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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Prisun], sb. a prisoner; prisunes, pl., S; prysouns, PP; prysuns, H; prisons, S2; prisounes, P; presons, WA.—AF. prisoun, OF. prison; see Constans.

[ Prisuner], sb. gaoler, keeper of a prison, S.

[ Proces], sb. narrative, history, C2, HD, WA.—OF. procès; Lat. processum.

[ Proche], v. to approach; prochinge, pr. p., S3.—OF. procher (in approcher); Late Lat. propiare.

[ Procuratour], sb. proctor, agent, PP; procuratoure, steward, W; proketowre, Prompt.—AF. procuratour; Lat. procuratorem (Vulg.).

[ Profyte], sb. profit, Prompt.; prophete, PP.—AF. profit; Lat. profectum.

[ Profyten], v. to profit, Prompt.; profitide, pt. s., grew, W; prophitide, pl., S2.

[ Proheme], sb. a proem, prologue, C2.—OF. proëme; Lat. proemium; Gr. προοίμιον.

[ Proinen], v. to prune, preen, trim, adorn, SkD, HD, ND; proigne, HD; prune, CM, SkD; proynd, pp., S3.—OF. progner, also provigner, to propagate by taking cuttings (Cotg.); from OF. provin, a sucker (Cotg.), also provain; Lat. propaginem.

[ Proiner], sb. pruner, ND.