English words from Northern Middle English
- bigOf great size, large.
- lawThe body of binding rules and regulations, customs, and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities.
- lakeA large, landlocked stretch of water or similar liquid.
- scaleA ladder; a series of steps; a means of ascending.
- burnA physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.
- langlong
- sprintA short race at top speed.
- kirkA church.
- haleSound, entire, healthy; robust, not impaired.
- peatSoil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas, often burned as fuel.
- baneA cause of misery or ruin.
- waldTo govern; inherit.
- feudA state of long-standing mutual hostility.
- brimOriginally, a border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; now, any border or edge.
- kaleAn edible plant, similar to cabbage, with curled leaves that do not form a dense head (Brassica oleracea var. acephala)
- dikeTo be well dressed.
- aadold
- LomaxA former region in Lancashire, England (believed to be Lumhalghs).
- luneA fit of lunacy or madness; a period of frenzy; a crazy or unreasonable freak.
- creelA woven basket, especially a wicker basket.
- laveTo bathe or wash (someone or something).
- yairAn enclosure for catching salmon as the tide ebbs.
- rameA remark or complaint repeated incessantly.
- speightA woodpecker.
- birkA birch tree.
- staneA dialectal or obsolete form of stone.
- larnTo learn.
- sikeA gutter or ditch; a small stream that frequently dries up in the summer; the marshy ground or ditch through which such a stream flows.
- AcombA village and civil parish in south Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY9366).
- byenbone
- caukAn opaque, earthy variety of barite, or heavy spar.
- chaftThe jaw.
- hyemhome
- kingricA kingdom or realm.
- knaaTo know
- -ricA termination denoting jurisdiction, or a district over which government is exercised.
- steanA vessel made of clay or stone; a pot of stone or earth.
- styenstone
- swallyThe act of swallowing.
- thibleA stick for stirring food.
- unbowsomeUnbending, not bending, not shifting.