In verbs inherited from OE:(a) From OE ā-: a-biden, a-breken, a-fallen, a-reren, a-risen, a-senden, a-waken, a-winnen, and many others. (b) From OE on-: a-biden (also an-biden), ppl. a-knoue(n (also……

(a) To render (something) materially foul, unclean, or impure; to dirty, soil, pollute; (b) fig. to pollute or defile (the mouth, the air) with false or evil words; (c) to void excrement, defecate. …

The singular feminine object of a verb, referring to: (a) a woman: her; (b) a female animal: her; (c) a thing, an action, an abstraction: it; hes, his, he it. …