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fig. = figurative, -ly.

foll. = following.

Fr. = French.

freq. = frequent, -ly.

Fris. = Frisian.

Gael. = Gaelic.

gen. = genitive.

Germ. = German.

Goth. = Gothic.

Gothl. = Gothland.

gram. = grammar.

H.G. = High German.

Icel. = Iceland, -ic.

id = idem (the same).

i.e. = id est (that is).

imp. = imperative.

impers. = impersonal.

impf. = imperfect.

infl. = influence.

interj. = interjection.

introd. = introduction.

Jut. = Jutlandic.

L.G. = Low German.

L.Sc. = Lowland Scottish.

lang. = language.

Lap. = Lapland.

Lat. = Latin.

lit. = literal, -ly.

m., masc. = masculine.

M.Eng. = Middle English.

M.H.G. = Middle High German.

M.L.G. = Middle Low German.

metaph. = metaphorical, -ly.

Mod.Eng. (etc.) = Modern English (etc.).

Ndl. = Nederlandish (standard Dutch).

neut. = neuter.

No. (occas.: Norw.) = Norwegian.

nom. = nominative.

N.Eng. (etc.) = North English (etc.).

N.Hl. = North Hordeland.

N.Sh. = North Shetland.

num. = numeral.

obs. = obsolete.

occas. = occasionally.

O.Da. (etc.) = Old Danish (etc.).

O.N. = Old Northern.

O.Sax. = Old Saxon.

opp. = opposite.

orig. = original, -ly.

Ork. = Orkneyan.

perf. part. = perfect participle.

pers. = person, personal, -ly.

phr. = phrase.

pl. = plural.

poet. = poetic.

poss. = possible, -ly.

prec. = preceding.

prep. = preposition.

pres. part. = present participle.

prob. = probable, -ly.

pron. = pronoun.

pronunc. = pronunciation.

prop. = proper, -ly.

q.v. = quod vide (which see).

rad. = radical.

ref. = reference.

refl. = reflexive.

reg. = regarding.

sb. = substantive.

Sc. = Scottish.

Shetl. = Shetland, -ic.

sing. = singular.

S.Sh. = South Shetland.

sup. = superlative.

Sw. = Swedish.

syn. = synonym, -ous.

vb. = verb.

vb. a. = verb, active voice.

vb. n. = verb neuter or intransitive.

 

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