A Concise Dictionary of Middle English - From A.D. 1150 to 1580 by Walter William Skeat;A. L. Mayhew
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~Asche~, _sb_. ash, _cinis_; ~aische~, W, W2; ~aske~, H; ~asken~,
_pl_., S; ~axen~, S; ~asshen~, C2; ~asskess~, S; ~asshes~, C3; ~aschis~, W2; ~askes~, S2, P; ~askis~, H; ~askez~, S2.--AS. _asce_ (_axe_): Icel. _aska_: Goth. _azgo_. ~Ascrien~, _v_. to cry out, NED; ~escrien~, MD.--OF. _escrier_; Late Lat. _ex_ + _quiritare_, see Diez. ~Ascrive~, _v_. to ascribe, H.--OF. _ascriv_- stem of pr. p. of _ascrire_: It. _ascrivere_; Lat. _adscribere_. (~A-~ 7.) ~Ascry~, _sb_. outcry, S2. ~Asegen~, _v_. to besiege, C.--OF. _asegier_: It. _assediare_ (Florio). (~A-~ 7.) ~Aselen~, _v_. to seal up, to set one's seal to, NED; ~aseele~, W2; ~asselen~, PP, S2.--OF. _anseler, enseler_; Late Lat. _insigillare_, from _sigillum_, seal. (~A-~ 10.) Cf. ~Ensele~. ~A-senchen~, _v_. to cause to sink, S; ~a-*seynt~, _pp_., MD. (~A-~ I.) ~Asent~, _sb_. assent, S2, PP; ~assent~, C3, PP.--OF. _as(s)ent_. (~A-~ 7.) ~Aseth~, _sb_. satisfaction, PP, HD; ~aseeth~, W; ~asethe~, Cath., HD; ~assyth~, JD; ~assetz~, PP; ~asseth~, NED, HD.--OF. _aset, asset_; from Late Lat. _ad satis_. For the final _-t_ in OF. = þ in English, cp. OF. _feit_ with ME. _feiþ_, faith. Hence our _assets_. (~A-~ 7.) |
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