| abound | intr. To be plentiful; to exist or be present in large numbers or in great quantity… | 1325 | Go To Quotation |
| accusing | The action of accuse v.; an accusation. | 1325 | Go To Quotation |
| acute | intr. To rise to a high pitch. Obs. rare. | 1504 | Go To Quotation |
| advocatess | A female advocate. In early use spec. (Christian Church): the Virgin Mary (cf. advocate n. 1). | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| affair | An activity performed by a person, often on a habitual basis; something to be done; a… | 1390 | Go To Quotation |
| earthquake | A shaking or movement of the ground; esp. a violent convulsion of the earth's… | 1325 | Go To Quotation |
| friendliness | The quality or condition of being friendly; kind, thoughtful, or affectionate behaviour; friendship. | 1475 | Go To Quotation |
| gaming | gen. The action of engaging in games or entertainments; merrymaking; sport. Now rare. | 1025 | Go To Quotation |
| Gogmagog | A giant, a man of immense stature and strength. | 1580 | Go To Quotation |
| golding | A gold coin. | 1580 | Go To Quotation |
| gony | A booby, a simpleton. | 1580 | Go To Quotation |
| Grangousier | One who will ‘swallow’ anything. Also attrib. | 1580 | Go To Quotation |
| greme | Anger; wrath. | 1301 | Go To Quotation |
| grey-haired | Having grey hair; hence, old. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| grint | ? To grunt or groan. | 1299 | Go To Quotation |
| grunting | The action of grunt v.; the uttering of a grunt; groaning. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| gull | Yellow, pale. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| gut | trans. To take out the guts of (fish); to eviscerate. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| hellishly | In a hellish manner; infernally, diabolically; appallingly. Also (as an… | 1580 | Go To Quotation |
| infortunacy | The condition of being unfortunate; misfortune, bad luck. | 1499 | Go To Quotation |
| ivory-bone | = ivory n. 1. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| juvyn | Young, youthful. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| lay | A bill, score, reckoning. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| leash | The thong or line in which hounds or coursing-dogs are held. Phr. with the leash, at a leash, on or… | 1299 | Go To Quotation |
| lemur | In Roman mythology: pl. The spirits of the departed. | 1580 | Go To Quotation |
| lengthwise | = lengthways adv. | 1580 | Go To Quotation |
| lit | Dye-stuff; also, a batch of dyeing. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| livered | Of blood: coagulated, clotted; (of a lip) broken into clot-like lumps. Obs. | 1299 | Go To Quotation |
| liverwort | In early use: the plant Marchantia polymorpha, which has lobed, liver-shaped leaves… | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| lof-word | Praise. | 1390 | Go To Quotation |
| lurdge | trans. To indulge in laziness. | 1580 | Go To Quotation |
| lurry | Something said by rote; a lesson, set speech, ‘patter’; fig. a cant formula. Obs. exc. dial. | 1580 | Go To Quotation |
| mail | trans. To make (a piece of armour) out of mail. Obs. | 1449 | Go To Quotation |
| Mart | Mythol. (The name of) Mars, the ancient Roman god of war. | 1050 | Go To Quotation |
| martyry | = martyrdom n. Cf. martyre n. Obs. | 1390 | Go To Quotation |
| mated | Confused, bewildered. Formerly also: †astounded, amazed (obs.). Now Eng. regional. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| mention | Originally: the action of calling to mind or commemorating something in speech… | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| miscomfort | Distress, desolation, trouble; hardship, inconvenience; pain. Also: an instance of this. Cf. discomfort n. | 1390 | Go To Quotation |
| mis-delight | Delight in something wrong; sinful pleasure. | 1500 | Go To Quotation |
| miser | Of a person: miserly, parsimonious. Also in extended use. Now Sc. and poet. | 1499 | Go To Quotation |
| miserous | Miserable, wretched. | 1475 | Go To Quotation |
| mishandle | intr. To use one's hands for a sinful purpose. Obs. | 1499 | Go To Quotation |
| misturn | trans. To turn (something) in a wrong direction. | 1325 | Go To Quotation |
| moaning | That moans; characterized by moaning. Also in extended use. | 1449 | Go To Quotation |
| moistness | The quality or state of being moist; an instance of this. In early use also concr.: †moisture (obs.). | 1390 | Go To Quotation |
| Monen morrow | Monday morning. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| moss-grown | Overgrown with moss. | 1390 | Go To Quotation |
| musty | Of food or drink: having a mouldy or decayed smell or taste; tainted with mould. Of… | 1492 | Go To Quotation |
| myrrh tree | Any of various Arabian and African trees of the genus Commiphora (family Burseraceae)… | 1390 | Go To Quotation |
| niced | Made foolish or delicate. | 1475 | Go To Quotation |
| nig | = niggard n. 1a. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| noisant | Troublesome, harmful. Also as n.: harmful people as a class. | 1475 | Go To Quotation |
| non-certain | Uncertainty; uncertain proof. Chiefly in in non-certain. | 1390 | Go To Quotation |
| nunc dimittis | Christian Church. The song of Simeon in Luke 2:29–32; this song used liturgically as a… | 1020 | Go To Quotation |
| ockerer | A person who takes interest for the loan of money; a usurer. | 1390 | Go To Quotation |
| officeless | Having no office (in various senses). | 1475 | Go To Quotation |
| ofset | trans. To beset, oppress. | 1050 | Go To Quotation |
| outraious | = outrageous adj. | 1390 | Go To Quotation |
| overcloth | An outer garment. Also fig. Obs. | 1390 | Go To Quotation |
| overdoing | That overdoes or does too much; excessive. | 1424 | Go To Quotation |
