• nai

Ff.5.30 116 But nay [F nennil] of his song he ne rouhte. c1475 Mankind Folg V.a.354 56 ȝe sayde þe corn xulde be sauyde..Ande he prouyth nay. ?c1475 Cath.Angl. Add 15562 84a Nay: haud, minime, minimus, Ne, Nequaquam, non, nullatenus.

• august, augst, aoust, aust

Þu scealt nime on þan monþa þat man augustes nemneð. (a1393) Gower CA Frf 3 7.1100 Whan every feld hath corn in honde..Unto this Signe is Augst applied. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944 125a/a The eightþe moneþ hatte augustus &

• quẹrn(e, queren, querin, quierne, quirne, whern(e, wheren, qwhern(e, cweorn-, quorne, querren-, querun-, querme-, quering-, quarne-, quaren-, quorun-, cueren-, wharn(e-, wharing-, kerm, kerung-, karne, corn, corn(e-, corun-, curne, quer-, quor-, cor-

52 4373 At qwernes [vr. whernis] þei gart hym grynd þer corn. (a1464) Capgr. Chron. Cmb Gg.4.12 55 Plauctus..was compelled for to dwel with a baxter and grinde his corn at a querne. c1475 St.Patr.Purg.(2) Brm p.95 Yt semyth a

• rek(e, reike, rike, hreac, rikke, rec-, reg-, rak-

rek(e n.(1) Also reike , rike , (early) hreac & (in names) rikke , rec- , reg- , rak- . OE hreac (a) A heap, pile; a stack of hay, sheaf of grain, etc., a rick; pese [see pese

• barli, barlich, -lick, berley

Add 27944 238b/a-b Barlich hatte Ordeum..for he haþ som tyme in þe ȝere sixe ordres and reules of greynes. Þis corn we clepith Wynter bere, and so boþe barlich and bere hatte ordeum..And barlich hatte ordeum & haþ tweye rowes

• ripen, ripe, rippe, repe, riping, cypynge, i)riped, rype~x00fe~

(c1384) WBible(1) Dc 369(2) Joel 3.13 Sende ȝe sykelis, for the corn hath rypid [WB(2) : wexide; L maturavit]. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944 126b/a In þe mydday..fruyt and corn most ripiþ. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944 211b/a Eueriche herbe

• spik(e, spika, spiek, spic(e, spica

maye fynde. c1450 Qwete Sln 2593 p.220 Qwete is a spyce, a wol good on, Kyng that is of euery corn. a1400 Lanfranc Ashm 1396 226/13 Whanne þere schewiþ an enpostym in þe mouþ of þe stomac..it is good &

• stand(e, stond, stonde, ston, stown, standes, stantes, stonden, strondys

stand(e n. Also stond , stonde & (errors) ston , stown ; pl. standes , etc. & stantes , (early SWM) stonden & (error) strondys . Prob. MDu. stande ; forms with -o- may show influence of ME stonden

• threve, thref(e, threwe, trewe, thrave, thrafe, thrawe, travis, trawes, threne

a] threff [of wheat from every plough]. (c1447) Invent.Monk-Wear. in Sur.Soc.29 app.242 Tho trawys and other arrerage of the said corn the said Priour esshis to be restorde. (1448-9) Acc.R.Dur. in Sur.Soc.99 237 Medowthake, thrave straminis, tectura straminea. (1465) Court

• biinge, be(y)inge, bigginge, bugginge, begginge

han leue. ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo. Benson-Robinson 1.pr.4.89 Coempcioun is to seyn comune achat or beyinge togidre..as whoso boughte a busschel corn, he most yyve the kyng the fyfte part. (1440) PParv. Hrl 221 36 Byynge place or place of byynge:

• shak(e, shakke, shac-

, etc., quickly, in a hurry; (b) grain fallen from the head of a cereal plant used to feed livestock; corn ; forke , a kind of pitchfork used to shake grain from straw; time , the time of year

• shillen, shil(le, shele(n, shilled, ishiled, i)sheled

from God); oute ; (c) ?to distribute (wine); ?error for shenchen v. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944 226a/b-b/a Pollenta is corn y-sode, y-piled, and holid, and y-schelid wiþ frotyng of hondes as þough he were piled, holed, and schelid wiþ

• siften, sift(e, ciften, syuite, i)sifted(e

self sathanas has asked þe to fan, He wil þe sift [Got: siften] nu if he mai as man dos corn or bran. ?a1425 Chauliac(1) NY 12 169b/a Recipe: litargirus grounden & sifted [Ch.(2) : powdrede litarge and sarcede; L

• tourte, torte, turte, -tur, tortes, torteis, courtes, -is

of the king's ministers or serjeants shall take against his will great bread called] Turte [from those who grind their corn at the mills late of John de Mose]. (1299-1300) Court R.Lond. 57 [The defendant carried a loaf of] tourte

• vendage, vindage, vindache, bondage

warme & nygh the see, Vyndage is hugely to solempnyse. c1450(c1400) Vices & V.(2) Hnt HM 147 32/7 Oþere bieþ þinges whan þei beþ lest worþ, as in heruest, corn, in vendage tyme, wyn for to sylle two so derrere.

• verdure, verdur, verdour(e, verder, verde, veder

verdour or grennesse. c1460(a1449) Lydg. Meas.Treas. Hrl 2255 116 Ne were the plough The large feeldys shulde be bareyn, No corn vp-growe nor greyn in his verdure. c1475 Abbrev.Trip.SSecr. UC 85 348/31 In this ceason [winter] the leuys fallyn downe,

• blouen, bloueth, bleuth, bleue, bleou, bloude, i)bloue(n, bloued

blouen v.(2) Forms: sg. 3 bloueth , bleuth ; p. bleue , bleou & bloude ; ppl. i)bloue(n & bloued . OE blowan ; sg. 3 bloweþ , blewþ ; p. bleow ; ppl. ge)blowen . (a) To come

• boras, borace, boreis, borax, baurac, bewras

substances used in treating base metals; (c) med. ingredient in medicines for ulcers, leprosy, etc. (a1200) Mappae Clavicula in Archaeol.32 Corn 226 De stagno conjunctionem..Sapone partem j, resinae pini partem j, natroni partem j, borax aliquid. a1400 Alphita SeldArch B.35

• braien, breien

it small and bray it smal in a morter. a1425(a1382) WBible(1) Corp-O 4 1 Kings 25.18 Fyue busshellis of brayid corn. ?c1425 Arun.Cook.Recipes Arun 334 425 Take clene qwete and bray hit wele in a morter. ?c1425 Chauliac(2) Paris angl.25

• broun

þe broun, with ful brode hedez. a1450(c1400) Wor.Serm. Wor F.10 51/31 It be-houed to be make..o þe flowr oþ þe corn, noyþer oþ þe holis nor of þe brun [?read: bran]. ?A shining weapon, ?a warrior in shining armor. a1450(c1410)