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A
|
Asloan
Manuscript
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a
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ante
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a.
|
adjective (in early
volumes)
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abbrev.
|
abbreviation,
abbreviated
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absol.
|
absolute
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adj.
|
adjective
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adv.
|
adverb,
adverbial
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adv.
phr.
|
adverb phrase
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AF
|
Anglo French
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AL
|
Anglo Latin
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Amer.
|
American
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Amer. Eng.
|
American English
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AN
|
Anglo Norman
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App.
|
Appendix
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appar.
|
apparently
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applic.
|
application
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Asl.
|
Asloan
Manuscript
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attrib.
|
attributive
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Aug.
|
August
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aux.
v.
|
auxiliary verb
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AV
|
Authorised Version (of the
Bible)
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B
|
Bannatyne
Manuscript
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Bann.
|
Bannatyne
Manuscript
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C
|
Cambridge Manuscript of
Barbour’s Bruce and Troy-book
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c.
|
century
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c.
|
chapter (in a
reference)
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c
|
circa
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Cath. Angl.
|
Catholicon
Anglicon
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cf.
|
confer, compare
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Ch.
|
Charteris
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Ch. & M.
|
Chepman and
Myllar
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coll.
|
collective
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comb.
|
combinative,
combined
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compar.
|
comparative
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compl.
|
complement
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concr.
|
concrete
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conj.
|
conjunction
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const.
|
constructed with
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corresp.
|
corresponding
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Dan.
|
Danish
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dat.
|
dative
|
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Dec.
|
December
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Ded.
|
Dedication
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def.
art.
|
definite article
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demonstr.
|
demonstrative
|
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demonstr.
adj.
|
demonstrative
adjective
|
|
demonstr.
pron.
|
demonstrative
pronoun
|
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dial.
|
dialect
|
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dimin.
|
diminutive
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Du.
|
Dutch
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early ME
|
early Middle
English
|
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Eccl. L.
|
Ecclesiastical
Latin
|
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ed.
|
edition, editor
|
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EIr.
|
Early Irish
|
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ellipt.
|
elliptical
|
|
e.m.Du.
|
early modern
Dutch
|
|
e.m.E.
|
early modern
English
|
|
Eng. L.
|
English Latin
|
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equiv. to
|
equivalent to
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erron.
|
erroneous
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esp.
|
especially
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espec.
|
especially
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etc.
|
et cetera
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F.
|
French
|
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f.
|
from
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Faer.
|
Faeroese
|
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Feb.
|
February
|
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fem.
|
feminine
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ff.
|
following
|
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fig.
|
figurative
|
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Flem.
|
Flemish
|
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f.n.
|
footnote
|
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fol.
|
folio(s)
|
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freq.
|
frequently
|
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frequent.
|
frequentative
|
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Fris.
|
Frisian
|
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Gael.
|
Gaelic (Scots)
|
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gen.
|
generally } written out
if
|
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gen.
|
genitive }
ambiguous
|
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Germ.
|
German
|
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Gk.
|
Greek
|
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gl.
|
glossed as
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Glos.
|
Glossary
|
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Gmc.
|
Germanic
|
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H
|
Harleian
Manuscript
|
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h. of ch.
|
heading of
chapter
|
|
Harl.
|
Harleian
Manuscript
|
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Hatz-Darm.
|
Hatzfeld-Darmester
|
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Ib.
|
Ibidem
|
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Icel.
|
Icelandic
|
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Id.
|
Idem
|
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imper.
|
imperative
|
|
impers.
|
impersonal
|
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indef.
|
indefinite
|
|
indef.
art.
|
indefinite
article
|
|
infin.
|
infinitive
|
|
infl.
|
inflected,
inflection
|
|
instr.
|
instrumental
case
|
|
interj.
|
interjection
|
|
interrog.
pron.
|
interrogative
pronoun
|
|
intr.
|
intransitive
|
|
intrans.
|
intransitive (in
notes)
|
|
Introd.
|
Introduction
|
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Ir.
|
Irish
|
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irreg.
|
irregular
|
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It.
|
Italian
|
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J.
|
Jamieson
|
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Jam.
|
Jamieson
|
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Jan.
|
January
|
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L.
|
Latin
|
|
late L.
|
late Latin
|
|
LG
|
Low German
|
|
lit.
|
Literal
|
|
|
|
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marg.
|
Margin
|
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masc.
|
Masculine
|
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MDan.
|
Middle Danish
|
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MDu.
|
Middle Dutch
|
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ME
|
Middle English
|
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MED
|
Middle English
Dictionary
|
|
med. L.
|
Medieval Latin
|
|
med. L. (Sc.)
|
Scots medieval
Latin
|
|
MF
|
Middle French
|
|
MFlem.
|
Middle Flemish
|
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MHG
|
Middle High
German
|
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midl.
|
midlands
|
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MIr.
|
Middle Irish
|
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MLG
|
Middle Low
German
|
|
mod. dial.
|
modern dialect
|
|
mod. Eng.
|
modern English
|
|
mod. Lat.
|
modern Latin
|
|
mod. Sc.
|
modern Scots
|
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MSw.
|
Middle Swedish
|
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|
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n.
|
note
|
|
n.
|
noun
|
|
n.
phr.
|
noun phrase
|
|
n.
pl.
|
noun plural
|
|
Nat. Mus. Antiq.
