• Proserpine, -pina, -pen, preserpina, prosperpine

CT.Mch. Manly-Rickert E.2039 Pluto and his queene, Proserpina, and al hir fairye Disporten hem. (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch. Manly-Rickert E.2229 Pluto..his wyf, the queene Proserpyne..rauysshed. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944 115b/b Þerfore in fablis he [the moon] is clepid proserpina, for

• lustihed(e

fayne me port of lustihede, yet inward, lo, it sleth me my distres. (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mcp. Manly-Rickert H.274 O deere wyf, o gemme of lustihed, That were to me so sad and eek so trewe, Now lystow deed with face

• madrian, madrean, madriam

man, And by that precious corpus Madrian [vrr. Matrian, Adryan], I hadde leuere than a barel ale That Goodelief, my wyf, hadde herd this tale!' a1500 Hrl.2378 Recipes Hrl 2378 122/6 To mak conserue of madrian. a1500 Hrl.2378 Recipes in

• misplesen, misplece

synne mysplesyth god; for god byddeth þe fastyn, & þi bely seyth `nay'. a1450(c1410) Lovel. Grail Corp-C 80 26.87 Flegentyne..hire preide þat sche sholde not with hire mysplese. a1450(c1410) Lovel. Grail Corp-C 80 36.556 His wyf gan there to mysplese.

• hatter(e, hettere

Henry Hattere. (1465-6) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh A 87.m.4d Certayn variaunces..were meoved..bitwene John Butler, Citezeyn & girdiller of the said Citee, on that one partie, And William Smyth of þe same Citee, Hatter, & Margery his wyf, on that other partee.

• attemprẹli, attemper(al)ly

to take thilke vengeance, hastily or attemprely, as the lawe requireth. (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars. Manly-Rickert I.861 Man sholde louen his wyf by discrecioun, paciently and atemprely, and thanne is she as thogh she were his suster. (?1406) Hoccl. MR Hnt

• never-the-mor(e

470 Þouh man be charged..Wid grete sinnes..He ne shal despeire neuere þe more. (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML. Manly-Rickert B.982 The senatours wyf hir aunte was, But for al that she knew hir neuer the moore. a1450(c1410) Lovel. Grail Corp-C 80 43.299

• putour, pitour, poitour

putrie, and constreyne wommen to yelden to hem a certeyn rente of hire bodily puterie, ye, somtyme of his owene wyf or his child, as doon thise bawdes? c1400(?a1387) PPl.C Hnt HM 137 7.172 Lady, to þy leue sone lowte

• ren, renne, rune

escape; (b) fote , infantry [?perh. a pl. of foter n.]; rimes , poetry. (c1390) Chaucer CT.Rv. Manly-Rickert A.4079 The wyf cam lepyng inward with a ren. (1440) PParv. Hrl 221 429 Ren, or rennynge: Cursus. a1450 Parton.(1) UC C.188

• labben

labben v. MLG labben To talk foolishly; oute , let out (a secret); ppl. labbing , babbling, bigmouthed. (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch. Manly-Rickert E.2428 I haue a wyf..of hir tonge a labbyng [vrr. blabbyng, bablyng] shrewe is she. c1400(?a1387) PPl.C

• lether, leder, ledder

Lether cloutes [glossing AF (Cmb) sauners]. (a1382) WBible(1) Bod 959 Gen.3.21 Þe lord god forsoþe made to adam & his wyf leþer cotez [WB(2) : cootis of skynnys; L tunicas pelliceas] & cloþide hem. a1425 Gloss.Bibbesw. AS 182 884 Lether

• tait(e, tyt

mounbre [Dub: nowmbre]..trottes on toward Tyre with taite [Dub: ioy] at þaire hertis. c1400(?c1380) Cleanness Nero A.10 935 Loth..wakened his wyf and his wlonk deȝteres And oþer two myri men..And þay token hit as tyt [read: tayt] and tented hit

• scout(e, skoute, skoutes, scoute

Castle Persev. Folg V.a.354 1975 Wrethe, prefe Paciens, þe skallyd skowte. a1450 7 Sages(3) Cmb Dd.1.17 2218 The godman..callyd hys wyf foule scout. c1450 Cato(2) Sid 63 400 Be cause of dowri wedde no wife For dowt, þat sche worth

• tọ-up, toppe, topen

lesse dred. c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems Add 17376 124/284 Hyre poer nys nouȝt y-lessed, Ac toup alle oþren hys y-blessed, Soþe wyf and mayde. (1340) Ayenb. Arun 57 6/9 Hi ssolden him serui, and þonki, and, toppe alle þinges, louie and

• unchaunged, unchaungit, onchaungid

v. Unaltered. (a1387) Trev. Higd. StJ-C H.1 2.431 So he tornede Loth is wyf in to an ymage of salt, and water in to wyn; oþer chaunge þe liknesse wiþ oute and leue þe kynde vnchaunged wiþ ynne. (?a1439) Lydg.

• unconvenient

29 I.631 Vnconuenient [Elsm: Chidynge is moost vncouenable bitwixe a man and his wyf]. (c1443) Pecock Rule Mrg M 519 16 Þouȝ in 'þe donet' be not kept þis same ordre in treting þese same vij maters, no man ouȝte

• uplepen, upleop(p)en

doun to grounde. (c1390) Chaucer CT.Rv. Manly-Rickert A.4228 Iohn the clerk vp leep [vr. vp lepe] And on this goode wyf he leyth on soore. a1400(a1325) Cursor Vsp A.3 5193 Israel wit þis vplepp [Trin-C: vp leep], þat moght noght

• webber(e, weber, weiber

4 3 Comes the Webers and bryng in their stoke, xij d. c1475 PPl.B Cmb Ll.4.14:Kane 5.213 Webber [Ld: My wyf was a webbe and wollen cloth made]. (1476-7) Acc.Croscombe in Som.RS 4 4 Comes the Weybers, Harry Mewe and

• widwer

Cmb Dd.1.17 3438 The emperesse lees hire lyf The emperour was wyduer al hys lyf; He wolde never have no wyf. (1477) Paston 1.499 Syr T. Greye is a wydowere now late. a1500(?a1450) GRom. Hrl 7333 71 In euery pley

• yemanrie, yemandri, yomandrie, yemari

loweday to dres! a1500(?a1400) KEdw.& S. Cmb Ff.5.48 437 Fryndes make i me, Til gentilmen and ȝemanry. (c1390) Chaucer CT.Rv. Manly-Rickert A.3949 Symkyn wolde no wyf But she were wel ynorisshed and a mayde, To sauen his estaat of yemanrye.