• venesoun, veneson, venesun, venisoun(e, venison(e, venisin, venisun, veneison, veneisun, vennison, weneson, wenison, wennesone, wennissun, vensoun, venson, vensun, wensonne, venisum

92/324b Ferina: vensunn. ?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale Lndsb 759/16 Ferina: venisyn. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944:Seymour 745/24 Þees meyne lyuen by preyes and by venisoun [L venationibus]. (1314) Feet Fines Kent in Archaeol.Cant.13 290 John Venesoun. (1320) Pat.R.Edw.II 439 John Veneson Veneyson.

• vigil(e, vigille, vigiles, wigellus

day, [etc.]. ?a1425(1373) Lelamour Macer Sln 5 22b Gader this erbe in to and house in þe vigill of Saynt John Baptist. a1456(a1426) Lydg. Mum.Hertford Trin-C R.3.20 5 Nowe in þe vigyle of þis nuwe yeere Certeyne sweynes comen For

• Wales, walez, walis, wawys

Wales; Schroysbury is a citee in þe marche of Engelond and of Wales. (a1387) Trev. Higd. StJ-C H.1 8.187 Kyng John ȝaf the lordschippe at Eylesmere in þe marche of Wales. (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML. Manly-Rickert B.544 To Walys fledde the

• warantise, warantice, war(r)antize, warentise, warentice, warountise

taile or tailez. (1469) Paston 1.411 Roger after dewe and resonable warnynge at þe costes of Sir John, shall enfeffe þe seid Sir John withouten ony maner of warrantize. a1475 Godstow Reg. Rwl B.408 265/13 A ple of warantize was

• ward, warde, wart, weard, -werd, -(h)ard

apeward [vr. apewart], 'be auȝt þat I knowe.' (1168) in Pipe R.Soc.12 197 Willelmus Ward. (1194) in Reaney Dict.Br.Surnames 370 John Warde. (1216-72) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms 104 Joh. le Brocward. (1219) in Reaney Dict.Br.Surnames 114 William Edward. (1250) in

• welk(e, whelke, wilk(e, welkes, whilkes, woelkes, wolkis, walkis

wyþ water & salt. (1348-9) Acc.R.Dur. in Sur.Soc.99 43 In j summa et di. Welkys. (1364) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh. 7 [John Curteys was sworn to supervise the sale of] hostres, muskeles, cokkes, and welkes. c1375 Peace R.Linc. in Lin.RS 30

• werk-manship(e, wurkmanship(e, werkemenschippe, werkemechype, wermanship

for xvj li. wex vj s. viij d for workemanschep of þe same wex, viij d. (1432) Rec.Norwich 2 390 John Marwe xal fynde almaner werkmanship and mater and al othir thyngs that to the seyd kaye xal gon. (1434-5)

• witnen, witnes(se, wittenes, withenes, wetnesse, wetthenes, witne~x00f0~, witnes

Sundby Dial.Wor. Eg Charter 608 254 This endentur, maid be tuyne Thomas Corbet of Stanford and John Blount of Sodynton Wetthenes that the seid John Blount shal wed and taken to his wyffe Katerryn the yongg dowter of seid Thomas.

• borgh, borh, bourgh, bor(o)ugh, borwe, borowe, -ewe, bor(o)we, borwes, -owes, -ewes, borghes, boreges, boroughs

to call (sb.) to witness; (d) St. John to , St. John be your sponsor or protector; -- usually as a farewell; taken St. John to , to invoke the protection of St. John; Venus to , may Venus be

• carter, karter, kerter, careter, -ier, chareter, charetier, charter, chereter

(1327) Pat.R.Edw.III 349 [John] Thelavediescartere [Engayne]. (1350) in Lofvenberg Contrib.Lex. 92 [A certain small house called] le Carterestable. (1193) in Pipe R.Soc.n.s.3 11 Rannulfus le caretier. (c1200) Doc.Ireland in RS 53 22 Osebertus careter. (1207) Fine R.King John 455 Robertus

• citisein, citesain, -sen, -sin, -son, -sand, citi-, citte-, site-, siti-, cete-, ceti-, ceta-

(1440) Capgr. St.Norb. Hnt HM 55 2305 Now was..in þat cyte falle..a cruell debate Be-twix þe cyteceynes. (1447) RParl. 5.129b John Brokley, late Citecein and Aldreman of the Citee of London. a1450(1408) Vegetius(1) Dc 291 7b Þe Romaynes, þe whiche

• cọk, coke, cuke, cuike

knaue; Ne shalt þou non oþer louerd haue. (1450) RParl. 5.195a John Browne, undir Clerk of oure Kechyn..Thomas Cateby, Yoman Cooke for oure mouth. (1454) Proc.Privy C. 6.228 John Gourney m[aster] cook for þe King. a1500(a1375) Octav.(2) Clg A.2 122

• competent

Fol. Roy 17.D.9 7/27 Summe..wrastlen so long þerwith, til þei gete competent vndirstondyng þerof. (1459) Will Fastolf in Nrf.Archaeol.2 229 John Paston shalle make sure to the said Collegions a sufficient Romme, and a competent and an esy duellingplace in

• eu, iw, ew(e, u, hew, hue, new

and box. Iwherst , Yewgrove (surname); eu stok , yew trunk; tre , yew tree or wood. (1213) Fine R.King John 487 Willielmus de Iwherst. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944 250a/a An ew tree hatte taxus. a1425 Roy.17.C.17 Nominale Roy

• excitacioun

Of Spaigne. (1414) RParl. 4.60b Othere Chanons..layen in awayte in the Kynges heye weye..at the instance an excitacion of Sire John, Outlaw. ?1435 Lond.Chron.Jul. Jul B.2 78 By the excitacion and procurynge off my seyde lorde off Wynchestre. c1450 Lond.Chron.Cleo.

• fan(ne, vanne, faan, faun, wonne

rounde in manere of a gredire, þe whiche is clepid a vanne. 1458 Maldon (Essex) Liber B [OD col.] fol.iib John Dale hath in his kepynge a justyng sadel, ii vannys, and a sper. a1475(a1450) Tourn.Tott. Hrl 5396 164 Þer

• fitz, fiz, filtz, fice, fi~x0021d~(h)t, fi(t)z

Plantagenet, Father of Henry le Fytz Empryce..kyng Henry le Fytz of Maude, doughter of fyrste kyng Henry. (1283) Pat.R.Edw.I 65 John le Fizforester. c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A Clg A.11 9202 Eustas le fiz Ion held þe castel of Miltone. (1332) Sub.R.Bdf. in

• folde, falde, felde, volde

Add 15562 44a A ffalde of clothe: plica. c1390 NHom.Narrat. Vrn 300/37 Cloþed heo was in riche fold. a1400(c1300) NHom.(1) John & Boy Phys-E 113 He wend he asked siluer or gold, Or uestement of riche fold. a1400(a1325) Cursor Vsp

• annuel, annual

111 361 Thy rentes annuel..To scarse been greet costes to susteene. (1426) Proc.Chanc. in Cal.PCEliz. 1.p.xxi Symkyn Yve of Grantham..disherite John Haryngton son..of v marc of annuell rent. (1429-30) Doc. in Flasdieck Origurk. 80 Yat my saydys feffis graunt a

• fọting, futing

a shoe). (1440) PParv. Hrl 221 174 Fotynge: Peditacio. (1465) Acc.St.Mary Thame in BBOAJ 16 87 We have payde to john Cowper for fotyng of ye clocke. (1465) Acc.Howard in RC 57 302 The same day my mastyr paid hym