A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Compline], sb. compline, MD; complyn, MD; cumplyne, completorium, Prompt. See above.

[ Composicion], sb. arrangement, agreement, C, C2.—AF. composicion; Lat. compositionem.

Comptroller; see [Controller].

[ Comsen], v. to commence, S2, PP, MD; cumsen, S2, PP.—OF. comencer; Lat. com + initiare.

[ Comune], adj. common, PP; comun, MD; comyn, MD; comen, S2.—AF. commun; Lat. communem (acc.).

[ Comune], sb. the commons, commonalty, PP; commune, C2; comunes, pl., PP; comyns, S2, PP.

[ Comunlych], adv. commonly, S2; comunliche, PP; comunly, C2.

[ Comyn], sb. cummin, C2, MD, Prompt.; cummyn, W.—OF. comin; Lat. cyminum (Vulg.); Gr. κύμινον.

[ Comynalte], sb. community, W2.—AF. communalte; OF. communaulte; Late Lat. *communalitatem, from communalis.

[ Comyne], v. to commune, W, W2; commune, C3.—OF. communier; Lat. communicare.