• holnes(se

com. Of the and in the, ierusalem of heuen, is the hoolnes of my ioy. c1460 Oseney Reg. 30/9 Þe church of Saynte George with all his holenysse. c1460 Oseney Reg. 33/14 Þe same possessions and rentes with all holenesse

• natif, native, natif(s

nativae linguae] is causede moche of ij thynges. c1460 Oseney Reg. 110/26 I haue..i-grauntid to god and to þe forsaide church anneys my natife or bondewoman. c1460 Oseney Reg. 154/15 I..haue i-grauntid to þe forsaide Abbot and Couent þe saide

• Nicholas, nicholaus, nicolas

a ship; (b) seint , St. Nicholas, bishop of Myra in Asia Minor; seint chirche, chirche of seint , a church dedicated to St. Nicholas; seint dai, feste of seint , St. Nicholas' day (feast day), December 6; seint flesh-shameles

• not-with-stonding(e

lettingis, haþ translatid þe bible. a1500(1396) Indent.Francisc. in RS 4.1 Vit F.12 524 It shall nede the sayd boteras and church to be repayre and amendyd, Nat with stondyng the edifiying the wych shalbe made be syde the boteras and

• augmentacioun

avmentacion of his lifloode. a1475 Godstow Reg. Rwl B.408 30/7 The seyd yftys..in augmentacion, profit, or dotacion of the seyd church. c1475 Þe tyme approcheþe Hrl 2251 309 Suffre augmentacioun to shewe hir face By addiciouns to make hir purchace,

• ordinal, ordinalle

Som.RS 16 2 [To Sir William Cressy one] ordinal de usu Sarum. -?-(1408) Will in Som.RS 16 38 [To the church of Compton Hawey a] missale, [an] ordinale, [and two pairs of vestments]. (a1393) Gower CA Frf 3 7.969 To

• avauncement, avence-

any man hath mischeef..yit hath she displesaunce. (a) Promotion to higher rank or status; appointment to a benefice in the Church; (b) aid given a woman in getting married, dowry. c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A Clg A.11 6388 He ȝef him such auauncement

• rectour

a professional group such as physicians and surgeons; in (of) medicines ; (c) the parson or minister of a parish church; (d) a master or teacher; (e) as surname. (a1387) Trev. Higd. StJ-C H.1 3.55 From Eneas to..Romulus Italy was

• reguler, regulier, -lar(e, -larre, regler, reguleres

be i-purchased to þem or to þere successours (Reguler lyfe i-professed)..abyde. c1460 Oseney Reg. 20/6 In the ȝere..mcxlix..was i-ȝeve the church of saynte George..to þe regular chanons of Oseney. c1460 Oseney Reg. 33/19 Þe patrone and prelate of þe monastery

• repleshen, repleshet, repleshed, replecched

Shortened form of replenishen v. (a) To fill (the earth, the Church) with people, populate; (b) ben repleshed , to be filled with people or animals; be filled (with sweetness, humors, God's mercy); be sated (with speech); (c) ppl. repleshed

• inconvenient

be shewed and doon..by diverse of oure Officers..in arestyng and misentretyng ayenst the lawes of God and libertees of the Church. (a1464) Capgr. Chron. Cmb Gg.4.12 279 Many othir inconvenientis ded thei that tyme. a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer. Add 36791 61/20 Ther

• incorporat(e, incorperate

lordschippe of Bretayne. c1460 Oseney Reg. 161/23 Þe foresaide prior and Couent of Merton proprietaries and persons of þe parisch church of Dunstywe..to vs and to our priorye vnyed and annexid and Incorporate. Of God, a spirit: provided with a

• instituten, institute, institut(e, instituit, institutit

(b) eccl. to ordain (a clergyman as priest of a parish); in (into) , put (sb.) in possession of (a church or other benefice); and inducten in , endow (sb.) with the spiritual and temporal parts of (a benefice), place

• ispẹden, isped(de, ispaedde, isped(de

expediatur]. c1460 Oseney Reg. 111/9 If hit happe my wife to be i-spedde in child-beryng, at Barton at þe modur church her purificacion sche [shall] make. c1425 Found.St.Barth. 55/33 Whan all thyng habowndid with the, thou haddist no tyme to

• kippen, kipt(e

snatch; (c) to attack (sb.), persecute; also, strive, fight; (d) to get (sth.); permit (sth.), allow; receive (sb. into the Church). ?a1300 St.Eust. Dgb 86 338 A wilde lioun..kipte me wel sone..And bar me in his mouþe. (c1300) Havelok LdMisc

• laump(e, lamp(e, lompe, lombe, laumpes, lampes, laumpene, lampen, lompen

ȝeldyng þerof to þe church of Cudelynton viij d. to þe susteynyng of oon lampe, afore þe crucifixe In þe same church. c1460 Oseney Reg. 100/25 The which..iij acris Robert Clerke of Cudelynton ȝafe to þe church of Cudelynton to

• letroun, letrune, -rone, lettrun, -ron, -rine, leterun, -eron, letteroun, -eron, lettorne, -urne, -erne, letirn, leiterne, lectroun, -run, -ron(e, -rine, lectorn(e, lecture, letton

lectrum & ML lectrum & lecternum & lectrinum , -erinium , (rare) letrinum . (a) A reading desk; esp. a church lectern; (b) fig. a source of lies; (c) cloth , an ornamental cloth covering for a lectern. c1390 In

• socien, socied, i)socied, sosied

xx ml., as lollardes, fals heretikes..to geders confederid oon wiþ many þo þenn y socied & felouns..þe feyþ of holy church to destruye. c1450(?c1425) St.Mary Oign. Dc 114 170/1 She soghte whome she loued..vmwhile receyued worshypfully of þe senate of

• south-west, southewest(e, soutwest, sothe-, suth-, su-

4.1 Vit F.12 525 A nother porcyon of grownde besyde the hye waye at the Sowthwest parte of the sayd church betwene the rentts now ther beyng toward the Est. a1500 Add.37075 Gloss Add 37075 19/112a Zepherus: þe soþe west

• stabilitẹ, stabilite, stabulte, stablete

at rest, strengthen the mental equilibrium of; (b) immutability, permanence; (c) political or social stability; also, the stability of the church; also, a cause of stability, support [1st quot.]; (d) physical stability; -- used in fig. contexts. ?c1350 Ballad Sc.Wars