(a) Water as a naturally occurring element or substance; water as opposed to the other elements;—also pl.; wateres froren, the ice thought to surround the earth [quot. a1325] (b) precipitation;……

(a) The institution of marriage; the state of being married; bond (knotte) of wedlok, the marriage bond; in wedlok, in or into marriage; also, within the institution of marriage; oute of (withouten)……

Eccl. (a) An altar in a Christian church on which the sacrifice of the Mass is offered; weved on heigh, cristes (heigh) weved, the main altar in a cathedral, church, or chapel at which the Eucharist……

(a) Eccl. Pentecost, the festival celebrated by the church on the seventh Sunday after Easter in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the disciples, Whitsunday; also, as adv.: on……

(a) A person whose spouse has died and who has not remarried;—usu. applied to women; a widow; also, a widower [quots. 1340, c1425, & c1450(a1425)]; also in fig. context [quot. c1350]; also, a woman……

(a) The state or condition of being unremarried after the death of one’s spouse, widowhood; clothes (clothinge) of widwehede, mourning clothes, widow’s weeds (b) chiefly eccl. widowhood as one of the……

(a) An alcoholic drink, usu. made from crushed whole grapes or from grape juice; also fig. and in fig. context; couchen win, to place a stock of wine in storage; fillen the win, give (sb.) the wine……

Directly opposite to (sth.) in space or location, facing over against; face with face, mouth with mouth, neb with neb, face to face; fighten honde with honde, to fight hand to hand, fight in close……

(a) To give alms, gifts, etc., give something voluntarily, make a gift; give generously (to sb.); give alms, gifts, etc. (to sb.) in response to a request; also, in partitive construction: yeven of……

(a) A going, walking; a journey; also, a course [quot. c1275, last]; yong hethen, death; five (twenti) daies yong, five (twenty) days’ journey; also, in adv. construction: fele daies yong, for many……