English words from Middle English
- accordantIn agreement; agreeing.
- lawbreakerOne who breaks (violates) the law, a criminal.
- umgangA round about; a way around; detour.
- congruousCorresponding in character.
- unmakeTo destroy or take apart; to cause (a made article) to lose its nature.
- riddlingThe posing or solving of a riddle.
- predeTo prey; to plunder.
- fishmarketA market where fish is sold.
- foregateA main entrance or front gate.
- praecipeA writ demanding action, or requiring a reason for neglecting it.
- unaccessibleNot accessible.
- parvisAn enclosed courtyard in front of a building, especially a cathedral.
- unthankLack or absence of thanks or thankfulness; thanklessness; unthankfulness; ill-will.
- deflowerTo take the virginity of (somebody), especially a woman or girl.
- livelongTotal, complete, whole.
- SkeatA surname.
- OxheyA suburb of Watford borough, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TQ1195).
- opprobriousCausing opprobrium; offensive and shameful.
- CnutA male given name from Old Norse, a historical spelling of Canute (Scandinavian Knut) in historical context.
- drearilyIn a dreary manner.
- hideousnessThe state of being hideous; extreme ugliness.
- durganA dwarf; any undersized creature.
- inexpertInept or unskilled; not of expert ability or quality.
- unfittingNot fitting (e.g., of clothes).
- sneapTo bite, nip, or pinch (someone or something).
- ambryA bookcase; a library or archive.
- machinationA clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes.
- bellhouseA structure housing a bell or bells; bell tower; belfry
- ryndA piece of iron crossing the hole in the upper millstone, by which the stone is supported on the spindle.
- soughTo make a soft rustling or murmuring sound.
- smakeSynonym of smack (“to taste, lick”).
- HallumsA surname from Middle English.
- swineherdA person who herds and tends swine, a keeper of swine (pigs).
- WarboysA village and civil parish in the Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL315797).
- foresaidAforesaid; aforementioned.
- firedrakeA fire-breathing dragon, or otherwise fiery dragon.
- motheredReceiving the care and attention of a mother.
- sensatePerceived by one or more of the senses.
- KidnerA surname from Middle English.
- shinglerA person who installs shingles.
- ShattockA surname.
- swiddenAn area of land that has been cleared by cutting the vegetation and burning it; slash and burn.
- wolvenOf or pertaining to wolves; wolflike; wolfish.
- discolourBritish and Canadian standard spelling of discolor.
- preciouslyIn a precious manner.
- WroxeterA small village in Wroxeter and Uppington parish, Shropshire, England, originally a Roman settlement (OS grid ref SJ5608).
- noilA short fibre left over from combing wool or spinning silk during the preparation of textile yarns.
- elateTo make joyful or proud.
- bordelA brothel.
- appallTo fill with horror or indignation; to dismay.
- mulierA child born lawfully in wedlock, in distinction from an elder sibling born of the same parents before their marriage (bastard eigne).
- bondmanA man who is bound in servitude.
- overabundantexcessively abundant.
- bestirTo put into brisk or vigorous action; to move with life and vigor.
- swearerOne who swears.
- obloquyAbusive language.
- procurationThe act of procuring; procurement.
- swingeTo singe.
- belightTo light up; illuminate.
- lemelmetal filings
- cartfulAs much as a cart will hold.
- fetlockA joint of the horse's leg below the knee or hock and above the hoof.
- chitterTo make a series of high-pitched sounds; to twitter, chirp or chatter.
- tediousnessThe quality of being tedious; tedium.
- muserOne who muses.
- goteA drain; sluice; ditch or gutter.
- hurterOne who hurts or does harm.
- deferentShowing deference; deferential.
- toritTo cleave or tear in pieces; rip apart.
- havenerA harbormaster.
- befallingA happening; occurrence; chance; event.
- WaghornA surname from Middle English.
- unreconcilednot reconciled
- rattrapA device (trap) used to catch rats.
- woebegoneOf a person: deeply affected or overwhelmed by suffering or trouble, and so filled with woe (“great distress or sadness”); (loosely) forlorn, sad, unhappy.
- helpyOffering help; helpful, often in a way that is proactive or overly eager.
- mitredWearing an abbot's or bishop's mitre.
- frotTo rub one's penis against another person's penis for sexual gratification.
- excoriateTo remove the skin and/or fur of, to flay, to skin.
- sissA hissing noise.
- cockscombThe fleshy red crest of a rooster.
- arraignTo officially charge someone in a court of law.
- corfA large basket, especially as used for coal.
- likelinessThe condition or quality of being probable or likely to occur.
- purveyTo prepare in advance (for or to do something); to plan, make provision.
- whitterA surname originating as an occupation.
- faselTo unravel or become frayed.
- abjectionA low or downcast condition; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation.
- reysA journey or a military expedition.
- victualFood fit for human (or occasionally animal) consumption.
- naturalityThe condition of being natural; nature, naturalness
- nakenTo make naked; nake.
- perfectnessThe quality of being perfect; perfection.
- addleHaving lost the power of development, and become rotten; putrid.
- benignityThe state of being benign.
- mistlemistletoe
- ouzelA Eurasian blackbird (Turdus merula).
- ribbonedAdorned or ornamented with ribbons.
- coxcombThe cap of a court jester, adorned with a red stripe.
- lorelA good-for-nothing: a vagabond, waster or losel.