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1. afeared, adj. View full entry OE
...In a state of fear or apprehension; afraid, scared; moved or influenced by fear....
2. affright, adj. View full entry OE
...In predicative use: struck with fear; terrified, frightened, afraid. Also with with. Also fig....
3. afloat, adj. and adv. View full entry OE
...Floating on the sea or on any stretch of water (or other liquid) of sufficient depth to support a body; not sinking, not aground; at sea, as opposed to being in dock...
4. † agild, adj. View full entry OE
...Of a dead person: without payment of compensation or wergild (see wergild), unpaid for. Esp. in to lie agild....
5. agone, adj. and adv. View full entry OE
...attrib. Of a period of time: gone by, elapsed. Obs....
6. aldern, adj. and n. View full entry OE
...Of alder (the tree or the wood)....
7. alive, adj. View full entry OE
...Of a person, animal, or plant: living, not dead....
8. alkin, adj. View full entry OE
...Of every kind or sort; every kind of, all kinds of....
9. allaying, adj. View full entry OE
...That allays something (in various senses of allay); diluting; tempering; assuaging....
10. all-good, adj. View full entry OE
...Esp. of God: entirely or infinitely good....
11. all-holy, adj. (and n.) View full entry OE
...Entirely or infinitely holy. Also as : an entirely or infinitely holy person or thing; (now only) spec. (with the) God....
12. allophyle, n. and adj. View full entry OE
...A member of another tribe; a foreigner, an alien. rare....
13. all-white, adj. View full entry OE
...Completely white in colour. Also fig. with reference to purity or innocence (cf. white7a)....
14. all-wielding, adj. View full entry OE
...All-powerful, almighty....
15. almost, adv., adj., and n. View full entry OE
...Mostly all, nearly all; for the most part. Obs....
16. almsful, adj. View full entry OE
...Liberal or generous in almsgiving; charitable; (in early use sometimes more generally) †compassionate, merciful (obs.)....
17. † aˈmansed, adj. View full entry c1000
...Excommunicated, anathematized....
18. amazed, adj. View full entry OE
...Driven stupid; stunned or stupefied, as by a blow; out of one's wits. Obs....
19. † ˈandsete | ˈansete, adj. and n. View full entry c1000
...Hostile, hateful, odious....
20. † ˈanlike, adj. and n. View full entry c1000
...Like, similar, alike....
