• atasten, attasten

oony man of þe church or seculere persone..will ataste to come agaynste hit [a statute]. (a) To taste or relish (food); also, taste beforehand [quot.PParv. ]; (b) to have a taste of (sth.); experience (grief, lust); -- also with of.

• meteles

meteleas (a) Without food, without eating; (b) without meat. c1300 SLeg.Brendan LdMisc 108 60 For here ȝe habbez al a ȝer meteles i-beo, Þat ȝe ne eten ne dronken ne slepen. c1300 SLeg.Kenelm LdMisc 108 234 Heo seien hire [a

• greithinge, greithingue

Preparation, making ready; cooking, preparing of food; dyeing of cloth. c1300 SLeg.Inf.Chr. LdMisc 108 1250 He find cloth of oþer colur Grene of swiþe guod greiþingue. Ase he deuise atþe bi gynningue. (a1382) WBible(1) Dc 370 4 Kings 6.23 And

• heironseu, -seue, herencel

young European heron (Ardea cinerea); ?also, an adult heron; (b) young heron used for food; (c) a representation of a heron. (1381-2) Acc.R.Dur. in Sur.Soc.103 592 Uni portanti Heronsewes, 12 d. (1409) Acc.R.Dur. in Sur.Soc.99 53 In 3 heronseus emp.,

• herbe-wauter, -walter, -water

plant; sweet woodruff (Asperula odorata); ?also, the European silverweed (Potentilla anserina); (b)?used for food. a1400 Alphita SeldArch B.35 81 Herba Walteri habet stipitem rectum aliquantulum et diuisionem foliorum per gradus diuisam, redolet ut muscum, gall. muge de boys. ?a1425(1373) Lelamour

• hound(es-fish

A fish with hard, rough skin, sometimes used for food; prob. any of various small sharks; a dogfish; -- also, as surname; (b) skin , a kind of shagreen, used for polishing. (1311) Doc.Gildh.Lond. in RS 12.3 432 Ricardus de

• nutriment

L nutrimentum (a) Food or drink, sustenance; (b) physiol. nourishment, nutrients, nutriment; nutrition; as adj.: bearing nutriment; blod . (c1454) Pecock Fol. Roy 17.D.9 21/34 It is necessari to ech such beest and to man forto haue a witt wherbi

• nutritive

member of the body, an organ whose function is to nourish the body; (b) nourishing food, nourishment; (c) personified: Nutritive Power. ?a1425 Chauliac(3) Htrn 95 58a/b Þe þrid pannikel is þe midreffe þe whiche diuideþ alle þe spirituel members fro

• orne

drinch (drink, mete) , fastidious with regard to drink (food); (b) as noun: affliction, distress, pain; bicomen in , to come to be in misery. c1230(?a1200) Ancr. Corp-C 402 188/13 Þe an..wes ornre [Nero: ornure; Cleo: ornere; Pep: squaymous] of

• outen, uten

, a foreign soldier; strete , a byway, an unfrequented road; (b) of food or provisions: exhausted, used up. (c1300) Havelok LdMisc 108 2153 He was birkabeynes sone..þat was hem wone Wel to yeme, and wel were Ageynes uten-laddes here.

• queisi(e, queisẹ, kueise, quesie, coisi & kise

iðra-kveisa bowel pains. Sense (b) may reflect an ironic use of AF queisier , CF coisier to calm. (a) Of food: unsettling to the stomach, queasy; (b) of events or the state of affairs: unsettled, uncertain. c1450 Burg.Practica Rwl D.251

• rai(e, rai~x0021d~e

A fish of the genus Raia; the ray or skate used as food. (1323-4) Acc.R.Dur. in Sur.Soc.99 13 In 13 Kelinges, 7 Rayes, et 9 turbot emp. in villa, 14 s. 10 d. (1345) Doc. in HMC Rep.9 App.1 43b

• raunes(se, rounes

From rau(e adj. Incomplete digestion of food; indigestion; also, lack of digestion owing to fasting; of digestioun . (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944 47b/b Þe spotel of a fastinge man haþ..strengþe of priuey infeccioun..by cause of rawnesse [L cruditatis]; for

• restoratif(e, restauratife, -ouratif

-ouratif . From restoratif adj. A food or medicine which restores health or strength; also fig. c1460(?c1435) Lydg. Let.Glo. Hrl 2255 9 I souhte leechys for a restoratiff [vr. restauratif]. (?a1439) Lydg. FP Bod 263 3.2574 Ageyn siknesse men seeke

• rump(e, rompe

Icel. rumpr . (a) The rump of a quadruped mammal; also, the tail; also, an animal rump as food for a hawk; (b) the rump of a person, posterior; (c) as surname. (c1410) York MGame Vsp B.12 12 An hare

• indigestioun

OF (a) Incomplete digestion of food; also, undigested condition; (b) smoki , an exhalation produced by incomplete digestion; (c) illness caused by indigestion; an attack of indigestion. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944 58a/b By scarste of vse of mete &

• iyarwen, ~x0021d~e~x0021d~yre, ~x0021d~e~x0021d~earwath, ~x0021d~e~x0021d~aruwaeth, ~x0021d~e~x0021d~earfa~x00f0~, i~x0021d~arwed, i~x0021d~earwed, i~x0021d~earowed

, iȝearowed . OE gegearwian & WS gegierwan (A gegerwan ). (a) To prepare (sth.), make, build; (b) to make (food) healthful; make possible (forgiveness); (c) to accomplish (healing). c1150(OE) Hrl.MQuad. Hrl 6258B 12/17 Wið attorcoppan bite, haran sina ȝeȝyre

• slutte, slut(e, slottes

a lewd or lascivious woman [quot.: ?a1475]; (b) a scullery maid; (c) a beast messy or difficult to prepare as food; (d) ?mud, slush; -- in surnames and place names only [see Smith PNElem. 2.128]. (1402) Hoccl. Cupid Hnt HM

• ber(e)-man, bar(e)man

carries, a bearer, a porter; (b) a servant who carries food to the table, a waiter; (c) personal name. (1226) Lib.R.Hen.III.1 PRO C 62 2 [To carpenters and] bermannis [for hooping..and unloading the said tuns]. (c1300) Havelok LdMisc 108 876,887

• souel, soul(le, soule, souwel, sowaile, sowel, sowil(le, suwle, souvel, suvel, sonel, soweles, sowuels

(a) Something eaten with bread, such as meat, pottage, a sauce, etc.; food in general, nourishment; also fig. ; also, pl. ?foodstuffs; and bred , bred and , food; of potage , pottage; ani thing of , any provision; gostli