abay

English: abay

abaye (alternative)
a-bay (alternative)
a-baye (alternative)

(rare) The state of being defenceless against one's enemies.


game

games (plural)
game (plural)
gamen (alternative)
gemen (alternative)
gomen (alternative)
gome (alternative)
gammen (alternative)
gaume (alternative)
gamme (alternative)
gamin (alternative)
gomin (alternative)
gomyn (alternative)
gomun (alternative)
gam (alternative)
geme (alternative)

q

dialectal <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">gam</i>

English: game (see there for further descendants); (dialectal gam)

Scots: gemme, gem, gyem, game

Yola: gaame, gaume, gaaume

Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *gamaną
Proto-West Germanic *gaman
Old English gamen
Middle English game
From Old English gamen /gomen, from Proto-West Germanic *gaman, from Proto-Germanic *gamaną, of disputed origin.

etymon

Entertainment or an instance of it; that which is enjoyable:

A game; a codified (and often competitive) form of entertainment.


quest

questes (plural)
queste (alternative)
qwest (alternative)
qwhest (alternative)

English: quest

Scots: quest

Partly from Anglo-Norman queste, Old French queste, and partly from their source, Latin quaesta.

(rare) The finding of prey by hunting dogs during a hunt.

(rare, Late Middle English) The howling upon finding prey by hunting dogs during a hunt.


ruse

English: ruse

borrowed from Anglo-Norman reuse, ruse; compare rusen.

The evasive movements of a pursued animal.


snare

snares (plural)
snaare (alternative)
snarr (alternative)
snarre (alternative)

English: snare

Scots: snare

From Old English snearu, from Proto-West Germanic *snarhā, from Proto-Germanic *snarhǭ.


stale

English: stale

Probably from uncommon Anglo-Norman estale (“pigeon used to lure hawks”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic, probably *standaną (“to stand”).

bor

Stale, of fowlynge or byrdys takynge, stacionaria.

(falconry, hunting) A live bird to lure birds of prey or others of its kind into a trap


hunter

English: hunter

From hunten + -ere (suffix forming agent nouns).


riot

riotes (plural)
riaut (alternative)
riote (alternative)
ryot (alternative)
ryote (alternative)
ryat (alternative Late-Middle-English)
ryaute (alternative Late-Middle-English)
ryette (alternative Late-Middle-English)
ryott (alternative Late-Middle-English)
ryotte (alternative Late-Middle-English)
ryout (alternative Late-Middle-English)

English: riot

Scots: royet, royt

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman riot, riote, of unknown origin.

(hunting) A situation where a hound is misled by scents other than the quarry.


beten

enm-verb

beten (third-person singular simple present beteth, present participle betynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative bet, past participle beten)

beteth (present singular third-person)
betynge (participle present)
bet (first-person indicative past singular third-person)
beten (participle past)
beten (infinitive)
to beten (infinitive)
bete (infinitive)
bete (first-person present singular)
bet (first-person past singular)
bette (first-person past singular)
betest (present second-person singular)
bete (past second-person singular)
bet (past second-person singular)
bettest (past second-person singular)
beteth (present singular third-person)
bet (past singular third-person)
bette (past singular third-person)
bete (present singular subjunctive)
bete (past singular subjunctive)
bette (past singular subjunctive)
bete (imperative present singular)
beten (plural present)
bete (plural present)
beten (past plural)
bete (past plural)
betten (past plural)
bette (past plural)
beteth (imperative plural present)
bete (imperative plural present)
betynge (participle present)
betende (participle present)
beten (participle past)
bete (participle past)
bet (participle past)
ybeten (participle past)
ybete (participle past)
beete (alternative)
bet (alternative)
bete (alternative)
betyn (alternative)
beytt (alternative)
beaten (alternative Early-Middle-English)
byete (alternative Kent)

desctree

English: beat
→ Pennsylvania German: biede

Scots: beat, beit

Inherited from Old English bēatan, from Proto-West Germanic *bautan, from Proto-Germanic *bautaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewd-.

