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.
Icundeliche, _adv._ == naturally. O. and N. 1422
Idelgong, _sb._ == idleness. Body and Soul, 50
Idelhede, _sb._ Fragm. in Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 22
Idle, _adj._ == lazy. RG. 195
---- == useless. O. and N. 915; ‘on idel’ == in vain. O. and N. 918
Idleness, _sb._ RG. 195
Idreiȝt, _part._ == oppressed. St Kath. 45. AS. drécan
Iduȝe, _adj._ == profitable. O. and N. 1580. AS. dugan
If, _adv._ [ȝyf], RG. 405; [ȝef]. RG. 377; [ȝif], O. and N. 902
Ifurn, _part._ == excommunicated? O. and N. 1304. AS. fyrran
Ihende, _adv._ == at hand. O. and N. 1129. AS. gehende
Ildel, == each deal or part HD. 818
Ilete, _sb._ == encumbrance, care. O. and N. 1444
Iliche. See Alike, Like.
Ilithered, == shot out as from a sling. RG. 549. See Luther
Ilk, _adj._ == same. 804 B.
---- == every. Ps. lxxxviii. 14
Ilkan, == each one. Ps. lxi. 12
Ilke, == as, like. Body and Soul, 204; probably a mistake for ‘like’
Ill, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 61; ‘The Ill,’ == Devil. O. and N. 421. Cf.
the similar phrase ‘þe wrse’ in Laȝ, _v._ 1140. ON. illr
Illhope, _v. a._ == wish evil to. Ps. lxvii. 17
Illtongued, _adj._ Ps. cxxxix. 12
Illwilland, == ill wisher. Ps. xliii. 6
Ilome, _adv._ == frequently. RG. 378; ‘ilomest.’ O. and N. 595. AS. gelome
Ilove, _sb._ == lovers. O. and N. 1045
Image, _sb._ RG. 14
Imagour, _sb._ == imagery. Alys. 7689
Imene, _adj._ == common. O. and N. 234. AS. gemǽne
---- _sb._ == a companion. O. and N. 1410
Imone, _adv._ == together, in common. 380 β
Improve, _v. a._ == prove. RG. 466
Imunde, _sb._ == recollection. AS. gemund
In, _prep._ RG. 379, 443
Incarnation, _sb._ RG. 9
Incense, _sb._ [encenz]. Wright’s L. P. p. 96
Income, _v. n._ == come in. RG. 48
Incoming, _sb._ Rel. Ant. ii. p. 191
Increeping, _sb._ == piercing. Alys. 2168
Inde, _sb._ == silk of India. Alys. 929
Indrunken, _v. a._ == make drunk. Ps. lxiv. 11
Infat, _v. a._ == make fat, anoint. Ps. cxl. 5
Infight, _v. a._ == fight against; pret. ‘infaght.’ Ps. cxix. 7; part,
‘infightand.’ Ps. xxxiv. 1
Infleeing, _sb._ == refuge. Ps. cxliii. 2
Ingang, _sb._ == going in. Ps. cxx. 8
Ingo, _v. n._ == enter; pret. ‘inwent,’ Ps. xxxvii. 7; ‘inyhode.’ Ps. xl.
7; imper. sing, ‘inga.’ Ps. xlii. 4; pl. ‘ingas.’ Ps. xcix. 4
Iniquity, _sb._ Alys. 132
Ink, _sb._ [enke]. Marg. 60. Fr. encre. Dut. inkt
Inlie, _v. n._ == lie upon; pret. ‘inlai.’ Ps. civ. 38
Inlodge, _v. a._ == inhabit, Ps. civ. 19
Inlow, _v. a._ == humiliate; part, ‘inlowed.’ Ps. lxxii. 21
Inly, _adv._ 1714 B.
Inn, _sb._ 483 B. AS. inn
Innerest, _adj._ == inmost. Ps. lxxxv. 13
Inny, _v. a._ == lodge. RG. 336. AS. innian
Inover, _adv._ == besides. Ps. xv. 7
Inrese, _v. a._ == rush in; pret. ‘inrase.’ Ps. lxxxv. 14. AS. inrǽsan
Insend, _v. a._ == send in. Ps. xxxix. 4
Inset, _v. a._ == put in. Ps. lxv. 12
Inshielder, _sb._ == protector. Ps. cxx. 5
Insight, _sb._ RG. 307
Instead, Cf. RG. 214
Instrument, _sb._ 1888 B.
Intent, _sb._ RG. 140
Interdict, _v. a._ RG. 495
---- _sb._ RG. 505
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