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 2H. G. Bohn, 1857 - English language |
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... fire . Lydgate . AFFIRMABLY , adv . tainty . AFFLIGHT , 8 . Flight . AFFLIGIT , adj . ( A.-N. ) Afflicted . AFFLUENCY , 8. ( Lat . affluentia . ) Abundance . You may justly wonder at this vast affluency of indulgences . Brevint's Saul ...
... fire . Lydgate . AFFIRMABLY , adv . tainty . AFFLIGHT , 8 . Flight . AFFLIGIT , adj . ( A.-N. ) Afflicted . AFFLUENCY , 8. ( Lat . affluentia . ) Abundance . You may justly wonder at this vast affluency of indulgences . Brevint's Saul ...
Page 35
... fire . Rob . Glouc . AFURST , ade . Thirsty . The two forms a - fyngred and a - furst , ap- pear to be characteristic of the dialect of the counties in the West of England , and occur often in Piers Ploughman , and in manu- scripts ...
... fire . Rob . Glouc . AFURST , ade . Thirsty . The two forms a - fyngred and a - furst , ap- pear to be characteristic of the dialect of the counties in the West of England , and occur often in Piers Ploughman , and in manu- scripts ...
Page 43
... fire ; or the fire itself . In the early writers the form estre is the more common . Al peynted was the wal in length and breede , AIR AIS 43 Fallen.
... fire ; or the fire itself . In the early writers the form estre is the more common . Al peynted was the wal in length and breede , AIR AIS 43 Fallen.
Page 52
... fire , in which is deposited the tinder - box , matches , brushes , & c . Sometimes it is the receptacle for salves , ointments , and other such articles . Norf . ALGE , adv . ( A.-S. ) Altogether . ALGERE , 8. ( 4.-S. ) A spear used in ...
... fire , in which is deposited the tinder - box , matches , brushes , & c . Sometimes it is the receptacle for salves , ointments , and other such articles . Norf . ALGE , adv . ( A.-S. ) Altogether . ALGERE , 8. ( 4.-S. ) A spear used in ...
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... fire . ( 3 ) ( A.-S. nealæcean . ) To ap- proach . Bothe wyth bullez and berez , and borez otherquyle , And etaynez , that hym anelede , of the beze felle . Syr Gawayne , p . 28 . ANELING , 8. ( 1 ) One that brings forth one young at a ...
... fire . ( 3 ) ( A.-S. nealæcean . ) To ap- proach . Bothe wyth bullez and berez , and borez otherquyle , And etaynez , that hym anelede , of the beze felle . Syr Gawayne , p . 28 . ANELING , 8. ( 1 ) One that brings forth one young at a ...
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15th cent Alisaunder ampt Antiq apple applied beat Berks bird blow boil bread called cattle Chaucer Chesh cloth coarse conj cookery corn Cornw Cotgrave Craven Cumb Cursor Mundi Derb Devon dial dish Dorset doth dress drink East Essex Exmoor fellow fish Florio fool Forme of Cury Glouc gode ground hath hawk head Heref horse Huloet iron Jons Kent kind Knave Kyng lady Lanc land Leic Linc Morte Arthure Nomenclator Norf North Northampt Northumb old cant term old name Palsgr Parv person piece Piers Pl plant play plough prep pret pron Pudendum Shakesp sheep Shoreham Shropsh Somers Somerset sort South Spens Spenser stone Suff Suffolk Suss Sussex Terence in English ther thou tree Warner's Albions England Warw West Wight wild William de Shoreham Wilts wine woman wood wooden word Yorksh young