Scotl.
|
National Museum of
Antiquities of Scotland
|
|
north.
|
northern
|
|
north. e.m.E.
|
northern early modern
English
|
|
north. Eng.
dial.
|
northern English
dialect
|
|
north. ME
|
northern Middle
English
|
|
north-western Eng.
dial.
|
north-western English dialect |
|
Norw.
|
Norwegian
|
|
Norw. dial.
|
Norwegian
dialect
|
|
Nov.
|
November
|
|
num.
|
numeral
|
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|
|
|
obs.
|
obsolete
|
|
obs. F.
|
obsolete French
|
|
obsolesc.
|
obsolescent
|
|
occas.
|
occasionally
|
|
Oct.
|
October
|
|
ODan.
|
Old Danish
|
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OE
|
Old English
|
|
OED
|
Oxford English
Dictionary
|
|
OF
|
Old French
|
|
OFris.
|
Old Frisian
|
|
OIcel.
|
Old Icelandic
|
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ON
|
Old Norse
|
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ONF
|
Old Northern
French
|
|
ONorthumb.
|
Old Northumbrian
|
|
orig.
|
originally
|
|
Orkn.
|
Orkney
|
|
OSaxon
|
Old Saxon
|
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OScand.
|
Old Scandinavian
|
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P.
|
Purvey
|
|
p.
|
page
|
|
pers.
pron.
|
personal pronoun
|
|
Pg.
|
Portuguese
|
|
phr.
|
phrase(s)
|
|
pl.
|
plural ( roman in variant
spelling list)
|
|
plur.
|
plural
|
|
poet.
|
poetic
|
|
pop. L.
|
popular Latin
|
|
possess.
|
possessive
|
|
possess.
pron.
|
possessive
pronoun
|
|
p.p.
|
past participle (italic as
paragraph marker or part of speech label)
|
|
ppl.
adj.
|
participial
adjective
|
|
pr.
|
printed
|
|
prec.
|
preceding
|
|
predic.
|
predicative
|
|
Pref.
|
Preface
|
|
pref.
|
prefix
|
|
prep.
|
preposition
|
|
prep.
|
prepositional
|
|
pres.
|
present tense
|
|
pres. p.
|
present participle (italic as
paragraph marker or part of speech label)
|
|
pres. t.
|
present tense (italic as part
of speech label)
|
|
presum.
|
presumably
|
|
prob.
|
probably
|
|
Proclam.
|
Proclamation
|
|
Proh.
|
Proheme
|
|
Prol.
|
Prologue
|
|
Prompt. Parv.
|
Promptorium
Parvulorum
|
|
pron.
|
pronoun
|
|
pronunc.
|
pronunciation
|
|
prop.
n.
|
proper noun
|
|
proverb.
|
proverbial
|
|
p.t.
|
past tense (italic as
paragraph marker or part of speech label)
|
|
|
|
|
quot.
|
quotation
|
|
q.v.
|
quod vide
|
|
qq.v.
|
quae vide
|
|
|
|
|
redupl.
|
Reduplicated
|
|
refl.
|
Reflexive
|
|
reflex.
|
Reflexive
|
|
reflex.
pron.
|
reflexive
pronoun
|
|
rel.
pron.
|
relative pronoun
|
|
repr.
|
Representative,
representing
|
|
rh.
|
rhyming with
|
|
Ruddim.
|
Ruddiman
|
|
|
|
|
sc.
|
scilicet
|
|
Sc.
|
Scots
|
|
Sc. and Ir.
Gael.
|
Scots and Irish
Gaelic
|
|
Scand.
|
Scandinavian
|
|
Sept.
|
September
|
|
Shakesp.
|
Shakespeare
|
|
Shetl.
|
Shetland
|
|
sing.
|
singular
|
|
SND
|
Scottish National
Dictionary
|
|
south. Eng.
dial.
|
southern English
dialect
|
|
south. ME
|
South Middle
English
|
|
spec.
|
specialised
|
|
specif.
|
specifically
|
|
subjunct.
|
subjunctive
|
|
superl.
|
superlative
|
|
s.v.
|
sub voce
|
|
Sw.
|
Swedish
|
|
|
|
|
tr.
|
transitive
|
|
trans.
|
transitive (in
notes)
|
|
transf.
|
transferred
|
|
transl.
|
translation
|
|
|
|
|
ultim.
|
ultimate,
ultimately
|
|
uninfl.
|
uninflected
|
|
usu.
|
usually
|
|
|
|
|
v.
|
verb
|
|
var.
|
variant
|
|
varr.
|
variants
|
|
vbl.
n.
|
verbal noun
|
|
verb.
prefix
|
verbal prefix
|
|
verb.
phr.
|
verbal phrase
|
|
viz.
|
videlicet
|
|
v.r.
|
variant reading
|
|
v.rr.
|
variant readings
|
|
vulgar L.
|
vulgar Latin
|
|
|
|
|
W.
|
Welsh
|
|
W.
|
Wycliffe
|
|
WSaxon
|
West Saxon
|