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61. rāketeie n.

18 quotations in 1 sense
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A chain; a fetter; -- also coll.

62. rein n.(1)

119 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) Rain; gret rein, heavy rain; litel rein, fine rain; (b) a spell of rain, shower of rain; (c) strem of rein, a stream, brook; rein of oure lord(es, ?divine or sacred rain.

63. renning(e n.

Additional spellings: renninge
10 quotations in 1 sense
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Rennet; also, curdled milk from the intestines of various animals used asrennet; -- also pl.

64. rine n.(1)

18 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Running of a person or an animal; of (on) rine, in running [quot.: Ancr., 2nd]; on (with gret) rine, quickly, in violent haste; (b) rapid movement; impetus, speed, force; o rine, of the tongue…

65. rī̆pe n.(1)

42 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The action of reaping or harvesting; also, harvest time; barli ripe; dai (time) of ripe; (b) that which is reaped, harvest, fruit; a sheaf of grain; also, ?a bundle or lot of metalware [quot…

66. sak n.

150 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) A sack, bag; also fig.; sak and ston, completely; (b) a sack for grain or flour; (c) a sack for money or valuables; also, a purse; (d) cook. a sack or bag used in kneading dough; pl. a culinary…

67. ship n.

195 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) A sea-going vessel, esp. a large craft used to transport people and goods; a vessel used in military expeditions; a boat, fishing boat; a riverboat, ferry; also, a fleet of ships [quot…

68. sleck n.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Mud, slush; also [last quot.], ?stony soil; ?soil containing coal.

69. smẹ̄k(e n.

Additional spellings: smeke
38 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Smoke produced by a burning or smoldering substance; aromatic smoke of incense; a column or cloud of smoke; a variety of smoke; also fig.; also in proverbs; smek hous, a smokehouse; -- used fig.

70. stathel n.

18 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A place or position; a dwelling place; a building site, foundation; also fig.; a battle station; also, a stack of hay, etc.; stathel of sinne, fig. the residue of sin; (b) a loom or the framework…

71. stathel-fastnesse n.

Additional spellings: stathelfastnesse
3 quotations in 1 sense
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Steadfastness, stability; stede stathel-fastnesse, permanence of abode.

72. step n.

105 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) A movement of the foot in walking, a step; -- also used of a horse's step; also, an act of taking a step; fot step; (b) fig. of (a); folwen (seuen, etc.) stepes, to follow the example (of sb…

73. strel(e n.

Additional spellings: strele
4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) An arrow; (b) in surname and place names [see Smith PNElem.2.161].

74. strēm n.

156 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) A body of water flowing in a natural channel, a river, stream, brook; also fig.; strem of water, flodes (water) strem; mid strem, the midstream of a river; (b) strem of rein (rein-water), ?a…

75. swā̆thel n.

14 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A cloth binding used as a bandage or a restraint; -- also pl.; (b) swathel bond (binde), a swaddling band; swathel clout, a swaddling cloth; (c) ?as adj.: tightly bound; ?error for swa athel [cp…

76. thrēd(e n.

Additional spellings: threde
92 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A piece of textile twine; a piece of cord made from fibrous material; silke (silken) thred; wol thred; thred of twine, a twine(s (twinede) thred, a strand of twine; also in pictorial…

77. wart n.

27 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Any of several types of small, fleshy or sclerotic excrescences occurring at various locations in or on a human or an animal body, an unsightly growth, esp. on the face, a wart, mole [often…

78. wei n.(1)

744 quotations in 19 senses
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(a) An established road, a main thoroughfare, highway; a principal road between cities; a city street; also, the surface of a road, roadbed; brod wei; commune (private) wei; pleine wei, level roadway…

79. whēte n.

139 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) The plant wheat or any plant of the genus Triticum, esp. T. aestivum or T. sativum; also, a wheat crop; wheat considered as seed (b) the grain of the wheat plant, harvested wheat; grain…