abay

English: abay

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


bombard

English: bombard

Scots: bombard


bal

English: ball

Scots: baw, ba, baa, ball

Yola: ball

Inherited from Old English *beall, from Proto-West Germanic *ballu, from Proto-Germanic *balluz.

(rare, vulgar) One's testes (compare to the much more frequent Modern English sense)


dart

English: dart

→ Dutch: dart

→ German: Dart

Scots: dart, dairt; dard

From Old French dart, dard, from Medieval Latin dardus, from Frankish *darōþu, from Proto-Germanic *darōþuz.

A hand-thrown spear or missile; a javelin.


bat

English: bat, batt

Scots: bat

Yola: bath, bat

→ Irish: bata

→ Scottish Gaelic: bata

From Old English batt, from Celtic; influenced by Old French batte.

A mace, bat, or morningstar (blunt weapon)


blade

English: blade

Scots: blad, blade, blaud, blaid

From Old English blæd, from Proto-West Germanic *blad, from Proto-Germanic *bladą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥h₃otom.

Any sharp-bladed slashing or stabbing weapon.


sword

enm-noun

sword (plural swordes or (early) sweorden)

English: sword

Scots: swerd, sword

From Old English sword, a Mercian form of sweord (which some forms are directly from), from Proto-West Germanic *swerd, from Proto-Germanic *swerdą.

Nile ȝe deme þat I cam to ſende pees in to erþe / I cam not to ſende pees .· but swerd

c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Matheu 10:34, page 4v, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

Don't feel that I came to bring peace to Earth. I didn't come to bring peace, but a sword.


game

q

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

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

⇒ Fingallian: gamshoge

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.

Sexual or romantic entertainment or activity (including intercourse in itself).

Any kind of event or occurrence; something that happens:

Any kind of activity having competition or rivalry.


quest

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.


launce

English: lance, launce

Scots: lance

From Old French lance, from Latin lancea.


tool

English: tool

Scots: tuil

From Old English tōl, from Proto-Germanic *tōlą.

(rare) A device used for torturing or interrogration.


ax

English: axe, ax

Scots: aix

From Old English æx, æcs, from Proto-West Germanic *akusi.


ax

From Old English eax, from Proto-Germanic *ahsu.


ruse

English: ruse

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

The evasive movements of a pursued animal.

A circuitous course taken by a hunter to pursue a game animal.


ruse

(Northern) Alternative form of rosen (“to boast”)


naked

English: naked

Scots: nakit

From Old English nacod, from Proto-Germanic *nakwadaz. Compare naken.

Of a melee weapon; lacking a hilt or sheath; openly carried or readied.

(often with an item specified) Having none of something; bare of a thing or quality:

Having no armour or weapons; unequipped for battle.

Unvegetated; lacking plant growth or ground cover.


canon

English: cannon

From Middle French canon, from Italian cannone, from Latin canna, from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na).


snare

English: snare

Scots: snare

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


instrument

English: instrument

Borrowed from Old French instrument, from Latin instrūmentum (“tool, device”).


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


muscle

English: muscle

From Middle French muscle, from Latin mūsculus (“muscle”).


hunter

English: hunter


quiver

English: quiver

From Old English *cwifer, probably related to cwic (“alive”).


brand

English: brand

Scots: brand

Yola: broan, brone

From Old English brand, brond, from Proto-West Germanic *brand, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz.


mace

English: mace

Scots: mace

From Old French mace, from Vulgar Latin *mattia, *mattea, probably from Latin mateola (“hoe”).


sax

English: sax; zax

Scots: saks; sax (verb) (through confluence with Norse form)

From Old English seax, from Proto-West Germanic *sahs, from Proto-Germanic *sahsą.


dint

English: dent, dint, dunt

Scots: dunt, dont, dynt, dint, dent

From Old English dynt, from Proto-West Germanic *dunti, from Proto-Germanic *duntiz.

(by extension) Warfare, battle; the use of weaponry.


riot

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.


corde

English: cord; chord (influenced by Latin spelling)

Scots: cord

From Old French corde, from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ).

One of the strings of a string instrument.


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)

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-.

To beat; to repeatedly strike or hit:
To bombard or strike with projectiles.

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


egged

English: edged

From Old English ecged; equivalent to egge (“edge”) + -ed.

