• misbraiden

misbraiden v. From breiden v.(1). To offend, do mischief. c1475 7 Sages(1) Eg 1995 85/1921 That yong wyf mysbrayde.

• nist

nist adj. OF nicet Foolish. a1500 Chaucer CT.Rv. Hrl 7333 A.4282 Nyst [Heng: His wyf..wiste no thyng of this nyce stryf].

• kilneful

kilneful n. From kilne n. Enough malt to fill a kiln. (1432) Acc.Grantchester Item, for dreying of ij kylnefull' of malt be canys wyf..vj d.

• bracelet

bracelet n. OF An ornamental band worn about the arm or wrist. (1438) Will Dixton in BGAS 11 158 Item, to Jane Greyndor his wyf..a Bracelet of Gold.

• child-wif

child-wif n. Midwife. (a1387) Trev. Higd. StJ-C H.1 7.425 Sche was begiled by þe counsaile of a childe wyf [vr. mydwyf].

• forstriven

forstriven v. Cp. striven . To strive to get (something). c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems Add 17376 89/104 Coueyte none mannes wyf, Ne nauȝt of hys forstryue.

• holerie

holerie n. OF Adultery. a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass. Pep 2344 1970 And þulke by þat Mannes wyf lay in holerye. c1390 Mirror St.Edm.(2) Vrn 391 Þe þridde is clept Holorie, Þat wedlak brekeþ.

• revelous

revelous adj. OF revelos , revelous . Disposed to revelry, merry. (c1390) Chaucer CT.Sh. Manly-Rickert B.1194 A wyf he hadde of excellent beautee And compaignable and reuelous was she.

• undepartabili

undepartabili adv. From undepartable adj. In an inseparable union, inseparably. (c1456) Pecock Faith Trin-C B.14.45 245 Seynt Poul seith that oo man to have bi the lawe oon wyf undepartabili.

• font-ful

to fill a baptismal font. (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML. Manly-Rickert B.357 Thogh his wyf be cristned neuer so white, She shal haue nede to wasshe awey the rede, Thogh she a font ful [vr. a fontful of] water with hir lede.

• auctrice

n. OF A woman whose opinion is accepted as authoritative. (c1422) Hoccl. Dial. Dur-U Cosin V.3.9 694 The wyf of Bathe take I for auctrice, Þat wommen han no ioie ne deyntee Þat men sholde vp-on hem putte any vice.

• issules

issules adj. From issue n. Without offspring, childless. 1447 Bokenham Sts. Arun 327 1555 Whan ely issules his lyf dede fyne, Iacob, to reyse his brother seed, dede tan Hys wyf.

• knavish, knavich

Crude, vulgar. (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mcp. Manly-Rickert H.205 And so bifel whan Phebus was absent His wyf anon hath for hir lemman sent -- Hir lemman, certes, this a knauyssh [vr. knauych] speche! Foryeueth it me and that I yow biseche.

• unwered, unwerd(e

unwered ppl. Also unwerd(e . From wered , p.ppl. of weren v.(1); also cp. OE unwered . Unprotected, unguarded. c1390 Susan. Vrn 124 Þe wyf werp of hir wedes vn-werde [vrr. unwerd, vnwered].

• windestre, windster, winstere, winnestre, vinnestre

windestre n. Also windster , winstere , winnestre , vinnestre . From winden v.(1). A female winder of wool, silk, etc. c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) Trin-C R.3.14 5.129 My wyf was a wynstere [vrr. wynnestre, vynnestre, wyndster] & wollene cloþ made.

• cok-crou wortes

cok-crou wortes n. (pl.) See OD cock-crowen . Greens cooked the day before and kept overnight; old, stale vegetables. a1456(a1426) Lydg. Mum.Hertford Trin-C R.3.20 48 And of his wyf haþe noone oþer cheer But Cokkrowortes vn to his souper.

• Kit(te

woman. c1400(c1378) PPl.B LdMisc 581 18.426 With þat I waked And called kitte my wyf and kalote my douȝter. c1400(?a1387) PPl.C Hnt HM 137 6.2 Thus ich a-waked..Kytte and ich in a cote cloþed as a lollere. c1460(?c1400) Beryn Nthld

• fane, phane

fane n.(3) Also phane . L fanum . A heathen temple. (a1382) WBible(1) Bod 959 Deut.3.29 [The] phane [of Phegor]. c1425(a1420) Lydg. TB Aug A.4 3.34 Dyane, Moste honoured in þat riche fane. c1425(a1420) Lydg. TB Aug A.4 3.2237

• flouht

or turmoil; in , in a flutter, agitated. c1390 NHom.Narrat. Vrn 274/126 To þe world I wende To take me wyf, for I may nouht wone her, so is my flesch in flouht. c1390 NHom.Narrat. Vrn 277/20 So wondur feir

• gagel, gagil, gagalle, gagulle

a flock of geese, group of women. ?a1450 Þer ys no merth Dc 257 6 A yong wyf and an arvyst-gos, Moche gagil wiþ boþe. a1450 Terms Assoc.(1) Rwl D.328 603 A gagalle of gese, a gagalle of wymmene. a1475