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1. 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...
2. an, conj. and n. View full entry ?a1160
...Now usu. in form an'. = andI. (coordinating). Now regional and nonstandard....
3. anneal, v. View full entry a1000
...To set on fire, kindle, inflame. lit. and fig.Obs....
4. 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...
5. bane, n.1 View full entry a800
...A slayer or murderer; one who causes the death or destruction of another. Obs....
6. 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...
7. bove, adv. and prep. View full entry eOE
...= aboveObs....
8. down, adv. View full entry a1100
...In a descending direction; from above, or towards that which is below; from a higher to a lower place or position; to the ground....
9. eaves, n. View full entry 898
...The edge of the roof of a building, or of the thatch of a stack, which overhangs the side....
10. fang, v.1 View full entry 855
...trans. To lay hold of, grasp, hold, seize; to clasp, embrace. Obs....
11. fifth, adj. and n. View full entry OE
...In concord with expressed....
12. give, v. View full entry a855
...To hand over (a thing) as a present; to confer gratuitously the ownership of (some possession) on another person (with or without actual delivery of the object)....
13. him, pron. View full entry a855
...As proper masculine pronoun of the third person sing., dative and accus. (objective indirect and direct) of he Also as antecedent pron. followed by relative or prepositional phrase (cf. ...
14. hold, v. View full entry a855
...To keep watch over, keep in charge, herd, ‘keep’ (sheep, etc.); to rule (men). Only in Old English and early Middle English Obs....
15. † lend, v.1 View full entry 11..
...intr. To arrive, come. Also refl....
16. many, adj., pron., and n., and adv. View full entry eOE
...Used distributively with a singular noun or pronoun (formerly sometimes with plural concord)....
17. market, n. View full entry lOE
...A meeting or gathering together of people for the purchase and sale of provisions or livestock, publicly displayed, at a fixed time and place; the occasion or time of this. Also: the...
18. May, n.2 View full entry lOE
...The fifth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendar, containing 31 days and falling between April and June....
19. miracle, n. View full entry ?a1160
...A marvellous event not ascribable to human power or the operation of any natural force and therefore attributed to supernatural, esp. divine, agency; esp. an act (e.g. of healing) demonstrating...
20. nevermore, adv. and n. View full entry lOE
...Never again, at no future time; no longer; (also simply) never....
