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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Pryns], sb. prince, PP; prynce, Prompt.—AF. prince; Lat. principem.

[ Prynshode], sb. princely dignity, W; prinshod, W.

[ Prynte], sb. print, W; see [Prente].

[ Prys], sb. price, prize, value, excellence, high esteem, C, C2, PP; pris, S, S2, PP; price, WA, S2; pryce, Prompt.—AF. pris; Lat. prĕtium, see BH, § 32.

[ Prys], adj. prize, chief, PP; pris, S2; prijs, S3.

[ Prysen], v. to set a price, Prompt.; priss, to prize, S2.

[ Pryson], v. to put in prison, Prompt.; y-prisoned, pp., G. See [Prisun].

[ Prysonere], sb. prisoner, captive, Prompt.; prisonere, PP.—OF. prisonier, AF. prisuner.

[ Pryue], adj. secret, intimate, PP, S2; priuee, C2, C3; priuei, S2; prevy, S3; priuee, adv., C2; priues, sb. pl., secret friends, P; priueliche, adv., secretly, S2, PP; priuely, C2; pryuely, C2.—AF. prive; Lat. priuatum.

[ Pryuen], v. to deprive, Prompt.; prife, H; pryuyd, pt. s., H.—OF. priver; Lat. priuare.