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hornen adj. From horn & -en suf. (2). Made of horn. (a1382) WBible(1) Prols.Ps. Dc 369(1) 2.738 And oon forsothe of hem smot the simbal, an other the harpe, an other the hornene trumpe enhauncende. (a1382) WBible(1) Dc 369(1)

mounteinous adj. From mountain(e n. Also cp. ML montaniosus & F (16th-cent.) montagneux . Mountainous. c1384 WBible(1) Dc 369(2) Jer.17.26 Mounteynous [Dc 369(1)): Thei..comen shul..fro the mountuous places]. a1425 WBible(1) Corp-O 4 Jer.33.13 Mounteynous [Dc 369(1): In the mountewous

mousere n.(1) From mousen v. A hunter of mice. (1440) PParv. Hrl 221 347 Mowsare as a catte: Musceps.

attracting ger. Med. Drawing out, elimination. ?a1425 Chauliac(1) NY 12 168a/b marg. Manerez of attracting.

nisan n. L ; ult. Chaldean. The first month in the Jewish calendar, approximately corresponding to April. (a1382) WBible(1) Dc 369(1) Esth.3.7 The firste moneth, whos name is Nysan. a1425(c1395) WBible(2) Roy 1.C.8 2 Esd.2.1 Forsothe it was doon

querne n.(1) Cp. OF quernel . A measure of volume. a1425 Medulla Stnh A.1.10 9a/b Bata: a querne of oyle.

balwin n. Some kind of (?precious) stone. ?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale Lndsb 769/1 Nomina lapidum..Hec magdalena, a balwyn.

redable adj. From reden v.(1). Readable, legible. a1425 Medulla Stnh A.1.10 37a/a Legibilis: redable.

reker n. ?From reken v.(1). ?A kind of fish. (1158) Acc.R.Abbotsbury Reker.

aclumsed ppl. Of hands: unable to grasp, made clumsy. a1425(c1395) WBible(2) Roy 1.C.8 Jer.6.24 Oure hondis ben a clumsid [L dissolutae; WB(1) : losid atwynne]. a1425(c1395) WBible(2) Roy 1.C.8 Ezek.21.7 Alle hondis schulen be aclumsid [WB(1) : vndon], and

rodel n. From rode n.(1). Ruddle. (1353) in Salzman Building in Engl. 158 Rodel [for reddening the buildings of the Staple].

itronchned ppl. From tronchoun . Carved into fragments. a1475 Terms Assoc.(1) Brog 2.1 61 A carpe itronchnide.

keble n. Cp. MnE dial. kibble & G Kubel . A bucket; bord [see bord 1. (c)].

leining ger.(1) Concealment. a1450 Yk.Pl. Add 35290 204/101 This tydyngis schall haue no laynyng.

slugge adj. From slugge n.(1). Slothful, lazy. (1440) PParv. Hrl 221 460 Slugge: Deses, segnis.

spekabel adj.(1) ?From spice n.(2). Special, peculiar. ?c1475 Cath.Angl. Add 15562 118a Spekabyll: peculiaris.

swagginge ger. From swagen v.(1). ?Swaying or moving about. (1440) PParv. Hrl 221 481 Swablynge, or swaggynge.

tiflen v.(1) From tiffen v. To dawdle, spend time on trivial things;-also refl. a1425(c1395) WBible(2) Roy 1.C.8 Ecclus.32.15 In the our of risyng tifle [WB(1) : tyff] thee not. a1450(1408) Vegetius(1) Dc 291 118/27 It nediþ þat þere ben

shovelinge ger. Cp. shovelen v.(1). Shoveling, digging with a shovel. (1440) PParv. Hrl 221 448 Schovelynge: Tribulatus.

A name for a fishing net [prob. from sense 1. (a) or (b) of tollen v.(1); cp. pul n. (d)]; (b) a peal of a bell. -?-(1303) Reg.Kellawe in RS 62.3 40 Duae sagenae quae vocantur 'Tol et pul' et

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