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is my moste care. Chief, main, proper, ultimate; chere , predominant mood; pride , prime of life; usaunce , usual habit, general custom; etc. ?c1200 Orm. Jun 1 2867 Þatt wass..Þe maste þing forr whatt ȝho wass Þatt time cumenn
(sth.); oute of , rob (sb.) of (goods); strip (sb.) of (clothes); also, fig. persuade (sb.) to abandon (a monk's habit); (d) to drive (animals); (e) to carry (sb.). a1325 SLeg.Dunstan Corp-C 145 81 Sein Donston..twengde & ssok hure bi
that the name of soueraynetee That wolde he haue for shame of his degree. (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB. Manly-Rickert D.342 In habit maad with chastitee and shame Ye wommen shal apparaille yow. a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS Hrl 1701 8074 A scolere..tolde þys
hyȝe..Felle ouȝte of herre heyde. In phrases blak eien , dark or brown eyes; brod , wide-open eyes; grei , blue, gray, or green eyes; eien grei as glas or as gos or as falcon ; grete or stepe ,
wọde n.(2) Also wod(de , woid , wud(e , wd(d)e , uud , vode , vud(d)e , (WM) weod & wod(e & (early) wudu , (gen.) wuda & (in names) woda , wot , woð , woude , wout
litill grace To fynde a perfite worchynge place. (a1382) WBible(1) Bod 959 Gen.38.14 Thamar..þe cloþez of wydowhede don down..& þe habit chaungid, satt in þe place of two weyis [WB(2) : weilot; L bivio itineris]. (a1387) Trev. Higd. StJ-C H.1
importance, consequence; man of , man of distinction; (b) moral reputation; good moral reputation; reputation for a specific virtue; & habit of holinesse , reputation and appearance of holiness; haven.. in honde , to accuse (sb.); lesen , destroy (someone's)
[God] tekþ huiche byeþ of simple ziȝþe, þet is to zigge, milde and ssamueste. c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW Benson-Robinson 1832 In habit swich as women used..Unto the buryinge of hire frendes go, She sit in halle with a sorweful sighte. (?a1439)
oute of warde , was at liberty, was free to come and go; in bekkes of eien , cultivated a habit of affected winking; also, with diminished semantic force: on the lond , stood on the ground, was there. c1300
water n. Also water(r)e , watir(e , watier , watur(e , watre , watter(e , whater , vater , (K & early SWM) weter(e & (early) waeter(e , (chiefly SWM) weater , weattre , wettre , (SW) ȝwater &
Acc.St.Ewen in BGAS 15 149 Item, a nother coope of dyuers workes of yelowe and braunche with a tuft of blue and grene silke be hynd. (1462) Paston 1.112 Item, ij towaylis of diaper werk, ich x yardes long. (1463)
and the phanol; Item, the veyl, other wyse called the lent cloth, of whyte lynen cloth with a cross of blue. (1460) Acc.Cowfold in Sus.AC 2 318 Pro faciende de belle ropes and wheyt leder iiij d. (1466) Acc.Howard in
humanity), become incarnate; of law: wear (a double face), be two-sided; habit , put on a religious habit, enter a religious house, become a monk, nun, etc. [see also habit n. 1. (c)]; monk his (palmeres) wede , adopt a
be drawe oute of diuers bokys be thus..pute in to one boke. c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet Bod 916 111/18 Disposicioun or habit is not ellis þan drawen oute of þe wil, or comaundid of þe wil. a1500(a1415) Mirk Fest. GoughETop 4
of high rank; of music , a musician; of scole , a scholar; of travail , a laborer; (b) of habit, of (holi) chirche, of religioun , a priest, monk, or friar; of the world , a layman; also, a
graunted, in maner and fourme as Collectours..to your Highnes afore this tyme graunted. An individual way of doing something, personal habit; in (on, after) mi (his , etc.) , after my (his, etc.) fashion. c1300 SLeg.Becket Hrl 2277 p.19 For
assume (the eremitic life); cristes (godes) mark , receive the tonsure, enter a religious order; the clothes of religioun, the habit , put on distinctive apparel as a sign of a religious vocation; (b) bote , to make amends for
help with no quantyce. (a) Individual behavior, practice, way of life; at theves , as a thief; (b) national custom, habit of a group, usual mode of behavior; londes , custom of the country; of bed , custom for retiring;
, leave off (sth., some activity), cease (to do sth.); bi , desist from (sth.); biside , give up (a habit); of honde , drop (an activity); ppl. left , finished; (c) to omit (sth.), neglect; neglect (that sth. be
Þat fowle þyng To aske batayle with rufull roune Aȝens þe kyng. (a) An action; don ; elded , a habit; (b) a specific act or deed; don (a) ; (c) a task to be performed; also, the object to