An exclamation used in a great variety of situations to express attitudes and emotions ranging from admiration to scorn and from joy to grief, or simply to attract attention; -- (a) alone; (b) before……

An exclamation expressing lively interest, surprise, a critical attitude, etc. …

= ei interj. …

Alack! …

(a) To arms!; (b) a call to arms; alarm belle; (c) a state of alarm. …

An exclamation expressing grief, pity, shame, apprehension, or the like; alas!; -- (a) simply; (b) with to or for phr.; (c) with noun; (d) with that clause. …

A salutation used on meeting someone: your health!, hello!; addressed to an enemy in quot. a1420. …

Your health! …

So it is in very truth, so be it, amen: (a) as a liturgical response of solemn ratification after the creed, prayers, etc.; (b) after an informal prayer or wish; (c) at the conclusion of a sermon……

(a) Forward; (b) avaunt baner, advance the banner, forward; -- here avaunt may also be the ipv. of avaunten 3; (c) away, be off, avaunt. …

Expressing disapproval or protest: fie! shame! …

Expressing regret or grief: alas!, oh! …

The cry of a baby. …

Used to confirm a pledge. …

(a) Expressing scorn; (b) in a lullaby; (c) in imitation of a dog's bark. …

(a) As a pious greeting: bless you; (b) as an exclamation: bless us, bless my soul, my goodness, etc. [Even when spelled benedicite, metrical uses and occasional spellings indicate that the word could……

Bottoms up! …

Used in a lullaby. …

Used in the burden of lullabies; also, a lullaby. …

The sound made in belching. …

Bang! …

(a) A call uttered in chess when the opponent's king (or another important figure) is under attack: check!, guard!; (b) fig. halt! …

?Mum! be silent! [?a nonsense syllable]. …

Eccl. Christ, have mercy on us; -- part of the Kyrie eleison in the liturgy. …

An expression conveying excitement or resentment. …

A hunting cry. …

(a) An expression of astonishment or disbelief; (b) hou de-le, hou de-le what, lo de-le, o de-le. …

(a) A game played with dice [cp. adevaunt]; (b) com devaunt, of devaunt, ?as (mentioned) before; (c) away with! [cp. avaunt interj.]; (d) at devaunt, ?ahead [?error for at defaute]; (e) of devaunt……

Oh!; why! …

Behold!, lo! …

An exclamation of surprise, challenge, or inquiry, usually associated with some emotion: (a) with anger, disgust, disapproval; (b) with sorrow or fear; (c) with joy or wonder. …

Ah, oh. …

An exclamation expressing contempt, disapproval, or indignation; transl. Bibl. va(t)h, rac(h)a; -- used (a) independently, or (b) as a noun. …

Certainly, surely, truly. …

(a) An expression of gratitude: thanks, many thanks; (b) thanks for (sth.); gramerci for, gramerci of; (c) gramerci God, thanks to God, etc.; (d) for gramerci, for a thank-you, for a song, gratis. …

An exclamation expressing interest, surprise, distress, indignation, shock, etc. [See also hum interj.] …

An exclamation, either of grief or mirth. …

(a) An exclamation expressing amusement or the sound of laughter; (b) a shout to frighten away a marauding animal or to keep hunting dogs in line. …

Get up!, gee up!, giddap!, -- a command to a horse. …

A cry to call attention. …

(a) A cry of distress, cry for help; a shouted demand for rescue, vengeance, or the redress of a wrong; crien harou, greden harou; (b) a cry of sorrow; harou bi shrift, alas for shrift, alas that I am……

A command to a horse: get up! …

?By God's clothing! …

(a) Implying challenge, rebuttal, anger, derision; (b) indicating sorrow or concern; hei weilawei; (c) an exclamation of encouragement to dogs, esp. in hunting; (d) as a burden in songs and carols……

(a) A salutation (usually showing respect or reverence): Hail!; [see also al-heil interj.]; (b) seien heil un)to, to receive (sb.) with welcoming salutation. …

A sailors' cry. …

A cry used by hunters; also, used in a drinking song. …

Naut. A cry used by sailors in pulling or hauling. …

(a) Stop, hold; nou ho, ho ther; (b) crien (seien) ho, to cease; put a stop to an action. …

