suffering. Obs. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| drinking | The action or habit denoted by drink v.; spec. the use of intoxicating liquor, or indulgence therein to excess. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| dry | Dry state or condition, esp. of the atmosphere; dryness, drought. With the: the dry season (chiefly Austral. colloq.). | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| easy | At liberty, having opportunity or means (to do something). Cf. ease n. 1. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| egerne | Greedy. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| egg | trans. To incite, encourage, urge on; to provoke, tempt. Cf. edge v. Const. (†til), to, unto… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| egging | An urging forward, incitement, instigation. Also egging forward or on. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| eightin | = eighth adj. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| eke | trans. To increase, add to, lengthen. Also absol. neither to eke nor to pair (Sc.): neither… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| eld | Fire. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| elet | Fuel. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| eremite | One who has retired into solitude from religious motives; a recluse, hermit. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| ethel | = athel adj. 2. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| ettle | With inf. as obj. (usually preceded by to); To intend, purpose, plan; to make it one's… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| evene | Natural powers. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| feast | A sumptuous meal or entertainment, given to a number of guests; a banquet, esp. of a more… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| ferred | Companionship, society, fellowship; a company. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| findy | Firm, solid, weighty. Of a harvest: Plentiful. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| fine | Cessation, end, termination, conclusion, finish. Phr. to bring to fine, set the fine of. Obs. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| fliting | The action of the verb flite v.; contention, wrangling; scolding, rebuking; †a reproach. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| flower | The choicest individual or individuals among a number of persons or things; ‘the pick’. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| floxe | intr. To ‘leap’. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| foe | To make or treat as a foe or enemy. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| foeship | Enmity, hatred. Obs. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| for- | to forfeit by displeasing (God). | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| forbidden | In senses of forbid v. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| forquiche | intr. To come to life. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| forthtee | To draw (a person) on, seduce, beguile. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| forto | Till, until; up to, as far as. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| friendman | A relative, a kinsman. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| fro | = from prep. in all its senses. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| fustian | Formerly, a kind of coarse cloth made of cotton and flax. Now, a thick, twilled, cotton… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| gab | trans. To reproach, accuse. Obs. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| gale | Singing, a song; merriment, mirth. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| gear | pl. Habits, manners. Obs. rare. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| gele | Blandishment, enticing speech. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| gestening | Entertainment as a guest, lodging, hospitality. Also, a banquet, feast. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| getenly | Carefully, diligently. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| giveness | = forgiveness n. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| grame | impers. as in (it) grames me: I am grieved, vexed, displeased, in distress. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| greatly | qualifying verbs and pples. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| grind | The action of grinding. lit. and fig. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| grise | impers. (it) grises me: I shudder with fear or horror, I tremble, am greatly afraid. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| grisly | Horribly, terribly; grimly; so as to inspire terror. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| hack | To cut with heavy blows in an irregular or random fashion; to cut notches or nicks in; to… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| hale | Health, well-being, welfare; cure, remedy; = hail n., heal n. | 1199 | Go To Quotation |
| hater | trans. To clothe, attire. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| have | Having, possession. Obs. exc. as nonce-wd. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| heart-root | (Also pl. heart-roots.) The depth or bottom of the heart; the seat of the deepest emotion or most genuine feelings. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| heart-sore | Pain or grief of heart; a cause of such pain. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| hend | Pleasant in dealing with others; courteous, gracious; kind, gentle, ‘nice’. (Of persons; less commonly of speech, action, etc.). | 1250 | Go To Quotation |
