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A CONCISE DICTIONARY OF

MIDDLE ENGLISH

_MAYHEW AND SKEAT_

A CONCISE DICTIONARY OF MIDDLE ENGLISH FROM A.D. 1150 TO 1580


BY THE

REV. A. L. MAYHEW, M.A. OF WADHAM COLLEGE, OXFORD

AND THE

REV. WALTER W. SKEAT LITT.D.; LL.D. EDIN.; M.A. OXON. ELRINGTON AND
BOSWORTH PROFESSOR OF ANGLO-SAXON IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

"These our Ancient Words here set down, I trust will for this time
satisfie the Reader.--R. VERSTEGAN, _Restitution of Decayed
Intelligence_, ch. vii (at the end)

"Authentic words be given, or none!" WORDSWORTH, _Lines on
Macpherson's Ossian_


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