(in compounds) Having an edge of a certain type.


hache

Borrowed from Old French hache, from Frankish *happjā, from Proto-Germanic *hapjǭ.


hache

Borrowed from Old French haschiee, hachïe.


delen

delen (infinitive)
to delen (infinitive)
dele (infinitive)
dele (first-person present singular)
delte (first-person past singular)
delde (first-person past singular)
deled (first-person past singular)
delest (present second-person singular)
deltest (past second-person singular)
deldest (past second-person singular)
deledest (past second-person singular)
deleth (present singular third-person)
delte (past singular third-person)
delde (past singular third-person)
deled (past singular third-person)
dele (present singular subjunctive)
delte (past singular subjunctive)
delde (past singular subjunctive)
deled (past singular subjunctive)
dele (imperative present singular)
delen (plural present)
dele (plural present)
delten (past plural)
delte (past plural)
delden (past plural)
delde (past plural)
deleden (past plural)
delede (past plural)
deleth (imperative plural present)
dele (imperative plural present)
delynge (participle present)
delende (participle present)
delt (participle past)
deld (participle past)
deled (participle past)
ydelt (participle past)
ydeld (participle past)

English: deal

Scots: dele, deil

Yola: ee-delt (ppl.)

From Old English dǣlan, from Proto-Germanic *dailijaną; equivalent to del + -en (infinitival suffix).

(rare) To assign individuals into lots or divisions.


helve

English: helve

Scots: helf

From Old English hielfe, from Proto-West Germanic *halbī.


skene

English: skean, skene, skeyn

Borrowed from Middle Irish scian, from Old Irish scían, from Proto-Celtic *skiyenā; compare Middle Welsh ysgien. This word was borrowed late enough for the orthographic final vowel to be illusory.

(Late Middle English, rare) skean (kind of dagger)


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)

English: tease

Scots: tease, taise

Yola: tyshe

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


gare

Alternative form of gore (“patch (of land, fabric), clothes”)


broche

English: broach, brooch

desc

Scots: broach, brutch, bruch, broche, brotch

Borrowed from Old French broche, from Vulgar Latin *brocca, from Latin broccus.

A spear or pike; a weapon for impalement.


forester

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.


spere

English: spear

Scots: spere, speir

Inherited from Old English spere, from Proto-West Germanic *speru, from Proto-Germanic *speru.

A spearman; a soldier who wields a spear.


spere

English: sphere

Scots: sphere, spere

Borrowed from Old French sphere, from Latin sphaera, from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα (sphaîra).

(astronomy) The supposed outer sphere of the cosmos, the primum mobile.


poudre

English: powder (see there for further descendants)

Scots: pouder, pouther

→ Welsh: powdr, powdwr, pwdr

From Old French poudre, ultimately from Latin pulvis.

powder (a collection of particles):
(rare) Gunpowder; black powder.

powder (a collection of particles):
Gunpowder; black powder.


brede

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.


culter

desc

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

English: colter, coulter (obsolete culter)

Scots: couter, cooter

Inherited from Old English culter, from Latin culter, of unclear origin. Forms with final /ə/ may be due to influence from Old French coutre or due to an Old English ō-stem by-form.


sowel

English: sole (dialectal)

Inherited from Old English sāgol, sāgel, from Proto-West Germanic *saigul.

A stake with a sharp end (used for fence-building)


gunner

English: gunner

Scots: gunner

→ Medieval Latin: gunnārius

From gunne + -er; compare Medieval Latin gunnārius.

An operator of a cannon; an artilleryman.


coker

English: cocker, cogger

From Old English cocer, cocur, from Proto-Germanic *kukur-; perhaps ultimately from Proto-Mongolic *kökexür or Hunnic. Doublet of quiver.

(rare) A quiver (a receptacle for arrows)


armure

English: armor, armour, armure

Scots: armour

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman armure, armeüre, from Latin armātūra.


waith

English: wath (obsolete)

Scots: waith (obsolete)

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


staf

enm-noun

staf (plural staves or staven or staffes)

staves (plural)
staven (plural)
staffes (plural)

English: staff, stave

Scots: staf, staff

Yola: stheeves (plural)

From Old English stæf, from Proto-West Germanic *stab.

A staff, rod or pole; a relatively long, narrow, and thin object:

A staff used to support one's movement; a crutch.

A blunt or poled weapon; a club or mace.


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)

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.


flo

English: flo

From Old English flā, from flān reanalysed as a plural, from Proto-West Germanic *flain, from Proto-Germanic *flainaz. Compare flon.

An arrow, especially one used with a long bow (projectile weapon emitted from a bow)


gunne

English: gun

→ Volapük: gün

Scots: gun

Yola: gooun

→ Middle Irish: gunna

Irish: gunna

Manx: gunn

From Lady Gunilda; a name for a crossbow. More at English gun.