| overfraught | trans. To overload. Usu. in pass. Also fig. | 1474 | Go To Quotation |
| overfreight | trans. To overload. In later use chiefly in pass. Also fig. | 1475 | Go To Quotation |
| palace gate | A gate of a palace. | 1390 | Go To Quotation |
| palladiumizing | The process of coating or plating something with palladium. | 1850 | Go To Quotation |
| Parasceve | The day of preparation for the Jewish Sabbath, the eve of the Sabbath, Friday. Used… | 1020 | Go To Quotation |
| passage | The action of going or moving onward, across, or past; movement from one place or… | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| pearly | Resembling a pearl in shape, as dewdrops, tears, etc. | 1449 | Go To Quotation |
| pensy | Melancholy, thoughtful; = pensive adj. | 1449 | Go To Quotation |
| pepper | trans. To sprinkle with pepper; to flavour or season with pepper. Freq. in pass. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| pepper-quern | A pepper mill. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| perceivant | Observant, perceptive. | 1390 | Go To Quotation |
| peregrination | orig. and chiefly Theol. The course of a person's life viewed originally as a temporary… | 1475 | Go To Quotation |
| perfectable | Beneficial, useful; profitable. Obs. rare. | 1449 | Go To Quotation |
| pickehorn | A kind of monster; perh. = bycorne n. | 1580 | Go To Quotation |
| pinch fist | A tight-fisted person, a miser. | 1580 | Go To Quotation |
| planchette | A small bar, plank, or board. rare. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| potpanion | A drinking companion. | 1580 | Go To Quotation |
| pow | Representing the sound of a blow, punch, shot, etc.: ‘Wham!’, ‘Bang!’ Also fig. Also as n. | 1580 | Go To Quotation |
| procession | The action of a body of people going or marching along in orderly succession in a… | 1020 | Go To Quotation |
| profane | Of persons or things: unholy, or desecrating what is holy or sacred; unhallowed… | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| prong | Any of various instruments or implements with two, three, or more piercing points or… | 1492 | Go To Quotation |
| puckerel | A little puck or demon; an imp. | 1580 | Go To Quotation |
| quake | The action of quaking; an instance of this. In later use: spec. an earthquake. Also as… | 1325 | Go To Quotation |
| queem | †Fit, fitting, suitable (obs.); convenient, handy; near at hand, close. Also with to or… | 1099 | Go To Quotation |
| queer | intr. To ask, inquire; to question. Also occas. trans. Cf. quaere v. | 1390 | Go To Quotation |
| radiant | Sending out rays of light; shining brightly. Also fig. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| rampen | trans. To force, push, or ram (something) into or against something else. | 1390 | Go To Quotation |
| rampling | Perh.: = ramping n. | 1580 | Go To Quotation |
| reconciliation | Christian Church. The action of restoring humanity to God's favour, esp. as through… | 1390 | Go To Quotation |
| red cole | = red cabbage n. at red adj. n. 2a(d). | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| regest | trans. To register, record. | 1475 | Go To Quotation |
| renate | Reborn. Usu. as pa. pple. | 1475 | Go To Quotation |
| resplend | intr. To shine brightly; to be resplendent or radiant (lit. and fig.). | 1492 | Go To Quotation |
| restoration | The action of restoring a person to a former state or position; the fact of being… | 1499 | Go To Quotation |
| rife | Of harmful, destructive, or undesirable things or conditions. | 1150 | Go To Quotation |
| ruleress | A female ruler. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| sacken | Made of sackcloth. sacken gown, sacken sark, sacken weed = sack gown n. at sack n. 2. | 1449 | Go To Quotation |
| saintlike | Resembling a saint or that of a saint; of saintly life, character, etc. | 1580 | Go To Quotation |
| ship-broken | Shipwrecked; broken or destitute through shipwreck. | 1300 | Go To Quotation |
| sick | To suffer illness; to fall ill, sicken. Obs. | 1149 | Go To Quotation |
| sprong | = prong n. 1 2. | 1492 | Go To Quotation |
| superacute | A note lying in the register above the acute register (cf. acute adj. 2a); the range… | 1504 | Go To Quotation |
| supervide | trans. To look upon or over; to survey. | 1475 | Go To Quotation |
| supplanter | An agent or cause of the downfall or destruction of someone or something; an overthrower. Obs. | 1390 | Go To Quotation |
| tangling | A quick succession of ringing sounds. | 1580 | Go To Quotation |
| tenebrate | Darkened, dark. | 1492 | Go To Quotation |
| timeously | Chiefly Sc. At an early point in the morning, day, season, etc. Now only as merged into sense 2. | 1449 | Go To Quotation |
| transitorious | = transitory adj. | 1492 | Go To Quotation |
| tunable | Of music, musical instruments, the singing voice, etc. | 1504 | Go To Quotation |
| unlooked | Not attended to; neglected. Obs. | 1299 | Go To Quotation |
| unmoisted | = unmoistened adj. | 1492 | Go To Quotation |
| untunably | Unmelodiously, inharmoniously. | 1504 | Go To Quotation |
| valent | Vigorous, flourishing. | 1492 | Go To Quotation |
| virtuehead | Virtuousness. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| warping | The action of throwing. Obs. | 1149 | Go To Quotation |
| weigh-scale | The pan of a balance; pl. a pair of scales. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| wholeness | Soundness, freedom from injury; unimpaired state, integrity. Now rare and associated with other senses. | 1000 | Go To Quotation |
| wirling | A puny or stunted person or creature; a despicable or contemptible person, a wretch. Also as a term of abuse. Cf. urling n. | 1390 | Go To Quotation |
| womanhead | = womanhood n. (in various senses). | 1390 | Go To Quotation |
