• encrisped

encrisped ppl. Cp. L incrisp-are . Curly. (?1440) Palladius DukeH d.2 6.139 They [sheep] shal ha softe encrisped wolle.

• greser

greser n. From gresen v. ?One who smears a salve on sheep. (1327) in Fransson Surn. 188 Rob. le Greser.

• Anton(y

a pig, the smallest of the litter, belonged to the Clergy and was permitted to roam; see M.A. Andel in Janus 18.627]; (b) Anton lam(b . c1450(c1425) Brut-1419 Cmb Kk.1.12 385/23 And there com to hym an Antony pygge, and

• swinen, swinnen, swinenne, swinenum

, (dat.) swinenum . OE Of a pig, a pig's. c1150(OE) Hrl.HApul. Hrl 6258B 55/6 Cnuca þa wyrt mid swinenum gore. c1150(OE) Hrl.HApul. Hrl 6258B 67/7 Nime þas ylcan wirt & ele & swynen smere; do tosomne, [etc.]. c1150(OE) Hrl.HApul.

• cok-a-gris, cotagres, cokintrice

pig. A dish; -- see quots. (a1399) Form Cury Add 5016 p.79 Cotagres [read: cocagres]..take an hole rowsted cok..take a pigg. ?c1425 Arun.Cook.Recipes Arun 334 443 Cokagrys. Take an olde cok..and also take a pygge..and sowe hym faste togedur,

• porcerie

porcerie n. OF porcherie , pourcerie . A stock of swine. (1439) Doc. in Collect.Topogr.5 17 She shal hav al my deyerie..and my porcerie and half my sheep.

• tirdeling

tirdeling n. From tirdel n. A mass of pellets of the dung of an animal. a1500(?c1440) Lydg. HGS Lnsd 699 381 Of the Sheep is cast a-way no thyng..To the lond gret profite doth his tirdelyng.

• shẹpen

shẹpen adj. OE sceapen Of sheep. ?a1325 Heil seint Michel Hrl 913 p.157 Hail be ȝe hokesters..Wiþ..pottes blak, Tripis and kine fete and schepen heuedes.

• unfolden

unfolden v.(1) From folden v.(1). To release (sheep) from a pen. ?a1450 MLChrist Add 39996 198 Þe schepardes were on þe wolde Her schepe for to vnfolde.

• fald-sọk(en, faldsog

sọk(en jurisdiction. ?The right to permit sheep to graze in one's pasture at a charge of so much per head. (1235) Chart.R.PRO 1.215 [Grant..of..all the land..and] le faldsog [of Wylewag and the borough and land of Hermefray.] (1371) Close R.Edw.III

• motọner

mutiner v. is very unlikely. (a)?A shepherd, ?a dealer in mutton, ?a dealer in sheep; (b)?a sheep-thief; a marauder, rioter. (1275) Hundred R.Tower 1 424 Hug. Motoner. c1475 Lydg. OFools Hrl 2251 p.168 Night motoners [Ld: riotours] that wil no

• sherling

sherling n. From sheren v. A sheep that has been shorn once; also, the skin of such a sheep. (1303) in Gras Eng.Cust.Syst. 166 Binda similiter de pellibus pellectis scilicet scherling', i d. (1378-9) Acc.R.Dur. in Sur.Soc.103 587 In 30

• gris, grice, greis, cris, gris, grises

Vrn prol.105 Cookes..Cryen:..`Goode gees and grys! Gowe dyne!' ?c1425 Arun.Cook.Recipes Arun 334 437 Take vell or pyggus or capons or hennus or gryse, and sethe hom. a1475 Liber Cocorum Sln 1986 p.55 Rosted vele and porke and grys [rime: wyse].

• flokker

flokker n. From flok (1). A shepherd; also, a sheep dog. (1302) Close R.Edw.I 512 Reginald Flocker. a1425 Medulla Stnh A.1.10 31a/b Grekaries: flokere. c1450 Trin-C.LEDict. Trin-C O.5.4 587 Gregarius: a fflockere, et est canis pastoris.

• overwashen, -weshe

Also -weshe . From washen v. To immerse (sth.), wash by immersing. (?1440) Palladius DukeH d.2 6.133 Make vncture of lupynys..for sheep..ennoynte hem alle, and aftir thre Dayes let ouer wasshe [vr. over wesshe; L mergantur] hem in the see.

• likeles

likeles adj. From like , var. of liche n. Of a sheep: unlike others, of unique color. a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex. Corp-C 444 1726 Ðog him boren ðes ones bles Vn-like manige and likeles.

• hobet

hobet n. Prob. error for hogget . A sheep of the second year. (1467-8) Statutes Ireland 3 p.646 De quol[ibe]t Centeno de pellibus de agnis vocat[is]..hobet fell[es]..vnum obolum.

• bale, balle, baulinge

bale n.(5) Also balle ; ?cp. baulinge . Cp. L balatus bleating. A name given to a sheep: bleater. (1440) PParv. Hrl 221 22 Balle [Win: bale], schepys name: Ballator [vr. balator], ballatrix.

• south, soww~x00fe~ess

south n.(1) Pl. (Orm .) sowwþess . ON : cp. OI sauðr . A sheep. ?c1200 Orm. Jun 1 15805 Crist himm wrohhte an swepe þaer..& draf hemm [vendors] alle samenn ut & nowwt & sowwþess alle.

• tupping

tupping ger. Perh. from tuppen v. (cp. EMnE tup v.); also cp. ME tup(pe n. The mating or copulation of sheep. (?1440) Palladius DukeH d.2 5.146 Now first tuppyng [L admissura..arietum] Be maad, lambron to ripe er wynter sprynge.