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A CONCISE DICTIONARY OF

MIDDLE ENGLISH

_MAYHEW AND SKEAT_

A CONCISE DICTIONARY OF MIDDLE ENGLISH FROM A.D. 1150 TO 1580


BY THE

REV. A. L. MAYHEW, M.A.  OF WADHAM COLLEGE, OXFORD

AND THE

REV. WALTER W. SKEAT LITT.D.; LL