• tosen, tose, toson, i)tosed(e, toseed

And send ȝow to hevyn or helle. ?a1475 Noble Bk.Cook. Hlk 674 103 To mak blanche mange of flesshe take ryse..then teese the braun of capon or henn small and put the rise to the mylke & boile it

• wash, washe, waish(e, wais(se, wesh(e, wes, wesce, was(se, wasce, whas, west

Scrope Othea StJ-C H.5 31/30 The goddes Lathonna arived on a waisch [vr. wasshe; Othea : a ryver; F gue], and than sche aboode vppon the watir for to staunch hir gret thirst. ?c1475 Cath.Angl. Add 15562 138a A Wesche:

• wei-goer, weigoere, waigoar

weigoers biholde his sorwe, and seiþ: 'O ȝe alle þat passen bi þe wei, takeþ hede and lokeþ.' a1425 Trev. Higd. Hrl 1900 5.449 Weygoers [Higd.(2) : pover peple; L itinerantium; Trev. (StJ-C): For refresshynge and socour of way farynge

• straien, strai(e, tray, starystis, straien, stare~x00fe~, staye~x00fe~, straiinge, starynge, strai(e)d, strai~x0021d~ed

þey [sheep] strayeþ or goþ away, þay comeþ nouȝt aȝen but if þe hyrde bryngeþ hem aȝein. a1450(a1397) WBible(2) GProl. Hrl 1666 p.7 A man shal kepe the oxe andsheep of his brothir that is strayed awey, and bringe

• ter, ter(r)e, ther, tirwan, tar(re, thar, ta

and hayriffe-take keepe-with tarreboyste must bene all tamed, penyegrasse and butter for fatt sheepe; for thys salve am I not ashamed. 1591(?a1425) Chester Pl. Hnt HM 2 133/175 Tarboyste and tarboll yee shall here; nettle, hemlock, and butter abydinge,

• quellen, quel(le, whellen, querlin, cwelle(n, quaile, quelleth, quelth, cwelleth, cwelth, quelled(e, queld(e, whellid, whellit, cwelde, qualde, cwalde, quolde, i)quelled, queliet, quelde, iqueld, quelt, quel~x00fe~e, cwelled, wolde, iquald

oft of hit exalith myst ympure, And fle therfro in caas hit myght the quelle. c1440(a1400) Awntyrs Arth. Thrn 49 Þay questede and quellys, By frythis and fellis, Þat þe dere dwellys, And darkys and darys. a1450-1509 Rich. Brunner 1981

• barre, bar(r, bare, barres, barreis, barresse, barras, barren

432/10 Sir Trystramys..brake the barrys of a wyndow, and so he lepe oute. a1500(1396) Indent.Francisc. in RS 4.1 Vit F.12 522 That the sayd wyndos be well and sewerly berred of yerne and closyd with wyndowes of glasse, natt removable,

• seuen, seu(e, seui, sou(e(n, souwe(n, sue, saue, soui, seuwi, seues, souiht, seueth, seuitz, seowi~x00f0~, seo(u)we~x00f0~, seued, seuet, seued, iseued, siued, isoued, hissouede, saude, isuwed, isued, iseuwede, iseouwed

c1400 Bk.Mother Bod 416 145/2 And sewe no mo pacches þeron, turninge aȝeyn to þy synnes: for as mony synnes and uices, so mony cloutes and pacches in þe soule. a1425(c1384) WBible(1) Corp-O 4 Ezek.16.16 And thou takynge of my

• lomb, lombe, loumbe, lamb(e, lomp(e, loumpe, lamp, lom, lam(e, lamme, lonb, lombes, lomber, lomeber, lamber, lambur, lambre, lamer, lambres, lambren, lambron, lambroun, lambern, lamborn, lomb

of wolle and of lomb, He put in his pautener an honne and a komb. (1340) Ayenb. Arun 57 139/10 Kende wyle þet þe lambren louie ham togidere and beuly þe wolues. (a1382) WBible(1) Dc 369(1) Is.5.17 And lombis [WB(2)

• flẹs, fleis, fleos, floes, flus, vluis

OE fleos & flies , flys . (a) The wool or fleece of a sheep (either shorn or unshorn); a sheepskin with its wool; also fig. ; (b) of wol, blak , whit ; (c) as a measure of wool;

• cracche, crach(e, crasche, cre(c)che, criche, creke, crethe, crithe, checche

praesepibus]. (a1382) WBible(1) Dc 370 2 Par.32.28 And cratchis of alle bestis and foldes to feeld bestis..he bilde. (c1384) WBible(1) Dc 369(2) Hab.3.17 A sheep shal be kitt of fro the folde, and a drooue shal not be in the

• crisp, crips, crippis, crispis, kirps, scrip

Trev. Barth. Add 27944 30b/a Þere wymmen bereþ children þat ben blake and hath litil here and crips. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944 264b/a Þe lomb..haþ smal wolle and crispe. c1400 Femina Trin-C B.14.40 13 I haue þyȝe cripse lokkys.

• croce, crose, groce, troce

croos he made his howwe and his pikoyse. Pikoise was the sharpe ende and howwe was the krookede ende. c1450 Pilgr.LM Cmb Ff.5.30 149 Of hire crochet, crooses she maketh hem, and pastores of sheep she maketh hem. (a1464) Capgr.

• perilousli, perellosli, parelouslie

bisynesse..that..she shal be hool and sound as soone as is possible. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944 156b/a By more stronge rennynge he [water] passeþ his priuee holownesse and brymmes and clyfs, þe more perilouselich he destroieþ and wasteþ þe sadnesse

• marking(e, merking, merkunge, mercunge

of understanding or perception. (c1443) Pecock Rule Mrg M 519 466 Long avise taking and counceiling wiþ..leerned men..his owne bysy labour in longe studie wiþ experience and wiþ marking wel þe circumstaunce of þe proces..and wiþ marking of oþere placis

• moralitẹ, moralte

B.24 st.197 Gowere and Chaucere..Superlative as poetis laureate In moralitee and eloquence ornate. (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars. Manly-Rickert I.1088 The translacioun of Boece de consolacione, and othere bookes of legendes of seintes, and Omelies, and moralitee [vr. moralites], and deuocioun. c1475

• auctorisen, autorisen

moste did þis unholy þing out of mennus soulis, and autoriseden it. (1430-1) RParl. 4.377b That all manere of Enditementz..Juggementz, Ordinances and Statutz made..aȝeins the saide Owen mowe be affermed, auctorised and establised for lawe be auctorite of this present

• orf, orfe, oref, horf, orve, oreve

orue, Þat schep and reoþeren and oþur bestes aldai leiȝen a-storue. a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex. Corp-C 444 883 Tol and takel and orf he dede Wenden hom to here ogen stede. a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex. Corp-C 444 1743 Wiues and childre &

• in stede of, in sted o, in-stede of

of his fyngir. a1500(?c1378) Wycl.OPastor. Ryl Eng 86 416 In-stode of siche plees þe curat shulde moue his sheep bi paciense and oþere vertues. a1500(?a1400) KEdw.& S. Cmb Ff.5.48 886 Þou shalt sitte here aboue, Instidde alle of þe Kyng.

• spoiling(e, spoilylyng

of idolatrie, and spoilinge and sleeynge of pore men. (1395) Wycl.37 Concl. Tit D.1 155 The spoilinge of the rewme bi beringe out of the tresore to straungeris..shal not be so abhominable in lowere prelatis..as in the pope and in