A suffix forming numerous collective or abstract nouns denoting states, attitudes, or activities, most of them directly borrowed from French, some formed from Latin words in -antia- on the French……

A suffix forming numerous abstract nouns of quality or state, usually modeled directly on a Latin original, such as elefancie, elegancie, infancie, preroganci, warancie, occasionally borrowed from……

(a) In many pr.ppls. taken from OF, e.g. abound-a(u)nt, appar-a(u)nt, ard-a(u)nt, arrog-a(u)nt, charge-a(u)nt, ramp-aunt, -and, etc.; (b) in a number of nouns (orig. ppls.) adopted from OF, as……

A suffix forming nouns, usually in words borrowed from French (such as artificie, benefice, malefice, marshalsie, minstralsie, prophecie, seneshalsie) or Latin (such as servicie), but occasionally……

A suffix in a few borrowed words denoting forms of polity and belonging to the philosophical domain: aristogracie, oligracie, timotracie. …

This suffix survives in Orm., supported by ON *-kund: god-cund divine, gram -cund angry, grim -cund fierce. Orm's name-cund 'famous' is an adaptation of ME name-cǒuþ (OE nam-cūþ). …

In nouns formed on nouns, denoting office, rank, status, or state, but also the domain or realm of an office or institution. (a) From OE: alder-dom, kine-dom, king-dom; cristen-dom, hethen-dom……

Derivational suffix not formative in ME, but inherited from OE: (a) in agent nouns and in abstracts: webb-e weaver: web webb, fabric [OE webb-a: web(b ], hunt-e hunter: hunt-en to hunt [OE hunt-a:……

Forming the dat.sg., as in ring-e, bōn-e, lō̆mb-e, hill-e, kinn-e, līv-e, contrasting with the nom. & acc.sg. ring, bōn, lō̆mb, hil, kin, līf [OE hring-e, bān-e, lomb-e, hyll-e, cynn-e, līf-e:……

Forming the plural of the indefinite (strong) declension, as in gōd-e folk good people, theues gōd-e good manners [OE -e, -a]. …

(a) In the pres.ind.sing.1 of all verbs, except the pret. presents: e.g. i(ch find-e, dēm-e [OE -e, -u]; (b) in all persons of the pres. and past subj.sing. of all verbs: e.g. i(ch, thǒu, hē……

After final unstressed -e was no longer pronounced (first in the North, last in the South) the letter was often retained in the spelling to indicate that the preceding stressed vowel was long, as……

Forming adjectives (a) on nouns: bērd-ed having a beard; ring-ed provided with a ring, made of rings [OE hring-ed]; horn-ed having horns, shaped like a horn [cp. OE hyrned beaked]; hōk-ed hook-like……

Forming the past participle of weak verbs, reduced to -d in later ME: e.g. dēm-ed [OE dēm-ed], lǒv-ed [OE ge-)luf-od], blāmed [OF bla(s)m-é], shāp-ed beside earlier shāp-en [OE sceap-en]. …

Forming the singular of the past indicative and subjunctive of weak verbs (except second-person singular indicative, which ends in -est), later reduced by stages to -ed, -d: (a) inherited from OE……

Inflectional suffix in verbs, forming the plural of the past indicative and subjunctive of weak verbs; later reduced by successive stages to -ede, -ed, -d: e.g. herede(n [OE her-edon, -eden] , lōk-……

Derivational suffix in nouns: (a) In a few diminutives: kirn-el kernel, grain, from korn [OE cyrn-el: corn]; hī̆pel little heap, from hēp heap [OE hȳpel: hēap]; (b) in nouns denoting agents……

Derivational suffix in a few adjectives, formed to go with verbs: hā̆t-el hateful, hostile, cp. hāt-en to hate [OE hat-ol, het-ol: hat-ian]; swik-el treacherous, cp. swīk-en deceive [OE swik-ol:……

Derivational suffix in verbs, often denoting diminutive, repetitive, or intensive actions or events (formed on verbs, earlier also on nouns): (a) Inherited from OE: brast-(e)len clatter, cp……

Derivational suffix in diminutives and affectionate terms: faunt-(e)let little child (from faunt child); tart-(e)let (from tarte tart); brac-elet, chap-(e)let. …