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1. † abaeile, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To anger, offend; to provoke....
2. † aban, v. View full entry eOE
...trans. To summon, esp. by proclamation; spec. to call to arms. Freq. with out....
3. abb, n. View full entry eOE
...Originally: the woof or weft in a web. Later also: the warp in a web. Freq. attrib., as abb thread, abb wool, etc....
4. abbot, n. View full entry eOE
...A man who is the head or superior of an abbey of (Christian) monks. Also used as a title placed before (and in Old English also after) a name....
5. abbotess, n. View full entry eOE
...= abbess1....
6. abear, v. View full entry eOE
...trans. To bear, carry; to raise up. Obs....
7. † abeat, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To beat, strike. Also fig....
8. † abede, v. View full entry eOE
...trans. To proclaim or deliver (a message)....
9. † abelghe, v. View full entry eOE
...trans. To anger, enrage; to offend....
10. † abey, v.1 View full entry OE
...trans. To bend, curve; to incline, lower; to make obedient; to subject, subordinate (to a person or command). Also refl....
11. abide, v. View full entry OE
...trans. Now rare and arch....
12. † abite, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To tear or destroy by biting. Also of the wind: to tear (something) to pieces....
13. † ablow, v. View full entry eOE
...intr. To blow or breathe on or upon....
14. 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....
15. † abow, v. View full entry OE
...intr. To bend, incline, bow; (fig.) to do homage or reverence (to), to submit (to)....
16. 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....
17. † abreak, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To break in pieces, shatter. Also fig....
18. † abrede, v. View full entry eOE
...trans. To spread out; to extend. Also: to lay flat....
19. † ac, conj. View full entry eOE
...Introducing a contrary after a negative: = but23....
20. accuse, v. View full entry OE
...trans. Without construction....
