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21. pirling ppl.

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Revolving.

22. rekelen v.

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To clatter, cackle.

23. rẹ̄nish(e adj.

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(a) Strange, uncouth; (b) of an emperor: stern, awful.

24. riǧǧe n.

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(a) The back of a person; also fig.; rigge and ribbe, ribbe and rigge, completely; rigges bon, the backbone; (b) the back of an animal; the shell of a snail; (c) in phrases, of burdens: at (on, up,

25. rōn n.(2)

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A rowan-tree berry.

26. rothelen v.(1)

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To sear (meat), roast.

27. roune n.(1)

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The guts or roe of a fish; also, ?some kind of sauce made of fish and brine.

28. rōve n.(2)

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Coll. Metal plates for clinching nails; rove nail, nails used with a clinch plate.

29. scavel n.

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(a) A strong, narrow-bladed spade; also fig.; (b) in surname.

30. scopperel n.

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(a) A toy that spins around, a top, whirligig, perh. consisting of a disc of some sort with a pointed peg passed through its center; (b) her. ?a badge in the form of a disc.

31. scot n.(3)

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Name of a horse; also, a horse; -- ?error for stot n. [1st quot. 615 vr.].

32. scrabbe n.

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A wild or crab apple.

33. sege n.(1)

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A callus.

34. self-ō̆de n.

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(a) ?A separate holding, perh. split off from the unified villein's holding; (b) an occupant of such a holding, one of a class of tenant named in records from Northumberland and Cumberland, app. one…

35. n.

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Fiber used in caulking ships.

36. skẹ̄ling(e n.

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An outbuilding; a shed, lean-to.

37. skelpen v.(2)

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?To make a face, mock [cp. skelken v.]; ?take away (a portion of sth.) for one's own use.

38. skelten v.

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(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.).

39. skeuier n.

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A skewer.

40. skittish adj.

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Frivolous, impulsive.