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21. flik n.

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The pelt of an animal; fig. the body as the mortal cover of the soul.

22. ǧerard n.

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A devil, demon; also fig.

23. gēring n.

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(a) ?A lecher; (b) ?a greedy person.

24. gil n.(1)

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(a) A deep and narrow valley; ravine, glen; gil strem, a torrent; (b) in surnames and place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.199, 200, 212].

25. 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

26. hẹ̄rd(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: herde
114 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A herdsman; a keeper of cattle, hogs, horses, goats, or any kind of livestock; asse herd, aver herd, calf herd, colt herd, cou herd, gelde herd, gos herd, got herd, hog herd, hors herd, lomb herd,

27. hōd(e n.

Additional spellings: hode
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(a) Quality, rank, condition, status; the order of knighthood; (b) holy orders, priest's or bishop's orders, etc.; also, an order as of monks, canons, etc.; (c) one of the orders or choirs of angels.

28. họ̄ne n.(2)

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Delay, hesitation; withouten (bouten) hone, without delay, forthwith.

29. inlāte n.

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Entrance, ingress.

30. kevel n.(2)

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A large mason's hammer (?for breaking stones).

31. kinerīche n.

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(a) A state or community ruled by a king, kingdom; (b) royal rule, sovereignty; (c) the territory ruled by a king; (d) the king's subjects.

32. pakā̆ld n.

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A package, bundle; burden, load.

33. scāle n.(1)

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(a) A scale of a fish, serpent, fabulous creature, etc.; also fig.; pl. used as pun on the name of Thomas de Scales, killed in 1460 [quot.: c1460]; (b) pl. the elytra of an insect; (c) ?the hide or…

34. scōle n.(1)

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(a) A drinking cup or bowl; (b) ?a bucket, tub, or vat [cp. skele n.]; ?a storage container [cp. scale n.(1) 3.(b)].

35. scoudere n.

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(a) One who dresses skins into leather of a white or light color [cp. whittauier n.]; (b) as surname.

36. servaunt n.

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(a) One owing a duty of service to a master or lord; a laborer for hire; a male or female domestic servant, household servant; servaunt man, servaunt womman; (b) servaunt familier (domestical,

37. shāme n.

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(a) The feeling of having offended against propriety or decency; the feeling of having done something disgraceful; an instance of such feeling; embarrassment or revulsion caused by awareness of one's…

38. shank(e n.

Additional spellings: shanke
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(a) The leg of a human or an animal; under shankes, below the legs; with (the) long shankes, with the shankes long, an epithet for Edward I; werpen shank over shench, to throw one leg over the other…

39. shau(e n.

Additional spellings: shaue
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(a) A wood or forest; a grove; a thicket; at a shau side, at the edge of a forest; shau of (the) wod, a wodes shau; under (the) shau, beneath the foliage of a wood, in the shade; in thickets; also…

40. shǒuve n.

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(a) A push, shove; (b) an onset, attack; (c) as surname.