A Concise Dictionary of Middle English eBook

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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.

I-ledene, sb. pl. of one’s people, compatriots, S.—­AS. ge-lA(C)od.  See Leode.

I-leoten, v. to fall to one’s lot, SD; iloten, pp., befallen, S.—­AS. ge-hlA(C)otan, to share, get; pp. ge-hloten.  See Lot.

Iles-piles, sb. pl. hedgehogs, S; ilspiles, S (n).  Properly ‘the quills of the hedge-hog’; AS. A-l, igel, hedgehog (OET) +_pA-l_, a dart (Grein); Lat. pilum.

I-lete, sb. face, demeanour, S. Cp.  ODu. ge-lAit.  See Leten.

I-lethered, adj. made of leather, S.

I-leue, sb. belief; i-lA|fe, SD; i-leave, SD; i-leuen, pl., S.—­AS. ge-lA(C)afa; cp.  OHG. giloubo (Otfrid).

I-leuen, v. to believe, S, S2; ilef, imp. s., S.—­AS. ge-lA(C)fan, ge-lA-efan:  Goth, ga-*laubjan; cp.  OHG. gi-louben (Otfrid).  Cf. Yleuen.

Ilich, adj. like, S; iliche, S; ylyche, S2; ylike, S3; ilik, S; ilikest, superl, S.—­AS. ge-lA-c.

Iliche, adv. alike, S; ilyche, S; yliche, C2; ylyke, C2; eliche, S3; elyk, S3; 3*elice, S.—­AS. ge-lA-ce.  Cf. Aliche.

Iliche, sb. an equal, likeness, S; ilike, S.

Ilke, adj. the same, S, G, C3, S2, S3, C2, H; ilk, H; ilce, S; ulke, S; yche, S2.—­AS. ilca (ylca) = A—­lic; with i- cp.  Goth, ei, Lat. i- in i-dem, see Grimm, German Grammar, 3. 50, Fick, 3. 728.

Ille, adj., sb. bad, ill, S; ylle, S2; A3/4e ille, the evil one, i. e. the devil, S. Comb.:  il torned, perverse, S2.—­Icel. A-llr (illr).

Ille, adv. badly, S, HD.

Ille, v. to make wicked; illid, pt. pl., H.—­Icel. A-lla, to harm.

Illuster, adj. illustrious, JD; illustare, S3.—­OF. illustre; Lat. illustrem.

I-lokien, v. to observe, S; iloken, S.—­AS. ge-lA cubedcian.

I-lome, adv. frequently, S, S2; ylome, S2.—­AS. ge-lA cubedme.  Cf. Lome.

I-lomp, pt. s. happened, S; see 3*elimpen.

I-long, adv.  S, NED (p. 250); longe, S2. Phr.:  al ilong of, entirely belonging to, dependent on, owing to, S; long on, C3, S2; all long of, long of, Sh.—­AS. gelang, belonging, depending, gelang on, gelang A|t, because of, owing to.  Cf. A-long. (A- 6.)

I-loten, pp. befallen, S.—­AS. ge-hloten, pp. of ge-hlA(C)otan, to share.  See I-leoten.

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