Als, Also, Also, _conj._ S. [_eal-swá_] as, like, so, 306, 319, &c. _Als_, 1912, as if. _Al so foles_, like fools, 2100. _Als_ is merely the abbreviation of _Al so_; and the modern as is again shortened from _als_. In Laȝamon it is often written _alse_, as in l. 4953. And he hæfde a swithe god wif & he heo leouede _alse_ his lif. Cf. Havelok, l. 1663. _Als_ and _Also_ are used indifferently, and universally by the old English and Scotch poets. Alþer-beste, _adj._ S. best of all, 182, 720, 1040, 1197, 2415. _Alþer-lest_, _Alþer-leste_, 1978, 2666, least of all. It is the gen. c. pl. of _Alle_, joined to an adj. in the superl. degree, and is extensively employed. _Alre-leofust_, _Alre-heudest_, _Alre-kenest_, Laȝamon, _Althe-werste_, K. Horn, MS. _Alder-best_, _Alder-most_, R. Br. _Alther-best_, _Alther-formest_, &c. Web. _Alther-furste_, _Alther-next_, _Alther-last_, Rits. M. R. _Alder-first_, _Alder-last_, _Alder-levest_, Chauc. _Alder-liefest_, Shakesp. Amideward, _prep._ S. in the midst, 872. _Amiddewart_, K. Horn, 556. _Amydward_, K. Alisaund. 690. _A mydward_, Ly Beaus Desc. 852. _Amydwart_, Doug. Virg. 137, 35. An. _conj._ S. and, 29, 359, &c. So used by Laȝamon, and still in Somersetsh. V. Jennings. _Ant_, 36, 557, K. Horn, 9, &c. And, _conj._ if, 2862. Andelong, _adv._ S. lengthways, i.e. from the head to the tail, 2822. Ovyrtwart and _endelang_ With strenges of wyr the stones hang. --_R. Cœur de Lion_, 2649. Chauc. _endelong_, C. T. 1993. Anilepi, _adj._ S. [_ánlepig_] one, a single, 2107. _Onlepi_, 1094. In the very curious collection of poems in MS. Digb. 86 (written in the Lincolnshire dialect, temp. Edw. I.) we meet with this somewhat rare word: A! quod the vox, ich wille the telle, _On alpi_ word ich lie nelle. _Of the vox and of the wolf_ (Rel. Ant. ii. 275). It occurs also in the Ormulum. Anoþer, _adj._ S. _Al another_, 1395, in a different way, on another project. Ah al hit iwruth _on other_ Sone ther after. _Laȝamon_, l. 21005. Ac Florice thought _al another_. _Flor. and Blaunchefl._ ap. Ellis, M. R. V. 3, p. 125, ed. 1803. (Cf. Horn, ed. Lumby, p. 52, l. 32.) Anuye, _v._ Fr. to trouble, weary, 1735; R. Gl., K. Alisaund. 876; Chauc. Melibeus. _Noye_, Lynds. Gl. q.v. Are, _adj._ S. former, 27. Cf. are, _adv._, Sir Tr. p. 32; Rits. M. R., Web., R. Gl., R. Br., Minot. p. 31. _Air_, _Ayr_, Sc. V. Jam. _See_ Er, Or. Aren, _1 and 3 p. pl._ S. are, 619, 1321, &c. _Arn_, Chauc. Arke, _n._ S. Lat. a chest _or_ coffer, 2018. R. Br., Jam. Armes, _n. pl._ Lat. arms, armor, 2605, 2613, 2925. Arum for Arm, 1982, 2408. Arwe, S. [_earg_] timid, 2115. Alter the punctuation, and read-- He calde boþe arwe me{n} and kene, Knithes and serganz swiþe sleie. “Arwe or ferefulle. _Timidus._” Prompt. Parv. Cf. Stille, q.v. As for Has, 1174. Asayleden, _pa. t. pl._ Fr. assailed, 1862. Asken, _n. pl._ S. ashes, 2841. _Aske_, R. Gl. _Askes_, R. Br. _Ashen_, Chauc. _Assis_, Doug.