| Abbreviation |
Term |
| A.D. |
Anno Domini |
| Agl. |
Anglesey |
| Ap. |
Apocrypha |
| Arab. |
Arabic |
| Aram. |
Aramaic |
| B.C. |
Before Christ |
| Bre. |
Brecknock(shire) |
| Bret. |
Breton |
| Brit. |
British |
| Celt. |
Celtic |
| Chr. |
Chronicles (OT) |
| Col. |
Colossians (NT) |
| Cor. |
Corinthians (NT) |
| Corn. |
Cornish |
| Crd. |
Cardiganshire |
| Crm. |
Carmarthenshire |
| Crn. |
Caernarvonshire |
| Dan. |
Daniel (OT) |
| Den. |
Denbighshire |
| Deut. |
Deuteronomy (OT) |
| Dr. |
Doctor |
| Du. |
Dutch |
| E. |
English |
| Eccles. |
Ecclesiastes (OT) |
| Ecclus. |
Ecclesiasticus (Ap.) |
| Engl. |
England, English |
| Eph. |
Ephesians (NT) |
| Esd. |
Esdras (Ap.) |
| Exod. |
Exodus (OT) |
| Ezek. |
Ezekiel (OT) |
| Fli. |
Flintshire |
| Fr. |
French |
| Gael. |
(Scottish) Gaelic |
| Gal. |
Galatians (NT) |
| Gaul. |
Gaulish |
| Gen. |
Genesis (OT) |
| Ger. |
German |
| Gk. |
Greek |
| Gla. |
Glamorgan |
| Goed. |
Goedelic |
| Goth. |
Gothic |
| Hab. |
Habakkuk (OT) |
| Hag. |
Haggai (OT) |
| Heb. |
Hebrew, Hebrews (NT) |
| Hos. |
Hosea (OT) |
| IE. |
Indo-European |
| Ir. |
Irish |
| Isa. |
Isaiah (OT) |
| It. |
Italian |
| Jas. |
James (NT) |
| Jer. |
Jeremiah (OT) |
| Josh. |
Joshua (OT) |
| Judg. |
Judges (OT) |
| Kgs. |
Kings (OT) |
| L. |
Late (to denote a period in the development of a language) |
| Lam. |
Lamentations (OT) |
| Lat. |
Latin |
| Lev. |
Leviticus (OT) |
| M. |
Medieval, Middle (to denote a period in the development of a language) |
| Macc. |
Maccabees (Ap.) |
| Mal. |
Malachi (OT) |
| Matt. |
Matthew (NT) |
| Mer. |
Merionethshire |
| Mic. |
Micah (OT) |
| Mod. |
Modern (to denote a period in the development of a language) |
| Mon. |
Monmouthshire |
| Mtg. |
Montgomery(shire) |
| NT |
New Testament |
| Neh. |
Nehemiah (OT) |
| Nor. |
Norwegian, Norse |
| Num. |
Numbers (OT) |
| O. |
Old (to denote a period in the development of a language) |
| OT |
Old Testament |
| Obad. |
Obadiah (OT) |
| Pem. |
Pembrokeshire |
| Pers. |
Persian |
| Pet. |
Peter (NT) |
| Phil. |
Philippians (NT) |
| Philem. |
Philemon (NT) |
| Pr. of Man |
The Prayer of Manasseh (Ap.) |
| Prov. |
Proverbs (OT) |
| Ps. |
Psalms (OT) |
| Pss. |
Psalms |
| Rad. |
Radnor(shire) |
| Rest of Esth. |
Additions to Esther (Ap.) |
| Rev. |
Revelation (NT) |
| Rom. |
Romans (NT) |
| Sam. |
Samuel (OT) |
| Scand. |
Scandinavia(n) |
| Skr. |
Sanskrit |
| Sp. |
Spanish |
| St. |
Saint |
| Sus. |
Susanna (Ap.) |
| Thess. |
Thessalonians (NT) |
| Tim. |
Timothy (NT) |
| USA |
United States of America |
| Wisd. |
The Wisdom of Solomon (Ap.) |
| Zech. |
Zechariah (OT) |
| Zeph. |
Zephaniah (OT) |
| a. |
ante, before |
| 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 |
| anal. |
analogy, &c. |
| app. |
apparently |
| approx. |
approximate(ly) |
| archaeol. |
archaeology, &c. |
| archit. |
architecture |
| arith. |
arithmetic, &c. |
| art. |
article |
| assim. |
assimilation, &c. |
| astrol. |
astrology, &c. |
| astron. |
astronomy, &c. |
| back-form. |
back-formation |
| bibl. |
biblical |
| biol. |
biology, &c. |
| bot. |
botany, &c. |
| c. |
century, circa |
| cf. |
compare |
| chem. |
chemistry, &c. |
| cogn. |
cognate |
| 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. |
| corresp. |
corresponding, &c. |
| corrupt. |
corruption |
| d. |
