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1. with- pref.

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A prefix in over 100 words, of which more than half are verbs (62), with a number of nouns and gerunds (14 each), a few participles (5), adverbs (6), and prepositions (6), one adjective and one……

2. ed- pref.

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Not a live prefix in ME. It survives in a small number of words from OE: ed-bōte expiation, ed-groue second growth, ed-lēn reward, ed-wīt reproach, ed-cenned reborn, ed-lǣchen to repeat, ed-wīten……

3. bifōre- pref.

Additional spellings: before-
82 quotations in 4 senses
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In verbs: (a) bifore- barren, prevent, bar; forbid; (b) bifore- comen, come into the presence of; (c) bifore- girden, to gird beforehand, provide; (d) bifore- gon, come into the presence of; (e)……

4. con-, cǒn- pref.

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In many words taken from L or OF, or from both sources, as conceiven, concepcioun; confermen, -firmen, -firmacioun; confessen, -fessioun, -fessour; conqueren, -querour, -queste. Since the L or OF……

5. an- pref.(3)

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(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……

6. um- pref.

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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……

7. ayẹ̄n- pref.

168 quotations in 8 senses
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(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-……

8. afōre- pref.

44 quotations in 3 senses
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Ahead (in space); afore- rider, one who rides ahead of the main body of an army, ?a scout, ?one of the vanguard. …

9. at- pref.(1)

3 quotations in 3 senses
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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')……

10. over- pref.

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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,……

11. a- pref.(1), in verbs

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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……

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