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1. abāten, -i(en v.

Additional spellings: abati, abatien
99 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) To knock down or demolish (a wall, etc.); (b) to knock (sb.) down; strike down or defeat (an enemy); (c) strike (sail); cast down (a banner).

2. abāting ger.

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(a) Decrease or loss; (b) impairment; (c) of the sun, a planet: decline, esp. with respect to influence.

3. air(e n.

Additional spellings: aire
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Hawk. (a) Nest; (b) of noble aire, of noble breed or strain.

4. bǒwer n.

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Hawk. A young hawk able to leave the nest but not ready to fly.

5. bringen v.

332 quotations in 11 senses
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(a) To bring (sth.), fetch, lead, convey, take, send; bringen awei, chase away; bringen into, drive (sb.) into (a place); (b) bringen biforen (toforen), to bring (sb.) into the presence of; also, say…

6. carīing ger.

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(a) The act of carrying; carting, hauling; (b) carrying away, robbery; (c) bringing in of hay, harvest; (d) a game; (e) hawk. flying off with the prey after it has been taken.

7. cast n.

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(a) The throwing of a dart, stone, etc.; casting with a sling; throwing or putting the stone as a sport; hurling missiles with a siege engine; (b) the throwing of dice; al is cast on a cast, all is…

8. casten v.

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(a) To throw (sth.) to a distance, fling, hurl; pour or sprinkle (water); (b) sift (sand); (c) scatter (seed), sow; (d) throw at (sb.).

9. chē̆k interj. & n.

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(a) A call uttered in chess when the opponent's king (or another important figure) is under attack: check!, guard!; (b) fig. halt!

10. countreriver(e n.

Additional spellings: countreriver
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Hawk. A beater stationed on the opposite bank of a river or on the far side of a body of water.

11. crēaunce n.

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(a) Belief (in sth.), faith, trust; in (with) ful creaunce, fully believing, without reservation; (b) commercial credit; bi (to, under) creaunce, on credit.

12. eies n.

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Hawk. A short-winged nestling hawk (sometimes taken and brought up by hand); such a hawk during training; eias hauk.

13. encīlen v.

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Hawk. To blind (a hawk or falcon) temporarily by stitching the lower eyelids and fastening the ends of the tightly drawn threads to the top of the head, so that the lifted lower lids cover the eyes…

14. endeuen v.(1)

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To induct or put (someone into an office, benefice, or condition); to initiate (someone into a branch of learning).

15. eneuen v.

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Hawk. To drive (water fowl) into the water; to plunge or dive.

16. engǒuted ppl.

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Hawk. Having dark spots on the plumage, spotted.

17. enseimen v.

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Hawk. To cause (a hawk) to lose superfluous fat.

18. enterpenned ppl.

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Hawk. Of wing feathers: caught, entangled.

19. entrē n.

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The act or fact of entering physically; entrance; also fig.; entre and issue, coming and going.

20. filanders n. plural

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Hawk. A kind of (?threadlike) intestinal worms.

21. flīen v.

198 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) To fly with wings; flien with winges; flien in (bi) the lift (air); flien on heigh (upon height); flien (one's) wei; fleing kind, flying creature, birds; (b) comen flen, flien fleing, to come…

22. gerlō̆nd n.

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(a) A wreath or string of leaves or flowers worn as an ornament; also fig.; (b) a wreath bestowed on a victor; (c) Christ's crown of thorns; (d) a painted or embroidered representation of a garland; a…

23. gorǧe n.

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(a) Gullet, esophagus, throat; to the gorge, up to the neck; (b) the front part of the neck, throat [see also coupe gorge]; (c) the crop of a bird; gorge worm a noxious worm that gets into a hawk's…

24. interj.

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(a) Stop, hold; nou ho, ho ther; (b) crien (seien) ho, to cease; put a stop to an action.

25. indǒuing ger.

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Hawk. The ability to pass food from the crop to the stomach.

26. loine n.(2)

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(a) A length of cord, or thong of leather, used as a leash or fetter; (b) hawk. the leash of a hawk; pl.?jesses.

27. lūre n.(1)

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(a) Hawk. A bait for recalling hawks, usually a bundle of leather and feathers resembling a bird; also fig.; (b) something that entices, an attraction, enticement; (c) bringen (reclaimen) to lure, to…

28. lūren v.(1)

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(a) Hawk. To recall (a hawk) with a lure; also fig.; also in prov.; (b) to attract (sb.), entice, allure.

29. overgorǧed ppl.

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Hawk. With an excessively full crop, too full of food.

30. penned adj.

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(a) Equipped with feathers, feathered; penned ord, a pen; (b) hawk. tendre penned, having only new, young feathers and not ready to be taken from the mews to be trained; hard penned, having mature…

31. pēr(e n.(4)

Additional spellings: pere
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Hawk. ?A digestive disease of hawks.

32. plumāǧe n.

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Plumage, feathers; hawk. feathers given to a hawk as an emetic.

33. putten v.

1280 quotations in 42 senses
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(a) To push, shove, thrust; strike a blow, smite; putten with fet, trample, kick; putten with fet and hondes, thrust with feet and hands; putten ayen, push against (sb.); stumble against (sb.); putten

34. quirrẹ̄ n.(1)

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Hunt. (a) The parts of a deer, usually placed on the animal's hide, which are given to the hounds as a reward for the chase; (b) the ceremony of giving the hounds their reward; (c) the collection of…

35. rẹ̄ n.(3)

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Hawk. A disease of hawks.

36. rebāten v.

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(a) To deduct (an amount from another amount), subtract; rebaten in, deduct (a sum) from (an amount); rebaten of (upon), deduct (a sum) from (sb., an amount); (b) ben rebated, to be credited (to sb.)…

37. rē̆bātinge ger.

