• primitif, primatif, primitive, premetif, primitif, primitifes, primitives

primitives . OF primitif & L primitivus . In phrases: (a) chirche, chirche , the early Christian church; chirche of engelond ; (b) med. & surg. cause , a non-corporeal cause of a disease. a1475(?a1430) Lydg. Pilgr. Vit C.13 6914

• atasten, attasten

cesith he to attaste [L attemptare] alle the kynde of men. c1460 Oseney Reg. 19/6 If oony man of þe church or seculere persone..will ataste to come agaynste hit [a statute]. (a) To taste or relish (food); also, taste beforehand

• gọden, godi~x0021d~en, ~x0021d~egoden, i)goded, igodet

OE ge)godian (a) To improve (sth.), make (the heart) better, endow or enrich (a church, monastery); benefit or help (sb.); (b) of a medicine: to do good, be beneficial; (c) to get better, recover; become better spiritually. a1121 Peterb.Chron. LdMisc

• ibiren, gebireth, gebirede, ~x0021d~ebireth, ibureth, iburth, iburd, gebirath

pl. gebirath . OE gebyrian (a) To be appropriate; on , to pertain to (sth.), belong to (a church); to , be suitable for (sb. or sth.), be appropriate for; (b) impers. (hit) ibireth , it is fitting, it behooves;

• offrer(e

offers a religious sacrifice, an offering to the Church, or a religious image. (a1382) WBible(1) Bod 959 Ex.29.33 Þe loouys þat ben in þe leepe þei schull eten in þe vestyary of þe tabernacle of wyttnes..þat þe hondis of þe

• recept(e

. (a) A sum of money received on behalf of a church; (b) a shelter, refuge, lair; (c) protection; (d) a medical recipe, prescription of ingredients for a medical preparation; also, an alchemical recipe. (1449) Acc.St.Mary Thame in BBOAJ 8

• reedifien, reedifi(e, reedefi, redifie

OF redefiier , reedifier , reedefier . To build up again (a destroyed dwelling, church, etc.); reconstruct (a ruined city). a1450(?c1421) Lydg. ST Arun 119 1740 This olde Neemye Gat hym licence to reedifie The wallys newe of Ierusalem. a1425

• ref, reif, raf, raef, rene, reves

OE reaf plunder. (a) Plunder, booty; also, winnings; (b) the act of plundering, despoiling; chirche reves , church robberies; (c) rapacity; wolvis of , predatory wolves. c1275(?a1200) Lay. Brut Clg A.9 4295 ȝemen þes fehtes & nawiht þes fenges, faellen

• ringer(e

who rings a bell; one employed to ring church bells or a bell in a procession; also fig. ; (b) a little bell; (c) as surname. c1425 Found.St.Barth. 5/30 The seker shall fynde and the rynger or knokker shall entre.

• rotounde, rotund(e

, Santa Maria Rotunda, the name by which the Pantheon at Rome was known after its rededication as a Christian church. ?a1425 Chauliac(1) NY 12 113a/b Þer beþ not vsed to me bot cauteriez punctualez or rotund of þe fontynellez,

• sacramentali, sacramentalli

part of the sacrament of penance, as often as they are confessed; liven , regularly receive the sacraments of the Church. c1400(?a1384) Wycl.Eucharist(1) Bod 647 503 Þis sacrament in his kynde is verrey bred, and sacramentaly Gods body. (?c1422) Hoccl.

• irreguler, inr-, areguler

to perform clerical or priestly duties; violating the laws of the church or rules of an ecclesiastical order; (b) not conforming to the rules of law, unjust. (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars. Manly-Rickert I.782 Symonye..is it to hym a deedly synne, and

• kirk-garth, kirc-, kirke-, kurk-, kirkegaerd

cp. OI kirkju-garðr . (a) A churchyard; esp. the graveyard attached to a church; (b) in place names. ?c1200 Orm. Jun 1 15254 To birrȝenn ȝuw i kirrkegaerd. a1400(a1325) Cursor Vsp A.3 27198 Þis ferth word `war' sceus o þe

• lathinge, la~x00f0~ienge, lathung(e

(a) An assembly, meeting; godes (holi, ilefful) , the church; (b) in place name [see Smith PNElem. 2.16]. c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom. Bod 343 4/27 Þa habbaeð tacnunge..þare gastlice acennednysse on Godes laðunge. c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom. Bod 343 32/17 Heofene rice is ihaten

• ligger, ligere, leger

hure falce malis be fore þouȝt, as comun liggers in a wayte of high weyes & þe feyþ of holy church to destruye. (?a1439) Lydg. FP Bod 263 2.4076 Liggeris off weies & robbours openli..gat to ther cumpany. a1440 Palmistry

• special(e

special(e adv. From special(e adj; some forms in -e may be ẹ and belong to specialli adv. Particularly, especially; individually. c1230 Ancr. Corp-C 402 37/28 Bide him underuo þe spetiale in his god & þonke him of his inturn.

• spirital, spiritel, spiritiel

realm; ecclesiastical; also, as noun: the body of spiritual, as opposed to secular, concerns; fader , a superior in the church; (b) pious, spiritual; (c) immaterial, purely intellectual. (a1393) Gower CA Frf 3 prol.855 Divisioun..moder of confusioun Is..Noght only of

• spiritualitẹ, spiritualitẹs, -uallities

AF spiritualite . (a) Immateriality, purely intellectual nature; (b) piety; (c) the institution of the church; an ecclesiastical right or prerogative; (d) an ecclesiastical court; (e) pl. consecrated ground. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944 12a/a An aungel is substancia I-seid

• stenten, stent, stent, stented

(sth.), spread; (b) to portend (sth.); (c) to establish (sth.), fix; prescribe (a certain number of prayers); also, tax (a church), assess; ppl. stented , ?taxed; ?appraised, valued. c1450 Pilgr.LM Cmb Ff.5.30 177 Biside the cordes that the wylde beste

• sustẹning(e, susteynininge, susteningus, susteininges

every Shipp..resortyng thider. c1460 Oseney Reg. 96/21 I, petur of Meles..grauntid..to þe church of Seynte marye of Oseney..that Mese..þat I had in þe town of Cudelynton..ȝeldyng..to þe church of Cudelynton viij d. to þe susteynyng of oon lampe afore þe