The Master of Game: The Oldest English Book on HuntingEdward, of Norwich
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The Master of Game: The Oldest English Book on Hunting
Edward, of Norwich
Hunting -- Early works to 1800
UMBICAST, to cast round, 151
UNDIRNETHE, underneath
UNDOING, dressing of a deer
UNDOON, undone, to cut up
UNNETH, scarcely, 80
UNSICKER, uncertain
UNTHENDE, unsuccessful
UNWAYSSH, unwashed
UNWEXID, unwaxed
UNYOYNE, unjoin, 97
UPREAR TO, finding of the hart buck, and boar with the limer
USYN, use
VANCHASOURS, VANCHASERS, the relay of hounds that comes first, 7, 10
VANNCHACE, the first in the chase, 7, 10
VAUNTELLAY, VAUNTLAY, VNLAY, part of the pack held in reserve, when
uncoupled on the line of the stag before the hounds already hunting
had passed, 169, 172
VEEL, calf, used sometimes for the stag in his first year, App.
VELINE, a horn signal, App.
VELTRAGA, VELTRARIUS, a hound, an alaunt, App.
VENT TO, said of an otter when it comes to surface of water for air;
also to empty, to cast excrements, App.
VENTRERS, ventreres, 116, 117
VENYIN, venom
VERFULL, a glassful, 101
VERREY, truly, true, 75, 105
VERTEGRECE, VERTEGRES, verdigris, 91
VESTEING, investigating, looking, 151
VEUTRERES, VEAUTRE, boarhound
VEYN, vein
VISHITETH, voiding excrements, 66
VMBLIS, umbles
VNDIRTAKYNG, undertaking
VNDYRSTONDYNG, understanding
VNGLES, bugles, 128
VNNANYS, onions, 102
VOIDE, VOYDE, leave, go away, empty, 51, 191
VOIDEN, to purge, 61
VOIS, VOYS, voice, 66
VOYNES, veins, 99
WAGGYNG, excrements of foxes, 139
WAIES, way, track
WALOUYNG, wallowing, 146
WALTRER, welter
WANLACE, put up game, 122
WARAUNT, warrant, save, 31
WARDEROBE, WERDROBE, excrement of badgers, 139
WARE, aware; also war, beware
WAREYN, WAREYNS, warren, 66
WARLY, warily
WAYSSH, wash
WEDIR, weather, 8
WEDIS, weeds
WELEX, grow, 163
WELLE, WOLLE, wool
WELSPEDDE, well sped
WENE, know, to think
WERED, worn
WERKIS, works, 5
WERVOLF, WERWOLFE, a man-eating wolf, 59
WERY, weary, 107
WETE, to wit, to know, 137
WEX, wax, to grow, 56, 85
WEXED, waxed, 128
WEXING, WEXYN, growth, 26
WEYTINGE, waiting
WHEDER, whether
WHITLY, whiter
WIF, wiff, wife, 75
WODE, wood
WODEMANNYS, woodman's, 129
WODMANLY, woodmanly, 176
WOLD, wish or would
WONES, dwellings
WONNED, WOUNED, wont, accustomed, 85
WOODE, wode, mad, 61, 85
WOODNESS, madness, 85
WOOTE, know, 43
WORTH UP, ON HORSE, mount on horseback, 175
WORTES, vegetables, roots, 11
WOXEN, part of verb _wax_, to grow
WREECH, WRECHE, wretched, 55
WRETHIS, wreaths, 133
WROOT, to root, 48, 144
WROOTH, wrath, 49
WRYTENG, writing, 200
WURTHYNES, worthiness
WYLELI, WILILICHE, wilily, 31
WYMMEN, women, 200
WYNDE, wind, scent, smell
WYNDETH, winds, scents, 17
YBREND, burnt, dry, 134
YEDE, went, 150, 166
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