• overdeintẹvousli

overdeintẹvousli adv. From deintẹvousli(che adv. With excessively fine food, over sumptuously. c1450 Jacob's W. Sal 174 142/17 Þis wose of glotonye is v fote brede, þat is, ouyrtymely, outeragely, ouyrhastely, ouyrdeyntuously, & ouerbesyly.

• overful

overful adv. From ful adv. With surfeit of food. a1500 For þi self Lamb 491 p.388 And þou gloton, þat neuer is glad, To þou be ouer-ful fedde, Hyt shal þe rekken of þi rede.

• indouing

(1). Hawk. The ability to pass food from the crop to the stomach. a1475 Hrl.Diseases Hawk A Hrl 2340 33a Anoþer medycyn for stoppyng in þe bowell & may not Indue..And as sche encresys of hetyng & of Indowyng, so

• snouten

snouten v. MLG snuten to blow one's nose. Of a hawk: to wipe (the beak clean of food, etc.). a1486 Sln.Bk.Hawking Sln 3488 142 Let hure rest til she haue snowted hure beke, oþer j rowsed hire.

• surfeti

n. From surfet n. Immoderate behavior; ?overindulgence in food and drink. ?a1450 Þe man þt wylle Wel 542 18 Her-inne be medycinis..To hele alle sores þat ben curable..So þe seek wol do wysely, And kepe him-self fro surfety [vr. surfetrie].

• swaesendo

swaesendo n. OE swaesende , pl. swaesendu , -o . Food. c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom. Bod 343 106/16 ȝif we þa six sunendaȝaen of adoþ, þe we swaesendo on habbaeþ, þonne ne beoð þaer buton six ant þrittiȝ daȝene þaes faestenes.

• slipperen

v. From sliper adj.; also cp. MDu. slipperen to slide. To make (food) easily digestible. a1500(a1450) Ashmole SSecr. Ashm 396 53/12 Yf the resoluer be take be-fore, the constreyner, take after, is slippered and make light degestion and goode egestion.

• unbrọking

From brọking ger. An inability to tolerate or retain food. c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet Bod 916 159/11 A wombe which haþ be long tyme fro mete may not sodeinly be replenischid withoute greet hurte and vnbroking of þe mete so receiuid.

• undecoct

p.ppl. of decocten v. Of food: not digested. a1500(a1450) Ashmole SSecr. Ashm 396 54/11 Movyng and exercise after mete it noyeth, for than descendith esely the mete vndecoct [Abbrev.Trip. : vndigeste; Lambeth : er it be defyed] to the lower

• unete

unete n. From et n. Hunger, lack of food. (a1387) Trev. Higd. StJ-C H.1 1.405 The men may dure longe vnete [Higd.(2) : hungre; L famem] And loueþ wel comune mete.

• volaile, vollaile

, var. of volille . Coll. Fowls sold for food, poultry. 1444 Maldon Bye-Law in Essex Herald (188.) 11 April 6/2 [OD col.] There shall be no man ne selle ne bye ne flesh, ne fyshe, vollayle, ne other vytayle.

• advictailling

Act of providing with food, provisioning. (1435) Wars France in RS 22.2 580 The sustenaunce and advictailling of the ostis. (1443) Proc.Privy C. 5.248 Þe Katerine of Bristowe is charged with whete & oþer vitaille to þe Kynges citee of

• charbiande

charbiande n. Cp. char (3) & ?OF viande food. Some kind of meat dish. c1450(c1353) Winner & W. Add 31042 336 Baken mete ther-by one the burde sett, Chewettes of choppede flesche, charbiande, fewlis.

• cuttederip

akin to ripen , repen `reap, harvest'. Some kind of manorial service at harvest time, or the occasion for it. (1261) Inquis.PM Hen.III 142 [He..found..4 men who had their food at] cuttederip [for reaping the lord's corn for one day].

• vitali, vitaliis

of L victualia ). (a) That which is necessary to sustain life, food; (b) pl. items of food or drink, comestibles; (c) pl. produce of the land, food crops. (1440) PParv. Hrl 221 511 Vytaly or vytayl: Victuale. a1500(c1410) Dives

• famine

famine n. OF (a) General dearth of food; famine; (b) personal lack of food; extreme hunger, starvation; also, lack (of love). c1390 PPl.A(1) Vrn 7.309 Famyn schal a-Ryse..Fruites schul fayle. (a1393) Gower CA Frf 3 5.4284 Thus be sleyhte and

• messen, imesed

messen v.(2) P.ppl. imesed . From mes n.(2). To dish out (food); also, serve (food); forth . 1381 Pegge Cook.Recipes Dc 257 p.97 Boyle it wel and messe yt forthe. (a1399) Form Cury Add 5016 p.13 Cast þer to Safron

• daili

ther ben don by the Adversaries. (c1456) Let.Oxf. in OHS 35 336 The gostely suffrages of oure dayly prayers. ?a1475 Ludus C. Vsp D.8 32/120 God..Off whom we haue oure dayly food. ?c1475 Cath.Angl. Add 15562 32b Dayli: cotidie, cotidianus.

• deintẹthli

deinteth adj. With fine food and drink, sumptuously; also fig. a1450 Yk.Pl. Add 35290 4/78 Thi dale, lorde, es ay daynetethly delande, And who so þat fode may be felande, To se thi fayre face es noght fastande. a1500(?a1450) GRom.

• deintẹvousli(che

(a) Elegantly, richly; (b) with fine food, sumptuously. c1390 Vrn.Mir.Virg. Vrn 55 Auters curiousliche de-peynt, Images ful deinteousliche i-diht. c1400(?a1387) PPl.C Hnt HM 137 9.324 Thenne was þis folke feyn and fedde Hunger deynteuosliche [vr. denteuousliche]. c1400 Wycl.DSins Bod 647