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32( GLOSSARIAL INDEX, AND INDEX OF NAMES.
A said, s. ass, little ass, 1928. See request, 3173 ;
(Asking), enquiry
below. 0. Northumb. asal, asald, {a false reading), 732.
Matt, xviii. 6 ; xxi. 2.
Asaleny (Aslyn), s. little ass, 1705.
(Aslakes), pr. s.
'grows slack.'
ceases, 857. Lit.
See above.
Asouerance, s. assurance, 5001.
A-sante, s. assault, attack, 2550 Asperly, adv. fiercely, 2039, 3041 ;
(Asawte), 924. See Asaile.
quickly, eagerly, 2672 ; sharply,
A-sa3% s. trial, 5370.
roughly, severely, 1088, 3939
Ascalioun, Ascalon, 5675. See Ascoiloyin.
fiercely, swiftly, 3001.
Assaile (Asayle), ger. to assault,
Ascendis (Ascendez), pr. s. ascends, 1380 ; Assaill (Assaylle), to assail,
climbs up, 1377 ;
(Assendes), 1162. See Asaile.
mounts, 767 ; Ascendis (Ascenden),
Asselis, pr. s. seals up, 424.
j^r. pi. 1434; (Ascenden), Assemblis, pr. pi. collect, re-unite,
1398 ;
(Ascendyn), 1030 ; Ascendid,
4161 ;
(Assembled, pt. pi.), en-
pt. pi 1030, 1398.
counter, 1387 ; Assembild on, pt.
A-schapid. pp. escaped, 2987.
gathered
X>1. against, attacked,
Ascoiloym(Ascolon), Ascalon, 1116. 4134. See Asemblis.
See Ascalioun.
Assemy, 4449. Probably a false
Ascres, pi. newts, lizards, 4198. reading ; the alliteration requires
M.E. as7t\ arsk; see Matzner.
a word beginning with s, and oure
Ascryes, pr. pi. cry out to, challenge,
gives no sense. For oure assemy
demand of (them), 5215. read^owc semly (i. e. your seemly).
Cf. O.F. escricr; see ascrien in Assie, Asia, 5659.
Matzner.
Assisid, pp. made of a certain size,
A-serablis, pr. s. assembles, 2219 ;
sized, 5653. See Asisid.
(Assembles), gathers, 762 ;
(Assemblez),
Asskis, pr. pi. 2 p. beseech, 4467.
923; Asembles (As-
See Askis.
semblez), 1470 ; A-sembild (Assembled),
Astate, 8. estate, dignity, rank, con-
pt. s. assembled, dition, 723,3353, p. 279,1. 11.
encountered, 783; A-sembles Astralabus,jj/. astrolabes, 128. (MS.
(Assembles), imp. pi. gather together,
Astralalus.)
2527. See Assemblis. Asuris (Assurys), 2 pr. s, trustest,
A-sent, pr. pi. 1 p. assent, 4262 ;
art secure, 2736 ; Asurid (Assuryd),
Asentis (Aeseni), pr. pi. 1510.
pt. 8. refl. assured himself,
A-sewis, pr. pi. agree, suit, 4254.
felt confident, 2568.
A-se^ee, imp), s. sit, 5182. O.F. A-swage (Swage), v. be assuaged,
asseoir, from Lat. assidere.
750.
Asie (Asy), Asia, 1917, 2114. See Asy. See Afle, Asie.
Aysy.
Asye, Asia, 3765. See Asie, Assie,
Asisid, pp. constructed, 5087. Lat.
text, construda. O.F. assis, pp. of
asseoir, to ' set, settle
'
; Cot. See
Assisid.
Aslds, pr. 8. asks, 670 ;
(Askez),
1672, 1701; asks for, 3612; requires,
1500, 4265, 4621 (see note
to this line); Askis (Asken), 2>^.
pi. seek, 727; ask, 888; Askid
(Askyd), pt. pi. asked, 2254;
(Asked), 888 ; Aske, imp. s. ask
thou, 1670, 1685.
Askis, pi. ashes, 4180.
Asfkyng (Askyns = askyngs, pi.), s.
At, i^rep. at, 71, 132, 178, 5364 ; of,
1618 ; of, from, 766* 1670, 2715,
4467 ; bv, 757* ; to, suitably with,
4208; against, 3164; At hand,
81. See Att.
At, pron. which, that, 927 ; who,
1045, 1171; that which, 636;
whom, 1059, 1216; that, 10, 56,
68; conj. that, 100, 266, 1480.
Most common as a relative pronoun,
as in 152, 161, &c. Used
like mod. E. thai. See pat.
At, to (as sign of gerund), 872,
4294.