What are some medieval words?

Answer 1

adoun: down deye: die agast(e): afraid; frighten dorste: dare, dared agayn(s): against, toward dout: doubt ago, ago(o)n: gone; ago dout, out of: beyond doubt al: all drede: doubt; dread, fear *al, al be that: although alderbest: best of all *ech: each *als, also: as, also *echo(o)n: each one an: an; on *eek, eke: also *anon: at once elles, ellis: else *artow: art thou, thou art entente: intent, attention arwe: arrow *er, or: before; formerly *as: as, as if, like ese: pleasure *atte: at, at the *everich: every; every one *aventure: chance *axe: ask *fay, fey: faith *ay: always fere, feere: companion fele, feele: many *been: are ferre: farther benedicite: bless us! fil: fell, happened *bet: better flour: flower; flour *beth: are; (imperative) be for: for; because bitwixen: between *forthy: therefore blake: black foryeve: forgive blyve: quickly, soon free: generous, gracious *brenne: burn liberal breste, brast: burst *fro: from bresting: bursting *but, but if: unless game: fun *gan, gonne: began *can, kan: know, be able go(on): go *canstow: can you, you can goost: soul, spirit *cas: happening, chance gyse: guise, manner, way; *certes: surely, certainly plan certeyn: certainly, sure(ly) chees, chese(n): choose, chose *han: have chosen *hastow: have you, you have cheere, chiere: facial expression heigh: high *clepe(n): call *hem: them *clerk: scholar hem lost (or liste): they conne: learn, can wanted conseil: secret, advice hende: ready to hand, coude: could convenient, handy; *coy: quiet pleasant, courteous, gentle deel: bit hente: take, seize, get delit: delight, pleasure *here: her deme: judge, suppose hewe: hue, color devyse: tell (of), describe *hight: named, called *him lest (list): he wants *nere: were not *hir(e): her, their niste: did not know noght: nought, nothing; not *ich: I *nolde: would not *ilke: same *nones, nonys: occasion *noon: none, no *kan: know; know how to; can *noot: know not keep(e), kepe: heed *nyce: foolish *konne: learn; know how to; can *nys: is not konnyng: skill, knowledge nyste: knew not *koude: knew; knew how to; could *kynde: nature *o, oo, on, oon, that oon: one *of: of; off *lasse: less ones, onis: once lese: lose outrely: utterly, entirely lest(e): please, pleases, pleased (impersonal); pace: go, proceed hem (him) leste, liste; *pardee: (lit. "by God"), a common they (he) wanted oath; certainly lete: leave, forsake, abandon parfit: perfect lette: forbear, desist, hinder pleyne: complain, lament; full *le(e)ve: dear povre: poor liggen: to lie *prime, pryme: 9 A.M. like, liketh: it please(s) pryvely, prively: secretly list(e): it pleased, it pleases *lite: little quit(te), quyte: requite, repay lith: lies *quod: said lust: pleasure, desire lusty: lusty; joyous; *rathe: early, soon pleasant; vigorous *rede: advise; interpret; read reed: counsel; (verb) advise maad: made rekke(th): heed(s), care(s) *maistow, maystow: may you, you may right: (adverb): just, quite *make: mate, husband, make routhe: pity maner(e): kind of, manner maugre: in spite of saugh, say, seigh: saw mede: reward *seistow: you say met(te): dream seith: says *mo: more seke: seek mooste: most; greatest *sely: innocent, simple *moot(e) (n): may, must, ought to; sentence: moaning, opinion, so (also, ever) moot I: as I sentiments, subject matter hope to *seyde: said *morewe: morrow, morning *seye: say *mowe: may *shaltow: you shall *muche(l): much, many (a) shape, shoope (reflexive): plan, planned *nam: am not shrewe: scoundrel, wretch namely: especially, specifically *sikerly: certainly, sruely, truly *namo, namoore: no more *sith: since; then *nas: was not slawe, yslawe: slain *nat: not sola(a)s: pleasure, entertainment *nathelees: nevertheless *somdel: somewhat *ne: not, nor somtyme: once, sometimes so(o)re: bitterly, sorely woodnesse: madness *sooth, soothfastnesse, sothe: truth woot, woost: know, knows, knowest; wostow: you know, do you know so(o)the, soothly: truly worthy: distinguished, well to do; in spedde him: hastened good social standing squier: squire wroghte: made, did, worked stente, stynte: cease, stop, restrain wydwe: widow sperte: started steven: voice *yaf: gave suffre: permit, endure *ycleped: named sweven, e, -es, -ys: dream(s) ydo: done *swich: sauch *ye(n): eye(s) swynk, swynken: work *yeve, -en, -est, -eth: give, given syke: sick yifte: gift *syn: since *ynogh: enough ysene: seen task: taketh: take yvel(e): evil, evilly *than(ne): then; than *ywis: surely, certainly thee(n): prosper; so moot I thee: as I hope to prosper ther, ther as: where *thilke: this, that, at that *tho: those; then thoght: thought; anxiety thoughte (impersonal): it seemed thurgh: through thynketh (impersonal): it seems til: until, to to: to, too trewe: true trowe: believe *tweye: two *unnethe(s): scarecely *verray: true, veritable vileynye: rudeness, shameful speech or deed war: aware; be (beth) war(e), a ware yow: beware, take heed wende, -en, -eth: go, pass *wene, -eth: think, thinks werre: war what: what; why wher: where; whether wher as: where which that: which, who *whylom: once, once upon a time, formerly *wight: person, thing wist, wiste: known, knew wol: will wood: crazy, demented, wild

Answer 2

as far as i know medi- means middle and -eval means lifetime, or age. so put together means middle ages. hope that helps

Answer 3

It is from Latin: Medius=middle, Aveum=age. Hence "The Middle Ages", Medieval times.