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1. a, prep.2 View full entry c1275
...Representing a genitive dependent on a verb or adjective; = ofXI....
2. a-, prefix2 View full entry c1275
...(No longer productive.) Expressing completeness; = y-23....
3. abackward, adv. View full entry c1275
...= backward...
4. abode, n.1 View full entry c1225
...The action of waiting or delaying; a delay. Esp. in without abode: without delay, immediately. Obs....
5. abrood, adv. View full entry c1275
...Of a hen or other bird: on its brood or eggs; hatching eggs; breeding young. Also fig.: hatching or brooding upon mischief, evil, etc....
6. † acang, v. View full entry c1225
...intr. Perh.: to act foolishly, to lose self-control....
7. acast, v. View full entry c1225
...trans. To cast down, throw down, cast away or off; to overcome. Now only as past participle: downcast, dejected....
8. accursed, adj. and n. View full entry c1225
...That has been cursed; lying under a curse; doomed to perdition or misery....
9. aching, adj. View full entry ?c1225
...Of a part of the body, a wound, etc.: painful, sore; throbbing with pain; (of a need, desire, etc.) giving rise to continuous or recurring mental distress....
10. † acore, v. View full entry a1225
...trans. To suffer (pain, punishment, or some other hardship)....
11. † acovering, n. View full entry c1225
...The action of acover; recovery....
12. acquainted, adj. and n. View full entry ?c1225
...Personally known to another person, or (of two or more people) to each other; being on terms of acquaintanceship with someone. Also with modifying word. Formerly also with †mid...
13. across, adv., prep., and adj. View full entry a1250
...In the form of a cross, crosswise; crossing each other, crossed. Now rare....
14. aday, adv. View full entry a1225
...Each day; per day; daily....
15. addling, n.1 View full entry ?c1200
...The action of earning or deserving something; that which a person earns or merits. Obs....
16. † adeath, adv. View full entry a1225
...To death; in death....
17. † adin, v. View full entry c1275
...trans. To deafen; = din2....
18. ado, n. and adj.1 (and adv.) View full entry a1300
...regional (chiefly Sc. and north.Eng.). As infinitive. to have ado: to have (or need) to do....
19. † adote, v. View full entry ?c1225
...intr. To become silly or foolish; to be infatuated. Also trans.: to cause (a person) to become silly or foolish....
20. † adoted, adj. (and n.) View full entry ?c1225
...Doting, foolish, silly. Also as : foolish people....
