• surfeture, sorfeture

surfet excess & OF sorfaiture , AF surfeiture arrogance, presumption. Overindulgence in food and drink, satiation. a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS Hrl 1701 389 On syxe maners may a man mete..Sum men dremyn for surfeture [F sorfet], þat etyn or drynkyn ouer

• thirle-polle, thurlepolle

& polle n. The flesh of a whale, used as food; salt . a1475 Russell Bk.Nurt. Hrl 4011 584 Þornebak, thurle polle, hound fysch, halybut, to hym þat hathe heele, alle þese cut in þe dische as youre lord etethe

• scrappe

OI skrap . A piece of food remaining after a meal; also fig. ; -- also coll. (a1387) Trev. Higd. StJ-C H.1 1.15 I schal entre in to þe feeldes of oure forme fadres..ȝif I myȝt gadre eny scrappes [Higd.(2)

• bil-fọder

(1) & fodder . Food carried in the bill or snout of an animal and fed into the mouths of the young. a1375 WPal. KC 13 1858 A cherl..bar bred in a bagge..his bag wiþ his bilfodur wiþ þe best

• tubdurẹ

thick; for 2nd element ?cp. ME dorrẹ n. Some kind of fish used for food, ?the sapphirine gurnard or tubfish (Trigla hirundo). (1449) Shillingford 153 In tubdure et turbet emptis de Willelmo Fysshe, in konger, turbet, et breyme emptis de

• tubling

& MnE dial. tubbut short and thick. A food fish, perh. the sapphirine gurnard or tubfish (Trigla hirundo); ?the young of such a fish. (1339) Acc.R.Priory HTrin.Dub. DubPRO 12 In camera Prioris pro adventu magistrorum Hugonis de Saltu, Thome de

• unfed(de

unfed(de ppl. From fed(de , p.ppl. of fẹden v. Without food, unfed. a1400(a1325) Cursor Vsp A.3 12925 Iesus fasted fourti dais vn-fedd [Trin-C: vnfedde]. a1400(a1325) Cursor Vsp A.3 19650 Thre dais liued he þar vnfedd [Frf: vn-fed].

• unfondide

perh. by confusion with fonded , p.ppl. of fonden v. Not supplied with food, not victualed. c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) Thrn 2485 The Fraunchemenne enfeblesches, ne farly me thynkkys; They are vnfondyde folke in þa faire marches, For them wantes þe

• bitlok

a bit, ME hillok , etc.; cp. Scot. dial. bittock a little bit. A bit of food. 1607(?a1425) Chester Pl. Hrl 2124 138/160 Fellowes, now our bellies be full..call after Trowle and byd hym some of our bytlockes [Add 10305:

• volating

v. Feeling nauseated (by food and drink). a1475 Gilb.Angl. Wel 537 168/21 Casting and spuyng comeþ of corrupt humours in þe stomake of suche humours comeþ anoþir greuaunce, þat is, abhominacion and volating of mete and drinke, for suche corrupt

• bredles

n. (1). Without bread or food. (1309) Pat.R.Edw.II 248 Robert Bredles. c1400(c1378) PPl.B LdMisc 581 14.160 Beggeres aboute Midsomer bredlees þei soupe, And ȝit is wynter for hem worse. c1400(?a1387) PPl.C Hnt HM 137 10.121 Barfot and bredles beggeþ þei

• bulge-brede

992, see bulten (1). Bread made of bolted flour; here fig. , enjoyment of fine food, gluttony. a1425 Body & S.(5) Add 37787 463 Þe fendys began aȝen to crye..`Þe bulgebrede [Roy 18.A.10: bulted bred] þu moste aby, As oþer

• cruditẹ

& L (a) Of food: the quality of producing `unnatural humors'; (b) turbidity. ?a1425 Chauliac(1) NY 12 133a/b It is to be war of metez which aggregateþ i. gadreth in hem þise 3 proprieteez, Of which þe first is humorouste

• remissailes, remissailles, remoss-

?AF ; the form remossailles perh. influenced by mossel(le , vars. of morsel n. Fragments of food remaining after a meal, scraps; pieces of food; also fig. c1460(a1449) Lydg. Cock Hrl 2255 147 The ryche man sit stuffyd at his

• ẹst-mete, este-mete

. OE est-mete . Dainty food, delicacies (cp. este n. 3. ). ?c1200 Orm. Jun 1 829 Hiss fode wass unnorne, Forr nass nan esstemete þaer Þatt follȝheþþ gluternesse. a1225(?a1200) Trin.Hom. Trin-C B.14.52 37/29 Þe fule man..þe est metes and

• feble

or infirm person; (b) poor or inferior food. (1340) Ayenb. Arun 57 148 Þe guode man and þe wyse..uorbereþ alneway þe foles and þe fiebles [OF fiebles]. a1425(?c1375) NHom.(3) Leg. Hrl 4196 16/388 Þat medcyn was to mony mischeue And

• forhaef(e)dness(e

Abstinence; esp., abstaining from food or drink. c1150(?OE) PDidax. Hrl 6258b 23/19 Do hym forhaefaednysse [L abstinentiam] on mete. c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom. Bod 343 56/30 Deofles costungae..mon swiðe raþe ofercymaeð mid þare forhaefdnesse. c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom. Bod 343 96/16 He sceal nu

• gader, gadre

pluck (heart, liver, and lungs) of an animal used for food; also, the pluck of a human being. (1423-4) Doc.Brewer in Bk.Lond.E. 179/1226 Item, for calves gadres x d. ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron. Got Hist 740 22097 He tok of her

• deintẹful

deintẹ n. Of food, diet: delicate, delicious; also fig. (a1393) Gower CA Frf 3 6.813 Ther is no lust so deintefull Of which a man schal noght be full Of that the stomac underfongeth. c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex. Ashm 44 4274

• grate

v. An instrument for grating food, grater. (1439) Will York in Sur.Soc.45 97 De j dos. small grates vj d. (1440) PParv. Hrl 221 207 Grate for brede: Micatorium. Grate for gyngure, or oþer lyke: Fricellum, frictellum. c1450 Trin-C.LEDict. Trin-C