A Concise Dictionary of Middle English eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 648 pages of information about A Concise Dictionary of Middle English.

A Concise Dictionary of Middle English eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 648 pages of information about A Concise Dictionary of Middle English.

Compline, sb. compline, MD; complyn, MD; cumplyne, completorium, Prompt.  See above.

Composicion, sb. arrangement, agreement, C, C2.—­AF. composicion; Lat. compositionem.

Comptroller; see Controller.

Comsen, v. to commence, S2, PP, MD; cumsen, S2, PP.—­OF. comencer; Lat. com + initiare.

Comune, adj. common, PP; comun, MD; comyn, MD; comen, S2.—­AF. commun; Lat. communem (acc.).

Comune, sb. the commons, commonalty, PP; commune, C2; comunes, pl., PP; comyns, S2, PP.

Comunlych, adv. commonly, S2; comunliche, PP; comunly, C2.

Comyn, sb. cummin, C2, MD, Prompt.; cummyn, W.—­OF. comin; Lat. cyminum (Vulg.); Gr. [Greek:  kAminon]

Comynalte, sb. community, W2.—­AF. communalte; OF. communaulte; Late Lat. communalitatem_, from _communalis_.

Comyne, v. to commune, W, W2; commune, C3—­OF. communier; Lat. communicare.

Comynere, sb. participator, W.

Comynte, sb. community, W2; comunete, PP.—­Lat. communitatem.

Con, pr. s. can, know, S. Phr.:  conA3/4onk, thanks, S; see Kunnen.

Conabill, adj. suitable, convenient, B.—­OF. covenable, convenable; Late Lat. convenabilem.

Conand, sb. covenant, B; Connand, B; Cunnand, B.—­OF. convenant, agreeing, befitting, also, a covenant, pr. p. of convenir; Lat. convenire.  See Couenaunt.

Conandly, adv. befittingly, S3.

Conceipt, sb. imagination, fancy, idea, MD, S3; conceit, C3; conceits, pl., fantastic patterns, S3.

Conceiven, v. to comprise, to conceive, to imagine, MD; conceyue, PP.—­OF. concevoir; Lat. concipere.

Conduit, sb. guidance, a conduit, MD; condut, MD; condite, MD; conduyte, S3; cundyth, Voc.; condeth, MD; kun-*dites, pl., S3.—­OF. conduit (Bartsch); Lat. conductum, from conducere.

Confessen, v. to confess, to receive a confession, MD.—­AF. confesser; from Lat. confessus, pp. of conefiteor.

Confessor, sb. a confessor of Christianity before the heathen, a hearer of confessions, MD, S; cunfessurs, pl., S.—­AF. confessor; Church Lat. confessorem.

Confiture, sb. an apothecary’s mixture, C3.—­OF. confiture (Cotg.); Late Lat. confectura.

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