• vailen, vail(e, vaili, vaille, valen, wail(le, vaileth, vailet, vaileth, vaile(ne, vailed(e, waillede

of toure or castell, Or make the neuer so hye a wall, All vaileth not worth a wastell But þou haue loue of neighbours with all. a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter UC 64 117.25 We prestis blissid ȝow other cristen men

• wacchen, wacche, wach(e(n, wachche, watche, wecch(e(n, weche, wachem, wacched, wcched, wchid, waccheden, wacchidden, wacched, wetched, iwecchet, whichede

roboam maade brasene scheeldis & tooc hem in þe hond of þe dukes scheeldbereris & of hem þat waccheden [WB(2) : wakiden; L excubabant] before þe dore of þe hous of þe kyng. c1425(a1420) Lydg. TB Aug A.4 5.3092 Vlixes

• walwen, walwe, walwi, waluen, walou, walowe, waloen, walewe, wallo(w)en, wolou, walweth, walwet, whallit, walwen, walwit, walwing(e, waloande, walynde, walwed, iwalwed, whalwid

(a1470) Malory Wks. Win-C 327/33 Sir Bewmaynes had no reste, but walowed and wrythed for the love of the lady of that castell. a1500 As I walkyd vppon Hnt HM 183 101 Gula is a grevys gall He rayvith my

• wher-as, vheras

suche one of necessite which thei themself haue made a god. (1426-7) Paston 1.10 Where as þe seyd William Paston, by assignement and commaundement of þe seyd Duk of Norffolk was þe styward of þe seyd Duc of Norffolk, [etc.].

• wile, wil(le, whil(e, wiles, wilen, wilus, vilis

& the prob. alteration of wieles to willes at St.Kath.(1) (Roy) 49/412-13); 2. ON wihl , earlier form of OI vel artifice, a trick (cp. ME wele n.(2)); 3. AF /ONF wile , var. ofOF guile (cp. 15th cent.

• wonder, vondere, wurder, wond(e)rest

was a wonder-wede, Þat þe cherle yn ȝede Nowther of wol ne of line. a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC Benson-Robinson 1.419 What is this wondre maladie? For hote of cold, for cold of hote, I dye. (?1440) Palladius DukeH d.2 5.91 Basilicon

• won(e, wonne, wan(e, won(n)e, wom, wones, waines, woanes

(a) A place of habitation; also used of a stable; also, hell; mountaine , an aerie; (b) a specific inhabited place, country, city, etc.-also pl.; britaines wones , the land of Britain; rome wones , the city of Rome; wilde

• chacen, chaci(en, chasen, chassen, chacede, chaste, chaced, ichast

wande..of disciplyne smert Sal chace foly out of þe childes hert. ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo. Benson-Robinson 1.pr.4.281 Thou thiselve, that art plaunted in me, chacedest out of the sege of my corage alle covetise of mortel thynges. ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo. Benson-Robinson

• chapele, chapelle, chapil, -ol, -ul

of Barton perteynyng. a1475 Godstow Reg. Rwl B.408 633 Þe abbot of Cicetur & his couent..grauntid to þe chapell of Eton, þe whiche is a chapell of þe churche of Eisi, þat hit sholde haue bi þe modur churche

• comparisoun, comparsoun, comper(i)son

comparisoun n. Also comparsoun , comper(i)son . OF compar(a)ison (a) The act of putting (two things) on a par, of regarding or treating (them) as equal, or of claiming equality; maken to (of) , to claim equality with (sb. or

• herberwen, herberwe, -berewe(n, -berow(e, erberwe, herbergh(en, -berghwen, harbergh, herber~x0021d~he, -berwhe, -berw~x0021d~e, -bergen, -bergwen, herbherg, herber~x0021d~(en, -ber~x0021d~i, -berou~x0021d~e, -beri, -ber(e, -beron, harber, herborwe(n, -borewe, -borow(e, -borwi, hereborewi, harborowe, -bourrow, -burrow, -brow, herburgh, -borwhen, -borw~x0021d~, -bor~x0021d~in, -bore, harbor, -boure, -bur, herbarewen, -barowe, -barhin, -bar(e, herebure~x0021d~est, harbarowste, herberweth, horbereth, herberwed(e, -berewed, -berowde, -bergwed, -beried, -bered, -berd(e, -bert, harberde, heberd, herborwed, -borowed, -boroued, -borghede, -burghde, -borwhed, -bor~x0021d~ede, -boride, harborwede, -borowed, -bored, -burd, herebyregode, herbard, harbarde, herbearhede, -baruede, haerabarewude, herba~x0021d~ede, herberwed, -berowed, -berged, -bered, -berd, -beret, -bert, hereberowed, herbwered, iherberwed, -berowed, -berghed, -ber~x0021d~ed, -berhed, -beret, harberowde, -berd, iharberwid, ~x0021d~eherbere~x0021d~ed, -bered, i)herborwed, -bored, herborowed, -browed, -boured, -bourde, harborwed, -borowed, -bored, -boured, herbarwed, harbarowed, ihorberowed

