• eile, ale, eilen, -es

þe eere growiþ smale eylen and scharpe as it were dartis. a1425 Medulla Stnh A.1.10 6b/b Arista: an ale of corn. A rigid pointed process, a prickle. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944 63a/b Bestis þat haue her prickes or alles

• premeditaciọn

4.313 Tiberius..was..moore scharpe and apte to an answere withowte deliberacion then with premeditacion [Trev.vr. grete avisement; L praemeditatis]. c1475 Mankind Folg V.a.354 44 The corn xall be sauyde, þe chaffe xall be brente; I besech yow hertyly, haue þis premedytacyon.

• lilting(e-horn, lilking-, liteling-

clarion. c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF Benson-Robinson 1223 And many flowte and liltyng horn [vr. litelynge horne] And pipes made of grene corn, As han thise lytel herde-gromes, That kepen bestis in the bromes. c1450 Dice(1) Frf 16 356 Man shal neuer

• mise, mises, mystis

1734 Then the thryd god send þem s[y]ne: grett myse that made þem mor myschefe. Þei stroyd and corumpyd both corn and wyne. a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl. Hnt HM 1 73/286 Greatte mystis..ther is both morn and noyn byte vs full

• hud

and huddis [L vagine], y-socoured þerwiþ for he schulde nouȝt bende to þe grounde by weyȝt and heuynes of þe corn in þe eere. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944 230a/a And som bereþ seed in harde schales and in huddes

• mounthe, mounthe, monthe

. Celt. ; cp. Sc.Gael. monadh , Corn. monadh , monedh , menedh , meneth , Wel. mynydd . (a) A mountain; (b) pl. the Alps. c1275(?a1200) Lay. Brut Clg A.9 16334 Hengest wunede buuen are munede. c1275(?a1200) Lay. Brut

• obsidiọnal

tunge. (?a1439) Lydg. FP Bod 263 4.260 Thobsydyonal, of which I spak tofforn, Deuised wern..Crouns notable wrouht lik greyn or corn, Youe onto princis which thoruh ther cheualrie Reskewed seeges and saued the partie Of hem that wer closed streiht

• itaknunge, ~x0021d~etacnunge

itaknunge ger. Also ȝetacnunge . OE getacnung (a) Symbolic representation; (b) symbolic meaning. c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom. Bod 343 74/31 Hwaetene corn..is iset on ȝetacnunge ures Haelendes Cristes. a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.Pentec. Lamb 487 97 Ni [?read: we] na þe halia gast wuniende

• stubbi

Smith PNElem. 2.164]. a1500(c1410) Dives & P. Htrn 270 2.311 It is non good fyȝtynge in myrys ne amongis corn ne in sledyr ground ne in pytty ne in stubby [vrr. stobil, stubbly] ground. (1292) in Mawer PNNhb.& Dur. 189

• blouing, blewinge

blowynge tyme [L floritionis tempore]. c1400(c1378) PPl.B LdMisc 581 16.26 For wyndes..in blowyng-tyme abite þe floures. a1425 Wycl.Serm. Bod 788 1.220 Siþ corn and oþer fruytis ben nurished by þis [pestilent] eir..þe blewinge [vr. blowyng] of þes fruytis mut faile.

• bunting, bounting, buntyle

, buntyle . (a) The corn bunting (Emberiza calandra); (b) as a surname. ?a1300 StJ.List Trees StJ-C E.17 155 Prael: Bunting. c1325 A wayle whyt Hrl 2253 52 Ich wolde ich were a þrestelcok, a bountyng, oþer a lauercok. (1440)

• peper-corn, piperkin, popicorn, pepercornes, pipercorn

Willis & C.Cambridge 1 p.lviii He payd for his awn sayd mansion of Godeshous noght tho valew of a peper corn. c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex. Ashm 44 2025 All þi soft grayns Sall vndire-put be all þe pake vn-to þir peper-cornes.

• gọki, gouki, gocil, gokki, wok(k)i, gokies

(?)gocil ; (Corn. only) gokki , wok(k)i . Pl. gokies . From gọk . Borrowed early in Cornish. The abstract gokineth `foolishness' is a new formation in Corn. itself. (a) A fool; (b) as adj.: foolish; -- Corn. only; (c)

• chaf, caf(f, kaf(f, chef, chave, cheve, charfe, chaffis

long a tale as of the corn. (c1390) Chaucer CT.NP. Manly-Rickert B.4633 Taketh the fruyt and lat the chaf be stille. (a1393) Gower CA Frf 3 prol.844 The chaf is take for the corn. c1425(a1420) Lydg. TB Aug A.4 prol.151

• er(e, eire, yere

Arun 57 28 Hit [corn] is uerst ase ine gerse, efterward ine yere. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944 219a/b Strawe..is þe myddil stalk of corne bytwen þe roote and þe eere; in þe eere þe corn and seed is conteyned.

• moue, mou, moghe, mugh(e, mug, muhe, muwe, meue, moues, moghes, mu~x0021d~en, mowen

, mowen . OE muga , muha , muwa . (a) A heap or stack of hay, grain, etc.; of corn (sheves), moues of benes (pese) , etc.; hei [see hei n. 2. (a)]; ithreshe , ?labor service requiring the

• upspringen, upspring(e, upspringan, upsprang(e, upsprong, upsprungen, upsprongen

?c1200 Orm. Jun 1 10543 Corn chaff Uppspringenn off an rote. a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex. Corp-C 444 3050 Trees it for-brac, and gres and corn, Ðat was up-sprungen ðor bi-foren. ?c1425(c1380) Chaucer Form.A. Benson-Robinson 10 Corn up-sprong [vr. up sprange], unsowe

• fret, frette

þe Kyng, but if he made wiþ him a frett forto done his nede. c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy LdMisc 595 18157 The Gregeis asked thanne her fret, The somme of corn that hem was het, The somme of siluer & of gold.

• frument, furment, firment

a `potage' made of boiled hulled grain mixed with milk, etc. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944 225b/b Many manere corn is y clepid frumentum..as whete, barly, rye and myle. ?a1425 Chauliac(1) NY 12 34b/b Farine of frument .i. mele of

• -el

few diminutives: kirn-el kernel, grain, from korn [OE cyrn-el: corn ]; hipel little heap, from hep heap [OE hypel: heap ]; (b) in nouns denoting agents, instruments, or objects, formed to go with verbs: bidel herald, beadle, cp. bẹden announce,