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1. accursed, adj. and n. View full entry c1225
...That has been cursed; lying under a curse; doomed to perdition or misery....
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. acquainted, adj. and n. View full entry ?c1225
...Personally known to another person, or (of two or more people) to each other; being on terms of acquaintanceship with someone. Also with modifying word. Formerly also with †mid...
5. across, adv., prep., and adj. View full entry a1250
...In the form of a cross, crosswise; crossing each other, crossed. Now rare....
6. adamantine, n. and adj. View full entry c1225
...= adamant1a. Obs....
7. 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....
8. † adoted, adj. (and n.) View full entry ?c1225
...Doting, foolish, silly. Also as : foolish people....
9. adread, adj. View full entry c1225
...In predicative use. Frightened, terrified, in dread; greatly afraid of (also at, to do) something....
10. † aerwene, adj. View full entry c1275
...Desperate, rash, heedless....
11. † aerwitte, adj. View full entry c1275
...Witless, unwise....
12. † afingered, adj. View full entry ?a1300
...Oppressed with hunger, famished, very hungry. Chiefly in predicative use....
13. afire, adv. and adj. View full entry c1275
...On fire, in or into a state of burning, in or into flames. Esp. in to set afire....
14. † afoled, adj. View full entry c1275
...Made foolish; infatuated....
15. afoot, adv. and adj. View full entry c1275
...On foot as opposed to on horseback or by some other means of locomotion; on or on to one's feet as opposed to a horse, vehicle, etc. Also (after an adjective): when...
16. † agramed, adj. View full entry a1300
...Angered, enraged. Also: vexed, troubled, grieved....
17. † agrisen, adj. View full entry ?a1300
...= agrised...
18. † akimed, adj. View full entry a1250
...Confounded, bewildered; dumbfounded....
19. † alamed, adj. View full entry c1275
...Paralysed, lame....
20. † all whole, adj. and adv. View full entry ?c1200
...Entire, complete; intact. poet. in later use....
