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1. a, adj. View full entry ?a1160
...Used in an indefinite noun phrase referring to something not specifically identified (and, freq., mentioned for the first time) but treated as one of a class: one, some, any (the oneness, or...
2. † about, prep.2 and conj. View full entry lOE
...Without. Cf. bout2a....
3. above, adv., prep., n., and adj. View full entry lOE
...With regard to writing: further up on the present page; previously in the text; in a preceding paragraph, passage, etc. See also senses C. 3, D....
4. academic, n. and adj. View full entry lOE
...Philos. Usu. with capital initial. An ancient philosopher of the Academy, the school of Plato and his followers; an adherent of the philosophical school of Plato; a Platonist....
5. accord, v. View full entry lOE
...trans....
6. advent, n. View full entry lOE
...Christian Church Chiefly with capital initial. The ecclesiastical season immediately preceding Christmas....
7. aforeward, adv. and prep. View full entry a1200
...Before all others in rank or position; in front. Also: (of time) in the first place, first of all. Cf. foremostObs....
8. alder-, prefix View full entry ?a1160
...Prefixed to superlative adverbs with the sense ‘of all’, as alder-best, alder-first, alder-last, alder-most, etc. Usu. in cases where modern English uses an adverbial...
9. † alithe, v.1 View full entry c1150
...trans. To mitigate or relieve (pain)....
10. ball, n.1 View full entry 1166
...A rounded hill, a knoll. Now Eng. regional (south-west.)....
11. † bede, n.2 View full entry c1175
...Command, bidding....
12. belief, n. View full entry c1175
...Theol....
13. † beˈswink, v. View full entry c1175
...trans. To labour for, work for. (Cf. betravelbe-4.)...
14. † biˈdeme, v. View full entry a1200
...trans. To condemn....
15. blae, adj. and n. View full entry ?a1200
...Of a dark colour between black and blue; blackish blue; of the colour of the blae-berry (Vaccinium myrtillus); livid; also, of a lighter shade, bluish grey, lead-coloured. (Sometimes...
16. boon, n.1 View full entry c1175
...A prayer, petition, entreaty, request. Obs....
17. both, adj., conj., and adv. View full entry 1154
...absol. From 14th c. sometimes the both (obs.). In early modern English sometimes inflected as a n., with genitive both's....
18. charity, n. View full entry 1154
...Christian love: a word representing caritas of the Vulgate, as a frequent rendering of ἀγάπη in N.T. Greek. With various applications: as...
19. chequer | checker, n.1 View full entry 1178
...A chess-board; a square board divided into 64 small squares, coloured alternately dark and light. Obs....
20. † chilce, n. View full entry a1200
...Childishness, childness....
