• pig

pig n. From pigge n. Cp. MnE pig an ingot of iron, lead, etc. & ME soue ingot of metal. A container for wine; ?the hide of a pig used as a wineskin. c1450 Alph.Tales Add 25719 340/23 Euerilk day..was

• fleier

fleier n. Cp. MnE Dial. flair , flare the internal fat of a pig from which lard is made (EDD ). ?Internal fat (of a pig), kidney fat. ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes Stockh 10.90 92/13 Take þe grees of þe fleyer of

• blesminge, blissoun-

blesminge ger. Also blissoun- . Tupping (of sheep). (?1440) Palladius DukeH d.2 tab.53 Blissounynge of sheep.

• pigin

pigin n. From pig n. A container for butter, piggin. a1400(1334) Doc. in Vinogradoff Survey Denbigh 275 Redd. domino per annum vj vasa et pygyn butiri.

• swose

swose n. ?Aberrant form of sous(e n.(1). ?Pickled parts of a pig; -- used in a nonsense passage. a1500 MSerm.Mol. Adv 19.3.1 83 Ther he saw stedus and stockfesche pryckyng swose in the watur.

• shotling

shotling n. From shot n. (cp. sense 1. (e)). A young weaned pig. (1454) Will Suf.Ipsw.PR 1 119b The seyd Gefferey yeuyth and grauntyth..v hogges, viij Shotlyngs, and iiij hors.

• porcelle

porcelle n. L porcellus A small pig; a suckling pig used for food. ?a1425 Chauliac(1) NY 12 78b/a Rogerine & Thederic kutteþ a porcelle, i. a grise [Ch.(2) : smale swyne; L porcellos]..bi þe middez. a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) Hrl 279 58

• pig-whei

pig-whei n. From pigge n. & whei n. ?A kind of ale, ?error for pile-whei . a1450 PPl.A(1) RwlPoet 137 5.134 Pigwhey [Trin-C: I bouȝte hire barly; heo breuȝ it to selle; Penyale & pilewhey heo pouride togidere].

• bouen

bouen v.(2) ?Imitative. Of a boar: grunt. a1400 Gloss.Bibbesw. Paris n.a. lat.699 273 Boueth [Cmb: boor yelleth; OF cengler releie]. c1400 Femina Trin-C B.14.40 8 Porcelle gerist, sengler releie..Pig wrenneþ, boor boweþ.

• scalding(e, sckalding, shaldinge

þe brisure, scabb, and scalding: Dreye and opene wolle, wete and dreyne it..in þe iuus of þis herbe..and leide to þe place wole helpe..scaldynges. c1450 Med.Bk.(1) Med-L 136 234/743 An oþer for..appigale..An oþer for scaldynge; Tak molowes and seth hem

• flẹth

fat of a pig, from which lard is made' (EDD ).?Same word as flẹth (1). Some kind of fat; ?melted fat. ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes Stockh 10.90 40/1 Take herbe water..þe croppe of bremble, fleþ of þe bran, and of schepys talow.

• fressing, fressang

OF fressange . A young pig. (1297) Doc.Manor in MP 34 56 Fressingges. (1304-5) MSS Middleton in HMC 324 j porcus in fressing. c1325(a1300) Cust.Bleadon 204 Et aliud de carnibus porcinis, et gallinas cum fressang' in brueto et caseum. a1400

• enfarcen, enforcen, enforcen

Rost hit on broche of irne, bygge Enfarsed. ?a1475 Noble Bk.Cook. Hlk 674 36 To mak hennes enforced, tak hennes..and blow them at the brest; then tak stuffur..and fors the hennes between the skyne and the body, and rost him.

• hoglin, hogelin

hog(ge & -ling suf. A young pig; also, as a term of endearment for a boar. (1377) Deed Yks. in YASRS 76 129 [18] hoglines [22 d. each]. a1500 Eglam. Cmb Ff.2.38 548 My lytylle spote hoglyn [vr. hogelyn], Dere

• swineli

cp. ME swin(e n. Swinish, pig-like. c1400 Bk.Mother Bod 416 92/15 Suche swynliche men and worse þan hogges..liggen and walewen, baþen hem in fleschli lustes and likinges as hogges in a dongehul. (1434) Misyn ML Corp-O 236 116/1 Is not

• tak, tak(k)e, tac, thac, tack

of] tak [and custom of divers tenants of the] villatae [of Barrok and Petrual this year]. (1386-7) Acc.Exch.(PRO) 9-10 Rich.II Bundle 4.m.40 [OD col.] vij s. de takswyne de tenentibus. a1400(a1325) Cursor Vsp A.3 28438 Toll and tak, and rent

• cronen

cronen v.(1) From crone n., which in MnE has the senses `old sheep, decrepit person'. Lit., to cull old sheep (from a flock); here, to weed out or discharge (aged officers). (?1461) Paston 4.13 It is tyme to crone your

• eowde

eowde n. OE eowd . Flock (of sheep). a1225(?OE) Vsp.A.Hom. Vsp A.22 245 Gif he hit [the lost sheep] þan ȝemet, he hit berð an his eaxlun to þara eowde oder falde blissiende.

• epheds

epheds n. ?Cp. MnE dial. heaf accustomed pasture ground for sheep (EDD), and MnE haft v. (3) in OD. ?The pasturing of sheep or cattle; ?an enclosure. (?c1450) Epheds in NQ ser.12.2 509 It' for epheds a yere, xiijs. iiijd.

• kid-sape

kid-sape n. Cp. MnE dial. cade `sheep-louse', kaid , kid in DOST & sope n. (2). Soap for treating sheep-lice. (1377-8) Acc.R.Dur. in Sur.Soc.103 587 1 li. de Kydsape, et paknedils, 8 d.