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1. a, prep.2 View full entry c1275
...Representing a genitive dependent on a verb or adjective; = ofXI....
2. a-, prefix2 View full entry c1275
...(No longer productive.) Expressing completeness; = y-23....
3. abackward, adv. View full entry c1275
...= backward...
4. † abbatie, n. View full entry a1300
...The benefice, jurisdiction, or office of an abbot or abbess. Also: an abbey. Cf. abbacy1....
5. abele, n. View full entry ?a1300
...The white poplar tree, Populus alba. Formerly also: †the grey poplar, Populus × canescens (obs.). Also abele tree....
6. abrood, adv. View full entry c1275
...Of a hen or other bird: on its brood or eggs; hatching eggs; breeding young. Also fig.: hatching or brooding upon mischief, evil, etc....
7. accord, n. View full entry c1275
...Opposed to discord....
8. accumber, v. View full entry c1275
...trans. To encumber, overwhelm, oppress....
9. ace, n.1 and adj. (and int.) View full entry ?a1300
...A single point in a game, and related uses....
10. ache, n.2 View full entry a1300
...Any of several plants of the family Apiaceae (Umbelliferae); esp. celery, Apium graveolens and any of various kinds of parsley (genus Petroselinum)....
11. † adin, v. View full entry c1275
...trans. To deafen; = din2....
12. admiral, n. View full entry c1275
...In Arabic and some other non-European countries: a ruler, military commander, or prince; = emir1. hist. in later use....
13. admonishment, n. View full entry c1275
...The action or an act of admonishing; the fact of being admonished; exhortation; warning; reproof; an instance of any of these....
14. 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....
15. † adrelwurt, n. View full entry a1300
...The plant feverfew, Tanacetum parthenium....
16. † adwole, adv. View full entry c1275
...In error, erroneously, mistakenly....
17. † aerwene, adj. View full entry c1275
...Desperate, rash, heedless....
18. † aerwitte, adj. View full entry c1275
...Witless, unwise....
19. † afingered, adj. View full entry ?a1300
...Oppressed with hunger, famished, very hungry. Chiefly in predicative use....
20. 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....
