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1. abear, v. View full entry eOE
...trans. To bear, carry; to raise up. Obs....
2. abide, v. View full entry OE
...trans. Now rare and arch....
3. 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....
4. 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....
5. † acknow, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To know, recognize; to come to know, understand....
6. 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,...
7. 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....
8. aefauld, adj. View full entry eOE
...Consisting of only one part, element, or unit; single; = onefold1. Now rare (Sc. and Irish English (north.) after Middle English)....
9. aefauldly, adv. View full entry OE
...Once, singly. Also: (Grammar) in the singular. Obs....
10. afear, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To frighten, terrify; to make afraid....
11. afleyed, adj. View full entry eOE
...Of a person: that has turned his or her back on something. In quot.: apostate. Obs.rare....
12. after, adv., prep., and conj. View full entry eOE
...Behind something in place or position; in the rear; further back....
13. after-, prefix View full entry eOE
...Combinations in which after- is adjectival or adverbial, and indicates that the second element refers to something that comes behind or afterwards, or an action that is performed later....
14. again, adv., prep., and conj. View full entry eOE
...In the opposite direction; back. Obs....
15. † again-come, v. View full entry eOE
...trans....
16. against, prep., conj., adv., and n. View full entry eOE
...In reception of, in welcome of. Obs....
17. 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....
18. ail, n.1 View full entry eOE
...The awn (awn) of barley and other grasses....
19. ail, v. View full entry eOE
...trans. With animate subject: to cause trouble or harm to, to afflict. Obs....
20. 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....
