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1. about, adv., prep.1, adj., and int. View full entry eOE
...In rotation or revolution; round in a circular course. Now rare except in fig. use with verbs....
2. alleluia, int. and n.1 View full entry eOE
...‘Praise the Lord’: used as an expression of worship. Now also in weakened or ironic use. Freq. in psalms, prayers, and other devotional compositions....
3. cool, adj., adv., and int. View full entry eOE
...Of or at a relatively low temperature; moderately cold, esp. agreeably or refreshingly so (in contrast with heat or cold)....
4. dear, adj.1, n.2, and int. View full entry c888
...Glorious, noble, honourable, worthy. Obs....
5. hell, n. and int. View full entry eOE
...The dwelling place of the dead; the abode of departed spirits; the infernal regions regarded as a place of existence after death; the underworld; the grave; Hades....
6. hell-fire, n., adv., and int. View full entry eOE
...A fire or the fires conceived of as raging in hell. Freq. considered as an embodiment or symbol of eternal punishment after death. Also fig....
7. house, n.1 and int. View full entry eOE
...A building for human habitation, typically and historically one that is the ordinary place of residence of a family. (Cf. home2.)...
8. murder, n.1 and int. View full entry OE
...The action or an act of killing....
9. never, adv. and int. View full entry eOE
...At no time or moment; on no occasion; not ever....
10. night, n. and int. View full entry eOE
...The period of darkness occurring between one day and the next; that part of a 24-hour period during which a place receives no light from the sun; the time between evening and...
11. over, adv. and int. View full entry eOE
...Higher; later. Obs....
12. right, adj. and int. View full entry eOE
...That is straight; not bent, curved, or crooked. Formerly also right with: in a line with (obs.). Now only in right line2....
13. righteous, adj., n., adv., and int. View full entry eOE
...Of a person: acting or disposed to act rightly or justly; conforming to the precepts of divine law or accepted standards of morality; upright, virtuous. Cf. self-righteous...
14. room, n.1 and int. View full entry eOE
...Dimensional extent, space; spec. the amount of space that is or may be occupied by a thing. Freq. with modifying word (esp. less, more)....
15. time, n., int., and conj. View full entry eOE
...A finite extent or stretch of continued existence, as the interval separating two successive events or actions, or the period during which an action, condition, or state continues; a finite portion of...
16. welcome, n.1, adj., and int. View full entry c890
...Obs. (Old English only.)...
17. † wella, int. and adv. View full entry c888
...Well then....
18. wellaway, int. and n. View full entry c888
...An exclamation of sorrow or lamentation. (Cf. welladay, well-anear, well-a-wins)...
19. † wellawo, int. and n. View full entry c888
...= wellaway...
20. what, pron., adj.1, and adv., int., conj., and n. View full entry 735
...As the ordinary interrogative pronoun of neuter gender, orig. sing., in later use also pl., used of a thing or things: corresponding to the demonstrative that (that1a)....
