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  • [tresruge] a.

    Semantic labels: colour

    Citations:

    deep, bright red
    colour: (s.xiv2) Urine qu'est tres rouge [...] ii 263.131

  • tresvermeil a.

    Semantic labels: colour

    Citations:

    deep vermillion, intensely red
    colour: (1354)  si coloree de sank si tresvermeil 155.33

  • tresvert a.

    Semantic labels: colour

    Citations:

    intensely green
    colour: (s.xiii3/3) Li sesisme ciel [...] si estoit en ceste maniere q’il ere tot d’esmeraude si tres vert qu’il sormontoit tottes choses de verdour 120vb.31
    colour: (s.xiii3/3) Et la menue plume [...] estoit si tresverd que la lor verdour nul ne la porroit dire ne penser 18vb.15

  • truble 2 a. s.

    Semantic labels: anat., colour, emotion, lapid., med., meteo., oenol., pathol., sound
    Usage labels: fig.

    Citations:

    black, dark-skinned
    colour: (1194-99) la les peussiez coillir A bracees e recollir, Come l'em colt chaume en estoble, Tant i traient de la gent troble =the Saracen enemies 6285

  • trublus a.

    Semantic labels: colour, meteo., pathol.

    Citations:

    opaque, dark
    colour: (s.xiii2) Li sardoines est noirs, li onicles rouges troubleus, li calcedoines blans 143.x.5

  • turnesolle s.

    Semantic labels: colour

    Citations:

    turnsole, violet-blue or purple dye, obtained from the plant Crozophora tinctoria
    colour: (1384) Item liveré a lui [...] en .j. quart de turnesolle [...] f.35r

  • vair 1 a. s.

    Semantic labels: colour, costume, herald., horses, skins, zool.

    Citations:

    of grey and white squirrel fur
    colour: (c.1170) Unc n'i out un sul ki servist en chemise, Mes en pelice vaire 922
    colour: (TBD) hic ranus, -ni : peliçun veire (3) 161

    mottled, blotched
    colour: (1212) sa chiere ert vaire De maladie 8742

    skewbald
    colour: (1150-70) un vair destrer 2177

    grey and white squirrel fur, minever
    colour: (c.1136-37) Or e argent e veir e gris 5554
    colour: (c.1170) Ja ne vus faudreit mes or, argent, ver ne gris 1091
    colour: (TBD) hic cismus est illud animal quod defert vayr et gris (Gloss Comm D) 26

  • verdeier v.intrans. p.pr. as a.

    Semantic labels: colour
    Usage labels: fig.

    Citations:

    to be, become green
    colour: (c.1185) Et verdeie bois et bruere 2481
    colour: (c.1235) Sur l'erbe ki verdoie 953

    verdant, green
    colour: (c.1235) Les cors ad enterré suz bleste verdoiant 1756

  • verdur s.

    Semantic labels: colour

    Citations:

    green
    colour: (s.xii1) ... en verdur de gemele in virore gemmae 114.LXVII.14
    colour: (s.xii3/4) Les planetes [...] l'enseigna. Chescoun en sa colur mult bien li devisa: Martem vermeil nota, Mercurie a verdur 196
    colour: (1273-82) De li (= J.C.) prent l'esmeraude pure [...] sa verdure 674

  • vermeil a. s.

    Semantic labels: colour

    Citations:

    vermilion, bright red
    colour: (s.xii3/4) Les oilz vermals cum sanc 6029
    colour: (c.1170) jonchié a flur Jaunes, indes, vermeilles 2711
    colour: (s.xiii) (at chess) red : Le vermeil rei primes trarra 16.270
    colour: (1300) Wermeille o un fer de molyn De ermine i envoia se ensegne 113.534
    colour: (1414) un paire de vestimentz de drap dore d'ore or doré? , bloy et vermaille ii 8

    red colour
    colour: (s.xiiiex) par le vermeil est entendu hontage 121.16

  • vert 1 a. s.

    Semantic labels: bot., colour, law, leather, tax, textile, toponym

    Citations:

    green
    colour: (1300) fretté endesus de fyl jaune e vert iii 102

    green, verdant
    colour: (s.xiiiex) e si seent sour les verz branches 225.20
    colour: (s.xivin) La foille de saffran se moustre vert e de beal colour en tens de yver 119
    colour: (s.xiv2) ... sparge, ver cardoun... 513

    green, unripe
    colour: (s.xiii2/4) Pernez prunes vertes... 141
    colour: (s.xiii3/4) Et si vous verde les (= betony shoots) coillez, En ewe cliere les boillés 152.115

    green foliage, greenery
    colour: (s.xiiiex) Ke il ne damagent le fein de la tere ne nul vert Ne nul arbre 1613

  • viole 1 s.

