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1. carpen v.

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(a) To talk, chat, converse, discourse; carpen toward, address (sb.); (b) tell (sth.), say; ask (a question); as I have herd carpen, as I have heard tell; as men do carpen, as people say; to carpen

2. cubbel n.

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(a) A block of wood tied to an animal to keep it from straying, a clog; (b) a surname.

3. dok n.

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Trimmed hair (of tail and forelock).

4. hā̆ver n.(2)

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(a) The cereal grain, oats; (b) haver bern, haver gerner, a storehouse for oats; haver bred, oaten bread; haver cake, a loaf made from oaten flour; also as surname; haver mele, oaten flour; (c) haver

5. musteren v.

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To whisper; mumble.

6. nirvil n.

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A small person, a dwarfor midget.

7. raft n.

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A beam; also, a spear [last quot.].

8. rāven v.(2)

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To wander, stray, rove; raven awei, of the mind: to wander, be distracted; fig. stray morally, deviate (from what is right); also, ppl. raving as adj.: wandering, straying.

9. rī̆ndes n. plural

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Low ridges of earth, banks; also, the banks of a river.

10. rōk(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: roke
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(a) A mist, vapor; drizzling rain; (b) smoke, fumes; (c) rok peni, = reke-peni, s.v. rek(e n.(3)(d).

11. rō̆t n.

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(a) Decay, corruption, putrefaction; (b) a disease of sheep; (c) a wasting disease in man; also fig.; (d) in place name.

12. ruggen v.

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(a) To pull or stretch (sb. or sth.), tug at fiercely; -- also without obj.; also, torture (sb.) by pulling or stretching; (b) to drag (sb.); (c) to tear (sb. or sth.), tear (one's hair); ruggen and

13. rūke n.

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(a) A heap, pile; also, a haystack; (b) a unit of measure; (c) a group of common people.

14. rump(e n.

Additional spellings: rumpe
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(a) The rump of a quadruped mammal; also, the tail; also, an animal rump as food for a hawk; (b) the rump of a person, posterior; (c) as surname.

15. scopperel n.

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(a) A toy that spins around, a top, whirligig, perh. consisting of a disc of some sort with a pointed peg passed through its center; (b) her. ?a badge in the form of a disc.

16. scot n.(3)

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Name of a horse; also, a horse; -- ?error for stot n. [1st quot. 615 vr.].

17. scurf n.

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(a) A scaly or scabby disease of the skin, esp. of the head; also, a similar disease in sheep [quot.: Palladius]; (b) the dry slough or scab produced by a caustic medicine, the bursting of a…

18. n.

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Fiber used in caulking ships.

19. skī̆mering ger.

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(a) Gleaming, shining; also, a gleam, glimmer; (b) agitation, commotion; -- ?error for skirming(e ger. or screming ger.

20. skrī̆ken v.

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(a) To shriek with pain, fear, or grief; scream, screech; also used of a frightened bird or chicken; (b) to scream with anger or excitement; also used of a snake and a scorpion; (c) of a baby or an…