| abreid | = abroad adv. (in various senses). | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| ailing | App.: damaging or harmful action. Cf. ail v. 1. Obs. rare. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| angardly | Impetuously, eagerly, exceedingly. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| anoise | To noise abroad, bruit, renown. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| apoint | Fitness, readiness. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| astounded | Shocked mentally, amazed; confounded with surprise and wonder. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| awkwardly | Wrongly, perversely. Obs. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| ayre | To plough. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| beayell | A grandfather's father, a great grandfather. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| betraut | A synonym of betray n., of unexplained form. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| birl | trans. To prick, pierce, or stab; to cover with punctures. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| blubbering | Bubbling, gurgling (like a spring). Obs. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| circled | Surrounded as with, a circle; = encircled adj. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| clent | ? Craggy. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| clink | A sharp abrupt ringing sound, clearer and thinner than a clank, as of small metallic bodies or glasses struck together. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| cob | intr. To fight, give blows. Obs. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| destitue | trans. To deprive. (In quot. 1540 refl.) | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| dimple | A small hollow or dent, permanent or evanescent, formed in the surface of some plump part… | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| dowly | Doleful, miserable, gloomy, lonely. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| draw-glove | (Also draw-gloves.) An old parlour game, also called drawing (of) gloves… | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| ed | ? Distinguished in war. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| enerd | intr. To dwell in. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| extaint | trans. To extinguish. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| fainting | A growing feeble or faint-hearted; depression, discouragement. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| fate | trans. To ruin irrevocably. Obs. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| finger-end | The end or tip of the finger. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| flaming | The action of the verb flame v. Also concr., something which flames or resembles a flame. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| forbode | = forbid v. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| fore-wise | Wise beforehand, prescient, far-seeing. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| fresh | An onset, rush. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| girt | trans. = gird v. in various senses. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| glare | Dazzling brilliance (of a light, fire, sun, etc.); a strong fierce light. Also absol.… | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| graithness | Readiness, promptitude. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| gretful | Quite filled, full. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| hag | trans. To cut, hew, chop; = hack v. 1. Also absol. or intr. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| hardlaik | Hardship, harshness, severity. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| haven-town | A town having a haven or harbour; a seaport town. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| headstoops | Head downmost; headlong. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| heaten | intr. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| hereat | At this place; here. Obs. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| hove | The action of tarrying or lingering; in phr. on hove, in waiting, in suspense. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| jostle | transf. To encounter sexually. Obs. rare. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| killing | The action of kill v., in various senses. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| lashing | The action of lash v. in various senses; beating, flogging; an instance of this. lashing out, lavishing, squandering. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| lirk | A fold in the skin; a wrinkle. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| lurking | That lurks; concealed, latent. Also, †skulking, lazy. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| mauling | The action of maul v.; an instance of this. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| mirtle | intr. To crumble away; to fall to pieces. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| momurdotes | With the: an inarticulate fit of distraction; a mumbling stupor. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| mosaic | The process of creating pictures or decorative patterns by cementing together small… | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| mou | = mouth n. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| nolp | A blow, a stroke. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| nolp | trans. To strike down. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| ourn | intr. To become torpid or sluggish. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| pleasurance | Pleasure. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| plouked | = plouky adj. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| porknell | A fat or greedy person. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| possessiant | A possessor. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| pricehead | Worthiness, excellence, valour. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| prise | Perh.: reproof; utterance of angry disapproval or rejection. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| prise | A frequent misreading of press n. (cf. senses 6, 7 and 8 at that entry) in the E.E.T.S.… | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| proudfall | The front part of a woman's hair. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| reche | trans. To tear, rend. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| roche | trans. To pull or tear apart. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| rug | Drizzling rain; wet mist; an instance of this. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| rut | trans. and intr. To cut, pierce, or thrust with a weapon. Obs. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| screaming | The action of the verb scream v. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| scrive | A shriek, a noise. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| search | The action or an act of searching; examination or scrutiny for the purpose of finding a… | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| shent | Free, exempt. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| shent | intr. To hesitate. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| slime | (Meaning uncertain.) | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| smelt | ? Enamelled, polished. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| smult | (Meaning doubtful.) | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| solstacion | Solstice. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| spar | A thrust. Obs. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| swaling | ? Loud singing (of birds). | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| swalper | intr. To splash or toss about in water. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| swime | Used vaguely (like the n.) in Destr. Troy = giddy, dazed, and (actively) stunning. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| teler | A maker or seller of cloth; a cloth-merchant. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| tendle | In later use: see quot. 1887. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| tit | Editors suggest, in quot. 1540, ‘Dear, loved’. In mod. dial. Fond: cf. tid adj., tit-bit n. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| toomly | In a leisurely way; somewhat slowly; without haste. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| torely | Stoutly, sturdily. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| twy | (Meaning uncertain.) | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| unclose | Not intimate; distant. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| unconcernedly | In an unconcerned manner; without anxiety or concern; with indifference. | 1636 | Go To Quotation |
| uncorrupted | Of organic matter: Not corrupted or decomposed. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| undifferent | = indifferent adj. 1. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| undull | (un- prefix 7.) | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| une | App. an obs. var. of even adv. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| unformed | = uninformed adj. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| ungrate | n. An ungrateful person; an ingrate. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| unlaught | Unseized, untaken. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| unlight | Not dismounted. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| unmanfully | (un- prefix 11.) | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| unpaired | Unimpaired, uninjured. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| unsoberly | Without sobriety or restraint; immoderately. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| unstithe | Not strong; feeble, weak. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| unthwyuond | (Origin and meaning obscure; the alliteration requires tw.) | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| untoomly | Hastily; hurriedly. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| uponon(e | = anon adv. 3. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| ver | trans. To aver, declare. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| vict | One who is vanquished. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| vide | = divide v. 1. Now only in U.S. Black use. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| wail | The action of wailing; expression of pain or grief by prolonged vocal sound. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| walter | The rolling of the sea in a storm. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| warder | A soldier or other person set to guard an entrance; also, a watchman on a tower. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| wilne | Desire. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
| wrixle | To exchange. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| ymur | ? Atmospheric moisture. | 1540 | Go To Quotation |
