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1. a-, prefix2 View full entry c1275
...(No longer productive.) Expressing completeness; = y-23....
2. ace, n.1 and adj. (and int.) View full entry ?a1300
...A single point in a game, and related uses....
3. aching, adj. View full entry ?c1225
...Of a part of the body, a wound, etc.: painful, sore; throbbing with pain; (of a need, desire, etc.) giving rise to continuous or recurring mental distress....
4. addle, v.1 View full entry ?c1200
...trans. To earn (money, etc.). Also in early use: †to deserve (punishment, etc.); to merit (spiritual reward, etc.) (obs.)....
5. addling, n.1 View full entry ?c1200
...The action of earning or deserving something; that which a person earns or merits. Obs....
6. ado, n. and adj.1 (and adv.) View full entry a1300
...regional (chiefly Sc. and north.Eng.). As infinitive. to have ado: to have (or need) to do....
7. adventure, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A chance occurrence or event, an accident. Obs....
8. alderman, n. View full entry 1275
...The senior judicial person in an English hundred. Cf. High Constableconstable5b. Now hist....
9. algate, adv. View full entry a1225
...Always, continually; = algates1. Obs....
10. alone, adj., adv., and n. View full entry ?c1200
...Being on one's own, by oneself; having no other present; unaccompanied. Also in extended use, of things, animals, etc....
11. alpha, n. and adj. View full entry ?c1200
...(The name of) the first letter (Α, α) of the Greek alphabet, corresponding to English a....
12. arles, n. View full entry c1220
...Money given in confirmation of a bargain; esp. that given, when a servant is hired, in confirmation of the engagement; earnest-money....
13. † arr, n. View full entry a1300
...A wound, scar. Only in northern writers, and still common dialectally....
14. assize, n. View full entry 1297
...A sitting or session of a consultative or legislative body. Obs....
15. aumbry, n. View full entry a1225
...A container for storing books, a bookcase; (occas.) a room where books or other documents are stored, a library, an archive. Formerly also: †a repository or compendium of knowledge, such as a...
16. ay | aye, adv. View full entry ?c1200
...Ever, always, continually....
17. back-, comb. form View full entry ?c1225
...General senses in combination....
18. bad, adj., n.2, and adv. View full entry 1203
...Of poor quality or little worth....
19. bag, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A receptacle made of some flexible material closed in on all sides except at the top (where also it generally can be closed); a pouch, a small sack....
20. † ˈbairnheid, n. View full entry a1300
...Childhood, infancy....
