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.
Munne, _v. n._ == remember. Wright’s L. P. p. 112. imper. ‘munt.’ Ibid. p.
37
Munning, _sb._ == remembrance, remorse? Wright’s L. P. p. 37. AS. munan
Munten, _v. a._ == measure out; hence, give, pay. Pol. S. 151. Rel. Ant.
ii. p. 216. Fr. munter
Muray, _sb._ == wall. Alys. 6244. Fr. murail
Murder, _sb._ RG. 559
---- _v. a._ pret. ‘morthrede.’ RG. 263. part. ‘ymorthred.’ RG. 110. AS.
myrðrian
Murgost, Murgore, Murge. See under Merry
Murne, _adj._ == sorrowful. K. Horn, 724
Muthe, _sb._ == army, 1638. Fr. muete
Mutton, _sb._ == the meat so called. Pol. S. 198
My, _adj._ RG. 443
Mynde, _adj._ == merciful, kind. Wright’s L. P. p. 82. The word occurs in
the Manuel d. Pecches, v. 727,
‘And y am euere so mynde
For to pray for al mankynde.’
AS. myn
Myrrh, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 96. Body and Soul, 118
Mysel, _sb._ == leper. RG. 435. Fr. mesel. Lat. misellus
N.
Nail, _sb._ == clavus. HD. 712. AS. nægel
---- == unguis. K. Horn, 238
---- _v. a._ Wright’s L. P. p. 84. part. ‘ynailed.’ 93 β
Naked, _adj._ RG. 458, 557. AS. nacod. This word is a participle of a
verb, of which the root is _nag_ (cf. ON. gnaga), meaning to gnaw, strip
off bark or covering from anything
Nakedhed, _sb._ Alys. 7056
Nakins, == no kind. Ps. xxxii. 16
Name, _sb._ RG. 367
---- _v. a._ pret. ‘nempnede.’ RG. 28
Namely, _adv._ RG. 381, 537
Nanmon, == no more. RG. 291
Nap, _sb._ == napkin. Rel. S. v. 107. Fr. nape. Lat. mappa
Nap, _v. n._ == sleep. Ps. lxxv. 7. Rel. Ant. ii. 211. AS. hnæppian
Nape, _sb._ == back of neck. Alys. 1347. Swed. nakke
Napping, _sb._ == sleep. Ps. lxxv. 6. AS. hnæppung
Nare, == narrow, _q. v._
---- _v. a._ == oppress. Ps. xxxiv. 5
Narrow, _adj._ RG. 401; [nare]. Fr. Sci. 318. AS. nearo
---- _adv._ == narrowly, closely. O. and N. 68
Natheless, == nevertheless. RG. 375
Navel, _sb._ Alys. 493. AS. nafela
Nawighte, _adv._ == not at all, not a bit. Ps. lxxvi. 3
Nay, _adv._ Wright’s L. P. p. 32
Ne, == not. O. and N. 48. RG. 470
---- == nor. O. and N. 905, 906. RG. 470
_In composition._ A. With the verb To Be
_pres. sing._ 1. ‘nam.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 42. 2. ‘nart.’ O. and N.
407. 3. ‘nis.’ RG. 454
_pret. sing._ 3. ‘nes.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 52. ‘nas.’ RG. 372
_pl._ ‘nere.’ RG. 376
_pret. conj._ ‘nere.’ O. and N. 22
B. With the verb To Have
_pret. sing._ 1. ‘navy.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 37. 2. ‘nast.’ Ibid p.
102, 103. 3. ‘nath.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 42. ‘nafdh.’ Rel. S. v. 80
_pl._ 3. ‘nabbeth.’ O. and N. 253
_pret. sing._ 2. ‘naddest.’ O. and N. 1509
_pl._ ‘nadde.’ RG. 19
_pres. conj._ 3. ‘nabbe.’ Rel. S. v. 41
C. With the verb To Will
_pres. sing._ 1. ‘nul.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 32, ‘nullyt.’ Id. ibid.
2. ‘nyltu.’ RG. 13. ‘nultu.’ O. and N. 903
3. ‘nele.’ O. and N. 1480.
_pl._ 3. ‘nolle.’ RG. 265. ‘nulleth.’ O. and N. 1762
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