A capacity for doing something, proficiency in an art or profession, ability, power. …

Pain, esp. continuous or deep-seated pain; aching, suffering; ache of hed, headache; toth ake; aches of love, the woes of love. …

(a) Dealings, intercourse, traffic; (b) sexual intercourse; (c) conflict, fighting. …

Reliance, trust; don affie, setten affie, to put (one's) trust (in sb.). …

(a) An acorn; akorns of okes; cup of an akorn; (b) mast, such as acorns and nuts. …

(a) A tool or instrument with a sharp point; (b) a shoemaker's awl; (c) a spike (on armor); (d) a quill (of a hedgehog or porcupine); an awn. …

Denoting the total number of entities in a class or group: all (persons, creatures, things, units); all without exception: (a) with a noun: al(le men, al(le the knightes, the knightes al(le, etc.; (b)……

(a) Alder (Alnus glutinosa); alder tre; (b) alder kerre, alder kyr, alder was, alder swamp; alder shawe, alder thicket. …

The Germans, the German nation; also, the Teutons. …

Eel spear, fish spear. …

Aloe: (a) the tree; (b) the juice or resin of the tree, aloes; (c) med. the drug aloes; aloe caballinum (cicotrine, epatik). …

Removal (from office), discharge. …

(a) The ankle; ankle bone, esp. the inner projection [quots. c1150, c1440]; innermore ancle; utward ancle, outer projection of the ankle; (b) ancle bon, ankle bone; utter ancle, outer projection of……

(a) Confession of sins; (b) profession (of faith, etc.). …

(a) A two-edged stiletto or dagger; (b) a spike [see quot.]. …

Earthworm. …

A corn; ?also, a whitlow. …

A musical composition based upon a scriptural text, sung in the Church Offices before each psalm and often repeated after the psalm, or after each verse of the psalm [see Karl Young, The Drama of the……

A book containing a collection of antiphones [cp. anteme] and, it seems, also other sacred songs; antiphoner noted, an antiphoner with musical notation. …

A pope elected in opposition to one regarded as canonically chosen. …

(a) A decision or resolve; (b) (mental) equipment, capability. …

(a) A weapon for discharging quarrels, stones, etc., consisting of a bow set crosswise on a shaft; a crossbow, an arbalest; (b) a missile shot from a crossbow; arblast shute. …

Fulfillment, satisfaction, reparation; maken (don) asseth, give satisfaction: (a) fulfillment of a wish, expectation or requirement; (b) fulfilling of a need; (c) satisfactory answer to a question or……

(a) Ashes of combustible materials; brennen to asshe; turnen to asshe; (b) ashes as used in medicaments, for making lye, etc.; (c) hot ashes or coals, as for baking. …

(a) Possessions collectively, one's property, goods, wealth; (b) a possession, something valuable; also, a gift; -- often in pl.; (c) erthli aughte, worldli aughte, worldes aughte, worldly goods……

A firedog, an andiron; -- often pl. …

One of the celestial servants of God, an angel. …

(a) The altar of a church; also, the altar placed before the shrine or image of a saint; (b) heigh auter, chef auter, the high altar, the altar on which the Eucharist is offered; sacrement of the……

(a) Benefit, advantage, profit; ben avail, to be useful or effective; ben litel avail, to be of little value; (b) of persons: worthiness. …

Things owned; possessions, property, wealth; -- coll. or pl. …

A service owed by the tenant to his feudal superior [orig. consisting of work performed by the tenant with his draft animals]. …

(a) A baker; (b) as surname. …

(a) An office held by delegation from a superior; delegated authority, jurisdiction, or rule; an official post or commission; the office of a baillif; office of bailli; (b) performance or service in……

(a) A building or a room equipped for baking bread, a bakery (as in a lord's household, a village); comon bak-hous; also, a bakery with its staff of officers and servants; office of the bak-hous,……

Power to control, rule, or dispose; -- only in prep. phrases: (a) ben in (at) bandoun, be in (someone's) power or under (his) control; be dominated by (sb.); be in bondage; ben in sere bandons, be……