A trebuchet or similar kind of pellet-firing siege engine.

A cannon or other large firearm; a piece of artillery.

A portable handheld firearm; a gun (i.e. a hand cannon).


egge

English: edge

Scots: edge

Inherited from Old English eċġ, with final vowel levelled in from the oblique cases.

An edge of a blade or instrument; the sharp or effective side of something.

A bladed weapon; a knife, sword, or similar weapon.

The edge or rim of an object, plot of land, or physical feature; the exterior border of something.

The side of a troop or military formation.


sowe

English: sow

Scots: sou

From Old English sūgu, sū, from Proto-West Germanic *sugu. Compare swyn. Use as a term for a siege engine is a semantic loan from Medieval Latin sūs.

A siege engine used to protect assailants.


schaft

English: shaft

Scots: schaft, shaft

Inherited from Old English sċeaft (“shaft”), from Proto-West Germanic *skaft, from Proto-Germanic *skaftaz.

inh+

A missile, projectile, or the shaft of one.


drawen

enm-verb

drawen (third-person singular simple present draweth, present participle drawinge, first-/third-person singular past indicative drogh or drew, past participle drawen)

draweth (present singular third-person)
drawinge (participle present)
drogh (first-person indicative past singular third-person)
drew (first-person indicative past singular third-person)
drawen (participle past)
drawen (infinitive)
to drawen (infinitive)
drawe (infinitive)
drawe (first-person present singular)
drogh (first-person past singular)
drew (first-person past singular)
drawest (present second-person singular)
drowe (past second-person singular)
drewe (past second-person singular)
drogh (past second-person singular)
drew (past second-person singular)
draweth (present singular third-person)
drogh (past singular third-person)
drew (past singular third-person)
drawe (present singular subjunctive)
drowe (past singular subjunctive)
drewe (past singular subjunctive)
drawe (imperative present singular)
drawen (plural present)
drawe (plural present)
drowen (past plural)
drowe (past plural)
drewen (past plural)
drewe (past plural)
draweth (imperative plural present)
drawe (imperative plural present)
drawynge (participle present)
drawende (participle present)
drawen (participle past)
drawe (participle past)
ydrawen (participle past)
ydrawe (participle past)

English: draw

Scots: draw

Yola: dra

From Old English dragan, from Proto-West Germanic *dragan. Many senses are calqued from Latin trahere.

To draw, push, or impel towards (oneself); to attract:


beme

→ English: beme

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


rache

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”).


meche

/ˈmɛːt͡ʃ(ə)/

From Old English mǣċe, mēċe, from Proto-West Germanic *mākī, from Proto-Germanic *mēkijaz.


arow

English: arrow

Scots: aerrow, arrae, arow, arowe

From Old English ārwe, earh, from Proto-West Germanic *arhu, from Proto-Germanic *arhwō.

An arrow (projectile weapon emitted from a bow)


ryal

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

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.


pyke

English: pike, peak; pick (in part)

Scots: pike, pick

Yola: pick

From Old English pīc, from Proto-West Germanic *pīk, from Proto-Germanic *pīkaz.

A number of other tools noted for their pointiness.


chaunge

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.

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


dinten

dumben (infinitive)
to dumben (infinitive)
dumbe (infinitive)
dumbe (first-person present singular)
dumbed (first-person past singular)
dumbest (present second-person singular)
dumbedest (past second-person singular)
dumbeth (present singular third-person)
dumbed (past singular third-person)
dumbe (present singular subjunctive)
dumbed (past singular subjunctive)
dumbe (imperative present singular)
dumben (plural present)
dumbe (plural present)
dumbeden (past plural)
dumbede (past plural)
dumbeth (imperative plural present)
dumbe (imperative plural present)
dumbynge (participle present)
dumbende (participle present)
dumbed (participle past)
ydumbed (participle past)

English: dint, dent, dunt

Scots: dint, dunt


warenne

English: warren

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

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


bowe

English: bow

Scots: bow

→ Middle Welsh: bwa

Welsh: bwa

From Old English boga, from Proto-West Germanic *bogō, in turn from Proto-Germanic *bugô.


slyngen

slyngen (infinitive)
to slyngen (infinitive)
slynge (infinitive)
slynge (first-person present singular)
slang (first-person past singular)
slyngest (present second-person singular)
slunge (past second-person singular)
slang (past second-person singular)
slyngeth (present singular third-person)
slang (past singular third-person)
slynge (present singular subjunctive)
slunge (past singular subjunctive)
slynge (imperative present singular)
slyngen (plural present)
slynge (plural present)
slungen (past plural)
slunge (past plural)
slange (past plural)
slyngeth (imperative plural present)
slynge (imperative plural present)
slyngynge (participle present)
slyngende (participle present)
slungen (participle past)
slunge (participle past)
yslunge (participle past)

English: sling

Scots: sling, slung

Borrowed from Old Norse slyngja, slyngva, from Proto-Germanic *slingwaną.

