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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Alemaunde-tre], sb. almond-tree, W2.

[ Alembyk], sb. a retort (used in alchemy), C3; alambic, NED; limbeck, ND, Sh.; lymbecke, (Minsheu).—OF. alambic, Sp. alambique (Minsheu); Arab. al-anbíq; Gr. ἄμβῑκ-, stem of ἄμβιξ, a cup.

[ A-lemen], v. to illumine, S; alimen, S; aleomen, S.—AS. á + léoman. ([A- 1].)

[ A-lesednesse], sb. redemption, MD.

[ A-lesen], v. to loose, deliver, S; alesde, pt. s., S; alesed, pp., S, HD.—AS. á-lésan, álýsan. ([A- 1].)

[ A-lesendnesse], sb. redemption, MD.

[ A-lesnesse], sb. redemption, S, MD.—AS. á-lésnis.

[ Al-gate], adv. every way, always, in any case, NED, S3, C, C2, C3; allegate, S; algates, S2, C2, C3; algatis, W.—Cp. Icel. alla götu, every way.

[ Algorisme], sb. the Arabic or decimal system of numeration, arithmetic, NED; algrim, MD; augrim, S. Phr.: cipher in algorisme, the figure o, a mere cipher, NED.—OF. algorisme (augorime); Low Lat. algorismus (cp. Span. guarismo, arithmetic, Minsheu); from Arab. al-Khowarazmi, the surname of an Arab mathematician of the 9th cent.

[ Al-halowen], sb. pl. all saints, NED; alhalowes, NED; halalwes, S2.