Possede, to possess, [578].
Fr. posseder.
Poware, a power, a strong band of men, [2647]. We now say force.
Powert, poverty, [1330], [1744].
Pref, to prove, [2229], [3476].
Prekand, pricking, spurring, [3089].
See the very first l. of Spenser’s Faerie Queene.
Prekyne, [2890], showy(?), gaudy(?).
J. gives “Preek, to be spruce; to crest; as ‘A bit preekin bodie,’ one attached to dress; to prick, to dress oneself.”
Compare D. prijcken.