But if him faile or that or this. Explicit ifte liber, qui tranfeat obfecro liber, Love Qui fedet in fcamnis celi det, ut ifta Johannis The initials A. S. (Anglo-Saxon) and A. N. (Anglo-Norman) are used to defignate the languages through which the words to which they are affixed entered the English Language, and muft not be understood as pointing out their actual derivations. Further information refpecting their Etymologies may be obtained from Dr. Richardfon's English Dictionary, to which the compiler is indebted for much valuable affiftance. Verbs are generally given in the form of their infinitive mood; but the paft tenfes and participles of ftrong verbs have been inferted when their connexion with their infinitive moods is not immediately apparent. The chief literal peculiarities to which it is neceffary to direct the reader's attention, are the ufe of y for g, of w for y, and the general interchange of vowels. We may also notice the blending of the particle with the following word, as themperoure for the emperor, byme for by me, &c. When the fame word recurs, but is rather differently fpelled, it has not been thought neceffary to infert both forms. SA IN compofition, in words of Saxon origin, is an abbreviation of af, of, at, on, or in. A, in compofition, in words of Anglo-Norman origin, is generally ufed as the reprefentative of ab, ad, or fometimes ex A, is fometimes prefixed to a paft tenfe A, before a noun, is generally ufed A, before a gerund, is ufed for on. ane, or an A, for Ah! Abie, Abey, A. S. to expiate, pay for Abowe, A. S. to avow, to maintain for Abraide, A. S. ftarted Abraide, for a-braide, A. S. a ftart |
