adamant

English: adamant

Scots: adamant (obsolete)

Learned borrowing from Latin adamantem, accusative of adamās, from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas). Doublet of dyamaunt and adamas.


ruby

English: ruby

Borrowed from Old French rubi, itself borrowed from Latin rubeus.


adamantine

English: adamantine

From Latin adamantinus; equivalent to adamant + -ine.


tablet

English: tablet

Scots: taiblet

From Old French tablete; equivalent to table + -et.

A piece of jewellery with a level portion.


perle

English: pearl

Scots: pairl, purl

From Old French perle, from Medieval Latin perula.

A pearl (excretion found in bivalves used in jewellery and medicine).


carbuncle

English: carbuncle

Borrowed from Old French carbuncle, charbuncle, itself borrowed from Latin carbunculus.

(pathology) A carbuncle; a large abscess.


broche

English: broach, brooch

desc

Scots: broach, brutch, bruch, broche, brotch

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


saphir

English: sapphire

Borrowed from Old French saphir, saffre, from Latin sapphir, sappir, sapphīrus, from Ancient Greek σάπφειρος (sáppheiros).


adamas

Learned borrowing from Latin adamās, from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas). Compare adamant.

(rare) adamant, adamantine (valuable gemstone)


drope

English: drop

Scots: drap

From Old English dropa, from Proto-West Germanic *dropō, from Proto-Germanic *drupô.


perre

From Anglo-Norman perree, pirrie (compare Old French pierrerie).


emeraude

English: emerald

From Old French esmeraude, from Vulgar Latin *smaralda, *smaraldus, *smaraudus, variant of Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), μάραγδος (máragdos), from a Semitic language.


cheyne

English: chain

obsolete <i class="Latn mention" lang="sco">chainzie</i>

Scots: cheen, chyne (obsolete chainzie)

Borrowed from Old French chaiene, from Latin catēna.


freten

enm-verb

freten (third-person singular simple present freteth, present participle fretynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative frat, past participle freten)

freteth (present singular third-person)
fretynge (participle present)
frat (first-person indicative past singular third-person)
freten (participle past)
freten (infinitive)
to freten (infinitive)
frete (infinitive)
frete (first-person present singular)
frat (first-person past singular)
fret (first-person past singular)
frette (first-person past singular)
freted (first-person past singular)
fretest (present second-person singular)
frete (past second-person singular)
frat (past second-person singular)
fret (past second-person singular)
frettest (past second-person singular)
fretedest (past second-person singular)
freteth (present singular third-person)
fret (present singular third-person)
frat (past singular third-person)
fret (past singular third-person)
frette (past singular third-person)
freted (past singular third-person)
frete (present singular subjunctive)
frete (past singular subjunctive)
frette (past singular subjunctive)
freted (past singular subjunctive)
frete (imperative present singular)
freten (plural present)
frete (plural present)
freten (past plural)
frete (past plural)
fretten (past plural)
frette (past plural)
freteden (past plural)
fretede (past plural)
freteth (imperative plural present)
frete (imperative plural present)
fretynge (participle present)
fretende (participle present)
freten (participle past)
yfreten (participle past)
frete (participle past)
yfrete (participle past)
fret (participle past)
yfret (participle past)
freted (participle past)
yfreted (participle past)

English: fret

Scots: frete, freet

Inherited from Old English fretan, from Proto-West Germanic *fraetan, from Proto-Germanic *fraetaną; equivalent to fret (“eating away”) + -en (infinitival suffix).
Some senses are possibly influenced by an Old French *freiter.

af

To gnaw or chomp; to attack with the teeth.

To wear or abrade; to rub or chafe at:
To corrode; to eat or wear away.

(figurative) To wear at; to annoy or injure.

To wear or abrade; to rub or chafe at:
To wear at; to annoy or injure.


dyamaunt

English: diamond

Scots: diamant

From Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamās, from Latin adamās, from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas). Doublet of adamant.


diademe

English: diadem

From Old French diademe, from Latin diadēma, from Ancient Greek διάδημα (diádēma).

(rare) A diadem worn by the inhabitants of Heaven.


juelrye

English: jewelry, jewellery

From Old French juelerye; equivalent to jueler + -ie.


jueler

English: jeweler, jeweller

From Anglo-Norman jueler; equivalent to juel + -er.


juel

English: jewel

Scots: jewel

From Anglo-Norman juel; akin to Old French jouel, of disputed origin.

Something of great monetary worth or value, especially when made of gems:

An item of jewelery; a piece of personal ornamentation.

(Late Middle English) A jewel or gem; a precious stone.

Something of great non-monetary worth or value; a keepsake or artifact.

A person who is dear to one's heart; a loved one.


perled

(rare) Adorned with pearls (or fake pearls)


frountel

English: frontal

From Old French frontel, from Medieval Latin frontālis; equivalent to frount + -el (diminutive suffix).

A decorative fabric drape hanging over an altar.


dalke

English: dalk

From Old English dalc, from Proto-West Germanic *dalk, from Proto-Germanic *dalkaz.


bridlen

bridlen (infinitive)
to bridlen (infinitive)
bridle (infinitive)
bridle (first-person present singular)
bridled (first-person past singular)
bridlest (present second-person singular)
bridledest (past second-person singular)
bridleth (present singular third-person)
bridled (past singular third-person)
bridle (present singular subjunctive)
bridled (past singular subjunctive)
bridle (imperative present singular)
bridlen (plural present)
bridle (plural present)
bridleden (past plural)
bridlede (past plural)
bridleth (imperative plural present)
bridle (imperative plural present)
bridlynge (participle present)
bridlende (participle present)
bridled (participle past)
ybridled (participle past)

English: bridle

From Old English brīdlian, brīdelian; equivalent to bridel + -en (infinitival suffix).

(rare) To ornament or adorn; to place bodily decorations.


oniche

English: onyx

Scots: onix

From Old French oniche, from Latin onyx, from Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux). Some forms directly from Latin.


jacynct

English: jacinth

Scots: jacinct (obsolete)

Borrowed from Old French jacinte, from Medieval Latin jacintus, jacinthus, from Latin hyacinthus, from Ancient Greek ὑάκινθος (huákinthos).