A fish of the perch family; perch, bass. …

A manorial service consisting of mowing for the lord of the manor. …

(a) Confined to bed, bedridden; (b) one who is confined to bed. …

(a) The belly of man or animal, abdomen; beli and bak, before and behind, all over; (b) the body; (c) beli blind, blind as the inside of the belly, pitch dark; beli bond, a band or strap passing under……

The fruit of the common barberry (Berberis vulgaris). …

(a) A man, male person; also, person, human being; (b) bern ne best, man nor beast; bernes and brides, men and women; etc.; (c) mate, husband; (d) serving man, servant. …

One who makes announcements or carries messages and performs other services on the authority of a lord, court, guild, etc.; herald, town crier, summoner; bidel hod, a beadle's hood; bidel land (a……

(a) A promise or pledge; also, what is promised; bihoten, maken bihest, make a promise; bilesten, fulfillen, holden bihest, keep or carry out a promise; breken bihest; (b) lond of bihest, the Promised……

A nest of wild bees or wasps; a honeycomb; hony bike. …

(a) An ornate covered bowl for mixing wine; (b) a drinking vessel; goblet, beaker; biker cuppe; biker maker. …

A nest of wild bees. …

A cutting, hacking, or grubbing implement: (a) a falchion, halberd, pike, gisarme; bil ibeat; (b) a pruning hook or blade; (c) a mattock, pickax, or hoe; (d) bil hager (i.e. hakker), an offensive……

A paramour. …

A woman of noble birth; damsel, lady, lady in waiting; fre iboren birde; also, woman; -- frequ. in allit. phrases: birde bright, fair lady; birde in boure, damsel in bower; bern and birde, lord and……

A body of customs or regulations current in a community (a village or district) and enforced locally, esp. regulations concerning land use, grazing, etc. [See G. C. Homans, Eng.Villagers (1942), pp……

(a) The act of giving birth, childbirth; birth bering; labour of birth; at on (a) birth, in one delivery; (b) birth in wombe, conception. …

A legal adviser. …

Ridicule, mockery, derision, disdain, or an instance of it; on (a) or for bi-smar, by way of mockery or ridicule, tauntingly, derisively; driven to bi-smar, engage in mockery, make fun of, be amused……

(a) An entreaty or request; (b) chirche-bisocnie, attendance at church. …

A bit of food. …

(a) What has been acquired; property, possessions, goods; for al his biyete, for all the world; (b) gain, profit, benefit, advantage; also, interest (on loans); (c) spoils, booty; (d) prey. …

(a) Blowing (of wind), a gust; windes blas; (b) blowing (of a bellows); beli blas; breath (of the devil); (c) blowing (of horns), blast. …

(a) A flame, a blaze; blase of fire; tenden blase, setten on blase, set on fire; ben on blase, be on fire, burn; (b) a firebrand, torch, beacon; (c) a blaze of light. …

A lead founder. …

An increase; specif., what is given to boot (in a bargain). …

(a) An edifice, such as a castle or mansion; (b) a dwelling place, an abode; (c) in names [see A.H. Smith PNElem. 1.43]. …

Something used for tying, binding, wrapping, fastening, joining: (a) a cord, string (also fig.); a strap, halter, leash; a bowstring; (b) a twist of straw; a tendril; (c) a bandage or wrapping; (d) a……

(a) The feudal tenure or status of a bonde or bond(eman (q.v.), bondage; holden lond in bondage; (b) a service required of a customary tenant; (c) the class of bondmen and serfs, the unfree. …

Inflammable bitumen, some form of petroleum. …

(a) The part of a suit of armor protecting the arm; (b) an arm guard or wrist guard used by archers; (c) a bracelet, an armlet. …

?A rent paid for salt, saltsilver. …

(a) Violence, impetuosity; (b) anger, rage; -- also pl.; (c) the deadly sin of Wrath. …

