English words from Middle English
- netwiseIn the manner or configuration of a net
- SclaterA surname from Middle English.
- sittenSeated.
- OddyAn English surname.
- hayerOne who cuts hay for animal fodder.
- fiddlesticksNonsense! Expresses dismissal or disdain.
- LindowA surname.
- frazzleTo fray or wear down, especially at the edges.
- HogbenA surname from Middle English.
- NottageA suburb of Porthcawl, Bridgend borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS8178).
- AttridgeA surname.
- MickleoverA large suburban village and ward on the west side of the City of Derby, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3034).
- overstretchTo stretch too far.
- OrgillA surname from Middle English [in turn transferred from the nickname].
- PettengillA surname from Middle English.
- SummerhaysA surname from Middle English.
- BrockbankA surname from Middle English.
- amperA tumour, often accompanied by inflammation; pustule; varicose vein; pus; atter.
- MyresA surname from Middle English.
- DudneyA surname from Middle English.
- ScroggsA surname from Middle English.
- BunneyA surname from Middle English.
- ScarffA surname.
- pedlerA surname from Middle English.
- ablateTo remove or decrease something by cutting, erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization.
- DaughteryA surname.
- hawseThe part of the bow containing the hawseholes.
- habituateTo make accustomed; to accustom; to familiarize.
- gurryA circular gong that was struck at regular intervals to indicate the time.
- bibberOne given to drinking alcoholic beverages too freely; a tippler.
- SarelA surname.
- LaverickA surname from Middle English.
- MarterA surname from Middle English.
- FerriterA surname originating as an occupation.
- StockettA surname from Middle English.
- MickleyA habitational surname.
- truckleA small wheel; a caster or pulley.
- SpratlingA surname from Middle English.
- SmitheyA surname from Middle English [in turn from Old Norse].
- lodesA surname from Middle English.
- arvalA funeral feast or wake at which bread and ale was served, traditional in Scotland, the North of England, and among the Norse.
- SkeatA surname.
- CnutA male given name from Old Norse, a historical spelling of Canute (Scandinavian Knut) in historical context.
- HallumsA surname from Middle English.
- KidnerA surname from Middle English.
- shinglerA person who installs shingles.
- swiddenAn area of land that has been cleared by cutting the vegetation and burning it; slash and burn.
- WaghornA surname from Middle English.
- whitterA surname originating as an occupation.
- HardacreA surname from Middle English.
- holdmanA man employed in the hold of a ship to load and unload cargo.
- sollarsA surname.
- ConyerA surname from Middle English.
- HorderA surname from Middle English.
- dodmanA land-based snail.
- hedeRank; order; condition; quality.
- MicklehamA village and civil parish in Mole Valley district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ1753).
- WallbankA surname from Middle English.
- AbdyA hamlet in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4398).
- achateAn agate.
- afearTo imbue with fear; to affright, to terrify.
- afreardafraid
- agreeabilityThe property of being agreeable; pleasantness.
- alwhiteComposed of polished steel plates covering most or all of the body without a surcoat or other covering; white; pertaining to white armor.
- anxomAnxious.
- atristTo trust.
- AtterberryA surname from Middle English.
- BarkhouseA surname from Middle English.
- bedoleTo stupefy with pain or grief.
- befangTo lay hold on; seize; grasp; catch; clutch.
- bel-A prefix equivalent to grand-
- belaveTo lave or wash about; wash all over; wash.
- bellfounderSomeone who makes bells by foundry work (casting, grinding, polishing).
- bemeanTo mean; signify; inform.
- berayTo make foul; befoul; soil.
- besailTo attack or assail; lunge at or toward; assault.
- beshineTo shine around or upon.
- BigottA surname.
- blob-woreA seaweed with egg-shaped floats.
- Boldon BookThe record of a Norman survey of the bishopric of Durham by the bishop of Durham in 1183.
- BosherA surname originating as an occupation.
- BrackstoneA surname originating as an occupation.
- by-Town or city.
- BygottA surname.
- by hook or by crookBy any means possible; one way or another.
- cardoonAny member of the species Cynara cardunculus of prickly perennial plants which has leaf stalks eaten as a vegetable, related to the artichoke.
- CharkerA surname originating as an occupation [in turn from Middle English].
- close upTo close (remove a gap) completely or fully.
- clourA field.
- clubsterSynonym of stoat.
- CogbillA surname from Middle English.
- CraskA hamlet in Sutherland, Scotland (OS grid ref NC721625).
- CrathorneA village and civil parish in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ443030).
- crownerOne who, or that which, crowns.
- CullopA surname from Middle English.
- CuppettAn English surname transferred from the nickname.
- daintithA surname transferred from the nickname.
- dalkA pin; brooch; clasp.
- denaryAn ancient coin, the denarius.
- despectContempt, derision.