• spraintes

spraintes n.pl. OF Otter droppings. (c1410) York MGame Vsp B.12 40 Men clepen þe steppes or þe marches of þe Otere as men clepe þe trace of þe hert, and his fumes tredeles or spraintes [F espraintes].

• standel, stondel, standel

Also stondel ; pl. standel . From stand(e n. A tub or barrel. (1383) Rec.Norwich 2 25 Tres fatys, decem tubbys, stondels et barels. (a1451) Will York in Sur.Soc.45 100 Item, xij standell de ligno, cont. vj lagenas, v s.

• streint

streint n. ?From strẹn n.; ?= strind(e n.(2). Lineage, strain. (c1410) York MGame Vsp B.12 39 If eny beest haþ the deuelis streynt in hym, wiþout doute it is þe Catt, and þat boþ þe wilde and the tame.

• strudel

strudel n. ?Error for scrudel : cp. AL scrotulus and ME scrou(e n. & scroule n. ?A scroll or strip of parchment. (1394-1435) Doc.Merchant York in Sur.Soc.129 p.41 Memorandum unto..parchment maker..That ye sall delyver unto me a strudell [?read: scrudell].

• surger

n. OF surgier (s.v. surgicus in DuCange). A surgeon. a1500 Wars Alex. Dub 213 3132 All þat woundytt was..He gart seke þair sarys & þaim salue with suurgers [Ashm: surgens] noble. -?-(1487-8) Reg.Freemen York in Sur.Soc.96 213 Thomas Warde, surgeour.

• scarf, skarf

scarf n.(2) Also skarf . ON : cp. OI skarfr cormorant. (a) The cormorant, a bird of the family Phalacrocoracidae; (b) as surname. ?a1300 StJ.List Trees StJ-C E.17 p.155 Cormaraunt: Scarf. -?-(1305) Reg.Freemen York in Sur.Soc.96 11 Hugo Skarf, piscator.

• sembls

n.pl. Prob. from ML sembulum cloth (perh. coarse) made from flax. ?Garments made from a coarse kind of linen. (1348) Will York in Sur.Soc.4 52 Item, Domino Johanni Capellano suo et familiari unum par sembls, unum chafnet et unum superpellicium.

• biller(e

biller(e n.(1) From bil . A maker of halberds, etc. 1275 in Fransson Surn. 152 Joh. Billere. 1322 in Fransson Surn. 152 Rich. Byllar. -?-(1390) Reg.Freemen York in Sur.Soc.96 89 Johannes de Bolton, biller.

• traced

traced ppl.(1) From trace n.(1). In comb.: wel , having a substantial footprint. (c1410) York MGame Vsp B.12 73 Þer byn some hyndes wel tracid þe which hauyn þe sool of þe foot as a staggard.

• bipissen

bipissen v. From pissen . To urinate upon (sth.). (c1410) York MGame Vsp B.12 60 Whanne they [dogs] see the hure maystre, they wol..wagge hur tayles upon him and wil by pisse the wayes and the busshes.

• trinelin

Origin unknown; ?cp. trendel n. (d) & EMnE trendle a round or oval vessel. An item in an inventory of the contents of a cellar: ?some kind of tub or container. (1410) Will York in Sur.Soc.45 48 De j trynelyn.

• unadvertised

unadvertised ppl. From advertised , p.ppl. of advertisen v. Uninformed, unadvised. (1450) Paston (Gairdner) 2.200 My Lord York, unadvertised of the trouth, sent a lettre to my Lord Oxford to support the Pryor ys tenaunt ayenst Seggeford.

• unded

unded adj. Prob. from unde n.; also cp. AF unde , p.ppl. of under , var. of OF onder . Having a wavy pattern. (1391) Will York in Sur.Soc.4 150 Item, eidem alium lectum de albo et murre vnded.

• abbotes horn

abbotes horn phrase. Some kind of horn, an abbot's hunting horn. (c1410) York MGame Vsp B.12 72 Ther byn diuers maners of hornes, þat is to say vngles, grete abotes, huntes hornes..forsters hornes.

• vinturer

vinturer n. From (?error for) vintner n. or perh. vinter n.; cp. vintner n. (a), quot. 1404. A wine merchant, vintner. (1410) Will York in Sur.Soc.45 46 De viij li. xiij s. iiij d. de Ricardo Marshall de Ebor, vinturer.

• bounten

bounten v. ?Cp. OF bondir . To leap back, return. (c1410) York MGame Vsp B.12 22 Whan þei bene hunted, þei bounted agayn [OF tournient] in to her couertz and fleen not so longe as doþ þe herte.

• cam-stok

cam-stok n. ?Cp. comb & stok . ?A block on which wool is `combed', i.e. carded. (1451) Will York in Sur.Soc.45 118 De j pari pectinum ferri pro lana, cum j camstok, viij d.

• carbon

carbon n. AF ; cp. CF charbon . Charcoal. (1415) Mun.B.Bridgewater no.41 In j bz carbon empto ad idem, ij d. (1423) Will York in Sur.Soc.45 69 Pro j chamino de ferro pro carbon.

• chaffe-net, chafnet

Also chafnet . Prob. scribal error for chasse-net hunting net. A net for trapping birds. (1348) Will York in Sur.Soc.4 52 Unum chafnet et unum super pellicium. (1440) PParv. Hrl 221 68 Chaffenette [Win: Chaff nett], to take byrdys: Reciaculum.

• a

of our Lord. (1405) RParl. 3.605b Wryten at Berwyk upon Twede, the xi day of Juyn, the ȝer of Grace a Ml cccc and fyve. (1445) Will York in Sur.Soc.30 154 The yere of our Lord a Ml ccccmo xlv.