To use a weapon (especially a sling) to hurl a projectile.


slynge

English: sling

Scots: sling, slung

Possibly from Middle Low German slenge or a back-formation from slyngen.

A sling (strap used to sling projectiles)


hachet

English: hatchet

Yola: hatcheat

Borrowed from Old French hachete; equivalent to hache (“war-axe”) + -et.


sparthe

English: sparth

He hath a sparth of twenti pound of wight.

1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Knyghtes Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:


armurie

English: armory, armoury

From Old French armoierie; equivalent to armure + -ie.


Carlele axe

A sort of axe associated with the city of Carlisle.


knyf

English: knife

Sranan Tongo: nefi

Korean: 나이프 (naipeu)

Portuguese: naifa

Samoan: naifi

Japanese: ナイフ

Scots: knyfe, knife

Yola: kunnife

French: canif

From Old English cnīf, from Old Norse knífr, from Proto-Germanic *knībaz.

A knife as a tool or instrument; the following special senses exist:


clubbe

English: club

From Old Norse klubba, klumba, from Proto-Germanic *klumpô. Doublet of clompe.


flon

English: flone

Scots: flane, flain

From Old English flān, from Proto-West Germanic *flain, from Proto-Germanic *flainaz. Compare flo.

An arrow, especially one used with a long bow (projectile weapon emitted from a bow)


harneys

English: harness

Scots: harnish, herness

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman harneis, from Old Norse *hernest. See Old French hernois.

Gear, tools, implements:
Weaponry; implements for fighting.

Gear, tools, implements:
A full set or suit of armour.

Gear, tools, implements:
Horse tack, especially for a warhorse.

Supplies, equipment:
Household goods and items.


harneysen

harneysen (infinitive)
to harneysen (infinitive)
harneyse (infinitive)
harneyse (first-person present singular)
harneysed (first-person past singular)
harneysest (present second-person singular)
harneysedest (past second-person singular)
harneyseth (present singular third-person)
harneysed (past singular third-person)
harneyse (present singular subjunctive)
harneysed (past singular subjunctive)
harneyse (imperative present singular)
harneysen (plural present)
harneyse (plural present)
harneyseden (past plural)
harneysede (past plural)
harneyseth (imperative plural present)
harneyse (imperative plural present)
harneysynge (participle present)
harneysende (participle present)
harneysed (participle past)
yharneysed (participle past)

English: harness

Scots: harnish, herness

From Anglo-Norman harneschier; equivalent to harneys (“gear, equipment”) + -en (infinitival suffix). Some forms are remodelled on harneys.

af

(rare, Late Middle English) To wear clothing or garments.


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)

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

English: venison

Scots: venison

Yola: vengence (vulgar)

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

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


bladyn

bladyn (infinitive)
to bladyn (infinitive)
blade (infinitive)
blade (first-person present singular)
bladed (first-person past singular)
bladest (present second-person singular)
bladedest (past second-person singular)
bladeth (present singular third-person)
bladed (past singular third-person)
blade (present singular subjunctive)
bladed (past singular subjunctive)
blade (imperative present singular)
bladen (plural present)
blade (plural present)
bladeden (past plural)
bladede (past plural)
bladeth (imperative plural present)
blade (imperative plural present)
bladynge (participle present)
bladende (participle present)
bladed (participle past)
ybladed (participle past)


serchynge

English: searching

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


baytynge

English: baiting

Scots: baitin

(rare, Late Middle English) Tormenting; aggravation


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)

English: bait

Scots: bait

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

(rare) To supply a fishing mechanism with bait.


tronchoun

English: truncheon

From Old French tronchon, from Late Latin *troncionem.


gunnepoudre

English: gunpowder

Scots: gunpoother


ȝerde

English: yard, yerd

Scots: yaird, yeard, yird

Inherited from Old English ġerd, from Proto-West Germanic *gaʀdi, from Proto-Germanic *gazdijō. related to Polish żerdź from Proto-Slavic *žьrdь ("perch, pole, ricker").

A yard (unit of length consisting of three feet, often used for fabric)


egge tool

A tool with a sharp edge; an edged tool.


stafslynge

English: staff sling

A staff sling; a sling mounted on a pole.

