• enfeffement

(1421) Proc.Chanc. in Cal.PCEliz. 1.p.xvi Water atte Re..made enfeffement to certain persones to enfeffe Margaret his wyf in the tenement iclepid Danyell tenement. c1436 Ipswich Domesday(2) Add 25011 33 But ȝif noone..may renably shewyne be ioynt enfeffement or be other

• avoutres

yweyn the avoutres [OF auoutres] also, which kynge vryens Sone was..vppon his stewardis wyf he hym begatte..Whanne yweyn the avoutrers was jbore. a1500(?c1450) Merlin Cmb Ff.3.11 238 With hem also was Ewein avoutres, that was the kynges sone Vrien be

• pleinaunt

same parte Pleynaunt to have the halfyndele of all forfeitures. (1472-3) RParl. 6.44b The oon Fyne was levied bitwene William Merschall, Clerk, John Schaffer, and Robert Lowtheane, Pleynauntz, and the seid Thomas, late Lord Dacre, and Philip his wyf, Deforciantz.

• lisible

RP Hrl 4866 1565 As whan þe list with þi wyf pleye, Þi conceyt holdeþ it good and lisible To doon. a1450(1412) Hoccl. RP Hrl 4866 3119 Whan he a man y-murdred haþ and slawe, A man to sle by

• mausoleum

by a man that hyȝt Mausoleus, the whiche man was so wel loued with his wyf that after tyme of his deþ sche made hym a glorious and a riche sepulcre and callyd it Mausoleum. And of this come it

• rumpen

(chiefly) AF rumpre & L rumpere . To beat (sb.); also, ?scratch, tear. c1415 Chaucer CT.Mk. Corp-O 198 B.3094 Whan sche comeþ home sche rumpeth me þe face [vr. rumpith in my face], and cryeþ false coward wreke þin wyf.

• intestate

9 no.83 The whiche william nowe late dyed Intestate, and the administracioun of his goodes was committed to Edyth the wyf. (1474) RParl. 6.103a The Goodes and Catalles that late were William Loksmythe's, late of London Grocer, that died intestate.

• langravie

A landgrave. 1447 Bokenham Sts. Arun 327 9689 Thus weddyd was to Langrauye, of Turyngye The prynce, þis Elyzabeth. 1447 Bokenham Sts. Arun 327 9921 Whan Langrauye þis maner of reule dede here Of hys wyf, he hyt suffryd pacyently.

• sideli

encresyng of that parte liyng to, sydelich in the endis, the which he had of the behalf of Gounylde his wyf. c1425 Wycl.Serm. Dc 321 1.324 Sydely [Bod: ȝif a man aȝenstondiþ God and doiþ aȝens his wille, ȝit Goddis

• viscountes(se

that the seid William Lord Berkeley shall pay yerely to the seid Viscountesse c li. of lawfull money of Englond. (1475) RParl. 6.138a Margaret Viscountes Lisle, his wyf hath by the same Acte lost hir Dower of his Landes deserved.

• callot, kalote, calate

F caillette . A foolish woman; ?a harlot. c1400(c1378) PPl.B LdMisc 581 18.426 I..called kitte my wyf and kalote my douȝter. (1415) Hoccl. Oldcastle Hnt HM 111 147 Lewde calates! sittith down and spynne, And kakele of sumwhat elles. a1475

• abere

ibere , from OE gebaeru behavior, gesture. Gesture, sign. c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems Add 17376 58/1642 And ȝef þe man oþer þat wyf By cheaunce doumbe were, ȝef [me] may wyten hare assent By soum oþer abere ..Hy mowe be wedded.

• coltish

a toth , see colt n. 3. (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch. Manly-Rickert E.1847 He..kiste his wyf and made wantown cheere. He was al coltyssh ful of ragerye And ful of iargon as a flekked pye. c1410 Chaucer CT.WB. Cmb Dd.4.24 D.602

• gọd wif, gọd-wif

gode wiif. (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol. Manly-Rickert A.445 A good wyf was ther of biside Bathe. (c1390) Chaucer CT.Rv. Manly-Rickert A.4229 This Iohn the clerk vp leep And on this goode wyf he leyth on soore. a1425(?a1350) 7 Sages(2) Glb E.9

• deforciaunt

enherit the seid Maners of Fisshwyk and Eccleston..accordyng and by vertue of a Fyne rered..bitwixt William Dacre and Johane his wyf, Pleynauntes, and William the son of Thomas Bowyt of Bourght, Deforciant. (1472-3) RParl. 6.44b The oon Fyne was levied

• godsib-rede, godsibraden

compaternitas vel commaternitas, wlgo godsibrede and godmodrede. c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems Add 17376 18/483 For ȝef hy doþe, man and hys wyf þer draweþ god-sibrede. c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems Add 17376 66/1866 And ȝyf þou hebbest so a child..Þy wyf..Draȝeþ eke þe

• ship-hir(e

he ȝaue shiphijre to hem. c1390 NHom.Narrat. Vrn 16.265/338 For Eustas hedde nout to ȝelde, ffor his schip huyre his wyf he heolde. a1425 Medulla Stnh A.1.10 43a/b Nabulum: shiphure. (1440) PParv. Hrl 221 446 Schyphyre: Naulum. ?c1475 Cath.Angl. Add

• eggement

CT.ML. Manly-Rickert B.842 Thurgh wommans eggement, Mankynde was lorn. a1450 Dux Moraud BodPoet f.2 226 My wyf þer che sclow Thowr egment me. a1400 Cursor Frf 14 25733 We synne þorou egment [Vsp: eggyng] of þer þre. (1440) PParv. Hrl

• al-wher

(b) wherever; whenever. (1439) Doc. in Collect.Topogr.5 13 I wil..that my Wyf shal haue..al my maner..with all ye membris..therto longing in Heneham, Wangeford Bregge, and all where. c1325 Iesu crist heouene kyng Hrl 2253 6 In stude al wher y

• ernest

Lydg. Mum.Hertford Trin-C R.3.20 72 Hit is no game but an hernest play, For lack of wit a man his wyf to greeve. c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy Htrn 388 2713 The Ernyst speche..of Elinus the Bysshop. c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy Htrn 388 2942 Soche