• seneshalcie, seneshalsies

office of seneschal [1st quot.]. (1420) in Rymer's Foedera (1709-10) 9.917 Baillages, Seneschalsies, Provostries, and other Offices longyng to the Governance of the Demayne. (1434) Proc.Privy C. 4.246 Þe castell and lordships of Rozan and Pouios withynne þe seneschalcie of

• borden, burden

. From bord Made of boards; wooden. (c1439) Will York in Sur.Soc.45 97 De j bordyn bedd, xij d. ?a1450(a1400) Siege Jerus.(1) LdMisc 656 359 Her hondis bounden at her bak with borden stauys. c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex. Ashm 44 3602

• convenen

Foure Persones of aither Partie..shal convene and assemble togidder. (1461) RParl. 5.478a Henry, late called Kyng Henry the sixt..convened with the same James Kyng of Scotts, and..delyvered to hym to his possession and obeisaunce..the Toune and Castellof Berwyk. (1461)

• encombre, encomber

slouh withouten numbre. ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 Petyt 511 p.317 Alle þei ȝede tille encumbir, & er went to Helle. a1500(?c1450) Merlin Cmb Ff.3.11 358 So thei spedde her iourneyes that thei com to the Castellof Charroye with-oute eny encomber.

• proviso

general terms of an act of Parliament; (b)?error for provisioun [cp. 1. (c)]. (1434) Proc.Privy C. 4.272 Proviso: þat yf for lak of artillerie & reparacion to be purveid for þe castellof Berwyk..þat þe capitaine be discharged of his

• muffelen

That noon shuld know hir in noo wise. (a1470) Malory Wks. Win-C 414/4 Than cam sir Brewnor, the lorde of the castell, with his lady in his honde muffeled. 1483 Cath.Angl. Monson 168 245 To Muffelle: velare faciem. a1500(?a1425) Chester

• reflouen, reflo

dothe not floo and refloo in the maner of a see, but otherwhile water habundethe there, and otherwhile hit wontethe water. 1543(1464) Hardyng Chron.B Grafton p.49 He made..A castell..Vpon a roche of stone..About the whiche the sea floweth dayly, And

• repudiate

Hardyng Chron.B Grafton p.318 Edmond Wodstok..Arested was and stode repudiate, At Winchester foriudged in parliament, And hedid there..Fro noone till euen without the castell gate, He stoode condempned as a repudiate, Whome then at euen a boye..Stroke of his hedde.

• resorting(e

the ease of resorting of the Lordys that are withinne the toun. a1500(a1455) Let.Marg.Anjou in Camd.86 Add 46846 91 Our cousin therl of Salesbury wolbe right well content and pleased that, at our resorting unto our castellof Hertford, we

• kẹne

painfully. c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy Htrn 388 1467 He was faryn to fight..To cache a castell þat was kene holdyn. c1390 NHom.Narrat. Vrn 260/64 Whon þe child in wombe was seene, hire frendes weore at hire ful kene. a1450 Yk.Pl. Add 35290

• navel(e, navelle, navil(e, naville, naful-, nafolan, nafolen, nafelan, nafelon, neavele, nevele, avel, naule, nawele, novel(e, novil, noule, nowel(e, nowil

þe mydel of þe lond as it were in þe nauel and bygynnynge of fyue kyngdoms. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944 182b/a In þe myddel of þis Iudea is þe Cite of ierusalem as it were þe nauel of alle

• gonne-poudre, -pouther

in tyme of Werre. c1450(c1425) Brut-1419 Cmb Kk.1.12 382/26 Þedir come to hym scheppez lade with gunepowder. (1456) Doc. in Bentley Excerpta Hist. 10 We be not as yet suffisauntly fournysshed of gonnes, gonne powdre, and other habilimentes of werre.

• barbican, barbecan, barbigan, berbikan, barmeken

giant's head] on a barbycan, that all the comyns of this contrey may hit beholde. (a1470) Malory Wks. Win-C 352/30 Sir Gareth rode unto the barbycan of the castell, and prayed the porter fayre to lette hym into the castell.

• bretaged, brit-, brut-, bretasked, -axed, -exed, -est, -ist, britesched, inbretest

a parapet or barricade, fortified; also fig. ; (b) of a dish or tankard: ornamented with a parapet-like design. c1390 PPl.A(1) Vrn 6.79 Þe walles beþ of wit..Þe Carnels beþ of Cristendam..Brutaget with þe bileeue wher-þorw we moten beo sauet.

• bulwerk, bol-, bo(o)le-, boule-

278 Before euery of thes [gates] was set a strong bulwerk as mighti as eny castell. c1453(c1437) Brut-1436 Hrl 53 573 Sir John Radecliff..made iij stronge bullwerkes of erthe and cley, one att þe corner of þe Castell with-out þe

• loup(e, lope, lupe

21 As for the Circuite of the seide feble & olde wallys, there ben cccclxxij loupes, withoute all the Garde of the Castell, to the defence of whiche loupes ther can not be founde..ccc of good and defensable men. c1475

• dongen, dungen, idonged

dong n. (1). (a) To manure (a field, a plant); (b) of a horse: to void excrement. (c1390) Chaucer CT.NP. Manly-Rickert B.4226 Forth he gooth..and fond A dong carte wente as it were to donge lond. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add

• emprisonen, enpresounen, im-

47/76 ȝif any of þe forsaide bretherhede be enpresoned falslich by enme. (c1422) Hoccl. JWife Dur-U Cosin V.3.9 119 Enprisone him, let him not goon at large. ?a1425 Mandev.(2) Eg 1982 19/19 Guytoga..empresound him in þe castell. (1433) RParl. 4.475b

• plenitude

perfection of Godds lawe, is voide. ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) Hrl 2261 4.257 Somme men wille the vjthe age of the worlde..to begynne at the natiuite of Criste, after the seyenge of thapostle, `When the plenitude [Trev.: plente; L plenitudo] of tyme

• porte-lọf, portlof, port(e)loves

empta ibidem pro emendacione Porteloues nauis, vj d. (1397-8) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 2 84 In..expensis super le portloves dicte navis. (1432-7) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 2 84 Ad faciend `et configend' et dirigend' porteloves castell' et fforlokes.