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1. † adrive, v. View full entry eOE
...trans....
2. afore, adv., prep., and conj. View full entry eOE
...Of place, position, or direction, fixed or involving motion: in front, in advance, ahead; in or into the forepart....
3. after, adv., prep., and conj. View full entry eOE
...Behind something in place or position; in the rear; further back....
4. ago, v. View full entry eOE
...intr.To move to another place; to go away, depart, leave;to disappear, vanish; to be used up. Chiefly in past participle with to be....
5. ait, n. View full entry eOE
...= eyot...
6. along, adj.2, prep., and adv. View full entry eOE
...Modifying a period of time, used to denote that something continues for the full extent of the period concerned: throughout the whole length of; for the entirety of. Obs....
7. † a-morrow, adv. View full entry a855
...In the morning....
8. anneal, v. View full entry a1000
...To set on fire, kindle, inflame. lit. and fig.Obs....
9. archbishopric, n. View full entry 994
...The see or jurisdiction of an archbishop....
10. 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...
11. † a the, conj. View full entry eOE
...Until....
12. † atˈsit, v. View full entry 905
...intr. To remain sitting, stay, abide....
13. away, adv. View full entry 918
...On (his or one's) way; onward, on, along. Hence used also with come, as still in north. English and Sc., where ‘Come away’ = ‘come along, come on,’ without reference...
14. baft, adv. and prep. View full entry a800
...Of place: Behind, in the rear; in later usage only Naut.: Astern, aft, abaft. arch....
15. bane, n.1 View full entry a800
...A slayer or murderer; one who causes the death or destruction of another. Obs....
16. Bath, n.2 View full entry 973
...A well-known city in the west of England, so called from its hot springs. Cf. bath13....
17. be-east, adv. and prep. View full entry 894
...Towards the east, eastwards. Obs....
18. † beˈgo, v. View full entry a855
...trans. To go about, occupy, inhabit; to work, cultivate. (Latin colere.) Obs....
19. behind, adv., prep., and n. View full entry c900
...In a place whence those to whom the reference is made have departed; remaining after the others have gone. Esp. used with leave3a (letobs.), remain...
20. betrap, v.1 View full entry a1000
...trans. To catch in a trap, entrap, ensnare, circumvent, enclose....
