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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ At-breken], v. to break away, escape, NED. (At- 2.)

At-bresten, v. to burst away, escape, NED.—AS. (æt-bærstan. (At- 2.)

[ Ate], sb. eating, S. See [Eten].

[ Atel], adj. terrible; atell, NED.—AS. atol; cp. Icel. atall.

[ Atelich], adj. horrible, S; eatelich, S.—AS. atelic.

[ Ateliche], adv. horribly, S.—AS. atelice.

[ Atempre], pp. as adj. temperate, H; attempre, C, HD.—OF. atempré; Lat. attemperatus. ([A- 7].)

[ Atemprely], adv. temperately, H, HD.

[ A-tenden], v. to set on fire, kindle, MD; atend, pr. s., S. ([A- 2].) Cf. [Ontenden].

[ At-ewen], v. to show, to appear; atewede, pt. s., NED; atywede, S; atawed, pp., MD.—AS. æt-éawan (æt-ýwan): Goth. at-augjan, from augo, the eye; cp. OHG. ougen, to show (Otfrid). Cf. [Awnen]. (At- 1.)