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Þ þ (thorn)
Ð ð (eth)
Ʒ ʒ (yogh)
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21.
ruls
n. or adj.
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
?Overripe, rotten; ?rubbish, something useless.
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22.
rusclede
adj.
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
?Rough in texture; ?wrinkled.
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23.
scarrī
adj.(1)
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Of the human body: lean; ?solid.
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24.
scaued
adj.
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Spotted, speckled.
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25.
short
adj.
294 quotations in 7 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) Of little length;
smiten forth limes short
, to cut the legs off short;
shivered short
, broken off short; (b)
short iswired
;
short nosed
;
short pastroned
;
short ribbe
, an asternal rib;
short shapen
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26.
?skaut
adj.
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
?Bold, proud.
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27.
skeued
adj.
4 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Of mixed colors, piebald; also, as noun: a mixed color.
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28.
skittish
adj.
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Frivolous, impulsive.
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29.
slag
n. or adj.
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
?A slippery or muddy place; ?slippery, muddy.
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30.
slāle
adj.
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
?Violent, fierce; ?scattering, dispersing.
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31.
slāpe
adj.
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
In phrase:
slape of thrift
, smooth of fortune, i.e., fortunate.
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32.
snẹ̄pe
adj.
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
As coll. noun: fools.
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33.
snippand
adj.
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
?Dazzlingly white; ?cold, nipping.
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34.
spādī
adj.
2 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Bleary with morbid matter, rheumy; also, as noun: morbid matter secreted in the eye.
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35.
spelked
adj.
3 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Of beans: bruised, crushed, pounded.
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36.
spēr(e
adj.
Additional spellings:
spere
3 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Weak, frail.
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37.
stā̆terand
adj.
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Staggering, tottering, stumbling; -- as term of abuse.
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38.
sweltī
adj.
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Disposed to fainting, about to faint.
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39.
teowī
adj.
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
?Inclined to stray, wayward.
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40.
tẹ̄thī
adj.
2 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Irritable, testy; also, rash, headstrong.
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