Category: Language & Communication
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2. Part 2#Ar(e)#, _pres. ind. pl._ are, IV _b_ 18, V 9, 27, &c.; #Aren#, VIII _a_ 268, 270, &c.; #Arn(e)#, II 13, VI 24, 42, &c. [OE. (Nth.) _aron_.] _See_ Art, Er(e), Ben, &c.
3. Part 3#Bi#, #By#, _prep._ (i) On, at, by, II 156, 470, VIII _a_ 167, XV _g_ 16, XVII 75, &c.; _bi ... side_, beside, II 66, V 76; by (way of), over, through, I 62, V 10, 16, 52, 93, X...
4. Part 4#Bring(e)#, #Bryng(e)#, _v._ to bring, take, escort; cause to be; IV _a_ 7, _b_ 46, VIII _a_ 64, IX 60, X 17, XI _a_ 3 (adduce), XII _a_ 193, XIV _b_ 68, &c.; #Broght(e)#, #Broȝ...
5. Part 5#Consaile# (#-sale#, #-seyl#, #-seille#), #Counsail(le)#, (#-sayle#, #-sayll#), _n._ counsel, deliberation, advice, II 179, VIII _a_ 309, X 15, XIV _b_ 40, 43, XVI 114, 163, XVI...
6. Part 6#Diuers(e)#, #Dyuers(e)#, _adj._ varying, divergent, XIII _b_ 44; different, various, IX 16, 287, 289, XII _a_ 55, &c.; _dyuers maner(e)_, different kinds of, XIII _b_ 47, 48; _...
7. Part 7#Euen(e)#, #Euyn#, #Evin#, _adv._ equally, exactly, just, quite, indeed, I _introd._, VII 27, XII _b_ 49, XVII 125, 290, 379, 462, &c.; also, too, VII 51, 154; _evin (till)_, ju...
8. Part 8#For#; #Uor#, #Vor# (III); _prep._ for (i) _Cause_: because of, on account of, through, I 134, II 32, III 17, IV _b_ 35, V 279, VII 183, IX 130, X 136, XI _a_ 32, _b_ 28, 256, X...
9. Part 9#Gret(e)#, #Greate# (III), _adj._ great, large, I 22, 210, II 101, 240, III 9, 17, &c.; greatly esteemed, VII 40; big, boastful, XVII 379; _many grete_, many important people, X...
10. Part 10#Her(e)#, #Heere#, #Hier(e)#, (III, XII), _adv._ here, at this point, III 2, VI 159, XI _a_ 1, _b_ 82, XII _b_ 34, 118, XVI 40, &c.; here is, XII _b_ 161, XVI 325; _here abowte_...
11. Part 11#Is#, #Ys#, #His# (XI), _3 sg. pres. ind._ is, I 9, 19, VIII _b_ 105, XI _b_ 256, &c.; exists, IX 146; (without _pron._) it is, I 253, 254, V 121, &c.; _2 sg._ art, XVI 360; _pl...
12. Part 12#Lif#, #Lyfe# (obl. stem #Lif-#, and #Lyu-# &c.), _n._ life, manner of life, lifetime, I 199, V 44, VI 32, VIII _a_ 170, XI _a_ 57, _b_ 40, XVII 398, &c.; #Liffe#, XVI 66; #Liif...
13. Part 13#Matyn(n)es#, #-ys#, _n. pl._ matins (first of the canonical 'hours', properly recited at midnight or before daybreak), V 120, XI _b_ 131, 189, &c.; applied to all the morning o...
14. Part 14#New(e)#, #Nw(e)# (V, VI), _adj._ new, II 217, V 176, 332, VI 167, VIII _a_ 294, &c.; _quasi-sb._ IX 275; _na new_, no new thing, IV _a_ 42; _for new_, in exchange for new (ones...
15. Part 15#Part#, _n._ part, share, VI 213, IX 31, 325, XI _b_ 57, &c.; _more be an hundred part_, more (by) a hundred times, IX 301 (_lit._ more by the hundredth part: the use seems mode...
16. Part 16#Red(e)#, #Redyn#, #Reede#, _v._ to advise, counsel, IV _a_ 45, V 43 (note), VIII _b_ 108, XIV _c_ 97, XVII 341, &c.; to read, II 1, IV _b_ 9, X _introd._, XII _a_ 112, &c.; to...
17. Part 17#Sche#, _pron. fem. sg._ she, II 75, 77, 323, &c.; #She#, I 48, &c.; #Scho#, IV _b_ 1, 2, 4, 6, &c.; ref. to inanimate thing (_gyne_), X 80. For obl. cases, &c., _see_ Hi, _fem....
18. Part 18#Som(e)#, #Somme#, #Sum(me)#, #Zome# (III), _adj._ some, (a) certain, V 51, VI 68, VII 33, IX 119, XVI 19, XVII 157, &c.; _pron. sg._ one, I 135; some, (a) part, II 516, XI _a_...
19. Part 19#Swa#, #Zuo# (III), _adv. demonstr._ thus, so, in this way, III 17, 39, IV _b_ 19, 45, X 13; thereupon, III 28; therefore, III 36; in the same way, IV _b_ 49; so mightily, X 144...
20. Part 20#Trow(e)#, _v._ to believe (in), be sure, think, I 23, II 429, V 137, IX 151, XI _a_ 31, XIII _b_ 60, XVI 95, &c.; #Traw(e)#, VI 127, XVII 45, 244, &c.; #*Trod#, _pp._ I 254 (MS...
21. Part 21#Vnder#, #-ur#, _prep._ under, II 70, IX 179, XIII _a_ 15; (postponed) V 250; _see_ Gore, Heuenryche; _adv._ underneath, XVII 409; in reality (opposed to appearance on surface),...
22. Part 22#What(e)#, #Wat#, #Quat# (V, VI), _pron. interrog._ what, II 102, XI _b_ 195, XV _e_ 8, XVII 163, &c.; _indir._ I 56, IV _b_ 65, V 111, VIII _b_ 38, &c.; _indef._ (with _subj._)...
23. Part 23#Write#, #Wryte#, _v._ to write, VIII _a_ 79, _b_ 72, IX 122; #Wrote#, _pa. t. sg._ I 247; _pl._ VII 58; #Writen#, _pa. t. pl._ XI _a_ 23; #Write(n)#, #Wryte(n)#, _pp._ I 37, 40...
24. Part 24_Ynde_, India, vaguely applied to central, southern, and eastern Asia, IX 26, 27, 43, 49, 50, 97, 157 (note), 260 (note): _high Ynde_, IX 27, 137; _Ynde þe lesse_, IX 29; _(Ynde...