• forme

to þe fynisment foldez ful selden. Preceding (in time), former, previous; daies , in the olden days; tide , in ancient times. c1275(?a1200) Lay. Brut Clg A.9 4272 AElkene forme gult þe king..for-ȝef. a1400(a1325) Cursor Vsp A.3 9156 He was

• poet(e, poit(e, poiet(e, poece

in wise , in the manner of a reciting poet; (c) the works of a poet or poets; (d) any ancient writer; (e) as surname. (?c1375-a1390) Chaucer CT.Mk. Manly-Rickert B.3650 Who so wole heere it in a lenger wise, Redeth

• prelat(e, prelatte, prelet(e, prelath, prelates, prelas, prelaz, prelascs

fig. ; (b) as a general term for a member of the clergy, not necessarily of high rank; (c) an ancient Jewish or pagan high priest. c1275(?a1200) Lay. Brut Clg A.9 12227 Dubriz þe archebiscop of Rome..wes legat and of

• mitre, miter, -ir, -or, -ur, vytour, mihter

high clergy; horn , the apex of a bishop's miter [see horn 6a. (a)]; (c) the ceremonial headdress of an ancient Jewish or pagan high priest. (a1382) WBible(1) Bod 959 Judith 16.10 She bond to gidere hir crisp heris with

• moral, moralle, moral(es

this tyme be the grace of God enlumyned with verrey feith, may brynge ayen to morall mynde the opynyones of ancient pepill. (c1443) Pecock Rule Mrg M 519 211 Þou [Christ] lividist a moral, holy lijf after lawe of kinde.

• neue yer, neuer

royal place..Youre poure lieges..Nowe in þe vigyle of þis nuwe yeere. (a1400) Cust.Rent in OSSLH 2 31 [A tenant by ancient enfeoffment] debet dare ad consuetudinem illam que vocatur newyeresgive vij d. et ob. sed contradicit. c1400(?c1390) Gawain Nero A.10

• Israel, israael, israil, israhel, irael(le, jrael

irael(le , jrael . OE & L (a) The ancient Israelites or their nation; israel(es folk, israeles lede (children, lond, riche), thede ; (b) the Northern kingdom after the division of Israel; (c) the Southern kingdom, Judea; (d) Judea and

• justes, joustes, justis(se, justize, just

of Pees. a1500(?a1475) Guy(4) Cmb Ff.2.38 4355 Ther was no justes nor turnament..But y had the beste of all. The ancient Olympic games; also, similar games held at Tyre. (a1387) Trev. Higd. StJ-C H.1 1.37 Þe Grees..accounted here ȝeres by

• yonder, yond(i)r, yender, yendre, ~x0021d~onder(e, ~x0021d~ondir, ~x0021d~endir, ~x0021d~endur, ~x0021d~endre, ~x0021d~inder, ~x0021d~under, gionder, ~x0021d~eondere

part of the west coast of Asia Minor, Ionia; scithia , ?the European section of Scythia; the spaine , the ancient Roman province of Baetica in south central Spain; (b) lower. (a1387) Trev. Higd. StJ-C H.1 1.173 Þere is anoþer

• esi, aisi, eisi, ~x0021d~eesi

colour..and of easy prised. a1450-a1500(1436) Libel EP Warner 176 Brytayne is of easy reputasyone. (a1460) DSPhilos. Helm 185/13 Thei of Greece bene but of easy deedis and of litil valure. c1475(?c1451) Bk.Noblesse Roy 18.B.22 78 Thoughe he were descendid but

• vine, vin, viene, vign(e, veine, win(e, vines, vinnis, winus, winnes, vinen

al þe conscience schal be derke. c1450 Palladius BodAdd A.369 1.840 Sum have stamped oile with grees of beres To greece her vyne-knyf [vr. vynys knyf] for dyveres deres. ?c1475 Cath.Angl. Add 15562 133b A Vyne knyfe: falx, falcicula. In

• talent, talent(t)e, talant, taland(e, talent(e)s, talentus, talens

OE talent(e & OF talent , talant (pl. talens ) & talente & L talentum . (a) An ancient unit of weight of varying value, ranging from about 55 pounds to over 130 pounds; a talent weight of gold, silver,

