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3. a dai, adai phr. & adv.
Additional spellings:
adai
26 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) In the daytime (as opposed to night), by day; ayen eve a dai, toward evening; a dai or anight; (b) each day, daily, in the day; oft a dai, many times each day; (c) on a certain day, one day; (d)……
4. a dē̆vel-wei phr. or adv.
Additional spellings:
a develwei
4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To the Devil, to hell; wend a devel-wei, go away, get out!; (b) as an oath or expletive: the Devil!
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6. al-abǒute(n phr., adv., & prep.
Additional spellings:
al-abouten
21 quotations in 1 sense
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All around, on all sides, in all directions; in every way or respect.
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10. al dai, al-dai(es phr. & adv.
Additional spellings:
al-dai, aldai, al-daies, aldaies
23 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The entire day, all day; (b) every day, all the time, always; any day, at any time, again and again; (c) al daies, for all time, forever.
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12. al togeder, al-togeder phr. & adv.
Additional spellings:
al-togeder, altogeder
26 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) As a phrase: all in one group, lot, or mass; all together; (b) as adv.: in every way, completely, entirely, fully, utterly; altogether; for short, simply [quot. 1423]; as adj.: complete, total……
16. bī cause, because phr. & adv.
Additional spellings:
because
18 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) By reason (of), on account (of), because (of); (b) for the sake (of); in order to prevent [quot. Malory].
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17. bī west(en phr., adv., and prep.
Additional spellings:
bi westen, biwest, biwesten
6 quotations in 1 sense
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In or to the west; west of (sth.); from bi west, from the west.
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18. cǒntrẹ̄-ward adv. or phr.
Additional spellings:
contreward
3 quotations in 1 sense
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to (til) contre-ward, to (one's) country or abode, homeward; to what contre-ward, to what country.
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19. ei(e)s-wei(e)s adverbial phr., adv.
Additional spellings:
eiesweies, eis-weis, eisweis, eies-weis, eiesweis, eis-weies, eisweies
3 quotations in 1 sense
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In any way or manner.
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22. further mō(re, further-mō(re phr. & adv.
Additional spellings:
further more, further-mo, further-more
35 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Farther away, farther forward, beyond; (b) later (in time), afterward, hereafter, thereafter; (c) further on (in a story), at a later point; further (in a book, a process, etc.).
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