An element in surnames. [Crakepol may be 'crack-poll' or 'crake-pool', cp. crāk n. (1).] …

(a) A half (of a certain measure or unit); (b) a Scottish gold coin [see quots.]; (c) her. half-and-half, party. …

Stressed prior member of cpd. verbs and action nouns. Examples: fō̆rth-bringen bring forth, bring up [cp. L prōdūcere]; -cǒmen come forth; -cǒme departure; -gōn go forth, advance; -gang progress; -……

A combining element or quasi-prefix occurring in nouns of relationship inherited from OE (step-barn, -child, -doughter, -fader, -moder, -sone) or formed in ME (step-brother, -dame, -sire, -suster)……

A combining element with the meanings ‘forward, front’ or ‘in front, before’ in at least ten nouns, along with two verbs and a gerund either related to or derived from them. Five of the nouns are……

As the first element in a group of nouns primarily associated with ships’ rigging or cart harnesses, war- prob. conveys the notion of tightening or securing, perh. by twisting: war-pin, war-rop,……