| accoy | trans. To make calm or still; to quieten, appease, or assuage. Also: to soothe, coax; to tame, silence. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| acouping | The act of striking with a weapon. Cf. acoup v. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| again-turn | intr. To turn back, return. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| aim | To estimate, calculate, reckon (a number or value); to count. Also in pass. with complement: to amount to (a given number). Obs. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| allege | trans. To relieve, alleviate, mitigate (a burden, pain, etc.); to reduce, lessen. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| all fours | on (also upon) all fours: (of a person) on hands and knees; (of an animal) on all four… | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| all-wholly | Wholly, entirely; (also) as a whole. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| areadily | Readily, easily, suitably. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| attiring | The action of fitting out, accoutring, dressing, apparelling. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| avenantly | Suitably, agreeably, pleasantly. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| a-wallop | At a gallop. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| balefully | Miserably, painfully, sadly. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| bauson | A badger; see badger n. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| bearskin | The skin of a bear used as a wrap or garment. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| becomse | To begin, commence. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| besew | trans. To sew about, sew up. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| blemish | To hurt, damage, do physical damage or injury to, deface. Obs. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| brain-wood | Frenzied in the brain or mind; mad. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| branched | Provided with branches. lit. and fig. (Cf. senses of the n.; often combined with numeral… | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| bremely | Fiercely, angrily; hence, in more general senses, as hotly, vehemently, strenuously, strongly. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| brusure | Bruising or crushing; a bruise, contusion. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| bullace | A wild plum (Prunus insititia) larger than the sloe; there are two varieties, the… | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| burrow | A hole or excavation made in the ground for a dwelling-place by rabbits, foxes and the like. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| certainly | Parenthetically, or as an assurance or admission of the truth of an assertion as a… | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| cherely | Lovingly, affectionately; carefully, watchfully. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| choicely | In a choice manner: with careful choice, with special care… | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| cognizance | A device or mark by which a person, company, etc., is known or distinguished, as a… | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| collier | A maker of wood charcoal (who also was often the bringer of it to market). Obs. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| cope | To strike; to come to blows, encounter, join battle, engage, meet in the shock of… | 1350 | Go To Quotation |
| coping | Meeting in the shock of combat; encounter. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| cousiness | A female cousin; a kinswoman (obs.). | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| covenable | Of persons: Of becoming appearance or behaviour; seemly, comely; accomplished. Cf. proper adj.… | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| covert | That which serves for concealment, protection, or shelter; a hiding-place, shelter; = cover n. 3a. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| disparage | trans. To match unequally; to degrade or dishonour by marrying to one of inferior rank. Obs. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| doff | trans. To put off or take off from the body (clothing, or anything worn or borne); to take… | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| downrights | = downright adv. 1. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| drunk | trans. To drown. Cf. drunken v. 2. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| edge-tool | In early use, Any implement with a sharp cutting edge, as a knife or sword; now (in… | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| empoison | trans. To administer poison to (a person); esp. to kill by poison. Also absol. Obs. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| entach | A symptom of an illness. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| enviously | Maliciously, spitefully, grudgingly. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| faint | intr. To lose heart or courage, be afraid, become depressed, give way, flag. Now only arch. after Biblical uses. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| featously | With reference to actions: Cleverly, dexterously, nimbly, properly. Of speech: Elegantly, with correctness and propriety. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| feute | The traces or track (of an animal). | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| fewter | The rest or support for a lance or spear attached to the saddle of a knight or man-at-arms. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| fiercely | In a fierce manner; furiously, impetuously, violently; †sternly, haughtily. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| finish | trans. To bring to an end; to come to the end of, go through the last period or stage… | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| fleble | intr. To grow weak. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| flowered | Having flowers; covered with flowers or blossoms; adorned or decked with flowers. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| fode | trans. To beguile with show of kindness or fair words; to entertain with delusive… | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| forwander | intr. To weary oneself with wandering; to wander far and wide. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| forweep | Of a vine: To bleed excessively. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| fulsomely | Abundantly, plentifully, fully. Obs. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| gaily | With reference to bearing or manner: cheerfully, joyously, festively; airily, jauntily. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| gamesome | Full of game or play; frolicsome, merry, playful, sportive. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| glimmering | That glimmers (see the vb.). | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| guy | A guide; a conductor or leader. Obs. rare. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| happily | With or by good fortune; fortunately, luckily, successfully. (Now often in… | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| henceforth | From this time forth; from now onwards. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| heretofore | Before this time; before now; in time past; formerly. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| justily | = justly adv. 5. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| kinghood | Kingship; the rank, authority, or office of king; kingly spirit or character. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| kinhead | Kinship: cf. kindhead n. a. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| lain | trans. To conceal, hide; to be silent about, disguise (a fact). Also absol. not to (or at) lain: not to be concealed. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| languor | intr. = languish v. (in various senses). | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| lask | trans. To lower in quality, quantity, or strength, relax; to thin (the blood); to shorten (life); to alleviate (pain). Obs. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| leal | trans. To legalize, authorize. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| lettered | Of a person: acquainted with or instructed in letters; literate, educated, or learned. Cf. unlettered adj. 1a. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| liege man | Feudal Law. A vassal sworn to the service and support of his superior lord, who in… | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| mannerly | In a seemly or respectable manner; decently, properly. Eng. regional in later use. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| man-of-arms | = man-at-arms n. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| marred | Perplexed, distracted, troubled. Obs. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| marry | Expressing surprise, astonishment, outrage, etc., or used to give emphasis to one's… | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| masker | intr. To wander aimlessly; to be bewildered. Obs. rare. