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21. hodelnesse n.

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Secrecy, concealment; oblivion. …

22. hoderen v.

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(a) To cuddle (sb.), hug (sb.); (b) ppl. hodered, heaped together, huddled; covered up. …

23. -k(e suf.

Additional spellings: -ke
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A derivational suffix in words from OE and borrowings from ON, MLG, and MDu.: (nouns) balk(e, larke, etc.; (verbs) lurken, runken, sanken, skulken, etc. It occasionally occurs in ME or possibly ME……

24. knag(ge n.

Additional spellings: knagge
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A peg, fastener; hongen on knag, to hang (sb.) on a peg or hook; --?also intrans. …

25. knarre n.

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(a) A crag, twisted rock; (b) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.102]. …

26. knobel n.

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(a) A small knot or knob on a root; (b) a swelling, a hump; (c) a thickening of the skin, a callus. …

27. knọ̄st n.

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A lump; ?a swelling, ?a tumor. …

28. lē̆ng(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: lenge
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The European ling Molva molva; also, any fish of the genus Molva; gret leng, a full-grown ling; leng fish, a ling; whit leng, ?white ling [?error for whiting]; leng drie, dried lings. …

29. merlin n.

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Naut. Small line of two strands, used for seizings; marline. …

30. mirtlen v.

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To crumble; mirtlen in (to) peces, fall to pieces. …

31. misse-mashe n.

Additional spellings: missemashe
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A jumble, hodgepodge. …

32. mop(pe n.

Additional spellings: moppe
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(a) A fool, simpleton; a worthless person; (b) as adj.: foolish; (c) ?a derisive gesture; (d) a little child, baby; also, a doll; (e) as surname. …

33. nok(ke n.

Additional spellings: nokke
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(a) The tip of a bow, spindle, etc., often made of horn; the notch of an arrow; nok streng, ?a bowstring; (b) nok line, part of the rigging of a ship. …

34. prō̆k(i)en v.

Additional spellings: prokien
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(a) To prod, poke; provoke (the heart); incite (sb. to do sth.); of temptation: assail; (b) to demand, make demands. …

35. quidel n.

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Some sort of raised inflammation of the skin, a pimple or pustule; pl. ?a rash. …

36. raga-muffin n.

Additional spellings: ragamuffin
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A ragged lout, tattered oaf; -- only as name. …

37. rubben v.

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(a) To apply friction on a surface, rub; sharpen a tool by filing or scrubbing; rubben on the rote of the red galle, touch on a sore spot; (b) of a boat: to rub against the bank; of an animal: rub……

38. sheueles n.

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A scarecrow. …

39. sippen v.

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To drink in small mouthfuls, taste, sip. …

40. slappen v.

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To deliver a blow to (sb. with the back of the hand), slap (sb.). …

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