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1. asald n.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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A silly fellow, an upstart.

2. bēr(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: bere
69 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A bear; (b) blak ber, a bear with black fur; whit ber, white bear, polar bear; wild ber, untamed bear; (c) ber baiting, the sport of setting dogs upon a bear chained to a stake; ber binder, bear…

3. cōbel n.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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A rowboat of some kind (with 2 or 4 oars).

4. cǒu-hē̆rde n.

Additional spellings: couherde
22 quotations in 1 sense
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One who tends cows, a cowherd.

5. craft n.(1)

200 quotations in 11 senses
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Strength, force, power; also, moral strength, a virtue.

6. fright n.

7 quotations in 1 sense
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Terror, fright.

7. gāte n.(1)

239 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) A gateway; a gate of a city, castle, house, etc.; also, a doorway; flod gate, a floodgate; (b) the movable barrier which closes off a gateway; one of the valves of a double gate; ?a portcullis…

8. Hālī-wer n.

Additional spellings: Haliwer
12 quotations in 1 sense
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The holy man, St. Cuthbert of Lindisfarne; Hali-wer folk(es, people holding lands in return for the service of defending the body, relics, and territory of St. Cuthbert; people of the County of…

9. heifer n.

19 quotations in 1 sense
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A heifer; heifer hide, a piece of leather from a heifer's hide.

10. 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,

11. heu n.

134 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Color; also, brightness or freshness of color; of on heu, in solid color(s; clothen in heu, to take (a lady's) colors, become her servant; (b) paint, dye, pigment; fig. a rhetorical color; (c) fig

12. hīred n.

73 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A household; the familia of a cathedral; an eccl. court [last quot.]; the heavenly retinue of the Virgin Mary, the Devil's retinue; fig. the senses and desires of man; hiredes alder (lord), the…

13. imæhte n.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Might, power.

14. Lā̆tī̆n n.

57 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) The Latin language; fals Latin, incorrect Latin; latines leden (lore, tonge), the Latin language; Latin makere (wright), one who understands or writes Latin; (b) Latin speech or writing; a book or…

15. lẹ̄che-craft n.

Additional spellings: lechecraft
45 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) The art or science of medicine and/or surgery; -- also used in pl.; also, magic [quot.: a1225]; (b) the practice or profession of medicine and/or surgery.

16. lent(en n.

Additional spellings: lenten
81 quotations in 4 senses
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Spring; lent corn, grains sown in spring; lent erthe, ?an extra plowing in spring; lent sed, any seed sown in spring; time of lent sed, the time at which such seed is sown.

17. lēp n.(1)

37 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The act of jumping; a jump, leap; a spring of a fish from the water; at a (o) lep, in one jump; at lepes, ?quickly; lepen (taken, nimen, yeven) lep, to take a leap; maken lepes, leap about, play…

18. līknes(se n.

Additional spellings: liknesse
138 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Appearance, guise, shape; gome liknes, the shape of a man; bi liknes, in this guise, in this manner; (b) a shade, a vision; (c) a soul; (d) a pretense.

19. lough n.

25 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A lake; also, any body of water, ?a river [1st quot.]; (b) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.27].

20. lūding(e n.

Additional spellings: ludinge
4 quotations in 1 sense
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Noise, shouting.