A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Es], conj. as, PP; see [Also].

[ Es], pr. s., is, S, S2, H; esse, S2; see [Is].

[ Escape], sb. transgression, HD, ND, Sh.; escapes, pl., S3.

[ Eschame], v. to be ashamed; eschamyt, pp., S3; see NED (s.v. ashame).

[ Eschapen], v. to escape, S2; escapen, MD; ascapen, W2, P; chapyt, pp., S3.—AF. eschaper, escaper. Cf. [Achape].

[ Eschaping], sb. escape, S2.

[ Eschaunge], sb. exchange, C, PP.—AF. eschaunge.

[ Escheker], sb. chess-board, treasury, exchequer, MD; esscheker, PP; cheker, P; checker, S3; chekyr, PP; chesquier, PP.—AF. escheker, OF. eschequier.

[ Eschen], v. to ask, MD; see [Asken].

[ Eschetes], sb. pl. escheats, PP; escheytes, forfeitures, PP; chetes, P.—AF. eschete (pl. eschaetes); es = ex + chaet, pp. of chaoir; Lat. cadere; see Bartsch, p. 511.