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þe eere growiþ smale eylen and scharpe as it were dartis. a1425 Medulla Stnh A.1.10 6b/b Arista: an ale of corn. A rigid pointed process, a prickle. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944 63a/b Bestis þat haue her prickes or alles
4.313 Tiberius..was..moore scharpe and apte to an answere withowte deliberacion then with premeditacion [Trev.vr. grete avisement; L praemeditatis]. c1475 Mankind Folg V.a.354 44 The corn xall be sauyde, þe chaffe xall be brente; I besech yow hertyly, haue þis premedytacyon.
clarion. c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF Benson-Robinson 1223 And many flowte and liltyng horn [vr. litelynge horne] And pipes made of grene corn, As han thise lytel herde-gromes, That kepen bestis in the bromes. c1450 Dice(1) Frf 16 356 Man shal neuer
1734 Then the thryd god send þem s[y]ne: grett myse that made þem mor myschefe. Þei stroyd and corumpyd both corn and wyne. a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl. Hnt HM 1 73/286 Greatte mystis..ther is both morn and noyn byte vs full
and huddis [L vagine], y-socoured þerwiþ for he schulde nouȝt bende to þe grounde by weyȝt and heuynes of þe corn in þe eere. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944 230a/a And som bereþ seed in harde schales and in huddes
. Celt. ; cp. Sc.Gael. monadh , Corn. monadh , monedh , menedh , meneth , Wel. mynydd . (a) A mountain; (b) pl. the Alps. c1275(?a1200) Lay. Brut Clg A.9 16334 Hengest wunede buuen are munede. c1275(?a1200) Lay. Brut
tunge. (?a1439) Lydg. FP Bod 263 4.260 Thobsydyonal, of which I spak tofforn, Deuised wern..Crouns notable wrouht lik greyn or corn, Youe onto princis which thoruh ther cheualrie Reskewed seeges and saued the partie Of hem that wer closed streiht
itaknunge ger. Also ȝetacnunge . OE getacnung (a) Symbolic representation; (b) symbolic meaning. c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom. Bod 343 74/31 Hwaetene corn..is iset on ȝetacnunge ures Haelendes Cristes. a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.Pentec. Lamb 487 97 Ni [?read: we] na þe halia gast wuniende
Smith PNElem. 2.164]. a1500(c1410) Dives & P. Htrn 270 2.311 It is non good fyȝtynge in myrys ne amongis corn ne in sledyr ground ne in pytty ne in stubby [vrr. stobil, stubbly] ground. (1292) in Mawer PNNhb.& Dur. 189
blowynge tyme [L floritionis tempore]. c1400(c1378) PPl.B LdMisc 581 16.26 For wyndes..in blowyng-tyme abite þe floures. a1425 Wycl.Serm. Bod 788 1.220 Siþ corn and oþer fruytis ben nurished by þis [pestilent] eir..þe blewinge [vr. blowyng] of þes fruytis mut faile.
, buntyle . (a) The corn bunting (Emberiza calandra); (b) as a surname. ?a1300 StJ.List Trees StJ-C E.17 155 Prael: Bunting. c1325 A wayle whyt Hrl 2253 52 Ich wolde ich were a þrestelcok, a bountyng, oþer a lauercok. (1440)
Willis & C.Cambridge 1 p.lviii He payd for his awn sayd mansion of Godeshous noght tho valew of a peper corn. c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex. Ashm 44 2025 All þi soft grayns Sall vndire-put be all þe pake vn-to þir peper-cornes.
(?)gocil ; (Corn. only) gokki , wok(k)i . Pl. gokies . From gọk . Borrowed early in Cornish. The abstract gokineth `foolishness' is a new formation in Corn. itself. (a) A fool; (b) as adj.: foolish; -- Corn. only; (c)
long a tale as of the corn. (c1390) Chaucer CT.NP. Manly-Rickert B.4633 Taketh the fruyt and lat the chaf be stille. (a1393) Gower CA Frf 3 prol.844 The chaf is take for the corn. c1425(a1420) Lydg. TB Aug A.4 prol.151
Arun 57 28 Hit [corn] is uerst ase ine gerse, efterward ine yere. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944 219a/b Strawe..is þe myddil stalk of corne bytwen þe roote and þe eere; in þe eere þe corn and seed is conteyned.
, mowen . OE muga , muha , muwa . (a) A heap or stack of hay, grain, etc.; of corn (sheves), moues of benes (pese) , etc.; hei [see hei n. 2. (a)]; ithreshe , ?labor service requiring the
?c1200 Orm. Jun 1 10543 Corn chaff Uppspringenn off an rote. a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex. Corp-C 444 3050 Trees it for-brac, and gres and corn, Ðat was up-sprungen ðor bi-foren. ?c1425(c1380) Chaucer Form.A. Benson-Robinson 10 Corn up-sprong [vr. up sprange], unsowe
þe Kyng, but if he made wiþ him a frett forto done his nede. c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy LdMisc 595 18157 The Gregeis asked thanne her fret, The somme of corn that hem was het, The somme of siluer & of gold.
a `potage' made of boiled hulled grain mixed with milk, etc. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944 225b/b Many manere corn is y clepid frumentum..as whete, barly, rye and myle. ?a1425 Chauliac(1) NY 12 34b/b Farine of frument .i. mele of
few diminutives: kirn-el kernel, grain, from korn [OE cyrn-el: corn ]; hipel little heap, from hep heap [OE hypel: heap ]; (b) in nouns denoting agents, instruments, or objects, formed to go with verbs: bidel herald, beadle, cp. bẹden announce,