GLOSSAHY. 



A. 



A, as prefix, is a shorter form of— 1. And, 

 as in abidan, for andbidan. 



2. On, as in among, for onmang, and 

 aweg, for onweg, both of which are oc- 

 casionally parallel MS. readings. See 

 MH. 115 a, with var. lect. 



3. Un, as in atynan, open, for untynan. 



4. Of, as in acalan for ofcalan. Horn. 

 n. 248. 



5. Embe, as in ymbutan, abutan, and 

 by apokope buton. 



6. Ge, as in alefed, for gelefed, 

 Acumba, -an, masc? oakum, stupa. Cf. 



" Coarse fibres among wool are kemps," 

 Gl. N. Putamina, acuman, secumba, Gl. 

 Mone, p. 398 a, p. 407 a, as consisting 

 of coarse fibres. Nct^Sa is an approxi- 

 mation only, explained in SH. p. 10. 

 Similarly "Napta, genus fomenti, i.e. 

 " tyndir," Gl. M.M. p. 159 b. Acumba 

 in ashes seems administered as a sub- 

 stitute for "Z-nooiov. Lib. I. i. 1 5 ; xxxiii. 

 i ; xlvii. 3. 



M, as a prefix, is commonly a shorter form 

 of^f, which answers to the Latin Ob, 

 in the sense of annoyance, as in Officere 

 and the like. Thus ^bylgan, ^cyrf 

 Bed. 552, 1. 13 ; JEmod. 



iEc, Ac, gen. -e, fem., oak, quercus rohur. 

 Sume ac astah, Hom. II. 150, got vp 

 into an oak. Of t'sere aec, CD. 570, 

 p. 78. J^eo)- ac, M.G. 7, 48. Gen. Ace, 



JEc—cont. 



Lb. I. xxxviii. 11. "Vowels dropped, 

 CD. 588, 624, etc. Gen. pi. Acana, 

 CD. 126. 



2. As a letter of the alphabet the same 

 word is masc, gen. -es. Acaj- cpegen 

 hasselap ]-pa pome, C.E. 429, two As 

 and two Hs along with them. 



JEcelma, gen. an, masc? a chilblain, miila. 

 Gl. Mone, p. 359 b. " Mula est quaedam 

 " infirmitas in homine quae uocatur 

 " gybehos," Gl. Harl. 3388, that is, kihe 

 of heel. In Italian, " mule, kibes, chil- 

 " blanes " (Florio). In Trench, " mule, 

 " a kibe " (Cotgrave). Palagra, secilma, 

 Gl. Cleop., where understand podagra 

 ani. footsore. The word is compounded 

 of M for My, signifying annoyance, 

 eel, chill, and the participial man. 

 SSpp., art. 943. 



iEdre, vein, vena, gen. both -e, and -an, 

 fem., Lb. L i. 13; II. xviii.; II. xxxii., 

 etc. Hb. iv. 4. On o>rum monJ>e J>a 

 aidron beo'S geworden, N. p. 49, in the 

 second month the veins are formed. S.S. 

 148, 192. 



2. pi. kidneys, renes. ll.M. 69, a. 

 Hb. ixxxvi. 3; cxix. 3. Paris Ps. 

 cxxxviii. 11. 



3. In the sense of water spring found 

 neut. Jjset wseterfeddre, perhaps by at- 

 traction. Hom. n. 144. Ealle eor^an 

 ffiddre onsprungon ongean J>am heofon- 



. lican flode. MS. CC.C 419, p. 42. 

 iEfer'Se, gen. -an, fem.? an herb unknown. 

 Lb. I. xxxiii. 2, etc 



