In verbs inherited from OE:(a) From OE ā-: a-biden, a-breken, a-fallen, a-reren, a-risen, a-senden, a-waken, a-winnen, and many others. (b) From OE on-: a-biden (also an-biden), ppl. a-knoue(n (also……
Verbal cpds.: (a) after- bending, the second bending, a bending back (of a bow); prob., the shaping process which gives the ends a curvature the reverse of that at the center; after- berende, bearing……
(a) In several nouns: an-sene appearance, an-velt anvil, an-wald power; (b) in the adj. an-lich 'like, similar' and its derivatives anlicnesse & anlicni.
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(a) In words inherited from OE: an-biden, an-elen kindle; (b) in words not attested in OE with this prefix, but occurring in early ME up to c1225: an-belȝen, an-bursten; also an-ēlen kindle, an-hongen……
In verbs of motion or direction: (a) meaning 'away', as in at-blenchen, at-bresten, at-flen, at-wappen, at-winden; (b) meaning 'toward, to', as in at-feng accepted, at-gon approach (beside 'vanish')……
Forming trans. verbs from intransitives, often with specialized (factitive, completive, figurative) meaning (s): (a) Inherited from OE, as bidelven, biflouen, bilaughen, bimēnen, bireusen, bishīnen,……
Not a live prefix in ME. It survives in a small number of words from OE: ed-bōte expiation, ed-groue second growth, ed-lēn reward, ed-wīt reproach, ed-cenned reborn, ed-lǣchen to repeat, ed-wīten……
In verbs the prefix denotes (a) intensive or completive action or process, or (b) action that miscarries, turns out for the worse, results in failure, or produces adverse or opposite results. In……
Prior member (a) in cpd. verbs, (b) in related action and agent nouns, and (c) in other nouns. All types are inherited from OE, but type (c) is more common in later ME. fōr(e- bears the main……
A prefix with various meanings affixed to various parts of speech: (a) in nouns from OE (rare after 1300): ibeat, ibedde, ibere, ibird, ibrotheren, iclova, icomp, idrevednesse, ifere, ifo,……
Prefix in nouns, adjectives, adverbs, verbs, gerunds, participles, and prepositions; also in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.281]. It is frequent in words of OE origin: (nouns) inborgh,……
A derivational prefix, with the sense 'kingly, royal', in words from OE or in ME formations. See kinebarn n., kinebenche n., kineboren ppl., kineburgh n., kinedọ̄̆m n., kineerd n., kinehelm n., kin……
(a) Middle, mid-; mid strem, the middle of the stream; mid theigh (leg), the middle of the thigh (leg); in the mid se (sheld), in the middle of the sea (shield); in the mid side, ?in the middle; to……
A prefix with a wide range of pejorative meanings: evil(ly, sinful(ly, wicked(ly, false(ly, unjust(ly, illegal(ly, bad(ly, harmful(ly, painful(ly, wrong(ly, incorrect(ly, mistaken(ly, unwise(ly……
