• feblen, -in, fieblen, fiblen

wythoute his helpe and socour myght not pay the said xd. ob. (c1449) Pecock Repr. Cmb Kk.4.26 175 Thou infirmyst and feblist bi a greet deel the euydencis whiche thou hast and holdist aȝens the hauyng and the vsing of

• gendringe

and contrary and comeþ naþeles of oon gendrynge. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944 328b/a To make processe of alle þe gendrynges and proporciouns, acorde and dyuersite, of þese nombres it were ful longe. A thing produced, product; ?offspring of

• geten, getten, geiten, gaeten, geaten, gette, geit, get, gette, gate

she sholde don him gete, And þat non ne sholde him bete, Ne shame do, for he was knith. (c1300) Havelok LdMisc 108 2960 He..bad..his iustise Þat he sholde on ilke wise Denemark yeme and gete so Þat no pleynte

• pasturen, pastur(e, pastere, pasturinge, pasturand, i)pastured

yt pasturit ye grond, iiii d. (1473) RParl. 6.91a The seid Priour and Convent..have released..to us and to oure heires their pasture to xl Oxen and xxti Sowes..goyng and pasturyng in every place within oure seid Parke. c1475 Body Pol.

• polle, pol

?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes Stockh 10.90 129/18 Take an ey and roste it hard and bynde it to þi poll all hoot. (a1460) Vegetius(2) Pmb-C 243 2328 Have of grene tymbour grete rollys And loggys leyd to route vppon her pollys. c1460(?c1400)

• baiten, be~x0021d~~x0021d~tenn, beiten, baten

his stede And let hym bayte hym on the ground. c1600(?c1395) PPl.Creed Trin-C R.3.15 375 Prechours..ben digne as dich water þat dogges in bayteþ. c1400(?c1380) Cleanness Nero A.10 55 My boles and my borez arn bayted and slayne And my

• litel

peple beyng rude and vnkunnyng, myche fleischly and litil spiritual. c1450(a1425) Mirk IPP Cld A.2 21 Luytel ys worthy þy prechynge, ȝef thow be of euyle lyuynge. a1500(c1370) Chaucer Comp.L. Benson-Robinson 87 I am so litel worthy, and ye so

• lok, loc, loke, locke, lokke, lockke

7 d. Besides 1 sack of profit of pet (good) wool and 6 stone and a-half of] lok. (1275) in Lofvenberg Contrib.Lex. 23 [62 sacks of wool..without] clack' [and] lok'. (c1280) Cust.Battle Abbey in Camd.n.s.41 56 Debent etiam omnes lavare

• mis, misse, mise

a mistake; and not , in riming tag: correctly, properly. c1230(?a1200) Ancr. Corp-C 402 108/4 Teoheði mis, edhalden cwide..Nis hit..anes cunnes þeofðe? a1250 Lofsong Lefdi Nero A.14 205 Summe tide ich habbe iheued of oðer monnes mid woh and mid

• governing(e, coverning

folk..Shulde princes, and these lordis wise, Take all her londis and hir thingis, Bothe werre and pees, in governyngis. c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW Benson-Robinson 1400 He yaf to Pelleus the governyng Of al his regne, and made hym lord and kyng.

• harou, haroue, harrou(e, arrou(e, haraue, harrau, arreu, haroie, herroue, horou(e, harọ, har

herding sheep. (1276) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO) 1.585 [Arnold entered the priory of Wale and took wine and other goods..against the will of the monks, who cried] Harou. c1330 7 Sages(1) Auch 17/347 And ssche tocragged hire visage And gradde `harow [Eg: And

• humble, umble, h)umbele, h)umbil, houmble, unble, humbli, homble, hombil, humel, humil(l)e

humble, trewe, and pitous herte..mercy I yow preye. (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn. Manly-Rickert A.2219 And doun he kneleth and, with humble [vr. vmble] cheere And herte soor, he seyde as ye schal heere. (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn. Manly-Rickert A.2226 And taak myn

