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1. -lewe, suffix View full entry 1433
...Old English -lǽwe, forming a few adjectives: Old English hungorlǽwe, Middle English chekelewe, chokelewe, costlewe, drunk(e)lewe, gastlewe, ...
2. -like, suffix View full entry a1450
...Appended to ns....
3. -ship, suffix View full entry 1485
...Added to adjs. and pa. pples. to denote the state or condition of being so-and-so. Such compounds were numerous in Old English, and many survived (or were re-coined) in Middle English, but...
4. -wick, suffix View full entry 1499
...Shortened form of wike (Old English wíce) office, function of an official, as in bailiffwick, bailiwick, sheriffwick A secondary sense of ‘jurisdiction...
5. -y, suffix2 View full entry c1430
...Represents Old English infin. ending -ian of the 2nd class of weak verbs (having pa. tense in -ode and pa. pple. in -od), corresp. to Old...