2498 70/23 Jesus..badde hym come doun of þat tree hastilich and herberouȝe hym. a1425(c1395) WBible(2) Roy 1.C.8 Wisd.5.15 The hope of a wickid man is..as the mynde of an herborid man [L hospitis] of o dai, that passith forth. a1425

• honour, onour, h)onor, -ur, honnour, -ur, -eur, honowur

Amydde þe lond he say a spryng Of a welle of honoure. c1430(c1395) Chaucer LGW Prol.(2) Benson-Robinson 56 This dayesye, of alle floures flour, Fulfyld of vertu and of alle honour..fayr and fresh of hewe. a1450(c1410) Lovel. Grail Corp-C 80

• real, realle, reial, rieal, rial(le, riel, riol(le, reu-, real(e)s, rialx, reallere, riollier, realeste, rialste

ful of pasture, of catell and of beestes, real and riche of beste hauens of þe see. c1450(a1425) MOTest. SeldSup 52 14111 God had hym sent..Rych robys and ryall rent. (a) In names of foods; (b) in names of plants

• recoveren, recoveren, recover(e, recovur, recoverie, recovre, recovri, recuver(e(n, recuveri, recufer, recuvren, recouvere, recoevre, rekover(e, rekever(e(n, rekeveri, rekevre, reckevere, rekivere(n, requovin, requever, recorve, rekeue, recovered(e, recoverd(e, recovert, rekoverit, rekeovered, requoverd, i)recovered, recoverd(e, requoverd

y was Rekeueryd fro my infirmite of pouerte, the mynde of god passith fro me. a1500(1465) Leversedge Vision Add 34193 24 Other moo..told me of my lying..in this wyse..when I was recoueryd and hoole of my seeknes. (a1393) Gower CA

• keie, kei, ke~x0021d~e, kai(e, cai, kaeie, cae~x0021d~e, kẹ, ki(e, keies, keien, kei~x0021d~en

as successors to Peter; also, the spiritual power of priests or of the Church; -- often pl.; keie(s of heven, keies of the gates (kingdom) of heven, keies of the reaume (kingdom) of hevenes, cristes . c1350 Apoc.(1) in LuSE

• kẹper(e

and scolers of Caunterbury halle..all ther owne halle. An official holding any of various offices under the Crown; of aunage of cloth, of the hamper, of the gret (prive) sel, of the touche, of the kinges benche, of the kinges

• lak, lac, lakke, lack(e, lake, lat, lak(e

deficiency; default of payment; of sacramentes , failure to receive the sacraments; no (of , no shortage (of, no deficiency (of; pens , q.v.; (b) for of , for lack of, for want of, in the absence of. ?a1325(a1300) Cokaygne

• sotiltẹ, sotilti(e, sotelte, sotelti(e, sotilete, sotillite, sotulte, sodelte, soutil(e)te, sut(t)ilte, sut(t)elte, sutilite, sutilete, suttelite, soubtilite, subtil(i)te, subtilete, subtel(i)te, subdeliti, sotilte, sotelee, sotiltes, sotiltese, sotellys, subilites

[2nd quot.]; (c) the exercise of wit, the posing of puzzles; also, a puzzle, conundrum. (a1387) Trev. Higd. StJ-C H.1 1.15 Nouȝt sotilte of sentence, noþer faire florischynge of wordes, but swetnesse of deuocion of þe matire schal regne in

• soverain, soveraing, -eing, -ine, -ing, sovrein, soferain(e, -ein, sofferain, souveraine, -aign, sufferain, -en, suffreine, soverent, soffarond, soferand, sufferante, -ende, suffraind, soverainest, soverainst, soverienst, soverein(e)s

bok of soverainest god , the Sententiae of Isidore of Seville, also known by the title De Summo Bono ; (d) of a remedy, medicinal preparation, an herb, etc.: efficacious, very potent; of food: nourishing, tasty; also fig. ; of

• suffisen, suffise, suffis(se, suffice(n, suffici, suffichen, suffischen, suffizin, souffise, souffice, sof(f)isen, soffisse, sof(f)ice, suffes, suffuse, suffiseth, suffiset, -it, sufficet, -it, sufficies, suffised, sufficit, susfised, suffised, ssuffised, isuffised, suffici~x00fe~

not þem to han erred aboute þe kunnyng of god. (?1387) Wimbledon Serm. Corp-C 357 116/884 ȝif þe wordes of Danyel han auctorite..it sufficit of noubre of ȝeeris of þe ende of þe world Take [vr. to take] þat Danyel