• Pilat(e

al pale..in Pilates [vr. pilat] voys he gan to crye. c1400(c1378) PPl.B LdMisc 581 18.298 I went To warne pilates wyf what dones man was ihesus. ?c1430(c1400) Wycl.Prelates Corp-C 296 63 Þus þes cursed pilatis, not prelatis, ben verray anticristis,

• preferrement, preferment

seid Cloth, it may please unto youre noble grace..to ordeyn and stablyssh certeyn Statutes. (c1465) Stonor 1.71 My moder, my wyf, and all my douchters, your pore kynnyswymmen, tenderly recommaundyn þem to yow, of whos preferment I pray yow to

• likerousnes(se

I.859 And for that many man weneth that he may nat synne for no likerousnesse that he doth with his wyf, certes that opynyon is fals. (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars. Manly-Rickert I.377 If he apparaileth his mete moore deliciously than nede

• mesuage, messuage

purpos was to maken hir his heir, Bothe of his catel and his mesuage. (1434) EEWills 99/16,19 Y wil that..my wyf haue..duryng her lyf all my mesuage, with the curtylage and all the appurtenance, set & lyeng in the paressh

• mistristen, mistrist(e, mistristed, mistriste, mistristed

TC Hrl 1239 1.688 Mystrist alle or elles alle be-leve. (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pard. Manly-Rickert C.369 Neuere shal he moore his wyf mystriste, Thogh he the soothe of hire defaute wiste. ?a1425 Orch.Syon Hrl 3432 339/32 Mystristynge hymsilf, wiþ qwik feiþ

• hom-coming(e

feste with cryynge? (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML. Manly-Rickert B.765 Kepeth this child, al be it foul or feir, And eek my wyf vnto myn hom comynge. (a1393) Gower CA Frf 3 4.2004 He scholde such a cruel beste Or slen or

• idolastre, idolastrie

idolastre n. Also idolastrie . OF (a) A worshiper of idols, an idolater; (b) one who loves (sth. or sb.) more than God; (c) a non-Christian. (c1375) Chaucer CT.Mk. Manly-Rickert B.3377 Proud he was of herte and of array,

• neigh of

two thousend mesuris of þre quartys, þre thousend mesuris neeȝ of a potel. c1450 Capgr. St.Kath. Arun 396 4.1520 His wyf was woman ny of the same vice. c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M. Auch 8272 Alle þai were..neiȝe of Wawaines kende. c1425(a1420)

• ọthergate

hym ofte. c1425 PPl.A(1) Antq 687 10.209 Oþere gate [Trin-C: Lawe haþ ygrauntid Þat iche man..do þat werk on his wyf & on no womman ellis; þat oþere gatis ben geten for gadelynges ben holden]. a1425(?a1400) RRose Htrn 409 2158

• ọthergates

right..Bot god had oþer-gates mint. c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) Trin-C R.3.14 10.209 Lawe haþ ygrauntid Þat iche man..do þat werk on his wyf & on no womman ellis; Þat oþere gatis ben geten for gadelynges ben holden. a1425(c1340) Rolle Psalter LdMisc 286

• queint(e, koint, queyt

queynt abouen hir kne, Naked þe kniȝtes knewe. (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil. Manly-Rickert A.3276 This hende Nicholas Fil with this yonge wyf to rage and pleye..As clerkes been ful subtil and ful queynte, and pryuely he caughte hire by the queynte.

• revigouren, revigurin, revigourde, revigorede, revigord, revigured

ageyn Dede men reuyguryn. 1447 Bokenham Sts. Arun 327 6091 In no maner Myht I haue..more felycyte Than þat my wyf wych deed lyith her From deth to lyf myht reuyguryd be. 1447 Bokenham Sts. Arun 327 6933 Alle here

• imene, imaen(e, imeane

lond] þe cwene and Hengest imene. c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems Add 17376 67/1906 [Þaȝ] þat lawe for-bode nauȝt Þat man and wyf ymene Toe-hebbe a child, ȝet scholdy nauȝt Honestete so ȝwene. c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems Add 17376 122/221 More hijs blysse

• innen

accommodation; also fig. ; (b) to find lodging. c1300 SLeg. LdMisc 108 329/231 Þis guode wyf heom tolde of hir hostesse þat Innede hire bi nyȝte. a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass. Pep 2344 696 Whanne seye we þe ynles and ynnede þe also?

• inquisitif, inquesitif, enquesitif, inguisitif

decision. (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil. Manly-Rickert A.3163 An housbonde shal noght been inquisityf [vr. inquesitif] Of goddes pryuetee nor of his wyf. (a1393) Gower CA Frf 3 2.1987 Me liketh noght..forto ben inquisitif To knowe an other mannes lif. (a1393) Gower

• lasteles, leaste-, last-

358/6 A gode cristen man þor wes, And a holy and lastles. ?a1450 Add.Mir.Virg. Add 39996 361/53 Þai broght þe wyf þurgh out þe toun Wiþ a faire processioun And helden hir clene and lastles. c1325 Ichot a burde in

• smolder, smoldre

LdMisc 581 17.321-3 Whan smoke & smolder [C : smorþre] smyt in his syȝte, It doth hym worse þan his wyf or wete to slepe, For smoke & smolder smyteth his eyen. c1400(c1378) PPl.B LdMisc 581 17.341 Þe smoke and

• spouses(se

spouse, or husbonde, and the spousesse, or wijf. (c1384) WBible(1) Dc 369(2) John 3.29 He that hath a spousesse, or wyf, is the spouse, or hosebonde. (1395) Wycl.37 Concl. Tit D.1 53 Whethir the..collegie of fleshli cardinalis shal geue more

• threp(e, threppe-, therp-, trep(e)-

13310 Þair herdes sundrid neuer fra oþer, Wit-vten threp or strijf. c1400(?c1380) Cleanness Nero A.10 350 Enter in..and haf þi wyf wyth þe, Þy þre sunez, withouten þrep. c1400(?c1390) Gawain Nero A.10 2397 Þenk vpon þis ilke þrepe, þer þou

• Seland, selande, selond(e, selan, selandia, zel(l)and

herald. (a1387) Trev. Higd. StJ-C H.1 1.255 In eiþer Germania beeþ..Lothoringia, Frisia, Selandia. (a1387) Trev. Higd. StJ-C H.1 8.335 His wyf and his children..he lefte hem at Andwerp in Selond [L Seland]. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944 190b/b Selonde [L