A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language Part 7

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._ c.o.k. 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._ == friends.h.i.+p. 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_ no?t,' == 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 La?amon, 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

a.n.a.ling, == 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-ho,' O. and N. 1644. pret.

'an-hung.' RG. 509. AS. an-hn

Anhit, _v. a._ == hit, strike. RG. 185

Anight, _adv._ == during the night. 681 B.

Anilepi, _adj._ == one, single. HD. 2107. AS. 'aen-lipig'. Cf. 'lepi ane.'

Ps. xiii. 1; lii. 2, 4