• thwitel, thwitelle, thwitil, thwetil, twitel, twhitel, thikil, twikill

thwitel [vrr. thikil, twikill] baar he in his hose. (1421) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh. 94 [One chisel, one] thwytell [and one old] shapyngknyf, 4 d. (a1451) Will York in Sur.Soc.45 97 iij cultellae vocatae thwetill. a1425 Trev. Higd. Hrl 1900 4.329

• bẹding

suns ware sett on raw be lyue at his bedyng. a1450 Ben.Rule(2) Vsp A.25 692 Þus may be saide be old & ȝyng Þat baynly bowes to godes bedyng. c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex. Ashm 44 3529 Oure seruage is surely ȝoure

• sengen, senge, singe, sengen, zength, senged, sengt, sein(ed, seind(e, sein(k)t, saind, senlt

Ashm 44 5206 We sall his cite & him-selfe synge in-to poudire. a1475(?a1430) Lydg. Pilgr. Vit C.13 13703 A wekke, Old and hydous, Off look and cher ryht monstrous, Pyled and seynt as any kaat, And moosy-heryd as a raat.

• sequence, sequens

here presens wiþ gold & myrre & francincens, & clerkes redyn in here seqwens ephifanye. (1466) LRed Bk.Bristol 2.235 Item..a Trappyng for Seynt George ys horsse, and a quayere of a Sequence in Parchement and an old Chesyple of Purpylle.

• shabbed(e, shabed, scabbede

Hnt HM 137 10.264 Thyne sheep are ner al shabbyd; þe wolf shiteþ woolle. a1450 SLeg.Barlaam Bod 779 225 An old mon he fond..Schabbid he was..loþliche on to se. a1450 Treat.Horses Sln 2584 103/259,260 Of þe same cause þat þe

• Belzebub, belse-, belsa-, belza-, belzebuc, -bouk, -bud

to the influence of pouke , demon, devil. (a) A god of the Philistines; (b) one of the devils; the old ; (c) the Devil; belzebubes kin , the devils; prince of develes . (a1382) WBible(1) Dc 370 4 Kings

• signet, cignet, signet(t)es, singnettes, sinettes, cignet(te)s, cinetes

329 Thys is my wyll, that alle my swannes and synettes, as well of the newe merk as of the old, schall dwelle to the maner of Ingham. (1447-9) Doc. in HMC Rep.5 App. 519b Paid Henry Aleyn for one

• trash, trasch, trasshe, trassche, trasse-, trasches, trasshes, trashshis

leaves, or twigs used as kindling, tinder [poss. confused with tach(e n.(2)]; (b) a rag, a tattered garment; ?also, an old worn-out shoe [cp. MnE dial. trash ]; (c) coll. items of little value, rubbish; ?odds and ends; (d) in

• trot, trat(e, trattes

Mirour de l'Omme ) for surnames, but the other exx. have -a- . (a) An old woman; also, a hag;-usu. used disparagingly; also used of Confession personified [quot. a1450]; olde ; (b) in surnames. a1375 WPal. KC 13 4769 Tidinges..were

• undiscrẹtli, undescretli, ondiscretli

þer subgettis giffis little hede þerto. c1450 Capgr. Rome Bod 423 161 Oure lord god comaunded his puple in þe old testament þat þe iuges schuld not suffir men to be betyn undiscretly. c1460 Tree & Fruits HG McC 132

• unesen, unesed, uneased, unhesed, oneasid

119/37 He wole noght vnese his body for no seruice ne worschip of God. (?1440) Palladius DukeH d.2 3.562 Cannetes old ek tyme is now to wede, And of to kytte hit that their roote vneseth. (a) In phrase: ben

• unevenli

Lovis fyri rage. (?1440) Palladius DukeH d.2 12.234 Oyldreggis watertemprid euenly Let kest on hem, or ox vryne alone, Or old vryne admyxt vneuenly With water partis too. (a1382) WBible(1) Bod 959 Gen.16.5 Vneuenlich [WB(2) : wickidli] þou dost aȝeyns

• unshọn, unshọde, unshọd, unshodde, unscod, unshọed, unshọ~x0021d~id

959 Is.20.5 So dryuen shal þe king of assiries þe caitifte of egipt & þe transmygracioun of ethiope, ȝung & old nakid womman & vnshoȝid [WB(2) : vnschood]. a1400(a1325) Cursor Vsp A.3 15099 Tuelue or ma o men vnscod þan

• biwẹlden, biwalden, biwalt

fleissh him mai bewelde. a1450(c1410) Lovel. Grail Corp-C 80 26.283 Goode lady, how scholde I ȝowe bewelde, that Am an Old man. c1330 Degare Auch 118 Whenne þat he is of elde þat he mai himself biwelde, Tak him þe

• vilen, vile, vili, viled, vild(e, iviled

31/9 Alle þat speke of Cristendom, me vileþ hom inou. a1325 SLeg.Cross Corp-C 145 173/183 Þat treo was vil and old & to uyly oure Louerd. c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A Clg A.11 802 Alas, alas, þou luþer wate þat vilest me þus

• virus

quyter, oþer eny oþer þynge þenne gode quyter is y-clepyde vlcus. c1475(1392) MS Wel.564 Wel 564 101a/a Vlcus is an old wounde or a stynkynge, castynge out quytture or oþer vnclennesse, as virus, which ys seid sutil quytture or þinne.

• whitel, whittel, whitle, witel(e, wittulle, hwitel, wyltel

velamen et unum whytel, precii vj d., ipsius Johannis Bristow felonice furatus fuit. (1388) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO) 5.17 [2] whitles [and 3 old sheets worth 4 d.]. (1388) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO) 5.22 [4] whytelz [worth 3 s. 6 d., 4 other beds with tapets

• widderen, widder, wid(d)re, whidere, widdered, wedrede

alle gren thynges faillen; Abbrev.Trip. : the gardyn drieth] frutes enden. a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl. Hnt HM 1 25/63 I wax old, seke, sory, and cold; As muk apon mold I widder away. c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy Htrn 388 5301 Þe fre kyng

• bou-sprẹt(e, bou(e)sprẹt(e, bew-, bough-, boe-, bos-, -sprette, -sprit(t(e

(1296) Newcastle Galley in Archaeol.Ael.4.2 186 Capiuntur..ad opus Galee..vnus Malus, j Lof, j Bousprete, vna virga. (1296) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO) 1.482 [An old ship..to which belong a mast, a sail, a yard, a luff, a] boughspret [and a boat.] 1336-7 Acc.Exch.K.R.19/31.m.4 [OD

• calife, califfe, caliphe, calaph, calypp, califfees

duelle the Calyffez [Eg: Caliphes; F Califfes] þat was wont to ben bothe as Emperour & Pope to the Arabyenez..In old tyme, þere were wont to be iij Calyffeez..From þat tyme hider the Sowdaun clepeth him self Calyffee, And so