Each entry consists of, first, in bold face, the word as it appears in the Middle English Dictionary , its part of speech also as in MED , its definition, its headword in the Oxford English dictionary, and finally the "KEY" to be used in searches not yet ready for use. The second line and the third in some cases in the entry contains the word and the number of its uses, and then the various forms that embody the word, with the number of uses of each form.
The headwords from the MED and OED are provided for the use of students wishing to study the words further, one can search the index of spellings click here. Note that the definitons in the Glossary can also be searched, and they thus serve as a kind of make-shift thesaurus. KEY: a interj a interj 41 a 41 a n1 "the letter a," s. KEY: a n1 a n1 22 a 22 Aaron n. KEY: aaron n propn aaron n propn 1 aaron 1 abaishen v. OED, abashed ppl. KEY: abaishen v abaishen v adj abaishen v adj 1 abaysed 1 abaishen v 13 abaissen 1 abaist 1 abasht 1 abasschid 1 abasshed 3 abasshen 1 abaysed 1 abayssched 1 abayst 3 abaishing ger.
KEY: abaishing ger abaishing ger 1 abaysschinge 1 abak adv. KEY: abak adv abak adv 3 a-bak 1 abak 2 abakward adv. KEY: abakward adv abakward adv 1 abakward 1 abandonen v. KEY: abandonen v abandonen v 4 abaundone 1 abaundoneth 2 abawndone 1 abaten v. KEY: abaten v abaten v 15 abate 10 abated 4 abateth 1 abaven v.
KEY: abaven v abaven v 1 abaved 1 abbeie n. KEY: abbeie n abbeie n adj abbeie n adj 1 abbey 1 abbeie n 3 abbay 1 abbeye 2 abbesse n. KEY: abbesse n abbesse n 1 abbesse 1 abbot n. KEY: abbot n abbot n 8 abbot 8 abedde adv. KEY: abedde adv abedde adv 17 abedde 17 abeggeth adv. KEY: abeggeth adv abeggeth adv 1 a-begged 1 abette n. KEY: abette n abette n 1 abet 1 abhominable adj.
KEY: abhominable adj abhominable adj 10 abhominable 1 abhomynable 9 abhominacioun n. KEY: abhominacioun n abhominacioun n 3 abhomynacion 1 abhomynacions 1 abhomynacioun 1 abiden v. KEY: abiden v abiden v 96 abid 5 abide 17 abiden 4 abidest 2 abideth 4 abidyng 3 abidynge 1 abit 2 abod 3 abood 4 abyd 2 abyde 43 abyden 4 abydest 1 abydeth 1 abiding ger.
