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1. a, int.1 View full entry ?c1200
...Expressing invocation, surprise, or admiration; (also) used to gain attention. Obs....
2. ah, int. and n. View full entry a1225
...Expressing entreaty, appeal, or remonstrance; (formerly also) †used to gain attention....
3. alas, int. and n. View full entry ?c1225
...Used to express grief, pity, regret, disappointment, or concern. Also with for, †to....
4. ave, int. and n. View full entry ?c1225
...Hail! welcome!—Farewell! adieu!...
5. benedicite, int. and n. View full entry ?c1225
...as expressing a wish: Bless you!...
6. † deale | dele, int. View full entry ?c1225
...Of uncertain meaning. ...
7. † deparˈdieu, int. View full entry c1290
...In God's name; by God: used as an asseveration....
8. fie, int. View full entry 1297
...An exclamation expressing, in early use, disgust or indignant reproach. No longer current in dignified language; said to children to excite shame for some unbecoming action, and hence often used to express...
9. † goˈddot, int. View full entry a1300
...God knows....
10. hail, int. View full entry c1200
...An exclamation of greeting or salutation; now poetic and rhetorical, and usually implying respectful or reverential salutation; = Latin ave, salve....
11. † hale, int. View full entry c1290
...A cry to call attention....
12. hey, int. (and n.) View full entry a1225
...A call to attract attention; also, an exclamation expressing exultation, incitement, surprise, etc.; sometimes used in the burden of a song with no definite meaning; sometimes as an interrogative (= eh...
13. † lour | lowr, int. View full entry a1225
...= Lo or look where! or simply Lo!...
14. mea culpa, int. and n. View full entry a1225
...Used as an exclamation or statement acknowledging one's guilt or responsibility for an error; also in (mea culpa, mea culpa) mea maxima culpapost-classical Latinmea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima...
15. mercy, n. and int. View full entry a1225
...Clemency and compassion shown to a person who is in a position of powerlessness or subjection, or to a person with no right or claim to receive kindness; kind and compassionate treatment...
16. morning, n. and int. View full entry c1275
...Originally: the time of the approach or beginning of ‘morn’; the period around sunrise. In later use usually: the early part of the day, esp. from sunrise until noon or lunchtime....
17. not, adv., n., and int. View full entry 1299
...Preceding a simple tense or form of a verb. Now usually (chiefly N. Amer.) with a subjunctive verb in a subordinate clause....
18. † par ma fay, int. View full entry ?a1300
...‘By my faith!’ (as an asseveration); = mafey Cf. perfay...
19. † par seinte charite, int. View full entry c1225
...Used as a pious oath or emphatic phrase: ‘for the sake of holy charity’. Cf. par charite, pur charite...
20. pax vobis, int. View full entry c1275
...‘Peace be with you.’ (Christ's greeting to the apostles after his resurrection (see John 20:19, 21, and 26).)...