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~A-breiden~, v. to start up, to draw (sword), to thrust out, to blame, S;
~abreyden~, NED; ~abraid~, _pt. s_.,S; ~abreyde~, C2; ~abrayde~, C;
~abroden~, pp., S; ~abruden~, S.--AS. _á_ + bregdan. (~A-I~.)
~A-brode~, adv. abroad, PP; ~abrood~, C2; ~abrod~, widely apart, PP.
(~A-2~.)
~Abusioun~, sb. deceit, S2, C3.--OF. abusion (Cotg.).
~Abute, Abuton, Abuten~; see ~A-bouten~.
~A-bu3*en~, v. to bow, MD; ~abuen~, MD; ~abouwen~, MD;
~abowe~, NED; ~abeah~, _pt. s_., MD; ~abeh~, S.--AS. _á-bugan_.
(~A-I~.)
~A-byen, Abye~, v. to buy, to pay for, S3, C2, C3, PP; ~abygge~, PP;
~abiggen~, PP; ~abuggen~, S, PP; ~abeggen~, MD, G; ~abeien~, S;
~abie~, PP; ~abuiþ~, _pr. s_., S; ~abugeð~, _pr. pl_., S; ~abouhte~,
_pt. s_., S; ~aboughte~, G; ~abought~, pp. 63.--AS. _á-* bycgan_.
(~A-~ 1.)
~Abyme~, sb. abyss, S2, HD.--OF. _abime, abisme_; Low Lat.
*_abyssimum_, superl. of Lat. _abyssus_; Gr. [Greek:abussos],
bottomless. (~A-~ 11.)
~Ac~, conj. but, S, S2, P; ~acc~, S; ~ah~, S, S2; ~ak~, S2, PP; ~hac~,
S; ~ach~, MD; ~auh~, MD, S; ~auch~, MD; ~oc~, S; ~occ~, S.--AS.
ac.
~Acc-~; see ~Ac-~.
~Accident~, sb. accident (a term of the schoolmen), C3.--Lat.
accidentem.
~Accidie~, sb. sloth, indolence, S, CM, PP.--AF. accidie (NED); Low

Lat. _accidia, acedia_; Gr. [Greek:akaedia], heedlessness, torpor. (~A-~
11.)
~Accompt~, sb. account, S3; see Acounte. [Addition]
~Accompted~, pp. accounted, S3; see Acounte. [Addition]
~Ace~, sb. a jot, S3; see As. [Addition]
~A-cennen~, v. to bring forth, to beget, MD; ~acenned~, pp. MD;
~accenned~, S; ~akenned~, MD; ~akennet~, S; acende (for ~acend~),
S.--AS. _á-cennan_. (~A-~ I.)
~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. _æce
(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. _áttandi_; cp. OHG.
ahtande. Cf. Eighte (ord.).
~A-colien~, v. to wax cold; ~acolede~, _pt. s_., S; ~acoled~, pp.,
S.--AS. _á-cólian_. (~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.)
~Acoyen~, v. to quiet, coax, tame, NED, Palsg.; ~acoyed~, _pt. s_.,
S2.--OF. _acoyer_, to calm; Lat. _ad + quietare_. (A-7.)
~Acumbrid~; see Acombren.
~A-cursien~, v. to curse, NED; ~acursi~, S, NED; ~acorse~, PP;
~acorsed~, pp. MD. (A-1.)
~Acustumaunce~, sb. customary use, NED, C2.--OF. acostumance.
(A-7.)
~Acwenchen~; see Aquenchen.
~Adamant~, sb. adamant, very hard metal, a fabulous rock or mineral,
the diamond, the loadstone or magnet, NED; precious stone, Prompt.;
~ademaunt~, C; ~adamounde~, Prompt, (n.); ~admont~, NED;
~athamant~, NED; ~athamaunte~, C; ~attemant~, NED; ~aymont~,
NED.--AF. adamant (_aimant_); Lat. _adamantem_; Gr. [Greek:
adamas] ([Greek: -anta]), lit. invincible, untamable, from [Greek: a- +
damao], I tame. (A-11.)
~Adaunten~, v. to subdue, NED; ~adauntede~, _pt. s_., S2.--OF.
_adanter_, _adonter_; Lat. _ad + domitare_, to tame. (A-7.)
~A-dawe~, out of life, NED, HD.--AS. _of dagum_, from days. (A-3.)
~A-dawen~, v. to rise from sleep, also, to arouse, NED; ~adawed~, pp.
S3.--Cp. MHG. _er-tagen_, to dawn. (A-1.)
~A-day~, adv. at morn, by day, S2, P; ~adai~, S. (A-2.)
~Addledd~, pp. earned, S; see Adlen. [Addition]
~A-dili3*en~,, v. to be lost, to perish, S; ~adili3*ede~, _pt. s_., S;
~adiligde~, S.--AS. _á-diligan_, to destroy. (~A-~ I.)
~A-di3*ten~, v. to appoint, order, prepare, compose, clothe, treat, MD,
S; ~ady3*t~, pp., MD; ~adight~, G; ~adyght~, MD, HD. (~A-~ 1.)

~Adlen~, v. to earn, MD; ~addle~, Manip., MED; ~addledd~, pp.,
S.--Icel. _öðla_, refl. _öðla-sk_, to acquire for oneself property,
from _óðal_, property, patrimony, from *_aþal_, race, see Fick, 7.
14; cp. OHG. _uodil_, 'praedium' (Tatian). See Athel.
~Admirald~, sb. a Saracen commander, S; see Amirail.
~Admod~, adj. humble, gentle, S; ~ædmod~, MD; ~edmod~,
MD.--AS. _éadmód, éaðmód_. See Eth.