| henden | Near; = hend adj. 1. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| hethen | = hence adv. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| high day | A day of high celebration; a solemn or festal day. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| hight | trans. To beautify, adorn, embellish, set off. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| hinder | Hindrance, obstruction, impediment, detriment. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| hinder | Deceitful, crafty, insidious. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| hinderful | Iniquitous, impious. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| hitherwards | = hitherward adv. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| honour | As received, gained, held, or enjoyed: Glory, renown, fame; credit, reputation, good name. The opposite of dishonour, disgrace. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| horeling | A fornicator, whoremonger; an adulterer, a paramour. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| hory | trans. To make hory, foul, or filthy; to defile, pollute. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| kith | trans. To make friendly or familiar; refl. to become acquainted, or associate oneself (with);… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| knowness | Acknowledgement. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| lack | A defect; failing; a moral delinquency, fault, offence, crime; rarely, a natural blemish. to give… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| lair | trans. To prostrate, lay on the ground. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| languste | = locust n. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| lawly | In a lawful manner; lawfully. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| leath | trans. To mitigate, soften, relax. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| leesome | Lovable; pleasing; pleasant. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| left hand | In phrases. on, to the left hand (of): on the left side (of), in the direction of the… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| Lent | | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| life-holy | Of a person: characterized by a holy or devout existence. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| limp | An occurrence. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| limply | Suitable, appropriate. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| lome | Frequently; phr. oft and lome. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| look | The action or an act of looking; a glance of the eyes; a particular direction of the… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| lording | = lord n. 2. Frequent as a form of address, rarely sing. = Sir!, frequent in pl. =… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| lote | intr. To lurk, lie concealed. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| lungoute | A locust. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| lustly | Pleasant, pleasure-giving. Obs. or arch. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| maidhood | = maidenhood n. Cf. old-maidhood n. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| marble stone | = marble n. 1 2a. Cf. marm-stone n. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| masterling | A person who has the power of a master; a conqueror; a chief. Obs. | 1225 | Go To Quotation |
| mazer | Maple or other fine-grained hardwood used as a material for making drinking vessels. Obs. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| meaning | The action of mean v.; moaning, lamentation. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| measure | The capacity of something. Obs. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| mend | trans. To restore to a complete, sound, or usable condition (something broken, worn… | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| methe | trans. To moderate, regulate, temper. Cf. methie v. 2. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| mid-lying | Adultery. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| mildship | Mildness. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| misbode | An offence, a wrong. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| misease | Lack of the necessities of life; poverty, need, want. Now hist. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| misleve | Misbelief; lack of faith, distrust. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| misleve | trans. To believe wrongly, to be mistaken in believing (also with clause as object); to disbelieve, lack faith in. Also intr. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| miswone | Bad custom or way of life. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| more | intr. To take root, to become rooted. Chiefly fig. Now Eng. regional (chiefly south-west.). | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| morrow-while | Morning; the time of morning. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| narrow-hearted | Mean, ungenerous; ignoble; restricted in emotion or feeling, hard-hearted. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| nathemore | Never the more. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| neatish | Resembling or likened to cattle. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| nutelness | Ignorance. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| of-earn | trans. To earn, deserve, merit. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| ofgrame | trans. To vex or irritate. Attested only in past participle ofgramed (cf. agramed adj.). | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| ofgrise | trans. To terrify. Attested only in past participle ofgrisen. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| ofold | Simple, straightforward; single, indivisible, united. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| olive | An evergreen tree, Olea europaea (family Oleaceae), with narrow entire leaves, green… | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| on-netherward | In the bottom of. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| open | An aperture or opening, esp. in the body or in a building; a gap. Obs. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| orgul | Pride, haughtiness. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| ortrow | Distrust, diffidence; suspicion. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| overdeed | Excess, intemperance. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| overstride | To cross over or traverse by striding; (occas.) to trample down by striding. Also in fig. context. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| pay | trans. To appease, pacify; to satisfy, content, gratify; to be acceptable to. Obs. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| pen | To enclose, shut in, confine, or trap (a person or thing). In later use usu. with up or in.… | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| penitence | The undergoing of a discipline or exercise as an outward expression of repentance and… | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| poor | Of a person or people: having few, or no, material possessions; lacking the means to… | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| psalter book | The Book of Psalms of the Old Testament and Hebrew Scriptures; = psalter n. 1a. Obs. