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1. a-, prefix2 View full entry c1275
...(No longer productive.) Expressing completeness; = y-23....
2. 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....
3. across, adv., prep., and adj. View full entry a1250
...In the form of a cross, crosswise; crossing each other, crossed. Now rare....
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. already, adj. and adv. View full entry c1275
...As predicate or complement. Fully prepared or ready. Obs....
8. † aˈnaunter, adv. and conj. View full entry 1297
...In risk or peril; on the chance, in case, lest....
9. anger, v. View full entry ?c1200
...To distress, trouble, vex, hurt, wound. Obs....
10. † ˈanguishous, adj. View full entry ?c1225
...actively, Fraught with anguish, attended with much suffering; tormenting, distressing....
11. † aˈnunder, prep. View full entry c1220
...Of local position: Under....
12. † arain, n. View full entry a1300
...A spider....
13. 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....
14. † arr, n. View full entry a1300
...A wound, scar. Only in northern writers, and still common dialectally....
15. † at | 'at, conj. and pron. View full entry a1300
...= ‘that.’...
16. 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...
17. aunt, n. View full entry 1297
...The sister of one's father or mother. Also, an uncle's wife, more strictly called an aunt-in-law....
18. † ˈax-tree, n. View full entry a1230
...The axle-tree of a wheel. (Still dial.)...
19. ay | aye, adv. View full entry ?c1200
...Ever, always, continually....
20. back-, comb. form View full entry ?c1225
...General senses in combination....
