• remitten, remit(te, remitted, remitte, remitted, remit(te

Prison of Flete at the instance of some of the Juges. (1426) Paston 2.507 Walter schuld kepe his day be-fore þe Chauncelere specefyd in þe wryt, and to cum agayne in warde of here officere to þe preson of Norwich

• signet, signette, signeth, signnet, singnet, sinet(te, cignet, signet(t)es, singnet(t)es, sinattes

signet of liknes [WB(2) : preente of licnesse; L signaculum similitudinis], ful of wisdam, perfijt in fayrnes, was in delicis of paradise of God. (1428) EEWills 83/18 Witnes of þis simple testament, Ionet Arguston, Master Richard Granger, parson of seint

• whelp, whelpe, welp(e, qwelp(e, quelp(e, quilpe, ~x0021d~welp, hweolp, wheolpes-, walp-, hvelpe-, cuelp-, whel~x00fe~, help, whelpes, whelpus, whelppis, qhelpis, hwelpes

fig. context; of a lioun, lioun (liounes) [see also lioun n.(1) 1. (e)]; bere (fox, wolf) ; tigre , a figure of a tiger cub; (c) as a term of abuse, used insultingly or derisively: contemptible wretch, son of a

• boteler, botailler, -eil(l)er, -elar(e, -eller, -iller, -oler, botler(e, botteler(e, boitellare, buteler, -eilli(e)r, -il(l)er, -ul(l)er, butler(e, butt(e)ler, boutiler

who serves wine at table; draft of botelers , a group of butlers; maister of botelers , the head servant in charge of drink; (b) purveiour , one of the officers in charge of supplying the royal court with wine;

• fortunen, fortynen

to calculate the positions of the planets (and especially of the planet called `lord of the ascendent') before the commencement of an undertaking, in order to begin when the planets are in a favorable position; (b) of a planet: ben

• geting(e, getting(e, gething, getink

ar; Of his birth I tell youu quar. (c1410) York MGame Vsp B.12 18 Som ben wysere þan other, And commeþ to hem os [read: of] the goode kynde of hure good fadere and of hure moder and of good

• divinitẹ, devinite, devenite, diviniti(e

Cant.Yk.S.23 80 Chaunceler of oure churche of Hereford, maistre Richard Roderham, doctor of dyvynytee. (a1438) MKempe A Add 61823 22/11 A worschepful doctowr of dyuynite..heryng of þis wondyrful werk, inqwired of þis creature alle þe forme of þis processe. (a1438)

• peti, petie, petẹ, pitẹ, petti

. OF peti , var. of petit , pitet , pl. petis . (a) Little, small; minor; (b) bagge , an office in the Court of Chancery; capitain , a minor military officer in charge of a small detachment of

• Lombard, lomberd, lumbard, lumbert, lumbar, lumbir, lombardes, lombars, lumbars

lombars , lumbars . OF lombart (a) A native of Lombardy; (b) a Lombard banker; ?a banker of any nationality; lombardes lettres [see lettre 2. (c)]; (c) a Lombard cook; (d) a Lombardic ship or ship of Lombardic design; (e)

• mediacioun, mediation, midiacioun

offices (of sb.); (b) means; bi (and men, other men) of, thurgh of, with of , by means of (sth.), by way of (sth.); by virtue of (sth.), as a function of (sth.); also, as the consequence or effect of

• hus-bondri(e, -bonderie, -banderi, -bondri~x0021d~e, husbandria

grete charge of polycy and husbandry of all this houshold..stondyth moste part by his..dylygent pourveyaunce. ?c1475 Cath.Angl. Add 15562 66a Husbandry:..Iconomia. -?-(1425) Doc. in Entick Hist.Lond.(1766) 4.354 The office and charge of him [the tutor] shal be..the husbandry of the

• notifien, notifi(e, notefie, motifien

presence oute of yis said high Court of Parlement till hir title..wer..notified and declared. (1433) RParl. 4.432a Yestate and necessitee of the Kyng regnyng for the tyme, and of the Reaume, have ben notified to the Thre Astates of the

• rag(ge, rage, ragghe

þerafter of Raghand. (1426) Will Malton (Somerset Ho.) [OD col.] Portiforium de Ragge de scripcione. (1436) Doc.Merchant York in Sur.Soc.129 45 An endenture wretyn of grete ragge unseled. Hard, rough stone; a piece of such stone; also, a kind of

• reconisaunce, reconisauns, -izaunce, -ischaunce, -isians, -issa(u)nce, -usa(u)nce, -esaunce, -esha(u)nce, recognisa(u)nce, -issance, regoinessaunce, requenisance

yerli to Thomas of Mawndeuile, chefe lorde of þat fee..j paire of spurres..j lj. of comyn, for all seruices..reconisaunces..heriettes..& oþer s culer demandis. a1325 Rwl.Statutes [OD col.] Rwl B.520 lf.31b Non ne sal ben idon out of his oune schire

• regali(e, regalli(e, regalẹ

I had of god of lovis regally And of the folkis of his company..The departyng welle nygh did me dy. (1467-8) RParl. 5.633a The Kyng..hath ordeyned..that..in every of the Kynges Courtes..and in Regalie and Court of the Archebishop of York..every

• report(e

(e) talk, conversation; of hounds: baying. (c1410) York MGame Vsp B.12 91 Þe hunter..may turne agayne to þe gaderyng and make hem repoort. c1425(a1420) Lydg. TB Aug A.4 2.1742 Þe kyng..Sat and abod, ful solempnely, Trewe report of þis embastrye.

• splent(e, splint, spleint-

. (a) One of the metal plates making up or reinforcing armor; also, ?one of a pair of armor pieces for protecting the lower part of the arm [quot. 1374]; of stele ; (b) a slender piece of wood; a

• streit, streit(e)s, streghtes, strettes

it be fro the forelonde of fontenes to the straitis of Marrok. (1429) RParl. 4.364b Besekith your..bedeman Richard Reedbarowe..forasmuche that many diverses straites and daungers been in the entryng into the river of Humbre out of the See..to make a

• upholden, uphold(e, uphald(e(n(e, uppehalde, ophelden, uphelden, upheld(e, uphield, uphelde(n, upheden, uphold(e(n, uphalden

the gutter of thayre bather costages. (1428) Mem.Bk.York in Sur.Soc.125 180 Thair accordement was this that a man of the a crafte and a man of the tother crafte suld gedyr uppe thair pageant sylver of men of bathe craftes

• writer(e, writer(e)s, writerris, writeren

tables of the Abbot of Sancte Albones made full of errourues, and that I trowe bee throwgh the vices of writers. a1475 Godstow Reg. Rwl B.408 141/3 Richard Ticedwell gaf to walter scriptor, oþerwise writer of þe abbei of Gloucetur,