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61. fẹ̄ n.(1)

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(a) Livestock; a herd of livestock; (b) fe-hous, a shed for livestock; (c) fe-man a herdsman; (d) fe-rod, ?the product of a rood of land as a perquisite for herding livestock.

62. fēr n.(1)

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(a) The emotion of fear; a state of being afraid; haven fer, to have fear, be afraid; (b) for fer, because of fear; for fer of, for fear of (something); in fer, in fear, afraid; putten in (into) fer

63. fert n.

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(a) Wind or gas expelled through the anus, a fart; (b) leten (maken) a fert, leten flien a fert, to break wind; (c) not a fert, nothing at all; not worth a fert, completely worthless.

64. first n.(1)

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A (limited) period of time; yere first, a period of years; yeven first, to grant time (for a certain purpose).

65. fitel-fọ̄t n.

Additional spellings: fitelfot
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An epithet of the hare.

66. fithele n.

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A stringed instrument, "the medieval fiddle, popular in the 12th to 15th centuries, played with a bow, in a variety of tunings with between three and five gut strings, having a monoxyle main body…

67. fixen n.

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A female (fox), she-fox; fixen of the fox.

68. flaun n.

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A sort of pie or cake [see quots. 1381, c1425].

69. flē n.

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(a) A flea; (b) flen, flies, and freres, fleas, flies, and friars; fle in ere, exciting story or report.

70. fleil n.

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(a) Instrument used for threshing grain, a flail; (b) cap of a fleil, fleil cap, one of the bands of wood or leather (fastened about the end of the flail staff or the end of the swingle) through which…

71. flīe n.(2)

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Flying, flight.

72. flight n.(1)

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(a) The act of fleeing, flight, escape; also fig.; (b) avoidance; (c) departure; also fig.; (d) ability to flee.

73. flight n.(2)

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(a) The act of flying with wings, flight through the air; comen in (with) flight, to come flying; foules flight, the flight of a bird; fig. spiritual soaring; (b) flight-foul, bird of the air; flight

74. fǒnke n.

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(a) A spark of fire;--also fig.; (b) something worthless or contemptible; not worth a fonke.

75. frē̆t n.(1)

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(a) Gnawing; (b) the wearing effect (of greed, fear, etc.).

76. frith n.(2)

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(a) A royal forest, a game preserve; (b) frith-mot, frith yeld, fridmannes mot[cp. OE mōt toll, tax], an annual rent paid by certain townships in Delamere Forest (a royal forest in Chester) for the…

77. gāte-shā̆del n.

Additional spellings: gateshadel
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A place where roads intersect, a crossroad; the point at which a road divides into two or more branches.

78. gēsǒun adj. & n.

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(a) Rare, scarce, lacking; not (nought) gesoun, not uncommon, frequent; (b) barren, empty, vain; gesoun on, barren of (sth.), lacking in; gesoun of, free from (bushes), cleared of; (c) as noun…

79. gēthe, gẹ̄the n.

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Only in phr. in a gethe, ?spiritedly, ?hastily.

80. gremth(e n.

Additional spellings: gremthe
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(a) Anger, fury; (b) grief.