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1. benger(e n.

Additional spellings: bengere
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A grain bin; the hopper of a mill.

2. clint n.

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(a) A ledge of rock; a cliff, steep bank; (b) in place names.

3. cros n.

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(a) A cross for crucifixion, a gibbet; (b) the cross of Christ; holi cros; Exaltacioun of the cros, a feast, Sept. 14; feste of the holi cros, feast of the Invention of the Cross, May 3; (c) winnen

4. fraknes n. (plural)

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Freckles; also certain other skin blemishes.

5. gil(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: gile
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(a) The gill of a fish; (b) gil fish, a kind of stockfish.

6. glāde n.(2)

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Setting; gon to glade, drauen to glade, of the sun: to set, be setting.

7. hals n.

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(a) The neck; hongen bi the hals, to hang (sb.) with a rope around the neck; fro hals to croupoun, from neck to rump; hals gund [OE heals-gund], a neck tumor; also in asseveration: bi mi hals; (b) the…

8. harwe n.

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(a) A harrow for cultivating land, a drag; gon at harwe, to drive a harrow; (b) fig. the Old or New Testament; the power of Love (with pun on arwe); also, in proverb; (c) harwe tind (toth), a tooth of…

9. kē̆r n.

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(a) Low, swampy ground; a marsh, bog, fen; ker miln, a mill by a marsh; ker side, the side of a marsh; (b) a marsh overgrown with alders or other small trees or shrubs; alder ker.

10. kide n.

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(a) The young of a goat; kide lomb; (b) the meat of a young goat; -- often pl.; also, a carcass of a kid slaughtered for meat or prepared as a dish; (c) kides blod, the blood of a young goat; kide

11. lit-mose n.

Additional spellings: litmose
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A blue pigment, litmus; ?also, lichens from which the pigment is obtained.

12. muk n.

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(a) Animal or human excrement; dung; manure; also, dirt, filth; sewage; putrescence; ech muk, each piece of dung, every turd; (b) fig. property, possessions, wealth, worldly gain; -- also personified…

13. overleith n.

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Excessive harm.

14. rak n.(1)

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(a) A rain cloud, storm cloud, storm; rein and rak; (b) movement, rapid movement; a rush; haven rap and rak, to have swift passage; on rak, god (gret) rak, immediately, very quickly.

15. rūke n.

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

16. skeuier n.

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A skewer.

17. slēuīe n.

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Languor, heaviness, weariness.

18. slugge n.(1)

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(a) A lazy person; (b) slothfulness, the sin of sloth; also person.

19. snīpe n.

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(a) A snipe, esp. the common snipe (Gallinago gallinago), great snipe (G. media), or jacksnipe (Lymnocryptes minima); (b) the Egyptian ibis (Threskiornis aethiopica).

20. spē̆l(e n.

Additional spellings: spele
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(a) A thin piece of wood; a splinter; (b) a spine-bearing animal, ?a hedgehog; (c) spel bon, a bone of the ankle.