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1. cunte n.

17 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A woman's private parts; cunte-beten, impotent (man); (b) the corresponding organ(s) of a female animal; (c) sexual intercourse; (d) in place names and surnames; grope cunte lane [see gropen v.]…

2. ēves n.

24 quotations in 3 senses
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The projecting lower edge of a roof, eaves, eave.

3. lak n.

124 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Lack, absence, want; shortage, deficiency; default of payment; lak of sacramentes, failure to receive the sacraments; no lak (of, no shortage (of, no deficiency (of; pens lak, q.v.; (b) for lak of

4. quēd(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: quede
93 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Evil, wickedness; (b) an evil thing or event; a wicked act or sin; harm or trouble; sickness or injury; (c) boden qued, to foretell evil; don (to) qued, do evil, do wrong; don (spien, waiten,

5. shīve n.

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(a) A slice, piece, usu. of bread or other food; also in proverb; also, a portion of food; shive (of) bred; step-moder shive, a thin slice, an insufficient portion; (b) ?a slab or length of wood; ?a…

6. shūr n.

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A shed, lean-to.

7. sī̆len v.(2)

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To strain (sth.).

8. 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.).

9. skrī̆ke n.

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(a) A scream of pain, fear, or grief; (b) a scream of anger; a loud shout, an uproar, a battle cry; (c) a child's crying; (d) the song of a bird.

10. skrithe n.

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A loud cry.

11. sling(e n.

Additional spellings: slinge
33 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A hand-held weapon for throwing stones or similar missiles, a sling; also fig.; honde sling; sling slaughte, game killed with a sling; sling ston, a stone used as a missile to be thrown from a…

12. spindel n.

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(a) A spindle for spinning thread; nokke of a spindel, a notch cut in a spindle to hold the yarn in place; slippen spindel, to take yarn off a spindle; (b) the amount of yarn collected on a spindle…

13. splatten v.

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(a) To split (a fish); cut up (an animal); also, slice (food); ppl. splat as adj.: split open; (b) ?to split (sb.) open, kill; ?error for speken v.

14. stē̆ten v.

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(a) To make a thrust, strike; strike (sb.); thrust (a spear); also, push hard on (gates); steten doun, knock (sb.) down; steten on, set on (sb.), strike at; ben stet on, trample on (sb.); (b) to fall…

15. stiffelere n.

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One who arranges matters, a moderator, mediator.

16. stilt(e n.

Additional spellings: stilte
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(a) The handle of a plow; (b) a wooden crutch; an artificial leg, peg leg; also, a stilt; stilt bond, a strap for attaching a stilt or a peg leg; (c) ?one of the uprights of a ladder; (d) in surname.

17. tāpe n.

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A ribbon or band for a woman's cap or headdress, a tape; also, ?a hairband [last quot.].

18. thral adj.(2)

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Stout-hearted, sturdy, bold.

19. yēren v.(1)

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(a) To make a request, ask;—in as clause; also, ask (about sth.) (b) to ask for (sth.), request; also, ask (sth. of sb.), demand [1st quot.]; (c) to desire (sth.), long for; also with that clause as…