• sẹgge, seg(ge, segh(e, seche, seage, cege, siege, seig(g)e, sige, schege, sigee, seges, se~x0021d~es, segen, segene, sigen

sege of troy. c1460 Oseney Reg. 66/11 Duryng þe sege of þe castellof oxonforde..was beeldid þe chapell of Seynte thomas. c1475(?c1451) Bk.Noblesse Roy 18.B.22 45 Humfrey..brought in subjeccion, beforce of siegislieng [read: siegis lieng] among youre adversaries..the castelle of

• resten, rest(e, raste(n, resti, rist(e(n, reist, ruste, retten, rifte, rosten, reaste, raesten, raestene, resteth, reston, restae~x00f0~, rested(e, rest(e, rist(e, raeste(n, resteth, reste~x00f0~, rested(e, rest, riste

(a point); of , pause or stop concerning (sb. or sth.); togeder , cease; (b) from (of) , to cease from (an activity); -- also refl. with gen. or from (of) phrase; from , avoid the company of (sb.); (c)

• tid(e, tiden, tides, tide, tiden(e, tidae, tida, -tidum

dai , daytime; also, one of the canonical hours of the day [1st quot.]; even , q.v.; even-song , the time of vespers; houre of morwe , the time of matins; matin , the time of matins; mid-morwe , midmorning;

• march(e, marchi, merche, mershlond

in titles of one of the English kings of arms: south marche(s of engelond, south marche , the area south of the river Trent in England under the jurisdiction of one of the principal heralds of England; king of armes

• deliveraunce, deleveranse, deliverauns, delivrance, delivreonse, dilivera(u)nce

of the Castell at a certayn day for a certayn some of gold. (1450) Paston 2.123 The seid Duke of Suffolk..promised to..your grete enemeys the deliveraunce of Maunce and Mayne. (?c1452) Paston 1.105 The Duc of Somersett..yevyng licence unto..burgeys

• swimmen, swim(me, swime, suimmine, swimben, squim, swem(m)e, swmme, suemne, swmminde, swimmeth, suiymmes, swimmen, swimmun, swimmae~x00f0~, swam(me, squam, swom, swim(m)ed, swame, swomme(n, svommen, swummen, swimmed, swimden, smumme, swimmed

swommen] ful of smale fishes lighte, With fynnes rede and skales sylver bryghte. (a) Of an inanimate object: to float on the surface of a liquid; aboven, o loft , float on or near the surface; (b) of a ship:

• biside(s

by the side of, next to; (b) alongside of, along; (c) in company with, along with; in the presence of. c1275(?a1200) Lay. Brut Clg A.9 5181 Belin, here laeuerd, heom biforen wende, Brennes bisides mid his folke of Burguine. c1275(?a1200)

• flingen, flengen, flang, flong, flonc, flung, flonged, flungen, flongen, flang(e

togeder , rush together, clash; (c) of things: to move swiftly, to be swung or thrown or shot forth, to fly or hurtle; of a flail: to be swung, to beat (upon something); of a lance: to pierce, thrust. c1380

• defien, diffien, defy~x0021d~e

the Duke of Tintagel; and when the Duke herde that he hym diffied at the ende of xl dayes, he seide he sholde hym diffende. (c1390) Chaucer CT.NP. Manly-Rickert B.4361 I am so ful of ioye and of solas, That

• divin(e, devin(e, divine(s

41 Deuyn officis after þe ordre of þo holy chirche of rome. (c1443) Pecock Rule Mrg M 519 401 In seiyng of her latyn dyuyne office. c1460 Oseney Reg. 18/25 If þe fforsaide Castellof oxonforde fro diuinis seruices by

• enhabiten, in-, enhabite, enhabit(ed

c1425(a1420) Lydg. TB Aug A.4 5.544 Gret noumbre of his allie Þer cam..to visite hym and se, And tenhabite þis myȝti stronge cite. ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo. Benson-Robinson 2.pr.7.35 Of the whiche..regioun of this world, the ferthe partye is enhabited with

• enheriten, an-, in-, ineriten, enherite(d, enherte, enered, enherit(ed

OF enheriter . (a) To give (a person) right of inheritance or the possession of an inheritance; to establish (a person in a place) through inheritance, esp. the inheritance of landed property;--freq. pass. (b) To make (a person) heir

• amen, aumen, eimen, aimen

man ayme þe largenesse. ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 Petyt 511 p.228 Of men of armes bold þe numbre þei ame [rime: name]. c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy LdMisc 595 11236 A fair vessel..ful of riche bavme; The some ther-of can I not avme. c1540(?a1400)

• overspreden, oversprede, overspraeden, overspredeth, -spreades, -sparth, overspred(de, -sprad(de, -sprade, -spreade, -sprat, -sperat, oferspred(de, -sprad(de

ben overspred ; (b) to spread throughout (a land, the world), spread over (an amount of land), encompass; of oil: spread over the surface of (a liquid); (c) to spread (a tale) throughout (a city); (d) to overrun (a country);

• awei-ward, awei-wardes

liyk smoke That faylide and a-weyward hyȝede. (a) Turned aside, averted; (b) passing, transitory; (c) shifting, vacillating; (d) of persons: perverse, self-willed; of the wind: contrary, unfavorable; (e) different. (a1387) Trev. Higd. StJ-C H.1 2.25 ȝif þe face is a

• perpetuelli, perpetueli, perpetuali

the life or duration of a person or thing; (c) regularly; unfailingly. 1389 Nrf.Gild Ret. 37 Þe ordenaunces of þe gilde of Carpenteris werin begunnen, in honor of þe holi trinite, in þe ȝer of grace of oure lord jhesu

• policie, policẹ, poleci(e, polesi(e, polosie, pollicie, pollicei, polleci(e

[CQ(1) : industrie] of people of diuerse estates. c1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods Trin-C R.3.19 304 Of worldly wysdom sate the forteresse Callyd Othea, chyef grounde of polycy..Of Prudence the goddese. 1543(1464) Hardyng Chron.B Grafton p.244 He gate also a castell besyeged longe

• port, porte, porth-, portes, pors

porte of the Newe Castell upon Tyne in a shippe. (1455-6) Doc. in Gilbert Cal.Dublin 1 290 Al maner schyppys..cumyth withyn the portys of the citte of Dyvelyng. (a1393) Gower CA Frf 3 8.387 Sauf in the port of Antioche

• bailli(e, baili(e, bali(e

lyf by. (1458) GRed Bk.Bristol pt.2 p.57 The Baillifs of the saide Towne..for theire gret bisenes of attendaunce of suche Office of Bailly haue negligently omitted and lefte the continuannce of the saide maters. c1390 NHom.Theoph. Vrn 14 Theofle..was þis

• liter(e, litter(e, litier, leter(e, letter

pro dobura ibidem. All of the young brought forth by a female animal at one birth, a litter; also, the bringing forth of young. (1440) PParv. Hrl 221 307 Lytere, or [Win: Lyter, of] forthe brynggynge of beestys: Fetus, fetura.