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1. adrīgh adv.

7 quotations in 1 sense
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Only in the phrases: drauen (oneself) adrigh, go away or aside, withdraw (?orig., go to a suitable or safe distance); holden (oneself) adrigh, stay away.

2. art n.(2)

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A district or locality.

3. balk(e n.

Additional spellings: balke
39 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A ridge or mound; the mound of a grave; an archery butt; (b) fig. an obstruction or obstacle.

4. bī̆-smār(e n.

Additional spellings: bismar, bi-smare, bismare
49 quotations in 3 senses
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Ridicule, mockery, derision, disdain, or an instance of it; on (a) or for bi-smar, by way of mockery or ridicule, tauntingly, derisively; driven to bi-smar, engage in mockery, make fun of, be amused…

5. bitwix(e prep.

Additional spellings: bitwixe
106 quotations in 11 senses
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Of location or position in space: (a) between (two objects, localities, points); in among (several things); (b) in between (surrounding objects); bitwix armes, hondes, in (one's) arms, hands; in..bitw

6. chine n.(1)

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(a) A crack, gap, or chink (as in a wall or rock); (b) a fissure, crevice, or gully (in the earth or ground); also, chasm, cave.

7. chippe n.

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(a) A chip, splinter, shaving (of wood); also, kindling, trash (usu. pl.); (b) peg; (c) share-beam (of a plow).

8. chīth n.

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A fibrous sprout of some kind emerging from a plant: (a) of unspecified character; (b) a small bulb by which plants of genus Allium propagate; (c) any threadlike structure in a flower, applied…

9. clōve n.(1)

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(a) A bulbil or clove, esp. of garlic; (b) as surname.

10. n.

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A jackdaw; co-brid.

11. cot n.

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Wool matted together in the fleece.

12. cǒupe n.(1)

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(a) A large wicker basket; pannier, dosser; coupe ful; (b) a coop or house for chickens; henne coupe; (c) a cart or sled with a wicker box (as for carrying manure); coupe bodi, wicker body (of a…

13. crǒuke n.

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A pitcher, jug.

14. derf adj.

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(a) Bold, daring, courageous; valiant, doughty, noble (knight, king); (b) audacious, forward; impudent, wicked.

15. dē̆rne adj.

77 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Secluded, solitary (place); secret (passage, etc.); (b) in names: derne-clive, derne hus, derne love, derne place [see also Smith PNElem. 1.131].

16. derth(e n.

Additional spellings: derthe
26 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A period of scarcity or high prices, a famine; derth of scarcite, a famine caused by scarcity; (b) derth of, a shortage of (sth.), lack, scarcity; high price of (sth.), expensiveness.

17. dǒuve n.

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(a) A pigeon or dove; also, a young pigeon or squab, esp. in the phr. turtle or douve; (b) the image of a dove; (c) as a term of endearment: darling; (d) flight (slight) of douves, a flock of pigeons…

18. drēm n.(2)

60 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A vision experienced in sleep, a dream; a nightmare; a prophetic dream; (b) dremen drem, meten drem, sen drem, to have a dream; in drem, on drem, in a dream or dreams; sweven and drem, drem or

19. dusk adj.

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Dark, not bright, dim; dark-colored, dull, dingy; also fig. of visual perception: dull; of words: obscure.

20. fẹ̄ n.(1)

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(a) Livestock; a herd of livestock; (b) fe-hous, a shed for livestock; (c) fe-man a herdsman; (d) fe-rod, ?the product of a rood of land as a perquisite for herding livestock.

21. feied ppl.

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(a) At enmity, hostile; fig. on bad terms (with God); (b) ben feied with, to be an enemy of (someone); (c) treated or regarded as an enemy, hated.

22. frith n.(2)

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(a) A royal forest, a game preserve; (b) frith-mot, frith yeld, fridmannes mot[cp. OE mōt toll, tax], an annual rent paid by certain townships in Delamere Forest (a royal forest in Chester) for the…

23. frough adj.

