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1. brighte adv.

48 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) With a bright light, brightly; also fig.; (b) brilliantly, lustrously; also fig.; (c) (polished) to a state of brilliance, brightly; also fig.

2. dē̆rne adv.

12 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Secretly; in privacy, confidentially; (b) stealthily, slyly; (c) of loving: clandestinely; inwardly, deeply; (d) hidden.

3. dīȝel adj., n., & adv.

7 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Hidden, secret; of words: cryptic; (b) as noun: on diȝel, in secret; (c) as adv.: secretly.

4. dīȝellīche adv.

10 quotations in 1 sense
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Secretly, mysteriously; in privacy, privately.

5. grẹ̄dīlī adv.

23 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Greedily, gluttonously; of animals: ravenously, thirstily; (b) covetously, avariciously; (c) eagerly, readily, importunately, impetuously.

6. grēt adj. & adv. & n.

696 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) Large in size or quantity, big; gret and smal, large and small, all; gret ne smal, big or little, of no kind; althergrettest, largest of all [cp. alder- pref.]; gret belle, large bell; (b) much…

7. halving(e adv.

Additional spellings: halvinge
5 quotations in 1 sense
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In part, partially, half.

8. hẹ̄r-after adv.

Additional spellings: herafter
68 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) After this present time, in the future, later on; (b) after death, in the hereafter; (c) from now on, henceforth; (d) after some time or event in the past, after that; (e) after this point in a…

9. hundfōld adj., adv., n.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) As adj.: hundfold mede, a hundredfold reward; (b) as adv.: hundfold more, one hundred times as great; (c) as noun: bi hundfold, by a hundred times, a hundred times as much.

10. iwhēr adv.

12 quotations in 1 sense
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Everywhere; also, on all occasions.

11. manī-fōldlī adv.

Additional spellings: manifoldli
5 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) In numerous or varied ways; (b) many times, repeatedly; (c) ?with many folds or twists.

12. māselīche adv.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Foolishly.

13. nẹ̄dinge adv.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Forcibly, by force; (b) necessarily, of necessity.

14. nẹ̄ling(e adv.

Additional spellings: nelinge
11 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Of necessity, necessarily; (b) with exertion, forcibly.

15. neigh adv.

210 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) Near in space, nearby, close; also fig.; -- with verbs of motion; (b) with verbs indicating stationary position or being in space; (c) fer and neigh, neigh and fer, fer or (ne) neigh, far and (or…

16. nẹ̄r adv.(2)

126 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) Near in space or time, nearby, close; also fig.; fer ne ner, no later and no sooner; comen (approchen, drauen, gon, neighen, wenden) ner, to come or go near, approach; yede ner, came near…

17. on adv.(1)

114 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) On or upon in space, above, over; ben on, to be on; leien on, lay on, put on; leien on honde, lay hands on, take hold; setten on, set on, put on; settinge on, fastening on; yeten on, pour on; (b)…

18. ō̆nfōldlī adv.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Simply, literally.

19. radlī adv.

43 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Quickly, speedily, swiftly; (b) immediately, promptly, without delay; (c) as radli as, so radli so, as soon as; hou radli, as soon as possible, forthwith; (d) in a short while, before long; radli

20. rāth(e adv.

Additional spellings: rathe
78 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Immediately, quickly, at once; before long, shortly; rath and sone, sone and rath; (b) al (wel) rath, at once; more (ful, most, so, swithe, wonderli) rath; al) to rath; inough rath [see also inoug