Pain, discomfort. …

(a) The sill of a doorway, a threshold [1st quot. could also be construed as (c)]; also, ?a pine board used as a threshold [quot. a1425, last]; thresh-wold of dore, dore thresh-wold; nether……

(a) A contraction of the uterus while giving birth; the pain and discomfort experienced while giving birth;—usu. pl.; also in fig. context [quot. a1393]; pininge throwes; a twenti throwes, a period of……

(a) An unwoven thread or piece of yarn from the warp of a loom which remains attached to the loom when the web is cut off; also, a short piece of waste thread or yarn; a strand of yarn or bundled……

(a) In cpd.: thrushel cok, = throstel-cok n. (a); (b) in place names [see Smith PNElem.2.217]. …

(a) A young goat, a kid; also fig.; (b) in surname and place names [see Smith PNElem.2.178]. …

An instigator. …

(a) The boards used to deck a section, or to cover a structure, on a ship [difficult to distinguish from (b)]; (b) the act of covering a portion of a ship with boards. …

(a) One who cultivates the land, a husbandman; also fig.; lond tilie; erthe tilie [OE eorþ-tilia], one who cultivates the land, one who engages in husbandry [see also erthe n.(1) 13.(ll)]; (b) as……

(a) Temporal duration; the duration of the world;—also pl.; worldes time; fulnesse (ful-filling, plente) of time, the full measure of time, appointed time; thinges of time, temporal things; under the……

= timpanites n. …

(a) A tenth part of something, ten percent; (b) one-tenth of one's goods, property, etc. given as a religious offering, a tithe; also, the goods or property so given; tithing makinge; (c) the act of……

(a) A double-armed instrument, usually hinged, for manipulating objects too hot or too difficult to hold; a pincers, pliers, pair of tongs;—often pl.; also fig. and in fig. context; fir tonges; paire……

A plant of the subspecies Equisetum, horsetail. …

An order, an arrangement, a division. …

Fig. An attendant circumstance that can obscure the nature of a sin; an attendant circumstance affecting the gravity of a sin. …

(a) A pledge to cease hostilities for a lengthy or an indefinite period of time, usu. as a preliminary to further negotiation or the formal establishment of a peace; also, the peace established……

(a) Loyalty, fidelity; faithfulness, constancy; also, steadfastness; (b) honor, integrity; (c) religious faithfulness, devotion. …

A plant, prob. parsnip or water parsnip Pastinaea sativa. …

(a) A bunch or gathering of hairs, feathers, twigs, etc. attached at the base, a clump; tuft of roddes (twigges), a stand of young shoots, an osier bed; (b) an ornamental tassel or knob; a crest on a……

A custom; also, proper conduct; pl. manners, ways, deeds. …

(a) A male sheep, ram; also, a ram's skin [quot. c1450]; tup hed; tup horn; (b) mil. a battering ram; (c) in surnames and place name. …

The mouth; also in fig. context; also, the devil's mouth. …

(a) One of two children born at a single birth, a twin; pl. two children born at one birth, twins, twin siblings; also, in pleonastic phrases: twein (two) twinnes, twinnes two; (b) pl. two animals……

The act of going around, circuiting; circumference, circuit, perimeter; also fig.; in umgang of, round about (sb. or sth.); also fig. [last quot.]; in his (thin) umgang, round about him (you); of……

(a) The early part of the afternoon; also, midday, noon; under-mel tide (time); (b) an afternoon nap; slepen under-mel; (c) an afternoon meal; (d) as surname. …

(a) A renter of a house or land from a landholder rather than from the lord of the manor, a subtenant; (b) undersetle bishop, ?a suffragan bishop. …

No good end or purpose, mischief; on uniðor, to no good end, unprofitably; to uniðor, astray, amiss. …

Impotence; thurgh uniwald, independently of one’s control, unintentionally. …

Evil practice, wickedness. …

Someone unrestrained by the law, a wrongdoer, lawbreaker. …

Lack of faith, unbelief; ?also, untrustworthiness [2nd quot.]. …

Immoderation, excess; in unmete, ?excessively. …

(a) Weakness; also, insufficiency; also, debility; (b) ?degeneracy. …

(a) ?Generous, open-handed; ?a generous man; (b) as surname. …

An unjustified attack, a hostile invasion or raid. …

(a) Folly, imprudence; a foolish or wicked act; also, sin (b) an ill-conceived scheme, a wicked or ill-advised plot; (c) bad counsel, foolish or wicked advice; also, a foolish piece of advice; (d) as……

