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authiest, awthiest, autheist,
autheist ['ɑ:θɪəst, 'ɔ:θ#618;əst]
n. Atheist.
author, owthor, authour, aathor, owthor, owther, owthereese, authoreese,
author ['ɑ:θər, 'ɔ:θər, N. I. 'a:θər, MN. 'ʌuθər]
n. An author, informant, authority, instigator.

Compounds and phrases etc.

authoreese: to authorise
automatic, aatomatic,
automatic ['ɑ:təmatɪk, 'ɔ:təmatɪk, N. I. 'a:təmatɪk]
adj. Automatic.
adv. Automatically.
autumn, aatumn, automney, autumnye, autum, aatum, autumm, aatumm,
autumn ['ɑ:tʌm, 'ɔ:tʌm, N. I. 'a:tʌm]
n. Autumn.
ava, ava', avaw, avaa,
ava [ə'vɑ:, ə'vɔ:, N. I. ə'va:]
adv. At all, without stopping, of all.

Compounds and phrases etc.

no ava: not at all
averin, aiverin, aivrin, averins, aiverins, aivrins,
averin ['ev(ə)rən, 'ɛv(ə)rən]
n. The cloudberry.
avisandum, ad avisandum,
avisandum [ad avɪz'andʌm]
leg. Further consideration.

Compounds and phrases etc.

ad avisandum: leg. Consideration.
avise, aveese, avised, avized, avisit, avizit, avize, black-avised, black-a-viced, black-a-vised, black-avist, black-avict, black-avized,
avise [ə'vəiz, ə'vi:z]
v. To inform.
pt. pp. avisedadj. Informed, aware of.

Compounds and phrases etc.

black-avised: dark-complexioned
aw, a', aw, au, a, ah, al, aa, awe, aal, awl, Up helly aa,
aw [ɑ:, ɔ:, N. I. a:]
adj. All, every in combinations such as aw airt, awbody, aw gate, aw kin/aw kynd, aw sort, awthing and aw wey.
adv. All.

Compounds and phrases etc.

an aw: also, as well, too
an aw that: and all that sort of thing
at aw: at all
aw ae oo: alike, the same
awbeit, awbesit [-bi(z): ɪt, S. -bəi(z)-]: albeit, although
aw ither thing: everything else
awplace: everywhere
aw wey: everywhere
aw weys: all ways and manners
no at aw: not at all
Up-helly-aa I.Sh. The final celebration of a series of festive days, especially the period in which Christmas festivities are held from 25th December to 5th January.
awa, awa', awae, awaw, awaa, wa, 'wa, waa, awa-pit, wa-pit, 'wa-pit, awaby, awa-gang, wa-gang, 'wa-gang, awa-gaun, wa-gaun, awa-gaan, wa', awey, awie, 'wa', waageng, g'wa, gwa, was, 'was, wa-gawn, awa by,
awa [ə'wɑ:, ə'wɔ:, S. ə'we:, N. I. ə'wa:]
contracted 'wa
adv. Away, ago.
adj. Absent, gone, distant.

Compounds and phrases etc.

awa-pit: the act of sending away or storing
awa aff: leaving
awa by: at home, off home
awa-gang: departure, leave-taking, passing away, an after-taste, a tennant's final crop before leaving a farm
awa-gaun: departure
awa wi it: done for, broken in health, fallen from prosperity, lost, dead, out of one's senses
caw awa: to proceed
come yer 'was ben: come away in or throough
faur awa: far away, remote
gae awa contracted g'wa: go away
thareawa: thereabouts
tae weed awa: to carry off or remove usually by death, to make to die off
win awa: to leave, depart

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