• afoundred

benumbed; (b) of a horse: foundered. a1475(?a1430) Lydg. Pilgr. Vit C.13 13826 I am slowh and encombrows..Coorbyd lyk ffolkys that ben Old, And afowndryd ay with cold. ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) Tit C.16 45/14 His hors schall not ben afoundred [OF enfondrez].

• coriun

A string instrument, a crowd; ?a bagpipe. [F. W. Galpin, Old Engl.Instruments 78; W. Apel, Harv.Dict.of Music , under chorus ]. c1275(?a1200) Lay. Brut Clg A.9 7002 Of harpe & of salterium, of fiðele & of coriun [Wace has choron],

• cou-slippe, -sleppe, -sloppe, -sloupe

. OE cuslyppe , -sloppe . (a) The English cowslip (Primula officinalis, P. veris); (b) of Jerusalem , see quot. a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw. Cmb Gg.1.1 643 Primerole e primveir [glossed:] kousloppe [vrr. cousloppe, cuslypes]. a1400 Alphita SeldArch B.35 78/20 Herba Sancti

• crak, crake

kraka . (a) A member of the genus Corvus; esp., the English carrion crow (C. corone); (b) in surnames and place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.6]; (c) brid , young of the crow or the raven; fot , crowfoot, some

• ablatif, -ive

an ablatif, vt: Pater meus est diues auro..With an ablative case. a1450(a1397) WBible(2) GProl. Hrl 1666 p.7 In translating into English, manie resolucions moun make the sentence open, as an ablatif case absolute may be resoluid into these thre wordis,

• pilfre, pelfre, pelfrei, pelfir

TB Aug A.4 3.5363 Swiche pelfre, spoillynge, nor robberie Apartene not to worþi chiualrye. c1400 Brut-1333 Rwl B.171 286/7 Þe English knafes tok þe pilfre of þe Scottes þat were quellede. (1440) PParv. Hrl 221 391 Pelfyr [Win: Pelfrey]: Spolium.

• Merce, mershe, merces, mercii, merken(e, merkin(e

Mierce) & ML Mercii `the Mercians'. (a) Mercia, the Anglo-Saxon kingdom; (b) pl. the Mercians; also, the inhabitants of the English Midlands in ME times; (c) merkene marche (riche) , the OE Mercian kingdom; (d) in place name [see Smith

• grub(be, grob(be, crubbe

3.740 Robertus Grubbe de Sandwico. (1258) in Madox Form.Angl.(1702) 88 Quatuor Selliones super Osolvistonesty; & duas foreras super le Grob. (1445-6) Will Court Hust. Gldh 2.505 [A silver cup with covercle and gilt rim, in English called] the grete grubbe.

• of-, offe-, ove-, hove-, o-, ho-, af-, ave-, ox-

OE borrowings from ON: ofsaken, oftaken (verbs), aftake (ppl.), ofnam (n.). The pref. was living and very active in Middle English; at least two-thirds of the of- words appear to be ME formations, predominantly verbs: ofbiten, ofcarpen, ofcutten, ofdriven, offrighten,

• supin, suppin, subpine, suppyng

fyrst supyn. a1500 Add.37075 Formula Add 37075 144/203-5 Þis word lectu ys the latter supyn, for whan I haue þe English of the infinitive mode commyng after a verbe betokenyng mevyng from a place it shall be sett in the

• tailarde, tailerde, tail(l)ard, tailart, teil(l)ard, tailardes, tailairdis, teilardes

. From tail n. (a) Someone who has a tail;-used as a term of abuse [cp. tail n. 1a. (e)]; english ; (b) ?as surname [some quots. may be from OF taillarde sword for cutting]. c1330(?a1300) Rich. Auch 115/24 King

• scauage, scuage, skawage, skewage

, schawage (cp. 16th-cent. NF escauwage ) & AL scawagium ; ult. English: cp. OE sceawian & ME sheuen v.(1). A custom levied on goods displayed for sale within the precincts of London. (1402) RParl. 3.491b La vient un Estephene

• scute, skute

scute , var. of OF escu . A French gold coin, usu. worth half an English noble, or 3 s. 4 d. (1417-19) Paston (Gairdner) 2.8 j Buschell of Whete was worth v scutys. (1420) in Rymer's Foedera (1709-10) 9.916

• sithen, sith(e, sethe, sethhen, sithet, sithon, si~x00fe~te

; p. (early) siþte . From sighen v., with change of medial fricative (see Dobson English Pronunciation 1500-1700 1.181-2); cp. MnE dial. sithe to sigh. (a) To sigh with grief, sorrow, etc.; and sobben (sorwen) ; (b) to sigh with

• blank-de-sorẹ, blonk , blaunch , bla(u)n-, de suri, de siri

blank-de-sorẹ n. (from phr.). Also blonk , blaunch , bla(u)n- , de suri , de siri , etc. OF blanc de sore ; see Serjeantson, The Vocab. of Cookery in Essays and Studies..English Association 23 (1937).35. A dish of

• caboche, cabache, caboge, cabage

necessary for a gardyn..Cabage. a1500 Sln.Herb List Sln 1201 75 Of the same Herbes for Potage..Cabagez. A fish; prob., the English bullhead (Aspidophorus cataphractes). a1425 Roy.17.C.17 Nominale Roy 17.C.17 641/31 Nomina piscium..Hic caput: caboche. (1440) PParv. Hrl 221 57 Caboche

• candred(e, cantrede, tancrede

Celtic . A land division in Wales and Ireland roughly equivalent to an English hundred. a1250-a1700(a1220) Giraldus Des.Kambriae in RS 21.6 169 Cantaredus autem, id est Cantref, a Cant quod est centum et Tref villa composito vocabulo, tam Britannica quam

• cofrẹr, cof(f)erer

(a) A treasurer; (b) an officer of the English royal household [see quot.: 1475]; (c) a maker of chests; (d) in names. ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 Petyt 511 p.319 Sir Rauf þe Coffrers [read: Coffrere] þat tyme was Tresorere..He bed grete

• construen, constreuen, construwen, constre ye

passage or text), translate by way of conveying the meaning; on English , translate into English; (b) to write a text or composition correctly; on English , write in English. c1390 PPl.A(1) Vrn 4.128-33 `Nullum bonum..irremuneratum'. Let þi clerk, sire

• feble, febel, fieble, fibel

in þe gospel to þe febelest kynde applied þe grettest reward. a1500 Discip.Cler. Wor F.172 36 This freal and fieble old wif supportyng hirsilf with hir staf. c1230(?a1200) Ancr. Corp-C 402 59b Ure lauerd speareð on earst þe ȝunge &