A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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Plenteous, _adj._ RG. 23
Plenty, _sb._ RG. 1
Plette, _v. a._ == strike. HD. 2444; pret. 'plat.' HD. 2755; 'plette.' HD.
2626. part. 'plattinde' == journeying. HD. 2282. Compare the double sense of 'strike,' _q. v._ AS. plaettian
Plight, _v. a._ == pluck, pull. Alys. 5831, 5859
Plight, _sb._ == harm, danger. HD. 1370, 2002. AS. pliht
---- == condition. Body and Soul, 184
Plight, _v. a._ == pledge. RG. 357; part. 'yply?t.' RG. 388. AS. plihtan
Plot, _sb._ (of ground). RG. 536. Fr. plat
Plough, _sb._ [ploth]. Rel. Ant. i. p. 111. ON. plogr
Ploughfere, _sb._ Wright's L. P. p. 49
Ploughland, _sb._ RG. 374
Ploughstave, _sb._ RG. 99
Plump, _v. n._ == fall heavily. Alys. 5776. Dan. plumpe
Po, _sb._ == peac.o.c.k. Pol. S. 159. AS. pawa
Point, _sb._ == sharp end. RG. 395
---- == opportunity. Pilate, 17
---- == particular. St Andrew, 36
Phrases--'upon the _point_ to smite.' RG. 543
'in such _point_' == in such case. RG. 391
Pointed, _adj._ [yponyted]. RG. 310
Poison, _sb._ RG. 122, 151
---- _v. a._ Alys. 600
Poke, _sb._ == bag, pouch. HD. 555. AS. pocca
Poke, _v. n._ == stoop in walking. Rel. Ant. ii. 211
Polk, _sb._ == pool. HD. 2685, the Norfolk 'pulk.'
Polk, _v. a._ == put. Pol. S. 157
Poll, _sb._ == head. Pol. S. 237. Dut. bol, whence our 'bolster.' Germ.
polster
Polled, _sb._ == shaven. Alys. 216
Pomon, _sb._ == lungs. Alys. 4374. Fr. poumon. Lat. pulmo
Pomple, _v. n._ stumble. Rel. Ant. ii. 211. ON. pompa
Pool, _sb._ RG. 131. AS. pol
Poor, _adj._ [povere]. RG. 376; comp. 'poverore.' RG. 370
Poorly, _adv._ [pourelike]. HD. 323
Pope, _sb._ RG. 502
Porch, _sb._ Ps. xcix. 4. Lat. porticus
Pore, _v. n._ See Peer
Port, _sb._ == gate. RG. 51
Porter, _sb._ RG. 539, 544
Portere ? _sb._ deportment. St Swithin, 25. Fr. portee
Portereve, _sb._ == 'head magistrate of a town.' Hall. RG. 541
Portray, _v. a._ Alys. 1520
Posse, _v. n._ == push, drive. K. Horn, 1041
Postern, _sb._ RG. 19. Alys. 4593
Pot, _sb._ Ps. xxi. 16. ON. pottr
Pot, _v. n._ == go, tramp. Pol. S. 71. AS. paean
Potion, _sb._ Alys. 3509
Pottage, _sb._ RG. 404
Potter, _sb._ Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176
Pottle, _sb._ Rel. Ant, ii. p. 176
