English words from Middle English
- fersThe medieval chess piece that developed into the modern queen.
- GeffreyA male given name from the Germanic languages, a medieval spelling of Geoffrey, rarely used today.
- almucantarA small circle on the celestial sphere, parallel to the horizon, that is used in astronomy and navigation to show altitude of a star or any other heavenly body.
- bemeA mediaeval trumpet, usually used in hunting or warfare.
- cyserA kind of mead made with apples.
- drightenA lord; ruler; sovereign; chief; leader; prince.
- dwarrowA dwarf (member of a race of beings usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting and metalworking, often as short with long beards, and sometimes as clashing with elves).
- dweomerThe magical aura on an enchanted item; or more broadly, the aura of a magic spell having been cast while active.
- dweomercraftMagic; magical arts; jugglery.
- femerellThe lantern, louvre, or covering placed in the ridge of a hall roof for the purpose of ventilation or letting out the smoke of the fire kindled on a central hearth.
- jangleryChatter; gossip.
- learning-knightOne disciplined and devoted to learning; a student or disciple.
- mawmennyA dish eaten in later medieval England, made with spice and almost always with boneless meat from poultry (usually teased or mashed; most recipes name capon as an option), usually containing wine and either sugar or honey.
- mithridateAny of various historical medicines, typically an electuary compounded with various poison, believed to derive from Mithridates VI and to serve as a universal antidote.
- musardA dreamer; an absent-minded person.
- quaintrelleA woman who is focused on style and leisurely pastimes.
- ruel-boneA piece of ivory, generally from a marine mammal.
- shrewardA rascal; a scoundrel.
- vernageA sweet, white Italian wine.
- withspeakTo speak against; contradict.
- yeartimeA time of the year; a season.
- ylemIn the Big Bang theory, the hot and dense plasma that made up the matter in the cosmos following the initial baryogenesis at an early stage of its expansion and cooling, from which the first atoms formed and photons decoupled. The emission of photons in this phase is regarded as the source of the cosmic microwave background.
- yoghA letter of the Middle English alphabet (capital Ȝ, small ȝ), in form derived from the Old English shape of the letter g, and used to represent various palatal and velar sounds.