(a) The core (of an apple); the heart (of an onion); sparen neither appel ne colk, to do all one can, go as quickly as possible; (b) the center or bottom (of the heart).
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(a) A woman's private parts; cunte-beten, impotent (man); (b) the corresponding organ(s) of a female animal; (c) sexual intercourse; (d) in place names and surnames; grope cunte lane [see gropen v.]……
(a) A native of Flanders; a person of Flemish birth or ancestry; ?a peddler [Competition in trade colored the Englishman's view of the Flemmings from the 14. cent. on; see esp. quots. 1390, a1450……
(a) To listen attentively, take heed, harken; herken to, listen to (sb. or sth.); herken of, listen to (sth.), hear about; herken unto, listen to (sb.); (b) to listen to (sth. or sb.) attentively……
(a) A circular band of wood or metal, used for barrels, wheels, candelabra; a hoop, ring; welle hop, q.v.; (b) a circular band used to support the sign outside a house or inn; (c) one of the ribs of a……
(a) A joint of the body, esp. a knobby joint; a knuckle; (b) the end of a bone which fits into a joint or a socket; (c) a fist; (d) a morbid lump or swelling.
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(a) Lack, absence, want; shortage, deficiency; default of payment; lak of sacramentes, failure to receive the sacraments; no lak (of, no shortage (of, no deficiency (of; pens lak, q.v.; (b) for lak of……
(a) Evil, wickedness; (b) an evil thing or event; a wicked act or sin; harm or trouble; sickness or injury; (c) boden qued, to foretell evil; don (to) qued, do evil, do wrong; don (spien, waiten,……
(a) Refl. To make confession, make confession (to sb., to God); also iron., with implication of impending decease [quot.: Chaucer TC]; (b) refl.shriven o (of), to confess (sins), make confession of……
(a) Rigid, stiff; (b) upright, straight; also, as adv. with sitten and stonden: in an upright position, straight; (c) taut; (d) fig. unwavering, resolute; (e) of a substance: viscous.
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(a) To stab (sb. or sth.), pierce with a weapon; stab (sb., an animal) to death, kill; steken doun, cut (sb.) down with a sword; ppl.stekede, stabbed, killed; (b) to nail (Jesus on the cross); fig.……
(a) To leap, jump; cavort, caper, prance; also fig.; also, jump up and down in joy or fear; sterten up, leap up in the air; also fig.; ppl.stertinge, leaping, bounding, skipping; (b) with prep……
(a) The handle of a plow; (b) a wooden crutch; an artificial leg, peg leg; also, a stilt; stilt bond, a strap for attaching a stilt or a peg leg; (c) ?one of the uprights of a ladder; (d) in surname.
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(a) To go, depart; turn away, turn aside; also fig.; get up (out of bed); swerven aside (oute); (b) to stagger; move in a course which is not straight; of the lip of a wound: depart from a straight……
