قراءة كتاب A Middle English Vocabulary Designed for use with SISAM'S Fourteenth Century Verse & Prose
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A Middle English Vocabulary Designed for use with SISAM'S Fourteenth Century Verse & Prose
(a) fare, fare—fayre (b) fayre—farest, fairest: (ii) with Southern o, oo; see 14.
3. ai, ay varies with (i) ei, ey; as mayntene—meyntene: (ii) a; see 2: (iii) o, oo; see 2.
4. au (before m, n) varies with a (chiefly in French words); as daunce—dance.
5. be-, prefix varies with bi-; as begynne—biginne.
6. c varies with k; as bac, court—bak, kort.
7. des-, prefix varies with dis-; as des-, disavauntage.
8. e (= ẹ̄) varies in Northern texts with ei, ey; as wel(e)—weill, weyl; stele—steill. See 13, 20.
9. ei, ey varies with (i) ai, ay (cf. 3); as weie, wey(e)—way(e): (ii) hence in Northern texts with a; as strat-ly—streyte: (iii) with e; see 8.
10. er varies with later ar; as fer, hertely—far, hartely.
11. f varies with u (= v): (i) initially (Southern); as fader—uader: (ii) finally (Northern); as haf(e)—haue.
12. ght varies with ȝt, cht (Scottish), ht, st; as nyght—niȝt, nycht, nyht, seuenist.
13. i (vowel) varies with y, passim: i, y varies with (i) e in Northern texts; as hider, liuen, myddel—heder, leue, medill: (ii) with e, (South) Western u; as hil, fyrst—hell, uerst—hul, furst.
14. o, oo (= ǭ) varies in Northern texts with (i) a; as hot, hoot—hate: (ii) hence also with ai (see 2): (iii) with oi, oy; see next.
15. o, oo (= ọ̄) varies in Northern texts with (i) ou, u; as god, good—goud, gud(e): (ii) oi, oy; as none, noon—noyne.
16. (s)sch varies with (s)sh, ss; as schewe—shewe, ssewe; fle(s)sch—flessh.
17. þ varies with th, passim.
18. u (in au, eu, ou) varies with w, passim; see 21.
19. u, v (= u) varies with o (esp. before m, n); as sun(ne)—sonne; but—bot(e); see also 15.
20. u, v (= ü) varies in Western texts with (i) e, eo; as erthe—(Western) eorþe, vrþe: (ii) with i, y, e; see 13.
21. w varies medially with gh, ȝ (u); as owen, own—oghne, oȝene, oune: initially (Scottish) with v; as woundit—voundit.
22. y (consonant) varies initially with ȝ; as ye—ȝe; medially with i, (i)gh, (i)ȝ; as say, se(i)gh, se(i)ȝe, saw.
23. single consonant varies with double; as sad—sadde.
24. single vowel varies with double; as breed—brede, breadth; wod—wood, mad.
GLOSSARY
A, pron. he, XIII a 27, 47, 48; they, XIII a 13, b 22, 36, 39, 61, 64, 66. [Unaccented form of ME. ha. See Hare, Ham.]
A, v. inf. have, I 127. [Reduced unaccented form of haue; see Habbe(n).]
A(n), adj. one, IV b 34; indef. art. a(n), I 22, VIII b 7, &c. See Ane, On(e).
A(n), prep. on, in, &c. II 137, III introd., 22, VIII a 43, XIII a 11, b 19, 34, &c.; a blode, with blood, XV g 16; a nyghtes, at night (OE. on niht, nihtes), VIII b 16; a þre, in three, XIII b 49 (see Ato, Atwynne); a Goddes half, for God's sake, XII b 80. [Weakened form of On, q.v.; an in III is possibly dialectal; a is used only before following consonant.] See Ane.
Abandoune, v. to abandon, resign, X 50. [OFr. abandouner.]
Abasshed, pp. perturbed, XVI 177 (note to XVI 59). [AFr. abaiss-; OFr. e(s)bair, e(s)baiss-.]
Abate, v. to lessen, XIV b 19; reduce, VIII a 209 (imper. sg.); intr. XVII 445; Abatid (of), pp. ceased, VII 104. [OFr. abatre.]
Abedde, adv. in bed, XII a 141. [OE. on bedde.] See Bedd(e).
Abhomynable, adj. abominable, XI b 90. [OFr. abominable.]
Abide, Abyde, Habide, v. (i) intr. to wait, remain, stay, II 84, IX 197, XVII 531; tarry, II 348; imper. wait!, V 149; halt!, XVI 213; (ii) trans. to await, XVII 334; withstand, endure, XIV b 31; Abode, pa. t. XIV c 68, XVII 373; Abyde, pp. in ys abyde, has survived, XIII b 50. [OE. ā-bīdan.] See Bide.
Abite, n. outward appearance, XI b 99. [OFr. (h)abit.]
Able, adj. able, VI 239, XI b 92. [OFr. (h)able.] See Vnable.
Abone, adv. above, XVII 146. See Aboue(n).
Abosted, pa. t. sg. threatened boastfully, VIII a 148. [ME. a- + Boste, q.v.]
Aboue(n), Abovin, Abuf, adv. above, overhead, on top, V 149, VII 105, 135, IX 56, X 61; on the surface, VII 160; prep. above, higher than, XI b 182, XVII 83; quasi-sb. in be at here aboue, get the upper hand of them, XIII a 61. [OE. *on-bufan, abufan.] See Abone.
Aboueseyd, adj. aforesaid, IX 307. [Prec. + pp. of Seie.]
Aboute(n), Abowte, Obout (XIV a), (i) adv. about, round, on all sides, here and there, to and fro, I 233, V 165, VIII a 297,