Middle English word senses marked with topical category "Weapons"

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Parent categories: Hunting, Military, Tools, Human activity, Society, Technology, Human behaviour, Human
Subcategories: Archery, Artillery, Explosives, Firearms, Polearms

Total 119 word senses

• Carlele axe (Proper name) A sort of axe associated with the city of Carlisle.
• armure (Noun) weapons; arms
• armurie (Noun) An armory (a weapons storehouse)
• arow (Noun) An arrow (projectile weapon emitted from a bow)
• ax (Noun) An axe (tool)
• ax (Noun) An axe (weapon)
• ax (Noun) An axle, axletree, pole
• bal (Noun) One's testes (compare to the much more frequent Modern English sense)
• bat (Noun) A mace, bat, or morningstar (blunt weapon)
• blade (Noun) Any sharp-bladed slashing or stabbing weapon.
• blader (Noun) bladesmith
• bladyn (Verb) To give a sharp edge.
• bombard (Noun) cannon, bombard
• bowe (Noun) bow
• bowe (Noun) bowman
• brand (Noun) burning wood or coal
• brand (Noun) sword, blade
• broche (Noun) A spear or pike; a weapon for impalement.
• broche (Noun) A brooch; jewelry mounted on a pin.
• broche (Noun) Any piece of jewelry or ornamentation.
• broche (Noun) Any other long rod, pole, or needle.
• broche (Verb) Alternative form of brochen
• brochen (Verb) To launch into battle.
• calketrappe (Noun) caltrop (metal spiked object)
• calketrappe (Noun) caltrop (one of various thistly plants)
• canon (Noun) cannon
• clubbe (Noun) An club or baton (heavy blunt weapon)
• coker (Noun) A quiver (a receptacle for arrows)
• corde (Noun) One of the strings of a string instrument.
• culter (Noun) A knife or dagger.
• culveryne (Noun) culverin (cannon)
• dart (Noun) A hand-thrown spear or missile; a javelin.
• delen (Verb) To separate or split; to deal out:; To assign individuals into lots or divisions.
• dint (Noun) Warfare, battle; the use of weaponry.
• dinten (Verb) To impale or pierce.
• drawen (Verb) To draw, push, or impel towards (oneself); to attract:; To lead through a sieve.
• egge (Noun) An edge of a blade or instrument; the sharp or effective side of something.
• egge (Noun) A bladed weapon; a knife, sword, or similar weapon.
• egge (Noun) The edge or rim of an object, plot of land, or physical feature; the exterior border of something.
• egge (Noun) The side of a troop or military formation.
• egge tool (Noun) A tool with a sharp edge; an edged tool.
• egged (Adjective) Having an edge of a certain type.
• flecche (Noun) An arrow.
• fleccher (Noun) A fletcher; an arrowmaker.
• fleyl (Noun) A flail (tool for threshing grain)
• flo (Noun) An arrow, especially one used with a long bow (projectile weapon emitted from a bow)
• flon (Noun) An arrow, especially one used with a long bow (projectile weapon emitted from a bow)
• flyngen (Verb) To fly (move speedily, especially through air).
• gare (Noun) Alternative form of gor (“spear”)
• gare (Noun) Alternative form of gore (“patch (of land, fabric), clothes”)
• gleyve (Noun) A glaive or bill; a polearm with a blade attached to the side.
• gunne (Noun) A trebuchet or similar kind of pellet-firing siege engine.
• gunne (Noun) A cannon or other large firearm; a piece of artillery.
• gunne (Noun) A portable handheld firearm; a gun (i.e. a hand cannon).
• gunne (Noun) A projectile.
• gunnepoudre (Noun) gunpowder
• gunner (Noun) An operator of a cannon; an artilleryman.
• gunner (Noun) An operator of a siege engine.
• gunner (Noun) A maker of guns or cannons.
• gunneston (Noun) A cannonball; a missile used by a cannon.
• hache (Noun) A war axe; an axe used as a weapon.
