• beau, beu, bewe, be-, beaus, beaux, bieus

fair friend(s, good friend(s; (b) cher , dear friend; (c) clerk , excellent cleric, good scholar; -- nickname of King Henry I of England; (d) fils, fiz, fice , fair son, beloved son; as pun: fair face [quot.Libeaus ]; (e)

• saut, saute, saught, sau~x0021d~t, sauht, saght, swat

was strong as a castell, and aȝeynestode þe saute of the fyndes engynes. (1344) Anc.Pet.(PRO) SC 8-192.9580 Jon ne dorste neuereft come in to þat contreie..vor drede of prisoninge ne..vor þe luþere manaces of lif & of lime, & vor

• Saxon, saxone, saxson, saxoun, saxun, -(i)an, -oin(e, sexon, -un, saison, sa(i)sne, sesso(u)n, -oine, sesoigne

Of þe Saxons come þe Est Saxons, þe Souþ Saxons [Higd.(2) : men of the este parte of Ynglonde, men of the myddel parte], and þe West Saxons. (a1387) Trev. Higd. StJ-C H.1 6.153 Lotharius, kyng of Canturbury, deyde

• Scot-lond, scotlon, -la(u)nt, scotlen

Scotland; chirche of , the Scottish church; constable of , the chief executive officer of Scotland; king of , the king of Scotland; marche(s of , the region along the Scottish border; pure , all Scotland; regale of [see regale

• sẹmeli

a1400(a1325) Cursor Vsp A.3 9880 A castell bath god and gett, Strenthed well and semili sett..es o luue and grace. c1400(?c1380) Cleanness Nero A.10 1442 Þe jueles..wyth gemmes ful bryȝt Bi þe syde of þe sale were semely arayed. c1440(?a1400)

• shippen, ship(pe, shipen, sheppe, shipped(e, sheped(e, sohipped, shipped(en, shipte(n, i)shipped, ichipped, i)sheped, shepped

& redi dight. (1437) RParl. 4.503b That hit be lefull to the Maire and Citezeins of ye Citee of Lincoln..to shipp or do shipp..lx sakkes of Wolle withoute any Subsidee. c1443 Exped.Hen.V Hrl 565 218 Hyse gret gonnys and engynes

• sit(e, sight, si~x0021d~t(e, siht(e, citee, sites, siteis

environs of a village; (c) area, dimension; egal of , sufficient in size; (d) a geometrical point. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944 55a/b For citee [read: cite] and place [L situs] of þe kynde of veynes is conuenyent place of

• sliper, slipre, slipper, sleper, -ur, slepre, sluper, sloppar, scliper(e, scleper, cliper

; as an ele ; (b) deceitful, unreliable, treacherous, false; of memory: forgetful; (c) of a soft and easily voided nature; easily digested; (d) unable to be grasped, fluid; (e) of climbing, a grasp: unsure, liable to slip; -- used

• touret, tourette, toret(te, turet(e, turret(te, touretis, torrettes, tiretis, turret, trettis, turestis

as a place of confinement, perh. at ground level or underground; (d) a free-standing small tower used as a dwelling or place of refuge; (e) a nondefensive turret forming part of a college; also, some sort of small turret, perh.

• bisẹmen

þe ewangelye..þe whiche besemedyn to be sumwhat of auctorytee. -?-(1435) Doc. in Power Craft Surg. 315 If ony tyme..it biseme to the craft [etc.]. (a1393) Gower CA Frf 3 4.745 Of stature and of visage Sche hadde al that hire

• bisien, besien, busien, bisied, besied, besit, busied

sounynge wyndes moeven and bysien the smothe watir of the see. ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo. Benson-Robinson 4.m.4.3 To exciten so grete moevynges of hatredes, and to hasten and bysien the fatal disposicioun of your deth with your propre handes. ?a1475 LDirige(2)

• unpaien, onpaith, unpaied(e, unpaid(e, unpaed, onpai(e)d, unepaide, unpait

greete lones of good made by hym unto þe King of þe whiche he is yet unpaied to lene þe King þe some of iij mille marc. (1439) Doc. in Collect.Topogr.5 17 Item, to either of þe douteris of William

• vaut(e, vout(e, volte, volute, voghte, fot, waut(e, wout(e, wate, vaunt, voul, font, vautes, woitez, wantes

comly Castell In whos circuite wyth vawtes [vr. wantes] large and wyde yset were towrys seuene. ?c1475 Cath.Angl. Add 15562 17a Bowe of a Brigge: volte [Monson: wawte]. ?c1475 Cath.Angl. Add 15562 17b Brace of a brigge or of a

• vitailen, vitail(l)e, vittail, vitele, vetail(l)e, fetaile, vitailed, ivitaillid, viteld, vetailet, vetelid, ifetailid

Julian' of Nucastell' with ccxx persones maryners and sowdiours for the save garde of the See. (1436) RParl. 4.501a A Navey of the partie Adversarie toke many Schippes of youre seid Lieges, and so vetailled ye Tounes and Forteresses of

• warden, ward(e, wardi(e, i)warded(e, wardid, iwardet

citees for þe aspies of þe dwellers. (a1382) WBible(1) Bod 959 Josh.6.1 Iericho forsoþe was closed & warded [vr. waardid] for drede of þe sonys of Irael. a1425(c1395) WBible(2) Roy 1.C.8 1 Mac.13.33 Symount bildide strengthis of Judee and wardide

• Welsh, welsse, welische, welich, walsh(e, wals(e, walishe, walich, wailshe, waelsce, welisc, walsce, walisc, welshe, wel(l)es, wellis, walch, walsse, wales, wal(l)as, wallis, waleis, waleies, walaies, wailaies, whalshe, waelsces

of a meandering line at least the length of an English mile; note [see walsh-not(e n.]; russet , a type of woolen cloth produced in Wales; scarlet , ?iron. an old, worn-out piece of clothing; se , a part

• with, ~x00fe~i~x00f0~

by means of that, with that as an instrument, therewith, thereby; freq. used following an inf. of purpose with to or forto (and often preceding the obj. of the inf.): with which (to do sth.), by means of which, whereby;

• worshipfulli, worschipfuli, worschipfoli, worchepfoli, worchepefulleke, wirchiphuly, worchifuliche

Trev. Barth. Add 27944:Seymour 547/25 Oure lord drof out of þe temple bigers and sillers; aftir þat he was ifonge worschipfulliche of þe puple, wiþ bowis and sprayes of palme and of olyue. a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS Hrl 1701 9897 Forȝyue

• chaumberlein, -lain, -lane, chamberlein, -lain, -leng, chamerlein, -lande, chambellein, caumberlein

chamerlande..Detraccio is of his cownsell. (a) An officer who receives the revenue of a ruler, a city, etc.; of the escheker , one of the officers of the King's Exchequer; (b) gret of England , Lord Great Chamberlain of England,

• circuit(e, cerc-

(of time), a cycle (of days); bi , periodically; of the mone , phase of the moon; (b) a stage or phase (in the development of a disease); periodicity. c1400 Bible SNT(1) Selw 108 L.1 Heb.11.30 Þoroȝ feiþ men