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981. wīping(e ger.

Additional spellings: wipinge
10 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The act of wiping something in order to cleanse and/or dry it; wiping cloth; ful of wiping, ?good for wiping (b) the act of purging or deterging; med. the act of cleansing a wound, wounded part…

982. with prep.

1153 quotations in 39 senses
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Directly opposite to (sth.) in space or location, facing over against; face with face, mouth with mouth, neb with neb, face to face; fighten honde with honde, to fight hand to hand, fight in close…

983. withdrawing(e ger.

Additional spellings: withdrawinge
53 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) The act of retreating from battle or combat (b) hesitation, reluctance to act or to undergo some experience; (c) refl. the act of staying away from or shunning a person or thing; (d) withdrawing

984. withseien v.

100 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To speak against someone or something, make a protest; voice opposition (to sb. or sth.); also, med. give a contraindication [last quot.] (b) to oppose (sb. or sth.) verbally; also, denounce (sb.…

985. wọ̄d(e adj.

Additional spellings: wode
298 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) Of persons or other sentient beings: insane, mentally deranged, of unsound mind, out of one’s mind; wod man, a madman; wod sik [OE wōd-sēoc], insane, mad; brain wod, out of one’s mind; waxen wod

986. wọ̄dhē̆d(e n.

Additional spellings: wodhede
12 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Madness, lunacy; also, a mental illness (b) folly; foolhardiness; perverseness, unreasonableness; (c) frenzy, furor; also, glossing ML bachania: a state of frenzy or orgy; (d) med.

987. wọ̄dnes(se n.

Additional spellings: wodnesse
133 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) Unsoundness or derangement of mind, lunacy, mania, madness; wodnes might, the strength from (one’s) madness (b) any of several mental or nervous disorders, including rabies; a disease involving…

988. wǒrm n.

255 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) A dragon or dragonlike creature (b) a serpent, snake; also fig.; also, a sacred serpent serving as an object of cult worship, a temple snake [1st quot.]; one of the serpents of Greek or Roman…

989. wǒrting n.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Med. A preparation made of or seasoned with herbs.

990. wǒund n.

180 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) An injury to a person or an animal involving the piercing, cutting, or laceration of the skin or flesh, a wound; a puncture wound caused by a bee’s sting, an animal’s bite, etc.; also, a gash in…

991. wratthen v.

101 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To be or become angry, rage; also in fig. context [quot. a1500(a1400)]; of God: be or become righteously wrathful; of a person, God, etc.: be angry (with sb. or sth.); fig. of the sea: rage, storm…

992. wrinklen v.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To cause (sth.) to become corrugated, produce wrinkles in (sth.); wrinklen togeder; maken wrinkled, wrinkle (sth.) (b) med. to cause (the eyelids) to shrink up or shrivel; (c) ben wrinkled, to be…

993. yelwe adj.

142 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) Of an object, a substance, color, etc.: yellow, yellowish; of any of the various shades of yellow, golden, saffron-colored, amber-colored, yellowish brown; also in conventional comparisons; yelwe

994. yẹ̄nstondinge ger.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Resistance, opposition; also, military defense; med. with ref. to ribs: resistance to breakage, resilience; (b) moral resistance, spiritual opposition.

995. yẹ̄ten v.(3)

106 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) To pour out (a fluid or liquid) from a container, pour onto a surface or into a receptacle; pour (a fluid over a surface or into a container, a bodily orifice, etc.); also fig. and in fig.

996. yẹ̄ting ger.(2)

20 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Pouring; also, effusion, shedding; yeting on (oute); yeting in, a pouring in or on; med. the injection or introduction (of an ointment) into the rectum (b) med. a lotion, medicinal liquid, or…

997. yēven v.

1371 quotations in 35 senses
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(a) To give alms, gifts, etc., give something voluntarily, make a gift; give generously (to sb.); give alms, gifts, etc. (to sb.) in response to a request; also, in partitive construction: yeven of