• strẹken, strek(e, stekyn, strek(e, strekid

yevyn at þer accompte for viij bushelis vphepid but ix bushelis strekid. a1500 Medulla Hrl 1738 35b/b Hostio: to strekyn corn. (1301) Nickname in LuSE 55 171 Rob. Strektail. (1316) Nickname in LuSE 55 171 Pet. Strekelevedy. (1332) Nickname in

• stuble, stubble, stub(b)el, stub(b)il, stubbille, stub(b)ul, stob(b)le, stobel, stobil, stob(b)ul, stouble, stouple, stopil, scouple

Add 27944 137b/b Rubigo..destroyeþ stubles [L stipulam] and hey. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944 238b/b Barliche..hath foulest strawe among alle corn And vnworþieste stoubles. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944 249b/a Stoble..is propreliche þat strawe wiþ leues and hosen þat is

• bi-corn, bighorn, becorn, bequern

bi-corn n. Also bighorn , becorn , bequern . L bicornis two-horned, two-pronged & OF bigorne (from Prov. ) two-horned anvil. (a) A two-horned anvil; (b) a two-pronged fork; (c) a fabulous (two-horned) beast. (1396) Will Court Hust. Gldh

• tas(se, tace, tache, thas

. (a) A heap, pile, stack; also, a heap of slain bodies, a stack of hay, a pile of money; corn ; (b) a mass of persons, troop; at a , in close formation; in , in a melee, en

• teler, telor, tiler(e, tillers, teilers, roleres

to steer a boat, tiller. (1361) Indenture 35 Edw.III in Archaeol.Jrnl.(1854) XI. 385 [OD col.] xxiiij arc pur arblastes de corn saunz teilers. (1415) Invent.Agincourt in Archaeol.70 99 Item, iiij Tillers pur Crossebowes, pris xvj d. c1425(a1420) Lydg. TB Aug

• threshing(e, thraishinge

threshing(e ger. Also thraishinge . From threshen v.; cp. OE þerscing . (a) The act of threshing grain, the separating of grain from chaff; also fig.; feld ; flor ; (b) ?beating down, thrashing; (c) that which has been

• scariol(e, skarioles, karioles

scariole . Any of several plants associated with lettuce, esp. prickly lettuce (Lactuca scariola) or corn sowthistle (Sonchus arvenis); perh. also wild lettuce (Lactuca virosa) or wild endive (Cichorium intybus). a1400 Alphita SeldArch B.35 163/13 Scariola, trosma idem, marcuriala idem,

• sengen, senge, singe, sengen, zength, senged, sengt, sein(ed, seind(e, sein(k)t, saind, senlt

cattes skyn, Than wolde the cat wel dwellen in his in. ?a1425 WBible(2) Gloss.Lev. Cld E.2 23.11 The eeris of corn weren sengid in fier. (1440) PParv. Hrl 221 453 Seengyn, wythe fyyr: Ustulo. c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex. Ashm 44 5206

• shrimpe, schrimp(e, shrimpes, shrimpus, scrimppis, srimpes, schrimpe

Morte Arth.(1) Thrn 767 His scoulders ware schalyde all in clene syluere, Schreede ouer all þe schrympe with schrinkande poyntez. (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mk. Manly-Rickert B.3145 Religioun hath take vp al the corn Of tredyng, and we borel men been shrympes.

• tollen, tolle, tullen, tollid, tolde

assessment on; double-tolling , charging doubly; (b) to pay a toll. (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol. Manly-Rickert A.562 Wel koude he stelen corn and tollen thries, And yet he hadde a thombe of gold pardee. (1440) PParv. Hrl 221 496 Tollyn, or

• trei, trai

food or other substances, a tray; a container for mortar; also, a unit of measurement, perh. equal to 16 bushels; corn ; tol , a fixed toll of two bushels of salt. (1270) Case Law Merchant in Seld.Soc.23 7 Pro

• unprofit(e, unprofet

on thilke garnement, he dooth his profyt with that that oothere doon here vnprofyt and here harm; Clowdes maken his corn growe and tempestes fylleth his gerneeres. ?c1475 Cath.Angl. Add 15562 99b Vn Profit: Incommoditas, Invtilitas. a1500(a1450) Ashmole SSecr. Ashm

• usaunt, usant(e, usand(e

Sche ys vsaunt to do þe yule to spede. (c1390) Chaucer CT.Rv. Manly-Rickert A.3940 A theef he was, forsothe, of corn and mele And that a sleigh and vsant [vr. vsand] for to stele. c1425(a1420) Lydg. TB Aug A.4 3.345

• world-thing, world~x00fe~ing, wurd~x00fe~ing, wurld~x00fe~ingen, weorld~x00fe~ingum

ðane religiuse man, ðe alle woreld-þing for godes luue hafð forlaten, sari and drieri. c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom. Bod 343 74/19 AEfter weorldþingum we witon to soðan þaet þaet asawene corn, ȝif hit ne chinaeð on þare moldan hit na ne weaxaeð.

• bothen, bothon, -un, bothem, -om, -um, botom, bo~x0021d~en, boyom

botom , boȝen , boyom . OE boþen (a) Rosemary (Rosemarinus officinalis); (b) corn marigold (Chrysanthemum segetum); yelwe ; (c) ox-eye daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum); whit ; (d) bleu , blue cornflower (Centaurea cyanus). ?c1125(?OE) Dur-C.Gloss. Dur-C Hunter 100:Cockayne 305 Rosmarinum.

• cantaride, cantharide, cataride, kantaride

226a/a Grene flyes bredeþ þerjnne þat beþ cleped catarides [so Tol; L cantharides] and freteþ al þe þrift of þe corn. a1400 Lanfranc Ashm 1396 62/1 ȝeue to him medicyn maad of cantarides [L de cantaridibus]. Take old grete cantarides

• cot-setle, -sel, -sedel, -selda, -setel

cotter [only with L endings]; man ; (b) a cottage holding or the land belonging to it; lond ; cotsetles corn , an allowance of grainland in a cottage holding; (c) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.110]. (1189) Doc.

• grain, grane, grone, gren, grin

species of cereal plant or crop; ?also, peas; (b) corn and (or) , cereal grain(s; wheat; wheat and (or) other cereal grains. (a1399) Oath Bk.Colchester 9 Itm., of alle maner corn that comth by watere, for the bolk of every

• fleil, flail, fleel, flael

corn wiþþ fleȝȝl. c1390 PPl.A(1) Vrn 7.174 Þenne Faytors for fere flowen to Bernes, And flapten on with fleiles from morwe til euen. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944 125a/a He is I peynt wiþ a fleile [L flagello] þrossching

• derth(e, dirthe, dierthe, darthe, derke

wastud awey With grete darthe and poverte. c1330 Why werre Auch 415 Tho sente God on eorthe another derthe of corn. (1340) Ayenb. Arun 57 256/30 Þe meste dierþe [Vices & V.(2) : derþe; F chierte] þet is aboute ham