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this symbol is an earlier, more
primitive form than the one preceding, without an immediate
interborrowing between the languages being asserted; for instance, s.v.
~demen~, the Goth, _dómjan_ is an older form than the AS.
_déman_, but _déman_ is not borrowed from the Gothic. The
abbreviation 'cp.' introduces other cognate forms, and has the same
value as the symbol + in Skeat's Dictionaries.
The asterisk * at the beginning of a word denotes a theoretical form,
assumed (upon scientific principles) to have formerly existed. The sign
= is to be read 'a translation of.' '(_n_)' after Prompt., Cath. and other
authorities refers to foot-notes or other notes citing the form in
question.
A CONCISE DICTIONARY OF MIDDLE-ENGLISH
A.

~A-~, prefix (1), adding intensity to the notion of the verb.--AS. _á_
for _ar_-, OHG _ar_-, Goth. _us_-. For the quantity of the _á_ see
Sievers, 121. Cf. Or.
~A-~, prefix (2), standing for ~A~, prep., and for Icel. _á_; see ~On-~
(1).
~A-~, prefix (3), standing for ~Of~, prep.; see Of.
~A-~, prefix (4), standing for AS. _and_-, against, in return,
toward.--AS. _and_-, _ond_-, _on_-(proclitic). Cf. ~On-~ (2.)
~A-~, prefix (5), standing for ~At~, prep., and Icel. _at_, used with the
infin. See ~At-~ (1).
~A-~, prefix (6), standing for AS. _ge_-; see ~3*e-~.
~A-~, prefix (7), standing for OF. _a_-and Lat. _ad_-.
~A-~, prefix (8), standing for OF. _a_- and Lat. _ab_-.
~A-~, prefix (9), standing for AF. _a_, OF. _e_-, _es_- from Lat. _ex_-,
_e_-.
~A-~, prefix (10), standing for AF. _an_-, OF. _en_- from Lat. _in_-.
See ~In-~.
~A-~, prefix (11), standing for Gr. [Greek: a]- privative.
~A~, interj. O! Ah! expressing surprise, pain, S, MD.
~A~, _prep_, on, in, PP, S, S2,C2; see On.
~A~, _prep_, of, S2, S3, PP; see Of. [Addition]
~A~, adv. ever, S; ~aa~, S; ~a buten~, ever without, S; see O.
[Addition]
~A-bac~, adv. backwards, S, W2; ~abec~, S; ~abak~, C2, W; ~obak~,
S2.--AS. _on-bæc_. (~A-~ 2.)
~Abasshen~, v. to abash, S3; ~abasshed~, pp. abashed, ashamed,
alarmed, C3, PP; ~abashed~, S2; ~abasshid~, S3; ~abasched~, PP;
~abaisshed~, PP; ~abaischid~, W; ~abaischt~, S2; ~abaissed~, PP;
~abaist~, S3; ~abayste~, S2, C2.--OF. _esbahiss_- stem of pr. p. of
_esbahir_, to astonish; Lat. ex + *badire for _badare_, to open the
mouth. (~A-~ 9.)
~Abate~, v. to beat down, bring down, calm down, P, NED.--AF.
abatre (pr. p. _abatant_); Late Lat. *adbatere. (~A-~7.)
~Abaue~, v. to put to confusion, to be confounded, NED, HD, JD;
~abawed~, pp. HD; ~abaued~, HD.--OF. *_abavir_: esbahir (with v in
place of lost _h_, see Brachet, s.v. _glaive_). (~A-~9). See Abasshen.
~Abaye~, sb. barking; phr. ~at þe abaie, at abaye~, at bay, S2.--OF.

