Anger, sb. grief, misery. Bruce, I, 235. Sco. Pro. 29. O. N. angr, grief, sorrow. See Bradley's Stratmann, and Kluge and Lutz. The root ang is general Gmc., cp. O. E. angmod, "vexed in mind." M. L. G. anxt, Germ. angst, Dan. anger. The form of the word in Eng., however, is Scand.
Angryly, adv. painfully. Wyntoun, VI, 7, 30. Deriv., cp. Cu. angry, painful, O. N. angrligr, M. E. angerliche. The O. Dan. vb. angre, meant "to pain," e.g., thet angar mek, at thu skal omod thorn stride (Kalkar).
Apert, adj. bold. Bruce, XX, 14. apertly, boldly, XIV, 77. Evidently from O. N. apr, sharp, cp. en aprasta hrið, "sharp fighting," cited in Cl. and V. Cl. and V. compares N. Ic. napr, "snappish," cp. furthermore apirsmert, adj. (Douglas, II, 37, 18), meaning "crabbed," the second element of which is probably Eng. Apr in O. N. as applied to persons means "harsh, severe" (Haldorson).
Assil-tooth, sb. molar tooth. Douglas, I, 2, 12. See Wall.
At, conj. that. O. N. at, Norse, Dan. at, to be regarded as a Scand. word. Might in some places be due to Celtic influence, but its early presence, and general distribution in Scand. settlements in England, Scotland, Shetland, etc., indicates that it is Scand.
Aweband, sb. "a band used for tying cattle to the stake." Jamieson, Lothian. O. N. há-band, "vinculum nervos poplitis adstringens" (Haldorson). Norse habbenda, "to tie cattle with a rope between the knees to keep them from running away." Cp. O. Sw. haband, Sw. dial. haband, "a rope that unites the oar with the oarlock."
Awkwart, prep. athwart, across. Wallace, III, 175; II, 109. Same as the Eng. adj. "awkward" which was originally an adv. Etymologically it is the O. N. afugr (O. Ic. öfugr) + Eng. ward (Skeat), cp. the Norse vb. afvige, to turn off. I have not found the prepositional use of the word in Eng. Cp. "toward."
Awsome, adj. terrible, deriv. from awe (O. N. ági). The ending some is Eng. O. N. ágasamr, Norse aggsam, means "turbulent, restless."
Aynd (ēnd), sb. O. N. andi, breath, O. Sw. ande, Norse ande, Dan. aande.
Aynding, sb. breathing, deriv. See aynd.