Outline of the history of the English language and literature - Anonymous

A (a broken-down form of the A.S. preposition on), at, to, on, in, etc.; astern, abed, aboard, afield, afoot, ashore, alive, aweary.

After; afternoon, afterthought, aftermath, aftercrop.

At; atone (to bring together into one); ado (= at-do); twit (= at-wit).

Be, used both with nouns and with verbs—behalf, behoof, behest, bequest; betake, begin, become, bespatter, bedim, besprinkle, behead.

Down; downfall, downstroke, downcast.

For, not; forbid, forsake (not to seek), forget, forgo (wrongly spelled forego); or utterly; as, forlorn, fordone.

Fore, before; foretell, forefather, foresee, forebode, forecast, forenoon.

Gain, against; gainsay, gainstay (gainstand).