• desireful

Wished for, gratifying; (b) desirable, good (food). (1434) Misyn ML Corp-O 236 129/30 Contemplacion is labyr sweit & desirefull. (1435) Misyn FL Corp-O 236 95/33 O how happy & truly desyrefull swetnes his saule fulfillys! (c1384) WBible(1) Dc 369(2) Dan.10.3

• dishen

n. (a) To dish up (food); (b) ben dished and gon , to be wasted, be spent. 1381 Pegge Cook.Recipes Dc 257 92 Nym hennyn and porke and seth hem togedere..boyle it and disch it. a1450(1412) Hoccl. RP Hrl 4866

• embocing

or protuberance; (b) a lump (of food). (?a1439) Lydg. FP Bod 263 1.6545 Yiff ther brestis vp to hie hem dresse, Thei can ful weel thenbosyng doun represse. a1500 Discip.Cler. Wor F.172 54 Be ther noon grete embosyng put in

• overswelwen, oureswelihe, overswolowe

. From swelwen v. (a) To swallow (food); (b) to engulf (sb.). a1475 Hrl.Bk.Hawking in Studia Neoph.16 Hrl 2340 14 Take..the gut of a capon..and..kut it in gobettes, and departe it as the hawke may ouerswoloue it. a1400 NVPsalter Vsp

• pavilounen, paviliọned, ipaveillound, ypauelounded

To shelter or lodge (an army) in tents, encamp; (b) to cover (a dish of food). c1400(?a1300) KAlex. LdMisc 622 2038 Darries folk was..ypaueillound [LinI: ypauelounded] in a pleyn. a1509(?1468) Marriage in Archaeol.31 Add 46354 335 Apone the saide table

• porcelle

porcellus A small pig; a suckling pig used for food. ?a1425 Chauliac(1) NY 12 78b/a Rogerine & Thederic kutteþ a porcelle, i. a grise [Ch.(2) : smale swyne; L porcellos]..bi þe middez. a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) Hrl 279 58 Porcelle farce enforce.

• provendringe, probandiring

. The providing of food or fodder. a1450(1408) Vegetius(1) Dc 291 67a Hit nediþ to haue siker..goyng to þe pasture of his bestis; Also þat his whete and oþer cornes brynginge, waterynge, wodinge, & prouendringe [vr. probandyring; L pabulatio], þat

• likornesse, likernes

cp. lekere n. & licere adj. (a) Fondness for dainty food or drink; (b) pleasure. c1455 Chaucer CT.Cl. Hrl 1758 E.214 Likornesse [Heng: No likerous lust was thurgh hir herte yronne]. a1425 Medulla Stnh A.1.10 45a/a Oblecto: to delyte lykernes.

• mete-custi, -cousti

(1) & kisti . Generous in provision of food, liberal. c1275(?a1200) Lay. Brut Clg A.9 349 He was mete-custi, þat is, monscipe steor. c1275(?a1200) Lay. Brut Clg A.9 19932 Arður..wes mete-custi aelche quike monne. c1275(?a1200) Lay. Brut Clg A.9 23257

• meteles

meteliest , -lest . Lack of food. a1450 Siege Jerus.(1) Lamb 491 1066 Meteles [Ld: What moryne & meschef for mete is byfalle]. c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex. Ashm 44 1164 Slik mischife..emang his men fallis For megire & for meteles [Dub:

• mocchen, mucche, muchche, muche, meche

meche . Cp. MnE dial. mouch ; prob. imitative. To munch (food); chew audibly. c1325 Of Rybaudȝ Hrl 2253 18 Þe knaue crommeþ is crop er þe cok crawe; he momeleþe & moccheþ ant marreþ is mawe. a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC

• herbergen, herbigen, iherberged

(a) To take up quarters; (b) to stock (a town with food). a1500 Partenay Trin-C R.3.17 1313 Tho in cite..ther ooste myght see ful fast herbiging, The peple of Armes ther disloging. a1500 Conq.Irel. Rwl B.490 109/34 The toun..wel and

• odorifer

a pleasant or fragrant bouquet; (b) as noun: a food, drink, or medicine having a pleasant or fragrant smell. ?a1425 Chauliac(1) NY 12 137a/a Heben Mesue praiseþ collucion, i. wasshing, after wasshing & soukyng with odorifer [Ch.(2) : swete; L

• overfulle

oferfyl Surfeit of food. c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom. Bod 343 54/18 Is eac monnum to witenne þaet ðaes monnes waecce þe wacaeð for his oferfulle, ant for oferdrynce & for unrihte ðance..nis to nane waecce iteald. c1275(?a1216) Owl & N. Clg A.9

• overful(le

(a) Abundant; (b) surfeited with food. a1250 Ancr. Nero A.14 71/7 Þeos þreo maner men habbeð ine heouene mid ouer fulle mede crune upe crune. a1425 Ben.Rule(1) Lnsd 378 28/30 Bot sho sal loke þat þai ne be not ouir-ful

• overgorged

an excessively full crop, too full of food. a1475 Hrl.Bk.Hawking in Studia Neoph.16 Hrl 2340 8 And if thi hauke be full gorged, and woldest sone opon haue a flighte, take iij cornys of whete and yeue it here and

• repasten

, p.ppl. of repascere . Refl. To refresh oneself with food. (a1470) Malory Wks. Win-C 318/35 They dranke the wyne and ete the venyson and the foulys bakyn; And so whan they had repasted them well, the dwarff retourned ayen.

• kiwing

Swed. dial. kyl `bag, belly'; akin to OE cyl & cylle `leather bottle'; ult. L . ?Each thing; ?belly things, food and drink. (c1300) Havelok LdMisc 108 1736 But hwan he haueden þe kiwing [?read: kilþing] deled, And fele siþes

• snouen

older Dan. snuve , MDu. snu(y)ven , MLG snuven , & ME snuven v. Of a hawk: to wipe (the beak) clean of food, etc. a1486 Sln.Bk.Hawking Sln 3488 142 Late hir not fle til she haue snowed hure beke.

• souping(e

q.v.; thing , something to eat, food. (c1384) WBible(1) Dc 369(2) John 21.5 Jhesu seith to hem 'Children, wher ȝe han ony soupynge thing [L pulmentarium]?' (1440) PParv. Hrl 221 484 Suppynge [Win: Suppyng]: Cenacio, cenatus. c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex. Ashm