• wilsomnesse, wilsomenesse, wilsumnesse

wilsomnesse n.(1) Also wilsomenesse , wilsumnesse . From wilsom adj.(1). Bewilderment, perplexity, doubt. (1440) PParv. Hrl 221 528 Wylsomenesse [Win: Wylsumnesse], or dowtefulnesse: Dubium, ambiguitas.

• withinnechaungen

withinnechaungen v. From chaungen v. To alter (someone's heart) inwardly. (a1382) WBible(1) Bod 959 1 Kings 10.9 God wiþ inne chaungide [L immutavit] to hym an ooþer herte.

• withsperen, withsperd

withsperen v. P. withsperd . From speren v.(1). To block (someone's path). a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 Lamb 131 15660 Edwyn his weye wyþ-sperd.

• bouching

bouching ger.(1) Cp. bouche n. (1). ?The mouth of a bag; ?the act of tasting. c1450 Pilgr.LM Cmb Ff.5.30 157 It [taste] is the bouchinge [OF l'embouchment] of my sak which it maketh bi towchinges.

• brekeresse

brekeresse n. From brekere . A female transgressor. (a1382) WBible(1) Dc 369(1) Jer.3.7,8 And the brekeresse of lawe [WB(2) : brekere; L praevaricatrix], Juda, hir sister..the lawe brekeresse, Juda.

• busshel

busshel n.(2) Same as busshel n.(1) The bush or box of a wheel. (1433) Doc. in Rogers Hist.Agric.3 550/4 New bushel /8; Iron to do. 1/.

• chafferer

chafferer n. A trader, merchant. (a1382) WBible(1) Dc 369(1) Ecclus.26.28 Hard is delyuered the chaffarere [WB(2) : marchaunt; L negotians] fro his necgligence.

• chauntable

chauntable adj. Worthy of being praised in song. (a1382) WBible(1) Dc 369(1) Ps.118.54 Chauntable [L cantabiles] weren to me thi iustefiyngus in the place of my pilgrimaging.

• cheued

cheued ppl. as n. From cheuen (1). Mastic (a resin). ?a1425 Chauliac(1) NY 12 128b/a After be instilled in þe eie..water of comyn masticate [L masticati] i. chewed.

• cliver

cliver n.(1) From clif n. (1). One who dwells at or on a cliff. (1287) Pleas Crown in BGAS 22 175 John le Clyvare. (1327) in Fransson Surn. 195 Ric. Clyuyr.

• custumablenesse

custumablenesse n. From adj. Habitual practice. a1425(c1395) WBible(2) Roy 1.C.8 Ecclus.20.27 Betere is a theef than the customablenesse [WB(1) : besynesse; L assiduitas] of..a leesyngmongere.

• corageoustẹ

corageoustẹ n. OF Fortitude, courage. (a1382) WBible(1) Dc 369(1) Ps.54.9 I abod hym that made me saf fro to litil coraiouste of spirit [L a pusillanimitate spiritus].

• coren

coren v. From core (1). To remove the core of (a fruit). a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) Hrl 279 46 Take perys y-coryd, & grynde hem ryȝth smal.

• coten

coten v.(1) From cote n. (2). To clothe (sb.) with a coat. c1390 PPl.A(1) Vrn 3.138 Heo [Meed] Copeþ þe Comissarie and Coteþ þe Clerkes.

• and~x0021d~aetinge

andȝaetinge ger. Confession (of sins). ?c1200 Orm. Jun 1 18027 Judea tacneþþ uss Missdedess anndȝaetinnge.

• and~x0021d~aetnesse

andȝaetnesse n. Confession. ?c1200 Orm. Jun 1 2762 To clennsenn aȝȝ hiss lif, Þurrh soþfasst anndȝaetnesse.

• felship

felship n. From adj. Deceit. a1400 ȝissinge and glosinge Hrl 7322 1 ȝissinge and glosinge and felsship beon riue.

• festivitẹ

festivitẹ n. OF (a) A church festival or holiday; (b) a celebration or feast. a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer. Add 36791 1/1 The festyuites of holy apostles and martires. a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer. Add 36791 94/1 Þe vigiles of the Solempnytees and festiuitees of

• filouren

filouren v. From filour (1). To sharpen. 1483 Cath.Angl. Monson 168 130 Filoure: Affilare.

• flannel

flannel n. Cp. flanen . Some kind of woolen cloth or garment. (1300-1) RParl. 1.261b Flaunneol & bursas.