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| rechel | trans. To perfume with incense, to burn incense before. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| reming | Calling; crying, lamenting. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| richesse | Wealth, riches. Also: the condition of being rich. Obs. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| rising | Resurrection, return to life. More fully rising again or rising from the dead. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| robbery | The action or practice of unlawfully taking property belonging to another, esp. by force… | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| rooted | Filled or covered with roots. Obs. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| rotherish | Resembling an ox. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| saffron | An orange-red product consisting of the dried stigmas of Crocus sativus (see A. 2).… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| scorn | Mockery, derision, contempt; in mod. use, indignant or passionate contempt. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| seafaring | Of persons: Travelling on the sea; following the sea as a calling, gaining a livelihood at sea. †Also absol. in pl. sense. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| seely | (Cf. sele n. 2). ? Observant of due season, punctual. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| seller | One who sells. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| sender | One who or something which sends (in the various senses of the verb). | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| sepulchre | A tomb or burial-place, a building, vault, or excavation, made for the interment of a human body. Now only rhetorical or Hist. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| sergeant | A serving-man, attendant, servant. Obs. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| shamefastness | Modesty, sobriety of behaviour, decency, propriety; bashfulness, shyness. Also, †a feeling of shame, ashamedness. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| shedding | Effusion, pouring out; esp. of blood, tears, †secretions. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| sheepish | Resembling sheep or their characteristics. Now rare. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| Sheer Thursday | The Thursday in Holy Week, Maundy Thursday. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| shirt | An undergarment for the upper part of the body, made of linen, calico, flannel, silk… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| shiver | trans. To break or split into small fragments or splinters. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| shrike | = shriek v. †Of birds: To pipe. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| slither | intr. To slip, slide, glide, esp. on a loose or broken slope or with a clattering noise; †to fall gently. Freq. with down. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| smeigh | Clever, cunning. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| smite | A stroke or heavy blow with a weapon, the hand, etc., or the sound made by this. Now chiefly rhet. (Cf. smit n.) | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| sneve | trans. To smell or smell at. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| snuve | trans. To snuff or sniff. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| soft-ȝern | Desirous of ease or luxury. Obs. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| spack | Of a person: quick, prompt, ready; intelligent, clever. In later use arch. and Eng. regional. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| spouse | A married woman in relation to her husband; a wife; †a bride. Usually with possessive pronouns, of, or to. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| sprout | intr. To grow, issue, or proceed as a sprout or sprouts; to shoot forth or spring up… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| stathe | trans. To put an end to; to stop. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| steal | The act, or an act, of stealing; a theft; the thing stolen or purloined. Chiefly U.S. colloq. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| strait | Tightly. Obs. exc. dial. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| strip | To take as plunder or spoil. Obs. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| stroy | trans. To destroy. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| stying | The action of ascending; an ascent. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| sue | To continue, proceed, go on. Obs. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| sware | Swearing; an oath. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| swinging | Beating, scourging. Obs. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| swinish | Having the character or disposition of a swine; hoggish, piggish; sensual, gluttonous; coarse, gross, or degraded in nature. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| swolder | intr. To wallow, welter. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| talewise | Given to tales or talking; addicted to gossip; loquacious, garrulous, blabbing. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| tenfold | Ten times as great or as much; ten times increased or intensified; also indefinitely, many times as great. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| therewithin | Within or into that place; within there. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| thewed | Trained, instructed in morals or manners; having qualities or manners (of a… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| thewness | Vigour, robustness. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| they | As pronoun of the third person plural, nom. case; the plural of he, she, or it: The… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| thralship | = thraldom n. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| throe | spec. The pain and struggle of childbirth; pl. labour-pangs. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| thwert-out | Thoroughly, completely, utterly, absolutely: = throughout adv. 3. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| to-shiver | trans. To break into shivers, shatter, splinter. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| to-tight | trans. To stretch or spread out; to extend. