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.

E3*e-lid, sb. eye-lid, MD; ehelid, S

E3*e-put, sb. the socket of the eye; e3*e-puttes, pl., MD.

E3*e-A3/4url, sb. window; ehA3/4url, MD.—­A(C)ag-A3/4yrl; cp.  Goth, auga-dauro, window (eye-door).

E3*he-sihA deg.e, sb. the sight of the eye, presence, MD; ehsihA deg.e, S; i3*e-si3*t, S3.

E3*-sen, sb. presence; eighesene, dat., MD; A|hseone, MD; ecsene, MD; exsene, MD.—­Cp.  Icel. aug-sA1/2n, OHG. oug-siuni (Tatian).

Fa, adj. few, H; see Fewe.

Fa, Faa, sb. foe, S, S2; see Foo.

Face, sb. face, PP; a term in astrology, C2—­OF. face; Lat. faciem.

Facion, sb. fashion, S3; see Fasoun.

Facound, sb. eloquence, fluency, CM; facunde, H, Prompt.—­OF. faconde; Lat. facundia.

Facound, adj. eloquent, CM.—­OF. faconde; Lat. facundum.

Fade, adj. weak, faint (of colour), MD; vad, MD.—­OF. fade.

Faden, v. to fade, lose colour, wither, to cause to wither, MD, Cath., Prompt.; vade, MD, Sh., HD.

Fader, sb. father, S, S2, C3; Feader, S; feder, S; vader, S, S2; veder, S; fadre, S2; faderes, gen. s., S; fadres, C2; fader, S2, C2, C3; faderes, pl., S2; fadres, C2; fadris, W.—­AS. fA|der.

Fadme, sb. fathom, ulna, MD, Prompt., C; fadome, CM; fedme, MD; fadmen, pl., G.—­AS. fA|A deg.m.

Fadmen, v. to embrace, MD, Prompt.; faA deg.men, MD; fadmede, pt. s., MD; faA3/4med, pp., MD, S2.—­AS. fA|A deg.mian.

FA|c, sb. space, interval, portion of time; fece, dat., S.—­AS. fA|c; cp.  OHG. fah (MHG. vach), a wall, a compartment.

FA|ie, adj. pl. dead, S; see Feye.

FA|rd, sb. army, S; see Ferd.

FA|ren, v. to fare, S; see Faren.

FA|u, adj. few, S; see Fewe.

Fagen, adj. fain, S; see Fayn.

Fai, sb. faith, S2; fay, G; see FeiA deg..

Faie, sb. fay, fairy, S2; see Fay.

Fail, sb. greensward, JD; faill, S3; fail, grassy clod cut from the sward, JD.—­Gael. fAil, wall, hedge, sod; OIr. fAil, wall, hedge (Windisch).

Fail-dyke, sb. dike built of sods, JD.

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