A-strangeled, pp. suffocated, S2, (A- 6.) See Strangelyn.

Astronomye, sb. astronomy, PP.—­OF. astronomie; Lat. astronomia; Gr. [Greek:  astronomA-a].

Astronomyen, sb. astronomer, astrologer, PP; astromyenes, pl. (= Lat. magi), W; astrymyanes, PP.—­OF. astronomien.

Asure, sb. azure, NED, C2, C.—­OF. asur, azur; Low Lat. lazur (lazulus); Pers. lajward.

Aswagen, v. to assuage, C2, PP.—­AF. as(s)_uager_:  Prov. assuaviar; from Lat. suauis. (A- 7.)

A-Swelten, v. to die, S, NED. (A- 1.)

Aswithe, adv. as quickly as possible, S2, PP; asswythe, S2; see Alswithe.

A-swowne, pp. as adv. aswoon, C2; assowe, HD.—­AS. ge-swA cubedgen, see NED (s.v. aswoon) and SkD (s.v. swoon]. (A-6.)

A-syde, adv. aside, C2. (A-2.)

At-, prefix (1), at; et-; a-.—­AS. A|t-.

At-, prefix (2), from, away; et-.—­AS. A|t- for oA deg.- proclitic form of *_AA deg._-, away:  Goth, unA3/4a-; cp.  Du. ont-, OIIG. int-(G. ent-).

At, pron. rel. and conj. that, S2, S3, H, NED; see A3/4at.

At, prep, at, in, with, from, of, amongst, PP, S, S2, C2; et, S; A|t, S; ed, S; at, used with the infin. mood, S2, NED (vi), II. Comb.:—­atte, at the, PP, S, S2, C2; ate, S, S2; ette, S; eter, S; atten, S2, PP; at-after, after, C2; att-alle, in every way, S2; at-foren, before, MD; et-foren, S; at-uore, S2; at-om, at home, S2, PP; at-on, at one, in accord, NED, S; at oon, G (s.v. oon), C2; at-ones, at once, together, PP, C2, C3; attonis, S3; attonys, S3; attones, S3.

Atache, v. to arrest, indict, S2, PP; attache, PP; atteche,S3, NED; atachet, pp., S2, PP,—­AF. attacher; cp.  It. attaccare. (A-7.)

A-take, v. to overtake, catch, C3, HD, NED. Phr.:  wel atake, well caught, NED. (A 1.)

Atamen, v. to cut into, broach, open (a vessel), NED, PP, HD; attamen, HD, Prompt., C2.—­OF. atamer:  Prov. (en)-tamenar; Lat. attaminare. (A-7.)

Atazir, sb. influence (astrological term), S2, S3.  Cp.  Sp. atazir; Arab. at-tActhA(R)r, ’al+tActhA(R)r, influence, see Steingass, Arab.  Dict., p. 157, and Dozy’s Glossary, s. v. atacir.