• latthing(e, lathand

domo lathand. (1423) Doc.Brewer in Bk.Lond.E. 153/392 Item, to þe seide Robert, dawber, for hijs labowr yn latthynge and dawbyng. (1434-6) Grocer Lond. Kingdon 237 For newe latthyng and tylyng..and reparacion of old and newe and amendyng of all fautes.

• ac-

(a) from L , as ac-cepten , accident , or (b) from Latinized Old French, as a(c)-cord , a(c)-counten , a(c)-customed . In ME , ac- has no meaning, except as it distinguishes a(c)-cord from con-cord , record , or

• letates

p.110 Letates is a ston, & it is lyk in color to an attercop or an yrene or a spider..And yf a old man haue þis stone vpone him, þe mor he bloweþ þe feyre, þe mor schal it quenche.

• spaiard, spaier

spaiard n. Also spaier . AF espeyard A three-year-old male deer. c1425 Twiti Venery(1) Vsp B.12 151 Now wyl we speke of the hert..the fyrst yere he is a calfe..the iij yere a spayer. a1450 My dere sone wher

• stallaciọn, stallation

installaciọn n. Induction into ecclesiastical office. (1447-8) Shillingford 95 The saide nowe Citee of Excestre was of old tyme a Burgh, and atte all tymes hath be..but never under the name of a citee byfore the stallacion of Leofrik in

• Stephening

minted by Stephen de Fulburne, Bishop of Waterford (1274-86) [cp. scalding n.]. (a1286) in Cal.Doc.Irel.3 PRO 8 [Old money having been altogether prohibited, he caused new money to be made; It was called] Scalding, [Bishop's money, or] Stephening [from the

• ad-

words taken (a) directly from Latin, as ad-ducen, ad-juren, ad-mitten , or (b) from Latinized Old French, as a(d)-joinen, a(d)-journen, a(d)-monesten . In ME, ad- has no meaning, except as it distinguishes ad-ducen from re-ducen, ad-juren from con-juren , etc.

• talioun

exact and equal retribution for a wrong. c1425(a1420) Lydg. TB Aug A.4 2.3066 Commaundeth þat Parys may forþe gon To execute þe fyn of ȝour entent..Vp-on Grekis for her offencioun, To parforme vp þe peyne of talioun For wrongis old.

• tasse, tasse

front and back; fore ; hinde ; (b) makere , a pursemaker or pouchmaker. (1454) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh. 146 [2 pairs of old] curas [lacking 2] hynde tasse [and one] fore tasse, [8 s.]. (1379) in G.Otto Handwerkernamen 86 Tassemakere.

• thrintour, thirntour, threnter, thyntour

thrintour n. Also thirntour , threnter , (error) thyntour . From OE þri-wintre adj. A three-year-old farm animal; stot . (1407-8) Will in HMC Var.Col.2 16 [Among various other legacies are gifts of] unum thyntour [?read: thyrntour], et unum

• shrink

v.; cp. OI skrukka old wrinkled woman, Swed. skrynka a wrinkle. A wrinkle. c1450 Metham Physiog. Gar 141 121/32 The skyn off the hed, yff yt be ful off shrynkys..betokynnyth femenyne dysposycion. c1450 Metham Physiog. Gar 141 123/16 Thei that

• simulen

Priam..Þou schust..haue symuled somdel of þi wo, And cast þi chaunce wel a-fore þe prime, To haue forgoten wrongis of old tyme. a1500 Discip.Cler. Wor F.172 67 The lord of the house symuled and feyned hymsilf to go fer of,

• sloberi(e

Characterized by slobbering, slavering; (b) slimy, greasy. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944 278b/b An old hound is ofte slowe and slobery. ?a1425 MS Htrn.95 Htrn 95 169a/b A man schulde vse none oynementes þat ben sloberye & vnctuous as longe

• tongi

tungi [L linguato] man. (a1382) WBible(1) Bod 959 Ecclus.25.27 As a graueli steeȝyng vp in þe feet of an old man, so a tungi womman to a quyete man. a1425 Medulla Stnh A.1.10 38a/a Linguosus: tungy [Pep: tongy] or ianglisse

• treblefolde, trebelfolde

þat wol herkyn Hrl 2320 p.82 Be þe mone a day olde, Oþer ii or iii or trebelfolde, Oþer how old so he be, [etc.]. 1532 rev.(c1385) Usk TL Thynne:Skeat 18/152 Treble-folde so mokel muste I suffer er tyme come

• unbright(e

free of sin; ?error for unbriche adj. a1500(a1400) Ipom.(1) Chet 8009 6234 An old, rustye swerd he hadde; His spere was a plowgh gade, A full vnbryght brande. c1450 Mannyng HS Yale Osborn a.2 6788 Vnbryghte [Hrl: Þys ryche man

• unfortuned

fortunen v. Having been visited by misfortune, unfortunate. a1450(?1420) Lydg. TG Tan 346 389 ȝe Haue in ȝour peynes ben so pacient To take louli ȝoure aduersite, And þat so long þuruȝ þe cruelte Of old Saturne, my fadur vnfortuned.

• ungessid

unanticipated. a1450(1387) Purvey CGosp.Luke Bod 143 (1.7) 2a/b God ordeyned þat ioon was born of fadir & modir of old age & longe priued fro fruyt of matrimonye þat bi vngessid birþe of child a graciousere ȝifte shulde enfourme hem.

• wratbihe

gwrach , Corn. wrach , Corn. dial. wrath old woman or wrasse & Wel. bychan , Corn. bihan small. A fish of the Labridae family, a wrasse. (1443) Let.Bekynton in RS 56.2 238 Magister Tregoran dedit piscem vocatum base et

• cacochime

NY 12 55b/b In cachochimis i. yuel chymed bodiez [L in corporibus chachochimijs; Ch.(2) : in body disposed wiþ euel humoures]. ?a1425 Chauliac(1) NY 12 147b/b Be he war þat he kutte not an old man & feble & cacochime.