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Amblant, _part._ == ambling, Alys. 3462
Ambush, _sb._ RG. 51
---- _v. a._ [abusse] 1382 B.
Amen, _interj._ Wright's L. P. p. 51
Amend, _v. a._ RG. 449, 391
Amending, _sb._ == amendment. Alys. 7502
Amendment, _sb._ RG. 404, 472
Amere, _adv._ == bitterly, wrathfully. Alys. 4427. Fr. ameir, Lat. amarus
Amet, _sb._ == emmet, ant. RG. 296; 'amete hulle' == an anthill. RG. 296
Amethyst, _sb._ c.o.k. 91
Ameye, _sb._ == a mistress. Alys. 520. Fr. amie
Amid, _prep._ == in the midst of. 1139 B.
---- == with, 90 B. for 'mid.'
Amidward, _adv._ Alys. 690
Amiral. See Admiral.
Amiss, _adj._ == wrong. RG. 451
Amiture, _sb._ == friends.h.i.+p. Alys. 3975
Amone, _v. a._ == remember. Sign. 147. AS. gemunan
Among, _prep._ == inter. 6 B.
---- _adv._ == at intervals, O. and N. 6
Amorrow, [amorwe] _adv._ == on the morrow. 49 B.
Amount, _v. n._ RG. 497 == 'vor it ne ssolde _amounti_ no?t,' == because it would amount to or avail nought. So the prep. is omitted in Alys. 6020
'That _amounted_ fyve hundred thousand Knyghtis to armes, so Y fynde'
Amour, _sb._ == lover. Alys. 951
---- == love. Alys. 4573
Amty, == empty, RG. 17
Amye, _sb._ == friend. Alys. 1834. Fr. ami.
An, _indef. art._ == before a cons. RG. 537, 'an stounde.' So also RG. 261
---- == and. _q. v._
---- == on, 'an urthe' 174 B. 'an honde' == on hand. 71 B. This last phrase seems to have dropped the meaning of 'soon,' 'now,' which it bears in Semi-Saxon. See Gloss. Rem. to La?amon, vol. iii. p. 474. 'an hei' == on high. RG. 537. 'an hoker' == with scorn. 710 B. 'an aunter' == on adventure, i. e. in peril. RG. 311, an oniwar == at unawares
---- == one, in acc. 'anne.' RG. 223.
An, _v. a._ == grant, allow, consent. O. and N. 1738. AS. unnan
a.n.a.ling, == annihilating? Alys. 2166. Sic. Weber in Gloss. Hall _s. v._ suggests 'avaling' as the true reading == pulling down from their horses, which is probably correct
Anarrow, _v. a._ == confine, cramp up; hence, dishearten? Alys. 3346
Ancestor, _sb._ 428 B.
Anchor, _sb._ HD. 521
Ancre, _sb._ == nun. RG. 380
And, _conj._ RG. 368; [an]. O. and N. 31. RG. 264
Aneli, _adj._ == lonely. Ps. xxiv. 16
Anente, _prep._ == opposite to, over against. Fragm. Sci. 241
Anethered, _part._ == lowered, conquered. RG. 217
Angel, _sb._ RG. 254, 255, 441
Angrom, _sb._ == anguish. Ps. cxviii. 143. AS. ange
Anguish, _sb._ RG. 172, 442
Anguishous, _adj._ == full of anguish, RG. 157, 222
Anhang, _v. a._ == hang up, 3 s. pres. 'an-ho,' O. and N. 1644. pret.
'an-hung.' RG. 509. AS. an-hn
Anhit, _v. a._ == hit, strike. RG. 185
Anight, _adv._ == during the night. 681 B.
Anilepi, _adj._ == one, single. HD. 2107. AS. 'aen-lipig'. Cf. 'lepi ane.'
Ps. xiii. 1; lii. 2, 4
