WITH EXPLANATIONS OF ABBREVIATIONS

Note. —The abbreviations referring to the authorities for the forms of English words ( A.D. 1150-1580) are printed in italics. (CP = Clarendon Pre .) 1. Alph. : Alphita, a Medico-Botanical Glo ary, ed. Mowat, 1887. CP. 2. Anglo-Saxon Gospels, in AS. and Northumbrian Versions, ed. Skeat. 3. Apfelstedt: Loth ring is cher Psalter (des XIV Jahrhunderts), 1881. 4. B : Barbour’s Bruce, ed. Skeat, 1870, EETS. (Extra Series xi). 5. Bardsley : English Surnames, 1875. 6. Bartsch: Chrestomathie de l’ancien français (glo aire), 1880. 6*. BH: Bartsch and Horning, Langue et Littérature françaises, 1887. 7. Bosworth: Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 1838. 8. Brachet: French Dict., 1882. CP. 9. Brugmann: Grundri , 1886. 10. BT.: Bosworth-Toller AS. Dict. [A-SAR]. CP. 11. C : Chaucer; Prol., Knight’s Tale, Nun’s Priest’s Tale. CP. 12. C2 : Chaucer; Priore , Sir Thopas, Monk, Clerk, Squire. CP. 13. C3 : Chaucer; Man of Law, Pardoner, Second Nun, Canon’s Yeoman. CP. 14. Cath. : Catholicon Anglicum ( A.D. 1483), ed. Herrtage, 1881. EETS (75). 15. Chron.: Two Saxon Chronicles, ed. Earle, 1865. CP. 16. CM : Chaucer, ed. Morris, 1880. 17. Constans: Chrestomathie de l’ancien français (glo aire), 1884. 18. Cotg.: Cotgrave, French and English Dict., 1611. 19. Curtius: Greek Etymology, ed. Wilkins and England, 1886. 20. CV: Icelandic Dictionary, Cleasby and Vigfu on, 1874. CP. 21. DG : Davies, Supplementary English Glo ary, 1881. 22. Diez: Etymologisches Wörterbuch, 1878. 23. Douse: Introduction to the Gothic of Ulfilas, 1886. 24. Ducange: Glo arium, ed. Henschel, 1883-7. 24*. Ducange: Glo aire Français, ed. 1887. 25. EDS : English Dialect Society. 26. EETS : Early English Text Society. 27. Fick: Wörterbuch der in do german is chen Sprachen, 1874. 28. Florio: Italian and English Dict., 1611. 29. G : Tale of Gamelyn, ed. Skeat, 1884. CP. 30. Godefroy: Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française [A-LIS]. 31. Grein: Glo ar der angelsächsischen Poesie, 1861. 32. Grimm: Teutonic Mythology, ed. Stallybra , 1883. 33. H : Hampole, Psalter, ed. Bramley, 1884. CP. 34. HD : Hall i well, Dict. of Archaic and Provincial Words, 1874. 35. Heliand, ed. Heyne, 1873. 36. JD : Jamie son, Scottish Dictionary, 1867. 37. Kluge: etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache, 1883. 38. Leo: angelsächsisches Glo ar, 1877. 39. Manip. : Man i pulus Vocabulorum, Levins, ed. Wheatley, EETS, 1867. 40. MD : Mätzner, altenglisches Wörterbuch [A-H], 1885. 41. Minsheu: Spanish and English Dict., 1623. 42. ND : Nares, Glo ary, 1876. 43. NED : New English Dictionary, ed. Murray [A-BOZ]. CP. 44. NQ : Notes and Queries. 45. OET: Oldest English Texts, ed. Sweet, 1885, EETS (83). 45*. ONE : Oliphant, The New English, 1886. 46. Otfrid: Evangelienbuch, glo ar, ed. Piper, 1884. 47. P : Piers the Plowman (B-text), ed. Skeat. CP. 48. Palsg. : Palsgrave, Lesclairci ement de langue francoyse, ed. 1852. 49. PP : Piers the Plowman, glo ary by Skeat, 1885, EETS (81). 50. PP. Notes : by Skeat, 1877, EETS (67). 51. Prompt. : Promptorium Parvulorum, ed. Way, Camden Soc., 1865. 52. Ps.: (after French forms), see Apfelstedt. 53. RD : Richardson’s English Dictionary, 1867. 54. Roland: Chanson de Roland, ed. Gautier, 1881. 55. S : Specimens of Early English, Part I, ed. Morris, 1885. CP. 56. S2 : Specimens of Early English, Part II, ed. Morris and Skeat, 1873. CP. 57. S3 : Specimens of English Literature, ed. Skeat, 1879. CP. 58. SB : Sinonoma Bartholomei, 14th Cent. Glo ary, ed. Mowat, 1882. CP. 59. Schmid: Gesetze der Angels ach sen (glo ar), 1858. 60. SD : Stratmann, Dict. of the Old English Language, 1878. 61. Sh. : Shakespeare Lexicon, by Schmidt, 1875. 62. Sievers: Grammar of Old English, ed. A. S. Cook, 1885. 63. SkD : Skeat, Etymological Dict. of Eng. Lang., 1884. CP. 64. Skeat, English Words in Norman-French, 1882, Phil. Soc. 65. Skeat, Mœso-gothic Glo ary, 1868. 66. SPD : Smythe Palmer, Dictionary of Folk-Etymology, 1882. 67. Spenser : Faery Queene, glo aries to Books I and II, 1887. CP. 68. Sweet: AS. Reader, 1884. CP. 69. Tatian: Evangelienbuch, ed. Sievers, 1872. 70. TG : Trench, Select Glo ary, 1879. 71. Trevis a : version of Higden, Rolls’ Series (41). 72. Voc. : Wright’s Vocabularies, ed. Wülcker, 1884. 73. VP: Vespas i an Psalter, as printed in OET., see 45. 74. Vulg.: the Vulgate Version of the Bible. 75. W : Wycliffe, New Testament (Purvey’s revision), ed. Skeat, 1879. CP. 76. W2 : Wycliffe, Job, Psalms, . (revised by Here ford and Purvey), ed. Skeat, 1881. CP. 77. WA : Wars of Alexander, ed. Skeat, 1887, EETS (Extra Series xlvii). 78. Weigand: deutsches Wörterbuch, 1878. 79. Windisch: Glo ary added to Old Irish Texts, 1882. 80. WW : Wright, The Bible Word-Book, 1884. 81. ZRP: Zeitschrift für roman is che Philologie, ed. Gröber.