• harp(e, harep, herp(e, arpe, hearpe, harpen, herpan, happe-

only) happe- . OE hearpe & OF harpe , herpe , from Gmc. (a) A harp; also, any of several ancient stringed instruments; in , with the harp, to the accompaniment of a harp; in proverb [see asse 1. (c)];

• old(e, oulde, ole, olle, hold(e, wold(e, nold(e, ale, aulde, ald(e, hald(e, yolde, yhold, yolle, aude, ald(e, yalde, eld(e, elle, held(e, eild(e, ~x0021d~elde, eald(e, yealde, yealden, ulde, aeld(e, eald(e, heald(e, eolde, aeldes, ealdes, alden, aldan, ealden, ealdan, ealdon, ealdne, aeldan, olden, alden, aelden, fold, older, oldre, alder, aldre, elder(e, eldre, heldere, heldre, elther(e, eilder, eldrin, eldern, eoldere, heoldre, uld(e)re, huldere, ildre, ilthere, aelder, aeldre, ealdre, eaeldre, ly~x00fe~ere, oldest(e, aldest(e, aldust, eldest(e, eldes, heldest(e, elthest, neldest, eldestes, eildest, elduste, eldost(e, eldost(e, eoldoste, uldest(e, huldest, aeldest(e, ealdeste, ildeste, ilste, ildestan, heldruste, ilderest, thold, tholthe, thalde, talde, theld, thelder

hym-self alwey is..In propre simplesse of his nature. Of a form or appearance which attests ancient origin; ancient, archaic, old-fashioned; of werk , of ancient construction or design [cp. 13. (a), quot.: c1330]. c1330 7 Sages(1) Auch 27/591 Þe knyȝt

• heighe, hec~x0021d~e, haeh~x0021d~e, h~x0021d~e, hohe, heighere, hire, heighest, hihest, haxst

of beaute bothe, That him thoghte alle wommen lothe. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944 180b/b Men þer of [i.e. of Greece] were..wrooþ and hyȝe hertede to men þat wolde do wronge to here neiȝbores. a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS Hrl 1701 3298

• hem, heme, hemme, em, heom, hoem, heon, hom(e, huem, hum, him, ham(e, ~x0021d~am, am

various constructions: (a) that (whom) , those who, those that; (b) of Athenes (Grece, Ypres) , the people of Athens (Greece, Ypres); (c) bothe (bo) , both of them; two (thre) , those two (three), the two (three) of them;

• herbe, erbe, oerbe, ~x0021d~erbe, yerbe, herbes, erben

herbe [L herbam somniferam]. a1400 Lanfranc Ashm 1396 42/14 Leie þerto a potage in maner maad of eerbis & swynes greece & water & wheete flour. c1425(a1420) Lydg. TB Aug A.4 1.3631 What may helpen þe stomak or þe hed..Herbe

• onli, oneli, onili, ounli, wonli, onlẹ, aneli, anele, anelich(e, anli

which it semeth that men mowen spekyn with God. ?a1425 Mandev.(2) Eg 1982 4/21 He has lost all, oute taken Greece, and þat land anely [F soulement] he haldes. ?a1425 Orch.Syon Hrl 3432 42/3 I louede fewe wordis and manye

• outtake(n, oute-, outtak, ou~x0021d~ttake, outtan(e, outetane, uttaken, utetake, utetan, outake(n, ou~x0021d~take, outane, ouetake, otake, out~x0021d~take

þam þat darde Within wales qware dede þam sparde. ?a1425 Mandev.(2) Eg 1982 4.21 He has lost all, oute taken Greece, and þat land anely he haldes. c1425 Castle Love(2) Eg 927 56 `Of all the trees,' quod Eue, `that

• wroth, wrothe, wroght, wro~x0021d~th, wro~x0021d~t, wroht, wrouthe, wrought, wraith, wreth, worth, wourthe, vroth, routhe, wrad, wrahte, wrath(e, wrauth, wroed, wrae~x00f0~, waer~x00f0~(e, wrohgt, wrotht, wra~x00f0~er, wrorth, woth, wrother, wrothore, wrotther, wro~x00fe~ure

by þe herte we ben wys, by þe brayn we felen, [etc.]. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944:Seymour 764/25 Men þerof [Greece] were wrooþ and hyȝehertede to men þat wolde do wronge to here neiȝbores. c1400 St.Anne(1) Min-U Z.822.N.81 380 In