_a_ in father, and _au_ in daughter are, in "Blackmore," often _a_ = 3.
So king Alfred gives a legacy to his _yldsta dehter_--oldest daehter.
_a_ is a fore-eking to participles of a fore time, as _a-vound_;
also for the Anglo-Saxon _an_, _in_ or _on_,
as _a-huntèn_ for _an huntunge_.
_aï_, _aÿ_ (5, 1), Maïd, Maÿ.
(_Note_--The numbers (as 5, 1) refer to the foregiven table.)
_ag_, often for _eg_, as bag, agg, beg, egg.
_Anewst_, _Anighst_, very near, or nearly.
_A'r a_, ever a, as.
_A'r a dog_, ever a dog.
_Amper_, pus.
_A'r'n_, e'er a one.
_A-stooded_ (as a waggon), with wheels sunk fast into rotten ground.
_A-stogged_, _A-stocked_, with feet stuck fast in clay.
_A-strout_, stiff stretched.
_A-thirt_, athwart (_th_ soft).
_A-vore_, afore, before.
_Ax_, ask.
_Axan_, ashes (of fire).
_A-zew_, dry, milkless.