(a) Peril, danger, jeopardy; exposure to physical injury, death, or destruction; danger of shipwreck; (b) a perilous situation, condition, object, or place; injury, tribulation, loss [last quot.]; penalty [quot.: (1433)]; a dangerous symptom [quot.: c1425]; also fig.; (c) ~ of, injury or an instance of peril caused by (an animal, a person, situation, phenomenon); possibility of (an occurrence); exposure to danger in (a situation); ~ of (in) the se, a perilous situation or an instance of harm occurring at sea, shipwreck or danger of shipwreck; (d) in) ~ of lif, in) danger of losing (one's) life, with) risk to (one's) life; ~ of bodi, danger of injury to the body; in) ~ of deth, of ~ of deth, in ~ of mort, in) danger of dying; for ~ of deth, because of the danger of death; (e) for (upon) ~, because of the possibility of danger, for fear of consequences; at al periles, no matter what the consequences, at whatever risk; at your (here) ~, with you (them) taking responsibility for the consequences, at your (their) own risk; (f) casten ~ (afore, to have regard for or foresee danger; be cautious; putten in (unto, to) ~, yeven to ~, put (oneself, beasts) in peril or in a perilous situation; in ~ to cacchen harm, in danger of suffering injury; in ~ for to sterven, in danger of dying; in ~ to ben slaien, in danger of being slain; ben broght in ~, be put in a perilous situation; ben to the ~ of, be dangerous to (sb.); taken ~, undertake a perilous venture; maken ~ of treuth, prove the truth (of sth.); ~ is, it is (was, were) ~, etc., it is (was, would be) dangerous (to do or be sth.); it is ~ of, it is dangerous to (sth.).

(a) Spiritual peril, danger to the soul from sin; a state of spiritual peril; sin; ~ of sinne (helle); (b) ~ of dampnacioun (deth, etc.), danger of being damned or condemned; in ~ of cursing, in danger of incurring monastic excommunication; periles of cursing, the dangers of monastic excommunication [cp. cursing 2b.]; (in, for, on, etc.) ~ of soule, (in danger of, for fear of, on penalty of, etc.) the destruction of (one's) soul, danger to (one's) soul.

Misfortune, bad luck; daies of peril(es, unlucky days.

In oaths and asseverations: on (upon) mi ~, up (bi) ~ of mi soule, etc.

In proverbs.