(a) Abundance, prosperity, wealth; also, the goddess of abundance; also pl. goods, funds, payments; (b) ~ of, abundance of (worldly goods, gold, riches, benefits, etc.); (c) an ample supply of food, drink, etc.; plenty, sumptuousness; also fig.; (d) corn ~, abundance of grain; at (to) al ~, in great abundance; of (with) gret ~, abundantly, sumptuously; ben in ~, to be well supplied; (e) a large amount, great deal, much; also fig.; gret ~; of ~, superfluous; ouer (to) muche ~, an excess; ~ inough, a sufficient amount; ben in ~, to be abundant; wepen ful gret ~, weep copiously; (f) a great number, multitude, many; gret ~; (g) in apposition with a preceding noun, the appositional construction being equivalent in sense to the of- phrases in (e) & (f); (h) fertility, productivity, fruitfulness; abundant production of crops, profusion of flowers; (i) generosity, bounty; pl. bounteous gifts.

(a) Fullness, completeness, perfection; ~ of laue, ?fulfillment of the law, ?perfection of law; (b) full measure or number, totality; ~ of time, the full measure of time, appointed time; the erthe (land) and the ~ of it, the earth (country) and everything on it; (c) satiety, satisfaction.

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(a) In proverbs and sayings; (b) as surname.