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.

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Awet, wit, know.

Awkwarde, backward. An awkwarde stroke seems to mean an unusual or out of the way stroke, one which the receiver could not foresee, be aware of, or guard against; a sort of left or back hand stroke. “An auke stroke” is a frequent expression in La Mort d’Arthur.

Ayenst, against.

Baist, Baste, basted, belaboured.

Baith, both.

Bale, mischief, woe, sorrow, misery.

Ballup, p. [306].

Banis, bane, destruction.

Bear, moan, lamentation, outcry.

Bearing, arrow.