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hẹder-corn n. ?OE heddern & corn . A food rent (?for use of a storehouse). (1325-7) Cust.Rent in OSSLH 2 27 Hedercorn, [and other food rents].
corned ppl. ?A corn-shaped. ?c1425 Chauliac(2) Paris angl.25 24b/a Glandules i. kornede varioles.
guth-corn n. Also (error) guweorn ; ?cp. gith . OE giþ-corn Some plant; prob. a species of spurge. c1225 Wor.Bod.Gloss. Hat 76 21 Guðcorn: lacterides. a1300 Hrl.978 Vocab. Hrl 978 557/7 Spurgia, i. spurge, i. guweorn [?read: guþcorn].
steish adj. ?Error for neshe adj., with misreading of n- as st- . ?Softened in processing. (1468) Maldon (Essex) Liber B in Clark Godstow Reg. 356 fn. Hard corn..that is, of whete, rye, barley, pesyn, and benes..steysh corn..that is
bigull n. ?Cp. early MnE bigold corn marigold (lit. near-gold). ?Corn marigold. a1500(?a1450) Treat.Garden. Trin-C O.9.38 170 Mouseer, egri moyne, honysoke & bugull, Centory, horsel, adderstong & bygull.
stores or bags corn; (b) in surnames. c1436 Ipswich Domesday(2) Add 25011 105 It is ordeyned and defended that no curlewacher, pokere [ID(1) : pokyere], ne non other man ne woman medele rotyn corn with good corn for to sellyn.
agerse adv. From phr. on gerse . Of grain: in the blade stage of growth. (1340) Ayenb. Arun 57 36 Þet corn agerse, þe vines in flouringe.
to wheat; spelt; far corn . (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944 226a/b Far is a maner corn..and is an herbe þat is of barly kynde, ȝit grene..Mele..haþ þat name farina of far, ffor of far corn y broke bitwene millestones
various plants including caper spurge (Euphorbia lathyris) and the safflower (Carthamus tinctorius). ?c1125(?OE) Dur-C.Gloss. Dur-C Hunter 100 125d Catharticum: lybbcorn..Citocatia: libbcorn..Chartamo: lybb corn. ?a1400 Bod.HApul. Bod 130 52a Herba latyridis: lebecorn. ?a1400 Bod.HApul. Bod 130 120 Herba latiridis, Anglice, lebecor.
wratbihe n. Prob. Celt. : cp. Wel. gwrach , Corn. wrach , Corn. dial. wrath old woman or wrasse & Wel. bychan , Corn. bihan small. A fish of the Labridae family, a wrasse. (1443) Let.Bekynton in RS 56.2 238
fecounde(n v. OF feconder flourish. To make flourish. c1460(a1449) Lydg. 2 Merch. Hrl 2255 27 The soil is irrigat And ouyrflowyd with the fflood of Nyle..her frutys to fecunde, With corn and greyn to make the lond habounde.
drif-draf n. Cp. draf . Waste material, refuse. c1475 Mankind Folg V.a.354 49 Dryff-draff, mysse-masche; Sume was corn, & sume was chaffe.
ere-time n. Cp. ere-ground plowland. The time for plowing. a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl. Hnt HM 1 15 At yere tyme I sew fayre corn.
gulle n. Celt. ; cp. Wel. gwylan , Corn. guilan , Bret. gouelan , OIr. failenn , foilenn . A gull, water bird. a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) Hrl 279 62 Veysoun Rostyd. Gullys. Curlew.
hervesten v. From hervest . To reap (grain), harvest. ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) Tit C.16 200/10 In þat yle..men hervesten the corn twyes a ȝeer.
pugge n. Cp. MnE dial. puggings . A husk of grain. (?1440) Palladius DukeH d.2 3.1079 Mast, chasteyn, yef hem [boars] pugges [L vilia excrementa] of thi corn.
asawen ppl. OE Sown (grain). c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom. Bod 343 74/20 Þaet asawene corn, ȝif hit ne chinaeð on þare moldan.
beaeȝðed ppl. Cp. eithe harrow. Of seed: covered by harrowing. c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom. Bod 343 74/11,12 Gif þaet sawene hwaetene corn..soðlice beaeȝðed bið, hit bringaeð mycele waestm forð.
chukken v. Cp. chuk n. To make a clucking sound. (c1390) Chaucer CT.NP. Manly-Rickert B.4372 [Chauntecleer] chukketh whan he hath a corn yfounde, And to hym rennen thanne hise wyues alle.
corne n.(1) Also corn . OF corne horn (from L cornu ). A horny growth on the toes or feet; a corn. ?a1425 Chauliac(1) NY 12 119a/a To a corne [L cornu] i. agnail forsoþ þat is in þe feete..þat