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1. above, adv., prep., n., and adj. View full entry lOE
...With regard to writing: further up on the present page; previously in the text; in a preceding paragraph, passage, etc. See also senses C. 3, D....
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. 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....
5. 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...
6. † at-ˈhind(en, adv. and prep. View full entry 1016
...Behind....
7. baft, adv. and prep. View full entry a800
...Of place: Behind, in the rear; in later usage only Naut.: Astern, aft, abaft. arch....
8. be-east, adv. and prep. View full entry 894
...Towards the east, eastwards. Obs....
9. 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...
10. benorth, adv. and prep. View full entry 1087
...To the north. Obs....
11. bewest, adv. and prep. View full entry a855
...On or to the west. Obs....
12. † bout, adv.1 and prep.1 View full entry a890
...Outside, without; out....
13. bove, adv. and prep. View full entry eOE
...= aboveObs....
14. ere, adv.1, prep., conj., and adj. View full entry a822
...Used as positive....
15. † foˈrout | foˈrouten, prep. View full entry OE
...Except. Old English only....
16. froward, adj., adv., and prep. View full entry OE
...Disposed to go counter to what is demanded or what is reasonable; perverse, difficult to deal with, hard to please; refractory, ungovernable; †also, in a wider sense, bad, evilly-disposed, ‘naughty’. (The opposite...
17. † ˈinne, adv. and prep. View full entry c855
...Of position....
18. nigh hand, adv. and prep. View full entry lOE
...Near or close at hand; nearby....
19. of, prep. View full entry eOE
...Indicating the thing, place, or direction from which something goes, comes, or is driven or moved: from, away from, out of. Now regional exc. as off (see ...
20. on, prep. View full entry eOE
...Above and in contact with; at rest on the upper surface of; above and supported by; = upon1....
