ampulle (A.N.) [109], a small vessel containing holy water or oil

an (A.S.) [2], on

ancres (A.S.) [3], [308], anachorites, monks who live in solitude. It is applied to nuns, in the early English Rule of Nuns. See Reliquiæ Antiquæ, vol. ii, p. 1

and (A.S.) the conjunction, is frequently used in the sense of if. and men crye, [362], if men cry

aniente (A.N.) [365], to destroy, annihilate, reduce to nothing

anoon (A.S.) anon

anoy (A.N.) annoyance

†anuel (A.N.) [475], an annuity: a yearly salary paid to a priest for keeping an anniversary

apayen (A.N.) [123], to satisfy, to please

apeiren (A.N.) [80], [111], [125], [127], [141], to lessen, diminish, impair