• old(e)nes(se

Spec.Sacer. Add 36791 60/22 There is thre-fold auctorite of fastynge; scilicet, the firste auctorite is oldenes of tyme, [etc.]. (a) Ancient or former times; (b) a former condition; the state of former times. c1410 Trev. Higd. Add 24194 1.7 Oldnesse

• rethoricien, rethorisien, retorucion, rhetorician, retrician

art of rhetoric, a teacher of rhetoric; a professional orator; -- often with ref. to Marcus Tullius Cicero; ?also, an ancient historian [quot.: Lydg.FP , 1st]; (b) a master of literary eloquence; a speaker who uses eloquent language. c1425(a1420) Lydg.

• walling(e, wallingus

also, ?coll. premises, properties [last quot.]; desert wallingus , ruined walls or fortifications, ruins; the second , the area of ancient Jerusalem lying within the second wall, the Second Quarter; (c) ?material used for building walls. (1438) Doc.Merchant York in

• countes(se, contas(se, -eise, -esse, countas(se, -isse, cuntasse, -es(se, cometas, comytiss, countesses, counteis, cuntas

also, the female heir of an earl (a countess in her own right); (b) the wife of a nobleman in ancient times; (c) a viscountess; (d) as a surname. ?a1160 Peterb.Chron. LdMisc 636 an.1140 Þe kynges dohter..nu waes cuntesse in

• poesi(e, poisi(e, poisei, posi(e, poiesie, poysries, poisẹ

poisẹ . OF ; ult. Gr. (a) Poetry; ?also, figurative language or poetic concepts; ?also, ancient or proverbial literature [1st quot.]; fig. flattery [quot.: (?1406)]; matere , poetic matter; (b) a poem; passage of poetry; ?a verse [quot.: 1483]; ?ancient

• Romain, romaine, romein(e, roman, romaines, romane, ramanis

& OE Romane pl. (a) An inhabitant of ancient Rome or the Roman Empire; also, a Roman citizen; (b) a Roman soldier; pl. Roman troops, the Roman army; (c) a Christian in ancient Rome; (d) pl. the epistle of Paul

• senatour, senatoure, senator, senatur, sinatour, cenatour(e, centoure, senatours, exynatores

, senatur , sinator & L senator , -oris . (a) A senator in ancient Rome; (b) the name given to a high official of ancient Rome; (c) in legendary British history: a Roman noble or prince; a senator; also,

• endenten, indenten, endente, endented

etc.); also fig. ; (c) of a structure: framed or braced (with steel). ?a1425 Mandev.(2) Eg 1982 106/15 And þe greece, whare he gase vp till his trone, es all of precious stanes, endentid in gold. c1440(?a1400) St.John Thrn 17

• potage, potache, pottage, potege, potdtage

swellynge in a lyme þat is woundid leie þerto a potage [L pultes] in maner maad of eerbis & swynes greece & water & wheete flour. a1400 Lanfranc Ashm 1396 125/11 Þei leien aboue þe wounde a potage, þe which

• grẹs, grese, grece, grise, grice

esi grice hem to defende. ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) Hrl 2261 3.115 Tarquinus metenge the kynge, caste hym downe of a grete greece [Trev.: staire; L gradus]. 1637 Doc. in Wordsworth Stat.LC [OD col.] Part II, Vol.III, 395 Quadam muliere manente apud

• Latin, laten, latein, lati

wantyd and ys founden with fewe arabyes, I haue translatyd with greet trauaille. ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) Tit C.16 12/28 [Men of Greece] suffre not the latynes [F les Latins] to syngen at here awteres. a1450 Mandev.(3) BodeMus 116 15/9 Yif that

• steir(e, steier(e, stei~x0021d~ere, steiher, steiar, ster(e, sterre, stair(e, staier, star(r)e, steg(g)here, stegre, steires, steiren

H.1 3.115 Tarquinius mette wiþ a kyng in a tyme, and þrewe hym doun of a staire [Higd.(2) : grete greece; L gradus]. c1425(a1420) Lydg. TB Aug A.4 3.4202 Troilus was contrarie To assendyn vp on Lovis steire. (1423) Doc.Brewer

• mol, mole, moul, male, maile, molde

108 At[t]e Mollonde. (1340) Close R.Edw.III 355 Adam le Maleman. (1377) Close R.Edw.III 510 [A third part of all the ancient rent of freemen as of] molmen [..to be taken]. (1419) in Madox Form.Angl.(1702) 285 Unam parcellam terrae..vocatam Moldeland. (1438-9)

• scrupul, scrupil, scrupal, scruple, scrupulus, scripul(e, scripil(le, scripile, scripel, scriple, scrapale, scrupules, scrupulus, scri-, scra-

unit of apothecary's weight of one twenty-fourth of an ounce; weght ; (b) used to denote a small unit of ancient Hebrew weight, equal to one tenth of a shekel; (c) a moral misgiving, pang of conscience; perplexity of mind,

• Troi(e, trai

Troie & OE Troia (from L ). (a) The ancient city Troy in Asia Minor;-freq. used in pictorial representation, literary account, book title, and colophon; also, the area around and including Troy; contree ; toun ; to ward (wardes ,

• province, provincie, provinse, province(s, provins

city-state or the region containing it; also, one of the ancient kingdoms of Ireland; of promissioun , the Promised Land, Canaan; (c) one of the counties of England; (d) an ancient Roman province; (e) eccl. the area under the jurisdiction

• eie, e~x0021d~~x0021d~e, eighe, hei~x0021d~e, aie, yie

smech, þusternesse & eie [Dgb: eȝie]. a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS Hrl 1701 617 Y aske wheþyr ys grettyr eye, A lesyng or a fals tale seye. c1600(c1350) Alex.Maced. Grv 60 451 Philip..hathe all Greece at his graunte for his grete yie.

• graunt, grawunte

graunt of Kyng Elf..made his see atte [a] poore toun clepid Dorgester. c1600(c1350) Alex.Maced. Grv 60 451 [Philip] hathe all Greece at his graunte. c1300 SLeg.Becket LdMisc 108 241 King henri..Þoruȝ þe Erchebischopes graunt, he makede him chaunceler. 1389 Nrf.Gild

• norture, nortour(e, nortor, norter, nortire, norther, nurtur(e, nurtoure, nourtoure, nuttoure, noritur(e, noretur

him mylke to hys norture. a1500 Sidrak & B. Lnsd 793 4222 Þei reuen þe body of norture..Þat it no greece gadre may. a1500 Sidrak & B. Lnsd 793 7918 Coolde to seed is no norture. 1532 rev.(c1385) Usk TL

• old(e

the Jews; a bishop [quot.: a1450]; (f) in epithets for God: the of daies , the Ancient of Days; the eldest , the most ancient One. a1150 Rwl.G.57 Gloss. Rwl G.57 26 Quocunque sene: on þam ȝewilcum ealde. c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.