• Penta-teuke, -cheuke, -theuke, penteteuke

. L pentateuchus The first five books of the Old Testament, the Pentateuch. a1450(c1405) Purvey Determ. Trin-C B.14.50 177/259 Wane he haþ rehersiþd al þe bookis of þe Bibel, þane he seiþ in þe prolog of Penteteuke [vr. Pentatewke]: `I

• herigaud, erigaut, herigoud, herigaus, hergaus

An outer garment, a cloak; (b) as surname. c1325 Ne mai no lewed Hrl 2253 22 Furst þer sit an old cherl in a blake hure..An heme in an herygoud wiþ honginde sleuen. c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A Clg A.11 11391 Manion stilleliche

• -ible, -ibel, -ibil, -ibul, -ibl-, -ebel, -ebil, -ebul, -oibil

-ibilis & OF -ible . In ME , often replaced by -able . Derivational suffix in adjectives from Latin or Old French: convertible, digestible, forcible, impossible, terrible , etc.; also in ME derivatives: credibli, impossiblenesse, pesibli, unpossible , etc. It

• old-mọder, nold-, alde-

old-mọder n. Also nold- & (early) alde- . OE ; cp. WS ealde-moder & A alde- . Later forms are prob. new formations in ME . (a) A grandmother; (b) an ancestress; (c) a mother-in-law. a1425 Medulla Stnh A.1.10

• ourning, orryng

honestly with orryng [read: ornyng] a litill. c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy Htrn 388 4767 Yche freke þat þai found, felly þai slogh, Old men & other, with ournyng, to dethe. c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy Htrn 388 12711 This Othe..Dissiret..Agamynon to grefe..This Othe, with ournyng,

• overest

[vrr. ouemast, houermast; L superiora] his. ?c1450 Iff a man Stockh 10.90 298/137 Take jws of sentorye..And sethe in good old ale..And pore þerto..wyn And plawe is to-gedyr..Scome of þe ouerest twye-or thrye And þanne late it stonde kole &

• rọdion, rodian, roudionis, rowdyows

as a proper noun: rodiones blast . (?a1439) Lydg. FP Bod 263 4.2642 A whirle-wynd, blowing nothing softe, Was in old Inglissh callid a rodian [vr. rodion; rime: agon], That reiseth duste & strauh ful hih alofte. (1440) PParv. Hrl

• solasing(e

of , for amusement in (one's old age); (b) comforting. c1400(?a1300) KAlex. LdMisc 622 6736 Now rideþ Alisaunder..wiþ mychel syngyng..in solaceyng [LinI: solasyng]. a1450 Chauliac(4) Cai 336/725 4/15 For my silf in solacyng of myn age..I schal here togidere schewe

• spartea, sparte

shoe made of broom. A plant, prob. Spanish broom (Spartium junceum). (?1440) Palladius DukeH d.2 1.538 Old spartea, that beestis with beeth shood, To spryng among the dowuys is ful good; The wesil shal for this doon hem noon harm.

• squagen

Rel.Ant.1 Cmb Ee.1.13 163 For to make clene thy boke yf yt be defowlyd or squaged: Take a schevyr of old broun bred of the crummys, and rub thy boke therwith sore up and downe, and yt shal clense yt.

• stri(e, stroye

wolde leyke ne lye, No more þan it were a strie. a1450 Yk.Pl. Add 35290 193/13 A ffalse stodmere and stynkand stroye [read: strye: rime: avowtry, abye, worthy]. a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl. Hnt HM 1 176/348 Com hedyr, thou old stry!

• suggen, sugged, -et

þat þe sanie be sugged [vr. sugget] and receyued bi it. ?a1425 Chauliac(1) NY 12 76b/a Consolde it holdyng euermore old cotone..in þe orifice of þe wonde þat it sugge [Ch.(2) : souke; L suggat] þat þat goþ out of

• surrounding, surunding, surrendyng

524 The said Thomas Lord Dacre..nor his successours shall at no tyme of theyr dryfft make theyr common waye thorow the said ton of Whapplode..but in cas that the said old wayes may not be used..because of surundyng of waters.

• thurgh-hous, thurghous, thorghous, thoroughous

church, is too low, so that water cannot have its course to the highway]. (1421) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh. 130 [Fridaysaley, otherwise called 'Lyon Alley', which from of old ought to be a common] thurghous, [is stopped by the said prior].

• shingler(e, shingeler, shinguler

(b) as surname. (1445) Doc. in HMC Rep.5 App. 528a Paid 2 shyngelers and a boy, mending the old rofe of the church, 20 d. (1276) Feet Fines War. in Dugd.Soc.11 937 Richard le Shynglere. (1310) Sub.R.Bdf. in Suf.GB 18

• singler, sengelere

singler n. (a) A wild boar four years old or more; also as term of association [1st quot.]; (b) a representation of wild boars. a1450 Terms Assoc.(1) Rwl D.328 603 A singlar of bores. c1475 My dere sone wher RwlPoet

• unweldines, onweldines

From unweldi adj. Feebleness, infirmity; ?also, old age [1st quot.]. c1450 ?C.d'Orl. Poems Hrl 682 68/2007 O false deth Haddist thou hir taken yet in vnweldynes As had thou not y-doon so gret rigure, But thou, alak, hast taken hir

• upsetting

ymagis ouȝte be left and leid aside. (1473-4) Acc.St.Edm.Sarum 15 Item, in the up setting of Seint S. in his old place, ij d. (1470) Let. in Ellis Orig.Let.ser.2.1 133 He confessed that he was cawser of the upsetynge of

• viellar, villard, veilard

vieillart , viellart , AF viellard , veilard , vilard . (a) An old man; also [2nd quot.], used pejoratively: a dodderer, dotard; ?a villain; olde ; (b) as surname. c1475(?c1451) Bk.Noblesse Roy 18.B.22 64 Agamenon required of the goddis

• wastable

ladene wyth spicerye and thynges not endurynge moche of thys chaffare that is wastable Mighte be forborne. a1475 Russell Bk.Nurt. Hrl 4011 179 Þou se be [T]hyne ale v dayes old for ale þat is newe is wastable with-owten dowt.