Search Constraints

Number of results to display per page

Search Results

1. agnus (dei) n. or phr.

Additional spellings: agnus dei
9 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) Lamb of God [i.e. Jesus]; a figure of a lamb used as an emblem of Jesus; (b) a part of the Mass beginning with the words 'Agnus Dei'.

2. al-thing, al(le thing n. & (earlier) phr.

Additional spellings: althing, al thing, alle thing
22 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) All things, everything; (b) in al-thing, in all things, in everything; in full detail; in every way; (c) through al-thing, for everything, by all means; throughout; (d) nought alle thing, not by…

3. amor ereos n. phr.

1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Love-sickness.

4. anī-man phr. & n.

Additional spellings: animan
12 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Anyone.

5. anī-thing phr. & n.

Additional spellings: anithing
30 quotations in 2 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) Anything; anything else; anything at all; also, anybody [c1300 SLeg.Patr.]; most of ani-thing, more than anything else; (b) for ani-thing, at all events, despite everything.

6. ā-per-sē phr. as adj. & n.

Additional spellings: a per se, aperse
2 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Unique, outstanding; a prominent person.

7. aqua vite n. phr.

10 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Brandy or other highly distilled spirits; esp., spiced brandy [cp. aqua ardens, water ardaunt].

8. bāke(n mēte, bāke-mēte phr. & n.

Additional spellings: bake mete, bake-mete, bakemete
9 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Any dish baked in a shell of pastry, such as a meat pie, a tart, a custard.

9. basket ful, basket-ful phr. & n.

Additional spellings: basket-ful, basketful
6 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
A basket full (of sth.), a basketful.

10. blank-de-sorẹ̄ n. (from phr.)

Additional spellings: blankdesore
11 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
A dish of minced chicken or fish [see quots.].

11. bro(u)ghtforth phr. as n.

Additional spellings: broughtforth
1 quotation in 0 senses
No definition available (stub entry)

12. chele priem n. or phr.

1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Coriander.

13. chirche-wǒrk n. (& phr.)

Additional spellings: chirchework
14 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) Construction or structure of a church; (b) repair or maintenance of a church or its furnishings, or a fund set aside for this purpose; -- sg. or pl.

14. cūth-ūtlaghe phr. as n.

Additional spellings: cuthutlaghe
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Law One who harbors a known outlaw.

15. dai-werk, -work, daies werk n. & phr.

Additional spellings: daiwerk, dai-work, daiwork, daies werk
11 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) A normal day's work; a day's customary service; also, a day's fighting; (b) as a land measure: a plot of land that can be plowed by one team in one day [appar. from 3 to 5 poles].

16. drūe-le-reigne phr. as n.

Additional spellings: druelereigne
3 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Dear-to-the-queen, the queen's paramour; -- a nickname.

17. ēst sē n. or phr.

Additional spellings: est-se
4 quotations in 2 senses
Sense / Definition
The southern part of the North Sea, lying between England and the Low Countries.

18. fā̆der in laue, fā̆der in lei n. & phr.

Additional spellings: fader-in-laue, faderinlaue, fader in lei, fader-in-lei, faderinlei
8 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
The father of one's wife or husband, father-in-law.

19. flẹ̄men(e fremth, flẹ̄men-fremth, flẹ̄menes-fremth phr. & n.

Additional spellings: flemene fremth, flemen-fremth, flemenfremth, flemenes-fremth, flemenesfremth
18 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) Law The right of jurisdiction over cases involving the harboring of fugitives or outlaws, the right to collect fines in such cases [orig. prob., the offence of entertaining an outlaw]; (b) in…

20. gọ̄d dai, gọ̄d(d)ai phr. & n.

Additional spellings: godai, goddai
45 quotations in 4 senses
Sense / Definition
A fortunate day; also, good fortune.