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1. alebench, n. View full entry OE
...A bench in or in front of an alehouse; a bench in a place where ale is served....
2. † alie, v.1 View full entry OE
...intr. To come to an end, to cease; to subside. Also: to turn out badly, to fail....
3. † alimp, v. View full entry OE
...intr. To happen, occur, befall. Usu. with person as indirect object. Also impers....
4. anent, prep. and adv. View full entry OE
...In a line with, side by side with, in company with, beside. Obs. or dial....
5. † aˈstand, v. View full entry OE
...To stand up....
6. † atˈbear, v. View full entry OE
...at-.trans. To bear to, to bring. (In Old English.)...
7. † ˈatel, adj. View full entry OE
...Terrible, hideous, foul....
8. † atˈspring, v. View full entry OE
...To spring forth; to spring into existence, originate....
9. † aˈwend, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To turn, turn away....
10. awhile, adv. View full entry OE
...(For) a short time, (for) a little....
11. bale, n.2 View full entry OE
...gen. A great consuming fire, a conflagration; a blazing pile, a bonfire. Obs....
12. † bale, adj. View full entry OE
...Actively evil, deadly, dire, pernicious, destructive, fatal, cruel, tormenting....
13. bale-fire, n. View full entry OE
...A great fire in the open air, a blazing pile or heap kindled to consume anything. In Old English spec. the fire of a funeral pile....
14. bare, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To make or lay bare, uncover, open to view; to unsheathe (a weapon)....
15. becarve, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To cut off. Obs. (Cf. behead.)...
16. beget, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To get, to acquire (usually by effort)....
17. bench, n. View full entry OE
...A long seat, with or without a back, usually of wood, but also of stone, etc. ‘Distinguished from a stool by its greater length’ (Johnson)....
18. † beˈtimber, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To build....
19. † beˈwind, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To wind (a thing) about; to involve, envelop with (bands, etc.)....
20. † beˈwork, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To work round about, to surround....
