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.
Kunhede ? RG. 447, should be probably ‘onkundhede’ == unkindness
Kunrik, _sb._ == mark of royalty. HD. 2143
Kye. See Cow
Kynemerk, _sb._ == a king’s mark. HD. 604
Kyneriche, _sb._ == kingdom. Pol. S. 215
Kyneȝerde, _sb._ == king’s sceptre. Pol. S. 215
Kythe, _v. a._ == make known. Wright’s L. P. p. 91. AS. cýðan
---- _v. n._ == listen? or ‘be silent’? Wright’s L. P. p. 94, possibly a
mistake for ‘lythe’
L.
La, _interj._ == lo. O. and N. 1541
Labour, _sb._ 49 B.
Lace, _v. a._ K. Horn, 870
Lack, _sb._ == fault. HD. 190. RG. 389
---- == want, defect. Pol. S. 154. Dut. laecke
---- _v. n._ == be wanting. Pol. S 154
Lad, _sb._ HD. 890. W. llawd
Ladder, _sb._ RG. 148; pl. landren. RG. 410. AS. læedder
Lady, _sb._ RG. 451; [levede], RG. 441, 380. AS. hlæfdige. See on this
word the Ormulum, vol. ii. pp. 632-634
Lahte, Laute, Lauthe, _vb._ == received, took. Wright’s L. P. p. 46. HD.
744, 1673. AS. læccan
Laite, _v. n._ == look. Ps. 31, 9. AS. wlítan. See Gloss. Rem. to Laȝ.
iii. 449
---- _v. a._ == look for, seek. Ps. xxiii. 6
Lake, _sb._ Body and Soul, 160. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176
Lamb, _sb._ RG. 369
Lame, _adj._ HD. 1938
---- == defective. O. and N. 364
---- _v. a._ HD. 2755
Lammas, _sb._ == Lady-mass. RG. 557
Lamp, _sb._ Alys. 5253
Lamprey, _sb._ RG. 442
Land, _sb._ RG. 377, 494
---- _v. a._ == bring to land. K. Horn, 779
Landfolk, _sb._ O. and N. 1156
Langmode, _adj._ == patient, long-suffering. Ps. cii. 8. AS. langmód
Language, _sb._ RG. 118, 150
Lantern, _sb._ Ps. xvii. 29
Large, _adj._ == big. 1195 B.
---- == liberal. HD. 97
Largely, _adv._ RG. 510, 511, 383
Largeness, _sb._ == liberality. Alys. 6879
Largess, _sb._ RG. 181
Laroun, _sb._ == robber. Alys. 4209. Fr. larron
Las, _sb._ == snare. Alys. 7698. Fr. las. ON. lás
Last, _sb._ == a shoemaker’s last. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 175. AS. læst
Last, _sb._ == sin. Wright’s L. P. p. 37. ON. löstr. Dan. last
Last, _sb._ == load, burden? Wright’s L. P. p. 31. AS. hlæst; or possibly
== trace. AS. hlast
Last, _v. n._ == endure, continue. 464 β; pret. ‘ylaste.’ RG. 263; part,
‘ilast,’ RG. 509
Last, _adj._ ‘atte laste.’ RG. 377
Lasteles, _adj._ == faultless. Wright’s L. P. p. 52
Late, _adj._ RG. 381; comp. ‘later.’ RG. 382
---- _adv._ Wright’s L. P. p. 99
Lathe, _sb._ == loathing, harm. Alys. 7722. AS. láð
Latter, _adj._ == last. Creed of St Athan. 56
Latymer, _sb._ == latiner, interpreter. Wright’s L. P. p. 49. Alys. 7089
Laue, _sb._ == a hill. Alys. 3857. AS. hlǽw. See Lowe
Laugh, _v. n._ [lihe], RG. 93; [lyȝhe], RG. 101; pret. ‘louȝ’ 710 B.;
‘low.’ HD. 903
Launch, _v. n._ == shoot into water. Alys. 3746
Laute, Lauthe, == received. See under Lahte
Lave, _vb. a._ == pour out upon. Wright’s L. P. p. 72. Rel. Ant. i. 144.
AS. lafian
Lavender, _sb._ == launder, washer. Wright’s L. P. p. 49
Laveroc, _sb._ == lark. Wright’s L. P. pp. 26, 40. AS. lawerc
Law, _sb._ RG. 381; [lay]. 346 B.
Lawfulness, _sb._ == sense of justice. O. and N. 1739
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