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1. a, prep.1 View full entry OE
...Expressing position within, situation, etc.: in, with; = on7a13. Now Eng. regional....
2. † adownward, adv. and prep. View full entry OE
...In a descending direction; down. Also: to a lower state or condition. Cf. downward...
3. againwards, prep. and adv. View full entry OE
...In a direction facing, towards. Obs....
4. alongst, prep. and adv. View full entry OE
...= along1....
5. anent, prep. and adv. View full entry OE
...In a line with, side by side with, in company with, beside. Obs. or dial....
6. † aˈnuppe, prep. View full entry c1000
...On the top of, upon, both of position and direction....
7. † atˈfore, prep. View full entry c1000
...In front of, before....
8. † at-ˈhind(en, adv. and prep. View full entry 1016
...Behind....
9. benorth, adv. and prep. View full entry 1087
...To the north. Obs....
10. † foˈrout | foˈrouten, prep. View full entry OE
...Except. Old English only....
11. 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...
12. † mide, adv. and prep. View full entry OE
...Therewith....
13. only, adv., conj., and prep. View full entry OE
...Singularly, uniquely; pre-eminently; in a special way. Obs....
14. † ovenon, adv. and prep. View full entry OE
...From above; above....
15. throughout, prep., adv., and adj. View full entry c1000
...Through and out at the other side; completely or right through (a material body, or a place); sometimes simply = through1, 2.Obs. (or arch....
16. † to-mids, adv. and prep. View full entry OE
...In or into the midst....
17. within, adv., prep., and adj. View full entry c1000
...In the inner part or interior, or on the inner side (of a receptacle or other material thing); inside, internally....
