“The” West Somerset Word-book: A Glossary of Dialectal and Archaic Words and Phrases Used in the West of Somerset and East Devon, Volume 13; Volume 17Trübner, 1886 - 876 pages |
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Page 32
... Parv . 3ut am ich chalenged in chapitele hous as ich a childe were , And baleysed on þe bar ers and no breche bytwyne . Piers Flowman , vii . 1. 156 . Here is William Geffery , evidently a lunatic , whypped at a cart's arsse from the ...
... Parv . 3ut am ich chalenged in chapitele hous as ich a childe were , And baleysed on þe bar ers and no breche bytwyne . Piers Flowman , vii . 1. 156 . Here is William Geffery , evidently a lunatic , whypped at a cart's arsse from the ...
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... Parv . p . 143 . BAKING [ bae'ukeen ] , sh . 1. The quantity of dough kneaded and baked at one time ; the batch . So good a bakin as ever I put in the oven . Bakynge ( or bahche , K. ) . Pistura.- Promp . Parv . 2. A family dinner sent ...
... Parv . p . 143 . BAKING [ bae'ukeen ] , sh . 1. The quantity of dough kneaded and baked at one time ; the batch . So good a bakin as ever I put in the oven . Bakynge ( or bahche , K. ) . Pistura.- Promp . Parv . 2. A family dinner sent ...
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... Parv . and Cat . Ang .; also under BANN in New Eng . Dict . ) Bane . . . also the banes of matrimony . - Cotgrave . Es verly believe tha Banes will g'in next Zindey . - Ex . Scold . 1. 455 . BANG [ bang ] . A cuff , a clout , a blow . I ...
... Parv . and Cat . Ang .; also under BANN in New Eng . Dict . ) Bane . . . also the banes of matrimony . - Cotgrave . Es verly believe tha Banes will g'in next Zindey . - Ex . Scold . 1. 455 . BANG [ bang ] . A cuff , a clout , a blow . I ...
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... Parv . - Bedlawyr . Bedered man or woman - Decumbens . Way in Promp . Parv . p . 28 , quotes a will of 1419 , in which bedlawermen are left fourpence each . BED - MATE [ bai'd mae'ut ] , sb . Bed - fellow . BED - PAY [ bai'd paay ] , sb ...
... Parv . - Bedlawyr . Bedered man or woman - Decumbens . Way in Promp . Parv . p . 28 , quotes a will of 1419 , in which bedlawermen are left fourpence each . BED - MATE [ bai'd mae'ut ] , sb . Bed - fellow . BED - PAY [ bai'd paay ] , sb ...
Page 76
... Parv . and sche seide , 3his lord , for whelpis eten of the crommys that fallen doun fro the bord of her lordis . - Matthew xv . 27. Wyclif vers . and whanne men 3euen vs nou3t renne we to pe borde of pe lord , axynge almes fro dore to ...
... Parv . and sche seide , 3his lord , for whelpis eten of the crommys that fallen doun fro the bord of her lordis . - Matthew xv . 27. Wyclif vers . and whanne men 3euen vs nou3t renne we to pe borde of pe lord , axynge almes fro dore to ...
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