A.-S.
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In Norfolk, wattling a live fence is called ethering it, which word, evidently with yeather, may be derived from A.-S. ether or edor, a hedge.
From Notes and Queries, Number 201, September 3, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by George Bell
I should propose to derive it from A.-S. mathelian, to speak, discourse, harangue; or A.-S. methel, discourse, speech, conversation.
From Notes and Queries, Number 215, December 10, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Various
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 George Bell
The prefix i- or y- is equivalent to the A.-S. or German ge, and usually denotes the past participle.
From Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer by James Baldwin
I think, therefore, we cannot doubt that what is intended to be expressed by the A.-S. lærig is empty, hollow, concave.
From Notes and Queries, Number 19, March 9, 1850 by Various
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