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1. abbot, n. View full entry eOE
...A man who is the head or superior of an abbey of (Christian) monks. Also used as a title placed before (and in Old English also after) a name....
2. accuse, v. View full entry OE
...trans. Without construction....
3. after-born, adj. and n. View full entry OE
...Chiefly Law. Of a child: born after the father's death, or after the execution of the father's will (cf. posthumous2). Also (Roman Law): born after...
4. against, prep., conj., adv., and n. View full entry eOE
...In reception of, in welcome of. Obs....
5. † aguilt, v. View full entry OE
...intr. To be guilty of an offence; to sin, offend, transgress. Freq. with against (also to, towards, with, etc.) a person, God, the...
6. all, adj., pron., and n., adv., and conj. View full entry eOE
...With singular noun. The whole amount, quantity, extent, or compass of; the whole of....
7. allay, v.1 View full entry OE
...trans. In physical sense: to lay, lay down, lay aside. Also fig.Obs....
8. alms, n. View full entry eOE
...Charitable relief given to the poor or needy, usu. (now only) in the form of material gifts, typically of money or food; (in later use esp.) the goods given in...
9. † ˈangild, n. View full entry a940
...In Old English law, payment in composition or atonement for njury. (Erroneously taken by later writers as meaning ‘single payment,’ as if Old English were ángild.)...
10. answer, n. View full entry c950
...A reply made to a charge, whereby the accused seeks to clear himself; a defence. spec. in Law, The counter-statement made in reply to a complainant's bill of...
11. apostle, n. View full entry c950
...(As in Greek) One sent on an errand, a messenger. (A verbalism of translation.) Obs....
12. arise, v. View full entry c825
...To get up from sitting or kneeling, to stand up. arch.: see rise...
13. arm, n.1 View full entry c885
...The upper limb of the human body, from the shoulder to the hand; the part from the elbow to the hand being the fore-arm....
14. at, prep. View full entry 755
...The most general determination of simple localization in space, expressing, strictly, the simple relation of a thing to a point of space which it touches; hence, usually determining a point or object...
15. † at-ˈhold, v. View full entry c885
...trans. To withhold, keep back (something)....
16. † aˈwreak, v. View full entry c930
...trans. To punish or take vengeance upon (an offence, misdeed)....
17. bairn, n. View full entry 830
...A child; a son or daughter. (Expressing relationship, rather than age.)...
18. bare, adj., adv., and n. View full entry c885
...Of the body or its parts: Unclothed, naked, nude....
19. be-, prefix View full entry a1000
...Forming derivative verbs, with sense of ‘around’:...
20. bed, n. View full entry c995
...A permanent structure or arrangement for sleeping on, or for the sake of rest. In some form or other it constitutes a regular article of household furniture in civilized life, as well...
