English words from Middle English
- frimFlourishing; thriving
- charyCareful, cautious, shy, wary.
- mizzenMizzenmast.
- manumissionRelease from slavery or other legally sanctioned servitude; the giving of freedom.
- yareReady; prepared.
- furrierA person who sells, makes, repairs, alters, cleans, or otherwise deals in pelts or in clothing made of fur.
- swageA tool, used by blacksmiths and other metalworkers, for shaping of a metal item.
- HuytonA town in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ4491).
- pulletA young hen, especially one less than a year old.
- coucherOne who couches.
- phialA bottle or other vessel for containing a liquid; originally any such vessel, especially one for holding a beverage; now (specifically), a small, narrow glass bottle with a cap used to hold liquid chemicals, medicines, etc.
- contrariwiseIn the contrary or opposite way, order, or direction.
- arrantComplete; downright; utter.
- sitchA brook; an occasional small waterway: a ditch, a gutter or drain; a ravine.
- miscarryTo have an unfortunate accident of some kind; to be killed, or come to harm.
- apertopen; uncovered; revealed
- dukedomA region ruled by a duke or duchess.
- sneezyProne to sneeze with little (if any) nasal agitation.
- pindTo impound (as cattle), to shut up in a pound.
- wittilyin a witty manner; using wit.
- fooleryFoolish behaviour or speech.
- deepnessThe state or quality of being deep (either physically or metaphorically)
- habitantA member of a habitation colony at Stadacona founded by Samuel de Champlain, where Quebec City now lies.
- ockerInterest on money; usury; increase.
- wantonnessThe state or characteristic of being wanton; recklessness, especially as represented in lascivious or other excessive behavior.
- teaselAny of several plants of the genus Dipsacus.
- yellowhammerA passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella, of western Eurasia, which is mainly yellow in colour.
- snifterTo sniff; also, to snivel or snuffle.
- unstintingGenerous and tireless with one's contributions of money, time, etc.
- CholmondeleyA village in Cheshire, England.
- trullA female prostitute or harlot.
- byreA barn, especially one used for keeping cattle in.
- dissembleTo disguise or conceal something.
- swaddleTo bind (a baby) with long narrow strips of cloth.
- dastdare (infinitive).
- liquefyTo make (something) into a liquid.
- feeblenessThe quality or state of being feeble; debility; infirmity.
- EcclesiasticusA book of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox canon of the Old Testament, considered apocryphal by Protestants.
- auguryA divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals.
- glimBrightness; splendour.
- rithA small stream or channel.
- crocketAny of a series of hook-shaped decorative floral elements used in Gothic architecture.
- nicetyA small detail or distinction.
- shippenA stable; a cowhouse.
- mucilageA thick gluey substance (gum) produced by many plants and some microorganisms.
- hollinholly
- gangrelA tramp, vagrant, vagabond.
- dulcetSweet, especially when describing voice or tones; melodious.
- frigidityThe state of being frigid; coldness; lack of heat.
- irradiateMade brilliant or bright; irradiated, illuminated.
- whelkCertain edible sea snails, especially, any one of numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to Buccinidae, much used as food in Europe.
- sparrAn English sparrow, house sparrow (Passer domesticus).
- ingrainTo dye with a fast or lasting colour.
- daintilyIn a dainty manner, delicately.
- chitteringThe sound of a chitter.
- exactionThe act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force
- overspreadTo spread over or across (something); cover over; be scattered over; permeate, overrun.
- piteouslyIn a piteous manner; pathetically; plaintively.
- prickleA sharp and often small point, especially that of a plant; a thorn.
- nomanNobody.
- beestbeestings, colostrum
- poisonerA person who poisons something or someone.
- girdlerA person who made girdles.
- hailstoneA single ball of hail, or solid precipitation
- qualmA feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc.
- liverwortA type of bryophyte with a leafy stem or leafless thallus characterized by a dominant gametophyte stage and a lack of stomata on the sporophyte stage of the life cycle.
- forewarningAn advance warning; an omen.
- cackA squawk.
- mannishResembling or characteristic of a man, masculine.
- wheretoTo what; to which place, whither?
- abjurationA solemn recantation or renunciation on oath; as, an abjuration of heresy.
- gloamingTwilight, as at early morning (dawn) or (especially) early evening; dusk.
- adamantineMade of adamant (“an unspecified mineral or rock of virtually impenetrable hardness”).
- churchwardenA lay officer of the Church of England who handles the secular affairs of the parish.
- glowerTo look or stare with anger.
- scratTo scratch or scrape.
- smartnessThe state or quality of being smart, intelligence.
- WensleyA hamlet in South Darley parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2661).
- uncleanlyDirty, unhygienic, not clean.
- rispTo rub together, to rasp or grate.
- deemerOne who deems or judges; a decider, decision maker.
- popplepoplar
- demurelyIn a demure manner.
- cuttleSynonym of cuttlefish.
- groundselAny of several widely-distributed plants, of the genus Senecio, having yellow, daisylike flowers.
- saturnineOf a person: having a tendency to be cold and gloomy.
- jennetA female ass or donkey; a jenny.
- outgoTo go further than (someone or something); to exceed, to go beyond, to surpass.
- childishnessThe state or characteristic of being childish.
- destineTo preordain.
- onholdTo hold on (to).
- rokeFog, mist; light rain; smoke, vapour; damp.
- bespeakTo speak about; tell of; relate; discuss.
- hellhoundA demonic dog of hell, typically of unnatural size, strength or speed, with black fur, glowing eyes, and ghostly or phantom characteristics.
- wheresoeverwherever
- alowLow down.
- shabScabies.
- neckerchiefA scarf that is worn looped or tied around the neck.
- misgivingDoubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread
- disfigureto irreversibly damage the shape or structure of something, negatively affecting its appearance or functionality without completely destroying it.