(of a quarry, rare) To enter a waterbody so a hunting hound loses scent.


forme

formes (plural)
form (alternative)
foorm (alternative)
foorme (alternative)
fourm (alternative)
fourme (alternative)
furme (alternative)
fform (alternative Late-Middle-English)
fforme (alternative Late-Middle-English)
fwrme (alternative)

English: form

Middle Scots: forme, fourme, furme

Scots: form; furm

Borrowed from Old French forme, fourme, from Latin fōrma, of unclear origin.
For possible differentiation in pronunciation by sense, see the usage note at Modern English form.

A structure, support, or frame, especially:


tesen

enm-verb

tesen (third-person singular simple present teseth, present participle tesende, tesynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle tesed)

teseth (present singular third-person)
tesende (participle present)
tesynge (participle present)
tesed (first-person indicative participle past singular third-person)
tesen (infinitive)
to tesen (infinitive)
tese (infinitive)
tese (first-person present singular)
tesed (first-person past singular)
tesest (present second-person singular)
tesedest (past second-person singular)
teseth (present singular third-person)
tesed (past singular third-person)
tese (present singular subjunctive)
tesed (past singular subjunctive)
tese (imperative present singular)
tesen (plural present)
tese (plural present)
teseden (past plural)
tesede (past plural)
teseth (imperative plural present)
tese (imperative plural present)
tesynge (participle present)
tesende (participle present)
tesed (participle past)
ytesed (participle past)
taise (alternative)
teise (alternative)
tese (alternative)
tesien (alternative)

English: tease

Scots: tease, taise

From Old English tǣsan, from Proto-West Germanic *taisijan


forester

foresters (plural)
fforester (alternative)
fforster (alternative)
ffoster (alternative)
forrester (alternative)
forster (alternative)
forstere (alternative)
foster (alternative)
fostere (alternative)

q

obsolete <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">foster</i>

English: forester (obsolete foster)

Scots: forester

Borrowed from Old French forestier; equivalent to forest + -er.


brede

bredes (plural)
bræde (alternative)
bræd (alternative)

Scots: brede

From Old English brǣde, brǣd, from Proto-West Germanic *brādō, from Proto-Germanic *brēdô (“meat, roast”). Doublet of brawne.

(hunting) One of thirty-two choice parts of a boar for roasting.


waith

wathes (plural)
wayth (alternative)
wathe (alternative)
wath (alternative)

English: wath (obsolete)

Scots: waith (obsolete)

From Old English wāþ and Old Norse veiðr, both from Proto-Germanic *waiþō.


rusen

enm-verb

rusen (third-person singular simple present ruseth, present participle rusende, rusynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle rused)

ruseth (present singular third-person)
rusende (participle present)
rusynge (participle present)
rused (first-person indicative participle past singular third-person)
rusen (infinitive)
to rusen (infinitive)
ruse (infinitive)
ruse (first-person present singular)
rused (first-person past singular)
rusest (present second-person singular)
rusedest (past second-person singular)
ruseth (present singular third-person)
rused (past singular third-person)
ruse (present singular subjunctive)
rused (past singular subjunctive)
ruse (imperative present singular)
rusen (plural present)
ruse (plural present)
ruseden (past plural)
rusede (past plural)
ruseth (imperative plural present)
ruse (imperative plural present)
rusynge (participle present)
rusende (participle present)
rused (participle past)
yrused (participle past)
rousen (alternative)
ruse (alternative)
ruyse (alternative)

English: ruse

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman ruser, reuser; by surface analysis, ruse + -en (infinitival suffix).

surf

The mayſter hunte, anone fote hote / wyth his horne blewe thre mote / At the uncouplynge of hys houndes / wythin a whyle the herte founde is / Ihalowed, and rechaſed faſt / Longe tyme, and ſo at the laſt / Thys herte rouſed and ſtale awaye / Fro all the houndes a preuy waye

[c. 1368–1372 (date written), Geffray Chaucer [i.e., Geoffrey Chaucer], “The Dreame of Chaucer”, in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […] (in Middle English), [London: […] Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], published 1542, →OCLC, folio cclxviii, verso, column 2, lines 375–382:

The master hunter, anon foothot [at once without stopping] / with his horne blew three mote [notes] / At the uncoupling of his hounds / within a while the hart found is / Hallooed, and rechased fast / Long time, and so at the last / This hart rused and stole away / From all the hounds a privy way

(hunting) To turn to elude hunters or their hunting dogs.


beme

bemes (plural)
bemen (plural)
beeme (alternative)
beame (alternative)
beome (alternative)
beume (alternative)
bume (alternative)

