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.

Aihte, sb. property, S; ayhte, S; see Auhte.

Air, sb. air, S2; aire, NED; see Eyre.

Airtis, sb. pl. quarters of the sky, S3; see Art.

Aisille, sb. vinegar, S; eisil, MD; eisel, MD; eyselle, MD; esylle, Prompt.; aselle, MD; eysell, Sh.; aysel, H.—­OF. aisil (eisil), also, aisi, Ps. 68. 21 (Metz); Late Lat. acitum (cp.  OF. azet); Lat. ace*tum; see Schuchardt, Vokalismus, i. 294.

Aisliche, adv. timorously, S3; see Eisliche.

Ak, conj. but, S2, PP; see Ac.

Ak, sb. oak, Voc.; akis, pl., S3; see Ook. [Addition]

A-kelen, v. to make cold, to grow cold, S, MD.—­AS. Ai-cA(C)lan. (A-I.)

Aken, v. to ake, to throb with pain, C2, S2, Prompt., NED; eken, MD; 3*aik, NED; oc, pt. s., MD; ok, MD; oke, MD, NED; akide, NED; oken, pt. pl., PP.—­AS. acan, pt. A cubedc, pp. acen; cp.  Icel. aka, to drive, Lat. agere.  Cf. Ache.

Akennet, pp. born, S; see A-cennen. [Addition]

Aketoun, sb. a jacket of quilted cotton worn under the mail, a jacket of leather plated with mail, NED, Voc., C2; acketoun, HD; acton, NED, HD, JD; hakatone, HD; haqueton, NED; haketon, ND; hacqueton, ND.—­OF. auqueton; Sp. alcoton; Arab, al-qu*tn, the cotton.

A-kneon, on knees, S, NED; aknen, HD; aknewes, HD. (A- 2.)

Al, adj., sb., adv. all, MD, S, S2, C2, C3; all, S, S3; hal, S2; alle, dat., S; A|lle, pl., S; alle, S2; halle, S; ealre, gen., S; allre, S; alra, S; alre, S.—­AS. eall, all, al.

Al, adv. (with conjunctions); al if, although, NED.

Al, adv. (with subj. mood), although, NED, C, C3; Al be it, even though it be that, C.

Alabastre, sb. alabaster, W (Mt. 26. 7); alabaustre, S3; alablaster, Sh.—­OF. alabastre; Lat. alabastrum (nom.-ter); Gr. [Greek:  alabastros, alabastos].

A-lang, adv. along, MD; along, MD; olong, MD (A-4).  See Endlang.

Alange, adj. tedious, strange, foreign, Prompt.; alenge, HD; see Elenge.

Alarge, v. to enlarge, to give largely, HD; alargid, pp., W, W2.—­OF. alargir. (A-7.)

A-last, adv. at last, S2, NED. (A- 5.)

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