• sterling, sterlinge, starling, striling, sterling(e)s, sterlingges, sterlingues, starlingus

light coin imported from Luxembourg and used to counterfeit the English penny; rounde , an undamaged, unclipped penny; (b) the standard unit used for reckoning in lawful English currency, the English money of account; marke (shilling , etc.) of sterlinges

• dote

A fool, simpleton; senile man, old fool. a1275(?c1150) Prov.Alf. Trin-C B.14.39 118/461 For-þi ich telle him for a dote þad sait al is y-wille. c1330(?a1300) Tristrem Auch 1912 In þat nede Þou hast y-tent þi pride, Þou dote! c1330(?c1300) Bevis

• olden, holden, holdon

holdon . Infl. form of old ; cp. OE on ealdum dagum . (a) In phrases: bi daies, in dai , in former times, long ago; austin the , Augustine the venerable; (b) in place name. a1400 Cursor Trin-C R.3.8

• vulnus

1396 31/7 Vulnus is a newe wounde & ofte tymes we fynde þat an old wounde is clepid vulnus. c1475(1392) MS Wel.564 Wel 564 59a/a Þou schalt notifien þe difference bitwene þis word vulnus, þat is to seie a newe

• fabelard, favelard

dullard . A term of abuse: pretender. a1500(?a1400) Firumb.(2) Fil 1331 Where artou, charlys, thou sory fabelart? wenestou so lyȝthly oure relykes to wynne? a1500(a1400) Ipom.(1) Chet 8009 1966 Old favelard, I the defye, That thou maye do to mee!

• forelded

OE forealdian grow old. Worn out with age, decrepit. (a1382) WBible(1) Dc 369(1) Lam.3.4 Foreldid [L vetustam] he made my skyn and my flesh; he to brosyde my bonus. ?a1425 Glo.Chron.B Dgb 205 4185 fn. For elded [A : A

• gar-brasse, garbrase, gardebras

[2] garbrase, [2] palerns, [4 s. 8 d.; 2 pairs of] vambrace..[one pair of] legharnesse, [2 s. 8 d.; one old pair of] legharnesse. (1454) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh. 146 [7 pairs of] gardebras. (1459) Paston 3.186 Item, j garbrasse. Item,

• aldiran

pair of stars, marking one of the forepaws of the old constellation Leo. [For opinions as to identification, see F. N. Robinson's ed. of Chaucer, p.824.] a1223 Cmb.Hh.6.8 Stars p.xliv Aldiraan..In fronte leonis. (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sq. Manly-Rickert F.265 Phebus hath

• ablaqueaten

ablaqueaten v. From L ppl. ablaqueat-um . To expose the roots of (vines). (?1440) Palladius DukeH d.2 4.91 Ablaquyate hem [L ablaqueabitur] depe & make hem bare. (?1440) Palladius DukeH d.2 6.57 Now vyne and tre that were ablaqueate

• piot

PNElem. 2.65]. ?a1289 Ancr. Cleo C.6 71/3 Me seið up on ancre þet [e]uch an mest haueð an old quene to feden hire earen, þet maðeleð alle þe tale þe me telleð ilonde, An kikelot [glossed:] piot. (1382) in Mawer

• plumbate

barbulys that named ar plumbatys [L Plumbatarum], Set in the sheld good to take fyve, That vsed hem of old wer grete estatys; As archerys, they wolde shote and dryve Her foo to flight or leve him not alyve. (a1460)

• malgracious, maugracious, man-

CA Frf 3 5.647 Vulcanus Is hote..and his figure, Bothe of visage and of stature, Is lothly and malgracious. c1450 Pilgr.LM Cmb Ff.5.30 106 A vile old oon, and mangracious [read: maugracious; F malgracieuse; vr. maugracieuse] and hidous..com seuynge me.

• miscleped

Trev. Barth. Add 27944 331b/b Euerich vessel wiþ þre feete hatte trisilis..for a vessel with foure feet is myscleped trisilis [L abusiue..nuncupatur]. c1450 Pilgr.LM Cmb Ff.5.30 107 Old j am, But miscleped [F mesnommee] me thou hast of that stinkinge.

• gomming

(1419) Let.Bk. in Bk.Lond.E. Gldh LetBk I & K 101/17 William Horold..feld hem ful of old & feble spaynissh wyn to have a lykly manere taste and smell to the drynkyng of Romeney thurgh þe gummyng and rasyng aboue seyd.

• grisel

OF A gray-haired old man; also, a gray horse. (1347) in Lofvenberg Contrib.Lex. 9 [The king's palfrey called] Grisel Pomele. (c1349) in Beltz Garter 383 I palefr' voc' Grisel Petit Watte. (a1393) Gower CA Frf 3 8.2407 That olde grisel

• nẹlde

an ẹlde . Old woman, grandmother, granny; -- term of endearment. ?a1300 Sirith Dgb 86 173 Bote, leue nelde, ful euele I fare. ?a1300 Sirith Dgb 86 232 ȝe, nelde, witerli; Ich hire loue. ?a1300 Sirith Dgb 86 249 I-wis,

• olden, old(e, alde, yealdi, oldenden, aldeth, yealdeth, holdede, olded

ppl. olded . OE ; cp. A aldian ; WS , K ealdian . (a) To grow old; take on the characteristics of old age, grow feeble; (b) of things: to deteriorate through age; become outdated. a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.VA Lamb 487

• -istre, -ister

OF A Suffix in nouns from Old French: baptistre, decretistre (var. of decretiste), legistre, organistre, sophistre , etc.; in nouns from ML or OF, in which this suffix replaces another: alkamistre (ML alchymista , OF alquemiste), canonistre (ML canonista ,

• kerling, kerlin

; cp. OI kerling . (a) An old woman; (b) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.3]. a1400(a1325) Cursor Vsp A.3 11056 Þe tan was leuedi maiden ying, Þe toþer hir hand-womman kerling. (c1170) EPNSoc.5 (North Riding Yks.) 151 Kerlinghou.

• krive

; cp. vars. grive , grieve . ?Death, distress; ?the grave. ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 Petyt 511 p.91 Þe Walsch men did foli..Þerfor William ne wold vnneþis leue on o lyue, þat boþe ȝong & old alle ȝede to þe kryue.