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81. -ful suf.(1)

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Final member in cpd. nouns whose prior member denotes a container, e.g. bagge-ful, cuppe-, dish-, egshel-, hand-. These cpds. resulted from the analysis of such phrases as ane cuppe plus ful wines……

82. -ful suf.(2)

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Most of the adjs. in -ful are formed from nouns denoting feelings, attitudes, mental or moral states, or the like. (a) Some are inherited from OE, e.g. care-ful sorrowful, troublesome; eie(s)-ful frig……

83. -gāt(e suf.

Additional spellings: -gate
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Forming adverbs, in the sense 'in..way, in..manner, in..wise'; anigat, in any way. [See algate(s, anigates, hougate(s, manigate(s, nogate(s, nothergate, othergate(s, overgate, sogate(s, thergates,……

84. -hēd(e suf.

Additional spellings: -hede
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A derivational suffix forming nouns: (a) in composition with a noun as simplex, denoting (as in OE) rank or position, but also condition, quality, and (later) activity or qualities typical of the……

85. -ī̆ suf.

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Derivational suffix common in adjectives from OE: bisi, crafti, gredi, holi, hungri(e, weri, etc.; also common in adjectives derived from nouns in ME: gleui, halki, happi, hasti(e, horni, worthi……

86. -iāl suf.

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Derivational suffix in borrowed adjectives: bestial, celestial, cordial, material, etc.; also in nouns from such adjectives; rarely in new formations in ME: genealogial, terrestrial, etc. …

87. -ī̆ble suf.

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Derivational suffix in adjectives from Latin or Old French: convertible, digestible, forcible, impossible, terrible, etc.; also in ME derivatives: credibli, impossiblenesse, pesibli, unpossible……

88. -icā̆l suf.

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Derivational suffix in adjectives from Latin or Old French: canonical, musical, etc.; in ME derivatives: gramaticalli, etc.; and in adjectives probably formed in ME: comical, domestical,……

89. -ī̆(e suf.(1)

Additional spellings: -ie
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An inflectional suffix in pr. ind. sg. 1, pr. subj. sg., and impv. sg. of verbs: (a) from the OE second weak class: answeren, boden v. (1), loven v. (1), maken v. (1), etc.; (b) from other OE verb……

90. -ī(e suf.(2)

Additional spellings: -ie
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A derivational suffix in nouns, adjectives, and adverbs; e.g., honi, holi, adj., holli adv. …

91. -ī(e suf.(3)

Additional spellings: -ie
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A diminutive suffix in nouns; e.g., hobi and many personal names. …

92. -ī(e suf.(4)

Additional spellings: -ie
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A derivational suffix in abstract and collective nouns: (a) from OF or L, e.g., auncestrie, compaignie, comedie, felonie, heresie, ipocrisie, jelousie, policie, ribaudie; (b) rarely in ME……

93. -ī(e suf.(5)

Additional spellings: -ie
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A reduced form of -if, -ive, as in hasti(e, joli(e, etc. …

94. -ien suf.(1)

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A derivational suffix in nouns and adjectives, indicating place of origin, occupation, religion, or association with a country, person, planet, etc.: (a) in words from OF or ML: Arabien, cirurgien,……

95. -ī̆(e(n suf.(2)

Additional spellings: -ie, -i, -in
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An inflectional suffix in the infinitive, present plural indicative and subjunctive of verbs: (a) from the OE second weak class: answerien, var. of answeren, bisien, bodien, var. of boden, folwien……

96. -īende suf.

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A suffix forming present participles, chiefly in Southern, Kentish, and South Midland; replaced early in the North & NMidlands by -and, elsewhere in the Midlands by -end(e; replaced later in most……

97. -iē̆r(e suf.

Additional spellings: -iere
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A derivational suffix in nouns, indicating an instrument, an agent, or a person having an occupation, trade, or profession: (a) in ME formations: brasier, colier, glasier, heliere, lauiere, loviere……

98. -ieth suf.

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An inflectional suffix in the pr. pl. ind. & subj., less frequently in the pr. sg. 3, of verbs: (a) from the OE second weak class: bisien, herien v. (2), loven v. (1), maken v. (1), etc.; (b) from……

99. -ī̆f, -ī̆ve suf.

Additional spellings: -ive
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A derivational suffix in adjectives, adverbs, and nouns: (a) basically from OF, e.g., adoptif, hastif, jolif, baillif, caitif, fugitif; (b) basically from L, e.g., aggregatif, attractif, digestif,……

100. -īinde suf.

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A suffix forming present participles, chiefly Southern, Kentish, & South Midland; e.g., in deren, loven v. (1), maken v.(1). …

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