• assemblen

Arun 327 8495 Swych goddys..To whom comparyd for to be And to be assemelyd to..Neythyr þe þou deynyst ner þi wyf. a1475 Asneth Hnt EL 26.A.13 53 This prince hadde a dowter..assemblyng the hebrees in colour and countenance. c1425 Found.St.Barth.

• mirines(se, merines

Vsp A.3 20510 Sittes stell now..And hers now þis mirines [Got: merines]. ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo. Benson-Robinson 3.pr.2.62 Wyf and children..men desiren for cause of delyt and myrynesse. a1450(?1348) Rolle FLiving Cmb Dd.5.64 110/49 Lufe es..mirynes til haly thoghtes. Withouten þat,

• ifaie, ifa~x0021d~e

ben qued al mi lifdaie.' c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems Add 17376 66/1862 Ne myȝt [þou] nauȝt weddy þat childe Eft, þaȝ þat þy wyf deye, Sy [read: By] lawe; Ne forþe þe moder þet hyt beer Ne woldest þou nase, y-faȝe.

• rapli, raplẹ

wiþ tonge iseid, To harme was þi raple res. a1500(a1375) Octav.(2) Clg A.2 1787 Þyþer he wente raply res, Hys wyf hym wyth. a1500 St.Alex.(5) Tit A.26 68/354 Whan sche herde of thys tydyng, She com Forthe with A raply

• sweve

RwlPoet 137 8.138 Sweue [Trin-C: Daniel seide, 'sire king, þi sweuene is to mene Þat an vnkynde kniȝt shal come þi kingdom to cleyme']. ?c1475 Trev. Nicod. Sal 39 131a He haþ ymad þy wyf haue a wondur dredful sweue.

• tọheven, toehebbe

eȝen and þenne seð, and wile leið togadere and þenne noht ne seð. c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems Add 17376 67/1907 [Þaȝ] þat lawe for-bode [read: for-bede] nauȝt Þat man and wyf ymene Toe-hebbe a child, ȝet scholdy nouȝt Honestete so ȝwene.

• tuder, tuddor, trudor

-er . Offspring, progeny; also, a fetus. c1150(OE) Hrl.HApul. Hrl 6258B 107/3,6 Gif wyf h[ae]bbe on hure innoþ dead[bo]ren trudor [OE tuddur; L pecus mortuum], ȝeni[m þyss]e wurte..sone hi[t] þaet tuddor ut sendeð. a1225(?a1200) Trin.Hom. Trin-C B.14.52 177 Swo floweð

• twiteren, twitren

in his note Twytereþ..Wiþ full swete song. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944:Seymour 639/18 Þe male [sparrow] is ielous of his wyf and twiteriþ ofte for here. ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo. Benson-Robinson 3.m.2.30 The janglynge brid..twytereth [vr. twitriþ], desyrynge the wode, with

• unheriten, unherit

of Westburn, Sr. Piers, vicar of Bourn, enfeoffez of the Brewes londes, wych by felle to Elizabeth lady Say, my wyf, by inheritance, yat yay delyverens ye forsaid londes on which she was unherit, and she and y yaim feoffede

• welleward, wolward

makyn a wol heye sacrifyce to þe fend. a1500(c1410) Dives & P. Htrn 270 1.346 ȝif þe housebounde bydde his wyf brekyn a vohu þat she hat mad to God, as of fastynge wilward-goynge is sche boundyn to obeyyn his

• wẹpeli

a womman of ful greet reverence. ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo. Benson-Robinson 3.m.12.6 Orpheus that whilome hadde ryght greet sorwe for the deth of his wyf hadde makid by his weeply [vrr. wepely, wepply; L flebilibus] songes the wodes moevable to renne.

• which-so-ever

Walter fitz Robert yaf that lond To be had and to be hold to the said Alisaundre and molde his wyf and to ther heires or ther assignes or whom-so-euer or which-so-euer and whan-so-euer he wolde yeve, bequeth, selle, or

• bountevousnesse, bontyvasnesse

Abydeþ oure commyng. (1430) Proc.Privy C. 4.22 Þe whech somme of x ml marc þe King foryave him..þe Quene, his wyf, trustyng by þe meene of þe Kinges bonteuousnesse in þat behalve. (1440) Capgr. St.Norb. Hnt HM 55 845 All

• affectualli, -elli

trewe diligence. a1500 3rd Fran.Rule Seton 55/8 That they resceyue mekely & affectually fulfylle soche pennaunces as is put vpon theme for ther offencis. 1447 Bokenham Sts. Arun 327 1828 I loue my wyf as affectually..as any man doþe his.

• procreacioun, -tion

EL 26.A.13 683 After Ioseph knewe his wyf sche conceived sone, And bar manasses & effraim; þis was here procreacion. c1475(a1449) Lydg. Aesop Hrl 2251 893 If so be that Phebus take a wyf And procreacioun be vnto hym sent,

• swiven, swive, swiwen, swife, swive(d(e, swifed, swive(d(e

with (a woman); (c) to child , to make (a tree) fruitful. (c1390) Chaucer CT.Co. Manly-Rickert A.4422 A compeer..hadde a wyf that held for contenaunce A shoppe, and swyued [vrr. swyfed, swiue, swyvyng; pleyed] for hir sustenaunce. c1440 Lyarde Thrn

• amorousli, amer-

lovely; (c) ardently. (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch. Manly-Rickert E.1680 That ye vse..The lustes of youre wyf attemprely, And that ye plese hire nat to amorously. c1425(a1420) Lydg. TB Aug A.4 1.3934 Nyȝtyngales..Ful amorously welcomed in hir song Þe lusty sesoun. c1450

• fader in laue, fader in lei, fader-lau

lawe. ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo. Benson-Robinson 2.pr.3.41 With so gret a nobleye of thi fadres-in-lawe and with the chastete of thy wyf. (1445) Claudian CS Add 11814 265/84 Happy thou art in such prynce, which now thi son lawe is; More

• findling

wif..Clepiþ me traitoure and fyndlyng [Vrn: fondelyng]. c1390 PPl.A(1) Vrn 10.205 Vche mon haue a make..And worche þat with his wyf and with no wommon elles. Þat oþergates ben Igeten [for gadelynges ben holden..], fyndlynges [B : fondelynges; C :

• Genius

Scole schal declare Of Aristotle [etc.]. a1425(?a1400) RRose Htrn 409 4768 They of yvel lyf, Whom Genius cursith, man and wyf, That wrongly werke ageyn nature. c1450(?c1408) Lydg. RS Frf 16 863 Alle tho..That falsly wirke ageyns kynde, The whiche..Oft