• marlen, marli, murlen, i)marled

(1296) EPNSoc.7 (Sus.) 437 Marledelonde. (a1387) Trev. Higd. StJ-C H.1 2.15 Euere þe þickere þe felde is i-marled, þe better corn it wil bere. c1450(?a1400) Parl.3 Ages Add 31042 279 I mukkede and marlede [vr. murled] and made vp my

• mokerer(e

Of Catel þen he haþ to nede. c1390(c1350) NHom.(2) Corp.Chr. Vrn 171/61 Þis is þe Mokereres onswere: `Goþ or wey, Corn is dere!' a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS Hrl 1701 6065 Aȝens mokerers wyl y þrepe Þat gadren pens vn-to an hepe.

• grẹning

173 j fork of silver wt a Dragouns hede holdyng up the stalk for grenynges. (a1200) Mappae Clavicula in Archaeol.32 Corn 223 Accipe herbam, qui dicitur greningpert [read: greningwert]. (a1399) Oath Bk.Colchester 8 Grenyng wed, un charge de charett, iiij

• hagard

Cal.Dublin 1 287 That no maner of man ne woman that hath hagardys of hare owyn within the cytte..by no corn withyn the market of the sayde citte. (1471-2) Statutes Ireland 3 p.750 De ensercher & examinere lez hagardes &

• nẹd-rip(e, nidrip

to this service; (b) as surname. (1261) Inquis.PM Hen.III 142 [At] nedrip [he ought to reap 1 1/2 acres of corn]. (1287) Rec.Crondal in Hamp.RS 3 91 Juliana de Aula..cariabit fenum et metet in Autumpno xx acras de Nidrip. (1287)

• ofsheren, ofshor(e)n, ofcorn

off (sth.). a1325(?c1300) NPass. Cmb Gg.1.1 518 Ihesu..nom þat here þat was of corn [vr. þat of was schorne]. c1330(?c1300) Bevis Auch 816 A spanne of þe groin beforn Wiþ is swerd he haþ of schoren. ?a1425(?c1350) NHom.(3) Pass. RwlPoet

• innen

c1450 How mankinde dooþ Lamb 853 359 I wole..Do almes dede, praie & rewe And goddis mercy schal ynne my corn. ?c1475 Cath.Angl. Add 15562 67a To Ine [Monson In] as corne or hay & oþer thyng: inferre. a1605(c1422) Hoccl.

• spiring(e, speringe

8 74 Chickyng, or spyryng, of corne: Germinacio. c1425 Mirror LM&W Hrl 45 112/12 Þe spirynge an þe florisshinge..of þe corn bitokeneth a man þat doth wel. a1500 Det peruynkkle MdstCKS U182.Z1 p.257 That bryghte brere schel sprede an sperynge

• striker(e

chirche feeden many wrecchis as strong staff-beggers & strikars ouere þe lond. c1480 Medulla Pep 2002 95a Hostorivm..a stryker of corn. a1500 Medulla Cnt D.2 64a/b Hostiorium est lignum quo exquatur [read: exequatur] mensura: a stryker. (1291) Chester R. in

• unsowe, unsawe, onsowe, onsowin, onsawe

crop, not sown with seed. ?c1425(c1380) Chaucer Form.A. Benson-Robinson 10 Yit nas the ground nat wounded with the plough, But corn up-sprong, unsowe [vr. onsowe] of mannes hond, The which they gnodded and eete nat half ynough. c1410(c1350) Gamelyn Hrl

• wẹder(e

weeds. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944 220a/a Þer is oþer maner carduus þat is enemy to corn & haþ moche seede and may vnneþe be destroyed þer it growiþ oones, but þe weederes [L cultoris] bysily drawe vp þe more

• werel, weriel

werell [Stnh: a flappe]. a1500(1413) Pilgr.Soul Eg 615 4.31.76a Thei fare as do weriels or ymages made of cloth stopped with strawe, þat holdith in his hand a bowe bent to fere a wey the foules owt of the corn.

• winsomli, winsumlice, wunsumlice

on his þrymsetle heo gesette. c1175(OE) Bod.Hom.Evang. Bod 343 16/26 Waes ðeo mere awend to brade feldae & þer weox corn aeffre wunsumlice syððaen. c1175(OE) Bod.Hom.Evang. Bod 343 96/28 Ðe Haliȝe Gast him wunsumlice on þaet waesten laedde. c1175(OE) Bod.Hom.Evang.

• coren bọte, corne bote

the hede that the brayne folowed. `Now haste thow,' seyde sir Cador, `corne boote agaynewarde, and the devyll have thy bonys!' 1489(1375) Barbour Bruce Adv 19.2.2 2.438 And ȝeyt may fall..Quyt thaim torn but [read: corn but] sum-dele we sall.

• corni

adj. From corn . (a) Tasting strongly of malt; (b) granular; (c) glandular; (d) pustular. (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pard. Manly-Rickert C.456 Now haue I dronke a draghte of corny ale. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944 59b/a Noȝt granulous noþer corny [L

• Cornwaile, Corne-, Cornwale

Cornwaile n. Also Corne- , Cornwale . ME Cornwale (cp. OE Cornweal-as ) is adapted as AF Corn(e)waile . Cornwall. c1275(?a1200) Lay. Brut Clg A.9 2246 Corineus..in Cornwaile [Otho: Cornwale] was dux. (c1300) Havelok LdMisc 108 178 Þerl Godrigh

• repen, rep(e, repi(e, ripe(n, ripie, reope(n, repes, repet, rope, rap(e, repe, repede, repen, rope(n, repeden, i)repen, repin(e, repe, ripe, rope(n, reped

an þar rode. ?a1300 Jacob & J. Bod 652 43 We repen oure corn & oure sseues knetten. c1300 SLeg.MPChr. LdMisc 108 354 Ho so sowez mi corn and ho so it ripez, glade heo schullen beo. c1300 SLeg.MPChr. LdMisc

• darnel, dernel

Hrl 2255 19 Of thy tounge be nat rekkelees; Vttre nevir no darnel with good corn. c1460(a1449) Lydg. St.Austin Hrl 2255 387 That noon heresye Ryse in thes dayes..Nor no darnel growe..Nor no fals Cokkyl be medlyd with good corn.

• parchen, parche, i)parched

var. of perishen v. (a) To roast or dry (peas, beans, oats, corn, etc.); (b) to dry (sth.) up with excessive heat; (c) ppl. parched , of peas and beans: dried and ground up; (d) maken , to burn (sth.),

• bagger, bagger, baggar, bagh(i)ar, badger

non othur man, sett no corn in hur houses ne in hydles, but þat they leden hit in to the Chepyng, & put hit þer to sale..vp the peyn of forfature of alle the Corn. a1525(?1452) Cov.Leet Bk. 272 Hit