• recapitulatour

p.ppl. of recapitulare . That which recapitulates or summarizes. (a1382) WBible(1) Pref.Jer. Bod 959 37/128 Parlypomynon, þat is þe boke of þe old instrument, recapytulatour, word bregger [WB(2) : rehersour of chapitres bifore seid and breggere of wordus; Gr. epitome].

• reheting

ger. Cp. reheten v.(2). Chronic distress. ?a1425 Chaucer TC Hrl 3943 3.349 His old wo..Gan þo for ioy to wastyn & melt, And al þe rehetyng of his sikes sore At ones þei fled, he felt of hem no more.

• riveting

rivets, riveting. (1395) Doc. in Riley Mem.Lond. 540 [Mending old boots and shoes..clouting and] pecyng [and] ryvetting [and] lynyng. (1485) Doc. in Sharp Pageants Cov. 189 Payd for revettyng of þe plats, & for þe iiij boultes, x s. ob.

• -ist(e

suffix found in a few nouns from Latin, Medieval Latin, or Old French; e.g., alkemist (var. of alkamistre), baptist, decretiste, evangelist, exorcist ; found rarely in ME formations; e.g., jubiliste, Wiclifist [ML Wiclefistae is prob. a borrowing from ME ].

• as-

L . var. of ad- . Only in words from Latin or Latinized Old French, as a(s)-sessen, a(s)-senten, a(s)-signen, as-sumpcioun, a(s)-suren . In ME, as- has no meaning except as it distinguishes a(s)-senten from con-senten, a(s)-signen from signen , etc.

• spalke

A small piece or chip of bone. c1475(1392) MS Wel.564 Wel 564 77a/a If it comeþ of smytynge or of brusynge, þer myȝte be spalkis or smale pecis of boonys departid from þeir old hole which schulde also be remeued.

• sursaut, soursaut

sursaut , usu. in phrases with en or a . In phrase: o , of a sudden, unexpectedly. c1450 Pilgr.LM Cmb Ff.5.30 205 Sodeynliche and a soursaut [F en seursaut] j sigh an old oon..clumben anhy up on my bed.

• sedil(le, ceddil

ceddil . L sedile Something to sit on; ?a bench; ?a stool. (1453) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh. 139 [An old] ceddyll, 4 d.; [a table with a trestle and a stool]. ?c1475 Cath.Angl. Add 15562 109b A Sedyll [Monson: Sedylle]: Sedile.

• triumphatrice

triumphatrice n. L triumphatrix , -icis ; cp. F triomphatrice . A female conqueror. (?a1439) Lydg. FP Bod 263 4.36 Dilligence, cheef triumphatrice Of slogardie, necligence & slouthe..Hath of old labour..Brouhte thynges passid..to newe remembrance.

• unolde

unolde adj. From old(e adj. Of a vine stem: not withered with age, fresh. (?1440) Palladius DukeH d.2 4.9 The trunkes sadde, in humor that abounde, Vnolde [L neque vetustate], vnrende, ygraffed let him be With graffes sadde.

• vetuse

From L vetus , but may have originated in a misunderstanding of a place name. Old, ancient;-used as epithet. a1425 KAlex. LinI 150 6660 Sampson þeo vetuse [Auch: of Enuise], for myn amour Þou hast y þolid mony hard schour.

• willerdọme

willerdọme n. Prob. from willer n.; also cp. willard n. Willfulness, headstrongness. a1475 Against Lollards Vsp B.16 131 When falsnes faileþ frele folie, pride wol preseyn sone amonge; Þan willerdome with old enuy can none oþer way but wronge.

• wrangel, wrangil

wrangel n.(2) Also wrangil . From wranglen v. Contention, argument. c1450 7 Sages(1) Arun 140 76/844 [Auch: He tok a ȝong womman, Ase wone is of old man ȝong womman for to spouse,] To haue wrangyll and be jolouse.

• cannete

cannete n. L cannetum A planting or bed of reeds. (?1440) Palladius DukeH d.2 3.551,561 Cannetis [L canneta] now with craftes may be fonde; In delues breef this cannes eyon do..Cannetes old ek tyme is now to wede.

• clondren

clondren n. Prob. imitative. To drone, hum. c1380 Vncomly in Arun 292 p.292 Wey the, leve Water! thu werkes al to wondre; Als an old cawdrun bigynnest to clondre, Thu tuchest nowt the notes; thu bites hem on sonder.

• cok-crou wortes

cok-crou wortes n. (pl.) See OD cock-crowen . Greens cooked the day before and kept overnight; old, stale vegetables. a1456(a1426) Lydg. Mum.Hertford Trin-C R.3.20 48 And of his wyf haþe noone oþer cheer But Cokkrowortes vn to his souper.

• corounen, coronen, crone

from coroun-er . To hold a coroner's inquest. (1447-8) Shillingford 83 The coroners of the seide cyte come..to corowne prisoners ded yn the Bysshop ys prisonn. (?1461) Paston 4.13 It is tyme to crone your old officers for diverse thyngs.

• al-

L , var. of ad- . Only in words taken from Latin or Latinized Old French, as al-legorie, al-legacioun, a(l)-lien, a(l)-louen . In ME, al- has no meaning except as it distinguishes a(l)-lien from re-lien, al-legacioun from legacioun , etc.

• -e

hunt-e hunter: hunt-en to hunt [OE hunt-a: hunt-ian ]; het-e heat: hot hot [OE haet-e: hat ], ẹld-e age: oldold [OE eld-o, yld-o: ald, eald ]. (b) In adverbs: hard-e: hard adj. [OE heard-e: heard ]; lovelich-e: lovelich [OE

• old(e)li

old(e)li adv. From old(e adj. (a) In the manner of an aged person; (b) gravely, solemnly. a1500(?c1450) Florence Cmb Ff.2.38 248 When he coghyth and oldely grones, I can not on hys lede. ?c1200 Orm. Jun 1 1229 Oxe