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cornen v. OF corn-er To blow a horn. c1400 Femina Trin-C B.14.40 6 Le venour proprement corneie: þe hunter properly corneþ & bloweþ.

the corn , ground or crushed grain. a1450(c1400) Wor.Serm. Wor F.10 51/26 God bad Moyses þat a schul charde [read: charge] þe children of Irael to offr vp to ym þe cleir flowr & te tus o þe corn temprid

herst- . OE haes & corn . A tax paid in grain. c1400 Burton Chron.Melsa Ryl Lat 219 & Eg 1461 2.236 Quae etiam fruges antiquitus hescornes vocabantur; sed perversi lectores, partem inferiorem litterae h. abradentes, h. in b. ad

farina , -e n. L Flour. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944 226a/b Mele is proprely clepid farina whanne þe corn is wel y grounde bitwene myllestones. ?a1425 Chauliac(1) NY 12 34a/b Auicen..counseleþ þe forsaid farinez with water of coriandri.

n. Corn. guary A Cornish play. ?a1450(?1350-75) Origo Mundi in Norris Anc.Corn.Drama Bod 791 2839 An guary yv dve lymmyn. a1500(c1400) Emare Clg A.2 1032 Thys ys on of Brytayne layes, That was vsed by olde dayes, Men callys `playn

as n. Cp. L gestabilis portable. Movable property. (1421) Indent.Mascys in Chs.Sheaf (1880) 43 And ye forsayd mergret shall haue ye occupac'on of all ye bernes, shipens, & gestable with out ye ȝates necessare for hir corn & hir catell.

overpissen v. From pissen v. To urinate upon (sth.). c1475 Mankind Folg V.a.354 373 Here xall be goode corn, he may not mysse yt; Yf he wyll haue reyn, he may ouerpysse yt.

misse-mashe n. ?From mis adj. & mashen v. Cp. LG misk-mask . A jumble, hodgepodge. c1475 Mankind Folg V.a.354 49 Dryff draff, mysse masche, Sume was corn and sume was chaffe.

cp. AF moulturer . To charge or collect multure on (grain). (a1500) Doc. in Sur.Soc.85 60 Than schall yr corne be multyrd at ye xvj vessell. (a1500) Doc. in Sur.Soc.85 61 Yr corn schall be multeryd at ye xx vessell.

ofcorn n. From corn n. The refuse left after winnowing grain, used for feeding livestock, poultry, etc. (1347-8) Doc.Finchale in Sur.Soc.6 p.xxix Item, pro porcis, ancerulis, caponibus & gallinis pascendis, pro defectu de ofcorn, j qu. j bus. peck.

rede-wale n. ?From red adj. & OE -wala as in wyrt-wala ; cp. ME liche-wal n. ?Corn gromwell (Lithospermum arvense). c1450 Med.Bk.(1) Med-L 136 94/251 Take..iij halpeny wight of redewale.

revelrie n. From revel n.(1). Amusement, diversion, pleasure. c1410 Chaucer CT.Rv. Cmb Dd.4.24 A.4005 Only for here myrthe and reuelrye [Heng: reuerye] vp-on the wardeyn..they crye To ȝeue hem leue..To go to Mille and sen here corn I-grounde.

instrien v. From strien v. To scatter (dung) over (land). (?1440) Palladius DukeH d.2 10.37 Sum lond is wont salt humour vp to t[h]rowe That sleeth the corn; ther douves donge instrie.

caor rowan berry, caorrunn (Ir. caorthann , Wel. cerdinen , Corn. kerdhyn ) rowan tree. ?The European rowan tree (Sorbus aucuparia). ?a1425(1373) Lelamour Macer Sln 5 35b Þis erbe is like to verne, but þe leuys be like to kayre.

sordine n. ONF sordine young shoot, bud. A plant of some kind: ?perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne); ?bearded darnel (Lolium temulentum); ?corn cockle (Agrostemma githago). ?a1300 Wor.F.157.Gloss. Wor F.157 184 Agroma [?read: agrimatum]: sordine.

tithable adj. From tithen v.(2). Subject to tithing. c1450 Jacob's W. Sal 174 56/24 We denouncyn..alle þat takyn vp here cost..tyl it be first tythed..of heyȝ, corn, wode, fruyte, wolle..& of all manere thynges tythable.

serien v. Also serie . Prob. from OE gescerian ; ?also cp. ML seriare to arrange. To allot or distribute (sth.). c1300(?c1225) Horn Cmb Gg.4.27 81/1385 Corn he let serie & makede feste merie.

ppl. From itald , p.ppl. of itellen v. Beyond enumeration, untold. a1225(?OE) Vsp.A.Hom. Vsp A.22 233 He is hure fader his eorðe us werpð corn and westm, niatt, and dierchin his sonne, mone, sterren, rien, daw, wind, wude, unitald fultume.

from sense 1a. (b) of which the quot. below should be deleted. In phrase: maken , to cause (grain, etc.) to be devoured. a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC Benson-Robinson 5.1470 With a boor She made up frete hire corn and vynes alle.

akin to ripen , repen `reap, harvest'. Some kind of manorial service at harvest time, or the occasion for it. (1261) Inquis.PM Hen.III 142 [He..found..4 men who had their food at] cuttederip [for reaping the lord's corn for one day].

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