• fostren, -i(e)n, vostrin, forstre, forster

Þo burdis þaire birthe hade borne..And fostred hit furthe. (a1470) Malory Wks. Win-C 15/8 My good lady and moder your wyf that as wel as her owne hath fostred me and kepte. a1500 Add.Hymnal Add 34193 459/63 A lytyll mylk

• couplen, cuplen, coplen, coupel, cuppel, coppel

couplen v. Also cuplen , coplen & coupel , cuppel , coppel . OF copler , cupler , coupler . (a) To unite in marriage (two persons, one with another); refl. to kinne , marry into a family; (b)

• distourblen, distorb(e)len, disturb(e)len, disturbul, destor(u)blen, destourblen, desturb(e)len

Yf þat Jon my forsayed son oþer eny of hys eyeres wol dystorbyll oþer enplede þe feoffes oþer Cecyle my wyf of eny estate wyche þat þe forsayde feofes makyth her, my hole wylle ys [etc.]. (1433) RParl. 4.478a And

• enchesoun, encheisoun in-

encheson forto corse..and forto hate The Greks. a1400 Pep.Gosp. Pep 2498 67/5 Moyses seide þat who so wolde leten his wyf he moste write þenchesoun & þan leten hir. a1425 Wycl.Serm. Bod 788 1.8 Hevene is clepid disert by many

• engendren

engendren v. OF engendrer . Of progenitors: to beget or have (offspring); of offspring: to be begotten, born, or descended. c1390 PPl.A(1) Vrn 10.144 Caym men cleped him, In Cursed tyme engendret. (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars. Manly-Rickert 1.333 For of

• entermeten, a(u)nter-, onter-, -mitten, -menten

entermeten v. Also a(u)nter- , onter- , -mitten , -menten . OF entremetre , AF auntre- ; L intromittere , inter- . (a) To intervene (in a conflict), to interpose, interfere;--often refl. and with of, in, on, with phrase;

• erest, erst, arst

124 Þo eroust kom wiit to him. c1390(?c1350) Jos.Arim. Vrn 56 A Cite..called sarras, þer sarsyns sprongen, Erest þorw Abrahames wyf þat wonede þer-inne. As the first of a number of actions in sequence or of a number of things

• paramour(e, par amur, paramoire, -mor(e, per amour, paramours, -mores, -murs, paramour(e)s, -mor(e)s

paramour(e n. Also par amur , paramoire , -mor(e , per amour & paramours , -mores , -murs ; pl. paramour(e)s , -mor(e)s . From adv. phr. (a) A mistress, concubine; wife; also fig. ; (b) a male lover;

• parish(e, pari~x0021d~sh, pari~x0021d~s, paris(se, parich(e, paresh(e, pares, parech(e, parashe, parach, parosh(e, paroch(e, paros(se, paroish, perishe, pereshe, parshe, parche, parsh~x0021d~, pershe, parehce

ben in the parche of our lady of abbechirch. (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol. Manly-Rickert A.449 In al the parisshe [vr. parich] wyf ne was ther noon That to the offrynge bifore hire sholde goon. (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol. Manly-Rickert A.491,494 Wyd was

• pinchen, pinche, prinche, i-)pinched, pinchit, i-pinchnid, picched

þer is I-bent & I-ryueled & I-pinchid [L corrugantur et obuoluuntur]. a1425 Trev. Barth. Mrg M 875 74a/b Suche a wyf is worþi to be preysid þat fondeþ more to plese here husbonde with heer homly wounde þan with heer

• plegge, pleg(e, pledge, plech

The Kyng grauntith to..all other persones named..and to alle her boroughs and plegges..a pardon. (1467) Ordin.Wor. 382 Yf eny mans wyf becom dettor or plegge..she to answere to hym..that hath cause to sue. a1475 Godstow Reg. Rwl B.408 598/7,10 Put,

• pleiinge, pleiingue, pleihinge, pleing(e, plinge, plaing(e, pelying

olde man To leven and let my leman, swettist of al ȝinge? a1500(c1400) Emare Clg A.2 78 The emperour..when hys wyf was dede..myche loued playnge. a1500 Sidrak & B. Lnsd 793 7916 Ne so ofte may no womman Conseyue of

• pleinli, pleinlish, plenli, plain(e)li, plan(e)li

can noman pleinli devise. (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch. Manly-Rickert E.1431 I sey yow pleynly in a clause, I wol noon old wyf han right for this cause. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944 76a/a Loke innere more þat þow myȝte more pleynlich

• prerogatif, prerogatif(f)e, prerogative, prorogative, procatife

8763 I seye..cryst, god and man, And sone of hyr by a specyal prerogatyff Wych was both maydyn, modyr, & wyf. c1460(a1449) Lydg. Look TM Hrl 2255 47 The Hert, the Roo, been of ther cours ful liht, By ther

• bak-ward(es

the nek bowyth gretly bakward, yt synyfyith gret hastynes. (c1390) Chaucer CT.Rv. Manly-Rickert A.4281 Doun he fil bakward vpon his wyf. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944 52b/b Þe rigge haþ a noþir name þat hatte þe bak, for þer vppon

• as(s)emblen

thei assembled sore. To have intercourse; flesshly . (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars. Manly-Rickert I.939-43 For thre thynges a man and his wyf flesshly mowen assemble..if they assemble oonly for amorous loue. (a1393) Gower CA Frf 3 3.189 So longe thei togedre

• list, liste, lest(e

of swet water he haueð ðrist. (c1395) Chaucer CT.Cl. Manly-Rickert E.619 This markys caughte yet another lest To tempte his wyf yet ofter. a1400(a1325) Cursor Vsp A.3 22130 Turn þai sal til him titest, And siþen þaas other at his

• loveli, loffeli, lofveliche, lovefly, luveli, luvelike, luffeli, luueke

305 ȝit he leres him more, loueliche him-seluen. c1390 NHom.Narrat. Vrn 288/14 An Angel..hondeled hym [a stinking corpse] louelich, as wyf hondeled hire child þat is a lyf. a1400(c1300) NHom.(1) Magd. Phys-E p.17 Symond..Biheld this womman lufli [vr. louely] fare.

• mark(e, marc, markes, mrcs, mark(e, marc(e, merk, marca

853 284 What schal þanne profite..Poundis or markis þat ȝe of þe peple peele? a1500(a1375) Octav.(2) Clg A.2 889 That wyf hym tauȝt markes and poundes. a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl. Hnt HM 1 174/268 Markys, rentys, and powndys, Greatt castels &

• mesurable, meserable, mesurable, mesurabils

of excesse and of glotonyes, He wolde been the moore mesurable Of his diete. (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars. Manly-Rickert I.936 A wyf sholde eek be mesurable in lookynge and in berynge and in lawghynge. (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars. Manly-Rickert I.947 Thise manere