Robin Hood / A collection of all the ancient poems, songs, and ballads, now extant, relative to that celebrated English outlaw. To which are prefixed historical anecdotes of his life.

by Unknown

Anker, hermit, anchorite.

Ar, ere.

Asay, Asayed, essayed, tried, proved.

A-sound, in a swoon.

Aunsetters, ancestors.

Avow, Avowe, protestation, confession. “I make myn avow to God,” profess to God: from aveu, F.

Avowe, maintain, verbum juris.

Avowè, founder, patron, protector. See Spelman’s Glossary, v. ADVOCATUS.

Awayte, Awatye me scathe, lie in wait to do me harm.

Awayted, lay in wait for.