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1. flīen v.

198 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) To fly with wings; flien with winges; flien in (bi) the lift (air); flien on heigh (upon height); flien (one's) wei; fleing kind, flying creature, birds; (b) comen flen, flien fleing, to come…

2. gī̆lden v.

53 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To overlay (sth.) with gold, cover with gilding, gild; (b) fig. to conceal (sth. bad) under a fair exterior or appearance; (c) to decorate (sth.) with gold; inlay (sth.) with gold, embroider or…

3. quiken v.

65 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) Of the corpse of a human being, lion cub, bird: to come to life, rise from the dead; (b) to bring (a corpse, something dead, inanimate matter) to life; to raise (sb.) from the dead; also fig.

4. silveren v.

11 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To cover (sth.) with silver; also fig.; also, color (sth.) silver; ppl. silvered, covered with silver; also, silver-colored; also fig.; (b) alch. to turn (metal) to silver, give (metal) the…

5. washen v.

354 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) To do household washing or cleaning [quot. c1400(?a1387)]; wash (sth.) in or with water or other liquid, clean by scrubbing, rinsing, soaking, etc. in liquid; wash (a dish, vessel); also, wash…

6. werken v.(1)

617 quotations in 19 senses
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(a) To act, behave, proceed; act (in a specified way), proceed (on the basis of sth., according to sth.), act (so as to do sth.), do (as one should, as sb. enjoins, according to sth., etc.); werken