• elde, ilde, ulde, ulthe, eolde, alde

Anel. Benson-Robinson 12 This olde storie..That elde, which that al can frete and bite..Hath nygh devoured out of oure memorie. Ancient times; antiquity. (a1387) Trev. Higd. StJ-C H.1 4.455 Iosephus wroot..twenty bookes, þat beeþ i-cleped libri antiquitatum, þe bookes of

• Rọme, rome, rombe, rum(e, rom, romo, roum-, rein-

surnames) roum- , (error) rein- . OE Rom & OF Rome , Roume & L Roma . (a) Ancient Rome: the city; the Roman state; the Roman Empire; to ward , in the direction of Rome, toward Rome; also, to

• yeve, ~x0021d~ive, ~x0021d~ife, geve, give, gif(e, -ive, ~x0021d~eve, ~x0021d~ef(e, ~x0021d~efu, ~x0021d~eove, ~x0021d~ifu, ~x0021d~ieve, geove, geofe, giwe, giefu, ~x0021d~ifae, ~x0021d~ewe, ~x0021d~ene(s)-, gheve, gheive, ghive, ghyne, -iffe, ~x0021d~ene, ~x0021d~ives, ~x0021d~even, ~x0021d~efven, ~x0021d~eoven, ~x0021d~iven, ~x0021d~ifae, geofe, gife, ~x0021d~eva, ~x0021d~efenae, -iv(i)s

31 Yevewerkes, scilicet de dono. (1381) in Sundby Dial.Wor. 133 Yeueseluer. (a1400) Cust.Rent in OSSLH 2 31 [A tenant by ancient enfeoffment] debet dare ad consuetudinem illam quae vocatur newyeresgive vij d. et ob. sed contradicit. (a1400) Cust.Rent in OSSLH

• air, aire, aier, eir(e, eier, aer(e, ere, hair(e, heir(e

air(e , aer (from L aer , ult. Gr. ). The gaseous substance surrounding the Earth; air, the atmosphere. [In ancient cosmology, the perisphere of air was said to be surrounded by the perisphere of fire. The perisphere of air

• half, healf, healfes, healfne, heafne, healfon, hal-

B.408 220/3 Of the whych half yerde londe, j acre lieth vppon pounhyll. With words for coins: as , an ancient Roman coin worth half an as; dreme , a Syrian coin worth half a dragme ; grot , an

• failen, failien, faillen, falien, falen, vailen, is failed

Cat.Mus.PRO 40 We pray you hyt ffayle not to be don. c1600(c1350) Alex.Maced. Grv 60 323 Philip..fayled lyte That all Greece hee ne gatt with his grim werk. To lack, be lacking. Of persons, etc.: (a) to lack, want, be

• greithen, greithi(e, gre~x0021d~then, grait, greiden, graeith(i)en, graethien, grethen, grethi, grathe, grade, gracche, greien, grai, greitheth, grithet, graith, greitheth, greieth, graith, greithede, graicede, graiede, greyede, graid, gret, grat, greithe, i)greithed, egreithed, grauythid, i)grethed, egrethed, gre~x00fe~~x00fe~ed, groded, grei~x0021d~ed, graied, greid, greit, gret, grade, grat, graith

3309 1600 And many also left þe faythe, And to maumetry þai þaim graythe. c1600(c1350) Alex.Maced. Grv 60 254 Too Greece he graþes hym now with a grete will. a1400(a1325) Cursor Vsp A.3 5191 `Dos childir,' he said, `and graid

• fader, feder, vader, veder, father, fader, fader(e)s, fadres, fader(e)s, fadres, faderen

E.Black Monks in RHS ser.3.54 111 The notable abbotis and sad fadres of your religion. Pl. : the senators of ancient Rome; conscript faderes . ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo. Benson-Robinson 1.pr.4.229 Yit hadde I nought disservyd of the faderes (that is

• opinioun, oppinioun, openion, opeinion, opunioun, upinioun

schal be repercussed. c1450(c1440) Scrope Othea StJ-C H.5 6/27 We Cristen men..may brynge ayen to morall mynde the opynyones of ancient pepill. ?c1450 St.Cuth. Eg 3309 743 Þe comoun opynyon and tellyng..scottys men..say þat many myracles..God schewed be him. a1500(c1477)

• soudiour, soudioure, -eour(e, -eiour, -ior(e, -eor, -eur, -our, -ier, -iar, -eer, -ear, -ire, -er, souldiour(e, -e(i)our, sowedeour, sowudiour, sougeour, -ere, sowiour, sodiour(e, -eour, -ier, soldiour, -e(i)our, soiour, saudiour(e, -eour(e, -ior, -eor, -ier, -er, -oier, saugeour(e, -ere, sodwur, sondeour, soudiours, soudiorus

in contrast with a king, queen, noble, etc.: a common soldier; povre (simple) ; (d) a soldier of Biblical or ancient times; (e) a soldier or servant of God or the devil; also, a soldier of a personified virtue or

• maistri(e, maistrẹ, maistrei, maisteri(e, maiestrie, mastri(e, masterri, masteria, masterẹ, meistri(e, mestrie, mistri

