, Book V: Then there began a passyng harde stoure, for the Romaynes ever wexed ever bygger.

the crook of a cane

My sister-in-law from Corsica makes the best quiche and the best meat pie in the world.

To constitute a Thane, it was necessary that he should possess a distinct office in the King's Court; or, being a churle or countryman, that he should have “fully five hides of his own land, a church, a kitchen, a bellhouse, and a boroughgate with a seat.”