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*Aboon - above
ackersprit - potatoes which have started to sprout
*actilly - actually
addlings - wages, payment for work
*adoe - much ado
afeard - afraid
affrodile - daffodil
afterclap - a sequel or anything that comes after
*agate - to be about something - "I'm agate ploughing"
aimergate - a nearer way, a shortcut
ale-posset - a curd made by pouring old beer over boiling milk
*alung o' - because of, on account of
*an'aw - as well, in addition to (and all)
aneend - on end, uprightindex
anny end up - whatever, in any case (any road up)
apperntle - an apronful "a apperntle o'tatoe-pillins for th'pigs"
apple-pie - Great Hairy willow herb (because of its smell)
appo - apple
arkchest - wooden box (Welsh arkh - coffin)
Aroint! - exclamation "Away with you!"
arsey-varsey - topsy turvy, upsidedown
ash-plant - an ash sapling, sometimes used as a walking stick
ash keys - seeds of the ash tree
*aside o' - beside, at the side of
*astid - instead
atchorn, atchernin - acorn, gathering acorns
*a-that-n, a-this-nin - that way, in this way
attercob - spider
aufan oaf - (from Icelandic and Anglo-Saxon words meaning 'elf')
aunty-paunty - full of antics, frisky
auvishoaf-like - ill-mannered, clownish
*a-which-n? - in which way? "Look at it a-this-n." "A- which-n?"
*a'whoam - at home
*ax - ask
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