Sometimes I've found some words that start with an "a-" prefix, not the indefinite article. I think it's used to make the phrasing more euphonic and more "melodic", at least this is what it sounds to me.
For instance:
How is it called and is it common?
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1It's archaic, a relic of the old participial prefix. Only occurs in old texts, local dialects, and dramas about them. – John Lawler Mar 06 '21 at 20:21
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1See https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/13661/what-is-the-history-of-adding-the-a-prefix-to-form-words (and others). – Kate Bunting Mar 06 '21 at 20:22
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*A-prefixing*: Yale Grammatical Diversity Project English in North America : https://ygdp.yale.edu/phenomena/a-prefixing – user 66974 Mar 06 '21 at 20:33
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The actual term 'a-prefixing' has been given in at least two previous threads. – Edwin Ashworth Mar 06 '21 at 20:44
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This has been done here so many times... – Cascabel_StandWithUkraine_ Mar 06 '21 at 20:59
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Thank you all for the suggestions! – gRizzlyGR Mar 06 '21 at 21:15