† betwyndev.
Obsolete.
? To escape.
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the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [verb (intransitive)]
atfareOE
atcomec1220
atstertc1220
atrouta1250
ascape1250
astart1250
atblenchc1275
scapec1275
aschapec1300
fleec1300
ofscapea1325
escapec1330
overfleea1382
to get awaya1400
slipa1400
starta1400
skiftc1440
eschewc1450
withstartec1460
rida1470
chape1489
to flee (one's) touch?1515
evadea1522
betwynde?1534
to make out1558
outscape1562
outslip1600
to come off1630
?1534 Remors of Conscyence (de Worde) (new ed.) sig. B.iij Out of thy tene to betwynde Mercy and loue thyn helpe were thyse.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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v.?1534- the worse
- the worse deal
- the worse end
- the worse for
- the worse for drink
- the worse for the wearing
- the worse for wear
- the worse luck
- the worse of
- the worse part
- the worse side
- the worshipful company of stationers
- the worst end of the bargain
- the worst end of the etc
- the worst end of the staff
- the worst end of the stick
- the worst is
- the worst kind
- the worst of
- the worst of all worlds
- the worst of both worlds
- the worst of it is
- the worst of something
- the worst of the worst
- the worst that, as good as, ever twanged