    Semantic labels: bot., colour

    Citations:

    violet
    colour: (s.xiiiex) amatiste, ke est [...] de culur medlee [...] De viole e de rose 4238

  • wachet s.

    Semantic labels: colour, textile
    Usage labels: name

    Citations:

    wachet, light blue cloth
    colour: (c.1136-37) Desuz aveit un mantelet, Dedenz de gris, [dehors dowet] hors de wachet 3884 (MS)

  • weide s.

    Semantic labels: bot., colour, textile

    Citations:

    blue dye prepared from the leaves of woad
    colour: (c.1250) hec sandix =red dye, but when glossed it is also used to refer to any dye : uade i 428.645
    colour: (c.1300) Et s'il trovent un drap, s'il soit fait a vente, filee et mis warenge sur weide, en avera le meire demi mar 123
    colour: (1419) Et qe nul drape lienge soit teynt neire fors en weide 273

  • [weidé] p.p. as a.

    Semantic labels: colour, textile

    Citations:

    (of cloth) dyed blue with woad
    colour: (1464-65) cork poet estre usée en tincture sur laine waidez et auxi en tincture de tout tiel drap qu'est tancsoulement fait de laine waidez ii 404

  • whitawyer s.

    Semantic labels: colour, leather, occupation, skins
    Usage labels: name

    Citations:

    tawer, one who prepares animal skins with alum and salt and transforms them into white leather (used as a surname) (used as a surname)
    colour: (1279) Eustach. le Wittowere whit-tawier(e n.
    colour: (1279) Thomas le Wytewere Whitear
    colour: (1279-80) William le Huittawiere whit-tawier(e n.
    colour: (1311) Walter le Whitawyer whit-tawier(e n.
    colour: (1313) Johannes le Whyttauwyar whit-tawier(e n.

  • white s.

    Semantic labels: colour
    Usage labels: name

    Citations:

    white one (used as a surname)
    colour: (1154-89) Berwaldus le White White
    colour: (1284) Walter le Whyte White
    colour: (1313) Johannes le White whit a.
    colour: (1381) Robertus le Qwyte White

  • whitesmyth s.

    Semantic labels: colour, metal, occupation
    Usage labels: name

    Citations:

    whitesmith, metal worker who crafts articles from tin or other white metals (used as a surname)
    colour: (1260) Ricardus le Wytesmith whit a.
    colour: (1313) John le Whitesmyth Whitesmith

  • whitewyre s.

    Semantic labels: colour, metal

    Citations:

    white wire, iron wire coated with tin
    colour: (1463) blanc file de ferre vulgarement nomé whitewyre ii 397

  • whiting 2 s.

    Semantic labels: build., colour

    Citations:

    Isle of Wight
    colour: (s.xiii3/4) Wicht est une petite isle en la mere de Engletere 47
    colour: (1427-28) Issant John Walsche de Wyszt: .j. barel de heryng [...] 20
    colour: (1477-748) pur defaulte de verraie, sesonable et sufficiant fesure, whityng et anelyng de tewle appellez pleintile ii 463

  • whitlyme s.

    Semantic labels: build., colour

    Citations:

    whitelime, whitewash, mixture of water and lime for coating a wall
    colour: (1399-1400) Item paié a diversis dawberis overantz pur le mesnier et pur whitlyme .xlvj. s. .viij. d. 1 Henry IV

  • wolde s.

    Semantic labels: bot., colour

    Citations:

    weld, dyer's rocket, plant with yellowish-green flowers, Reseda luteola (or the yellow dye prepared from it)
    colour: (c.1300) De chescun tone de weyde: .vj. d. De la piere (corrected in the manuscript to 'pointelle') de wolde: qa. ii 10
    colour: (s.xivin) De lege vidz corkel ne de teyle a treefes ne de welde seyt nule custume prise 192
    colour: (1430) .xxiiij. pointels de wold, pois .iiij C . – cust. .xvj. d. 100.543

  • yelewe s.

    Semantic labels: colour
    Usage labels: name

    Citations:

    yellow one (used as a surname)
    colour: (1221) Christina la Gelewe yelwe a.
    colour: (1234) Jordan le Yelewe Yellow
    colour: (1307) Peter le Yelewe Yellow

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