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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ A-twynne], in two, apart, W, G, PP; atwinne, C3; atwynny, W; otwinne, S; otwyn, H. ([A- 2].)

[ Atyre], sb. equipment, dress, head-dress, PP, Cath.; atir, S2; atteir, S3; atyr, HD.

[ Atyren], v. to attire, NED; atyred, pp., PP; atired, PP; tyred, S2.—OF. atirer. ([A- 7].)

[ Auchtene], num. eighteen, S3; see [Eightene].

[ Aucte], sb. property, S; see [Auhte].

[ Auctoritee], sb. authority, C2, C3; autorite, S3; auctorite, C.—AF. autorite, auctorite; Lat. auctoritatem.

[ Auctour], sb. author, C, C2, HD; auctor, S3; autour, S3, NED.—AF. autour; Lat. auctorem, from augere, to make to grow, to originate.

[ Augrim], sb. arithmetic, S; see [Algorisme].

[ Auh], conj. but, S; see [Ac].

[ Auht], adj. worthy, valiant, doughty, NED (s.v. aught); aȝt, S2, MD; oht, S; aht, NED; æht, MD.—AS. áwiht (áht). Cf. [Ought].