• blet

blet n. From bleten bleat. Sheep, ewe. (a1382) WBible(1) Dc 369(1) Ps.77.70 He bar hym vp fro the flockis of shep; fro the aftir berende blet [WB(2) : scheep with lambren; L post fetantes] he toc hym.

• pigge, pig(e, peg(e, pigh, pigges, pigkes

Pigges yskaldid and quarter hem and seeþ hem in water and salt. ?c1425 Arun.Cook.Recipes Arun 334 437 Take vell or pyggus or capons or hennus or gryse and sethe hom wel togedur a longe tyme in watur and wyn. a1450

• spaning(e, spanygs

lamb [could also be construed as ppl. as adj.]; at , in the process of being weaned; (b) a weaned pig. (1416-17) Acc.R.Dur. in Sur.Soc.100 317 [Among expenses are, in hides disposed of..] pro spanyng lambes, ij. (1440) PParv. Hrl

• ram, ram(m)e, ram, rom, rem, t, ramp-, remp-, rompne, rayne, reyne, rames, rameis, romes

and skynnes of oþre schiepe and is more able to fonge and to holde pryntynge and payntynge of dyuerse coloures. a1400(a1325) Cursor Vsp A.3 1786 Þar suam, Side and side, wolf and ram. (1419) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO) 7.334 [John Burgeys..has a

• dowwnen

au regularly appears as oww in Orm. , as in rowwst voice, sowwþ sheep. To smell (sth.). ?c1200 Orm. Jun 1 6745 Recless smec Iss god & swet to dowwnenn. ?c1200 Orm. Jun 1 7858 Ne ȝeorne nohht to dowwnenn

• pardalun, pardelun

pardalun n. Also pardelun . From L camelopardalun , acc.of camelopardalus , by erroneous word division becoming ML cameleo & pardalum . A small panther or leopard. (a1382) WBible(1) Bod 959 Deut.14.5 Þis is þe beest þat ȝe owyn

• probatik

, a pool in Jerusalem used for washing sacrificial sheep, the site of miracles; also, an epithet of the Virgin Mary. a1400(a1325) Cursor Vsp A.3 8928 Þar was a stank..Hight piscina probatica..þar-in þe king tre þai slang..Godd sceud þar-on his

• jercs

, jercia . Virgin female sheep, gimmers. (1279) Acc.Middleton in Archaeol.Cant.10 324 Oues matrices iiijxx xij, Jercie xxj, Agni xxiiij. (1350) Doc.Hatfield in Sur.Soc.32 226 Hogs et Jercs. Et de x hogs et jercs de remanentibus..Et remanent vj hogs et

• kẹte, kette

Some kind of shed or outhouse for cattle or sheep; ?also, a herdsman's hut; also, in surname. (1292) in Wallenberg PNKent 493 Rad. atte Kete. (1368) Cal.Fine R. 7.369 [Stables, cowsheds, and] ketes. a1450 Castle Persev. Folg V.a.354 1056 Bete

• farwen, farewen, farowen, farowed, ivar~x0021d~ed, ifare~x0021d~et, iferhet, ifarwed, ivarwed, iveruwed

, ifarwed , ivarwed , iveruwed . Verb not attested in OE ; cp. OE fearh pig. (a) Of a sow: to give birth to (pigs); to farrow; -- with or without obj.; (b) of other animals: to have young.

• perẹ, perre, peri, pereie, piri, pirre(i

water, And non oþer licour. Þer-fore in wine me ne may, Inne siþere, ne inne pereye [rime: reneye]. c1390 PPl.A(1) Vrn 5.134 Peni Ale and piriwhit [vrr. periwhit; pilewhey; B : podyng ale] heo pourede to-gedere For laborers and louh

• sous(e, sousse, souce

levery of sowsse..every lady to have three thynges; that is to sey, the cheke, the ere, and the fote is a levery; the groyne and two fete ys anodyr leveray; soe a hoole hoggs sowsse shall serve three ladyes. a1475

• parren, par(r)e

confine (sb., sheep) in (a city, hole, painful condition, sheepfold, etc.). (c1300) Havelok LdMisc 108 2439 He bunden him ful swiþe faste..Þat he rorede als a bole, Þat he wore parred in an hole, With dogges forto bite and beite.

• shorling, shorlings, -linge

of a recently shorn sheep; -- also coll.; the wool from such a skin; ?also, coll. sheep that have recently been shorn [quot.: 1404]; fel . (1347) in Lofvenberg Contrib.Lex. 23 [Lambs' fells and fleeces,] fotfell [and] shorlyng. (1404) in

• trip(pe, tripe

tripe flock. (a) A herd or flock of sheep, goats, etc.; herde , a shepherd or goatherd; (b) a troop of soldiers, a host. (1305) Bolton Compotus in Whitaker Hist.Craven (1805) [OD col.] 330 In pane pro Triphyrdes. (1305) Bolton

• bleten, blaeten, bleite

Higd. StJ-C H.1 4.153 Bestes..fliȝ to hilles..lowynge and bletynge. c1400 Femina Trin-C B.14.40 8 Cheuere gerist: Tyche bletuþ. a1425 Medulla Stnh A.1.10 6b/b Arieto: to bleten. a1425 Wycl.Serm. Bod 788 1.139 Bletyng sheep. ?c1475 Cath.Angl. Add 15562 15b To Bleyte:

• feblishen

grow feeble; (b) to weaken (persons, animals). c1300 SLeg.Fran.(1) LdMisc 108 432 He drouȝ to-ward þe deþe and feblischede ful swiþe faste. a1425(a1382) WBible(1) Corp-O 4 Ex.22.10 If eny leene to his neiȝbore oxe, asse, sheep..and it were deed or

• gimber, gimur

gymbr , gen. gymbrar . (a) A young female sheep, ewe lamb; (b)?as surname. (1364) Doc.Coldingham in Sur.Soc.12 p.xliii Item cc de gymbris et dynmonth. a1425 Roy.17.C.17 Nominale Roy 17.C.17 638/36 Hic gargia: gymbure. a1500 Mayer Nominale Mayer 698/23 Hec

• crone

) `carrion, carcass', a term of abuse; also, `old sheep'. (a) A strong term of abuse: beast, hag; (b)?as surname. (1376-8) in Davenport Nrf.Manor p.lvii Cuidam bercario manerii de Lopham fuganti bidentes crones de Lopham usque Framyngham. (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.

• diverse

diverse adv. From adj. (a) Differently; coloured , variegated; eied , ?having mottled eyes; (b) at various times. c1400 PPl.C Trin-C R.3.14 [16.79] f.39a Alle be we breþeren, þeiȝ we be diuerse cloþid. c1425(a1420) Lydg. TB Aug A.4 2.4562