A is an Anglo-Saxonism for in or on; as a'board, a'going, &c.
In American colonization, Anglo-Saxonism was but a drop in the bucket.
Anglo-Saxonism is a very good thing; simplicity and common sense are very good things too.
With due allowance for her Anglo-Saxonism and honesty, she was the type of woman to whom “things happen.”