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| trine | trans. To touch. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| trist | Confidence, faith; confident expectation, hope: = trust n. 1 2. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| trist | To expect confidently, hope: = trust v. 3 (Const. with clause, or intr. with of.) | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| trustly | = trustily adv. 1. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| truthless | Lacking faith; distrustful. (In quot. 1200 app. absol. as n.) Obs. rare. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| umbe- | to go round, to surround. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| unbecomely | Unbecoming; unsuitable. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| unbelieved | Unbelieving. Obs. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| unbet | Unamended. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| und | A wave; Heraldry, a wave-like marking. (Cf. undee adj.) | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| underplant | To supplant. Obs. rare. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| understanding | Of persons (or animals): Possessed of understanding; having knowledge and judgement; intelligent. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| unearned | Not earned by merit or desert; unmerited or undeserved (as reward or punishment). | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| uneaths | = uneath adv. 1. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| unfiled | Undefiled; unfouled. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| unhill | = unhele v. 1. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| unlief | Not dear or valued; disliked, distasteful, unpleasant. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| unpined | Unpained; unpunished. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| unredely | Without restraint. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| unsene | Invisible; not obvious. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| unshapely | (un- prefix 7. Cf. ON. úskapligr (Swedish oskaplig, Norwegian uskapleg) misshapen, etc.) | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| unsteek | trans. To undo, unfasten, open. Also fig. | 1250 | Go To Quotation |
| untimely | At an unsuitable or improper time; unseasonably, inopportunely. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| untrow | intr. To lack faith. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| unweaponed | Not equipped with or bearing a weapon or weapons; unarmed. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| unwilly | Unwilling (to do something); averse. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| unworthly | = unworthily adv. 1 2 3. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| virgin | Christian Church. An unmarried or chaste maiden or woman, distinguished for piety… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| waiting | A lying in wait, ambush. Also waiting for. Also fig. Obs. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| walt | trans. (with obj. clause). To revolve in the mind, consider. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| waste | Uninhabited (or sparsely inhabited) and uncultivated country; a wild and desolate region… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| weeping | The expression or manifestation of sorrow, pain, etc. by shedding tears. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| well(-)done | Wise, prudent, virtuous. Obs. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| well-thewed | Having a good character or disposition; well-conducted, well-mannered, virtuous. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| weve | intr. Of persons: To go from one place to another; to travel, wander, pass. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| whereby | By means of or by the agency of which; from which (as a source of information); according to which, in the matter of which, etc. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| whethen | interrog. = whence adv. conj. 1 2. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| whitherward | interrog. Towards or to what place? in what direction? whither? †Also with reference… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| wholesomely | In a way conducive to well-being in general; with good tendency or effect; beneficially, salutarily. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| wholesomeness | The quality or condition of being wholesome, in any sense. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| wilderness | (without article) Wild or uncultivated land. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| wilful | Asserting or disposed to assert one's own will against persuasion, instruction… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| wilfulness | The quality or character of being wilful; disposition to assert one's own will… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| wille | Pleasing, pleasant, acceptable, agreeable. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| wishing | The action of the verb wish v.; desire; sometimes spec. (a) evil desire, concupiscence; (b) imprecation. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| wither | Hostilely; perversely; fiercely. Obs. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| witherful | Bold, valiant. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| witne | To invoke, entreat. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| wlench | trans. To make proud; refl. to pride oneself. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| wlite | intr. To pipe, chirp, warble. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| wone | In particularized use; pl. habits. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| wonesome | Customary, usual. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| wordless | Inexpressible in words; unspeakable, unutterable. Obs. | 1224 | Go To Quotation |
| worship | trans. To honour or revere as a supernatural being or power, or as a holy thing; to… | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| wosith | Trouble, affliction. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| wretchly | Wretched, miserable. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| ydem(e)d | judged, condemned. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
| yherber(e)ȝed | harboured. | 1200 | Go To Quotation |
