• wether, wethire, wethur, we~x00fe~her, wed(d)er, wedor, weddur, wedre, whether, wheither, vedure, wadir, whethur, weter-, wethe-, wedr-, weider-, weidur-, wer(e)-, werre-, werri-, weyer-, warge-, woder-, wetchear, wert-, wetheres, wethres, wetherese-, werdes-, wether(e)s, wethres, wetheren

clene floure and an hondred weþeres. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944:Seymour 797/20 The Pigmeys ryden vppon weþeres and fyȝten with cranes. a1400(a1325) Cursor Vsp A.3 11649 Wolf and weþer, leon and ox, Sal comen samen, and lamb and fox. a1400

• shẹp-hẹrd(e, shep(p)erd(e, shepert, shep(p)ard(e, shiperd, ship(p)ard, sheper-, shephierd, sheipherde, shepurde, cheiphurde, shiphierde, shipurde, shiper, shuppurd, scepard, shepherdes, sceperdes, shephades, shepherdes, shephordis, shepperdus, sepperdis, chepardis, shiperdus, shipperdis, ssepurdes

for a good schipherde to schere his schepe, and nouȝt for to swolowe hem. (c1390) Chaucer CT.Ph. Manly-Rickert C.101 Vnder a shepherde softe and necligent The wolf hath many a sheepand lamb to rent. a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS Hrl 1701

• scab(be, skab(be, scap, scabbes, stabbis

fre, Bot blayns and bledders all his body and scabbes whor skyn was wonnt to be. c1470 Bible F. Cleve-W q091.92-C468 74/26 The mezelry fille awey and the scabbe, and his [Vespasian's] fleish becam as clene and swete as any

• usher, ushere, uschear, oischer(e, husher(e, huish(i)er, usschir, uss(i)er, hu(i)sser, husch, usher(e)s, huscherisse, hoscheres

grete and suche a fissher and porter leste he close hevene ȝate aȝenst me]. a1425 Wycl.Serm. Bod 788 2.162,163 'He þat entriþ bi þe dore, he is heerde of þe sheep; Þe ussher openeþ to him, and þe sheep heeren

• frai

Schal him neuere of lyf stray. (1442) RParl. 5.55b Debates, frayes, and other misgovernaunce in the said Shippes and Vesselles, by the which dyvers men been infortunately drowned and otherwyse slayn. c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy Htrn 388 1278 Pollux..With seuyn hundrithe sad

• gamen, game, gamme(n, gomen, gamenen, gomenen, gomnen

delices. c1300(c1250) Floris Cmb Gg.4.27 80/31 Hi..pleide and gamenede ehc wiþ oþer. c1300 Evang. Dlw 22 361 [A]t his burthe me schal gamine [vr. game] ant pleye. a1400(a1325) Cursor Vsp A.3 11932 Iesus and oþer childer samen þam yode biside

• pastour, pastor, pastur(e, paustor

as plouȝmen and pastours [vr. paustores] of bestis. c1400(c1378) PPl.B LdMisc 581 12.149 To pastours and to poetes appiered þat aungel And bad hem go to bethlem, goddis burth to honoure. c1450(c1440) Scrope Othea StJ-C H.5 37/28 Phebus and Oan,

• pollen, polle, pole, pul, polled, ipolled, pollet

Job 1.20 Joob..to-rente hise clothis, and with pollid [WB(1) : shauen; L tonso] heed he felde doun on the erthe. (1439) LRed Bk.Bristol 2.153 Dyuers Craftes as Taillours, Weuers..and others..contynuelly vseth dayly forto shave and forto polle dyuers peple of

• henge, heinge, hinge

Esd.3.15 He bilde it and couerede and sette his ȝate leuis and lockis and heengis [WB(2) : barris; L vectes]. a1425 WBible(1) Corp-O 4 2 Esd.3.13 Heengis [Dc 369(1): Thei..setten his ȝate leuis and lokis and henglis]. (1452-4) Grocer Lond.