• net, nete, nette, neth, ne~x0021d~th, neatte, naet, neate, niat, niete, netes, net(e

They..brought..al maner soortes of bestaylle, Shep and neet. a1425(c1395) WBible(2) Roy 1.C.8 Jer.31.12 Thei schulen flowe togidere to the goodis of the Lord, on wheete, wyn, and oile, and on the fruyt of scheep, and of neet [WB(1) : droues;

• onfọn, onfo, onfọth, onfeahth, onfọth, onfẹng, onfẹng, onfange, onfogh, onfonge, onseng, anfọn, onfangen

a1400 NVPsalter Vsp D.7 7.15 Bihald, he kyneld vnrightwisnesse, Onfange [vrr. Onfonge, onfong; L concepit] sorwe and bare wickednesse. a1400 NVPsalter Vsp D.7 50.6 And in sinnes me onfogh mi modre for-þi. (a) To begin, commence; begin (to do sth.);

• ascrien

þei ware wytty and wyse, To the wardyns þei wer ascryde Þat Raab herberd swylk to spyse. (c1410) York MGame Vsp B.12 35 He [the wolf] knoweþ wel..þat he doþ euel, and þerfore men ascriethe and hunteth and scleeþ. a1500(a1460)

• solitari(e, solutarie, solitare, solatare, solitair(e, solarie

aloone], and of whom saue thee is noon other helpere. (a1382) WBible(1) Dc 369(1) Lam.3.28 He shal sitte solitarie [L solitarius] and be stille, for he rerede hymself aboue hymself. (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn. Manly-Rickert A.1365 Solitarie he was and euere

• somnour, somnoure, -er, sompnour(e, -ere, somenour(e, somonour(e, -er, somuner, sommonour, -er, sumnour(e, -er, sumpnour, sumonour, summoner, semennere, sominour, -er, somonnour, sumenur, suminur, sumunur, -er, sumler, somenerere, somerour, somnoures, someneres, soumneres

15.128 Sectoures and sudenes, somnoures and her lemmannes. c1400(?a1387) PPl.C Hnt HM 137 10.263 The tarre is vntydy þat to þyne sheep by-longeþ; Hure salue ys of supersedeas in someneres boxes. c1425 Mirror LM&W Hrl 45 135/22 Sompnoures and bedilles

• stole, stoele, stolle, stol, scole, stoles, stolus, sco(o)lis

ȝe forþ þe firste stoole and cloþe ȝe him. (1441) Let.Christ Ch. in RS 85.3 175 I beseche un to yow..that ye..woll receyve hym..thenkyng on the besaunt, and the oon sheep of an hundred lost and founden, the furste stole..and

• sulou, sugh, solou, solou~x0021d~(e, solo~x0021d~, sol(o)we, soleu, soluh, solugh, solul, zuol~x0021d~, sulh(e, suluh, sul~x0021d~e, sulch(e, solu~x0021d~, sol~x00fe~, suleh-, sul(e)g-, sulk(e)-, sulkes-, solke-, selke-, solowes, soluwes, sol(u)ghes, solh, silh, sulhene, sul(h)~x0021d~ene, sol~x0021d~ene, solwene, sulien, sulion

hiȝe weies..schulde haue þe fredom of socour. (a1387) Trev. Higd. StJ-C H.1 7.445 ȝif a ȝong sheep, þat is Anselyn, schal be y-coupled and y-ȝoked to a wylde bole, þat is William þe rede..þe solouȝ of holy cherche schal nouȝt

• acombren, accombren, acomeren, acumbren, acumbri

hire And leet his sheep acombred [vrr. acumbrit, acumbrede, accombred, accombre] in the myre. a1450(c1410) Lovel. Grail Corp-C 80 56.317 Encombred peple..that with the devel Acombred were, On hem they lyeden falsly. c1450 PPl.B RwlPoet 38 12.57 Catel and kende