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1. abear, v. View full entry eOE
...trans. To bear, carry; to raise up. Obs....
2. about, adv., prep.1, adj., and int. View full entry eOE
...In rotation or revolution; round in a circular course. Now rare except in fig. use with verbs....
3. abraid, v.1 View full entry OE
...trans. To move (something) suddenly or violently, to wrench, snatch; to pull out; to draw (a sword). Also fig.Obs....
4. † acknow, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To know, recognize; to come to know, understand....
5. adder, n.1 View full entry eOE
...In generic sense: a snake, a serpent, esp. with reference to the serpent as a manifestation of the devil in the biblical account of the Fall in the Garden of Eden; (hence,...
6. addle, n. and adj. View full entry OE
...Urine; liquid dung; foul or stagnant water; slime, mire. Chiefly Eng. regional (chiefly south-west.) and Sc. in later use....
7. afear, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To frighten, terrify; to make afraid....
8. afleyed, adj. View full entry eOE
...Of a person: that has turned his or her back on something. In quot.: apostate. Obs.rare....
9. after, adv., prep., and conj. View full entry eOE
...Behind something in place or position; in the rear; further back....
10. again, adv., prep., and conj. View full entry eOE
...In the opposite direction; back. Obs....
11. against, prep., conj., adv., and n. View full entry eOE
...In reception of, in welcome of. Obs....
12. agnail, n. View full entry eOE
...A corn on the toe or foot. In later use also: a bunion; an ingrowing or deformed toenail. Now Eng. regional (north.), rare....
13. ago, v. View full entry eOE
...intr.To move to another place; to go away, depart, leave;to disappear, vanish; to be used up. Chiefly in past participle with to be....
14. ail, n.1 View full entry eOE
...The awn (awn) of barley and other grasses....
15. ail, v. View full entry eOE
...trans. With animate subject: to cause trouble or harm to, to afflict. Obs....
16. ale, n. View full entry eOE
...Any beer other than lager, stout, or porter; spec. beer brewed by top fermentation. Also: a type of this....
17. all, adj., pron., and n., adv., and conj. View full entry eOE
...With singular noun. The whole amount, quantity, extent, or compass of; the whole of....
18. almous, n. View full entry OE
...= alms (in various senses)....
19. along, adj.1 View full entry eOE
...Originally: available or attainable (from); dependent (on), chargeable or attributable (to). Usu. with on. After Middle English only in weakened use as a compound preposition, with of (also...
20. 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....