(old) penny, pence |
| dat. |
dative |
| def. |
definite |
| dem. |
demonstrative |
| derog. |
derogatory, &c. |
| dial. |
dialect, &c. |
| dict. |
dictionary |
| dim. |
diminutive, &c. |
| dims. |
diminutives |
| dissim. |
dissimilation, &c. |
| e.g. |
for example |
| eccl. |
ecclesiastical, &c. |
| electr. |
electricity, &c. |
| engin. |
engineering, &c. |
| equat. |
equative |
| erron. |
erroneous(ly) |
| esp. |
especial(ly) |
| etym. |
etymology |
| ex. |
example |
| excl. |
exclamation, &c., exclusive, &c. |
| exx. |
examples |
| facet. |
facetious, &c. |
| fem. |
feminine |
| fig. |
figurative(ly) |
| fut. |
future |
| gen. |
general, &c. |
| genit. |
genitive |
| geog. |
geography, &c. |
| geol. |
geology, &c. |
| gram. |
grammar, &c. |
| her. |
heraldry, &c. |
| hist. |
historical, history |
| hort. |
horticulture, &c. |
| i.e. |
id est, that is |
| ib. |
ibidem, exactly the same |
| id. |
idem, the same |
| imper. |
imperative |
| imperf. |
imperfect |
| impers. |
impersonal |
| ind. |
indirect |
| indef. |
indefinite |
| indic. |
indicative |
| infl. |
influence, &c. |
| int. |
interjection |
| interrog. |
interrogative(ly) |
| intr. |
intransitive |
| ints. |
interjections |
| irreg. |
irregular(ly) |
| l.c. |
loco citato, from the place cited |
| lit. |
literal(ly) |
| masc. |
masculine |
| math. |
mathematics, &c. |
| med. |
medicine, &c. |
| min. |
mineralogy, mining, &c. |
| mistransl. |
mistranslation |
| mod. |
modern |
| mus. |
music, &c. |
| mut. |
mutation, mutable |
| myth. |
mythology, &c. |
| n. |
noun |
| naut. |
nautical |
| neg. |
negative |
| nom. |
nominative |
| ns. |
nouns |
| num. |
numeral |
| obj. |
object, objective |
| obs. |
obsolete |
| occas. |
occasional(ly) |
| op. cit. |
opere citato, from the work cited |
| opp. |
(as) opposed (to), opposite |
| orig. |
origin, original(ly) |
| ornith. |
ornithology, &c. |
| p. |
post, after |
| p.m. |
after noon |
| part. |
participle |
| pass. |
passive(ly) |
| perh. |
perhaps |
| pers. |
person(al) |
| philol. |
philology, &c. |
| philos. |
philosophy, &c. |
| phonet. |
phonetics, &c. |
| phr. |
phrase |
| phrs. |
prases |
| phys. |
physics, physical |
| pl. |
plural |
| plup. |
pluperfect |
| polit. |
politics, political |
| pos. |
positive |
| poss. |
possessive |
| pred. |
predicate, predicative(ly) |
| pref. |
prefix |
| prep. |
preposition |
| preps. |
prepositions |
| pres. |
present (tense) |
| print. |
printing |
| prob. |
probable, &c. |
| pron. |
pronoun, &c. |
| prop. |
proper(ly) |
| pros. |
prosody, &c. |
| prov. |
proverb, &c. |
| prs. |
person(al) |
| prt. |
particle |
| psych. |
psychology, &c. |
| q.v. |
quod vide, which see |
| ref. |
reference |
| refl. |
reflexive(ly) |
| rel. |
relative |
| rhet. |
rhetoric(al) |
| s. |
shilling(s) |
| sent. |
sentence |
| sing. |
singular |
| spec. |
special(ly) |
| subj. |
subjunctive |
| suf. |
suffix |
| superl. |
superlative |
| syl. |
syllable, &c. |
| syn. |
synonym, &c. |
| theol. |
theology, &c. |
| tr. |
transitive |
| transf. |
transferred sense |
| transl. |
translation, &c. |
| translit. |
transliteration, &c. |
| typogr. |
typography, &c. |
| unkn. |
unknown |
| usu. |
usual(ly) |
| var. |
variant |
| vars. |
variants |
| vb. |
verb |
| vbl. |
verbal |
| vbs. |
verbs |
| vn. |
verb-noun |
| voc. |
vocative |
