• knap(pe, cnap(pe, knape, knep(pe, cneppe, nap(pe, nape, neppe

knap(pe n.(1) Also cnap(pe , knape , knep(pe , cneppe & nap(pe , nape , neppe . OE cnaep , cnep & ON ; cp. OI knappr . (a) An ornamental knob on a cup, a dish or its

• Spain(e, spaigne, spanie, speine

Bk.Marchalsi Hrl 6398 13b Þe cuntre of Spayne. c1450 Ponthus Dgb 185 1/5 The kyng Tiber of Spayne..had to his wyf the kynges doghtre of Aragon. (1472) GRed Bk.Bristol pt.2.p.143 Shipp of Spayne schall haue no fauour for vitailing nor

• splen(e, splenee

velen bi accident, as þe lungis, þe lyuere, & þe splene. (c1422) Hoccl. JWife Dur-U Cosin V.3.9 941 Thogh his wyf lengere had been him fro, No kus, but if it had been of the spleene, Shee sholde han had.

• swem, sweme, sweime, sqweme, swaime, sweene

hys herdmen in þat stede Wende all wele he hade bene dede. a1425 SLeg.Magd.(2) Trin-C R.3.25 406 Hire lymes sturye..his wyf by-gan to wake, as heo of sweme abreyde. ?a1450(a1400) Siege Jerus.(1) LdMisc 656 528 Schrynken þe Jewes, As womman

• taillour, tailour(e, tail(l)iour, tail~x0021d~or(e, taile~x0021d~our, tailer, taliour(e, taliouur, talliur, teilour, tailloor, tailleres

c1475 Chartier Quad.(1) UC 85 203/2 Daily maist thou see that a seruaunt-tailoure [CQ(2) : a taylours man] or the wyf of a pore man of lawe degree bere..the araiement wherof a manly knyght and a noble lady were wont

• Salomon, salamon, salemon, salomons, -mouns, solomons, saleman, salman, -mon, sammoun, saumon, salomo, salomon(n)es

Arun 57 159/1 Ase zayþ solomons, 'y-blyssed he is, [etc.].' (1340) Ayenb. Arun 57 181/5 Þet ules is þet kueade wyf, huerof spekþ salomo [read: salomon]. (1340) Ayenb. Arun 57 184/20 Roboam, salomonnes zone, uorlet þane red of þe yealden

• scochoun, scochon(e, scotchon, scocheon, scuchon, scuchioun, scutchon, skochoun, -on, -en, -in, skogen, skecon, schochin, schotchin, schoichon, chochine, choichon, chechun, coichon

which the said William Ludlow hathe late new siled and paynted and sette with scochyns of armes of hymself his wyf and his children. a1500 Degrev. Cmb Ff.1.6 1497 Þe scochenus of many knyȝt Of gold and cyprus was i-dyȝt.

• sin, sin(n)e, sien, sion, sen(ne, sene, seine, sint, se, son

rym I kan? a1400(c1250) Floris Eg 2862 306 Sen it may noon other be, Leuer me were she were his wyf, þan y lost my sonnes lyf. c1400(c1378) PPl.B LdMisc 581 20.320 I may wel suffre..syn ȝe desiren, That frere

• sixtẹn(e, sixetene, sexten(e, -tiene, cextene

Cursor Vsp A.3 9172 Sexten yeir regnand was he þan. c1410 Chaucer CT.Mch. Cmb Dd.4.24 E.1417 I wol noon old wyf haue in no manere; She shal not passe sextene [Heng: xx; vr. xvj] ȝer certeyn. ?a1425 MS Htrn.95 Htrn

• twofold, twofolde, tofolde, twafalt, twavalt

45 165/37 Þis synne [adultery] also is somtyme doubled or made twofold, as whan a wedded man takeþ anoþer manis wyf, & þan is it moche more grevous, for it is þen double avoutrye. ?c1425 Chauliac(2) Paris angl.25 52/12 Þe

