• souker(e, soucker, seuker

(d)]; even , one suckled at the same breast, a brother or foster brother; rabetes , a sucking rabbit as food; (b) that which draws something toward itself; (c) as surname. (c1384) WBible(1) Dc 369(2) 2 Mac.9.29 The man queller..in

• sourish

sourish adj. From sour adj. Somewhat sour and bitter in taste; -- also used of taste; also, as noun: a somewhat sour taste. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944 215a/b Abscinthium, warmood, is a ful scharp herbe, hoot and druye,

• spens(e, spence

& AL expensa , spensa . (a) A place where food and beverages are kept, a pantry, buttery, storeroom; also fig. ; (b) in surnames. (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sum. Manly-Rickert D.1931 Me thynketh they been lyk Iouynyan, Fat as a whale

• splatten, splat(te, splat(e, splat, isplate, isplet

form isplet prob. directly from MDu. or MLG . (a) To split (a fish); cut up (an animal); also, slice (food); ppl. splat as adj.: split open; (b) ?to split (sb.) open, kill; ?error for speken v. c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy LdMisc

• striking(e

at Exchequer for payments due or in arrears; (g) bord , ?a table used for spreading garnish or seasoning on food. c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy LdMisc 595 7389 Of his scheld a ful quartere He carff a-wey at that strikyng. c1450 Alph.Tales

• suffocaten, suffocat(e

be constricted; (b) ben suffocate , to be covered over, be smothered; (c) ppl. suffocate as noun: animals slaughtered for food. ?a1425 Chauliac(1) NY 12 27b/b Þe life resceyued in þe membre is suffocate & strangled [L suffocatur], as in

• tablen, tabil

OF tabler & ML tabulare . (a) To provide food for (sb.); (b) to place a plank on (a ship) for use in a pontoon bridge; (c) ppl. tabled as adj.: fashioned with boards; tabled sides , the frame of

• tempreli, temprali, temperal(l)i, temperelli, temparali, temporal(l)i, temperache

temperache . From tempre adj. (a) In moderation, with restraint; also, without having overindulged in food and drink [quot. c1475]; (b) modestly, simply; (c) in moderate degree. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944 236b/a Notes..ben..norisshynge to hem þat eteþ hem temperalliche

• saucen, i)saused, isaussed, isauset

sauce n.; also cp. OF saussier . (a) To season (food), flavor; also fig. ; also, pour (an ingredient on sth.); (b) to prepare (sth.) for the table; (c) ?error for causen v. (a1438) MKempe A Add 61823 170/22 Þer

• trei, trai

vessel or rimmed flat board designed to transport or hold food or other substances, a tray; a container for mortar; also, a unit of measurement, perh. equal to 16 bushels; corn ; tol , a fixed toll of two bushels

• tripe, trip

pl. the entrails of an animal or a fish, the stomach of a ruminant, tripe; tripe used as fish bait, food; (b) as surname. ?a1325 Heil seint Michel Hrl 913 p.157 Hail be ȝe hokesters dun bi þe lake, Wiþ

• trotter(e, trotetere, trotore, troter, trotar

, troterius . (a) A horse which trots; sadel ; (b) pl. the feet of a quadruped used as food; (c) as occupational name: a messenger; (d) as surname. (1348-9) in Beltz Garter 384 i trottar emptus eodem die. (1359)

• tunk, tung

); the word could also be construed as Wel. A food rent or payment in kind rendered to the king by Welsh customary tenants, a money payment substituted for the foodstuffs owed; pounde , money paid in lieu of payment

• underfonging(e, oundervanginge

of rents, moneys, etc.; ?that which is taken in, receipts; (b) ingestion of food; (c) perception, understanding; (d) treating with special favor, partiality; (e) willing endurance, acceptance; (f) acceptance with favor, approval; (g) of bapteme , the act of undergoing

• unhalwed, unhalued, unhalewed, unhalowed, unhalwedid

, halowed , p.ppl. of halwen v. (a) Of a church, place, an object, etc.: unconsecrated; of food: not blessed or sanctified; (b) of a consecrated altar: profaned, desecrated. c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A Clg A.11 7156 Vor þe chirche vn halewed was,

• vitailer, vit(t)ailler, vitaillier, vitaler(e, vitalare, vitaller, vit(t)el(l)er, vitilar, vitheler, veteler, witeler, vitul(l)er, vitulour, vitailers, viteiloures, vitalieris, vetaileres

of food or food and drink; a trader in foodstuffs; also, fig. a provider of that which is necessary to sustain life [quot. c1475]; (b) one who supplies or tries to supply an armed force or expedition with food and

• void(e, vide

vuide n. (a) Nothingness, the void; (b) no contents, nothing; also, emptiness; also, an empty place; (c) abstinence from food, hunger. c1484(a1475) Caritate SSecr. Tak 38 167/27 Thei dysputyd of þo thyngis þat be abouyn natur, of fulle and of

• walet, walette, wallet, wale

may be a borrowing from ME . A large pouch or purse, esp. one used by a traveler to hold food, money, documents, etc.; also in fig. context [last quot.]. (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol. Manly-Rickert A.681,686 Hood for iolitee wered he

• chis

to ceosan choose). (a) Fastidious, `choosy' (as to food); (b) critical, petty; (c) solicitous; (d) choice, excellent [cp. chesen , sense 5 ]. c1150(OE) Hrl.HApul. Hrl 6258B 110.84/1 Gif man on þaere untrumnysse si, þat he si cis. (c1410) York

• congre, congur, -er, cunger, gongre

conger , congrus (from Gr. ). A large marine eel (Conger conger), a conger [an important food fish in Europe]. (1310) Acc.R.Dur. in Sur.Soc.99 7 In 9 cungr. (1324) Acc.R.Dur. in Sur.Soc.99 13 3 turbotes et 15 Kongyrs. ?a1325 Heil