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.
Foil, _v. a._ == defile. Alys. 2712
Foison, _sb._ == plenty. Alys. 1012. Fr. foison. Lat, fusio
Fold, _sb._ == sheepfold. Pol. S. 152. AS fald
Fold, _sb._ == earth. Wright’s L. P. p. 24. AS. folde
Fold, _v. a._ == bend. Wright’s L. P. p. 47. AS. fealdan
Folewen, _v. a._ == baptize. Marg. 58. AS. fullian, to whiten, baptize
Folht, _sb._ == baptism. Pol. S. 157. AS. fulluht
Foliot, _sb._ == folly. O. and N. 866
Folk, _sb._ RG. 376, 377
Folliche, _adv._ == foolishly. 647 B.
Follow, _v. a._ Wright’s L. P. p. 48; pret. ‘fulied.’ O. and N. 1237
---- == persecute. 3 pl. pres. ‘filiyhen.’ Ps. cxviii. 157; ‘fylegh.’ Ps.
vii. 6; pret. ‘filiyhed.’ Ps. cxviii. 161; part. ‘filyhand.’ Ps. vii. 2
Folly, _sb._ 156 B.
Fond, _v. a._ == try. RG. 455; part. ‘yfonded.’ RG. 102. AS. fandian
Fonge, _v. a._ == take up, resume. Pol. S. 216. AS. fón, fangen
Fontstone, _sb._ RG. 247
Food, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 69
Fool, _adj._ == foolish. RG. 568
---- _sb._ 768 B.
Foot, _sb._ RG. 490; pl. ‘fet.’ RG. 508
Footfast, _adj._ == captive. Ps. ci. 21
Footfastness, _sb._ == captivity. Ps. civ. 18
For, _prep._ == on account of. RG. 58
---- == during (of time). 11 B.
---- _adv._ == because. RG. 366. 16 B.
Forasmuch, _adv._ RG. 454
Forban, _v. a._ == summon. O. and N. 1091
Forbear, _v. n._ RG. 526
---- _v. a._ == space. Alys. 4509
Forbearing, _sb._ Alys. 3826
Forbeode, _v. a._ == expect, Wright’s L. P. p. 23
Forberne, _v. n._ == burn. O. and N. 419. Rel. S. iv. 11
---- _v. a._--part, ‘verbarnd.’ RG. 378
Forbid, _v. a._ RG. 494
Forbisen, _sb._ == example, fable. O. and N. 244. Pol. S. 197. AS.
fórebysen
Forbisening, _sb._ == parable. Ps. xlviii. 5
Forbreak, _v. a._ == break. RG. 375; part. ‘forbroken,’ == corrupt, Ps.
xiii. 1
Forbreaking, _sb._ == destruction. Ps. xiii. 3
Forbreide, _v. a._ == offend against, O. and N. 1381. Dan. for-bryde
---- _v. n._ == commit a crime. O. and N. 510
Forbrode, Forbroide, _adj._ == criminal. O. and N. 1379. RG. 21, 205
Forby, _prep._ == beyond. Ps. xx. 7; xliv. 3
Forcast, == cast. Ps. xxi. 11
Force, _v. a._ == take care, heed. Leg. of St Wolstan in Warton, H. E. P.
vol. i. p. 16
Forcleave, _v. a._ == cleave. RG. 17, 401
Forcling, _v. n._ == wither; pret. ‘forclonge.’ Pilate, 216
Forcome, _v. a._ == anticipate. Ps. xvi. 13.
---- _v. n._ == come before. Ps. cxviii. 147
Forcrempe, _v._ == to be convulsed, furious? O. and N. 510. Dan. krampe, a
spasm or convulsion
Fordeme, _v. a._ == condemn. O. and N. 1096
Fordit, _part._ == shut up. Body and Soul, 236. AS. fordyttian
Fordo, _v. a._ == destroy. Wright’s L. P. p. 71
---- == put away. Ps. lxxxviii. 45
Fordred, _adj._ == afraid. Wright’s L. P. p. 88
Fordrue, _v. n._ == become dry. O. and N. 820. AS. fordrugan
Fordwine, _v. n._ == dwindle away. Pilate, 215. AS. fordwinan
---- _v. a._ == cause to wither; part. ‘fordwinnen.’ Rel. Ant. ii. p. 211
Fore, _adv._ == before. 31 B.
Fore, _sb._ == track. O. and N. 815. AS. fór
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