ENGLISH ABBREVIATIONS*

a.: ante A.D.: Anno Domini a.m.: before noon abbr.: abbreviation, &c. abbrs.: abbreviations abl.: ablative acc.: accusative act.: active(ly) adj.: adjective, &c. adjs.: adjectives adv.: adverb, &c. advs.: adverbs Agl.: Anglesey anal.: analogy, &c. Ap.: Apocrypha app.: apparently approx.: approximate(ly) Arab.: Arabic Aram.: Aramaic archaeol.: archaeology, &c. arith.: arithmetic, &c. art.: article assim.: assimilation, &c. astrol.: astrology, &c. astron.: astronomy, &c.

B.C.: Before Christ back-form.: back-formation Bel & Dr.: Bel and the Dragon

(Ap.) bibl.: biblical biol.: biology, &c. bot.: botany, &c. Bre.: Brecknock(shire) Bret.: Breton Brit.: British

c. : century, circa C: Celsius Celt.: Celtic cf.: compare chem.: chemistry, &c. Chr.: Chronicles (OT) cm: centimetre cogn.: cognate Col.: Colossians (NT) collect.: collective(ly) colloq.: colloquial(ly) com.: common(ly) comb.: combination,

combining combs.: combinations comp.: comparative compd.: compound confus.: confusion, &c. conj.: conjunction conjs.: conjunctions cons.: consonant, &c. conss.: consonants contr.: contraction, &c. Cor.: Corinthians (NT) Corn.: Cornish corresp.: corresponding, &c. corrupt.: corruption Crd.: Cardiganshire Crm.: Carmarthenshire Crn.: Caernarvonshire

d.: (old) penny, pence Dan.: Daniel (OT) dat.: dative def.: de}nite dem.: demonstrative Den.: Denbighshire derog.: derogatory, &c. Deut.: Deuteronomy (OT) dial.: dialect, &c. dict.: dictionary dim.: diminutive, &c. dims.: diminutives dissim.: dissimilation, &c. Du.: Dutch E.: English e.g.: for example eccl.: ecclesiastical, &c. Eccles.: Ecclesiastes (OT) Ecclus.: Ecclesiasticus (Ap.) electr.: electricity, &c. engin.: engineering, &c. Engl.: England, English Eph.: Ephesians (NT) equat.: equative erron.: erroneous(ly) Esd.: Esdras (Ap.) esp.: especial(ly) et al.: at alii etym.: etymology, &c. ex.: example excl.: exclamation, &c., exclu-

sive, &c. Exod.: Exodus (OT) exx.: examples Ezek.: Ezekiel (OT) F: Fahrenheit facet.: facetious, &c. fem.: feminine }g.: }gurative(ly) fl.: floruit Fli.: Flintshire Fr.: French fut.: future Gael.: (Scottish) Gaelic Gal.: Galatians (NT) Gaul.: Gaulish gen.: general, &c. Gen.: Genesis (OT) genit.: genitive geog.: geography, &c. geol.: geology, &c. Ger.: German Gk: Greek Gla.: Glamorgan Goed.: Goedelic Goth.: Gothic gram.: grammar, &c. Hab.: Habakkuk (OT) Hag.: Haggai (OT) Heb.: Hebrew, Hebrews (NT) her.: heraldry, &c. hist.: historical, history hort.: horticulture, &c. Hos.: Hosea (OT)

i.e.: id est ib.: ibidem id.: idem IE.: Indo-European imper.: imperative imperf.: imperfect impers.: impersonal ind.: indirect indef.: inde}nite indic.: indicative inÅ.: inÅuence, &c. int.: interjection interrog.: interrogative(ly) intr.: intransitive ints.: interjections Ir.: Irish irreg.: irregular(ly) Isa.: Isaiah (OT) It.: Italian Jas.: James (NT) Jer.: Jeremiah (OT) Josh.: Joshua (OT) Judg.: Judges (OT) kg: kilogram Kgs.: Kings (OT) kHz: kilohertz km: kilometre L.: Late (to denote a period in

the development of a lan-guage)

l.c.: loco citato Lam.: Lamentations (OT) Lat.: Latin Lev.: Leviticus (OT) lit.: literal(ly) m: metre M: Medieval, Middle (to

denote a period in the devel-opment of a language)

Macc.: Maccabees (Ap.) Mal.: Malachi (OT) masc.: masculine math.: mathematics, &c. Matt.: Matthew (NT) med.: medicine, &c. Mer.: Merionethshire MHz: megahertz Mic.: Micah (OT) min.: mineralogy, mining, &c. mistransl.: mistranslation mm: millimetre mod.: modern Mod.: Modern (to denote a

period in the development of a language)

Mon.: Monmouthshire Mtg.: Montgomery(shire) mus.: music, &c. mut.: mutation, mutable myth.: mythology, &c. n.: noun neg.: negative Neh.: Nehemiah (OT)

nom.: nominative Nor.: Norwegian, Norse ns.: nouns NT: New Testament Num.: Numbers (OT) num.: numeral O: Old (to denote a period in

the development of a lan-guage)

Obad.: Obadiah (OT) obj.: object, objective obs.: obsolete occas.: occasional(ly) opp.: (as) opposed (to), opposite orig.: origin, original(ly) ornith.: ornithology, &c. OT: Old Testament p.: post p.m.: after noon part.: participle pass.: passive(ly) Pem.: Pembrokeshire perh.: perhaps pers.: person(al) Pers.: Persian Pet.: Peter (NT) Phil.: Philippians (NT) Philem.: Philemon (NT) philol.: philology, &c. philos.: philosophy, &c. phonet.: phonetics, &c. phr.: phrase phrs.: phrases pl.: plural plup.: pluperfect pos.: positive poss.: possessive Pr. of Man.: The Prayer of

Manasseh (Ap.) pred.: predicate, predica-

tive(ly) pref.: pre}x prep.: preposition preps.: prepositions pres.: present (tense) print.: printing prob.: probable, &c. pron.: pronoun, &c. prop.: proper(ly) pros.: prosody, &c. prov.: proverb, &c. Prov.: Proverbs (OT) prs.: person(al) prt.: particle Ps.: Psalms (OT) psych.: psychology, &c. q.v.: quod vide Rad.: Radnor(shire) ref.: reference reÅ.: reÅexive(ly) rel.: relative Rest of Esth.: Additions to

Esther (Ap.) Rev.: Revelation (NT)

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Rom.: Romans (NT) s.: shilling(s) S. of III Ch.: The Song of the

Three Young Men (Ap.) S. of S.: Song of Solomon (OT) Sam.: Samuel (OT) Scand.: Scandinavia(n) sent.: sentence sing.: singular Skr.: Sanskrit Sp.: Spanish

spec.: special(ly) St.: Saint [ xii ] subj.: subjunctive suf.: suåx superl.: superlative Sus.: Susanna (Ap.) syl.: syllable, &c. syn.: synonym, &c. theol.: theology, &c. Thess.: Thessalonians (NT) Tim.: Timothy (NT)

tr.: transitive transf.: in transferred sense transl.: translation, &c. translit.: transliteration, &c. typogr.: typography, &c. unkn.: unknown USA: United States of America usu.: usual(ly) var.: variant vars.: variants

vb.: verb vbl: verbal vbs.: verbs vn.: verb-noun voc.: vocative W.: Welsh Wisd.: The Wisdom of Solo-

mon (Ap.) Zech.: Zechariah (OT) Zeph.: Zephaniah (OT)

*Abbreviations may be mutated; county names refer to the pre-1974 boundaries.

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