Excerpt from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English: From A. D. 1150 to 1580
We also give all the important words occurring in CM (chaucer, ed.
Morris); and in addition to this, and for the purpose of illustration, forms are given from various texts and Dictionaries, and from the Glossaries to B (bruce), PP (piers Plowman), and WA (wars of Alexander).
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