• unloveli, onloveli

was deliuered of a knave child that was bothen vnlouely & vn-myld. a1450(c1410) Lovel. Merlin Corp-C 80 6447 A ful old man fond sche thore, that onlovely was of Face & lere. c1400(c1378) PPl.B LdMisc 581 12.244 Þe pekok may

• vinet, venet, vinet(e)s, vinnettis, venettez

of this kind; hole , usu. a full border of this kind [see K. Scott in New Science out of Old Books (1995), ed. Beadle and Piper, pp. 149-50, 158-60]. c1425(a1420) Lydg. TB Aug A.4 2.656 Þe riche kaxenynge, þe

• blere-eied, bler-eied, ied, bleren-eied, blern-ied

lippus]. a1450(c1410) Lovel. Merlin Corp-C 80 17908 With þi blereyed eyen so sore wepyng. a1450 SLeg.Barlaam Bod 779 224 An old mon..Bleryid & wlaffing. c1475(c1399) Mum & S.(1) Cmb Ll.4.14 2.164 Þe blernyed boynard. a1500(?a1410) Lydg. CB Lnsd 699 187

• bloen, blouen, bloith, ibloue(n

white as ani driuen snowe. c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) Auch 6835 An hore y-blowe kniȝt he seye. c1330(?c1300) Reinbrun Auch p.650 Þow ert old & whit i-blowe [F tut chanu]. c1450 How mankinde dooþ Lamb 853 366 Myn heer bigynneþ to blowe.

• boned

sir alexander..if he wer sturebaned. a1500(1413) Pilgr.Soul Eg 615 4.34.79b Thei be weel ioynted and myghtly boned. ?a1425(a1400) Brut-1377 Corp-C 174 297/2 Englisshe men..desert fram al old honeste and good vsage..schorte cloþis & stret-wasted..& on euery side desslatered & boned.

• brauni

brauni adj. From braun . (a) Made of muscle; (b) heavily muscled, muscular; bodied ; (c) heavily fleshed (fruit). a1400 Lanfranc Ashm 1396 175/8 Þe necke of þe maris is fleischi & brawny. a1425 Medulla Stnh A.1.10 36a/b Lacerosus:

• col-blak, cole-

þat was colblak & softly vp him heued. (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn. Manly-Rickert A.2142 He hadde a beres skyn, colblak for old. (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil. Manly-Rickert A.3240 Of colblak silk. (a1393) Gower CA Frf 3 3.808 Colblak, therfore, He [raven] was

• congru

preche, it is profit to bles, it is congrew to sacre. c1525 Rule & T.St.Francis(2) Fst D.4 575 We warne..the bretherne that in tyme congrewe they geve them self to deuotion. c1450 Lydg.SSecr.Ctn. Sln 2464 1538 Premyssys congrew..Of Old philisoffres.

• hors, horse, horsse, horce, horis, ors, hos, hor, hors(e(s, hors(e, heors(e, horses, horsen

he is. c1450 Med.Bk.(1) Med-L 136 136/369 Take the marye of hors bonys. (1451) Capgr. St.Gilb. Add 36704 131/20 An old hors bere in whech our fader Gilbert was caried sumtyme whan he myte not wel walk for grete age

• writen, writ(e, writin, writon, writte, writh(e, wright(e, wrigth, wri~x0021d~t(e, wretene, wreite, writan, writtenn, writeth, writ, writa~x00f0~, wrot, wrot(t)e, wroth(e, wroet, wroit, wro~x0021d~t, wrou~x0021d~t, wrat, wrate, wratte, wrait(e, writ, write, writted, wort, wrot(e(n, wroght, wrogth, wrate, wratenn, writen, writin, writoun, writun, written, wrete(n, writon, writan, writeden, writide, writen, write(ne, writin, writon, writun(e, writte(n, writtin(e, writton, wret(e(n, wretin(e, wreton, wretun, wrethun, wrettin, vriten, wrotin, wyrtyn

wreyte]. c1450(a1425) MOTest. SeldSup 52 16669 Aman gart wrytt þis ylke warrand. (1455) Acc.St.Ewen in BGAS 15 148 Item, another old boke noted, and borded, begynnyng with the wordes wrytten with rede lettres. a1475 Godstow Reg. Rwl B.408 616/2 The

• pikerel, pikerelle, pikrelle, pekerel, pikerelles, pikerel

pykerell: lucillus, luciolus, dentriculus. (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch. Manly-Rickert E.1419 Old fissh and yong flessh wolde I haue feyn. Bet is..a pyk than a pykerel [vrr. pykrelle, pikerele], And bet than old boef is the tendre veel. c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy LdMisc 595