• hache (Noun) An axe used as a tool.
• hache (Noun) sorrow, distress.
• hache (Noun) Alternative form of hacche
• hachet (Noun) A hatchet; a light axe or a tomahawk.
• harneys (Noun) Gear, tools, implements:; Weaponry; implements for fighting.
• harneys (Noun) Gear, tools, implements:; A full set or suit of armour.
• harneys (Noun) Gear, tools, implements:; Horse tack, especially for a warhorse.
• harneys (Noun) Supplies, equipment:; Household goods and items.
• harneysen (Verb) To wear clothing or garments.
• helve (Noun) helve (grip of an implement)
• hilte (Noun) hilt (handle of a sword)
• instrument (Noun) The human body as a whole.
• knyf (Noun) A knife as a tool or instrument; the following special senses exist:; A kitchen knife.
• launce (Noun) A javelin (throwing spear).
• launcegay (Noun) A light lance.
• mace (Noun) A war club or mace.
• meche (Noun) sword
• muscle (Noun) muscle
• naked (Adjective) Uncovered; exposed, visible:; Of a melee weapon; lacking a hilt or sheath; openly carried or readied.
• naked (Adjective) Having none of something; bare of a thing or quality:; Having no armour or weapons; unequipped for battle.
• naked (Adjective) Having none of something; bare of a thing or quality:; Unvegetated; lacking plant growth or ground cover.
• naked (Noun) The state of being naked.
• poudre (Noun) powder (a collection of particles):; Gunpowder; black powder.
• pyke (Noun) A number of other tools noted for their pointiness.
• quiver (Adjective) energetic, vigourous, vibrant
• sax (Noun) a knife (tool)
• sax (Noun) a knife (weapon)
• schaft (Noun) A missile, projectile, or the shaft of one.
• scorpioun (Noun) Someone who practices deception or lewdness.
• skene (Noun) skean (kind of dagger)
• slynge (Noun) A sling (strap used to sling projectiles)
• slyngen (Verb) To use a weapon (especially a sling) to hurl a projectile.
• slyngynge (Noun) The process of slinging projectiles using a sling.
• snayle (Noun) A snail or slug (gastropod)
• snayle (Noun) A kind of contraption used for both offence and defence during a siege.
• snayle (Noun) A diseased mass of protruding fleshiness.
• sowe (Noun) A siege engine used to protect assailants.
• sowel (Noun) A stake with a sharp end (used for fence-building)
• sparthe (Noun) battle-axe
• spere (Noun) A spearman; a soldier who wields a spear.
• spere (Noun) The cosmos, outer space
• spere (Noun) The supposed outer sphere of the cosmos, the primum mobile.
• spere (Noun) partition, divider
• spere schaft (Noun) Such a shaft used as a unit of measure.
• spere-hed (Noun) A kind of plant in the genus Ranunculus.
• staf (Noun) A staff, rod or pole; a relatively long, narrow, and thin object:; A staff used to support one's movement; a crutch.
• staf (Noun) A staff, rod or pole; a relatively long, narrow, and thin object:; A blunt or poled weapon; a club or mace.
• staf (Noun) A staff, rod or pole; a relatively long, narrow, and thin object:; A bar of a ladder (either vertical or horizontal)
• stafslynge (Noun) A staff sling; a sling mounted on a pole.
• stafslynge (Noun) A slinger armed with a staff sling.
• sword (Noun) sword, sabre
• swynge (Verb) Alternative form of swyngen
• tool (Noun) A tool, implement, or instrument.
• tool (Noun) An instrument of war; an armament.
• tool (Noun) A device used for torturing or interrogration.
• tool (Noun) Alternative form of toll.
• tronchoun (Noun) A truncheon (staff or cudgel)
• ȝerde (Noun) A yard (unit of length consisting of three feet, often used for fabric)

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