a-married, IV, 236, 4: married.
a-marvel, II, 386, 12: marvel (Fr. émerveiller).
amense, III, 465, 23: amends. (Should be printed as one word, not a mense as in the MS.)
American leather, I, 494, 14; III, 3, 13; 5, C 2: has been explained as morocco made from American horsehides, for which a patent was obtained c. 1799. See The Scots Magazine, 1799, LXI, 286. But the date of the text at III, 3, is 1780.
amo, V, [306] b, 14: among.
among, II, 451, 89: between.
amoued, II, 442, 9: excited, agitated.
an, II, 75, 20; V, [214] b, 4: one.
-an, -ane, -and, -en, etc., annexed to the definite form of the superlative of the adjective (preceded by the, her, etc.) or to numerals, or following separately, seems to be an=one. (The history of this usage has not been made out.) The firstan, nextan, firsten, nexten, passim (the seconden only at I, 507, 3); the firstand, I, 135, O 18; the nextand, II, 94, 6; her firsten, thirden, etc., II, 161, 9-12; her nexten, II, 164, 19; the firstin, the nextin, II, 380, 22; the first an, the niest an, I, 351, 45; the warst in, the best in, II, 98, 43, 44; the third ane, the fourth ane, etc., II, 71, 5, 6; 78, 8-11; the third one, fourth one, etc., II, 72, 5-7; the first ae, IV, 490, 20; the first y, III, 3, 15; the firsten ane, II, 370, 16. So, that samen, II, 475, 17.
an, I, 295, 30; 468, 6, 9; 480, 6, 7; II, 21, B 11: and, if.