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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. † abare, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To lay bare, uncover; to strip. Also fig....
3. † ablind, v. View full entry OE
...intr. To lose one's sight, become blind. Also fig....
4. accidia, n. View full entry OE
...= accidie (In early use freq. as a Latin name.)...
5. acolyte, n. View full entry OE
...Christian Church (now chiefly R.C. Church). A person who attends a priest and performs subordinate duties, as assisting at the altar, lighting and bearing candles, etc. Also: the order...
6. acreman, n. View full entry OE
...A cultivator of the ground, a farmer; a ploughman; spec. †a manorial tenant; (Sc.) a person who rents a piece of ground of a Scottish acre or more....
7. † adreve, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To drive out or away, to banish, expel. Freq. with out....
8. † adwesch, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To extinguish, quench; to put an end to, suppress, quell; to overwhelm, destroy, kill....
9. afeared, adj. View full entry OE
...In a state of fear or apprehension; afraid, scared; moved or influenced by fear....
10. afford, v. View full entry OE
...To further, advance; to promote the well-being of (a person or thing); to perform, carry out (a task, order, etc.); to accomplish. Obs....
11. † again-, comb. form View full entry OE
...Against, in opposition to. Also: opposite (rare)....
12. † agrope, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To grip, grasp tightly. Cf. grope3a....
13. † alesedness, n. View full entry OE
...Deliverance, redemption, salvation. Cf. alesendness...
14. alight, v.2 View full entry OE
...trans. To shed light on; to illuminate, enlighten (lit. and fig.)....
15. allaying, adj. View full entry OE
...That allays something (in various senses of allay); diluting; tempering; assuaging....
16. † alles, adv. View full entry OE
...Wholly, completely, entirely; quite, altogether. Freq. giving emphasis to too (cf. all3)....
17. all-good, adj. View full entry OE
...Esp. of God: entirely or infinitely good....
18. all-white, adj. View full entry OE
...Completely white in colour. Also fig. with reference to purity or innocence (cf. white7a)....
19. all-wielding, adj. View full entry OE
...All-powerful, almighty....
20. almost, adv., adj., and n. View full entry OE
...Mostly all, nearly all; for the most part. Obs....
