− | [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''absteinen'', from Anglo-French ''asteign''-, ''absteign''-, stem of ''astenir'', ''abstenir'', from [[Latin]] ''abstinēre'', from ''abs''-, ''ab''- + ''tenēre'' to hold | + | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''absteinen'', from Anglo-French ''asteign''-, ''absteign''-, stem of ''astenir'', ''abstenir'', from [[Latin]] ''abstinēre'', from ''abs''-, ''ab''- + ''tenēre'' to hold |