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ae | n (plural ae) | life; life, ferrow [OE ǽ]
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abaft | adj | behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of; [OED]
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aban | v | to publish, make known, bring out; proclaim, broadcast [OE. abannan]
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abreast | adv | A manner in which people can line up side by side, all facing forward; Much like the ranks of a military force standing orderly [First attested in the mid 15th century. From Middle English a (“on”) + brest (“breast”), in sense “breasts (chests) in line, side-by-side and exactly equally advanced”;[1] roughly “breast-by-breast”. Other senses of “equally advanced” developed metaphorically. Phrase keep abreast “keep informed, up to the same level as oneself” is from the 1650s.]
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acraft | vb | to think out devise plan contrive as a craftsman; [OE acræftan]
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addled | adj | tampered with or rendered unproductive; tampered, corrupted [uncommon with extension in meaning, from ME adel, foul, from OE adela, mud]
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addleness | n | putrefaction; rotten-ness [adel, foul, from OE adela, mud & ness]
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addleware | n | neologism: the array, variety and number of goods found on the shelves of supermarkets that confuse and sometimes muddle older customers.; [addle: muddle, confuse & ware: goods, products.]
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adree | vb | endure, last, hold out.; suffer, bear, do [OE. dreogan: to do, endure, suffer]
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adwell | vb | seduce; [OE adwellan]
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Afkinland | n | Afghanistan; [<OE æf + "kin" + "land"]
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aftercomer | n | a follower, a successor.; afterfollower, afterganger [NE & ME aftercomer: A follower; a successor.]
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afterfollower | n | successor, the one to come after; aftercomer, afterganger [OE æfter-folgere: A follower; successor,]
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afterganger | n | a follower; a successor.; aftercomer, afterfollower [ME aftergenge: a follower, a successor; from OE æfter-genga: a follower, a successor.]
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afanding | n | experience; [a- + fand 'try, test out' +-ing]
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afold | adj | simple, single, one alone, singular, peculiar, matchless; onefold [OE anfeald]
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afore | prep, adv | (Archaic/dialectal) before; before, previously, whilom [OED, Still use in some English Dialects and Lowland Scots, OE onforan, ME aforen, aforne (A + fore)]
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aforesaid | adj | mentioned earlier or previously; aforementioned, foregoing, forenamed, said [OED, Still in use. First documented in the 14th century. See the Origins of Afore + Said]
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afgod | n | idol or false god; graven image [obsolete since AD1100, from OE af, of, aef, away + god 'superhuman deity']
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Afteryule | n | January; [<OE æfterra geola]
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akin | adj | alike or related by blood; similar, related, close, near, corresponding, comparable, of similar character. [MW, ENE of kin; arose in the mid 16th century.]
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aleasand | n | deliverer, redeemer, liberator; [OE aliesend]
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alehouse | n | a building in which ale can be bought and drunk; pub, tavern [uncommon, from OE eala-hus]
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ale-spinner | n | a brewer; brewer [slang, from OE eala (ale) & spinnan"]
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allfolklover | adj | a body who finds all bodykinds winsome; pansexual ['all' (all, universal, whole) + 'folk' (people) + 'love' + 'er' (person who does)]
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allhood | n | total; ['all' (all, universal, whole) + 'hood' (state of being)]
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almsly | adj | charitable; [OE ælmeslic]
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ananas | n | pineapple; [OE ananas]
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andet | vb | admit, confess; [OE andhetan]
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andward | adj | present; here; [from OE andweard]
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andwork | n | physical substance; material, matter [from OE andweorc]
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andy | adj | resentfully envious; jealous [OE andig]
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anether | vb | humiliate; [ME anetheren]
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anew | vb | renew; [OE edniwian]
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anget | n | intellect; [OE andgiet]
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antake (antaking) | vb | to subtract, to take from, to take apart; [Calque from NHG: ent+nehmen]
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anvil | n | the lock (usually of iron) on which the smith hammers and shapes his metal; also fig; smithy's block [from OE anfilti an, & perh filtan to weld]
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anx | vb | to anoint, to smear with oil, to oil, to grease; baptize [PWG ankwō]
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anxth | n | anointing; baptism [PWG ankwō + -þi]
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anxthing, anxting | n | unction; [PWG ankwō + -þi, -ti + -ungaz]
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aqueath | vb | declare, express; [OE acweðan]
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aquell | vb | kill, destroy; [OE acwellan]
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aquern | n | squirrel; [from OE acweorna]
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argh | adj | cowardly, fearful; inert,lazy,; reluctant; frightened, timid, hesitant, craven [OE, still in northern dialect]
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arveth | n | labour; [OE earfoðe]
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ashield | vb | protect; conceal, guard, hide [ġesċildan]
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ashieldend | n | protector; guardian [ġesċildend]
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ashun | vb | despise, reject; []
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ask | n | a newt or eft, occ. also the lizard; asker, eft [OE aesxe: newt]
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asking | n | a sentence or phrase that needs an answer; question, inquiry [neologism, formed on the basis of OE geáscung, an inquiry, using modern ask + -ING]
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asp | n | a poplar (populus tremula), with greyish bark and spreading branches, the leaves of which are specialy tremulous. also attrib. the wood of this tree.; poplar [OE: æspae, æspe]
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atel | adj | terrible; [OE atol]
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athrick | vb | press, oppress; [OE aðryccan]
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atspring | vb | to spring out; to gush forth, to rush forth, to spring up/forth/out, to spurt out [OE: ætspringan]
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atstreng | n | to withhold wrongfully; suppress, repress [OE: ætstrengan]
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atterloathe | n | antidote; [ME atterlothe]
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atween | prep, adv | archaic word for between; between [OED, ME atwen, uncommon (still used in Lowland Scots)]
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avond | n | evening; dusk, sunset, nightfall [PG *ēbanþs, OLF āvont, M.Du âvont, Du.]
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awestruck | adj | admiring, surprised; bewildered, amazed, astounded [awe + struck]
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ay | adv | always, ever; [OED]
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