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). …

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:……

Inflectional suffix of adjs. in early ME: (a) forming the dat.sg. and the dat.pl. of the indefinite (strong) declension; (b) forming the oblique cases (exc. acc. neuter) of the sing. and all cases……

Inflectional suffix in verbs: (a) Forming the past ind.pl. of all verbs, e.g. fǒund-en, dēmd-en; (b) forming the pres.ind.pl. of the preterit-present verbs: e.g. kunn-en, mǒu-en, wit-en; (c) forming……

Derivational suffix forming the present participle of all verbs in the earlier Midland texts (corresponding to N -ande and S -inde); later replaced by -ing(e. …

Derivational suffix (from earlier -re) forming the comp. of adjs.: (a) Without mutation of the root vowel: hard-er [OE heard-ra], bōld-er, bright-er, kēn-er, hōlī-er, lǒvelok-er, clēr-er, ǧentil-er……

Derivational suffix forming verbs denoting repetitive-diminutive actions or events: (a) Inherited from OE: shim-er-en [OE scim-(e)r-ian shimmer: scīm-ian shine, glisten]; wand-er-en [OE wand-r-ian……

Forming agent nouns from nouns and verbs, esp. also names of persons engaged in a trade or profession. (a) Inherited from OE: e.g. bōk-ere scribe [OE bōc-ere, from bōc document, charter], salt-ere……

Inflectional suffix forming the plural of a few nouns in the South and the Midland: child-(e)re (also in the North, beside child-ren), ei-(e)re eggs, calv-(e)re beside calv-es, lamb-(e)re beside la……

Inflectional ending of the definite (strong) adj. occurring in early ME: (a) in the gen. and dat. sing. feminine and (b) in the gen. plur. The gen.pl. inflection -er survives in the indef. numeral……

Inflectional suffix forming the plural of a few nouns: child-(e)ren, ei-ren eggs, calv-(e)ren calves, lamb-(e)ren lambs. …

Derivational suffix forming adverbs of time, place, and manner: (a) Inherited from OE, e.g. dai-es by day, night-es by night, nēd-es of necessity, sōth-es truly (cp. the adv. phrases his willes vol……

Forming the gen.sg.: (a) Inherited from OE -es in a large number of nouns (old masculines and neuters): e.g. stōn-es, wǒlv-es, pā̆th-es, segg-es, hill-es, spēr-es, fōt-es, frẹ̄nd-es, lō̆mb-es.(b)……

In the gen.sg. masc. & neut. of the indefinite (strong) declension [OE -es], only in very early ME (later dropped). Relics of this inflection survive in a number of set phrases, e.g. eies weies,……

Forming the pres. & past ind.sg.2 of all verbs (exc. the present of some of the preterit presents) in the North and the North Midland [Nhb. -es, -as]: e.g. sing-es, tāk-es, lǒv-es; sang-es, tōk-es,……

Forming the pres. ind. sg. 2 of all verbs (except the preterit presents) and the past ind. sg. 2 of weak verbs in the South and in the Midland (in competition with the Northern -es in the North……

Derivational suffix forming agent nouns from verbs and nouns, especially names for women (later also for men) engaged in an occupation. (a) Inherited from OE (often contrasting with nouns in -ere……

Forming adjs. (used also as advs., and occas. as nouns) on cardinal numerals and on indefinite numerals, and having such meanings as 'consisting of or comprising x parts, units, specimens, etc.'……

A derivational suffix forming nouns: (a) in composition with a noun as simplex, denoting (as in OE) rank or position, but also condition, quality, and (later) activity or qualities typical of the……

Derivational suffix common in adjectives from OE: bisi, crafti, gredi, holi, hungri(e, weri, etc.; also common in adjectives derived from nouns in ME: gleui, halki, happi, hasti(e, horni, worthi……