• som-wher, sunquare

was þer of ywar & þoȝte ar he slepe Wiþ al is poer bi þe wey somwar [B vrr. somwhare, somewhere] him kepe. c1325 Mon in þe mone Hrl 2253 23 He haþ hewe sumwher a burþen of brere, þarefore

• stak, stak(k)e, stack(e, stagge, stac

212/1 Þe Sccottes sette in fire iij stackes of hey. (1440) Invent. in Scrope Castle Combe 230 Item, in the beern 1 stak of whete of 1 quarter whete..Item, 1 stak of wodd. (1440) PParv. Hrl 221 471 Stacke [Win:

• streiten, streite, straite(n, i)streited, streghthid, straited

þe veynes of þe lyuour ben I-stoppid, þe reynes lacken humour of blood..ȝif þe neþir weyes of hem bene constreyned oþir I-streitid [L constringantur] wiþ hete oþir wiþ coolde, þanne þey bene..I-opened by precons [L presentia] of superfluyte of humour.

• throng, thronge, thrang(e

a press of people; (b) a mass of soldiers engaged in battle; also, the thick of battle; a melee; (c) distress, anxiety, trouble; also, oppression, bondage; also, danger; (d) a thrusting motion; of wind , a gust of wind. a1400(a1325)

• Scottish, scottis, scotish, scottes(h, skottis(h, skotis, scotty

(error) scotty . LOE Scottysc , var. of OE Scyttisc ; some quots. without final -h may be pl.gen. of Scot n.(1). (a) Of Scottish nationality; found or produced in Scotland; characteristic of Scotland; also, as noun: Scottish people or

• tọshaken, toshak(e, -scak, toshok(e, -shouke, -scoc, toshake(n, -shaked, -sceaken

2254 194/8 Ladi, to vs..as a ship ful of men in middes of þe see..al to-shaken with stormes and wawes of sundri temptacions..Thou art..not onli as a sterre but as a beem of grete lyȝte. c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW Benson-Robinson 962

• treuth-plighten, treuthpli~x0021d~th, trouthepliht, treuth(e)pli~x0021d~th, treutheipli~x0021d~t, trewetheipliht, trouthepli~x0021d~th, treou~x00f0~eipliht, trouthplighted

8831 We were felows trewtheplyght [Cai: and trouth-plyȝte]. (a) To arrange the betrothal of (a woman); of a man: betroth (a woman), pledge one's troth to; of a man and woman: pledge troth to (each other); (b) ben treuthepliȝth ,

• voluntari(e, volontarie

2.526 Item, for to indyte Pryntys of a voluntary eschete that where on Symond Hamond of Patesle wheche was indyted of felonye, and be-cause of hese good he lete hym owte of the castell. (c1454) Pecock Fol. Roy 17.D.9 85/18

• wastel, wastelle, wastil(le

var. ofOF gastel . (a) A variety of white wheaten bread or cake of superior quality, generally considered second only to simenel in fineness;-also pl. [quot. 1381]; bred, bred of ; (b) an individual loaf or cake of this

• wiket, wikket, wicket, weket(te, viket, wik-, wicke-, wiketis, wikettes, wickettes

take þe keie of obediens which schal opene þe wyket of þe gate, not leuynge þe greet keye of general obedyens which openeþ þe greet gate of heuen. c1425(c1400) Primer Cmb Dd.11.82 p.12 Thou art wiket of þe hiȝ king,

• witnen, witnes(se, wittenes, withenes, wetnesse, wetthenes, witne~x00f0~, witnes

to my Chauntrie Priest and to his successors of the Trinitie Chappell. a1400(a1325) Cursor Vsp A.3 14791 Crist bes of a castell Quar-of was born þe king daui, þat es þe tun of bethleem; þe bok it wittnes for to

• chevishen, cheveshen, -ichen, chevice, -ise, -is, -es

chevishen v. Also cheveshen , -ichen & chevice , -ise , -is , -es . From OF cheviss- , extended stem of chevir . (a) Fend (for oneself), exert (oneself), bear up, acquit (oneself); also conduct (oneself), carry on, get

• closet

the castellof Chester. (1448) in Willis & C.Cambridge 1 369 On bothe sides of the same chirche, a closette with an auter therin. c1450 Siege Troy(2) Rwl D.82 280 Fayre Elyne..Taking hir place on þe one side of the

• conversaunt, conversand

of custom conuersaunte. (a1470) Malory Wks. Win-C 887/17 That ys a cursed castell and all they that be conversaunte therein. a1475(a1447) Bokenham MAngl. Hrl 4011 31/14 Kyngis of þe londe..byn more wone to be conuersaunte yn þe sowþe place

• copie, cope, coopy

had out of the original of the mater. bi copie (of court) , by copie-hold (q.v.). (c1434) Anc.Pet.(PRO) 307.15339 Thomas Squyer..was sesyd of a mees with a yerde lond..to halde hit of the Abbot of Abyndon by copy of courte,

• escheuen, eschiuen, eschuen, eth-

exchewe stryves and Debates emonge theme. ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo. Benson-Robinson 4.pr.7.48 Of hem that eschuen and declynen fro vices. (?1463) Paston 4.82 At the referens of God, excheuyng of common langage, se that he may worchepfull be set for. c1450(?c1425)

• impediment, empediement, impedimet

of þe impediment of þe midreff, þat lieþ nye þe þrid coste. ?a1425 MS Htrn.95 Htrn 95 130a/b ȝif þe spondiles of þe neck oþer of þe breste be dislocate, it is to doute of sodeine deþe be cause

• soupen, soup(e, souppe, soupi, sope, sopi(e, sup(p)e, suppon, soupeth, soupit, stoupeh, soupeden, sopt(e, supte, i)souped, soupede, soupud, sop(p)ed, supped, sowpe~x00fe~

lessons of hali writ. c1460 Ipom.(3) Lngl 257 354/33 When they had sopped, they went to bed. (a1470) Malory Wks. Win-C 169/25 It was in the monthe of May that she and sir Gawayne wente oute of the castell and

• signet, signette, signeth, signnet, singnet, sinet(te, cignet, signet(t)es, singnet(t)es, sinattes

signet of liknes [WB(2) : preente of licnesse; L signaculum similitudinis], ful of wisdam, perfijt in fayrnes, was in delicis of paradise of God. (1428) EEWills 83/18 Witnes of þis simple testament, Ionet Arguston, Master Richard Granger, parson of seint

• woful, wofuller, wofullest(e

Afflicted by grief; full of woe, grieving, sad; also, aggrieved [quot. c1450]; ill-fated [quot. a1420]; ?weakened by grief [quot. c1430]; (b) expressive of grief or sadness, indicative of misery; piteous, dolorous; of cattle: wretched-looking, suggestive of misfortune; (c) as noun: