GLOSSARY.
[The figures in the following Glossary refer to the page of the text. Words preceded by a †, occur only in the Creed. A.S. and A.N. distinguish the two different languages of which our own is composed, Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman.]
A.
a, prefixed to verbs of Anglo-Saxon origin, has sometimes a negative, sometimes an intensative power: before nouns and adjectives it represents on and at, as, a-brood, a-fore (æt-foran), a-rowe (i. e. on a row), a-loft (i. e. on high), &c. In words of Anglo-Norman origin, it answers to the prepositions, a, ab, ad, of the original Latin words
a (A.N.) [355], ah! (an interjection)
abidynge (A.S.) [413], patient
abiggen (A.S.) [35], [127], abien, [58], abugge, [122], abye, [164], abyen, [393], to make amends for, to atone for. pret. s. aboughte, [168], [190], [231], [268]. part. past, abought, [392]
abite (A.S.) [331], to bite, nip
a-blende (A.S.) [377], a-blynden, to blinde, dazzle. pret. s. a-blente, [388]
abosten (A.N.) [126], to assault