(a) In many verbs, verbal nouns, and verbal adjs. taken either from L or OF, dis- clearly has adversative or privitive force, as in disal(l)ouen, disavauntage, disavouen, discomfort, disconsolat,……
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……
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 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 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……
A common prefix in words of Latin or French origin; e.g., precellence, precessioun, precognicion, predicament, prelacie, prerogatif, prevaricatour (nouns); precise, prefinite, prejudicial,……
A common prefix in words derived from Latin or French; e.g., probleme, processionarie, progenitour, pronosticacioun, propugnacle, prosperite, provincial (nouns); profounde, prolixe, propicious,……
A rare prefix in Middle English, signifying 'false, hypocritical, counterfeit', appearing chiefly in borrowings from Latin, but occasionally in ME formations modeled on Latin words: pseudofrere,……
In many verbs and derivatives of verbs from L or OF or both, meaning 'back from', 'backwards': rebouten, recurve adj., reflecten, rejecte n., replien, retorte ppl.; 'back to (a place of origin)'……
Half: (a) in words of Latin (or OF from L) origin; e.g., in nouns: semibrefe, semidiametre, semiton; in adjectives: semicirculer, semicocte, semimature, semivif, semivocal; (b) in ME formations……
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 words derived primarily from L, occ. from OF, or from both, often with its original meaning still discernible: (a) 'subordinate or inferior in rank' (in nouns): subcelerer,……
