• enditour, -er, in-

And of al translatours in to latyn He was flour enditour fyn. (a1393) Gower CA Frf 3 4.2411 Enditours Of old Cronique and ek auctours. (?a1430) Hoccl. Ad Patrem Hnt HM 744 116 By noon enditour ne by translatour. (1449)

• enheritable, in-, enerit-

all the castels and citees right To kyng Wyllyam his brother enheritable. c1475-a1600(a1473) Fortescue Declaration Clermont 526 The corone of this londe is not inheritable by a woman. (c1475) Ordin.Househ.Edw.IV Hrl 642 74 According to the Kinge's old enheritable prises.

• paile, paille, paiel, pail

a1425 Medulla Stnh A.1.10 42b/b Mulcrare: a chesfat or a dysh or a payle. (1440) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh. 35 [2 old] payells [of latten weighing 28 lbs.]. (1440) PParv. Hrl 221 377 Payle, or mylke stoppe: Multrale, multrum, vel multra.

• pigle, pigele, pigil

Take herbe water..pygle, [etc.]. ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes Stockh 10.90 77/7 For þe schothe, Drynk pigle, þat is, schotworthe, and ambrose and old ale ix dayes. ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes Stockh 10.90 92/23 To makyn entret for wounndis, Take bugille..pygle, plawnteyn, [etc.]. a1500 Agnus

• polein(e, polain, polan, polen, polin, polain(ez, polemus, pelonns

loricam, unum bonum par cerotecarum de plate, cum vambrase et rerebrase, quischetes, pelonns, grefes. (1400) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO) 7.61 [A pair of old] greves [with a pair of] poleyns [worth 20 d.]. c1400(?c1390) Gawain Nero A.10 576 Þenne set þay þe sabatounz

• polipodi(e, pollipodie, pollepodie

often the common polypody (P. vulgare) or oak ferne (Thelypteris dryopteris); of oke , polypody growing on trunks of old oaks. c1150(OE) Hrl.HApul. Hrl 6258B 119.101 head. De Radiolo, id est pollipodio: Þeos wyrt þat man radiolum & oþer nama

• postcommune, -comun(e, -comoun, -comon, -comin

þei song þe postcomoun, þe seide relikes were wounde in fayr silk. (1455) Acc.St.Ewen in BGAS 15 149 Item, another old boke not borded..endeth with office of the mass of the Holy Crosse..and this postcommune, Per lignum, etc. c1475(a1449) Lydg.

• lod-manage, -mannage, -maunage, -menage, lodemanage, -mannage, -monage, -menage, lodesmanage, ledmannage, lodmingage

nas noon swich from Hulle to Cartage. a1450(c1433) Lydg. St.Edm. Hrl 2278 562 The maistris shal ther Galeys guye, Of old expert touchyng ther loodmannage. c1460(a1449) Lydg. Cock Hrl 2255 78 A blynd maryneer that doth no sterre knowe His

• loket

of red And a clene loket of led. (1456-7) Doc.York in Sur.Soc.35 208 Unum dagarium harnesiatum, cum lokittes, chape, et rose argenti. c1500 Buy.Silver MSS Hast. in HMC 1.420 Brokon silver, as old grydelles, lokettes, chapis, and other sawdrid ware.

• make, makke

& on, A cubyte lengere þan þe make. (a1430) Invent.Randolf in Archaeol.61 172 j cuppe covered of silver of the old make [F d'aunsien faisur]. c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex. Ashm 44 3218 The grecen maistir Passis in-to þe palais..Was on þe

• mien, mi(e, i)mied

mien v. Also mi(e ; p.ppl. i)mied . Cp. OF esmiier . (a) To crumble (bread, etc.), grate; ppl. mied , grated, crumbled; (b) of teeth: to grind, gnash; ?crumble, disintegrate. 1381 Pegge Cook.Recipes Dc 257 p.103 Do bred

• mightles, mi~x0021d~te-, mi~x0021d~hte-

Bod 264 74 Þat may not be graunted Of me þat miȝhteles am mysilf so to kepe. a1500(a1415) Mirk Fest. GoughETop 4 82/17 That ben chyldyr wythyn xxi ȝere, woymen wyth chyld, old men passed age and myghtles to fast.

• moisoun, moison, mosoun, musoun, musun, meuson, moheson

Mem.Lond. 563 [No one in the said trade shall make any forcer but according to the standard used from of old, that is to say, of nine different] mewsons [dimensions in length, and breadth, and depth within]. a1425(?a1400) RRose Htrn

• moisti, mosti

weere is hote and moisti, like as the eyre is. (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mcp. Manly-Rickert H.60 For were it wyn or old or moisty ale That he hath dronke, he speketh in his nose And fneseth faste. c1440 Chaucer CT.Pard. Cmb

• graffe, craffe, grif(fe

myn pery tre. c1450 Capgr. St.Kath. Arun 396 2.1247 Liche a gryf [vr. griff] am I,I-planted be god vp-on a old stok. a1500(1413) Pilgr.Soul Eg 615 4.2.57a Upon his braunche was imped a graffe þat was take from a free

• graun-dame, gran(t-

i grauestan in hire grandame hus, þe wes icleopet Clete. (a1393) Gower CA Frf 3 1.1445 Ther was a lady..So old sche myhte unethes go, And was grantdame unto the dede. a1425(a1400) Paul.Epist. Corp-C 32 2 Tim.1.5 Þat feiþ..þe whiche

• heme, heamen

& hine, Hi þencheþ alle of þire pine. c1325 Ne mai no lewed Hrl 2253 22 Furst þer sit an old cherl in a blake hure..An heme in an herygoud wiþ honginde sleuen, & mo þen fourti him by-fore my

• hokeren, hokeri(en, ihokred

forte gremien, hokerin, oðer hearmin. a1250 Ancr. Nero A.14 110/35 Hweðer so he deð, hokereð & schorneð & lauhweð ðe old ape lude to bisemare! a1300 I-hereþ nv one Jes-O 29 448 Þe princes and þet oþer volk hokerede him

• holen, hullen, họlen

procede þay to watre of lentez hulled or blaunched [L excorticatarum] & of barly. ?c1425 Arun.Cook.Recipes Arun 334 462 Take old pesen and boyle with brothe of flessh and with bacon, and hul hom. a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 Lamb 131 14682

• hornes(se, horenesse, harenesse

. (a) Whiteness or grayness of hair; (b) the honorableness, dignity, wisdom, etc., of old age. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944 67a/a Of hoornes of heer [L canicie] take hede..hoornesse comeþ of passinge coolde of þe humour þat fediþ &