Word origins

• mangonelA traction trebuchet (trebuchet operated by manpower).
• mendicitythe state of being a beggar; mendicancy or beggary
• merciablemerciful
• mesailThe visor of a helmet, especially when made in two parts.
• mesne lordA lord entitled to rent or feudal obligations from tenants but who himself owes rent or feudal obligations to another.
• -metryForming nouns relating to measures and measurement.
• mitrailleshot or bits of iron used sometimes in loading cannon
• mollificationThe act of mollifying.
• monialA mullion.
• morkinAn animal that has died of disease or by mischance.
• nakerA small drum, of Arabic origin, and the forebear of the European kettledrum.
• ndujaA type of spicy, spreadable salami from Calabria.
• niefA serf or bondsman born into servitude.
• NorroyThe most northern of the English kings-of-arms, whose jurisdiction lay north of the Trent. Since 1943, the jurisdiction is Norroy and Ulster.
• novelryNovelty; new things.
• nyasan eyas (a fledgling falcon)
• obliviateTo forget; to wipe from existence.
• offensionAssault; attack, offensive; offense.
• opiniasterAn opinionated person.
• oriflammeThe red silk banner of St Denis, which the abbot of St Denis gave to French kings as they rode to war in the Middle Ages.
• orpineAny of several temperate succulent plants of the family Crassulaceae, that have clusters of purple flowers, especially Hylotelephium telephium.
• outranceThe furthest degree or extremity, going beyond bounds or propriety.
• outrecuidancePresumption, arrogance, self-conceit.
• outrecuidantPresumptuous, arrogant, conceited.
• owelequal
• pannageAcorns and beech mast used as forage for pigs.
• panserA piece of armour for the abdomen.
• paravailAt the bottom; lowest (said of feudal tenants).
• parcenTo divide among parceners
• pargeA coat of cement mortar on the face of rough masonry, the earth side of foundation and basement walls.
• parson imparsoneeA clergyman presented, instituted, and inducted into a rectory, and in full possession.
• passibleAble to suffer, or feel pain.
• peltryPelts or skins, collectively; skins with the fur on them; furs.
• pertinaciousHolding tenaciously to an opinion or purpose.
• philatoryA kind of transparent reliquary with an ornamental top, designed to exhibit bones.
• plevinA warrant or assurance.
• pointelA sharp instrument; any sharp-pointed thing.
• predestineTo determine the future or the fate of something in advance; to preordain.
• prisageA right belonging to the crown of England, of taking two tuns of wine from every ship importing twenty tuns or more: one before and one behind the mast.
• prochein amiNext friend.
• procuressA middlewoman: a woman who performs as a go-between, an intermediary.
• propiceFit; propitious.
• propinquentnearby; close at hand
• prorogueTo suspend (a parliamentary session) or to discontinue the meetings of (an assembly, parliament etc.) without formally ending the session.
• prosaismA manner, quality, expression, style, phrase or word that is prosaic.
• provandprovender
• pultureThe claim to food for men, horses, and dogs within the bounds of a forest, etc.
• purfleAn ornamental border on clothing, furniture or a violin; beading, stringing.
• purpartyA share, part, or portion of an estate allotted to a coparcener.
• purpriseAn enclosed space, such as the land within the borders of a manor.
• puteryprostitution, copulation or sluttiness
• quatrefoilA symmetrical shape that forms the overall outline of four partially-overlapping circles of the same diameter.
• quilletA quibble, an evasive distinction.
• QuintrellA surname from Old French.
• quissetSynonym of cuisse or cuissette.
• ratinéA rough bulky plain-woven fabric.
• redentedShaped like the teeth of a saw; serrated.
• renableReasonable.
• renouncementThe act of renouncing.
• renverseBackwards, contourné, facing the opposite direction (sinister/dexter) than usual.
• replevyTo return goods to their rightful owner by replevin; to recover goods.
• resemblantHaving a resemblance (to).
• restituteTo restore (something) to its former condition.
• revendSynonym of resell: to sell again.
• roisterTo engage in noisy, drunken, or riotous behaviour.
• romauntA romantic story told in verse; a romance.
• safe conductThe security given by authority of a government to a stranger for his quietly coming into and passing out of the territories over which said government has jurisdiction or control.
• safe-conductA document that grants safe passage through enemy territory in times of war.
• sarcelOne of the outer pinions or feathers of the wing of a bird, especially a hawk.
• sarcelledSarcelly, having curled ends (compare moline).
• satyralA creature with a human head and the limbs of different animals.
• sayonA medieval peasant's sleeveless jacket.
• scantleTo scant; to be niggardly with; to divide into small pieces; to cut short or down.
• scantletA small pattern or quantity.
• scantlingThe set size or dimension of a piece of timber, stone etc., or materials used to build ships or aircraft.
• scholarityscholarship
• scrabTo scrape or scratch.
• scumberDung; excrement.
• selionA mediaeval open strip of land or small field used for growing crops.
• sempiternalEverlasting, eternal.
• sendalA light silk cloth.
• setwallThe plant valerian.
• sinopleA shade of red; sinoper.
• soilureMaking or becoming dirty; soiling, staining.
• sollarA solar, or garret room.
• sommagepack animals.
• sortilegeWitchcraft, magic, especially as a means of making decisions or predictions.
• souseThe pickled ears, feet, etc., of swine.
• sovenanceMemory, remembrance.
• sovenaunceremembrance
• spiritualtyThe state or fact of being spiritual; holiness, spirituality.
• spousageespousal
• spraintA piece of otter dung.
• springaldA young man, a stripling, a youth.
• spurryAny of several European annual herbs of the genus Spergula.
• staminA kind of coarse woollen cloth from England.
• stammelA woolen cloth (used in medieval times to make undergarments).
• stranglementStrangulation.
• strommelStraw.
• stuprationRape.