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1. † cyne-, comb. form View full entry a1000
...in Old English = royal; occurring in many compounds, as cynehelm crown, cynestól throne, some of which are retained as technical terms by modern historians; e.g....
2. even-, comb. form View full entry c890
...In various senses of the adj. Chiefly in parasynthetic derivatives....
3. half-, comb. form View full entry c893
...With adjectives and pa. pples. Already in Old English: see above. Very common in later use, esp. with pa. pples., to which half- may be prefixed whenever the sense suits:...
4. † kine-, comb. form1 View full entry c893
...the representative in early Middle English of Old English cyne-, cyni-, used in numerous combs. with the sense of ‘kingly, royal’, as cyne-bearn, -cynn,...
5. † sooth-, comb. form View full entry c888
...representing the adj. or n. in various obsolete combs....
6. through-, comb. form View full entry 971
...Combinations of through with verbs (pples., vbl. ns.), or adjs. Chiefly Obs....
7. wil-, comb. form View full entry OE
...attrib. use of will (as in Old English wilcuma, welcome); only in Old English and early Middle English compounds = pleasant, welcome,voluntary....