• benger(e, bynger

bing . A grain bin; the hopper of a mill. (1440) PParv. Hrl 221 31 Bengere of corne: Techa [Win: Benger for corn: Teca]. Bengere of a mylle: Ferricapsia [Win: farricapsia]. (1440) PParv. Hrl 221 36 Byngger, supra in Bengere.

• stubbli, stobeli

& P. Yale 228 2.311 Stubbly [Htrn: It is non good fyȝtynge in myrys ne amongis corn ne in sledyr ground ne in pytty ne in stubby ground]. a1500 Treat.GBattle Hrl 1706 426 Itt ys perlyous to fygth in mory

• sund-corn

sund-corn n. OE A plant of the genus Saxifraga. c1150(OE) Hrl.HApul. Hrl 6258B 145/9 Þeos wyrt..man saxifragam & oþer naman sundcorn nemneð. c1225(OE) Wor.Aelfric Gloss. Wor F.174 544/31 Saxifragia: sundcorn. ?a1300 Wor.F.157.Gloss. Wor F.157 185 Saxifraga: sundcorn.

• scant

a1425(?c1375) NHom.(3) Leg. Hrl 4196 7/274 When þai saw it skarsli spring, Þan hopid þai to haue skant of corn And of fruyt. a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl. Hnt HM 1 29/198 Yit of mete and of drynk haue we veray skant.

• seint-pro-seint

n. A kind of wine; ?a wine from Saintes in western France. c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy LdMisc 595 12424 Her schippes myȝt holde no more Off corn, of flour, & gentil wynes, Off seynt-pro-seynt and maluesynes As gode as come of grapes.

• vendonginge

are gathered for making wine, the beginning of the wine-making period. (1340) Ayenb. Arun 57 36/19 Þe oþre beggeþ þe þinges huanne hi byeþ lest worþ ine herueste, þet corn; ine uendonginge [Vices & V.(2) : vendage tyme], þet wyn.

• wini

(a1393) Gower CA Frf 3 8.2849 The myhty youthe he may remembre In which the yeer hath his deduit Of corn and of the wyny grape. a1425 Medulla Stnh A.1.10 69b/a Vinulus: sumdel wyny [Pep: i. vineus]. ?c1425 Chauliac(2) Paris

• bonting, bunt-

, a vat for receiving the products of bolting. c1400 Femina Trin-C B.14.40 31 Of corn comeþ flour By þe buntynge of þe bakere. (c1425) Stonor 1.43 In le Bakhous j buntyntunne, ij knedyng trowes. (1473) Stonor 1.135 Kechyn, bakhous,

• coempcioun

achat or beyinge togidre, that were establissed upon the peple by swich a manere imposicioun, as whoso boughte a busschel corn, he most yyve the kyng the fyfte part..I took stryf ayens the provost..so that the coempcioun ne was nat

• cok, cokkes

(a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944 227a/b Hey is..y gadered and y made..in to cokkes [L acervos]. ?c1475 Cath.Angl. Add 15562 26b A Cokke of hay or of corn: Arconius. 1543(1464) Hardyng Chron.B Grafton p.309 He..laye then..among the hay kockes bushed.

• gith, gitte, guth-corn

y-do in breed to make it swete and is blak of colour..gyth is an herbe hoot and drye..and groweþ among corn wiþ smale seed..and some meneþ þat þis herbe is nigilla. a1400 Mirfeld Sinonoma Pmb-O 2 16 Ciminum Ethiopicum: gitte.

• mete-corn, -coren, met-korn

. From mete n. (1) & corn . An allowance of grain as food for servants. (1264-5) Doc.Manor in MP 34 51 Metecoren. (a1300) Cust.Rent in OSSLH 2 27 Metecorn. (1320) RParl. 1.367a Stipendia & metecorn, ac cetera debita servientum

• nigella, nigilla, nigille

nigellus adj. Fennel-flower (Nigella sativa), used medicinally; also, one of two plants: corn cockle (Agrostemma githago) or darnel (Lolium temulentum). a1400 MS Add.15236 in EETS 102 Add 15236 285 n.6 Nigella, i. lollium, G. neel, A. cokel. (a1398) Trev. Barth.

• aun(e, awen, agene

& paleis or awnez [Ch.(2) : strees; L paleis]. (1440) PParv. Hrl 221 18 Avene of corn [vrr. awene; avene or eyll of a corn]: Arista. ?c1475 Cath.Angl. Add 15562 6b An Awne: Arista, Aristella. a1500 Mayer Nominale Mayer 725

• barli-corn

A planting or crop of barley. a1425(a1382) WBible(1) Corp-O 4 2 Kings 14.30 The feelde of Joab biside my feelde hauynge barli corn. Used as a nickname. (1233) Close R.Hen.III 232 Willelmus Barlicorn. (c1273) Hundred R.Tower 2 426b Galfr[idus] Barlicorn.

• ineshen, ~x0021d~ehnesce~x00f0~, ineshed, ineished, ~x0021d~ehnescode

(moisture). c1150(OE) Hrl.HApul. Hrl 6258B 134.135/9 Nim þeos wyrt & hwaetecorm [read: -corn]..& leȝe to þare wunde swa oðþat þa corn ȝehnescode sin þur þane waeten & swa toþundene. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944 229a/b And þanne þat poudre and

• kirnen, kerne, keorne, kurne, curne

curne . ?From kirnelen v.;?OE cyrnan `to produce corn '. (a) To form or bear grains or fruit; (b) fig. to come to fruition. c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A Clg A.11 10044 Þo grene corn in somer ssolde curne, To foule wormes muchedel

• corn-bọte, corne-

corne- . Cp. corn & bọte (1). A manorial rent paid in sheaves of grain, in the service of carting grain, or in money commutation; also, a payment in grain for trespass of pasture. (c1273) Hundred R.Tower 2 543a Dat

• ang-nail, angenail, agnail

OE ang-naegl ; cp. ME ange . A corn; ?also, a whitlow. c1350 Cmb.Ee.4.20.Nominale Cmb Ee.4.20 48 Vngle, ele et vrtil: Nayle, angenayle and too. ?a1425 Chauliac(1) NY 12 119a/a To a corne i. agnail [L cornu]..þat is in þe

• dẹre

dẹre n.(2) From adj. (1). A dearth, scarcity; also, period of scarcity, a famine. (c1300) Havelok LdMisc 108 824 Bifel it so a strong dere; Bigan to rise of korn of bred. (c1300) Havelok LdMisc 108 841 For hunger,