With the superl. of an adj. or adv.: of all, very; alrebest, best of all, (the) very best; alre-erest, alder- first, on alre-erst, first of all; alder- hext, highest or greatest of all; alder- last……
In verbs inherited from OE:(a) From OE ā-: a-biden, a-breken, a-fallen, a-reren, a-risen, a-senden, a-waken, a-winnen, and many others. (b) From OE on-: a-biden (also an-biden), ppl. a-knoue(n (also……
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,……
Forming trans. verbs from intransitives, often with specialized (factitive, completive, figurative) meaning (s): (a) Inherited from OE, as bidelven, biflouen, bilaughen, bimēnen, bireusen, bishīnen,……
(a) In front of, opposite, facing toward; ayen- coupen, intercept (sb.), stop, turn back; ayen- couping, act of blocking or intercepting; also, resistance; ayen- louken, bar the way to (sb.); ayen-……
A prefix or combining element in more than twenty words, chiefly nouns, borrowed from L or OF meaning ‘single, one’. As a discrete prefix, it is used in the nouns unanimite, unicorn(e, uniformite,……
From early ME a prep., derived from unstressed an before nouns, adjs., and advs. beginning with a consonant [OE on, an]. (a) Orig. noun phrases: a-beggeþ, a-bedde, a-blode, a-clokke, a-dai(es,……
Verbal cpds.: (a) after- bending, the second bending, a bending back (of a bow); prob., the shaping process which gives the ends a curvature the reverse of that at the center; after- berende, bearing……
(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……
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) 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,……
A common prefix in words derived from Latin or French; e.g., probleme, processionarie, progenitour, pronosticacioun, propugnacle, prosperite, provincial (nouns); profounde, prolixe, propicious,……
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,……
In verbs of motion or direction: (a) meaning 'away', as in at-blenchen, at-bresten, at-flen, at-wappen, at-winden; (b) meaning 'toward, to', as in at-feng accepted, at-gon approach (beside 'vanish')……
