• saiour, saiere

v. (a) An official responsible for testing something; (b) a taster of a monarch's food. (1422) Plea & Mem. in Bk.Lond.E. 129/241 John of Ely hath take a charge..for to do kepe þe assay of oistrez, that þe oistrez be

• inflative, inflatives

inflatives . ML Of food, humors: causing swelling, producing wind. ?a1425 Chauliac(1) NY 12 144a/b In soume..wil Auicen þat rupte men leue replecioun & metez inflatyuez [Ch.(2) : swellynge; L inflatiua]. ?a1425 MS Htrn.95 Htrn 95 103a/b Þe whiche coler

• beheled

168 Þi blessud bodi þer hit stod, Al hit was be-helet in blod. a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) Hrl 279 37 Ley it [food] in þe dysshis, be-helyd, & serue. a1450-1509 Rich. Brunner 5628 Behelyd were hylles and playnes Wiþ hawberkes bryȝte and

• tọwirching

class of its beneficiary; craftial , action with benefits pertinent to a craft (as giving food to livestock pertains to husbandry); moral . (c1454) Pecock Fol. Roy 17.D.9 195/25-7 Þe ije consideracioun is to what persoon or to what þing

• usel

miserable; lowly; of someone's life: deprived (with respect to food and clothing). ?c1200 Orm. Jun 1 891 Johan Bapptisste & Helyas baþe leddenn usell lif I metess & i claþess. ?c1200 Orm. Jun 1 3668 ȝho leȝȝde himm inn an

• ventuous, ventuouse

. L ventuosus (a) Of food or drink: containing gas or causing flatulence; (b) ?accompanied by or consisting of flatulence [prob. based on misunderstanding of the context or of the Latin ]. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944:Seymour 1081/2 Wyn wiþoute

• vermail(e

59 45 Vyneyerde vermayle [Sln: O rote of holynesse Benygne braunchelet of the pigment tre, Vinarye envermailyd, refrescher of oure food]. 1532(?a1400) RRose Thynne 3645 I sawe the Rose Ful fayre For such another Aforne ne was, ne more vermayle.

• viaundour, viandoure, viandre, viaunder

, vars. of OF viandier . A provider of hospitality, a host generous with food. a1425(a1399) Form Cury Add 5016 p.20 Richard the Se[cu]nde was acounted þe best and ryallest vyaund[er] of alle cristen [k]ynges. a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 Lamb 131

• wokli, woclic, waclic(e

. OE waclic Of little worth, mean; of food: plain, not dainty. a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom. Vsp D.14 20/16 His bigleofe waes stiðlic; ne dranc he wines draenc Ofet hine fedde, & wude hunig, & oðre waclice þing. c1175(OE) Bod.Hom.Avar. Bod 343

• boistreous

& boistous . Crude, coarse; poor (food). c1450(c1400) Vices & V.(2) Hnt HM 147 102/10 We þat ben grete and boistreous in speche to speke of so hiȝe þing [etc.]. c1450(c1400) Vices & V.(2) Hnt HM 147 152/20 Euennesse is

• fẹding

fẹding ger. (a) The action of supplying food or sustenance; provision of food or of spiritual comfort; (b) consumption of food; eating, feasting; (c) repletion. (a1387) Trev. Higd. StJ-C H.1 1.113 Þe mount of Olyuete..þe hille of medicyne and of

• almes(se-dish

almes(se-dish n. (a) A large dish for remnants of food gathered after the meal for distribution to the poor; (b) the food in the alms dish; an allotment of food from the lord's (or abbot's) table set aside (in an

• ẹstful

Of persons: pleasure-seeking, fastidious, delicate; of food: palatable, delicious. c1230(?a1200) Ancr. Corp-C 402 28b ȝef ha hit mei eoten, eote & þonki godd ȝeorne. ȝef ha ne mei nawt, beo sari þet ha mot sechen estfulre [L deliciosora]..nis hit muche

• eting(e

67/28 I haue knowyn many þat withdrew hem froo etynges of surfaytz. ?That which is eaten; food, a meal; gostli etinge , spiritual food. c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems Add 17376 153/702 ȝe beþ boþe naked nou, Bote ȝoure Etinges? (a1398) Trev.

• fasting(e, festing, festunge, vestunge, vastinge

fasting(e ger.(2) Also festing , festunge , vestunge , vastinge . (a) Voluntary abstinence from food and drink, from certain kinds of food, or from other sensual indulgence, as a mode of spiritual or religious discipline; also, an act of

• fọden

. To supply with food, to feed; nurse, foster. c1225 Wor.Bod.Gloss. Hat 113 23 Bigleofon: fode. a1225 Lamb.Hom.Pater N. Lamb 487 63/153 Swa bihoueð þe saule fode mid godes wordes. a1425 Medulla Stnh A.1.10 48a/a Pasco: to fode. ?a1475 Ludus

• gesten, gested, gest

. (a) To receive (sb.) as a guest; provide (sb.) with lodging, food, etc.; (b) to stable (a horse); (c) to make a feast. ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 Petyt 511 p.160 His men wer wele gested with brede, wyne, & light.

• deinen, denen

. To be haughty; scorn (sth.), reject (food), disdain (to do sth.); with , be scornful of (sb.). a1425 Medulla Stnh A.1.10 34b/a Indignor: to deynen. c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex. Ashm 44 4579 Owþir ȝe gesse at ȝe be gods..Or deynes

• disher(e, discer, disser

(a) One who makes or sells dishes; (b)?one who dishes up food in the kitchen. (1263) Close R.Hen.III 310 Johannes le Dissher. (1275) in Fransson Surn. 185 Pet. le Dissare. (1332) Sub.R.Lond. in Unwin Finance 88 Ricardus le Disshere. c1390

• pantelere, pantlere, pantlar, pantelerer

by dissimilation or analogy with ME boteler n.(1). A person in charge of food supplies, a pantry-keeper; also, a baker; kirf of panteleres , a group of pantry-keepers. ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 Petyt 511 p.33 Whilom he serued in his panterie