| adj. |
adjective |
| adv. |
adverb |
| advbl. |
adverbial |
| advbl.phr. |
adverbial phrase |
| AN |
Anglo-Norman |
| cf. |
compare |
| colloq. |
colloquial |
| conj. |
conjunction |
| dimin. |
diminutive |
| E |
English |
| E dial. |
English dialect |
| EDD |
English Dialect Dictionary (Wright, ed.) |
| EMod.E |
Early modern English |
| exclam. |
exclamation |
| F |
French |
| FDA |
Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing (Deane, ed.) |
| fig. |
figuratively |
| Gk. |
Greek |
| HE |
Hiberno-English |
| int. |
interjection |
| Ir. |
Irish |
| It. |
Italian |
| L |
Latin |
| lit. |
literally |
| LL |
Late Latin |
| MDu. |
Middle Dutch |
| ME |
Middle English |
| MIr. |
Middle Irish |
| ML |
Medieval Latin |
| n. |
noun |
| n.phr. |
noun phrase |
| n.pl. |
noun plural |
| ODEE |
Oxford dictionary of English Etymology (Onions, ed.) |
| OE |
Old English |
| OED |
Oxford English Dictionary (Simpson and Weiner, eds.) |
| OF |
Old French |
| (O)F |
Old and Modern French |
| OIr. |
Old Irish |
| ON |
Old Norse |
| ONF |
Old Norman French |
| p.p. |
past participle |
| pejor. |
pejorative |
| phr. |
phrase |
| prep. |
preposition |
| q.v. |
quod vide = see which |
| s.v. |
sub verbo = under the word-entry |
| SE |
Standard English |
| Scot.E |
Scottish English |
| Sp. |
Spanish |
| v. |
verb |
| vn. |
verbal noun |
| voc. |
vocative |
| v.p.p. |
verb past participle |
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