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.

Ounce, sb. ounce, C2; ouns, Voc.; unce, C, Cath.—­AF. unce; Lat. uncia.  See Inche.

Ouphe, sb. elf, Sh.; see Aulf.

Our, pron. your, S; oure, S2, PP; see 3*oure.

Our-, prefix.  Look for words as if spelt Ouer-.  See Ouer- (= Over-) below.

Oure, pron. poss. our, W; ure, S, S2; ur, S, S2; hure, S; hur, S; oure, ours, W; ourun, W; ures, pl., S2.—­AS. Are, Aser, of us, our:  Goth, unsara.

Ournement, sb. ornament, W2.—­OF. ornement.

Ournen, v. to adorn, W2; ournede, pt. s., W2; ourned,. pp., W, W2.—­OF. orner; Lat. ornare.

Ournyng, sb. an adorning, W.

Ous, pron. dat. and acc. us, S2, PP; ows, PP; vus, S2; us, C2. Comb.:  us self, ourselves, S, C2; us selue, P; us silf, W.—­AS. As:  Goth. uns.

Out, adv. out, WA; ut, S; owt, B; oute, WA; out, interj., away!  S2; uttere, adj. comp., outer, S; utter, C3; uttereste, superl., extreme, C2; outemest, SD. Comb.:  utmer, outer, W; uttermere, W2; utnume, exceptionally, S; out taken, except, S2, C3; out takun, W, W2; outtane, S2; outane, B; owtane, B; utward, outward, S; ute wit, outside, S2; outwith, WA.

Out, sb. aught, S; see Ought.

Out-beren, v. to bear out, S2.

Out-blasten, v. to blow out; out-*blaste, pt. s., S2.

Out-bray, v. to bray out, S3.

Out-breiden, v. to awake; oute-*breyde, pt. s., S2.

Out-bresten, v. to burst out; owt-*brastyng, pr. p., S3; ute-brast, pt. s., S2; out-brast, S3.

Outen, adj. strange, foreign, S2.

Outen, v. to utter, C2, C3, SkD (s.v. utter).—­AS. Atian.

Outerly, adv. utterly, C2, C3; uterly, S3 (s. v. al).; utrely, S2.

Outhees, sb. the hue and cry.  C, HD; utheste, S.—­Low Lat. uthesium (Schmid), for hutesium (huesium), from OF, huter (huer), see Ducange. (s. v. huesium).  See Houten.

OuA deg.er, conj. either, or, SD, S2, H; see OA deg.er.

Out-ioiyng, sb. extreme joy, W2.

Out-lawe, sb. outlaw, PP, Manip.; ut-la3*e, S.—­AS. Atlaga (Schmid); Icel. Atlaga, outlawed, Atlagi, outlaw.

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