• essamplerie

An example or model (to be followed or avoided). (a1393) Gower CA Frf 3 6.1385 An old histoire..is of gret essamplerie Ayein the vice of Sorcerie. (a1393) Gower CA Frf 3 7.2318 Men sen thessamplerie Of Arisippe is wel received.

• antiquail(l)e

antiquail(l)e n. Late OF , from It. Agedness, old age. a1500(a1475) Ashby Dicta Cmb Mm.4.42 724 Trust neuer to your owne wytte..But of aged men in discrecioun, Being experte of thrifty antiquaile And by meche aduis and inquisicioun.

• ap-

, var. of ad- . Only in words taken from Latin or Latinized Old French, as a(p)-paraunce, a(p)-penden, a(p)-perceiven, ap-plicacioun, ap-probacioun . In ME, ap- has no meaning except as it distinguishes a(p)-penden from de-penden, a(p)-perceiven from perceiven , etc.

• alder-ẹlde

n. ?Cp. alder . Old age [lit., ?age of a patriarch]. a1400 NVPsalter Vsp D.7 70.19 God, þou taght me fra yhouþe mine..And til in vnelde and alderelde [L usque in senectam et senium]; God, ne forlete [me] in vnwelde.

• e-

e- pref.(1) L e- , a variant of ex- . In ME the vowel was presumably short, except in pretonic position. Prefix occurring only in words adopted from Latin or Old French, e.g. ejeccioun, eloquence, eloquent, erect, evicten, evidence.

• eithe, aithe

Also aithe . OE egeþe , egþe . A harrow. c1400(?a1387) PPl.C Hnt HM 137 22.273 And harowede..al holy scripture, With to eythes [vr. ayþes] þat thei hadden, an olde and a newe [i.e. the Old and the New Testament].

• encostived

encostived ppl. Cp. OF costive . Constipated. c1425 Arderne Fistula Sln 6 75/25 Old lechez..ordeyned costiuous clystryez..which..made þe pacientez more constipate, i. e. encostyued, þan þai war before.

• perdiciọneli

perdiciọneli adv. From perdicioun n. Damagingly, destructively. ?a1425 Chauliac(1) NY 12 107b/b Ful old hennez perdicionely [Ch.(2) : schendefully; L proditionaliter], i. lesyngly, smyteþ þe lower iuncturez.

• pertinace, pertinacez

pertinace adj. Pl. pertinacez . OF pertinace or L pertinax , pl. -aces . Diligent, persevering, pertinacious. c1425 Arderne Fistula Sln 6 3/1 Old maistrez war noȝt bisie ne pertinacez in sekyng and serchyng of this forseid cure.

• melshhode, melshede

melshhode n. Also melshede . From melish . Mellowness of age; the time of old age. c1350 MPPsalter Add 17376 118.147 Ich com for-þe in melshede [vr. melschhode; L maturitate]..& ich hoped in þyn worde.

• at-

var. of ad- . Only in words taken from Latin or Latinized Old French, as at-tempten, at-tenden, at-titlen, at-traccioun . In ME, at- has no meaning except as it distinguishes at-tenden from tenden or ex-tenden, at-traccioun from de-traccioun , etc.

• merge

merge n. L A shoot cut from a vine for layering. (?1440) Palladius DukeH d.2 12.34 Ek er then Ide, vch merges [L mergus] curuature Of thre yeer old kit from the roote, is sure.

• apprailere

apprailere n. Cp. OF apareillier prepare. A highly seasoned meat dish. a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) Hrl 279 39 Appraylere. Take þe fleysshe of þe lene Porke & seþe it wel..nym þan Safroun, Gyngere, Canel, Salt, Galyngale, old chese [etc.].

• hastate

a spear; a rank of men armed with spears. (a1460) Vegetius(2) Pmb-C 243 1798 And as of old thei called hem hastate [L hastatos] By cause of vse of spere & shaftis rounde, Of armure is noon of hem desolate.

• -il(e

& OF -il(e . A derivational suffix in adjectives, usually from Latin or Old French; e.g., civil(e, exile, ductil, fertil ; rarely in ME formations, e.g., invisile. Some Latin adjectives appear only as nouns in ME; e.g., april, reptil, utensil.

• ofleoved

of liven v.(1). In phrase: weri , wearied by living. c1300 SLeg.Cross LdMisc 108 168 Leoue sone..ich am weri of leoued [Corp-C: yliued], and wilni muche mi dez. c1300 SLeg.Cross LdMisc 108 191 He wes old and weri of leoued.

• olde-bilded

olde-bilded ppl. From old(e adj. & bilded , p.ppl. of bilden . Built long ago. (1457-8) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh Roll A.81.8 We..haue taken down to þe grounde þe said tenementes with Shoppes, Celers, & Solars which stode þer olde

• overaged

as n. From aged , p.ppl. of agen . Those who are too old. a1500 Rule Minoresses Bod 585 87/3 This maner of Fastinge..þe ȝonge sustris..be nat boundin to kepe, ne þe ouer agid, ne þe fiebel, ne þe sike.

• overgrounded

in with earth. (1456) Paston 2.141 I wold do kyt out a litell fleet rennyng by-twix the comouns of youre lordship of Maulteby and Castre there it was of old tyme, and now is ouer grounded and growen by reed.

• raumpauntli

raumpauntli adv. From raumpaunt adj. Also rampauntli . Fiercely, threateningly. a1475(?a1430) Lydg. Pilgr. Vit C.13 12762 An Old wekke a-noon I mette..And Rampawntly she gan to go Vn-to me-ward, off cruelte, Lych as she wolde ha stranglyd me.