Wiktionary:Requested entries (Middle English)

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A

 * - purchase? Mglovesfun (talk) 10:53, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
 * - buyer? Mglovesfun (talk) 10:53, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
 * - as in
 * - as in

B

 * - etymon of English
 * - referenced in etymology of
 * - referenced in etymology of

C

 * — From a Middle French etymon of the same spelling ; whence the Modern English.

D

 * (sche was arisen and al redy dight - The Knight's Tale) Mglovesfun (talk) 21:46, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
 * , source of during. See also dure. DCDuring TALK 15:50, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
 * It's certainly attested ("She may not always duren in such rage."). Mglovesfun (talk) 16:55, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
 * — From the Old French,.

E

 * — Whence the Modern English.
 * : variant form of "ender", meaning "other".  Now presumably only known in the carol.

F

 * - etymon of English
 * - etymon of English
 * - etymon of English
 * - etymon of English

G

 * , found in Wycliffe's Bible, Psalms 2:1: Whi gnastiden with teeth hethene men; and puplis thouyten veyn thingis?
 * — to gnaw? --Sije 00:58, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
 * — to grind? to grit one's teeth? --Sije 21:52, 25 July 2011 (UTC)


 * - etymon of 🇨🇬

I

 * - variant of ywis? Equinox 21:58, 9 November 2008 (UTC) Yes. Leasnam 19:05, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

K

 * / Fay Freak (talk) 03:32, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

L

 * From "Tractatus Manuscript 20r", "Tak .i. galoun of fyne hony and to þat .4. galouns of water and hete þat water til it be as lengh". It's featured in a youtube video, where the guy interprets as lengh as "rather hot" or "boiling".__Gamren (talk) 15:28, 10 February 2023 (UTC)

M

 * (“a dish like noodles or macaroni”), plural noun
 * See mend, emend, amend
 * (‘might’)
 * (‘mighty’)
 * (‘mighty’)
 * (‘mighty’)

N

 * (‘neither’)
 * linked to on the article for ich

P

 * pēsen — See the Middle English Dictionary’s entry; whence the obsolete Modern English verb.
 * hole for a mine or a peat dig. See pothole
 * - etymon of 🇨🇬
 * pēsen — See the Middle English Dictionary’s entry; whence the obsolete Modern English verb.
 * hole for a mine or a peat dig. See pothole
 * - etymon of 🇨🇬
 * - etymon of 🇨🇬
 * - etymon of 🇨🇬

Q

 * quaintise, queintise

R

 * , was previously listed at, but I think it's a pure error anyway Mglovesfun (talk) 09:26, 28 August 2010 (UTC) > This means "counsel, advice" in early ME Leasnam 19:06, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
 * , found in Wycliffe's Bible, Psalms 1:3: plauntid bisidis the rennyngis of watris
 * — runnings? --Sije 00:10, 18 May 2011 (UTC)


 * — see this dictionary entry; from ; perhaps related to the Modern English
 * (‘rightful’)
 * (‘rightful’)

S

 * Mglovesfun (talk) 21:27, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
 * , syȝt (‘sight’)
 * — used in : The Knight's Tale
 * "And broghte hir hoom with hym in his contree,
 * With muchel glorie and greet solempnytee,"


 * Sownynge alwey th' encrees of his wynnyng. / He wolde the see were kept for any thyng - Chaucer, Cant. Tales, General Prologue
 * See Middle English Dictionary, pg. 321
 * ME trans. To bring down, bring low, overwhelm. Obs.
 * 1490  Caxton tr. Eneydos xxii. 81   For to distroye her, & vtterly subcombe her in-to persecucyon extreme.
 * ME trans. To bring down, bring low, overwhelm. Obs.
 * 1490  Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) xxviii. 104   In their folysshe pryde I shal succombe & brynge a lowe their corage.
 * ME trans. [past tense] To bring down, bring low, overwhelm. Obs.
 * c1550  Robert Wedderburn Complaynt Scotl. (1979) 1   Thre vehement plagis, quhilk hes al maist succumbit oure cuntre in final euertione.
 * intr. [past tenses] To fail in a cause. Sc. Obs.
 * 1586–7  Reg. Privy Council Scott. 1st Ser. IV. 141   Succumband and failyieand nochtwithstanding heirin.
 * 1586–7  Reg. Privy Council Scott. 1st Ser. IV. 141   Succumband and failyieand nochtwithstanding heirin.

T

 * , ("For wheither that he payde or took by taille", Chaucer) Mglovesfun (talk) 10:53, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
 * — ModE failed RFV, but Goldenrowley suspects there's an ME. —Ruakh TALK 14:13, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

W

 * : white? and/or wight (a person)?
 * : white? and/or wight (a person)?
 * : white? and/or wight (a person)?

Y

 * yeght
 * ,, - etymons of English
 * : obsolete past form of "beat": https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-dark-art-of-playing-world-class-scrabble
 * The dictionary I checked says is a form of beat and  is a form of .  Vox Sciurorum (talk) 11:18, 28 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Moved from English requests because it appears to be from Chaucer. Of course, if it occurs past 1500 it should be under an English heading too. 70.172.194.25 14:15, 11 April 2022 (UTC)