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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. ache, n.1 View full entry eOE
...A pain, esp. a continuous or prolonged dull pain, in contrast to one which is sudden or sharp. Also: the state or condition of being in pain....
3. † addeem, v. View full entry eOE
...trans. To judge; to try, test; = adjudge (in various senses). Also fig....
4. † adle, n. View full entry eOE
...Sickness, disease. Also as count noun: an illness, an ailment....
5. † adrink, v. View full entry eOE
...intr. To be drowned....
6. adze | adz, n. View full entry eOE
...A tool similar to an axe, with a blade set at right angles to the shaft and curving inwards towards it, used for cutting or slicing away the surface of wood. Also:...
7. against, prep., conj., adv., and n. View full entry eOE
...In reception of, in welcome of. Obs....
8. † akenned, adj. View full entry eOE
...That has been born or begotten. Esp. with reference to Christ. Cf. ankenned...
9. † alesness, n. View full entry eOE
...= alesedness...
10. 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....
11. all-thing, pron. and adv. View full entry eOE
...Everything. Now Sc....
12. † aˈmanse, v. View full entry c800
...To excommunicate, anathematize....
13. anthem, n. View full entry a1000
...A composition, in prose or verse, sung antiphonally, or by two voices or choirs, responsively; an antiphonObs. or arch....
14. † aˈpostly, adj. View full entry c880
15. † aˈquick, v. View full entry c885
...trans. To quicken, give life to, vivify, excite....
16. aread | arede | areed, v. View full entry c885
...trans. To determine by counsel; to decree....
17. † argh, adj. View full entry c885
...Cowardly, pusillanimous, timid, fearful; (also) weak. (Still in north. dial.)...
18. † ˈarmliche, adv. View full entry c885
...Miserably....
19. † aˈtee, v. View full entry c885
...trans. and intr. To drag or draw away, to withdraw....
20. ˈbalsamum, n. View full entry c885
...An aromatic resinous vegetable juice; = balm1, balsam1....
