• contrepane

Gabriell gan Hrl 913 p.163 Þos kniȝtis..swor bi god is name To ȝild þe cuntre pane Whan hi miȝt com to. a1500 Partenay Trin-C R.3.17 6587 Man myght by computacion In ther contrepane finde others reson, In frensh or english.

• amiral, amirail, -el(d, -a(u)d, -aunt, admiral, -el, -ald, -old, -a(u)d, ameral, -ail, -el, -a(u)nt, amorail, amrail, -el

commander of a fleet of ships; of the se, of (the) navie, of English shippes, of Englond ; the of Englond , the commander-in-chief of the English navy; amirales court , Court of Admiralty. (1297) in Rymer's Foedera (1816-69) 1.861a

• thir(e, thirre, ther(e, thair(e, theire

þeir , OSwed. or ODan. þer , þair pl. masc. pers. & dem. pron.) or by an analogical process (see English and Germanic Studies 1.59-60 and Tolkien Festschrift 58-60); the forms thair(e may be errors for or conflated with ME

• iyered

iyered adj. From yẹr n. Full of years; old . a1450(1412) Hoccl. RP Hrl 4866 1858 Þou oghtist be wele leerid, Syn þou so long..laboured haast; Þou of þe pryue seel art old I-yeerid.

• sarket

sarket n. Cp. MnE dial. (Yks.) sark a porridge pot. Some kind of bakehouse utensil, perh. a small pot. (1388) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO) 5.70 [4 small old] troghs, [an old iron] sarket, [12 d.].

• an-

an- pref.(5) L , var. of ad- . Only in words from Latin or Old French, as in a(n)-nexen, a(n)-nullen, a(n)-nunciacioun .

• slaveri

slaveri adj. From slaver(e n. Slobbery. c1450 Pilgr.LM Cmb Ff.5.30 160 I am foul, old, and slauery [F baveuse].

• English man, English-man, Inglish-

English man , English-man n. Also Inglish- . From the phrase English man , Englishe men , which still occurs in the earlier quots. (a) A native of England; one whose native language is English; an Englishman; also (pl.), the

• overold

old(e adj. Too old. ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo. Benson-Robinson 1.pr.3.64 Myghtestow han knowen the Senecciens and the Canyos and the Soranas, of whiche folk the renoun is neyther over-oold [L pervetusta] ne unsollempne. a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr. Rwl B.490 248/11 Hes bene

• at-old, ateald

at-old ?ppl. Also ateald . From OE aet-ealdod , but prob. analyzed as at old (cp. for old ). Aged beyond (having progeny); -- with gen. a1225(?a1200) Trin.Hom. Trin-C B.14.52 125 [Zacharie's] woreldes make was teames atold and unberinde. a1225(?a1200)

• night-old

night-old adj. From night n. & old adj. Of vegetables: day old, not fresh. c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) Trin-C R.3.14 7.292 Laboureris þat haue no land..Deyneþ nouȝt to dyne a day niȝt olde [vrr. nyȝth olde, nygth olde, nith olde; C :

• English, aenglish, Inglish, Inglis, Engleis

songs, etc.: written or composed in the English language; (b) English leden, speche, tale, tunge , the English language; (c) English laten , English speech filled with expressions newly borrowed from Latin, Latinate English. c1275(?a1200) Lay. Brut Clg A.9 31

• stillot

catheter, rowel, or seton. a1400 Rusius in Stockh.Studies in English 47 165 Equus etiam parvo passu ducatur, ut ex motu citius humores ad locum stellettae deriventur. a1400 Rusius in Stockh.Studies in English 47 166 Astelletta. a1450 Treat.Horses Sln 2584 131/606-7

• Fraunceis

personal names are probably French rather than English. Frenchman. (1168) in Pipe R.Soc.12 134 Robertus Franceis. (1299) Plea R.Edw.I in WSAS 7 50 Walter le Fraunceys. a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 Lamb 131 1700 He had slayn, þe story seys, Six hundred

• -aunce, -auns, -ance, -ans

CF forms occur side by side, the latter predominating after c1400. (a) In numerous nouns taken from OF, denoting states, attitudes, activities: e.g. abound-a(u)nce, alli-a(u)nce, appar-a(u)nce, arrog-a(u)nce, deceiv-a(u)nce, pen-a(u)nce, repent-a(u)nce, temper-a(u)nce ; (b) in several English formations: further-a(u)nce, hinder-a(u)nce .

• -aunt, -ant, -and

partly represents a change of -ant to -and in AF , partly a confusion with the suffix -and of the English pr.ppl. current in the N & NM . (a) In many pr.ppls. taken from OF, e.g. abound-a(u)nt, appar-a(u)nt, ard-a(u)nt,

• -k(e

, Norw. spulka , LG & MDu. ronken , etc. See F. A. Wood Some Parallel Formations in English . A derivational suffix in words from OE and borrowings from ON, MLG, and MDu.: (nouns) balk(e, larke , etc.; (verbs)

• blaberinge

not sufficient, but sum glymerynge we have in oure soule of þis treuþe. a1475(a1447) Bokenham MAngl. Hrl 4011 30/27 They [English] hane corrupte her first natif toungis and vsyn now Ine wot what straunge and pilgryms blaberynge & cheterynge. ?a1475

• romaunce, romauns(e, romaunz, romance, romans(e, romanis, romain(e)s, romonse, romounce, rumance, romanz, ramaunce, re-, romandys, romaunces, romauncus, romauncies, romaunce, romauns, romance, romans, romens, romains

?a romance with a royal protagonist; (b) the source, real or alleged, of an English chivalric romance or verse narrative; (c) a chivalric romance in English verse, the work actually being read or recited; (d) an episode in a larger

• old(e, oulde, ole, olle, hold(e, wold(e, nold(e, ale, aulde, ald(e, hald(e, yolde, yhold, yolle, aude, ald(e, yalde, eld(e, elle, held(e, eild(e, ~x0021d~elde, eald(e, yealde, yealden, ulde, aeld(e, eald(e, heald(e, eolde, aeldes, ealdes, alden, aldan, ealden, ealdan, ealdon, ealdne, aeldan, olden, alden, aelden, fold, older, oldre, alder, aldre, elder(e, eldre, heldere, heldre, elther(e, eilder, eldrin, eldern, eoldere, heoldre, uld(e)re, huldere, ildre, ilthere, aelder, aeldre, ealdre, eaeldre, ly~x00fe~ere, oldest(e, aldest(e, aldust, eldest(e, eldes, heldest(e, elthest, neldest, eldestes, eildest, elduste, eldost(e, eldost(e, eoldoste, uldest(e, huldest, aeldest(e, ealdeste, ildeste, ilste, ildestan, heldruste, ilderest, thold, tholthe, thalde, talde, theld, thelder

ȝer old þo him biuel þis cas. c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A Clg A.11 5881 Aeldred..Nas bote of ten ȝer old [vr.wolde] þo is moder dude þis wo. (c1390) Chaucer CT.Sh. Manly-Rickert B.1216 Ther was a monk..a thritty wynter he was old. a1400(a1325)