(a) That which is unjust, injustice; also, that which is unlawful or unethical; as an attribute of persons: dishonesty, corruption; as an attribute of God: lack of justice, unfairness; mid……

(a) Unhappiness, misery, suffering; also, misfortune, calamity; an adversity, a calamity; (b) wickedness, wicked practice; also, person. a devil [1st quot.]. …

Suffering, affliction; a misfortune, calamity; also [quot. c1350], ?a misdeed, crime; ?error for homicide n. …

Ingratitude. …

(a) A moral failing, vice; an act of immorality, a sin; an evil habit, a wicked practice; also, immorality, viciousness [quots. c1225(?c1200) HMaid. & perh. c1230, 1st]; ?also, coll. evil ways, sinful……

Rudeness; also, ?a flaw in manners, a discourtesy [2nd quot.]; delen untiȝtel, to engage in (revelry). …

(a) Foolishness, folly; ignorance; (b) an instance or example of foolishness or ignorance. …

A state of ignorance or folly. …

Dishonor, disrespect, irreverence; disgrace, shame; also, an act or instance of dishonor, etc. …

(a) Reproach, reproof, upbraiding; also person.; (b) an object of reproach. …

(a) The act of rising from bed (b) resurrection; specif., the resurrection of Christ; also, Christ as the agent of resurrection [quots. c1300 & a1400, 1st]; (c) the rising of the sun or a star; sonne……

A plant of the genus Vitis, a vine; also fig.; whit vine-tre, the common or white bryony (Bryonia dioica). …

(a) A vineyard; also, a pictorial representation of a vineyard [quot. a1398]; vine-yerd of plesire, ?a vineyard designed for recreational or aesthetic purposes; vine-yerd silver, a customary rent paid……

The quality of having grown or increased, might, power. …

Alum. …

A witch, sorceress. …

(a) The state or condition of penury, deprivation, neediness, etc., want; also, famine, dearth (b) the absence or lack (of sth.); a deficiency or shortage (of sth.); water wane, a shortage or lack of……

Direction; with here (thas shrafes, thas sterres) ward, in the direction of them (the cave, the star), toward them (the cave, the star). …

A customary rent paid in commutation of guard service or as a tax for its maintenance; also, the obligation of paying such a rent; also, a fine for failing to pay such a rent or to provide a guard for……

(a) A guard, watchman; a jailer; (b) pl. select representatives of a municipal ward, with various administrative powers and responsibilities; (c) the obligation to provide a man for guard service. …

A bird of the genus Lanius, a shrike or butcherbird; also used as a term of abuse. …

(a) A malicious curse or an act of cursing; (b) ?hostility, hatred; ?error for warmnes(se n. …

(a) A gallows, gibbet; also, an instrument of infernal punishment, a gibbet of hell; also used in fig. context (b) a cross used for execution by crucifixion; the cross upon which Jesus was crucified;……

(a) The middle section of the human body between the bottom of the rib cage and the pelvis, waist (b) fig. the midsection of a ship; wast bordes (tres), ?reinforcing timbers placed in the midsection……

?Parsley. …

(a) A wave of water, esp. in the sea; ?also, a current; gon in wawes, to become tempestuous (b) pl. the sea, seen as a collection of individual waves; (c) used metonymically: the sea; water; wau of……

A beam of a weaver’s loom. …

(a) One whose occupation is weaving, a weaver; also, a member of a weavers’ guild (b) in cpds. and combs.: webbester bem, = web-bem, q.v.; webbester(es lome, a weaver’s loom; coverlite webbester, a……

A man bound to another by oath or pledge of loyalty, sworn brother. …

Madness, insanity, fury; wede berȝe, q.v.; at wede, ?in a state of madness [perh. from misunderstanding of aweden v.]; oute of wede, ?because of madness or rage; gon to wede, to go mad. …

A pledge breaker. …

(a) A plant, perh. cudweed (Filago vulgaris or Gnaphalium uliginosum); ?also, mouse-ear hawkweed (Hieracium pilosella); also, a part of one of these plants used medicinally (b) ?yellow flag (Iris……

