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121. traist(e adj.

Additional spellings: traiste
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(a) Trusting, trustful; (b) trustworthy, faithful; traist and treue, treue and traist; (c) assured, certain; also, secure, safe; be ye traist; (d) as adv.: securely; also, firmly. …

122. traisten v.(1)

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(a) To have confidence; traisten in (of, on, to, upon), have or place confidence in (sb., oneself, sth.), rely on;—also refl.; also, confide in (sb.) [quot. a1425(?a1350)]; (b) to have confidence in……

123. tratelinge ger.

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Idle chattering, prattling, foolish speech. …

124. trī̆nen v.(2)

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(a) To go, step, proceed; trinen forth (in, on, up); trinen a (heigh) trot, trinen on a (gret) trot, go speedily, go at a smart pace; (b) to approach (sth.), go near to; trinen a trace, make one's way……

125. twī̆fōlden v.

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(a) To double the gravity of (one's sin); (b) translating L distinguere: ?to speak, or speak otherwise than one ought; also, ?utter (a vow). …

126. twil(e n.

Additional spellings: twile
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A kind of woven fabric, twill; twil cloth. …

127. twingen v.

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To afflict (sb.), torment, oppress. …

128. uggen v.

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(a) To be fearful, fear; also, tremble, shudder, quake;—also refl. [quot. ?c1450]; uggen with, be fearful because of (sth., a devil), shudder at, dread (b) impers. him uggeth, he fears (to do sth.); ……

129. undērand ppl.

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Blameless, innocent; also, as noun: blameless people, the innocent [2nd quot.]. …

130. undērandnes(se n.

Additional spellings: underandnesse
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Innocence, blamelessness. …

131. unkidlī adv.

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Harshly, unfamiliarly, as though to strangers. …

132. vīl(e n.

Additional spellings: vile
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(a) Offensive speech, idle or evil words (b) that which is of no value, a worthless thing; the vilest, the least fine thing or things; (c) the vilest, the foulest or most disgusting thing; also, the……

133. vīlis v.

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To desecrate (a sacrament), defile. …

134. wā adj.

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Customary, usual. …

135. wā̆f n.

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A scent or an odor; ivel waf, an unpleasant smell. …

136. waght n.

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(a) Pl. A set of counterpoises for use in weighing [cp. weght n. 6.(c)]; (b) in comb.: hal-peni waght, the weight of a halfpenny; (c) in waght, fig. in a state of uncertainty, in doubt, at risk. …

137. waiming ger.

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Wailing, lamentation; a cry of sorrow. …

138. waith n.

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(a) Game taken in a hunt; the spoils of venery (b) the act of hunting, a hunt; ?also, good hunting [1st quot.]; (c) pl. prey, as of wild animals; (d) in surnames and place names [see Smith PNElem.……

139. wandāle n.

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(a) A division of land; (b) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.245]. …

140. wāning(e ger.

Additional spellings: waninge
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(a) Decrease or diminution in volume or extent, ebbing, subsiding (b) ?a curtailing of an implied quantity, reduction [quot. could also be construed as woning(e ger.(2)]; (c) the act of bringing……

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