(a) A group of associates or partisans, a company; ?also, a class of people; al the ~, the bench of judges; also, the king's court; (b) a body of attendants or followers, retinue, entourage; ~ of meine, a body of retainers or servants; (c) a host of soldiers, an army; a company, squadron, cavalry troop; also, a band of pirates; ~ of hors, a cavalry troop; aungeles ~, the host of angels; in routes, in squadrons; routes of arrai, ?troops in battle formation; comen to ~, to assemble as an army; riden in ~, ride in an armed band, ride in battle; (d) in ~, in (someone's) company; al-one in ~, alone by oneself; dauncen in the cokewoldes ~, to be a cuckold; (e) al a ~, in a body, together; al the ~, the whole group, all of you (them); -- also as a rime tag; al this ~, all of you.

(a) A large number of people, a crowd, an assemblage; the populace, the people [quot.: a1333]; (b) the press of men in battle, throng; (c) at o (on) ~, in (on) a ~, upon (with, withinnen) a ~, etc., in a group, in a body, together; also, in a ~, of fish: in a school; al in (a) ~, all together; (d) in ~, ?in succession; ?in total; on a ~, of floods: in a body, in a mass.

(a) A disreputable group; a gang of rogues, outlaws, etc.; an armed mob; ?a marauding band; a band of devils; ~ of rascaille, a pack of rascals; ~ of ribaudes, a band of scoundrels; (b) ?an illegal assembly; ~ ledere, a leader of an illegal assembly; gaderen (maken) a ~, to hold an illegal assembly or meeting; (c) riot, civil disturbance; (d) ?fierceness, violence, force; (e) rennen in (on) ~, rennen on routes, ?to go about in a disorderly or riotous manner.

(a) A pack of rats, flock of birds, herd of animals, swarm of pests or insects; (b) a collection or group of objects; don in ~, ?to put (things) together, gather.

(a) Proper condition, manner, or order; in fighting ~, ready and equipped for combat; arraied in reule and ~, of armed men: armed or equipped properly; set in ~, of things: placed in a proper manner or arrangement; (b) ?rank, station; first in ~, ?first in order of rank.