Used in the refrain of a song. …

An element in various cries: (a) in hunting cries borrowed from the French; (b) in shepherds' cries; (c) in sailors' cries, when pulling a rope or moving in rhythm [see also heve-lo]. …

(a) An exclamation expressing astonishment, indignation, etc.; hou de-le, hou de-le what; hou nou; (b) a call to attract attention; (c) used to represent the hooting of an owl; (d) introducing a……

(a) Used to represent puffing; (b) used in the refrain of a song; (c) used as a falconer's cry. …

Alas. …

Hunt. There, in that place, over there! …

I tell you! …

A hunting cry used to call the hounds when a huntsman has found the track of a hare. …

As an emphatic particle: (a) emphasizing a statement: indeed, surely, certainly; (b) emphasizing a question: why, then, how pray; lo hou; -- sometimes implying irony; (c) emphasizing an entreaty……

Lo, behold. …

(a) A soothing expression used in lullabies; singen lullai, to sing a lullaby; (b) part of the refrain of a drinking song; (c) as surname. …

Bang! crash! …

So help me God; so maideux. …

(a) Checkmate in chess; fig.: a state of powerlessness or defeat; as interj.: checkmate!; yeven hem her mat, to defeat (sb.), render (sb.) powerless; (b) a ruse, stratagem; trap. …

But; on the contrary; moreover; -- often carrying great emphasis with minimum meaning. …

As a notation in manuscripts: to be remembered! …

A battle cry. …

No: (a) as a reply to a question, rhetorical question, request, or demand; certes nai, nai certes, nai forsoth, nai goddot, nai parde, nai sothli, certainly not, of course not; -- also reduplicated……

As an emphatic negative introducing a sentence: no! …

No: (a) as a reply to a question or request; certes no, no forsoth, no parde, certainly not, of course not; (b) as an expression of agreement, disagreement, reassurance, or correction; no certes,……

Take good note, observe well; -- often as a marginal notation in manuscripts. …

Oh, ah: (a) preceding a noun or pron. of address; (b) expressing surprise, awe, anger, scorn, anguish, emphasis, etc.; o alas, o fi, o ho, o nai, o wo, o yis, etc.; (c) in prov.: bettre is o than no……

The call of the nightingale. …

Woe! …

(a) An exlamation expressing surprise; (b) a shout to awaken a sleeper. …

(a) An exclamation meaning 'Save, we pray' used to express praise to Christ or the Trinity, hosanna; (b) the sung hosanna in the liturgy for Palm Sunday. …

Oh, ah; ?alas. …

(a) Alas, woe is me; (b) ?help; (c) fie, shame; also, a taunt in battle [1st quot.]; out on (upon), a curse on (sb.), fie on (sb. or sth.). …

Go away! leave! …

A call for silence and attention: hear ye! …

(a) By God; indeed, in truth; without a doubt, of course; de parde; (b) pain parde, a type of fried bread;?French toast. …

(a) Indeed, certainly; upon my word, by my faith; (b) as nickname. …

A pledging word in a drinking game: 'Here's to you', 'Bottoms up'; also, the name of the game. …

Silence!, be quiet!, order! …

Take care! Watch out! …

An exclamation of contempt or disapproval; prut for, a fig for (sb. or sth.). …

(a) The sound made in belching; (b) an exclamation of annoyance. …

(a) The sound made by a duck or goose, quack; quek cum quek; (b) seien quek, to fart; (c) a choking sound; in manus tuas quek, death rattle; (d) as surname. …

(a) A sailors' cry; (b) a blow. …

An exclamation, shoö, used to scare or drive away hens. …

(a) A hunting call used to direct the attention of the hounds to the game, usu. hares; also used as a motto [1st quot.]; (b) an exclamation, a cry. …

An exclamation of contempt. …

Hunt. A cry, or an element in a cry, used to direct the hounds; (b) hawk. a call to a hawk to make it come to the falconer's fist; (c) an exclamation: ho! …

A cry of encouragement: Onwards! come on! …

A cry used by sailors when pulling or hauling. …

The sound of a giggle. …

'Hold!', a server's call to his opponent in the game of tennis;—used derisively. …

A refrain expressing gaiety or idle abandon. …

Hunt. A verbal representation of a note blown on a hunting horn. …

A verbal representation of a note blown on a hunting horn, used as part of various hunting calls. …