(a) A place where two or more roads meet, junction; also, a street, byway; bi wei and bi wei-lete, here, there, and everywhere; (b) in surnames and place name. …

(a) A deep pool or turbulent whirlpool, as in the sea; also, a rushing stream, torrent; also fig. (b) a pit; an infernal pool or pit; also fig.; also, the pit or abyss of hell; helle wel; (c) in……

(a) Dominion; sphere, domain; also, control, authority; haven in (to) weld (b) power; grasp; also, command; also, a state of domination; at wille and (at) weld; (c) might, wealth, influence; force,……

(a) Sg. & coll. Worldly wealth, riches; possessions, goods; worldes (world, worldli) wele (b) pl. riches; possessions, goods; also fig.; ertheli (world) weles; weles-yerninge, greed, acquisitiveness;……

(a) A trap for catching fish, crabs, etc., prob. made of wicker; ?wele hous [may be a mistranscription of wilchon n.]; (b) a basket for storage. …

(a) The plant watercress (Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum); also, the plant fenugreek;—prob. the European Trigonella foenum-graecum, but possibly its British relative, Trifolium ornithopodioides (b)……

A leather strip stitched between the sole and the upper of a shoe, welt. …

(a) A bird, prob. the pheasant or wood grouse; also used as a type of some human failing akin to foolishness or dullness; (b) in place name [see Smith PNElem. 2.255]. …

A host, company; man were, fighting forces, an army. …

Law A sum of money established as the value of a free man, determined according to social rank and paid as compensation for the murder or injury of such a man. …

Law A thief whose guilt might be absolved through payment of his wergild; also, the payment of compensation for a theft; ?also, the right to receive such payments [quot. a1315 & perh. others]. …

(a) Physical fatigue, exhaustion; also, lassitude, enervation; also, a cause for exhaustion, an extreme physical demand; ?the wearying effects (of battle) [last quot.] (b) psychological weariness,……

Some sort of covering or adornment for the head, prob. a circlet; ?a garland. …

The cucumber plant (Cucumis sativus) or its fruit, or some similar plant or gourd. …

A human being supernaturally transformed into a wolf, a lycanthrope; also, a man-eating wolf [quot. c1410]; also fig. [quots. ?a1450 & last]. …

(a) The west; bi westen, in the west; also, as prep.: west of (sth.) [quot. c1275]; from westen, from the west; (b) in surname. …

(a) Water as a naturally occurring substance; water as a medium for preparing recipes, soaking, etc.; also, a fluid with properties similar to those of water (b) a naturally occurring body of water,……

Naut. A piece of caulking material placed between the lapstrakes while the ship is under construction;—also coll. …

?Pomposity, showiness, display; ?instability. …

Pathol. An eruption of the skin, a raised sore, pustule; also, a similar lesion on an internal organ; ?a sore characterized by ichorous matter. …

(a) The color white, white as the color opposite to black; also, a pale or whitish color; also, whiteness, whiteness as the opposite of blackness; her. ?the color argent; bright (shininge) whit, a……

(a) The quality of whiteness; the condition of being white; the color white, a white color; also, an off-white or whitish color, the white or whitish color (of teeth, hair, a bodily fluid, morbid……

A diviner; the wiȝelere, the devil. …

A duty, responsibility; also, an office or a position [last quot.]. …

A deserted or an uninhabited place or region, a wilderness; also, unsettled land; also fig. and in fig. context; wildernes lond, a place of desolation, a deserted place; wildernes side, a woodside, a……

(a) Wild, uninhabited, or uncultivated territory; trackless, desolate land; a tract or region of wild or uninhabited land; a desert; also fig. (b) in names of specific places: wildernes of inde; ……

(a) An act of deceit, a deception, trick; an underhanded scheme, a subterfuge; a plot, machination; also, a clever maneuver, tactic, cunning strategy; also person. [quot. c1400(?a1387)]; wile and……

In phrase: the wiliere, the devil. …

(a) A name for the hare; (b) as proper name and surname. …

(a) An apparatus for hoisting or hauling, a winch, windlass [cp. windas n.]; naut. middel wind, ?a central garnet used in brailing up the sail (b) a wooden reel from which a hank or thread of yarn……

(a) In comb.: Windsore heraud, an office or officer of the town or castle of Windsor in Berkshire; (b) in surname and place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.268]. …