• uncourteis, uncurteise, uncurtaise, uncurtisse, oncurteis(e, uncortoise, houncurteis

vncurtayse, I prais no thing his puruiance. a1425 Wycl.Serm. Bod 788 1.5 Þe þridde, þat haþ his fleish as his wyf, maister of his soule, is an uncurtais fool. c1440(a1400) Awntyrs Arth. Thrn 97 Thir knyghtis are vn-curtayse That thus

• undefouled, undefoulet, undeffouled, ondefouled, undefolde

manhode grew, And she ondefouled. c1475(c1450) Idley Instr. 2.A.2044 God is displeased and grevously wrothe of avovtrie, be it in wyf or housbande ffull many oon be cleene of her lyff And vndefouled kepte [vr. kepe] hir virginite. a1500(c1450) Idley

• ungracious, ungraciouse, ungraciose, ungraciuse, ongracious, ongratius, onegracious, ungracyouns

is vnprofitable and vngracious. c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) Trin-C R.3.14 10.211 Lawe haþ ygrauntid Þat iche man do þat werk on his wyf & on no womman ellis; Þat oþere gatis ben geten ben fals folk & fals eires Vngracious [vr. Vn-Gracios]

• biting, bitand, -inde

cura mordax] forleeten hym. c1450(1410) Walton Boeth. Lin-C 103 p.156 How bityng and how scharp a þing it is, With wyf and children ofte for to melle! c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M. Auch 3358 Þai lauȝt woundes wel sore biteing. ?a1450 Macer

• usual, usual(l)e, usuel(le

of vsuale payment of Scotland. (1439) Doc. in Collect.Topogr.5 16 Robt and his heires shal truly paye to Isabell my wyf an annuytee of x li. iche yer al ye terme of here lyf at iiij termes vsuel bi evene

• administracioun, ammin-

administracion, C li. (a1438) Proc.Chanc.PRO ser.C 1 file 9 no.83 The administracioun of his goodes was committed to Edyth, the wyf. (1439) RParl. 5.22a Margarete, late Duchesse of Clarence..hath named, ordeyned, and made by here Testament John Erle of Somerset..and

• wake, wak, woke, quake

Art þow I-wont at lychwake Any pleyes for to make? ?a1450 Add.Mir.Virg. Add 39996 357/3 A miracle of a gode wyf þat faire & clene led hir lyf: Hir wake fel soþe to saye Al way on oure ladi day;

• wepman, wepmon(ne, wapman, wapmon, weopmon(ne, wepmonnes, wapmannes, weppmanne, wepmen, wapmen, waepmen, weopmen, waepmanna, wepme, weppem, we~x00fe~men

a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex. Corp-C 444 3078 Gu wapmen giue Ic leue to gon; Of erf and wimmen leue ic nogt. c1325 Lord þat lenest Hrl 2253 3 Boþe wepmon & wyf sore mowe drede lest þou be sturne wiþ strif.

• wepnen, wepin(e, wepni(en, i)wepened, wepinnid, wepond, weppind, wopnede, wopened, wapnid, wapen(n)ed, wapend, wapind, wepnode, iwepnede, iwepnet, i)waepned, iwapned, hiiwepned, iwepnend

bileaue. c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) Bod 34 24/15 Þe rode taken redliche arrude hire, þet ha wes wið iwepnet. c1150(OE) Hrl.MQuad. Hrl 6258B 251/7 To þan þaet wyf cenne waepned cyld, hara hrif ȝedriȝed & ȝesceawen odðer ȝecniden on drinc drincen butu.

• wesel(e, wesil(e, wesille, wesul, wezele, weisil, wasel, wassele, whesil(le, vesil, wisillis, wesel(e)s, weselles

þynges sholen be holde a wesele & amous & a cokedrille. (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil. Manly-Rickert A.3234 Fair was this yonge wyf and therwithal As any wesele [vr. wezele] hir body gent and smal. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944:Seymour 639/19-20 Þe