A Concise Dictionary of Middle English eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 648 pages of information about A Concise Dictionary of Middle English.

A Concise Dictionary of Middle English eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 648 pages of information about A Concise Dictionary of Middle English.

A-cennende, sb. begetting, birth, S.

A-cenneng, sb. birth, S.

A-chape, v. to escape, NED; achaped, pt. s., S2.—­OF. achaper; cf.  AF. ascaper. (A- 9.) Cf. Eschapen, Ascapie.

Achate, v. to purchase, NED.—­OF. achater (F. acheter, acater; Late Lat., accaptare.

Achate, sb. purchase, provisions purchased, NED, C; achat, HD; acate, NED; acates, pl., HD.—­OF. achat, AF. acate.  See above.

Achatour, sb. a purchaser of provisions, purveyor, C, NED, HD; acatour, NED.—­AF. achatour, acatour; Late Lat. accaptatorem.

Ache, sb. pain, Prompt.; eche, MD; hache, HD.—­AS. A|ce (ece).  See Aken.

Ache, sb. wild celery, parsley, NED, Voc.—­OF. ache; Lat. apium; Gr. [Greek:apion].

Achesoun, sb. occasion, motive, HD, MD, NED.—­OF. achoison, ocoison; Lat. occasionem.  Cf. Anchesoun, Enchesoun, Chesoun.

Achtande, ord. eighth, S2, NED.—­Icel. Aittandi; cp.  OHG. ahtande.  Cf. Eighte (ord.).

A-colien, v. to wax cold; acolede, pt. s., S; acoled, pp., S.—­AS. Ai-cA cubedlian. (A- 1.)

Acombren, v. to encumber, PP; acumbrid, pp., S2.—­OF. encombrer. (A- 10.)

Acomplesshen, v. to accomplish, NED; accomplice, C; accompliced, pp.  NED.—­AF. acomplir (acomplice, pr. s. subj.); Late Lat. accomplere; see Brachet. (A-7.)

Acord, sb. accord, agreement, MD; accord, S2; acorde, S.—­AF. acord.

Acordaunce, sb. agreement, PP.

Acorden, v. to reconcile, to agree, MD, S2, P; accordyng, pr. p., S3; accorded, pp., S2; pt. s., S3.—­OF. acorder; Late Lat. accordare, from Lat. ad + cord-, stem of cor, heart. (A-7.)

Acorse; see Acursien.

Acounte, v. to count, to calculate, NED, C2, PP; acompte, NED, PP; accompted, pp., S3.—­AF. acounter, OF. a-cunter, aconter; Late Lat. accomptare; Lat. ad + computare. (A-7.)

Acounte, sb. account, reckoning, PP; acompte, PP; accompt, S3; accomptes, pl., S3.—­AF. acounte, acunte.

Acoupen, v. to accuse, NED, HD; acoupede, pt. s., NED, PP; acopede, NED; acoulped, NED; acouped, pp., S2.—­OF. acouper, acolper, for encouper, encolper; Lat. inculpare. (A-10.)

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