• wimplen, i)wimpled, wimpelid, iwimplet

'wummon,' seið þe apostle, 'schal wreon hire heaued'; 'Wrihen,' he seið, nawt 'wimplin.' (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol. Manly-Rickert A.470 A good wyf Vpon an amblere esily sat Ywympled wel. ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo. Benson-Robinson 2.pr.1.60 Fortune that yit covereth and wympleth hir

• wrongli

goode y knew & wolde it nouȝt Þus wittand haue y wrongli wrouȝt. a1425(?a1400) RRose Htrn 409 4769 Man and wyf That wrongly werke ageyn nature Noon such I loue. ?a1450 MLChrist Add 39996 1201 Þe folke hade wrongly wroght

• certificat

certificat or assent of Florentyns dwellyng in this land. (1430-1) RParl. 4.376a Ye same ordinarie wold certifie ye saide Alianore, wyf to James, mulire; the whiche certificate so hadde and made, shulde..utterly disherit ye saide Suppliauntz. (1435) RParl. 4.487b To

• chastiement, chastiment, chaste-, casti(e)ment

is chastyment of þe felle fend, and nevere chastyment of Crist. a1450 7 Sages(3) Cmb Dd.1.17 1659 Ne hadde hys wyf haue had chastement [i.e. blood-letting] [etc.]. c1450 Alph.Tales Add 25719 276/12 Plato..commytt þe chastiment of his seryand vnto þe

• chaumberẹr(e, chaumbrere, chamb-, chomberier, chaumerer

hem alle chere. (c1395) Chaucer CT.Cl. Manly-Rickert E.819 I ne heeld me neuere digne in no manere To be youre wyf, no, ne youre chambrere. (c1395) Chaucer CT.Cl. Manly-Rickert E.977 Preyynge the chambreres..to hasten hem and faste swepe and shake.

• chẹrli, chereli

cherl ful cherli þat child tok in his armes & kest hit. (1395) Wycl.37 Concl. Tit D.1 24 As a wyf kepith cherli the ryng of her weddinge for loue of her husbonde. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944 148a/a The

• chidere

c1450 Pilgr.LM Cmb Ff.5.30 26 For j am debonaire and am no chidere. c1450 Capgr. St.Kath. Arun 396 4.1521 His wyf was woman..Vengeable, dispitous, a chidere euery tyde. ?c1450 Knt.Tour-L. Hrl 1764 22/5 So shulde it be done to striuers

• cokewold, cokewald, cukewald, cukeweld, cokwold, -wald, cukwald, -wold, cokold

godes, Bote he beo A Cokewold I-kore, cut of boþe myn Eres. (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil. Manly-Rickert A.3152 Who hath no wyf, he is no cokewold. (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil. Manly-Rickert A.3226 She was wilde and yong, and he was old And

• cruelli, crueli

from hir brestes. c1450(1410) Walton Boeth. Lin-C 103 p.207 Þei deden wiþ hym cruelly, That þei sent hym noght his wyf ageyn. a1500 Mirror Salv. Beeleigh p.129 Fro Absolon toke on boldnesse to slee his brothere cruwelly. (c1375) Chaucer CT.Mk.

• corrodie, corodie

corrodie n. Also corodie . AF corodie & ML corrodium , vr. of conredium . An allowance of provisions for lodging, board, money, etc., granted, usually by a religious house, to a grantee as an annuity for life-term or

• wench(e, weinche, wenches, whenches, wengis

wif ordeyneþ venym for Metridas But he was i-warned by a wenche [Higd.(2) : maide; L ancillam] þat served his wyf. (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil. Manly-Rickert A.3631 Er that he had maad al this array, He sente his knaue and eek

• widwehede, widwehode, widewede, widewite, wedowede, weduhed, wedehode, weddewede, wodouhod, wodewod, viduid, widewohod

p.185 Of Widewhod: Here men may se hou widewis schulden liue. a1500(c1400) Emare Clg A.2 77 The emperour when hys wyf was dede ledde hys lyf yn weddewede. a1225(?a1200) Trin.Hom. Trin-C B.14.52 45 Ðo þre kinges bitocneð þre hodes of

• wouen, wou, wowe(n, wouwe, wou~x0021d~en, wo~x0021d~e, wogen, wohen, wowed(e, woid, woud, wowude, woued, wowet, woghit, ywowe

he may find ynow. a1450 7 Sages(3) Cmb Dd.1.17 230 Hit were tyme for to wouwe, And to have anothir wyf. a1500(?c1450) Merlin Cmb Ff.3.11 137 Thei [Kay and Gifflet] felishiped first to-geder, and woued well to-geder longe tyme after

• fit

a Fitte Þat Falleþ to þe Fader þat formede vs alle. (c1390) Chaucer CT.Rv. Manly-Rickert A.4230 And on this goode wyf he leyth on soore, So mury a fit ne hadde she nat ful yoore. (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB. Manly-Rickert D.42

• for(e-said, -sad, -sed, -sid, -sain

Þat ete noght o þis forsaid [Ld: foreseid] tre. (1418) EEWills 33/29 ȝif so be that [the] forsaide Jonet my wyf put oute the forsaide Emet here modir in here lyf of the forsait Manere of Aspleye. a1425(a1382) WBible(1) Corp-O

• Fraunce, France

Envye A proud prikere of Fraunce. (c1390) Chaucer CT.Sh. Manly-Rickert B.1306 In al the reawme of France is ther no wyf That lasse lust hath to that sory pley. (c1395) Chaucer CT.Fkl. Manly-Rickert F.1118 Whiles he was at Orliens in

• fulwen, fulewen, fol(e)wen, fulli~x0021d~en, fullien, vul-, vol-, ful(e)wede, fol(e)wede, fulled, follede, fologhede, i-)ful(e)wed, i-)fulled, -folled, i-vul(e)~x0021d~ed, i-fulhed

fullede [vrr. follede, vollede] in þe est side of þe citee. c1390(?c1350) Jos.Arim. Vrn 8 Þei folewen him and his wyf. c1390(?c1350) Jos.Arim. Vrn 691 Ioseph him folwed. c1425 Glo.Chron.A Hrl 201:Wright 347/1 Be yuolled [B : ifolled, folled, fullowed,

• gentil-womman, gentle-, jantil-

ladys & Gentyll wymmen in thys hey & most honorabull Court. a1500(?a1450) GRom. Hrl 7333 233 He had weddid to wyf a yonge gentilwoman. a1450-1509 Rich. Brunner 1582 As j am gentyl womman..Kyng Rychard wole do ȝow but good. a1500

• gesin(e, iesin(e, iezine, gisin(e, gesen, geisene, iesaine, jeseine, geseme, gisma, gesian, geisian

was the sterre ovir the dongoun..Wher the Heuenly Queen lay poorly in iesyne. a1450(c1410) Lovel. Merlin Corp-C 80 6241 His wyf jn gesyne doth lye of a knave child. ?c1450 Knt.Tour-L. Hrl 1764 109/12 So she was moder vnto the

• deintẹth, dainteth, denteth, dayenteth, dantith, deyn~x00fe~ed

deintẹth n. Also dainteth , denteth , dayenteth , dantith , deynþed . Early AF deinteþ (later deinte) . (a) A feeling of pleasure, delight; haven , to take pleasure (in sth., in doing sth.); (b) condition of being