• orfevre, orfever(e

[John Wynne], orfever,[and John Claveryng], draper. a1450 Cat.Plays Yk. p.xxi Orfeuers, Goldbeters, Monemakers. -?-(1312) Reg.Freemen York in Sur.Soc.96 14 Johannes Barri, orfeuer. -?-(1362) Reg.Freemen York in Sur.Soc.96 57 Johannes del Forth, orfeuer. (1242) Pat.R.Hen.III 281 Odo le Orfevre. (1254-8) Cart.Oseney

• purs-net, pursnet(t)es, pursuetes

pursnetes [worth half a mark]. (c1410) York MGame Vsp B.12 14 Men sle hares..with smale pocketes and with pursuetes [read: pursnetes] and with smale nettis wiþ hare pipes and with long nettis. (c1410) York MGame Vsp B.12 37 Of þe

• rechaten

mony, Ay re-chatande aryȝt til þay þe renk seȝen. a1425 York MGame [OD col.] Dgb 182 xxxiii He shulde rechate [Vsp: rechace] ..and blowe after þat a moote. a1425 York MGame [OD col.] Dgb 182 xxxvi If it be an

• argus, ergos

F ergot spur, dewclaw. The dewclaws of a deer. (c1410) York MGame Vsp B.12 73 Þerbi he may avise hym to know þe difference of þe hertis feet..þer nys no dere so yong, ȝif he be from a broket vpward,

• lesses

of certain animals, as of the wild boar and wolf. (c1410) York MGame Vsp B.12 78 He shal clepe fumes of an hert, cotyng of þe buk and of þe Robuk, of þe wilde boor and of þe blak beestis,

• staggard, stagard

Seld.Soc.13 149 Stagard. (c1410) York MGame Vsp B.12 18 Þe first yere þat þei ben calfed þei ben called a Calf..þe iiii yere a staggard; þe v yere a stag; þe vi yere an hert. (c1410) York MGame Vsp B.12

• seiser, sesour

said graynes..to be playn forfet, dimidium to the Kyng..dimidium to the fynder and the seiser of the said graynes. (c1410) York MGame Vsp B.12 62 A greihounde shuld haue..a good large mouthe and good sesours [F dens], þe on aȝein

• belwing

in a mannes Ere. (c1410) York MGame Vsp B.12 15 Whan þei be in Rutte, that is to say in hure love, and þei syngen in hure langage þat in Engelond hunters callen Belowyng. (c1410) York MGame Vsp B.12 91

• unbequeth(e, unbequethed, unbewhethen

dispose for my children and reward my servauntes. (1453) Will York in Sur.Soc.30 191 Residews of all my gudis unbequeth and ungifen I gife to my wife. (1453) Will York in Sur.Soc.30 192 All my gudis unbequeethed, ungifen, or unsold

• broket

of two or three years. (c1410) York MGame Vsp B.12 17 [The hart]..þe first yere þat þei ben calfed þei ben called a Calf, þe secounde yeer a bulloke..þe iii yere a broket. (c1410) York MGame Vsp B.12 73 Þer

• buffet, bofet, bouiffat

trisilis. (1444) Paston 2.59 Duo longa scanna..ij scanna vocata buffet stoles. (a1451) Will York in Sur.Soc.45 99 iiij scabellae vocatae buffet stolys xij d. (1453) Will York in Sur.Soc.30 165 j faudencopstole et j bofetstole. a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl. Hnt HM

• bulge, boulge

were ysarched, his bulges [L bulgis] & hys trussynge coffers. (1446) Will York in Sur.Soc.45 104 j pare bulges. (1465-71) in G.Otto Handwerkernamen 75 Boulgemaker. -?-(1466) Reg.Freemen York in Sur.Soc.96 185 Johannes Milne, boulgemaker. A hump (on the back). a1425(?c1350)

• figuri, fegury, fugury

Of cloth: figured; satein figuri , satin brocade. (1447) Will York in Sur.Soc.30 128 Optimum meum dobletum de velvet fegory. (1463) RParl. 5.504b Sateyn fugery or eny counterfett Cloth. (1465) Lin.DDoc. 124/9 The hole vestument of Sateyn figury. (1465) Paston

• foiling

Chaucer CT.Prol. Roy 17.D.15 A.134 note Foylenge [crit.ed.: In hir coppe ther was no ferthyng sene Of grece]. (c1410) York MGame Vsp B.12 98 He seeþ þat bi betyng vp þe Ryuers or brokes nor foillyng hem doun..ne may not

• folding, folden, fald-, vold-, vyeald-, faud-, foleyn

Item j foleyn borde. (1462) Will York in Sur.Soc.30 261 It is my will yat my sister have..a falding burd. (1453) Will York in Sur.Soc.30 165 J faudencopstole et j bofetstole. (1455) Will York in Sur.Soc.30 202 Una patella..cum auribus

• foxen

?scribal error. Female fox; fox . (c1410) York MGame Vsp B.12 36 Þe foxen of the fox bereþ as longe as the bicche of þe wolf bereþ her whelpes, some tyme moore and sumtyme lasse, saf þat þe foxen fox

• fraughting, fre(i)ght-

Acc.Howard in RC 57 300 Item, for freytenge of the stoffe be water, xj d. (1435) Doc.Merchant York in Sur.Soc.129 44 Item, resayved of William Gaunt for freghtyng of a shippe of Berwyk, vj s..resayved of John Denom for freghtyng

• friser, -are, frẹser

one who friezes cloth. 1419 Liber Albus Lond. in RS 12.1 533 De Pannariis et..Fullonibus, Frisers, Tonsoribus, et Tapicers. (1440) PParv. Hrl 221 179 Frysare, or he þat frysythe clothe: Villator. -?-(1406) Reg.Freemen York in Sur.Soc.96 109 Johannes Fulsam, freser.

• garde-viaunt, -viant, -vian, -viaunce, gardviaunc, gardeviauntes, -via(u)ndes, -viants, -viance, -vians, -viens, gardivians, gordevience, gardeviances

ser.2.5 122 Item una Cofer vocata Gardeviaunce. (1444) Will York in Sur.Soc.30 112 A peir of the best gardevians. (1449) Will York in Sur.Soc.30 152 Item, unum gardevyant. (1449) Will York in Sur.Soc.45 108 j pari gardevyauntes, ligatis cum ferro.

• glaundres

disease of horses, communicable to man; glanders. (c1410) York MGame Vsp B.12 53 Þis is good for an hors, whan he haþ þe glaundres [vr. glandres] strongly commyng out þe nose. c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk. Thrn 43 marg. For glaunders. Tak cale