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senectute n. From L senectut- , extended stem of senectus . Old age. ?a1500 Job Hnt HM 140 177 Job in his senectute owte of the worlde ded wende.

senek(e n. From L senex . An old man. a1425 Susan. Hnt HM 114 301 Sodenly a seneke [vr. þat senek] þei broght in to sale.

unelde n. From elde n. Old age. a1400 NVPsalter Vsp D.7 70.19 Til in vnelde [L senectam] and alderelde, God, ne forlete in vnwelde [vr. ne forsake þou me].

cher-mat phr. as adj. OF chiere mate Downcast. a1500 Partenay Trin-C R.3.17 5882 Thys bestly bere was passyng old and strong; Natheles tho was heuily chermat.

-ager suf. Also -enger . OF -agier Only in agent nouns taken from Old French, as h)om-ager (from hom-age), mess-ager (from mess-age), pass-ager (from pass-age ).

, grotz . MDu. groot (a) An English silver coin equivalent to four pennies; half , q.v.; of coper , a copper groat, counterfeit coin; (b) not (nought) worth a , not worth much; the valeu of a , a

of a meandering line at least the length of an English mile; note [see walsh-not(e n.]; russet , a type of woolen cloth produced in Wales; scarlet , ?iron. an old, worn-out piece of clothing; se , a part of

ye Marchantz Aliens of yat parties, here y called Esterlinges, shuld in these parties be entreted in like fourme as English Marchantz weren there in hir parties. a1450-a1500(1436) Libel EP Warner 280 Highe Duchmene of Pruse And Esterlynges. c1450(c1353) Winner

pieces. An inferior foreign coin often passed as an English silver halfpenny. (1299) Statutes Realm 1.131 Nostre Roiaume e les autres terres de nostre seignurie sunt replenis de diverse mauveises monees, que sunt appellez Pollardz et Crokardz e par autres

. An inferior foreign coin, generally worth an English halfpenny. (1299) Statutes Realm 1.131 Nostre Roiaume e les autres terres de nostre seignurie sunt replenis de diverse mauveises monees, que sunt appelez `Pollardz' et `Crokardz'. ?a1325(1299) Liber Cust.Lond. in RS

, although this may be a borrowing from English; ?also cp. pople n.(1). The common ryegrass (Lolium perenne) used for fodder; also, the seed of this plant. (1347) Acc.R.Dur. in Sur.Soc.99 42 In 12 travis de Pomple et 48 travis

-wal as in wọde-wale . Also cp. OE hice in hice-mase . One of the varieties of English woodpeckers; esp. the European green woodpecker (Picus viridis). ?a1300 StJ.List Trees StJ-C E.17 155 Eywal, Wodewale. c1450(c1353) Winner & W. Add 31042

Robin . OF haubby & hobin are borrowings from English. A small ambling horse; ?also, a light-armed horseman [1st quot.]. (1298) Barth.Cotton Hist.Angl. in RS 16 Nero C.5 344 Habebant equos coopertos mille quingentos et de hobyns quingentos, et pedites

jumperen v. Also jompre ; p.ppl. (error) joinpred . ?Imitative To put (words) together in a disorderly manner; ppl. jumpered , of persons:?gathered haphazardly. a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC Benson-Robinson 2.1037 Ne jompre [vr. iumpere] ek no discordant thyng yfeere, As

herteles, moderles, orles, shameles, sinneles, wifles, witles ; rarely in adjectives & place names from ON (usually with substitution of English vowel): lasteles ; often in ME formations: armles, blameles, catelles, causeles (also adv.), childles, childrenles, cloudeles, comfortles, defautles, drinkeles,

obscure, the prefix con- has only the vaguest meaning in ME. Hence it is not productive in ME, though occasionally translators, hard-pressed for a precise English equivalent of a Latin expression, do coin such hybrids as con-fere colleague, con-gaderen collect.

The action of sewing parts of clothing together; repair of old shoes; also, the action of joining the sections of a bow. (1395) Doc. in Riley Mem.Lond. 540 [In mending old boots and shoes..clouting and]pecyng, [and] ryvetting. (1463) Acc.Howard in

j sigh hire al mossy [F moussue] and of mosse al rouh, foul and old. a1475(?a1430) Lydg. Pilgr. Vit C.13 13704 I sawh a wekke, Old and hydous..Pyled and seynt as any kaat, And moosyheryd [vr. mosy-heryd; F moussue] as

auncien . (a) Aged, old; (b) wise or experienced with age, venerable. a1450(c1410) Lovel. Merlin Corp-C 80 20506 Jn the mene whyle..cometh an awnciel knyht prekyng..vpe on A steede. a1450(c1410) Lovel. Grail Corp-C 80 37.322 An Old Awncyel Man he

old(e)li adj. From old(e adj.; also cp. OE (WS ) eald-lic . Elderly, aging. (a1382) WBible(1) Bod 959 Job 41.23 After hym þe sti shal ȝyuen liȝt, & he shal eymen þe se as an oldli man [WB(2) :

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