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1. † ablow, v. View full entry eOE
...intr. To blow or breathe on or upon....
2. 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....
3. ache, n.1 View full entry eOE
...A pain, esp. a continuous or prolonged dull pain, in contrast to one which is sudden or sharp. Also: the state or condition of being in pain....
4. ache, v. View full entry eOE
...intr. Of a part of the body, a wound, etc.: to be painful or sore. More generally: to be the source or seat of continuous or prolonged dull physical pain or...
5. acorn, n. View full entry eOE
...The fruit of any tree producing mast. Also as a mass noun: †= mast1a (obs.). Now rare and only with contextual indication....
6. adamant, n. and adj. View full entry eOE
...Originally: a hard, strong rock or mineral, not otherwise identified, to which various other (often contradictory) properties were attributed. In later use chiefly a poetical or rhetorical name for: an embodiment of...
7. 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,...
8. 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....
9. † adle, n. View full entry eOE
...Sickness, disease. Also as count noun: an illness, an ailment....
10. 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)....
11. † afang, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To take by force or authority; to seize, apprehend. Also intr....
12. African, n. and adj. View full entry eOE
...A native or inhabitant of Africa; a person of African origin (contextually = black African(a)black5a); spec. (in local usage) such a person as distinguished from...
13. after, adj. and n.1 View full entry eOE
...Designating the second of two or more people, things, occasions, etc., occurring in chronological sequence. Obs....
14. 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....
15. again, adv., prep., and conj. View full entry eOE
...In the opposite direction; back. Obs....
16. † againward, adj. and adv. View full entry eOE
...Coming in the opposite direction to meet a person (with dative). Also: situated in the way, opposite, facing....
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. † aken, v.1 View full entry OE
...trans. To give birth to; to beget. Chiefly in pass.: to be born or begotten. Also intr.: to give birth....