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(a) Weak (in character), loose, fickle; fals and frough; (b) of a vision: delicate; ?delightful.

24. hẹ̄rthe n.

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(a) The sense of hearing; (b) that which one has heard.

25. hilen v.

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(a) To cover (sth.), spread over, bury; deck (sth.), caparison (a horse); blot out (sin, one's sight); hilen happing on, lay a coverlet over (sb.); (b) to put clothing on (sb.), clothe; cover (the…

26. latthe n.

60 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A long, thin strip of wood used in building; esp. such a strip nailed to rafters to form a support for shingles, tiles, or slates; ?also, a shingle; herte latthe [see herte 1d. (c)]; (b) latthe

27. māken v.(1)

1893 quotations in 31 senses
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(a) Of God, Christ: to create (the earth, man, etc.); also, of Nature or a pagan deity: create (sth.); (b) maken of nought (erthe), to create (sth.) from nothing (the dust); as fer as god hath maked

28. mouen v.(3)

970 quotations in 17 senses
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(a) To be strong, have power, avail, prevail; avail (sb.), help; be worthy [quot.: Cursor (Trin-C)]; mouen ayen(es, prevail against (sth.), overcome; mouen over, have power over (sb.), prevail over…

29. neighen v.(1)

218 quotations in 12 senses
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To advance, move forward, move close: (a) in space or position; -- with adverbial constructions: neighen bi, to move by (sth.), come by; neighen hider, come here; neighen neigh, neighen nerhond,

30. sāne adv.

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Soon; ?also, immediately [1st quot.].

31. shẹ̄ne adj.

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(a) Of a person, esp. a lady: beautiful, fair, handsome; also used of a group of people; bright and shene; (b) as an epithet for a lady; the shene; (c) of Christ, the Virgin Mary, a supernatural…

32. 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…

33. shok n.

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A group of sheaves of grain placed on end and leaning against one another in order to dry, a shock, stook; (b) fig.

34. skil n.

340 quotations in 11 senses
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(a) The intellectual faculty, reason; also person.; wit and skil; (b) skil wille (lereth, mot sen), reason demands (teaches, might discover); skil witnesse, reason; -- ?error for skil-wisnes n.; a

35. slak adj.

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(a) Of persons: indolent, lazy, lax; negligent, remiss; slow (to do sth.); slak and slou (slewful), slou and slak; slak in (to), negligent of (a duty); slak of bileve, of weak, uncertain faith; (b)…

36. stampne n.

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(a) Naut. A timber used at the stem of a ship; stampne lok (lokere), ?a timber of fastening device used to secure the stem of a ship; stampne pece, a piece of timber that forms the stem; (b) the stem…

37. stēne n.(2)

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(a) In cpd.: stene kin [OE stān-cynn], a kind of building stone; (b) in place names [see Smith PNElem.2.141].

38. 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…

39. swẹ̄pen v.

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(a) To perform the act of sweeping, sweep; (b) to sweep (sth.) clean, make clean by sweeping; (c) to sweep up (trash), collect by sweeping; (d) fig. to make (the heart, spirit, soul, etc.) clean or…

40. tā̆velin n.

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?One of a pair of boards used to hold a bundle of skins; ?a small piece of fur, a skin.

41. tenth(e num.

Additional spellings: tenthe
83 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Ordinal number as adj.: tenth; (b) in combs. & phrases: tenth del (part), one-tenth of a whole; also, a small part, a fraction; also, a tithe [1st quot.; cp. 2.(b)]; tenth houre (time), the tenth…

42. therne n.

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(a) A young woman; a girl; (b) a female servant, handmaid.

43. 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…

44. yonder adj.

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As dem. adj., pointing to a person or thing: that…over there, that; also, those…over there, those: (a) with noun only; the (that, tho) yonder; (b) with intervening adj.