• aminge, eim-

eymynge [WB(2) : the valu; L aestimationis]..Al eymynge [WB(2) : preisung; L aestimatio] shal be peysid with the cycle of the seyntuarie. a1425(a1382) WBible(1) Corp-O 4 3 Kings 8.5 [They] offreden sheepand oxen with out eymynge [WB(2) : gessyng].

• male-mort(e

horses and dogs; a disease of sheep. a1400 Lanfranc Ashm 1396 294/22 Malum mortuum is a maner scabbe, & comeþ of grete humouris brent. (1341) in Lofvenberg Contrib.Lex. 26 [Other wool called] peltewolle, cobbewolle, [and of] malemort..[wool of] malemort [and

• mẹkli, mekeli

(c1395) Chaucer CT.WB. Manly-Rickert D.432 Thanne wolde I seye, `good lief, taak keep How mekely [vr. mekly] looketh Wilkyn, oure sheep.' c1450 When the son Frf 16 199 Her fresshe beaute was mor..Then..the yong veryssh sonne in aryeet Ten degrees

• mercenari(e, mersenarie

his pay. (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol. Manly-Rickert A.514 He sette nat his benefice to hyre And leet his sheep encombred in the myre..He was a shepherde and noght a mercenarye [vr. mersenarye]. c1475(a1449) Lydg. St.Giles LdMisc 683 183 Euer in study

• snid, sni~x00f0~-, snid(d)e-

OE snid a slice, slaughter; cp. ME snithen v. (a) In cpd.: shep , sheep for slaughter; (b) in place name [see Smith PNElem. 2.133]. a1225 Wint.Ben.Rule Cld D.3 37/10 For þe, drihten, we synd ealne deeȝ to deaþe ȝewaehte;

• throten, throteden

(1440) Capgr. St.Norb. Hnt HM 55 1824 Lich a wolf þat comth to a folde, First he feseth þe scheep with his chere, And aftir ful slyly wil he now beholde Who he may þrote hem both there and here.

• bilasshen, bilaisshen

to sheep..take hem vp and bilaissh hem wel. a1425 York MGame [OD col.] Dgb 182 ch.33 Þei shulde be..ascryede and wele bylasshed. ?a1450 PPl.C LdMisc 656 7.157 Bylasched in [Hnt: Baleysed [on] þe bar ers, and no breche bytwyne]. (1458)

• shẹp-hẹrdes(se

(a) A female keeper of sheep; also, the wife of a shepherd; (b) as surname. (a1393) Gower CA Frf 3 5.6115 Though sche were a Scheperdesse, Yit wol the lord of wantounesse Assaie. (?a1439) Lydg. FP Bod 263 2.3162 God..shoop

• wesen, wes

herd (see Zeitschrift fur vergleichende Sprachforschung 98, 295-301. To tend (livestock, sheep), pasture. c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) Bod 34 4/29 Ha wes & wiste [L pascebat] wið oðre meidnes o þe feld hire fostermodres hahte. c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) Bod 34 6/10 Margarete wes

• whinen, whin(n)e, wine, hwine, weinen, whineth, wrenne~x00fe~

a doggis lyden. (a1470) Malory Wks. Win-C 501/35 Thys lityll bracket lepte uppon hym and lycked hys learys and hys earys, and than he whyned and quested. a1475(?a1430) Lydg. Pilgr. Vit C.13 20828 Lych an hors she gan to wyne.

• gresen

sillogismes to parbrake thi witt. a1425 Wycl.Serm. Bod 788 1.140 It falliþ to a good herde..whan his sheep ben hirt..to hele hem and to grese hem. c1450(c1405) Mum & S.(2) Add 41666 117 Now I meruaille..That oure corouned king is

• rouken, rouk(e, ruken, rukken, rucken, roken, rokken, rauken, ruki(n

moore vnto yow holde Than is the sheep that rowketh [vrr. rokiþ, roukeþ, rukketh, rokketh, rauketh; ligeth] in the folde? (a1393) Gower CA Frf 3 4.1669 Bot now thei rucken in here nest And resten as hem liketh best. c1415

• pellet, pilet

col.] lf.21 De lana Domus..De lokettis et pelettis. (1440) PParv. Hrl 221 398 Pylet, skyn: Pellis. a1500(?c1440) Lydg. HGS Lnsd 699 358 Of Sheep al-so comyth pilet [vr. pelt] & eke fell, Gadrid in this lond for a gret marchaundise.

• pelt

[Lambs' wool, twice shorn wool, and other wool called] peltewolle..[100 sacks of] lambwoll [and] peltwoll. (1425) Doc. in Kennett Par.Antiq.(1818) [OD col.] 2.250 xiv peltys bidentum. c1475 Lydg. HGS Hrl 2251 358 Pelt [Lnsd: Of Sheep also comyth pilet &

• phigarg, phigark, phigars, figarde, pigargus

a clene beste to mete..and is an horned beste as a goot bukke..lasse þan an hert and gretter than a goot bukke..a wilde beste and of gret swiftnesse. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944 295b/b Hugucioun seith þat pigargus is a

• ha ha

Chaucer CT.NP. Manly-Rickert B.4571 [They] criden, `Out! harrow! and weilaway! Ha! ha! [vr. A ha] the fox!' (c1410) York MGame Vsp B.12 104 For to kepe þat non hownde folowe to sheep, ne to oþer beestis..bilaissh hem wel, saying lowde,

• hogget

(a) A boar of the second year; (b) a sheep of the second year. (1350) Doc.Hatfield in Sur.Soc.32 226 Hoggeta. Et de xj hoggetis de tot porcellis remanentibus. (1432) in Mun.Magd.Oxf. [OD col.] 11 ij vacce, j sus, iiij hogettes,

• morling

persones, by senestre meanes..hadde divers licences to shippe and carie Wolle and Wolfelles, Shorlyng and Morlyng, oute of this youre Reame. (1472-5) RParl. 6.157b Almaner Woll and Wollfell, and Fell called Shorlyng and Morlyng..shal be conveyed to the Staple of

• nok(ke

ben y-made tippynge and nokkes to bowes, to alblastres & arowes. (1440) PParv. Hrl 221 357 Nokke of a bowe or a spyndylle or other lyke: Tenorculus, clavicula. a1500(?c1440) Lydg. HGS Lnsd 699 380 Of the Sheep is cast a-way

• jument

to Felix. (c1384) WBible(1) Roy 1.B.6 Apoc.18.13 The marchaundises..of iumentis, or werk beestes, andsheepand horses, [etc.]. c1390 Psalt.Mariae(1) Vrn 692 Heil cite of god and man, Of whuche þe foundement Buylded þe Samaritan, Þat us vppon his iument