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1. bō̆dī n.

336 quotations in 14 senses
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(a) The whole physical frame of a living being; physique, body; bodi-lich, body [cp. līch body]; assaien bodi, test (one's) physique or physical prowess; (b) build, stature, figure; (c) bodi and

2. cọ̄lnesse n.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Low temperature, coldness; (b) physiol. predominance of 'cold' primary quality [see cold adj. 7]; or a morbid condition caused by it; (c) predominant 'cold' quality (of a planet).

3. dẹ̄de, dēde n.

293 quotations in 13 senses
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(a) An action, a deed; god dede, ivel dede, etc.; see also almes dede, est dede, man dede, mis dede; (b) a marvelous act, miracle; also, a feat of magic; (c) a favor, kindness, service; (d) ?an…

4. dēth n.

329 quotations in 12 senses
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Loss of life; dying, death as an event; deth of the bodi, deth of lif; dout (dred) of deth, fear of dying; paien the dette of deth, to die as man must die; dethes cares, throes of death.

5. drast n.

46 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Dregs, lees; sediment, scum; -- usually pl.; (b) the refuse of grapes after the juice has been pressed out; drastes of honi, wax; (c) dirt, refuse; also, garbage (?or mast) fed to hogs; (d) fig.

6. eie n.(1)

490 quotations in 19 senses
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(a) The organ of vision, the eye; (b) bodili (erthli, fleshes, fleshli, outer) eie.

7. eie-sight n.

Additional spellings: eiesight
44 quotations in 5 senses
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The sense of sight, the capacity for seeing, eyesight; erthli eie-sight, fleshes eie-sight.

8. flọ̄d n.

150 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) A flowing body of water; river, stream; the flod of Temse, the River Thames; the channel or current of a river; ston of flod, river stone; (b) the sea; salt flod, se flod, a sea or ocean; (c) any…

9. hēte n.(1)

190 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) Heat; warmth from the sun, a fire, etc.; in chele and in hete, in hete and in cold, in all circumstances; (b) fig. of emotions, virtue, sin, devotion, etc.: intensity, ardor; (c) excessive heat…

10. līf n.

595 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) Animate existence, vitality, life; also, the vegetable and animal life effected in a human being by the natural or vital spirit [cp. ld.]; also personified; lif and deth, the entire fate (of sb.)…

11. maister n.

474 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) A high official, civil or military; a governor, ruler, leader; also, of a ship: maister of the flete, the flagship; (b) applied to God, Christ, a heathen god; (c) one in charge of a guild…

12. sharpnes(se n.

Additional spellings: sharpnesse
100 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Sharpness, keenness; also fig.; also, prickliness; (b) the sharp point of a spear, knife, etc.; the sharp edge of a sword, an ax, or a surgical instrument; the tapered end of an egg or the heart…

13. shō̆t n.

99 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) A missile, such as an arrow, a dart, spear, cannon projectile, etc.; also fig.; -- often coll.; shot of honde, darts, javelins, etc.; casting shot, a missile; sheten (oute) shot; (b) coll. weapons…

14. 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

15. smẹ̄k(e n.

Additional spellings: smeke
38 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Smoke produced by a burning or smoldering substance; aromatic smoke of incense; a column or cloud of smoke; a variety of smoke; also fig.; also in proverbs; smek hous, a smokehouse; -- used fig.

16. smōke n.

94 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Smoke produced by a burning or smoldering substance; also fig.; smoke and smorther (smolder), smorther and smoke; (b) a puff, cloud, or column of smoke; ben on a smoke, to be emotionally…

17. stē̆de n.(1)

440 quotations in 14 senses
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(a) A particular part of space, of definite location though often of unspecified extent; a specific place on land, in the sea, or in the air; an area, a region; a spot, locality; also fig.; (b) a…

18. thikkenes(se n.

Additional spellings: thikkenesse
57 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) One of the three dimensions of a solid object, depth as opposed to length and breadth; also fig.; also, the diameter of a spherical object; (b) comparatively great depth; comparatively great…

19. thing n.

699 quotations in 17 senses
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That which exists by itself, a substance; a kind of substance.

20. warmnes(se n.

Additional spellings: warmnesse
9 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Heat, warmth; also fig. and in fig. context; (b) physiol. metabolic heat, bodily warmth; (c) a comfortable state; specif. prosperity, material wealth.