(a) To walk without seeing, go blindly; (b) to proceed ignorantly, act blindly or irrationally; refl. delude oneself, be out of one's senses; ppl.blundering, rash, clumsy, thoughtless; of things……
(a) To move quickly; bulten on, strike at (sb.); bulten ayein, rebound; bulten on the erthe, drop to the ground, hit the ground; (b) bulten out, to expel, drive out.
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(a) Of a fowl: to cackle, cluck, quack; of other birds: chatter, etc.; cakelen it out, make it known by cackling; (b) to talk volubly or foolishly, chatter, gossip; tell (sth.) in idle chatter or……
(a) To talk, chat, converse, discourse; carpen toward, address (sb.); (b) tell (sth.), say; ask (a question); as I have herd carpen, as I have heard tell; as men do carpen, as people say; to carpen……
(a) To strike (sb., sth.) violently, as with a weapon; dash to pieces, shatter; dashen to peces, dashen a two; dashen doun, strike or knock (sb., sth.) down; dashen out, knock or dash out (teeth, the……
(a) To infer (sth.) from observation, etc.; perceive, find out; gessen in, gessen of, perceive (sth.) in (sb.), suspect; (b) with clause as obj.: to conclude (that sth. is true or will happen)……
(a) To move or turn quickly to one side; dodge, flinch; glenten aside, glenten beside; glenten aside on, to fall upon (enemies) from the side; (b) to change one's behavior, deviate; (c) glenten from……
(a) Of an edged or pointed weapon, a sharp implement, a stroke, etc.: to cut or pierce, make a cut or incision, inflict a stroke that cuts or pierces; have the property of cutting or piercing; also fi……
(a) To pull (sb. or sth.) forcibly; luggen of, pull off (lips), pull out (hair); (b) to drag (sb.); (c) to mistreat (sb.); (d) of a vessel afloat: to move heavily; (e) lug-tripe, name of a dog: one……
(a) To induce sleep in (a baby) by rocking, crooning, etc.; also, sing a lullaby; ppl.lulling, soothing; (b) to fondle (sb., a baby, his limbs), caress; also, fondle a baby; (c) to charm (sb.) into……
(a) To hide, be in hiding, lie hidden; be latent; (b) to lie in ambush; (c) to cower, skulk, keep out of sight; (d) to lie comfortably; (e) to go stealthily or cautiously, go under cover; also, crawl……
(a) To state (sth.), declare; -- also without obj.; nornen ayenes, ?refuse (sb.), ?rebuke; (b) to urge (sb.), entreat; nornen after, entreat (sb.) in (the name of sb.); (c) to offer (sth. to sb.); (d)……
(a) To thrust (sth.), drive (a stake, etc.); picchen in (o, to, into), stick, thrust, or drive (sth.) into (sth.); surround (a wood) with a palisade [quot.: a1450, 1st]; (b) to pierce (sb. or sth.)……
(a) To pull or stretch (sb. or sth.), tug at fiercely; -- also without obj.; also, torture (sb.) by pulling or stretching; (b) to drag (sb.); (c) to tear (sb. or sth.), tear (one's hair); ruggen and……
(a) To wither permanently through death, age, disease, etc.; become wrinkled; ppl.shrunken, withered, wrinkled; (b) of leather or wood: to shrink through loss of moisture; (c) shrinken awei, to……
(a) To come, go; skelten ther-at, apply oneself to something; (b) to raise (an alarm); cause (skirmishing), begin; (c) ?to cause (sb.) to go away, drive away; ?revile (sb.).
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(a) To frighten (sb.), terrify; ppl.skered, frightened; also, alarmed, startled [quot.: c1400]; skered with, frightened by (sth.); (b) to become alarmed; of clamor: rise up; ppl.skerring as adj……
(a) To jump, leap, spring; skip or jump in play, caper; also, jump from writhing [quot.: ?c1425]; ?also, cause (sb.) to jump from beating [quot.: a1450 Yk.Pl.]; (b) skippen oute, to spring forth……
(a) To go or move furtively, slink; also fig. of death; skulken aboute; skulken awei; -- also refl.; skulken oute, make a sneak attack; (b) to hide, lie concealed; ben skulked, be in hiding, be……
(a) To assume an expression of amusement or pleasure, smile; smilen at (of), smile at (sth.), be pleased or amused by (sth.); (b) to assume a pleasant, kindly expression; wear a smile; smilen among……
(a) To rebuke, reprove; reprove (sb.), rebuke; also, abuse (sb.); censure (sinful behavior); (b) to rebuke (sb.) for (just criticism); snibben of (for), reprove (sb.) for (sinful or improper conduct)……
(a) To snuffle about, esp. as a hound on a scent; also fig.; (b) in cpd.: snoke-horn, ?one who snuffles into a horn, one who blows a horn, i.e., a worthless person [cp. blouen in an horn, etc., s.v. h……
(a) Of a person, an animal: to stumble; trip; walk unsteadily; stagger so as to keep from falling; also in fig. contexts; (b) stomblen at, to trip over (sth.); bump into (sth.); stomblen at rishe and……
(a) To ingest, drink; consume (food, drink); thiggen of, to drink from (pools of water); thiggen on et and on wet, consume (too much) in eating and drinking; also, in construction with infl. inf……
(a) To fall, be overturned; (b) ?to cut a tree in preparation for grafting; ?prune a tree; (c) to knock (a town, structure) down, overturn, topple; also, knock (a piece of clothing) askew; tippen doun……
(a) Of tears, drops of blood: to flow, stream down; trillen doun (adoun); (b) to trail, hang down; trillen doun; (c) to turn (sth.); roll (sth.) on wheels; (d) of the tongue: to utter (sth.); (e) in……
(a) To be confident; also refl.; also, take heart, take courage [quot. c1384, 1st]; trusten in (of, on, to, unto, upon), have confidence in (sb., sth., oneself); rely on (sb. or sth.) for guidance……
(a) To be in motion, esp. back and forth or up and down, shake, flutter, swing; also fig. with ref. to (e) [quots. a1387 & a1425]; of teeth: be loose; of a boat: rock with the waves; of flesh: wobble……
