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,……
Negative prefix in nouns, adjectives, adverbs, verbs, participles, and gerunds. It occurs in many words of L or OF origin: (nouns) ignoraunce, imbecilite, immoderaunce, impietie, importunite,……
Prefix found in nouns, adjectives, verbs, and gerunds; occurring chiefly in words from L or OF: (nouns) intercepcioun, intercession, interjeccioun, interspace; (adj.) intercise, interliniare,……
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 prefix appearing in nouns of OF origin: maleaventure, malecheif, Malebouche, malefortune, malengine, malese, malfetour, maltalent, maudisour, etc.; occasionally in adjectives: malapert, maleureux……
(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……
A common prefix, frequent in words of OE origin, esp. verbs: ofanimen, oflien, ofrechen, ofsen, ofsenden, ofsetten, ofslen, ofstingen, ofthenchen, ofthinken, etc.; also participles: oflonged,……
A derivational prefix appearing in all parts of speech except pronouns, but most frequently in verbs. It is found in words descended from OE: (verbs) onblowen, onbrirden, onhauien, onheven [see……
A rare derivational prefix appearing chiefly in verbs of OE origin: oncnawen, ondreden [orig. *and-rǣdan], onfon, onfongen, onȝiten. It probably appears in the nouns onsaue & ontinkel and in the……
A rare derivational prefix of nouns, adjectives, and their derivatives: (of OE origin) ordal n., orgel n.(1), ortroue n., ortrouen v. & (no longer in use after 1300) orgelnesse n., ormēte adj., or……
A common prefix appearing in nouns, adjectives, adverbs, and verbs of OE origin; imparting a sense 'out, outward, outer, forth, away': outfangene-thef, outlep, outrune, outsiht, outware (nouns)……
A derivational prefix which appears in more than 70 words inherited from OE: oferhudiȝen, ofermetto, oferten, overdriven, overet, overgangen, overhelen v.(2), overhoue, oversitten, oversleie,……
A rare prefix occurring almost exclusively in words of French or Latin origin; e.g., paramoure, parclose, pardoun (nouns); parboilen, pardounen, pargeten (verbs); paregal, parfit (adj.)……
A common prefix in words of French or Latin origin; e.g., percepcioun, percussioun, perjurie, permanence, perpendicle, perspicuite (nouns); perdurable, permanent, perpetrat, pertinent (adj.)……
A rare prefix found in a few learned nouns, chiefly borrowings from L or ML; e.g., pericardium, pericraneum, periferie, perimetre, periode, Peripatetike(s, peripleumonie, peritoneum, etc. It was……