1449 His lettres he sent..jn to Melane, þat þe maistrie Bereþ ouere al Lumbardye. c1400(?a1300) KAlex. LdMisc 622 2913 It [Greece] bare þe maistrie Of marchaundise and ek clergie. c1400(?a1300) KAlex. LdMisc 622 5976 ȝif þou wilt habbe maistrie Of

• fẹnd, feond, fond, fund, feind, fiend, find, vend, veond, viend, fent, feont, veont, feynt, fẹndes, feonden, funden, fende, vende, feond, veond, fond, fund, fiend

(c) the foul , the Foul Fiend; the heigh , the Arch Enemy; the old , the Old Enemy, the Ancient Foe; envious , fals , unfre, wikked , wrenchful , etc. ?c1200 Orm. Jun 1 12386 Þaerþurrh hemm ofercomm

• fresh, frech, fresk, fres(se, freesh, freish, vresse, vreish, fersh, firsh, firesc, versh, verss(e, verisse

deluge; and newe ; (b) god , a new or strange god, any god other than the Jehovah of the ancient Hebrews. (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel. Manly-Rickert B.2226 So sholde men wreken hir wronges whil that they been fresshe and newe.

• hal(le, hale, alle, haul(e, hau-, hel, halles, hallen

ship, etc., used for assembly, eating, audience, holding court, etc.; assembly room, banquet hall, etc.; also, the atrium of an ancient building; (b) contrasted with bour, chaumbre, kichene , etc.; in and in bour , in hall and chamber, everywhere;

• reaume, reaulme, reaune, ream(e, reamne, realme, rialme, reome, reu(u)me, reuhme, raume, roume, rem(e, remme, raime, rewe

?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) Tit C.16 4/29 He holdeth..of the reme of Roussye a gret partie. c1450(c1440) Scrope Othea StJ-C H.5 6/22 Ancient pepill..wurschiped many goddes..as the reaume of Assire, of Perse, the Grekes, the Troyens, Alexander, the Romaynes, and many othir.

• remenaunt, remena(u)nte, -and, -an(c)t, -an~x0021d~t, -ent, -ont, -unt, remana(u)nt, -ent(e, remeinaunt, remainaunt, -ande, -ent, remunaunde, remna(u)nt(e, -a(u)nd, -ond, -iant, rembnand, rempnaunt, remant, -ent, -eunte, remela(u)nt, -a(u)nd, -ande, remulant, remlaunt, -and(e, renenant, reuenaunt

, the remaining members of the monastic establishment (church); (b) of israel , ?the remaining members of either of the ancient kingdoms of Israel or Judah; of jacob (juda) , the survivors from the kingdom of Israel (Judah); (c) pl.

• knight, knigt, cnigt, kni~x0021d~t, kniht, cniht, knig~x0021d~t, kni~x0021d~ght, kni~x0021d~ht, knikt, knict, cnict, knicht, cnect, cnihten, cnihtus, knigh, knist, cnist, knith, cnith, knitht, cnitht, knigth, kni~x0021d~th, knicth, knit, kneit, knit~x0021d~, kinight, kinni~x0021d~t, kiniht, keneit, chenict, cinht, kinct, kincht, cincht, chincht, kintte, kingh, knich, knitch, cnichting, knightes, knittes, cnittes, kneittes, kni~x0021d~ten, cnihten, knighte, cnihte, knighten(e, cnihten(e, kni~x0021d~ten(e, cnithten(e, knittene, cinthene, cnihte, cnihtae, cnithte, cnithta, chenicte, chenicta, cnihte(n, cinhten

c1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods Trin-C R.3.19 698 Tyburne coloppys and pursekytters, Pylary knyghtes, double tollyng myllers. (a) A soldier of Biblical or ancient times; fig. an angel; knightene wei , a soldiers' road, military road; (b) a cavalryman; (c) fig. a servant

• scọle, scol, skole, schole, cole, scul, scule, skule, scuil, scolee, sool, sclole

whiche Kyng Iva..ferst graunted to Rome, for þe scole of Engelond ther to be continued. (a) The place where an ancient Greek philosopher taught; (b) a Greek gymnastics school. a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom. Vsp D.14 50/11 Sum halig biscop waes Basilius gehaten,

• coroune, corun(e, coron(e, curun(e, croun(e, crun(e, cron(e

or as an award for victory or virtue]; also, any of various other kinds of head-ornament awarded for merit in ancient Rome. (1340) Ayenb. Arun 57 168/28 Perseuerance..heþ þe uictorie and þe coroune. (c1380) Chaucer CT.SN. Manly-Rickert G.221 This aungel

• o, a, ae

þrow Adv 19.3.1 4 O [Sln: On] ylke treo sange a tyrtull trew. c1600(c1350) Alex.Maced. Grv 60 258 Comothonham..was in Greece o þe grounde gruiþed too stond. ?c1200 Orm. Jun 1 pref.9 Crist toc daeþ o rodetre. a1225(c1200) Vices &