A.-S.
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The past tense of the A.-S. verb wunian, to persist, to continue, to be accustomed.
From Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer by Baldwin, James
Horne Tooke says imp is the past participle of the A.-S. impan, to graft, to plant.
From Notes and Queries, Number 210, November 5, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George
Thri, A.-S., three, is mentioned in a charter dated 855 as the name of a villa, now the hamlet Drie, near Ermelo.
From Notes and Queries, Number 78, April 26, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George
From A.-S. ræd, counsel, advice; O. E. rede.
From Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer by Baldwin, James
Eddish is likewise from the A.-S. edisc, signifying the second growth; it is used by Tusser, October's Husbandry, stanza 4.:
From Notes and Queries, Number 201, September 3, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George
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