Ambesas, _sb._ == two aces, the lowest throw on the dice. Hence ‘to caste an ambesas,’ == to have bad luck, to fail in a thing. 492 β. 450 B. See Roq. _s. v._ Ambezas Amblant, _part._ == ambling, Alys. 3462 Ambush, _sb._ RG. 51 ---- _v. a._ [abusse] 1382 B. Amen, _interj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 51 Amend, _v. a._ RG. 449, 391 Amending, _sb._ == amendment. Alys. 7502 Amendment, _sb._ RG. 404, 472 Amere, _adv._ == bitterly, wrathfully. Alys. 4427. Fr. ameir, Lat. amarus Amet, _sb._ == emmet, ant. RG. 296; ‘amete hulle’ == an anthill. RG. 296 Amethyst, _sb._ Cok. 91 Ameye, _sb._ == a mistress. Alys. 520. Fr. amie Amid, _prep._ == in the midst of. 1139 B. ---- == with, 90 B. for ‘mid.’ Amidward, _adv._ Alys. 690 Amiral. See Admiral. Amiss, _adj._ == wrong. RG. 451 Amiture, _sb._ == friendship. Alys. 3975 Amone, _v. a._ == remember. Sign. 147. AS. gemunan Among, _prep._ == inter. 6 B. ---- _adv._ == at intervals, O. and N. 6 Amorrow, [amorwe] _adv._ == on the morrow. 49 B. Amount, _v. n._ RG. 497 == ‘vor it ne ssolde _amounti_ noȝt,’ == because it would amount to or avail nought. So the prep. is omitted in Alys. 6020 ‘That _amounted_ fyve hundred thousand Knyghtis to armes, so Y fynde’ Amour, _sb._ == lover. Alys. 951 ---- == love. Alys. 4573 Amty, == empty, RG. 17 Amye, _sb._ == friend. Alys. 1834. Fr. ami. An, _indef. art._ == before a cons. RG. 537, ‘an stounde.’ So also RG. 261 ---- == and. _q. v._ ---- == on, ‘an urthe’ 174 B. ‘an honde’ == on hand. 71 B. This last phrase seems to have dropped the meaning of ‘soon,’ ‘now,’ which it bears in Semi-Saxon. See Gloss. Rem. to Laȝamon, vol. iii. p. 474. ‘an hei’ == on high. RG. 537. ‘an hoker’ == with scorn. 710 B. ‘an aunter’ == on adventure, i. e. in peril. RG. 311, an oniwar == at unawares ---- == one, in acc. ‘anne.’ RG. 223. An, _v. a._ == grant, allow, consent. O. and N. 1738. AS. unnan Analing, == annihilating? Alys. 2166. Sic. Weber in Gloss. Hall _s. v._ suggests ‘avaling’ as the true reading == pulling down from their horses, which is probably correct Anarrow, _v. a._ == confine, cramp up; hence, dishearten? Alys. 3346 Ancestor, _sb._ 428 B. Anchor, _sb._ HD. 521 Ancre, _sb._ == nun. RG. 380 And, _conj._ RG. 368; [an]. O. and N. 31. RG. 264 Aneli, _adj._ == lonely. Ps. xxiv. 16 Anente, _prep._ == opposite to, over against. Fragm. Sci. 241 Anethered, _part._ == lowered, conquered. RG. 217 Angel, _sb._ RG. 254, 255, 441 Angrom, _sb._ == anguish. Ps. cxviii. 143. AS. ange Anguish, _sb._ RG. 172, 442 Anguishous, _adj._ == full of anguish, RG. 157, 222 Anhang, _v. a._ == hang up, 3 s. pres. ‘an-hoð,’ O. and N. 1644. pret. ‘an-hung.’ RG. 509. AS. an-hòn Anhit, _v. a._ == hit, strike. RG. 185 Anight, _adv._ == during the night. 681 B. Anilepi, _adj._ == one, single. HD. 2107. AS. ‘æn-lipig’. Cf. ‘lepi ane.’ Ps. xiii. 1; lii. 2, 4 Anise, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 26 Annoy, _v. a._ RG. 420, 487; part. annuid. RG. 550 ---- _sb._ [anuy]. 1618 B.