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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Anete], sb. the herb dill, Voc., W, NED.—OF. anet; Lat. anethum (Vulg.); Gr. ἄνηθον, dial, form of ἄνισον. See [Anise].

[ A-netheren], v. to lower, humiliate, NED; anethered, pp., HD. ([A- 1].) See [Aniðerien].

[ Anew], sb. ring, wreath; anewis, pl., S3; aneus, links of a chain, NED.—OF. aniaus, pl. of anel, ring; Lat. anellus, dim. of ānulus, dim. of annus, a circuit, year.

[ Anew], enough, S3. (A- 6.) See [Ynow].

[ A-newe], adv. anew, NED. ([A- 3].) See [Of-newe].

[ Anfald], adj. single, simple, S, HD; see [Oone-fold].

[ Angel], sb. angel; ongel, S; angles, pl., S; ængles, S; anglene, gen. S.—Lat. angelus. See [Engel].

[ An-gin], sb. beginning, MD; angun, S, NED.

[ An-ginnen], v. to begin; on gon, pt. s., S.—AS. an-(on-)ginnan.

[ Angle], sb. a name given to the four astrological ‘houses,’ NED, S2.—OF. angle; Latin angulum (acc.).