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1. a, prep.1 View full entry OE
...Expressing position within, situation, etc.: in, with; = on7a13. Now Eng. regional....
2. abye, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To buy, purchase (something); to pay a price for (something); to obtain (something) at the cost of labour or suffering. Also (and in earliest use) Theol.: to redeem,...
3. acre, n. View full entry OE
...A plot or piece of land, a field; spec. a piece of tilled or arable land. Now arch. and in proper names, as Long Acre....
4. affright, adj. View full entry OE
...In predicative use: struck with fear; terrified, frightened, afraid. Also with with. Also fig....
5. againwards, prep. and adv. View full entry OE
...In a direction facing, towards. Obs....
6. aglaophotis, n. View full entry OE
...A legendary plant to which various medicinal or magical properties have been attributed, sometimes identified with the peony....
7. agone, adj. and adv. View full entry OE
...attrib. Of a period of time: gone by, elapsed. Obs....
8. all-wielding, adj. View full entry OE
...All-powerful, almighty....
9. alongst, prep. and adv. View full entry OE
...= along1....
10. anent, prep. and adv. View full entry OE
...In a line with, side by side with, in company with, beside. Obs. or dial....
11. a-night, adv. View full entry c1000
...By night, at night....
12. annealed, adj. View full entry OE
...Set on fire. Obs....
13. aslake, v. View full entry c1000
...intr. To become slack; to become feeble, grow less; to diminish, abate. Obs....
14. asunder, adv. View full entry OE
...In or into a position apart or separate; apart....
15. atom, n. View full entry OE
...In and with reference to the medieval period: the smallest unit of time, of which there are 376 in a minute and 22,560 in an hour, equal to 1594...
16. bale, n.2 View full entry OE
...gen. A great consuming fire, a conflagration; a blazing pile, a bonfire. Obs....
17. beclip, v.1 View full entry c1000
...trans. To fold in the arms, embrace, clasp. Obs....
18. beechen, adj. View full entry c1000
...Of, pertaining to, or derived from the beech....
19. belime, v. View full entry OE
...To glue or stick together. Obs.rare....
20. † beˈname, v. View full entry c1000
...trans. To declare or utter solemnly or on oath; to promise with an oath. Obs....