(a) Porridge, pulse; (b) broth (of meat), liquor (of vegetables);(c) ?a type of ale or beer; ?some sort of broth, juice, or liquor;bre mongere, a seller of such a commodity; ale bre, a drink made from……

(a) The undergarment covering the lower part of the body; underpants, drawers, or tights; brech and sherte, sark and brek; (b) brech, brek, as pl.; a pare brech, a pair of breeches. …

(a) A loincloth, breeches; (b) a surgical belt or truss; (c) a money belt [confused with bi-girdel]. …

(a) A sudden or quick movement, such as a jerk, wrench, pull, start, jolt; (b) a rash or hasty act; a move; (c) an impassioned utterance, an outburst or outcry; (d) an unusual occurrence or event……

A flaw of some kind; ?a wrinkle. …

A thorny shrub or prickly plant; a bramble or brier; specif., the blackberry (Rubus fruticosus) or dewberry (R. caesius); brembel busk; brembel bery. …

(a) The thorax or chest, esp. as containing the vital organs; streightnesse of brest, asthma; nimen under brest, swallow (sth.); (b) womb, bosom. …

(a) A bird of any kind; briddes and bestes; (b) brid of prai, a bird of prey; brid of gentris, a noble bird; brid of plesaunce, a bird used in the sport of hunting; feld brid, wild fowl; (c) a bird as……

(a) A light body armor, consisting of a front and a back half, worn by foot soldiers (later also by others); pair (of) briganders; (b) briganders maker; briganders nail. …

A body of water, such as the sea, a pool, spring, river. …

(a) The mineral sulphur; (b) quik brim-ston, native or virgin sulphur; ded brim-ston, sulphur which has been rendered inert; poudre of brim-ston, flowers of sulphur; brim-ston water, water containing……

The island on which England, Cornwall, Wales, and Scotland are (or were) situated, or those parts of the island held by Celts after the Anglo-Saxon conquest; also, specif., Wales, Cornwall; Britaine……

(a) The bank (of a stream); the brink or raised edge (of a ditch or pit); (b) in names. …

(a) A child, a brat; -- used contempt.; Belial brolles, sons of Belial; (b) a wretch, a worthless person. …

The low-pitched undersong accompanying the melody, burden; the bass (as distinguished from the mean and the treble); also, of snoring: accompaniment. …

(a) A maker or seller of burel; (b) one who dresses cloth by removing burles, i.e. knots and flaws; (c) either (a) or (b). …

A hill or mountain; also a towering mass of hair. …

Land occupied by country people or farmers; ?also, land held by cottagers. …

A manorial rent exacted for a tenant's cattle. …

(a) A woods, grove; thicket, underbrush; bank and bush, hill and (wooded) dale; under the bush, in (the shelter of) the woods; (b) rank growth. …

A boatman. …

(a) A buttock; pl. rump, posteriors; (b) rump, posteriors; (c) element in personal names. …

(a) A flat cake or loaf; also, an unbaked cake or loaf; haver (ote, oten) cake, a cake of oaten bread; therf cake, a cake of unleavened bread; barli cake, flouren cake, spiced cake; (b) bread of the……

Naut. A calking iron. …

(a) A net for the hair, a kind of headdress; (b) comeli under calle, beautiful in one's headdress; uncomeli under calle; maken (sb.) a houve aboven a calle, to make a fool of (sb.);(c) ?a hood, ?a……

A water bird; ?a kingfisher; fig. a loose woman. …

The wild fig-tree; capri-fig tre. …

A male bird. …

(a) The driver of a cart or coach; a carter, coachman; also fig.; (b) carter stable, a stable for cart horses; lavedies carter, ladies' coachman; (c) as personal name. …

The cause of an effect; source, origin, root. …

Trade in goods, buying and selling, commerce, bargaining; driven, usen chaffare, engage in trade, do business; chaffare of lesinges, dishonest trade or bargaining. …

(a) Jaw, jawbone; chaft bon; (b) pharynx; pl. tonsils. …

(a) One who makes false charges, slanders, or inflicts injury; fals chalenger; (b) one who disputes something, objector; (c) a claimant. …