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(a) Abatement (of sorrow); a cause of diminishing (of strength); (b) hawk. the return (of a hawk to the hand); (c) a process for the preservation of wine.

38. reclaim(e n.

Additional spellings: reclaime
15 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Hawk. The act of recalling a hawk; comen to reclaim, of a hawk: to return when called back; (b) a call to someone to come; an enticement; comen a reclaim, to come (to sb.) when summoned; comen to

39. reclaimen v.

29 quotations in 3 senses
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Hawk. (a) To call back (a hawk); also in sayings; (b) to make (a hawk) tame; ppl. reclaimed, tame, trained.

40. remǒunten v.

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(a) To rise again, climb up again; also fig.; (b) hawk. to regain (a state of strength or good health); ben remounted, be restored (to a state of strength or good health); (c) to remount one's horse…

41. snīten v.

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(a) To blow one's nose; blow (one's nose); also [1st quot.], with punning ref. to 1st quot. in (b); (b) to snuff (a candle); also, tweak or pull (a person's nose with tongs); sniten oute; (c) hawk. to…

42. stō interj.

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Hunt. A cry, or an element in a cry, used to direct the hounds; (b) hawk. a call to a hawk to make it come to the falconer's fist; (c) an exclamation: ho!

43. surrēal n.

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(a) Hunt. The third tine of a hart's antlers, tray; (b) hawk. pl. the outermost of the three anterior claws of a hawk [cp. sussengeles n.pl.].

44. sū̆ssengeles n. plural

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Hawk. The outermost of the three anterior claws of a hawk.

45. swẹ̄t(e adj.

Additional spellings: swete
375 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) Sweet to the taste, having the quality of sweetness; sweetened; also fig. and in fig. context; (b) swet almaunde, an almond used as food, as opposed to the bitter almond used medicinally; swet

46. throuen v.(1)

244 quotations in 11 senses
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(a) To hurl (sb. or sth.), fling, throw, cast;—also refl.; also fig. and in fig. contexts; of a whale: spew (water), spout; drop (a substance into another substance); also, with adverbs: throuen awei

47. toret n.(1)

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(a) Hawk. Each of the two rings by which the leash is attached to the jesses of a hawk, a varvel; ?also, a pair of varvels [quot. a1450]; peire of toretz; (b) a half-ring or eyelet that is fixed to a…

48. tǒur n.(2)

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(a) A turn of events; (b) a step in a sequence of events; (c) a turning motion; (d) ?a turning lathe; ?part of a turning lathe; (e) hawk. lofty flight; the act of soaring [this sense shows confusion…

49. uncappid ppl.

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Hawk. Of a hawk: having had a hood removed, unhooded.

50. verbel n.

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Hawk. A metal ring on a hawk’s jess, to which the leash is attached.

51. vertwel n.

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(a) Hawk. A metal ring on a hawk’s jess, to which the leash is attached; (b) a hinge or part of a hinge.

52. wambelle n.

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Hawk. Some part of a hawk, perh. the belly.

53. wam-piniọ̄̆n n.

Additional spellings: wampinion
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Hawk. A secondary wing feather.

54. wāren v.(1)

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(a) To be mindful, be aware; waren of, be knowledgeable concerning (sth.), be skilled in; ware him his fal is nexte his honde, let him be mindful his fall is at hand (b) to be mindful of (sth.),…

55. wā̆ter n.

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(a) Water as a naturally occurring element or substance; water as opposed to the other elements;—also pl.; wateres froren, the ice thought to surround the earth [quot. a1325] (b) precipitation;…

56. web n.

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(a) Woven fabric; a piece of woven fabric; also fig. & in fig. context; web bem, q.v.; web garn (threde), weaver’s yarn (thread); web lome, q.v.; web werk, the activity of weaving; spunne web, ?spun…

57. wē̆deren v.

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(a) To expose (sth.) to the open air; (b) hawk. to place (a hawk) in the open air in order to accustom it to being on a short leash.

58. wē̆dering(e ger.

Additional spellings: wederinge
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(a) The general condition of the atmosphere, weather; also, coll. & pl. weather conditions; art of wedering, familiarity with and understanding of weather conditions (b) favorable, propitious…

59. welke n.(2)

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Hawk. A disease affecting the mucous membranes in the head of a falcon or hawk, the pip; also, the film or scale produced by this disease.

60. wē̆t adj.

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(a) Consisting of moisture, flowing, fluid, wet, liquid;—freq. used pleonastically of liquid substances: wet se (teres), reines (teres, wateres, etc.) wet (b) full of moisture; of cheese: ?fresh;…

61. whippen v.

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(a) To move rapidly, move back and forth quickly; specif. of a dragon: flap or flutter furiously (with its wings); of a bird: struggle (in a snare) by fluttering or flapping the wings; whippen in

62. whissen v.

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(a) Hawk. impv. whisse as interj.: come!, return!;—used to summon a falcon to the fist; (b) to screech;—?error for skriken v.

63. wimple n.

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(a) A woman’s headdress covering the top, back, and sides of the head, including the cheeks and chin, and wrapped so as to cover the neck; also, a veil; also, a wimple as part of a nun’s official…

64. wō̆rd n.

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(a) A word as a lexical item or grammatical form, a string of characters representing a minimal unit of meaning, a word in isolation; also, a word or group of words as represented in graphic form…

65. yelwenesse n.

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(a) The state or condition or being yellow in color, yellowness; also, an example or instance of yellowness; colour of yelwenesse (b) the state or condition of being gray or bluish gray in color,…