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 prefix in at least forty-three words, chiefly transitive verbs but including six participles, three gerunds, six nouns, and three adverbs. Over half are either definitely or probably of OE origin……
A prefix or combining element in some 250 words, over sixty percent of which are verbs (153), with a number of nouns (36), gerunds (34), and participles (19) and a smattering of adjectives (4) and……
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……
Prefixed to participles and nouns to denote several of the meanings of for(e- pref., especially action 'in advance of' (L 'prae-'), but also action 'on behalf of' (L 'pro-' and English for prep.). So……
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 prefix in some forty words formed in ME, chiefly transitive verbs but with a smattering of participles and gerunds and one noun. The prefix has three main senses: (1) the primary sense of……
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,……
