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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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