• burdoun, bordoun

somnour bar to hym a stif burdoun. (c1390) Chaucer CT.Rv. Manly-Rickert A.4165 As an hors he fnorteth in his sleep..His wyf bar hym a burdon, a ful strong. c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy LdMisc 595 6599 I schal the teche for to chaunte,

• celen, selen, silen

[church] the said William Ludlow hathe late new siled and paynted and sette with scochyns of armes of hymself, his wyf, and his children. c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex. Ashm 44 1519 He..Mas on hiȝt ouire his hede, for hete of þe

• conjectinge, conjetting, congetting, concetting

non liveng Man..Schal hire withstonde of hire Concettyng. a1450(c1410) Lovel. Grail Corp-C 80 37.9 In what Maner his deth he gan to Endure, be the fals Coniettyng Of his wyf. a1475 Russell Bk.Nurt. Hrl 4011 1202 For drede of congettynge.

• wareiner, warenner, wariner(e, warinar, warner(e, wernare, warainer, warener(e, warenir, warren(n)er, waruner, war(r)ender, warendier, warnir, warnier

PPl.A(1) Vrn 5.159 Sesse þe souters [B vr. waryner; C : warynere; vrr. warner, wernare] wyf sat on þe Benche; Watte þe warinar and his wyf boþe. (1436) Surname in Mun.Magd.Oxf. 98 Henry Vyte, Warner. (1440) PParv. Hrl 221 517

• child-bed, chil-

awedde. (1340) Ayenb. Arun 57 224/21 Ine time þet þe wyfman lyþ a chi[l]dbedde. c1380 Firumb.(1) Ashm 33 4657 Ys wyf was lyggynge on chylbedde. (c1400) Higd.(1) Hrl 1900 7.517 Elgiva myȝt conceyve no childe by the kyng and therfore

• divorce, divors(e, devors(e, devours(e, divos, devos

sixti after that þe citee was i-buld was no deuors [Higd.(2) : diuorce; L divortium] bytwene a man and his wyf. c1400(c1378) PPl.B LdMisc 581 2.175 Owre synne to suffre, As auoutrie and deuoses [vrr. diuorces, deuorces] and derne vsurye.

• breden, braeden, bret, bredde, brad(de, bred, brad

we carff þe hede, And on þe coles we gan it brede. ?a1450(a1400) Siege Jerus.(1) LdMisc 656 1078 A myld wyf, for meschef of foode, Hir owen barn..ȝo brad on þe gledis. ?a1450(a1400) Siege Jerus.(1) LdMisc 656 1090 Myn owen

• concubin(e, concupine

Clg A.11 630 Hire louerdes concubine & ire doȝter auerne heo..adreinte hom boþe tuo. (c1375) Chaucer CT.Mk. Manly-Rickert B.3389 His wyf, hise lordes, and hise concubynes Ay dronken..Out of thise noble vessels sondry wynes. (a1393) Gower CA Frf 3 7.4495

• espousaille, -al, -el, esposel

halowed. a1475 Asneth Hnt EL 26.A.13 655 His is no right þat a man..Afore espousailes in no wyse with his wyf to lye. ?c1450 Knt.Tour-L. Hrl 1764 147/9 She was the chaumbre..where as was made the espoisall and the alyaunce,

• everiwhere, -iwhore, -aiquare, everilkquar

Fader of alle also Abouen alle and overal euerywhere. (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML. Manly-Rickert B.534 This constable and dame Hermengyld his wyf Were payens, and that contree euerywhere. a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS Hrl 1701 2927 For almost hyt ys euery-whore A gentyl

• anniversarie, annversary

euery ȝere In the seyd Chirche of seynt ffastour my obyt, other wyse called my Anniuersarie, for me, letice my wyf, my Children, and for all Cristyn sowles. (1440) PParv. Hrl 221 12 Anniuersary or yereday: Anniversarium. (1449) Will Sus.

• abjuren

founden an heretike, &..was Abiured..& his bokes brent at Paules crosse. a1475 Godstow Reg. Rwl B.408 108/7 Walter and his wyf and his children abyured all ther right of the forsaid mese..afore the Courte of wycombe. ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) Hrl 2261

• deforcen, deforsen

Mortimer, deforcyd. a1475 Godstow Reg. Rwl B.408 345/27 This is the fynall accorde I-made, in the kyngis courte at westmynstre..bitwene Richard Harecourt, playnyng, and william Bonde and Margarete his wyf, deforsyng, of a mese and two hundred acris of lond.

• disheritaunce, desheritance

avite you to..wrytt on to the Senciall..for the discharge of his clayme, for that that he doth on to your cherch ys disheritaunce. a1500(?c1450) Let.Marg.Anjou in Camd.86 Add 46846 116 Divers injuries and disheritances doon unto hym and his wyf.

• distaf, dis(e)stafe, distave

distaf n. Also dis(e)stafe , distave . OE distaef ; for dis- cp. early MnE dizen to put flax or silk on (a distaff). (a) A distaff; spinnen at the ; instructen to the , to teach (sb.) to

• divorcen, devorcen, devocen

be devorcid fro hem. a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer. Add 36791 78/37 Then þe man schal noȝt be partid ne dyuorcid fro his wyf whiche he hadde wedded, but dwelle stille with hure. 1543(1464) Hardyng Chron.B Grafton p.196 Athelbold..His stepdame wed..Afore he dyed,

• dosel, docelle, dus(s)el, dotelle

haþ sete ate nale-hows or ate tauerne alday..& ate laste cumþ hom as drunke as a dosel, a chit his wyf. c1450 Trin-C.LEDict. Trin-C O.5.4 579/11 Docillus: a dussel. ?a1425(1373) Lelamour Macer Sln 5 67b That same doþe gode to

• douteles

loue I hadde to thee. (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch. Manly-Rickert E.2426 But doutelees as trewe as any steel I haue a wyf. c1400(?c1390) Gawain Nero A.10 725 Nade he ben duȝty..Douteles he hade ben ded. a1450(?c1421) Lydg. ST Arun 119 4654

• erer, earre, arre

he hadde slawe his stede. c1425 Glo.Chron.A Hrl 201 p.324 Of þe kunde he was of Denemarch, of þe eror wyf y bore. c1150(OE) Hrl.HApul. Hrl 6258B 121.104/1 Þanne is seo aerre hwittere. a1250 HMaid. Tit D.18 7 Swa þat

• palisen, palace, i)palised, ipalest, palaised, palesied

palisen v. Also palace ; ppl. i)palised , ipalest , palaised , palesied . Cp. palis n. & OF palisser . (a) To enclose (sb. or sth.) in a paling or palisade, fence in; also fig. ; (b) to