Search Constraints

« Previous | 1 - 20 of 25 |
Etymology icge gold Remove constraint Etymology: icge gold
Number of results to display per page

Search Results

1. colẹ̄r n.

61 quotations in 6 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) An ornamental border at the neck of a garment, a collar; coler hem, the hem at the neck of a garment or its collar; (b) a cape or wrap worn over the shoulders. …

2. step n.

105 quotations in 7 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) A movement of the foot in walking, a step; -- also used of a horse's step; also, an act of taking a step; fot step; (b) fig. of (a); folwen (seuen, etc.) stepes, to follow the example (of sb……

3. strēmer(e n.

Additional spellings: stremere
15 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) Naut. A streamer or pennant attached to the mast of a ship and serving as an identification of the vessel or as a signal flag during battles; (b) a streamer on a standard; also, eccl., a pennant……

4. leǧǧe n.

20 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) A bar or strip of wood fixed transversely or diagonally on the inside of a door, gate, or shutter as a means of bracing; a ledge; (b) a board nailed around the arc of the centering to carry the……

5. with prep.

1153 quotations in 39 senses
Sense / Definition
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……

6. pendaunt n.

48 quotations in 5 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) The hanging end of a belt, girdle, or garter, often richly ornamented; also, the ornament itself; (b) a pendent ornament hanging from a poitrel or from a knight's accouterments; gore pendaunt, a……

7. pareil n.(2)

25 quotations in 5 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) Furnishing, accoutrements; a decorative cloth (for an altar); (b) naut. equipment belonging to a boat; rigging; (c) Naut. A rope or chain used to fasten a yard to a mast, a parrel; pareil rop, a……

8. sǒuth adv.

35 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) With ref. to motion, direction, or extent: to the south; southward; also, from the south [quots. a1398, a1450(c1412)]; even (right) south, due south; naut. south and bi est (west), in a direction……

9. trussing(e ger.

Additional spellings: trussinge
36 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) The act of packing, packing up; (b) trussing bed, a bed designed to be taken apart and packed for traveling, a portable bed; also, ?a trundle bed; trussing chalice (cuppe), ?a chalice (cup) for……

10. lī̆st(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: liste
74 quotations in 5 senses
Sense / Definition
Border, edge, rim; hem; band, stripe. …

11. nẹ̄dle n.

121 quotations in 4 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) A sewing needle; ?also, a pointed instrument, style [quot.: (c1392) 30/8]; seuinge nedle; (b) surg. any one of various kinds of needle used in surgical procedures, a surgical needle [not always……

12. ap(p)areil n.

Additional spellings: appareil
60 quotations in 5 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) Furnishings, trappings, accoutrements (as of a household, a room, an altar, etc.); a piece of such; magnificence or extravagance; (b) naut. equipment belonging to a boat; rigging; also, the crew……

13. bak n.

156 quotations in 10 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) The back of the body of man or beast; (b) bak and beli (brest, side, etc.); (c) the rear end. …

14. shrǒud n.

71 quotations in 5 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) A garment, an article of clothing; a priestly vestment; also, an outfit of clothing or armor, a set of clothes; also, (one's) clothing, attire; also fig.; (b) coll. clothing, clothes……

15. trussen v.

110 quotations in 7 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) To pack, pack up; ?also, lade a ship, make ready to sail [last quot. & perh. 1st]; also, refl. pack oneself up, get oneself ready to go; (b) to apply a truss to the body. …

16. rọ̄f n.

107 quotations in 7 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) A roof; also, the framing structure of a roof independent of its outer covering; also fig.; bastel (chaumbre, chirche(s, halle, hous) rof [see bastel n., etc.]; (b) a shelter from the elements……

17. strīken v.

277 quotations in 14 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) To deliver a blow; strike or slash (with a sword); also, fight, attack; striken togeder (togederes), smite each other, fight; of heaven and earth: crash or clash together; wel striking, of a……

18. dēd adj.

291 quotations in 16 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) Of persons, animals, bodies, parts of bodies: dead, no longer alive; also fig.; ben ded, to be dead; (b) of trees, flowers, etc.: dead. …

19. setten v.

1640 quotations in 40 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) To make (sb.) sit, seat (sb.); also, with partitive construction: setten of..over heigh setle, fig. seat (someone's offspring) upon (his) high throne, make to rule; setten adoun (doun, up), make……

20. seisen v.

138 quotations in 6 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) To take possession; take possession of (a country, city, land, goods, etc.); seize (sth.) by force; capture (sth.); also fig.; also, take legal possession of (sth.), confiscate; seisen on, usurp……

©2025 Regents of the University of Michigan. For details about this collection's copyright see the MEC copyright statement and the U-M Library Copyright Policy. Data last refreshed Tuesday, March 4, 2025 at 12:18:00.