Abosted, pa. t. sg. threatened boastfully, VIII a 148. [ME. a- + Boste, q.v.]
Aboue(n), Abovin, Abuf, adv. above, overhead, on top, V 149, VII 105, 135, IX 56, X 61; on the surface, VII 160; prep. above, higher than, XI b 182, XVII 83; quasi-sb. in be at here aboue, get the upper hand of them, XIII a 61. [OE. *on-bufan, abufan.] See Abone.
Aboueseyd, adj. aforesaid, IX 307. [Prec. + pp. of Seie.]
Aboute(n), Abowte, Obout (XIV a), (i) adv. about, round, on all sides, here and there, to and fro, I 233, V 165, VIII a 297, XI b 270, XII a 143, b 117, XIV a 15, XV i 3, XVII 303, 351, &c.; round about, VII 83, &c.; round it, II 359; al aboute round, all round about, XII a 79; (ii) prep. about, round, &c. (often following n. or pron.), I 54, II 274, 284, V 95, XIV b 68, &c.; on, XI b 236; in, XI b 293, 296; about al, in all directions, II 387; aboute with for to (vnbynde), XVI 7. [OE. onbūtan, ābūtan.]
Abrod, adv. out wide, XII a 176. [OE. on + brād.]
Abuf. See Aboue.
Abugge, v. to pay for (it), VIII a 75, 159. [OE. ā-bycgan.] See Bigge.
Ac, conj. but, II 56, III 34, VIII 67, &c. [OE. ac.]
Acheue, v. achieve, VI 115. [OFr. achever.] See Cheue.
Accordandly, adv. accordingly, IV b 33. [From pres. p. of Acorde.]