• hideles

hideles adj. From hide n. (1). Having no skin. ?a1450(a1400) Siege Jerus.(1) LdMisc 656 698 Ech freke wer quyk fleyn, þe felles of clene..& suþ honget..vpon heye galwes..With hony vpon ech side þe hydeles anoynted.

• hilted

hilted adj. From hilt(e . Having a hilt. c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) Thrn 2274 They hewede doun haythen men with hiltide swerdez. c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) Thrn 2911 They hewe thorowe helmes hawtayne biernez, Þat þe hiltede swerdes to þaire hertes

• hipel-melum

hipel-melum adv. From hipel & -mele . In heaps, in large numbers. (a1382) WBible(1) Dc 369(1) Wisd.18.23 Whan forsothe now hipyllmelum [WB(2) : bi heepis; L avervatim] thei hadden fallen dead, either vp on other, he stod betwen.

• holnesse

holnesse n.(1) From hol(e adj. (1). Cavity, the hollow part. ?a1475 PParv. Win 224 Holnesse [Hrl 221: Holownesse], off a vessel or oder lyke withyn forth: Concauitas. ?c1475 Cath.Angl. Add 15562 64b Hollnesse: Cauitas, concauitas.

• hungrere

hungrere n. From hungren . One who is hungry. (a1382) WBible(1) Dc 369(1) Is.32.6 And voide he shal make the soule of the hungrere [WB(2) : an hungry man], and drinc to the thristere he shal don awei.

• arefact

arefact ppl. L Of the body: emaciated. ?a1425 Chauliac(1) NY 12 116a/a Þe body..is said arefact [L arefactum] i. dried when it is liquefied & depressed. ?a1425 Chauliac(1) NY 12 116a/b Arefacte i. dried disposicioun is vnheleable most certanly

• moten, moted

. From mote n. (1). In phr. abouten , to surround (a castle) with a moat or fosse; ?surround (a castle) with walls or fortifications. c1440(a1400) Awntyrs Arth. Thrn 671 Twa baronryse in Burgoyne, with burghes so balde, That are

• mount

n.(2) OF monte , munte ; ?var. of mound(e n.(1), cp. sense 1. (b). Length of time. c1475(c1420) Page SRouen Eg 1995 p.15 There wolde be schot..A hundryd govnnys at wallys and tourys With[in] the mount of ij halfe hourys.

• attenuacioun

attenuacioun n. L & OF (a) Of persons: emaciation; (b) of diet: reduction. ?a1425 Chauliac(1) NY 12 116a/a In perticler ingrossacioun & attenuacioun Cirurgiens ar wont to be called. ?a1425 Chauliac(1) NY 12 116b/a With attenuacioun of diete..And medicynez

• neigh biforen

neigh biforen prep. phr. From neigh adv. & biforen prep. Close before (sth.), at. (c1384) WBible(1) Roy 1.B.6 Jas.5.9 Lo! the iustise stondith nyȝ bifore the ȝat [L ante ianuam assistit].

• neueshipe

neueshipe n. From neue adj. The new life in Christ. c1400 Bible SNT(1) Selw 108 L.1 Rom.7.6 We serfen in þe neweschupe [L novitate] of þe spyryt, & noȝt in þe oldenesse of þe letter.

• odorament

odorament n. L A substance which emits a sweet smell. (c1384) WBible(1) Roy 1.B.6 Apoc.18.13 No man shal bye more the marchaundise of hem..of gold and siluer..and of odoramentis [WB(2) : swete smellinge thingis; L odoramentorum] and oynementis, [etc.].

• ofbreiden, ofbraid

ofbreiden v.(1) P. ofbraid . From breiden v.(1). To cut off (someone's head). a1500 Mirror Salv. Beeleigh p.8 Qwen Thamare..Cyrus heved of braid And after in a fulle potte of mans blode scho it laide.

• ofcwellen, ofcwalde

ofcwellen v. P. ofcwalde . From quellen v. Perh. reshaping of OE acwellan . To kill (sb.). ?c1200 Orm. Jun 1 6897 Herode wollde bliþeliȝ Þatt ȝunge king offcwellenn. ?c1200 Orm. Jun 1 8037 Þatt laþe Herode king..Offcwalde..Þa gilltelaese chilldre.

• ofkennen

ofkennen v.(1) From kennen v.(1). To get sight of (sth.), descry. c1300 Lay. Brut Otho C.13 1659 Þo Goffare þe king þane castel of-kende [Clg: kennede], so swiþe wo him was þat his lif him for-lees.

• oftreden

oftreden v. OE oftredan To trample down (sin), destroy. ?c1200 Orm. Jun 1 11650 Birrþ uss allre firrst Offtredenn gluterrnesse. ?c1200 Orm. Jun 1 11662 Swa þatt mann muȝhe þess te bett Offtredenn oþre sinness.

• opitulacioun

opitulatio , mistransl. through confusion with ops . One who brings riches. a1425(a1400) Paul.Epist. Corp-C 32 1 Cor.12.28 God sette in þe kyrke first apostlys, aftyr prophetys..and opytulacyouns [WB(1) : helpingis], þat is to sey, þem þe whylke brynge rychesses.

• oren

oren v.(1) From or(e n.(1). ?To row; ?pilot a ship. a1450(c1410) Lovel. Grail Corp-C 80 42.80 They Syen nevere to fore A man In a schipe Alone to gon Ore [F aler par mer].

• os

os n.(1) OF The dewclaws of the red deer. c1425 Twiti Venery(1) Vsp B.12 151 How many bestis bere os, and how many ergos? The hert berith os aboue the boor, and the buk berith ergos.

• outbrennen

outbrennen v. From brennen . Of fire: to blaze up, be kindled. (a1382) WBible(1) Bod 959 Ecclus.16.7 In þe synagoge of synnynge men, fijr shal out brennen [Dc 369(1): out brenne; WB(2) : brenne an hiȝ; L exardebit].