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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... prep . ( A.-S. ær ) . Ere , be- fore . This form occurs in the Romance of Kyng Alisaunder . AARM , 8. ( 4.-S. ) The arm . Wv- cliffe , Bodl . MS . Aarmed , for armed , occurs in Wyclyffe's ver- sion of the Testament . AARON , 8. ( .4 ...
... prep . ( A.-S. ær ) . Ere , be- fore . This form occurs in the Romance of Kyng Alisaunder . AARM , 8. ( 4.-S. ) The arm . Wv- cliffe , Bodl . MS . Aarmed , for armed , occurs in Wyclyffe's ver- sion of the Testament . AARON , 8. ( .4 ...
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... prep . About . North . ABAWE , ABAUE , ABAVE , v . ( from A.-N. abaubir or abaudir . ) To asto- nish , to confound , used by Chaucer , and writers of his time . For , soche another , as I gesse , Aforne ne was , ne more vermaile ; 1 was ...
... prep . About . North . ABAWE , ABAUE , ABAVE , v . ( from A.-N. abaubir or abaudir . ) To asto- nish , to confound , used by Chaucer , and writers of his time . For , soche another , as I gesse , Aforne ne was , ne more vermaile ; 1 was ...
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... prep . Above . Be Jhesu Cryst that is aboffe . Cokewolds Daunce , 217 . ABOGEN , part . p . Bowed . ABоHTE , past tense , sing . , of Abie . Atoned for . Aboghten occurs as the pl . Murie he ther wrohte , Ah Rymenild hit abohte . Kyng ...
... prep . Above . Be Jhesu Cryst that is aboffe . Cokewolds Daunce , 217 . ABOGEN , part . p . Bowed . ABоHTE , past tense , sing . , of Abie . Atoned for . Aboghten occurs as the pl . Murie he ther wrohte , Ah Rymenild hit abohte . Kyng ...
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... prep . Above . ABOWES , S. ( 4.-N. ) Probably for aboures , or avoures , patron saints . God and Seinte Mary , and Sein Denis also , And alle the aboves of this churche , in was ore ich am i - do . Rob . Glouc . , p . 475 . ABOWGHT , prep ...
... prep . Above . ABOWES , S. ( 4.-N. ) Probably for aboures , or avoures , patron saints . God and Seinte Mary , and Sein Denis also , And alle the aboves of this churche , in was ore ich am i - do . Rob . Glouc . , p . 475 . ABOWGHT , prep ...
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... prep . Above . ABUGGEN , v . Another form of the verb to abie , which see . ABUIN , prep . Above . North . to impose upon . may be abused , and abusage , abuse , were words employed in the 17th century . ABUSED , part . p . Fallen into ...
... prep . Above . ABUGGEN , v . Another form of the verb to abie , which see . ABUIN , prep . Above . North . to impose upon . may be abused , and abusage , abuse , were words employed in the 17th century . ABUSED , part . p . Fallen into ...
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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