• mọme, mone

. (a) An aunt; also, affectionate term of address for older woman; (b) an old woman. a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex. Corp-C 444 1651 Iacob..kidde he was hire momes sune, And kiste hire afte kindes wune. a1325(?a1300) Interl.CG Add 23986 38,40 `God

• hagge, haggen, heggen

?From shortened form of OE haegtesse . An ugly old woman; witch, hag; also fig. c1230(?a1200) Ancr. Corp-C 402 112/15 Nv ȝe habbeð ane dale iherd..of þeo þe me cleopeð þe seoue modersunnen..& of hwucche meosters þes ilke men seruið

• old(e

yonge cok croweth as the olde precheth. (a) Old things, old clothes, old love, old body or appearance, etc.; (b) the old or waning moon; (c) old produce, old stores or provisions; old wine; also fig. a1225 Wint.Ben.Rule Cld D.3

• old(e)nes(se

old(e)nes(se n. From old(e adj.; also cp. late WS ealdnes . (a) Old age; decrepitude; (b) of things: the condition of decay due to old age or long use. (a1382) WBible(1) Dc 369(1) Is.23.18 To them that dwellede bifor the

• onoveward

heouene an heiȝ; On ouewarde [Vrn: A-nowarde] he i-saiȝ a luyte ȝong child. a1350(?c1280) SLeg.Concep.Virg. Ashm 43 244 His ȝerde bigan to blowe anon Þt raþer was old & bar; Anoueward [vr. anowarde] sat acoluere..Vpe þe ȝerde longe heo sat.

• inveterat(e

inveterare . (a) Of a diseased place: aged, old; of a disease: chronic; of a custom: long-established; (b) of persons: obstinate. ?a1425 Chauliac(3) Htrn 95 74a/a Þe helpe off þe blodelesse of þo two veines is..for obtalmia þat is in

• kebbe

& DOST keb . (a) An old useless cow or sheep; (b) as surname. (1320) Reg.Sandale in Hamp.RS 8 254 Boves xxxviij, unde xiij kebbes, estimatur quilibet ad v s., et alii ad vj s. viij d., multones xiiij, unde

• laborousli, laboroseli, laboresli

NY 12 147a/b Neufreticz & þai þat akeþ about þe vesic ar laborosely [Ch.(2) : laborously; L laboriose] heled in old men. c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet Bod 916 144/30 Which foorme schewiþ not forþ þe hool summe of goddis comaundementis cleerly..wiþoute..digging

• slutti

nacyoun Of slutty hoggis. (1440) PParv. Hrl 221 460 Slutty: Cenulentus. ?c1500 MS Roy.12.B.20 in Warner & Gilson Cat.Western MSS Old Royal and Kings Col. Roy 12.B.20 2.18 We had a fole slutty kechyn for owr scole, but now we

• soli, solli

exclusively; (b) without partners. (c1410) York MGame Vsp B.12 34 Þei [old wolves] goon to children..for nedeþ not to bere hem about but soly for to ete hem. (1470) Paston 1.563 If..rollez of accomptez, or copyez, other than soolly concernyng

• souderen, i)soudred, saudred

and sette the pecis togydirs, and they were as fayre isowdred as ever they were tofore. c1500 Buy.Silver MSS Hast. in HMC 1.420 Brokon silver, as old grydelles, lokettes, chapis, and other sawdrid ware not towchyd the unce, iij s.

• staggard, stagard

staggard n. Also stagard . From stagge n. (a) A four-year-old stag; (b) as surname. (1368) Select Pleas Forest in Seld.Soc.13 149 Stagard. (c1410) York MGame Vsp B.12 18 Þe first yere þat þei ben calfed þei ben called

• sugre-lof, sugerloffe, -laffe

Cristimas. (c1451) Paston 1.244 I pray yow þat ye woll vowchesaff to send me an oþer sugowr loff, for my old is do. (1470) Paston 1.361 I pray you send me iiij suger lofis, ich of them of iij li.

• superaltar(e

super altares. (1404) Will York in Sur.Soc.4 334 Unum superaltare de blakegete. (1455) Acc.St.Ewen in BGAS 15 147 Item, one old Portuous noted with chapiters, orysons, and lessons of the gyft of Sir John Gower, Priest..and one super altar of

• bigroue(n

; (b) of dawn: grown or become (gray). c1275(?a1216) Owl & N. Clg A.9 27 On old stoc..was mid iui al bigrowe. (a1393) Gower CA Frf 3 5.6831 Which was begrowe With vines. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944 184b/a Some

• tile-hous

utensils thereto appertaining, as well as all his servants who are tilers]. (1384) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO) 4.154 [A new key for an old lock of the door] del Tylhous. (1421) Fabric R.Yk.Min. in Sur.Soc.35 45 Soluti pro viij sarcinis de telescarthes a

• bed

That every pece of Worsted be..of true makyng..and that thei hold ye length and brede as thassise hath been of old tyme..that is to wete, Beddes of the most assise, in length xiiii yardes large, and in brede iiii yardes

• scalding, staldinges

Davenport Nrf.Manor p.xxx De lxxi s. xi d. de redditu termini Paschae cum le staldinges. (a1286) in Cal.Doc.Irel.3 PRO 8 [Old money having been..prohibited, he caused new money to be made; It was called] Scalding, [Bishop's money, or] Stephening [from

• tọting(e

place [WB(1) : toothil] of the Lord. a1425 Medulla Stnh A.1.10 61b/b Specularis: a totynge hul. ?c1430(?1383) Wycl.Curse Corp-C 296 285 Al þis is neiþer Goddis lawe ne reson alleggid, but old totyng of wrongul takynge of poore mennus goodis.

• tramaile, trameile, tramel, tramale, tramali, trameli, tramaillis

mark], hayes, pursnetes. (1413) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO) 7.248 [The jurors valued the hulk with its gear, viz. a mast..a tin pot, 2 old] tramayllys [and 3 oars]. (1440) PParv. Hrl 221 499 Tramayle [KC: tramely; Phil: tramaly], grete nette for fyschynge: Tragum.