Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the English Writers Previous to the Nineteenth Century which are No Longer in Use, Or are Not Used in the Same Sense. And Words which are Now Used Only in the Provincial Dialects, Volume 1 |
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... served in the language of refined society , and which , in many cases , as far as regards the Anglo - Saxon , are not even found in the necessarily imperfect vocabulary of the language in its pure state which we are enabled to form from ...
... served in the language of refined society , and which , in many cases , as far as regards the Anglo - Saxon , are not even found in the necessarily imperfect vocabulary of the language in its pure state which we are enabled to form from ...
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... and Cres . , ii , 1188 . AFORNANDE , adv . Prompt . Parv . Beforehand . AFORNE - CASTE , adj . ( 4.-S. ) Pre- meditated . By high imaginacion aforne - case . Urry's Chaucer AFORRAN , adv . In store ; in re- serve AFF AFO 333.
... and Cres . , ii , 1188 . AFORNANDE , adv . Prompt . Parv . Beforehand . AFORNE - CASTE , adj . ( 4.-S. ) Pre- meditated . By high imaginacion aforne - case . Urry's Chaucer AFORRAN , adv . In store ; in re- serve AFF AFO 333.
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... serve ; corrupted from aforehand . North . AFORSE , adv . ( A.-N. ) By ne- cessity . Than ffelle it afforse to fille hem azeyne . Depos . of Rich . II , p . 28 . AFORTHE , adv . ( A.-S. aforð . ) Al- ways ; continually . And yaf hem ...
... serve ; corrupted from aforehand . North . AFORSE , adv . ( A.-N. ) By ne- cessity . Than ffelle it afforse to fille hem azeyne . Depos . of Rich . II , p . 28 . AFORTHE , adv . ( A.-S. aforð . ) Al- ways ; continually . And yaf hem ...
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... serve hit forthe . Cookery Receipts , 1381 . Alaunder of beef . Take leekes of the lengthe of a spoune , and take parcel and hewe smal , and pouder of pepur , and maree , and tempur hit togedur , and take leeches of beef , and rolle hom ...
... serve hit forthe . Cookery Receipts , 1381 . Alaunder of beef . Take leekes of the lengthe of a spoune , and take parcel and hewe smal , and pouder of pepur , and maree , and tempur hit togedur , and take leeches of beef , and rolle hom ...
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... serve yt forth . Cookery Receipts , 1381 . ALKE , S. An elk . As for the plowing with ures , which I suppose to be unlikelie , because they are in mine opinion untameable , and alkes , a thing commonlie used in the east countries ...
... serve yt forth . Cookery Receipts , 1381 . ALKE , S. An elk . As for the plowing with ures , which I suppose to be unlikelie , because they are in mine opinion untameable , and alkes , a thing commonlie used in the east countries ...
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