• livering(e, liv(e)rẹing

delivery of a commodity sold; (b) the allotting of lodgings; (c) an allowance of food and drink for a soldier. (1468-9) Doc.Brewer in Nrf.Archaeol.5 324 That no maner of brewer of this Cite shall from this tyme foorth take of

• mesing, mesin

Only in penis, silver , some kind of food rent. (1292) Acc.R.Dur. in Sur.Soc.100 490 De 9 s. 4 d. ob. de Mesingpen'. (1351-2) Acc.R.Dur. in Sur.Soc.100 552 10 s. 9 d. de Mesinpenys. (1375) Halmote R.Dur. in Sur.Soc.82 131

• ap(p)areilling, paraling

Preparation; a preparatory act; (b) providing (of food). c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems Add 17376 52/1458 To þys ordre crounebet Ys an apparyllyng, Þat hys in holy cherche y-cleped wel Þe furste scherynge Of clerke. (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn. Manly-Rickert A.2913 Heigh labour

• grẹning

green, a flourishing; (b)?a green plant used as food; (c) wed , a plant used for making a green dye, ?greenweed (Genista tinctoria); wort , a plant, ? = wed . a1400(a1325) Cursor Vsp A.3 16867 Þe rode it was

• humectatif, -ive, -ives

. OF & ML (a) Med. Of food: increasing moisture in the body, diluent; (b) surg. of medicines: moistening, increasing moisture. ?a1425 Chauliac(1) NY 12 133b/b Þat he be noreshed with fresh fisshez & metez humectatyuez [Ch.(2) : moystinge metes;

• ofswinke(n, ofswinche, ofswonk

From swinken v. To work for (sth.), procure (food) by work. c1300 SLeg.Becket Hrl 2277 p.1 Hi were atte laste..In stronge swynche niȝt and dai to ofswynche [Corp-C: of swinke] here mete stronge. c1300 SLeg.Becket LdMisc 108 1631 ȝe mouwen

• ọtherkin

wroght als lauerding Vte-ouer al oþerkin thing. a1425 Ben.Rule(1) Lnsd 378 28/5 Yef þai haue whar-of, þe þridde [dish of food] may þai haue of frute ouþir of oþirkin felaȝscap. a1425 PPl.C Cmb Ff 5.35 6.20 Oþer kyn [Hnt: Canstow..oþer

• overet

Excessive eating; also, a surfeit of food. a1225(?a1200) Trin.Hom. Trin-C B.14.52 11 Alle heuie sennen..alse ben oueretes and untimeliche eten alehuse and at ferme and at feste and masthwat at liche laðeð metisupe. a1225(?a1200) Trin.Hom. Trin-C B.14.52 55 We auen

• sobrietẹ

desires or actions, temperance in food or drink; sobriety as one of the cardinal virtues; also fig. ; also person. ; liven in . c1450 Pilgr.LM Cmb Ff.5.30 197 Abstinence thou shalt clepe hire..Hire gorgiere is Sobrietee; thou ouhtest wite

• stint, stinte, stinttes, stinthes, stinctes, stinches

stinches . OE (a) A bird of the genus Tringa or Calidris used as food; (b) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.157]. (1452) Feast Neville(1) Tit B.11 88 Tertius; Gely ryalle departid; Haunche of venyson rostid..Styntis, Quayles, Larkys, [etc.].

• stithli, sti~x00f0~lic

stiþlic (a) Fierce; (b) powerful, strong; (c) of food: meager. a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom. Vsp D.14 113/5 On eallen þyssen gefliten waes þaere deofle gefiht swyðe stiðlic ongean þa sawle & þa halge aengles. a1150(?OE) Vsp.D.Hom. Vsp D.14 132/21 Þa AElfred king..þaet

• stul(le, scul, scolle

dial. stul & MnE dial. stull . (a) A large piece or chunk of food; (b) in surnames. c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex. Ashm 44 4436 As a Mare at a moghe ȝoure mawis ȝe fill With bakin mete & with briddis

• surfetrie

(a) Immoderate behavior; ?overindulgence in food and drink; (b) arrogance, presumption. a1500 Þe man þt wylle Sln 2584 125/16 Here-in ben medycyns..To hele al sores þat arn curable..So þat þe seke wol don wisly And kepe hemself fro surfetrie [Wel:

• sworden, swerden, swerded, -ud, swerddid

, swerddid . From sword n. (a) Cook. ?To fix food fast on a spit or broach for roasting; (b) ppl. swerded , armed with a sword; wearing a sword. a1325 Add.46919 Cook.Recipes Add 46919 55.55/5 Nym sone þe musseruns,

• sword-fish, swerdfish(e, -fiche, swirdfishe

& fish n. (a) The swordfish (Xiphias gladius); also, a swordfish used as food, the flesh of a swordfish; (b) glossing L sardellus sardine. a1475 Russell Bk.Nurt. Hrl 4011 582 Whale, Swerdfysche, purpose..rosted wele..alle þese cut in þe dische. a1475

• tọdighten, todite, todi~x0021d~t, todighte

for sense 1 . cp. OE todihtnian . (a) To distinguish (terms); (b) to dress (food with grease); prepare. (1340) Ayenb. Arun 57 164/14 Þise uirtues me ne may naȝt propreliche nemni ase onderstondinge hise to-diȝt ine latin. a1500 Rule

• tumbrel, tumberel, tombrel

fish names, e.g., makerel n. & pikerel n. (a) A kind of fish, prob. porpoise, used as food; (b) as surname [could also be construed as tumbrel n.(1)]. (c1300) Havelok LdMisc 108 757 Keling he tok, and tumberel, Hering, and

• vitailing, vitaling, veteling, vitalyge

v. (a) The providing of food and drink or other necessities of life for soldiers, sailors, etc.; also, supplies of food and drink or other necessities of life, provisions, rations; ?also, funds to purchase such food and drink or other

• volaten

. Med. To be nauseated; also, feel nauseated by (food and drink, or what one has already consumed), feel loathing for. a1475 Gilb.Angl. Wel 537 15/13 If he castiþ moche and volatiþ boþe mete and drinke þes ben þe tokenes

• wombeful

n. An amount of food and drink sufficient to fill the stomach, a bellyful; haven , to satisfy (one's) appetite; also fig. ; haven a feste bi the , have more than enough to eat. (a1387) Trev. Higd. StJ-C H.1