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.

Panel, sb. a division, compartment, jurylist, piece of cloth on horse’s back, Cath. (n) PP, Sh.; panell, PP; panelle, subsellium.  Cath.; pannell, HD, Palsg.—­AF. panel.  See above.

Paneter, sb. butler, PP; pantere, Voc.; panter, PP.—­AF. panneter; Late Lat. panetarium (acc.).  See Payn.

Panne, sb. pan, brain-pan, skull, PP, C3, Voc., Prompt.; ponne, PP; pan, C,—­AS. panne (Voc.); cp.  Low Lat. panna (Ducange), and G. pfanne.

Pans, sb. pi. pence, W; see Peny.

Panter, sb. painter, pictor, Voc.  See Peynten.

Panter, sb. a net, snare, CM, HD, Voc.; pantere, Prompt.; panther, Palsg., HD.—­OF. pantiere; Late Lat. panth[e*]ra; Gr. [Greek:  panthyra]; see Ducange.

Pantere, sb. panther, S3, Voc.—­OF. pantere; Lat. panth[e*]ra; from Gr. [Greek:  panthir.]

Panyer, sb. pannier, bread-basket, PP; payneres, pl., PP.—­AF. panyer.  See Payn.

Papejay, sb. parrot, popinjay, C2; popeiay, PP; papinjay.  Voc.; popinjay, Voc.; popyngay, S3, HD; papyngay, HD; papingais, pl., S3; popyngayes, S3.—­AF. papejaye parrot (mod. papegai); cp.  OF. papegaux pl.; Low Lat. pappagallus by popular etymology from the Low Gr. [Greek:  papagas,] see Ducange.

Pappe, sb. breast, S, Voc.; pappes, pl., S (n), WW; pappys, HD.

Par, prep. by, with. Comb.:  par amour. by love, with love, C~; for paramour~, for love, C2; paramour, a lover (of either sex), C, WA; paranioure, Manip; par auenture, peradventure, S2, C2, C3, PP; perauntere, H; parauntre, S2; perauenture, W; par cas, by chance, C3; par de (par Dieu), C, C3; pardee, C2 par fay, by my faith, C2, C3.

Par-; see also under Per-.

Parage, sb. kindred, family; hence, birth, descent, HD, JD, CM; equality.  DG.—­AF. parage; Late Lat. *_paraticum_, an equality, from Lat. par, equal.  Cf. Disparage.

Parcel, sb-part, share, little bit, PP; parcele, WA.—­AF. parcele, part; Late Lat. particella; cp.  It. particella.

Parcel-mele, adv. separately, bit by bit, PP; percel-mel, S2, PP.

Parcenel, sb. partner, H.

Parcenelynge, sb. partnership, H.

Parcener, sb. sharer, HD, W2; partener, W; partynere, S3; parceneris, pl., W, W2; parteneris,W; partyneris, W.—­AF. parcenere, parsenere, pl. parceners, perceners; Late Lat. partionarinm (acc.).

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