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| maze | intr. To be delirious or bewildered; to be distraught; to be unsettled or incoherent in one's mind. Obs. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| meanwhile | During the time intervening between one particular period or event and a subsequent one… | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| melancholy | Ill temper, sullenness, brooding, anger. Obs. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| melling | The action or process of blending or combining things; a conjunction, union, mixture, spec. a mixture of light and dark wool. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| mensk | Honourable, worshipful, beautiful. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| menskfully | Honourably; valiantly; with grace or propriety. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| mew | in mew: in hiding or confinement; cooped up. Obs. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| mischief | Evil plight or condition; ill-fortune; trouble, distress. Also (in early use): need, want, poverty. Obs. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| misdread | trans. (refl.) and intr. To have fear, be in dread. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| missing | Absence, privation, lack; disadvantage or regret caused by loss or absence. Formerly also: non-occurrence. Obs. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| misspeech | Evil speaking, defamation, slander. Obs. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| mistrow | Mistrust, suspicion, doubt. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| mite | Any small coin of low value; originally applied to a Flemish copper coin, but in… | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| navy | As a mass noun: ships collectively, shipping; number of ships. Obs. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| near | With reference to family relationships: loosely related by blood or kinship. Also as n.… | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| nigh hands | = nigh hand adv. 2. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| nointment | An ointment. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| nor | Following a word, phrase, or clause which is negated with neither (also formerly †nother… | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| othergate | Otherwise; = othergates adv. Obs. rare. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| ourself | Used instead of the objective pronoun us as the object of a verb or preposition. Now arch. and rare. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| overmatch | To be more than a match for; to defeat by superior strength, skill, or craft; to… | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| overslide | intr. To pass by, to pass unnoticed; to fall into neglect or obscurity. Usu. as to let overslide. Obs. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| paramour | Love or sexual desire for a person; a love affair or romance. Obs. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| parel | trans. To clothe, dress, attire; = apparel v. 5. Also: to equip, array. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| pertly | Openly, without concealment; publicly; evidently, manifestly. Opposed to privily. Obs. (Sc. in later use). | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| phantom | As a mass noun: illusion, unreality; emptiness, vanity; delusion, deception, falsity. Obs. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| prisoner | A person who has been captured or who has surrendered to an opponent in war; a captive. Cf. prisoner of war n. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| proffer | An act of offering or presenting something for acceptance, or of making a proposal; an… | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| quaint | trans. To acquaint. Freq. refl. Also intr.: to be acquainted with, to associate with. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| quarrer | = quarry n. 1. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| raply | Hastily, hurriedly. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| really | Royally, regally; (also) nobly, splendidly, magnificently. Cf. rially adv. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| realty | Royalty; royal state, dignity, or power; (also) splendour, magnificence. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| reddour | Violence, harm; harshness, harsh treatment; severity, strictness, rigour. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| regal | Royalty, sovereignty, royal authority; = regality n. 3a. Obs. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| remnant | The remaining portion of a larger number of people or (occas.) animals; the remainder, rest. Cf. sense A. 2a. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| reproof | Censure, rebuke, reprehension. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| revel | An occasion or period of exuberant merrymaking or noisy festivity, esp. one… | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| rialty | Royalty; regal state or dignity; royal pomp or splendour. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| rudely | With a harsh or discordant sound. Freq. with roar. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| sadly | Steadfastly, firmly, constantly. Obs. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| samly | Agreeingly. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| scathely | With damage or injury. Only in allit. phr. to scape (or aschape) scathely. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| sea-bank | The sea-coast or sea-shore; = bank n. 9. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| sent | Aphetic form of assent n. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| serely | Particularly, separately. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| sight | A sigh. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| sirly | Lordly, haughty, imperious. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| Spainol | A Spanish person. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| stightle | trans. To dispose, arrange, set in order; to prepare, make ready; to control, rule… | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| stoteye | Impetuous valour, hardihood in attack. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| subject | In predicative use. Freq. with to, †till, †unto. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| tally | In a seemly manner; becomingly, elegantly; fairly, well; bravely. Obs. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| theretofore | Before that time; previously to that. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| throly | Vehement, persistent, painful. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| to-clatter | trans. To knock to pieces with a noise; to shatter. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| touching | (introd.) Where touching is in concord with a prec. n. or pron., and may be rendered… | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| trot | An old woman; usually disparaging: an old beldame, a hag. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| trustily | With trust or confidence; trustfully, confidently, hopefully, boldly. Obs. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| umbecast | trans. To surround, encircle. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| unhent | Untaken. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| unperceived | Without being perceived or noticed. Occas. const. by or of. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| untaken | Not taken by force; not made prisoner; uncaptured. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| untetche | Wrongful act; fault. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| uphap | Perhaps, possibly. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| uprights | In an upright position; perpendicularly. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| wallop | A horse's gallop. Only advb. phr. (tr. or imitations of French) (to ride, go, etc.) †a wallop… | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| walter | To swing or float to and fro. Also fig. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| werder | (Meaning obscure.) | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| what-wise | In what manner; how. Also in whatwise. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| whereas | = where adv. conj. 5 – 11. Obs. or rare arch. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| wilsome | Erring, wandering, straying; bewildered, perplexed; doubtful, uncertain (of). | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| witen | To blame. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| witly | (Of doubtful authenticity; in some instances perh. a spelling of wittely wittily adv., in others of wihtly wightly adv.) | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| worthily | Worthy, honourable. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
| wringing | The action of the verb, in various senses; the fact of being wrung. | 1374 | Go To Quotation |