(rare, Late Middle English) A slinger armed with a staff sling.


slyngynge

The process of slinging projectiles using a sling.


snayle

English: snail

Scots: snail

Inherited from Old English sneġel, from Proto-Germanic *snagilaz, *snigilaz.

(rare, Late Middle English) A kind of contraption used for both offence and defence during a siege.

(rare) A diseased mass of protruding fleshiness.


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.


brochen

brochen (infinitive)
to brochen (infinitive)
broche (infinitive)
broche (first-person present singular)
broched (first-person past singular)
brochest (present second-person singular)
brochedest (past second-person singular)
brocheth (present singular third-person)
broched (past singular third-person)
broche (present singular subjunctive)
broched (past singular subjunctive)
broche (imperative present singular)
brochen (plural present)
broche (plural present)
brocheden (past plural)
brochede (past plural)
brocheth (imperative plural present)
broche (imperative plural present)
brochynge (participle present)
brochende (participle present)
broched (participle past)
ybroched (participle past)

English: broach

Scots: broach

/ˈbrɔːt͡ʃən/

From Old French brochier; equivalent to broche + -en (infinitival suffix).


scorpioun

English: scorpion

Borrowed from Old French scorpion, from Latin scorpiō, from Ancient Greek σκορπῐ́ος (skorpíos); reinforced by existing Old English sċorpio, from the same Latin source.

Someone who practices deception or lewdness.


spere-hed

English: spearhead

(rare) A kind of plant in the genus Ranunculus.


spere schaft

English: spearshaft


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.


hilte

English: hilt

Scots: hilt

From Old English hilt, from Proto-Germanic *heltą (“handle, hilt”).


warenner

English: warrener

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


launcegay

English: lancegay (obsolete)

From Old French lancegaye, from lance (“lance”) + zagaye (“assagai”).

Sire Thopas / wolde out ride / He worth / vpon his steede gray / And in his hand a launcegay / A long swerd / by his side [...].

c. 1390, Geoffrey Chaucer, Sir Thopas (Ellesmere ms)

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culveryne

English: culverin

(Late Middle English, rare) culverin (cannon)


fleyl

desc

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

English: flail (dialectal frail)

Scots: flail

Yola: vleal

From Old English *flegel, fligel, from Proto-West Germanic *flagil, probably from Latin flagellum. Possibly a doublet of frayel.


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)

English: harbor, harbour

Scots: hairbor, hairbour

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


flyngen

flyngen (infinitive)
to flyngen (infinitive)
flynge (infinitive)
flynge (first-person present singular)
flang (first-person past singular)
flyngest (present second-person singular)
flunge (past second-person singular)
flange (past second-person singular)
flang (past second-person singular)
flyngeth (present singular third-person)
flang (past singular third-person)
flynge (present singular subjunctive)
flunge (past singular subjunctive)
flange (past singular subjunctive)
flynge (imperative present singular)
flyngen (plural present)
flynge (plural present)
flungen (past plural)
flunge (past plural)
flangen (past plural)
flange (past plural)
flyngeth (imperative plural present)
flynge (imperative plural present)
flyngynge (participle present)
flyngende (participle present)
flungen (participle past)
flunge (participle past)

English: fling

Scots: fling

Borrowed from Old Norse flengja, from Proto-Germanic *flangijaną. Strong past forms are after the model of dingen, swyngen, and similar verbs.

To fly (move speedily, especially through air).


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”).

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


gunneston

English: gunstone (obsolete)

Scots: gunstane (obsolete)

(Late Middle English) A cannonball; a missile used by a cannon.


hastelet

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.


gleyve

English: glaive

Scots: glaive

Borrowed from Old French glaive, from Late Latin glā̆vus, of unclear origin.

A glaive or bill; a polearm with a blade attached to the side.


vermyn

English: vermin, varmint

Scots: vermin, vermil

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

(hunting, often collective) Worthless or unwanted quarry.


flecche

Either borrowed from Anglo-Norman fleche or a back-formation from fleccher.


fleccher

English: fletcher

Borrowed from Old French flechier; equivalent to flecche + -er.

(chiefly Late Middle English) A fletcher; an arrowmaker.


calketrappe

enm-noun

calketrappe (plural calketrappes or calketrappen)

calketrappes (plural)
calketrappen (plural)

English: caltrop, caltrap (archaic)

Inherited from Old English *calcatræppe (attested as coltetræppe), variant of calcatrippe (“caltrop”), from Medieval Latin calcatrappa, calcatrippa.