• muet, mewet, miwet, muwet, mwet, mut(e, muit

Bothe meseles and mute and in þe menysoun blody, Ofte he heled suche. Of persons: (a) silent, speechless (with awe, contempt, grief, deference, etc.); also, discreetly silent, secretive, given to confidentiality; of langage ; (b) of a sheep dog: quiet,

• pultrie, pultrẹ, poultrẹ, pulletrie, pulteri(e, purtrye

H.1 3.9 Salomon his mete was..ten fat oxen and an hondred weþeres wiþ oute venisoun, pultrie, and wylde foul. (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol. Manly-Rickert A.598 His lordes sheep..His swyn, his hors, his stoor, and his pultrye [vrr. pulletrie, pultre] Was hoolly

• rake, rakke, rhak, rac-

hem fast rowte. (a1467) Paston 2.326 John a Berney..hath of late rered a falde of colyette of vc sheep vpon myn rakke, and entendeth to disheryte me of myn liberte of myn faldage there. (1275) in Lofvenberg ME Local Surnames

• ravinous, ravinouse, ravenous(e, -us, -es, raveinous, rauenorvus, revenaunce

of fleschly desir siþ rauenes [vrr. rauenorvus; raven and] fisches haueþ sum mesure; Whan þey hungreþ, þey rapeþ. (1402) Topias Dgb 41 p.71 I trowe to shewe the colour that signefieth symplenesse, and withinne, seith Crist, ȝe ben ravenous wolves.

• rot, rote, rotte, rette

Norw. , Swed. dial. rot ; sense (d) and some derivatives (e.g., rotnes(se n., rotshipe n.) perh. influenced by OE hrot , rot . (a) Decay, corruption, putrefaction; (b) a disease of sheep; (c) a wasting disease in man; also

• sacrificen, sacrifice, -fise(n, sacrefise, -fize

delibor] now, and the tyme of my resolucioun, or deeth, is nyȝ. a1400(a1325) Cursor Vsp A.3 3262 He wild not warn To sacrifise his auen barn. a1400 Cursor Trin-C R.3.8 3201 He..dud as þe aungel him bad; þe sheep he

• leswen, lẹswen, lesewe(n, leseue, lesuwen, leswuen, lesuen, lisewen, lesen

boves pascuales], and an hundrid wetheris. a1425(c1395) WBible(2) Roy 1.C.8 1 Kings 16.11 ȝit another is, a litil child, and lisewith [vr. pasturith; WB(1) : fedith] scheep. -?-(1377) Tenants in Som.Dor.NQ 13 273 No mo shal morwe lese and eve

• sturdili, sturd(e)li, stordilẹ, studely

leggis and caughte a clubbe in his honde all of clene iron. a1425 Wycl.Serm. Bod 788 1.139 Sum wole, as breris, tere wolle of sheepe and make hem coold in charite, and sum wole, sturdly, as þornes, sleye sheep of

• thurs(e, thursse, thirs(e, thirce, tirce, thurce, thrus(se, thresse, thrisse, thros, trusse, ~x00fe~russhe

I can..the talgh from them [sheep] take; And yf sworne yt had the thursse, yett shall the talgh be in my purse. (a1382) WBible(1) Dc 369(1) Is.34.15 Ther shul springe in his houses thornes and netles..and it shal be the

• tọgnauen

and longue heo ȝeode a-boute and heore bodies souȝte..heo ȝal and weop ful sore..hire hondene heo wrong and to-gnovȝ þat flesch riȝt to þe bone. c1300 SLeg.Patr. LdMisc 108 227 Some of þe naddrene bi-clupten heom..Some seten ope heom

• tọscateren, toskatur, toschatered, -schatird, toscatered, toscaterde

folowe þe chaas leste þey departe and toscatere [L turbaret] þe ordenaunces of here scheltroms. a1450 Lordyngis leue Bod 48 97/417 Þe silver..so toschatereþ [Why werre : is so deskatered; vr. totolled], boþe hiþer and deþer, Þat hit is halfendel