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.

Up-rist, sb. rising, SD, S3; upriste, dat., S, C.

Up-set, pp. set up, S2.

Up-sterten, v. to start up; upsterte, pt. s., S2, C.

Up-sti3*e, sb. ascension, S.

Up-sti3*en, v. to ascend, SD; upsteghes, pr. pl., S2; upstegh, pt. s., S2.

Up-stowr, v. to be stirred up, S3.

Up-take, v. to take up, receive; uptoke, pt. s., S2.

Up-ward, adv. upward; uppard, S.

Up-warp, v. to throw up, S3.

Up-wauen, v. to move upward with an undulating motion; up-wafte, pt. pl., S2.

Up-3*elden, v. to deliver up, S2.

Vrchun, sb. hedghog, H; see Irchon.

Ure, sb. practice, work, operation, ND, Manip., SkD.—­OF. eure, uevre; Lat. o*pera.

Ure, sb. fate, luck, good luck, B, CM.—­OF. eur, eA1/4r:  Prov. agur; Late Lat. *_agurium_ for Lat. augurium; see BH, ASec. 27.

Urnen, v. to run, S; see Rennen.

Urre, sb. anger, S; see Eorre.

UrA3/4e (written VrA3/4e), sb. earth, S2; see Erthe. [Addition]

Usage, sb. custom, C2, C3.—­AF. usage.

Usaunce, sb. custom, HD, CM.—­OF. usance (Cotg.).

Use, sb. use, usury, HD; us, S2, SD; vce, S3; oyss, B.—­AF. us; Lat. usum.

Usen, v. to use, to be accustomed, PP, S3, C2; usede, pt. s., SD, PP; usiden, pl., dealt with, W; yvsed, pp., S2; uset, customary, PP; used, C3; vsyt, S3; oysit, B; wsyt, S3.—­AF. user.

Ussher, sb. usher, door-keeper, C2, SkD; uschere, Prompt.; usshere, PP.—­AF. ussher, usser, OF. ussier; Lat. ostiarium, door-keeper, from ostium, door.

Usure, sb. usury, C2, P; vsuris, pl., W.—­AF. usure; Lat. usura.

Utas, sb. the octave of a festival, HD, ND, SkD, Palsg.—­AF. utaves; Lat. octavas.  For the s = v’s cp. in Old French vis = vivus (BH).

Ute, adv. out, S.—­AS. Ate.

Uten, prep, away from, S.—­AS. Atan; cp.  Goth. utana.

Uthe, sb. wave, S; yA3/4ez, pl., S2, HD.—­AS. A1/2A deg.:  Lat. unda.

Ut-la3*e, sb. outlaw, S.—­Icel. Atlaga, outlawed, Atlagi, an outlaw.  See Out-lawe.

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