_abai_, barking, from _abaier_; cp. F. aboi in phr.: _être aux abois_.
~Abbay~, sb. abbey, C2; ~abbeis~, pl., S2.--AF. abbeie (_abeie_);
Church Lat. _abba*dia, abba*tia_, from _abba*tem_. See Abbod.
~Abbesse~, sb. abbess, PP.--OF. _abbesse_; Church Lat. abbatissa.
~Abbod~, sb. abbot, MD, S2; ~abbot~, S, PP; ~abbodes~, pl.
S2.--Church Lat. _abba*tem_ (pronounced _abba*dem_), nom.
_abbas_; Gr. [Greek: abbas]; Syriac, _abba_, father.
~Abbodesse~, sb. abbess, PP.
~Abbot-rice~, sb. abbacy, S.--AS. _abbod-rÃ-ce_, the rule of an abbot.
~A-B-C~, the alphabet, P; ~abcy~, Cath.; ~abce~, Cath. (n.), PP;
~abcee~, Cotg.; ~abece~, Cath. (n.); ~apece~, Prompt.--Cp. OF.
_abece_, the crosse rowe (Cotg.).
~Abeah, Abeh~.; see ~Abu3*en~.
~Abeggen, Abeien~; see Abyen.
~A-bernen~, v. to burn; ~abernð~, _pr. s_. S.--AS. _á-beornan_.
(~A-~ 1.)
~Abhominacioun~, sb. abomination, NED, C2.
~Abhomynable~, adj. abominable, S3, C3.--AF. _abhominable_; Lat.
abominabilem.
~A-biden~, v. to abide, remain, await, endure, S, S2, W2; ~habide~, S2;
~abyde~, C2; ~abid~, imp., S, S2; ~abid~, _pr. s_., S; ~abit~, S, S2, C3;
~abod~, _pt. s_., S; ~abood~, W2; ~abide~, _pt. pl_., S2; ~abididen~,
W2; ~abide~, pp., G.--AS. _á-bÃ-dan_. (~A-~ 1.)
~A-biding~, sb. expectation, W2.
~Abiggen~; see Abven.
~Abil~, adj. able, CM; ~able~, C; ~hable~, S3, MD.--OF. _able_,
hable (mod. F. _habile_); Lat. habilem.
~Abilite~, sb. ability, NED; ~habilitie~, S3.--OF. _habilité_.
~Abil3*eit~, pp. apparelled, S3.--OF. habiller.
~Abil3*ement~, sb. clothing, S3.--OF. habillement.
~Abit~, sb. dress, a monk's clothing, habit, PP, CM, HD; ~abite~,
W.--AF. abit (_habit_); Lat. habitum (acc.).
~A-biten~, v. to bite, S.--AS. _á-bÃ-tan_. (~A-I~).
~Abject~, pp
. and adj. cast out, NED.
~Abjecte~, v. to cast aside, S3.
~A-blawen~, v. to blow, MD; ~ableow~, _pt. s_., S.--AS.
_á-bláwan_. (~A-I~.)

~A-blenden~, v. to blind, MD; ~ablent~, _pr. s_., S; pl., S; ~ablende~,
_pt. s_., MD; ~a-blend~, pp. MD.--AS. _á-blendan_. (~A-I~.)
~A-bouten~, adv. and prep. about, C2, P, MD; ~abuten~, S; ~abuuten~,
S; ~abuton~, S; ~abute~, S; ~aboute~, S, G; ~oboute~, MD; ~obout~,
S2.--AS. _on-bútan_ (=_on-be-útan_). (~A-2~.)
~A-bouen~, adv. and _prep_, above, C2, PP, MD; ~aboue~, PP;
~abufen~, S; ~abuuen~, MD; ~abowen~, MD; ~abone~, S3, JD;
~oboven~, MD; ~obowen~, MD; ~oboune~, MD. Phr.: ~at here
aboue~, S2.--AS. on + bufan (=be + _ufan_). (~A-2~.)
~Abregge~, v. to abridge, shorten, C; ~abreggide~, pp., W; ~breggid~,
W.--OF. _abreger_, _abregier_: Prov. _abrevjar_; Lat. abbreviare.
(~A-8~.)