• rental, rental(l)e, -ail

rolles..ben put and kept in the Coffre aboveseyd. c1450 Jacob's W. Sal 174 41/15,19 ȝif a styward fynde in þe old court-rollys & rentallys..þat þou art behynde of þi rente to þi lord..schal þin euyl vsage excuse þe, & proue

• shire, shere, shiere, chire, chier, ssire, shir, sher, sir, scir(e, sire, sira, shirre-, shires, shiren(e, ssire(n(e, sciren, sciran, siren

, counties of the English Midlands; west shires , counties of the west of England; quethen , to declare (certain lands) a shire, i.e. free, constituting a separate district; (b) a township or subdivision of some English counties; (c) as

• laue, lau, lauch, laugh, lauh, lau~x0021d~e, lagh(e, lage, la~x0021d~e, laige, lai~x0021d~h, laga, lahe, la~x0021d~he, la~x0021d~we, lae~x0021d~e, lav-, la(h-, lach-, -lega, lauei, laght, loue, lagha, lau(e)s, lagas, la~x0021d~he, la~x0021d~e, lauen(e, lauan, laeuen, lagan, lahen, la~x0021d~en, lage

a religious rite, religious practice; cristen mennes , Christian burial; (d) the Scriptures; neue , the New Testament; old , the Old Testament. c1275(?a1200) Lay. Brut Clg A.9 2402 Þe king heo lette fulwen aefter þon lawen [Otho: laȝe] þe

• un-, un(n)e-, on-, on(n)e-, hun-, hon-, oun(e)-, houn-, unn-, onn-, ounn-, an-, vyn-, wen-, u-, ua-, um-, unde-, up-, en-, em-, hund-, con-

Latin or Old French or formed from roots of Latin or Old French origin, whereas the words with un- , which are far more numerous in ME, are both derived from native words and formed from Latin and Old French

• speken, spek(e, spekon, speak(e, speck(e(n, speche(n, speiken, spieke(n, spake, spec, spece(n, specan, specon, specaen, spae(c)ken, spaecan, speoken, spekene, specene, specane, speokene, specende, spke, skeke, speke, speca, specce, spekest, speke, spext(e, spexst, specth, spekt, spaecst, speketh, spekth, spek(k)et, speki~x0021d~t, specth, spechut, speked, speca~x00f0~, spaec~x00f0~, spekyrus, speken, speki, speket, specon, speca~x00f0~, specae~x00f0~, spaekae~x00f0~, spaecae~x00f0~, speca, spek(e, spec, spoke, spak(e, spakke, spack(e, spac, speked, spaec(e, spaeke, space, spek(e(n, speked, spieke, spoke(n, spak(e(n, spakun, space, speca~x00f0~, specon, spaeken, spaecen, spaecon, spaecan, speke(n, spok(e(n(e, spokun, spak(e, spekestou, spekstu

spoken , well-spoken, smooth of tongue, eloquent; -- also used of birds [quot. ?a1425]; wel spoken in english , fluent in the English language; gret spekinge , magniloquent; pertli spekinge , clear in speech; (g) in parenthetical inf. phrases: as

• lord, lorde, lorte, lhord, lor, lorlde, loverd, lovered, lowerd, lhoaverd, hloverd, lover, lorverde, lard, laverd, lavord, lavard, laverred, lavert, laferd, laford, lhaferd, hlaverd, hlavord, hlaford, laver, leverd, laeverd, leaverd, leover~x00f0~, lordes, lorde, hlaforde(n, lordes, lorden(e, loverde, lafordae, hlaforden

of the fe ; lordes rente , feudal rent; (b) in one of the titles in the style of the English king: of (on) ir-lond . a1121 Peterb.Chron. LdMisc 636 an.675 Ic wille..þet whilc man swa haued behaten to faren

• ferling, farling, ferlingus, furdlingus

One-fourth of a penny, a farthing; also, a Flemish coin valued at about one-third of an English penny; (b) a gold coin worth one-fourth of a noble. (c1290) Britton 1 Lamb 403 186 Le gastel de ferling, blaunc et bien

• floren, -ein, -in, -an, florence, florent

coin minted at Florence and stamped with the figure of a lily, a florin; any foreign gold coin; an English gold coin worth 6s. 8d., i.e., a noble; (b) of Florence , a Florentine florin; four florens weight , a

• alien, alient, alian(t, alia(u)nd

alien n. Also alient , alian(t , alia(u)nd . From adj.; forms in -nt , -nd arise through assoc. with other personal nouns, or from pl. alien(t)s . (a) A member of a foreign nation or country, a foreigner;