→ English: beme

Inherited from Old English bēme, Anglian form of bīeme, bȳme (“trumpet; tablet, billet”), from Proto-West Germanic *baumijā; compare beem.


rache

raches (plural)
racche (alternative)
rachche (alternative)
ratche (alternative)
rech (alternative)

English: rache, rach, ratch

Scots: rache, rach, ratch

From Old English ræċċ, from Proto-West Germanic *brakko, from Proto-Germanic *brak (“dog that hunts by scent”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₂g- (“to smell”).


ryal

ryalles (plural)
real (alternative)
rial (alternative)
reall (alternative)
riol (alternative)
ryol (alternative)
riel (alternative)

English: rial, ryal

Scots: rial, ryal

From Anglo-Norman reial, rial, from Latin rēgālis. Doublet of royal.

(Late Middle English, hunting) The second protrusion coming from a deer's antler.


werre

werres (plural)
werren (plural rare)
ware (alternative)
wær (alternative)
weer (alternative)
weorre (alternative)
wer (alternative)
were (alternative)
werr (alternative)
weyr (alternative)
worre (alternative)

English: war

Scots: wer, weir, war

From Old English werre, wyrre, borrowed from Old Northern French werre, from Medieval Latin werra, borrowed from Frankish *werru (“confusion; quarrel”).

(hunting, rare) The struggles of one's quarry.


chaunge

chaunges (plural)
change (alternative)
chaung (alternative)
chawnge (alternative)
cheaunge (alternative)
chong (alternative)
chonge (alternative)

English: change

Scots: cheenge, chinge, cheynge

/ˈt͡ʃɔnd͡ʒ(ə)/

/ˈt͡ʃɔːnd͡ʒ(ə)/

Borrowed from Old French change, chaunge, from Latin cambium, from Gaulish cambion (“change”).

(rare, hunting) An attempt by a stag to escape pursuit.


herberer

English: harborer, harbourer

From herberwe + -er; compare herberjour.

harberer (alternative)
herberȝer (alternative)
herberour (alternative)
herborewer (alternative)

(hunting) One who trails a quarry to its lair.


warenne

warennes (plural)
wareine (alternative)
wareyne (alternative)
waran (alternative)
warrayne (alternative)
warayn (alternative)
waren (alternative)
warrane (alternative)
wareyn (alternative)

English: warren

From Anglo-Norman warenne, variant of garenne, of disputed origin.

(rare) The privilege of setting up such a zone.


questen

questen (infinitive)
to questen (infinitive)
queste (infinitive)
queste (first-person present singular)
quested (first-person past singular)
questest (present second-person singular)
questedest (past second-person singular)
questeth (present singular third-person)
quested (past singular third-person)
queste (present singular subjunctive)
quested (past singular subjunctive)
queste (imperative present singular)
questen (plural present)
queste (plural present)
questeden (past plural)
questede (past plural)
questeth (imperative plural present)
queste (imperative plural present)
questynge (participle present)
questende (participle present)
quested (participle past)
yquested (participle past)
queste (alternative)

English: quest

From Old French quester, from Latin quaestō.

(hunting) To find one's quarry or catch.

(hunting) To howl or bark after finding one's quarry (as a hunting dog).


venisoun

venisouns (plural)
venysoun (alternative)
venesoun (alternative)
venysowne (alternative)
venisyn (alternative)
veneson (alternative)
venesun (alternative)

English: venison

Scots: venison

Yola: vengence

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman veneisun, from Latin vēnātiōnem, accusative of vēnātiō.

One's quarry or prey; the animal that one is hunting, especially deer.


serchynge

English: searching

ceerchynge (alternative)
cergyn (alternative)
cergynge (alternative)
seergynge (alternative)
serching (alternative)
serchinge (alternative)
serchyng (alternative)
sergyng (alternative)
sersynge (alternative)

(rare, hunting) The process of finding one's quarry.


bayten

bayten (infinitive)
to bayten (infinitive)
bayte (infinitive)
bayte (first-person present singular)
bayted (first-person past singular)
baytest (present second-person singular)
baytedest (past second-person singular)
bayteth (present singular third-person)
bayted (past singular third-person)
bayte (present singular subjunctive)
bayted (past singular subjunctive)
bayte (imperative present singular)
bayten (plural present)
bayte (plural present)
bayteden (past plural)
baytede (past plural)
bayteth (imperative plural present)
bayte (imperative plural present)
baytynge (participle present)
baytende (participle present)
bayted (participle past)
ybayted (participle past)
bayte (alternative)
baite (alternative)
beyton (alternative)
baiten (alternative)
beiten (alternative)
beȝȝtenn (alternative)

English: bait

Scots: bait

From Old Norse beita, from Proto-Germanic *baitijaną; equivalent to bayte + -en (infinitival suffix).

