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old(e adj. (a) Parents or forebears; (b) old or venerable persons. c1450 Capgr. St.Kath. Arun 396 2.1212 We supposed..That ye had come of that gentyl blood Of youre moder..And of your fader..And if ye were, ye cowde not sece and

jounk . ?From jonk n.(1) Naut. An old cable or rope. (1353) Pipe Roll (PRO) 32 Edw.III m.36 [OD col.] De veteribus cordis vocatis Jonkes. 1409(1338) Doc. in Nicolas Navy 2 475 La hulk..ove lapparaill..v ankres dont un de eux

vilesse n.(1) OF vieillece , villesce . Old age; also, old age reified. c1450 Pilgr.LM Cmb Ff.5.30 181 'What thing is mors?' 'Thou shalt wite whan thou hast seyn vilesse and that she shal bicomen in thee.' 'And where is

framed bed, a bedstead. (c1455) Acc.St.Ewen in BGAS 15 145 Item, j old Myssal, borded, begynnyng with the Kalender. (c1455) Acc.St.Ewen in BGAS 15 149 Item, another old boke, not borded. (1387) Will Court Hust. Gldh 2.277 Basinys, lavours, bordidbed,

English silver coin worth two pence; mark [OE healf-marc ], an English coin worth 6 s. 8 d.; also as surname; noble , an English gold coin worth 3 s. 4 d.; peni [see halpeni] ; rial , an

prob. prompted in part by words from AF , such as an-ointen , an-amelen ; the variant en- in these English formations points to that. The meaning of this prefix is very vague; e.g., an-elen is synonymous with elen anoint,

ME ȝẹld , geld ; see yẹld n. Liable to the payment of taxes to the English crown; as noun: geld. (1222) Domesday Bk.St.Paul in Camd.69 46 Iste due [hidae] sunt Geldabiles ad auxilium regis. (1290) RParl. 1.64b Inquisitio..utrum Rex

L denarius (a) A Roman silver coin of varying value or weight; denarius; an English penny; (b) a pennyweight; (c) fig. a gratuity or reward. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944 333a/a Dragma is þe eighteþe part of an vncia and

& Britaine . The land of the Britons before the English conquest; also, England and Wales. c1400 Brut-1333 Rwl B.171 60/29 How Aurilambros dede redresse þe lande of Grete Britaigne. a1450(c1410) Lovel. Grail Corp-C 80 45.115 Into Grete breteygne thou

house of Orleans; a French soldier in the 15th-century wars with the English. (1420) in Rymer's Foedera (1709-10) 9.917 To put into Obedience of our sayd Fadir all maner of Citees, Townes..and Persons wythin the Roialme of France..which bene of

are confused. A derivational suffix in nouns designating nations, races, or languages, and in adjectives describing them; from OE: Brittish, English, Denish (var. of Danish), Frensh, Grekish, Romanish, Welsh , etc.; of ME formation: Alemainisc, Britonish, Danish, Frankish, Indish, Irish,

, solidus , (abbrev.) sol . L (a) An English shilling; also, a gold coin of ancient Rome; (b) a unit of weight. ?a1160 Peterb.Chron. LdMisc 636 an.1137 He uuan..lx sol. of Aldewingle aelc gaer. (a1387) Trev. Higd. StJ-C H.1

bounding England to the east, south, and west; ?also, the English Channel [last quot.]; (b) the southern portion of the ocean surrounding the earth. a1450 St.Etheldr. Fst B.3 48 Westsexe..vpon þe sowtheside & þe west-syde..hadde þe grette sowthe-see. a1450 St.Etheldr.

174 [A certain custom called] scawang [or] scawagium..[They say also that the term] scawang [is a Saxon term meaning in English 'shewing', Latin demonstracio, and that the custom is so called because all foreign merchants bringing merchandise to the City

Anglia 74.216 ff., convincingly takes ME fa-burdoun as an English formation consisting of fa and burdoun (later Gallicized as faux-burdoun ). The low-pitched undersong accompanying the melody, burden; the bass (as distinguished from the mean and the treble); also, of

added) on the south-east coast of England. [In return for extensive privileges these ports furnished the chief part of the English Navy.] a1325 Rwl.Statutes [OD col.] Rwl B.520 lf.52b Þe conestable of..douere ne sal..destreinen..þe men of þe Cink porz for

equivalent of this; (one's) native language; coll. languages; al , all the languages of men; and tonge , language; English , English; of rome, latin , Latin; of jeues , Hebrew, etc.; of the lond , national language; commune peples

. (a) To become feeble or decrepit with age; of clothing: to become worn out or shabby; (b) to grow old or ancient. a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) Stw 34 83/10 Min gast is swiðe forealded and forwurðen. c1300 SLeg. LdMisc

Auch 341-3 Þis teld þe þin old crate: Sche spekeþ me qued arliche & late. Þis was a lesing of dame crate, þi wiif. a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl. Hnt HM 1 242/427 Com furth, old crate, Be lyfe! We shall lede

vekke n. Also vek , vecke , wekke . Cp. It. vecchia old woman & vecchiaccia hag. An old woman; a hag; olde . (a1393) Gower CA Frf 3 1.1675 This olde wyht him hath awaited In place wher as

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