"en-" meaning in Middle English

See en- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

IPA: /ɛn-/
Etymology: Borrowed from Old French en-, from Latin in-. Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|fro|en-}} Old French en-, {{der|enm|la|in-}} Latin in- Head templates: {{head|enm|prefix}} en-
  1. Forms words, usually verbs, meaning "in", "on", or "around"; en-. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-en--enm-prefix-Qk8x~sEp
  2. Intensifies words, usually verbs; en-. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-en--enm-prefix-wrl1GN61 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 19 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: an-

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for en- meaning in Middle English (1.3kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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