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1. a, adj. View full entry ?a1160
...Used in an indefinite noun phrase referring to something not specifically identified (and, freq., mentioned for the first time) but treated as one of a class: one, some, any (the oneness, or...
2. accord, v. View full entry lOE
...trans....
3. accurse, v. View full entry lOE
...trans. = curse (in various senses)....
4. 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...
5. an, conj. and n. View full entry ?a1160
...Now usu. in form an'. = andI. (coordinating). Now regional and nonstandard....
6. Araby, adj. and n. View full entry c1175
...Arabian, Arabic. arch. and poet....
7. beˈhoving, adj. View full entry c1175
...That behoves; of use, needful, appropriate, incumbent....
8. belief, n. View full entry c1175
...Theol....
9. beseech, v. View full entry c1175
...trans. To seek after, search for, try to get. Obs....
10. ˈbishoping, n.1 View full entry c1175
...The action or rite of confirmation. arch....
11. boon, n.1 View full entry c1175
...A prayer, petition, entreaty, request. Obs....
12. both, adj., conj., and adv. View full entry 1154
...absol. From 14th c. sometimes the both (obs.). In early modern English sometimes inflected as a n., with genitive both's....
13. buxom, adj. View full entry c1175
...Morally....
14. buxomness, n. View full entry c1175
...Obedience, submissiveness; lowliness, humility. Obs....
15. crook, v.1 View full entry c1175
...trans. To bend into an angular or curved form; to distort from a straight line; to curve....
16. dread, v. View full entry c1175
...trans. To fear greatly, be in mortal fear of; to regard with awe or reverence, venerate....
17. eating, n. View full entry c1175
...The action or habit of taking food....
18. † gin, v.1 View full entry a1200
...intr. To begin, followed by inf. active, with or without to; rarely for to. In Middle English poetry the pa.t. gan was commonly used in...
19. grace, n. View full entry c1175
...The quality of producing favourable impressions; attractiveness, charm. Now usually with more restricted application: The attractiveness or charm belonging to elegance of proportions, or (especially) ease and refinement of movement, action, or...
20. grisly, adj. View full entry a1150
...Causing horror, terror, or extreme fear; horrible or terrible to behold or to hear; causing such feelings as are associated with thoughts of death and ‘the other world’, spectral appearances, and the...
