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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Assayen], v. to examine, to attack, S2, S3, C2, P; asaien, W2; asayen, S3; assaied, pp., W.—AF. assayer (asayer): It. assaggiare.

[ Assemble], sb. assembly, P.—OF. asemblee.

[ Assemblen], v. to bring together, to come together, NED; assembled, pp., C3.—OF. asembler; Lat. assimulare.

[ Assiduel], adj. continual, H; asseduel, H.—OF. assiduel.

[ Assiduelly], adv. continually, H.

[ Assoilen], v. to loosen, absolve, explain, PP, S3, C3; see [Asoylen].

[ Assoillyng], sb. absolution, acquittal, C.

[ Astate], sb. state, estate, S3; see [Estat].

[ A-sterten], v. to start up, to happen, to escape, NED, S2, S3, C3, C; astart, S3; asterted, pt. s., S2, C3. ([A- 1].)

[ A-stiȝen], v. to proceed, ascend, descend, MD; astighð, pr. s., S; astah, pt. s., S.—AS. á-stígan. ([A- 1].)