MEM AOBK

A

DICTIONARY

OF

ENGLISH ETYMOLOGY.

BY

HENSLEIGH WEDGWOOD, M.A.,

LATE FELLOW OF CHR. COLL. CAM.

VOL. II. (E-P.)

LONDON:

TRÜBNER & CO., 60, PATERNOSTER ROW.

JOHN CHILDS AND SON, PRINTERS.

TABLE OF CONTRACTIONS.

AS.-Anglo Saxon.

B.-Bailey's English Dict.
Bav.-Bavarian.

B. and F.-Beaumont and Fletcher.

Boh.-Bohemian.

Brem. Wtb.-Bremisch Nieder-sächsisches Wörterbuch.
Bret. Breton.

Carp.-Carpentier's Supplement to Ducange.

Cat. Catalan.

Cimbr.-Dialect of the Sette Communi.

Cot.-Cotgrave's French and English Dict.
Dan.-Danish.

Dict. Castr.-Couzinié Dict. de la langue Romano-Castraise.
Dief. Supp.-Diefenbach's Supplement to Ducange.
Du.-Dutch.

Duc.-Ducange Glossarium Latinitatum.

DV. Translation of Virgil by Gawaine Douglas.
E.-English.

Esthon.-Esthonian.

Fin.-Finnish.

Fl.-Florio. Italian-English Dict.

F. Q.-Fairy Queen.

Fr.-French.

Fris.-Frisian.

G.-German.

Gael.-Gaelic.

Goth.-Gothic of Ulphilas.

Grandg. Grandgagnage Walloon Dict.

Gris.-Language of the Grisons or Rhaeto-Romanish.
Hal. Halliwell's Dict. of Archaic and Provincial Words.

It.-Italian.

Jam.-Jamieson's Scottish Dict.

Kil.--Kiliaan Lexicon Teutonicum.

Küttn. Küttner's German-Eng. Dict.
Lang.-Languedoc.

Lap.-Lapland.

Lat.-Latin.

Lim.-Limousin.

Lith.-Lithuanian.

Magy.-Magyar or Hungarian.

Mid. Lat.-Latin of the Middle Ages.

N.-Norwegian or Norse.

NE.-Northern English.

Neum.-Neumann and Baretti's Spanish Dict.

NFris.-North Frisian.

N and Q.-Notes and Queries.

O.-Old.

OHG.-Old High German.

ON.-Old Norse or Icelandic.

Oberd.-Oberdeutsch; dialects of the South of Germany.

P. P.-Pierce Plowman's Vision and Creed.

Pl. D.-Platt Deutsch or Low German.

Pol.-Polish.

Pr. Pm.-Promptorium Parvulorum by Way.
Ptg.-Portuguese.
Prov.-Provençal.

Prov. E.—Provincial English.
Prov. Dan.-Provincial Danish.
R.-Richardson's English Dict.
R. G.-Robert of Gloucester.
Rouchi.-Patois of Valenciennes.
R. R.-Roman de la Rose.
Russ.-Russian.

S.S.-same sense.

Sc.-Lowland Scotch.

Serv. Servian.

Sp.-Spanish.

Swab.-Swabian.

Venet.-Venetian.

W.-Welsh.

Walach.-Walachian or Daco-Roman.

Wal.-Walloon.