(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……

Examples: an-amelen, anclosen, an-egren, an-ointen, anjoinen, anvie. …

In many words taken from L or OF, or from both sources, as conceiven, concepcioun; confermen, -firmen, -firmacioun; confessen, -fessioun, -fessour; conqueren, -querour, -queste. Since the L or OF……

Against (in position, motion, direction), opposite, counter-; ?back, rear (as opposed to front, forward); countre- filet, some kind of ribbon for the head or headdress; countre- frount, countre-……

Prefix of verbs and action nouns adopted from OF, e.g. es-cāpen, es-chaunǧen, es-pleiten, es-soinen. It is not formative in ME. as- and a-, the AF variants of this prefix, occur alongside the CF……

A prefix found in words of French origin; e.g., purpartie, purseint, pursevaunt, purveiaunce, purveiour (nouns); purveiable (adj.); purchasen, purfilen, purloinen, purpensen, purposen (verbs)……

A prefix in nouns derived from OF or formed in ME, usu. denoting subordination in rank of persons: soubaili, soubaillif, soucelerer(e, soudeken, souden, souprior, sousextein, souwardein, and perh……

A prefix in more than seventy words from L or OF originally meaning 'across, over', 'through, to the other side', 'on the other side, beyond'. The great majority of these words are nouns and verbs……

A prefix in a small number of nouns (eight), the primary meaning of which, when attached to personal nouns indicating the holder of an office or a title, is ‘subordinate in rank’ or ‘acting as a……