• unfrẹndli, unfrendeli

hostility. (1425) Paston 1.5 I send yow, closed with this bille, copie of vn frendly lettre þat þe seyd John hath sent to me. (1425) RParl. 4.274a Wher upon ye Commune of your Realme, at yis tyme by your commaundement

• ut, u~x0021d~

first word in the ML hymn to St. John the Baptist beginning 'Ut queant'. Mus. The first note or degree of Guido d'Arezzo's hexachords; la ; ef fa ; ge-sol-re , q.v. c1380 Vncomly in Arun 292 39,41 Of effauȝ

• verifiing, verefihinge

Rwl B.520 lf.47b Wan ha beȝ icleped to uerefihinge, þoru þat þulke i-voched weren in present. (1467) Paston 2.564 Grete diuisions hath this vij yere be had yn verifyeng a true testament and last wille made by Sir John Fastolf.

• verrer, verrour, vereour, verer, verir, verrier, veriere, verour, ver(r)ur, werrer

Pro stangno Get et operacione fenestrarum et stipendiis de verrers usque festum sancti Michiaelis, 32 s. (1306) Court R.Lond. 253 John le Flemeng, verrer [threatened the Beadle and guardians of the peace of Basseshawe Ward]. (c1378) Mem.Bk.York in Sur.Soc.120 32

• vigorousli, vigorosli, vigouresli, vigoursli, vigeriouseli

myght here the crassinge of speres half a myle longe. a1500 Proc.Chanc. in Archaeol.ser.2.6 22 Dan Robert Marshall and Dan John Garland vigorosly drought oute ij baslardes. a1450(c1410) Lovel. Grail Corp-C 80 16.444 His vesage As brenneng Fyr it was

• vilein, vileine, villein, vilain(e, villain, velein, velaun

135 The seid John Wayte saith by protestacion that the said John Bysship is his villayn regardant to his Maner of Lee in the Counte of Sutht, and he and his auncestres, all tho whos estate John Wayte hath in

• vintri(e, viniterie, vintrẹ, vinet(e)rie

Vor þe mer was viniter, hii breke þe viniterie. c1450 Trin-C.LEDict. Trin-C O.5.4 619/30 Vinitria: vyntrye. (1273) Close R.Edw.I 51 John de la Vynetrie. (1315) Feet Fines Kent in Archaeol.Cant.13 294 Walter de la Vineterie. (1334) Will Court Hust. Gldh

• vouson, voweson, vourson(e, foweson, wouson

with þe vourson of þe church. (1464) RParl. 5.520b Provided that this Acte extend not nother be prejudiciall to Maister John Peresone to any Grauntes by us made of any Priory Chirches and Wousons of Chirches. (1477) RParl. 6.172b Partition

• ware, wer(e

that the Same Nicoll yafe to þe Same Abbot and to his successoures the foresaide londe, and Byndeth hym-selfe and his heyres and assynes to ware. (1275) in Reaney Dict.Br.Surnames 371 John Waremund. (1279) in Reaney Dict.Br.Surnames 371 Isabella Wermund.

• waspail, waspal, waspauils, waspeil, washepail(l)e

Waspail. (1194) CRR(1) 1 4 Rogerus Waspauils. (1230) in Pipe R.Soc.n.s.4 191 Thithinga de Waspayl. (1327) in Reaney Dict.Br.Surnames (3rd ed.) 477 Peter Waschepaille. (1364) in Reaney Dict.Br.Surnames (3rd ed.) 477 John Waspal. (1394-5) Doc.Manor in MP 34 61 Wasschepayle.

• webber(e, weber, weiber

Harry Mewe and Thomas Symonds and they receive a yen for a stoke xij d. (1255) in Reaney Dict.Br.Surnames 374 John le Webber. (1306) Close R.Edw.I 468 Walter le Webber. (1340) in Fransson Surn. 88 Henry le Webbere. (1378) in

• welesomli

Prov.30.29 Þre thingis ben þat weel gon, & þe ferþe þat goþ welsumly [WB(2) : richeli; L feliciter]. (c1384) WBible(1) Roy 1.B.6 3 John 2 I make preyer, thee for to entre, and fare welsumly, as thi soule doth welsumly.

• wine-drawer, windragher

London [by þe] wyn drawers. (1450) Let. in Ellis Orig.Let.ser.2.1 114 Drawe the body of another traytour callyng him self John Rammesey, wyne drawer. (1294) Pat.R.Edw.I 106 Adam le Wyndrawer. (1319) in Ekwall 2 Lond.Sub.R. Lund 1951 337 De Willelmo

• woder(e, wader(e, wadder, waddare, wauder

estre esluz quatre suffisantz persones de la dite Ville, c'est assavoir deux Drapers, un Woder, & un Tinctour. (1424) Will John Rouwe (Somerset Ho.) [OD col.] Luffenham lf.37 Willelmus Barbultone, tinctor siue Woder, qui ex confidencia feoffatus est in dicta

• yẹmer, emer

þe ȝemers of his liue. c1330(?a1300) Tristrem Auch 831 ȝif tristrem be now sleyn, Yuel ȝemers er we. a1400(c1300) NHom.(1) John & Boy Phys-E p.114 Til him hauis thou ille yemer ben. a1425 Proph.6 Kings Glb E.9 213 Seþin sal

• bọken, boked, ibocket

write (a story), compose; (c) wel boked , well-educated, well-read. c1230(?a1200) Ancr. Corp-C 402 43a Þe engel gabriel hefde his [John the Baptist's] burde ibocket. c1390 Disp.Virg.& Cross Vrn 421 Mi dedes are bounden and booked. (a1393) Gower CA Frf

• Burguinoun, Burgonian, Burgoiloun

Burgeygun. (1256) Close R.Hen.III 347 Gyonettus le Burgoynun. (1271) in Ewen Surnames Brit. 143 Bertram le Burgelun. (1273) Pat.R.Edw.I 26 John le Burgilon. (1285) in Ewen Surnames Brit. 143 Pet. le Burgullion. (1285) Close R.Edw.I 364 Peter le Burguillon. (1300)

• canne, can(e, kan(ne

ad portandam aquam pro lavatoriis. (1410) Will York in Sur.Soc.45 48 De ij cannes de corio. a1425(c1395) WBible(2) Roy 1.C.8 John 2.6 There weren set sixe stonun cannes [WB(1) : pottis; L hydriae]..holdynge ech tweyne ether thre metretis. ?a1475 Ludus

• cendrin, sendrin

York in Sur.Soc.4 18 Lego..fratri meo robam meam de sendryn cum furrura nigra. (1348) Will Court Hust. Gldh 1.647 [To John Chelchehiche a robe of] cendrine. (1349) Will Court Hust. Gldh 1.692 [A] Gyte [of] sendryn [with fur hood]. (1413)

• cenophegie, senofegia, sceno-, syno-, cenophe

scenopegia , from Gr. The Jewish Feast of Tabernacles. (c1384) WBible(1) Dc 369(2) John 7.2 A feeste day of Jewis, Scenofegia [WB(2) : Senofegia] that is, a feeste of tabernaclis. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944 129b/a Cenophegia is a feste