(rare, figurative) To metaphorically nourish oneself; to visually stimulate oneself.


baytynge

baytynges (plural)
beytyng (alternative)
beytynge (alternative)
batyng (alternative)
baityng (alternative)

English: baiting

Scots: baitin

(Late Middle English) Baiting (of an animal using hounds)

(rare, Late Middle English) Tormenting; aggravation

(rare, Late Middle English) The nourishment of an animal.


routen

From Old English hrutan (“to make a noise; snore”). Compare Middle Dutch ruten, ruyten, Old Swedish ruta, Old Norse hrjóta (“to burst, spring forth”).

cog

(hunting) To shout at or direct hounds by shouting.


stablie

English: stably

From Anglo-Norman stablie (Old French establie).

A group of hunters and hounds stationed around the perimeter of a wood during a hunt to prevent the escape of the game.


warenner

warenners (plural)
waryner (alternative)
warynere (alternative)
warner (alternative)
warnere (alternative)

English: warrener

From Anglo-Norman warennier, variant of garennier, from garenne.


herberwen

herberwen (infinitive)
to herberwen (infinitive)
herberwe (infinitive)
herberwe (first-person present singular)
herberwed (first-person past singular)
herberwest (present second-person singular)
herberwedest (past second-person singular)
herberweth (present singular third-person)
herberwed (past singular third-person)
herberwe (present singular subjunctive)
herberwed (past singular subjunctive)
herberwe (imperative present singular)
herberwen (plural present)
herberwe (plural present)
herberweden (past plural)
herberwede (past plural)
herberweth (imperative plural present)
herberwe (imperative plural present)
herberwynge (participle present)
herberwende (participle present)
herberwed (participle past)
yherberwed (participle past)
harber (alternative)
harborowe (alternative)
herbare (alternative)
herbarewen (alternative)
herbarwen (alternative)
herber (alternative)
herbere (alternative)
herberewe (alternative)
herberewen (alternative)
herberghen (alternative)
herberghwen (alternative)
herbergwyn (alternative)
herberowe (alternative)
herberwe (alternative)
herberwyn (alternative)
herbore (alternative)
herborewe (alternative)
herborowe (alternative)
herborwe (alternative)
herborwen (alternative)
herbarhin (alternative Early-Middle-English)
herbergen (alternative Early-Middle-English)
herborȝin (alternative Early-Middle-English)
hereborewi (alternative Early-Middle-English)

English: harbor, harbour

Scots: hairbor, hairbour

From Old English herebeorgian; equivalent to herberwe + -en (infinitival suffix).


quyrre

English: quarry

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman quiree (continental Old French cuiriee), from Late Latin *corāta, from cor (“heart”), with influence from Old French cuir (“skin”).

cure (alternative)
curee (alternative)
guyrrei (alternative)
kyrre (alternative)
quarre (alternative)
quarrie (alternative)
quary (alternative)
querre (alternative)
querrye (alternative)
quirre (alternative)
quyrrei (alternative)
quyrrey (alternative)
whirry (alternative)

The entrails given to hunting dogs as a reward; the quarry.


hastelet

hastelettes (plural)
hasselet (alternative)
hastlet (alternative)
hastolet (alternative)

desc

English: haslet, acelet, harslet, hasslet

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman hastilet (compare continental Old French hastelet, modern Norman hâtelet), diminutive of haste (“spear, spit, roast meat”).

(hunting, in the plural) One of thirty-two choice parts of a boar for roasting.


vermyn

vermyns (plural)
vermayne (alternative)
vermine (alternative)
vermyne (alternative)

English: vermin, varmint

Scots: vermin, vermil

Borrowed from Old French vermin, vermine, from Vulgar Latin *verminum.

(hunting, often collective) Worthless or unwanted quarry.