English words from Middle English
- ScroggsA surname from Middle English.
- 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).
- BunneyA surname from Middle English.
- forswearTo renounce or deny something, especially under oath.
- whinnyA gentle neigh.
- darkishSomewhat dark.
- ScarffA surname.
- 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.
- pedlerA surname from Middle English.
- 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.
- ablateTo remove or decrease something by cutting, erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization.
- 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.
- DaughteryA surname.
- 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.
- fulminateTo make a verbal attack.
- ferialPertaining to an ordinary weekday, rather than a festival or fast.
- brandrethA tripod or stand for a cask, a haystack, etc.
- knapeA lad.
- amoretAn amorous girl or woman; a wanton.
- bodilessLacking a body; incorporeal.
- newcomeJust arrived; lately come.
- untaughtNot taught; uneducated.
- uncoupleTo disconnect or detach one thing from another.
- warrenerOne who farms or hunts rabbits professionally; the keeper of a warren
- promptitudeThe quality of being prompt; alacrity.
- browsterA brewer.
- pennyweightA unit of mass equal to 24 grains, or ¹⁄₂₀ of a troy ounce.
- inturnTo turn in or inward.
- seldomlySeldom; rarely.
- lewdlyIn a lewd manner.
- pastieAn item worn (often by strippers) to conceal one's nipples.
- catechumenA student of Christian doctrine who studies it for the purpose of adopting it: either a convert to Christianity under instruction before baptism or a young or recent Christian preparing for confirmation.
- hawseThe part of the bow containing the hawseholes.
- pessaryA medical device similar to the outer ring of a contraceptive diaphragm, most commonly used to support a displaced uterus; also called therapeutic pessary.
- abaftBehind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of.
- unloveThe lack, absence, or omission of love; lovelessness; enmity; neglect; hate.