A Concise Dictionary of Middle English - From A.D. 1150 to 1580 by Walter William Skeat;A. L. Mayhew
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~A-~, _prefix_ (1), adding _intensity_ to the notion of the verb.--AS. _á_ for _ar_-, OHG _ar_-, Goth. _us_-. For the quantity of the _á_ see Sievers, 121. Cf. ~Or~. ~A-~, _prefix_ (2), standing for ~A~, _prep_., and for Icel. _á_; see ~On-~ (1). ~A-~, _prefix_ (3), standing for ~Of~, _prep_.; see ~Of~. ~A-~, _prefix_ (4), standing for AS. _and_-, against, in return, toward.--AS. _and_-, _ond_-, _on_-(proclitic). Cf. ~On-~ (2.) ~A-~, _prefix_ (5), standing for ~At~, _prep_., and Icel. _at_, used with the infin. See ~At-~ (1). ~A-~, _prefix_ (6), standing for AS. _ge_-; see ~3*e-~. ~A-~, _prefix_ (7), standing for OF. _a_-and Lat. _ad_-. ~A-~, _prefix_ (8), standing for OF. _a_- and Lat. _ab_-. ~A-~, _prefix_ (9), standing for AF. _a_, OF. _e_-, _es_- from Lat. _ex_-, _e_-. ~A-~, _prefix_ (10), standing for AF. _an_-, OF. _en_- from Lat. _in_-. See ~In-~. ~A-~, _prefix_ (11), standing for Gr. [Greek: a]- privative. |
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