A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language: From the Semi-Saxon Period of A.D. 1250 to 1300Coleridge, Herbert
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A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language: From the Semi-Saxon Period of A.D. 1250 to 1300
Coleridge, Herbert
English language -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
Twere, _sb._ == doubt, subject of doubt, O. and N. 989. AS. tweo. S. Goth.
twe
Twibil, _sb._ == axe. Wright’s L. P. p. 110. AS. twý-bill
Twice, _adv._ [tuye]. RG. 222
Twifald, _v. n._ == hesitate. Ps. lxv. 14; cv. 33
Twinge, _v. a._ [tuenge] == pinch. St Dunst. 81. O. and N. 156
---- == persecute. Ps. xvi. 9. Dan. tvinge.
Twinging, _sb._ == persecution. Ps. xvii. 19
Twinkling, _sb._ == ‘in the twinkling of an eye.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 106.
AS. twinclian
---- == twangling, or tinkling (of a harp). Alys. 2572
Twinne, _v. a._ == divide. Ps. liv. 10
---- _v. n._ == separate, stand aloof from. Ps. xvi. 13. AS. twý
Two [tuo]. RG. 368; [to]. RG. 538
n. pl. ‘tweie.’ O. and N. 793
gen. pl. ‘tweire.’ O. and N. 886; ‘twam.’ O. and N. 1475; ‘twom.’ O.
and N. 989
Twom. See Two
Tyffen, _v. a._ == adorn. Alys. 4109. Manuel des Pecches, 3204, 3208. ON.
typpa.
Tyfyng, _sb._ == ornament. Manuel des Pecches, 3242
Tyrant, _sb._ RG. 389. pl. ‘tyranne.’ Alys. 7499
U.
Ughtening, _sb._ == dawn, See Uȝtening, Uȝten
Umben, _prep._ == around. Wright’s L. P. p. 35. AS. ymbe
Umbestonde, _adv._ == formerly. HD. 2297. Wright’s L. P. p. 46
Umbewhile, _adv._ == at times. Wright’s L. P. p. 49
Umbistand, _v. a._ == surround; pret. ‘umbistode.’ HD. 1875
Umbiyeden, _vb._ == surrounded. HD. 1842
Umgang, _sb._ == circuit. Ps. xi. 9
Umgive, _v. a._ == surround. Ps. vii. 8
Umgo, _v. n._ == go round; imper. ‘umga’ Ps. lviii. 7
Umgripe, _v. a._ == embrace. Ps. lxxviii. 8
Umklip, _v. a._ == embrace. Ps. xlvii. 13
Umlap, _v. a._ == encircle. Ps. xxxix. 13; lxx. 11. AS. læppa, a hem,
border
Umlock, _v. a._ Ps. lxxvii. 62
Umset, _v. a._ == surround. Ps. xxi. 13
Umshadow, _v. a._ == overshadow. Ps. xc. 4
Umstanding, _sb._ == circumstance. Ps. cxl. 3
Umtipped, _part._ == dressed. Ps. cxliii. 12. See Tyffen
Unalike, _adj._ 140 β
Unarmed, _adj._ RG. 543
Unaware, _adj._ [unwar, uniwar]. RG. 88
Unbecomely, _adj._ K. Horn, 1097
Unbegotten, _adj._ [unbeȝet]. Signa ante Jud. 31
Unbind, _v. a._ RG. 74, 318; part. ‘unbound.’ RG. 161
Unblithe, _adj._ HD. 141. Wright’s L. P. p. 30
Unbold, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 100
Unborn, _adj._ Manuel des Pecches, 4857
Unbought, _adj._ Rel. Ant. i. 114
---- == unrecompensed. M. Ode, st. 30
Unbrede, _v. a._ == open. Pol. S. 156. AS. on-bredan
Unbroad, _adj._ [unbrad]. Pol. S. 156
Unburied, _adj._ RG. 219, 416
Unbuxom, _adj._ == disobedient. Rel. S. vi. 10
Unbuxomness, _sb._ Manuel des Pecches, 3013
Uncle, _sb._ RG. 446
Unclean, _adj._ RG. 351
Uncleanness, _sb._ RG. 434
Unclothe, _v. a._ HD. 659
Uncomely, _adj._ Body and Soul, 59
Uncouth, _adj._ == unknown. Alys. 5993; == unknowing in an act, sense.
Wright’s L. P. p. 103? AS. uncúð
Uncunning, _sb._ 1024 B.
Under, _prep._ RG. 480; ‘under that’ == until. RG. 451
---- _v. a._ == put under. Ps. xvii. 48
Under, _sb._ See Undern
Underandnes, _sb._ == harmlessness. Ps. vii. 9. AS. derian
Underdo, _v. a._ == cheat. K. Horn, 1471
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