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.
Astand, _v. n._ == stand still, delay. [astonde] 1920 B. 3 pl. pret.
‘astunte’ RG. 546. ‘astynte’ RG. 128
Asteynte, _part._ == attainted. Alys. 880
Astiune, _sb._ == a precious stone. Cok. 88. Probably the ‘astios’ of
Plin. H. N. xxxvii. 48
Astoned, == astonished. RG. 396
Astore, _v. a._ == store (a place). RG. 375, 385, 395
---- _adv._ == plentifully. Alys. 2110, 5002
Astrangle, _v. a._ == to strangle. RG 342
Astrengthy, _v. a._ == strengthen. RG. 342
Astride, _adv._ Alys. 4445
Astromyen, _sb._ == astronomer. Alys. 136
Astronomy, _sb._ Alys. 137
Astye, _v. n._ == move, or stir. RG. 317 AS. astígan
Asunde. See Aswunde
Aswink, _v. a._ == swink for, earn by labour. 1665 B.
Aswunde, _part._ == worn out, decayed. O. and N. 1478. ‘asunde.’ O. and N.
534. AS. aswindan
At, _adv._ == but. RG. 256, 372
---- with inf. == to. Ps. lxxvi. 16; lxxii. 23. ON. at
---- _prep._ == of time, ‘at Alle Halwyn tide.’ RG. 416
---- == of place, ‘at Westmynstre.’ 227 B.
Atake, _part._ == taken. 1963 B.
Atblenche, _v. a._ == shrink from, escape. Rel. S. v. 8
Atbroide, _part._ == seduced? O. and N. 1378. AS. æt-bredan
Ate. See Eat.
Atell, _v. a._ == reckon up. RG. 171
Ateliche, _adj._ == hateful, foul. O. and N. 1123. AS. átelic
Atfall, _v. n._ == fall. Rel. S. vii. 24
Atfly, _v. n._ == fly away. O. and N. 37
Atgo, _v. n._ == go away. Wright’s L. P. pp. 48, 74
Athel, _sb._ == nobleman? Wright’s L. P. p. 33. AS. æþel
---- _adj._ == noble. O. and N. 632
Atheling, _sb._ == nobleman. Rel. S. vi. 11. AS. æþeling
Athold, _v. a._ == retain. RG. 124; restrain. O. and N. 392
---- _v. n._ == hold still, remain faithful to. 2 s. pres. ‘athalst.’ RG.
193
Athrang, _adv._ == in a throng. Alys. 3409
Athree, _adv._ == in 3 parts. RG. 437
Atour, _adv._ == round about. Alys. 4511
Atprenche, _v. a._ == deceive. O. and N. 249, 812. ON. pretta, to deceive
Atraht, for ‘at-raft.’ == reaved or snatched away. Wright’s L. P. p. 37
Atrute, _v. a._ == make a noise or disturbance. RG. 428. O. and N. 1166.
See Route
Atscape, _v. a._ == escape. Wright’s L. P. p. 75
Atschet, _vb. a._ == burst? O. and N. 44. AS. sceðan
Atschote, _vb. a. part._ == shot, destroyed by a shot. O. and N. 1621. AS.
sceotan
Atsit, _v. a._ == withstand, oppose. RG. 174
Atstand, _v. a._ == withstand. RG. 44
---- _v. n._ == stand, remain. 2375 B. pret. ‘atstode.’ RG. 355
Attan, == at the, for ‘at than.’ 81 B.
Atte, == at the. RG. 285
Attercop, _sb._ == spider. O. and N. 600. Lit. ‘poison-cup.’ AS.
attor-coppa
Attire, _v. a._ RG. 547
---- _sb._ Alys. 173
Attorn, _v. n._ == return. RG. 419, 539
Atwende, _v. a._ == put away, remove. O. and N. 1425
Atwit, _v. a._ == twit. RG. 33. pret. ‘atwiste,’ ibid. AS. edwitan
Atwo, _adv._ RG. 375
Atyl, _sb._ == array, dress. RG. 51. Fr. teile, toile
---- _v. a._ == array. RG. 191, 525
Aunt, _sb._ RG. 571. Fr. ante, tante. Lat. amita
Autors, _sb._ == ancestors. Alys. 4519
Avail, _v. a._ == bring down, lower. O. and N. 1683. Fr. avaler
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