Word origins

• fremdStrange, unusual, out of the ordinary; unfamiliar.
• felegreatly, much, very
• detractionThe act of detracting something, or something detracted; taking away; diminution.
• wastefulnessimprudent or excessive expenditure or the waste of resources
• saucerfulAs much as a saucer will hold.
• ammerThe yellowhammer; yellow bunting; Emberiza citrinella.
• JenningA rare surname originating as a patronymic.
• parlousAttended with peril; dangerous, risky.
• herryTo honour, praise or celebrate.
• chasubleThe outermost liturgical vestment worn by clergy for celebrating Eucharist or Mass, equivalent to the phelonion of the Eastern tradition.
• MaysonA surname transferred from the given name.
• roydA forest clearing.
• littlenessThe property of being little, smallness.
• regallyIn a regal manner, in the way of, or befitting, royalty.
• upbraidTo criticize severely.
• inwardnessThe characteristic of being inward or directed towards the inside.
• fastlyIn a secure or firm manner; securely
• authoressA female author.
• squarenessThe condition of being square
• denominateTo name; to designate.
• redbreastA European robin, Erithacus rubecula.
• AlmondsburyA village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST6084).
• jollityThe state of being jolly; jolliness, cheerfulness.
• wastefullyIn a wasteful manner.
• drearinessThe characteristic of being dreary.
• penetrableCapable of being penetrated, entered, or pierced.
• gorgetA piece of armour protecting the throat and/or the upper part of the chest.
• metaphysicianA philosopher who specializes in the scholarly study of metaphysics.
• blivequickly; forthwith
• chastenTo make chaste.
• hospitallerA person who attends visitors in a religious institution.
• kilkSynonym of charlock (Phamphospermum arvense, syn. Sinapis arvensis, etc.)
• unworkedYet to be altered, carved, milled, worked, or otherwise changed from its natural or crude state.
• ennobleTo bestow with nobility, honour or grace.
• messuageOriginally, a plot of land as the site for a dwelling house and its appurtenant interests; now, a dwelling house or residential building together with its outbuildings and assigned land.
• virtuouslyIn a virtuous manner.
• agletA catkin.
• baffTo bark; yelp.
• carnalityThe state of being carnal.
• whopTo throw or move (something) quickly, usually with an impact.
• RotherfieldA village and civil parish in Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ5529).
• HaltempriceA locality in Cottingham parish and Willerby parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0231).
• forswearTo renounce or deny something, especially under oath.
• whinnyA gentle neigh.
• darkishSomewhat dark.
• moistnessThe property of being moist.
• lofeAn offer; choice; an opportunity; chance.
• hauberkA coat of mail; especially, the long coat of mail of the European Middle Ages, as contrasted with the habergeon, which is shorter and sometimes sleeveless.
• rankleTo cause irritation, bitterness or acrimony.
• booseA stall for an animal (usually a cow).
• victuallerA supplier of victuals or supplies to an army.
• cockspurA blade for tying to the foot of a gamecock.
• ungoodNot good; bad.
• bedoTo shut; make or put to.
• stoicalEnduring pain and hardship without showing feeling or complaint.
• maledictionA curse.
• taveTo sprawl with the arms and legs; kick or fidget with the feet.
• crabbedBad-tempered or cantankerous.
• obsequiesFuneral rites.
• gaudA cheap showy trinket
• groanerOne who groans or complains.
• idolaterOne who worships idols; (historical) a pagan.
• motonA small plate covering the armpit in armour of the 14th century and later.
• partitiveThat divides something into parts.
• forelockThe part of a person's hairstyle which covers the forehead.
• kercherA bandana.
• introitA prayer, typically part of a psalm or other portion of the Bible, read or sung at the start of Mass while or immediately after the priest ascends to the altar.
• fouthAbundance; plenty.
• abjectlyIn an abject fashion; with great shame; desperately.
• furbishTo polish or burnish.
• choughAny member of either of two species of the genus Pyrrhocorax of birds in the crow family (Corvidae), that breed mainly in high mountains and on coastal sea cliffs of Eurasia.
• hempenMade of hemp
• heanMean; abject; poor; humble; lowly.
• grimnessThe characteristic or quality of being grim.
• unfedNot fed.
• woolpackA bag of wool, traditionally weighing 240 pounds.
• befreeTo make or set free; liberate; deliver; release.
• cholericOf or relating to choler.
• harasAn establishment that breeds horses; a stud farm.
• fettleA state of physical condition; kilter or trim.
• gallowTo frighten, alarm, scare, or terrify.
• chareA narrow lane or passage between houses in a town.
• dimityA light strong fabric with woven stripes or squares.
• broadnessThe state, characteristic, or condition of being broad; breadth.
• beleaveTo leave behind, abandon.
• mankillerOne who kills a human being.
• handlySynonym of handy.
• avermentThe act of averring, or that which is averred; positive assertion.
• pustuleA small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis.
• boakTo burp.
• tatterA shred of torn cloth; an individual item of torn and ragged clothing.
• varletA servant or attendant.
• previsionAdvance knowledge; foresight.
• comfortlessOf a person: deprived of comfort; uncomforted.
• equivocateTo speak using double meaning; to speak ambiguously, unclearly or doubtfully, with intent to deceive; to vacillate in one's answers, responding with equivoques.
• DurnfordA civil parish in Wiltshire, England, which includes the villages of Great Durnford, Little Durnford, Netton and Salterton.
• thousandfoldMultiplied by one thousand (1000), repeated a thousand times.
• lustfullyIn a lustful manner.
• compeerThe equal or peer of someone else; a close companion or associate.
• skeanA double-edged, leaf-shaped, typically bronze dagger formerly used in Ireland and Scotland.