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121. hōlsǒm adj.

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(a) Conducive to the good health of persons or plants, healthful; salubrious, healing; also fig.; (b) of benefit to the soul, spiritually beneficial; of counsel, teaching: beneficial, helpful; (c) of…

122. iswǣred ppl.

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In phrase: ben iswæred, of the body: to be weighed down by disease, be exhausted.

123. kindel n.

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(a) The offspring of any animal, a young one; also fig.; (b) ?a human child; wommen kindelin, female babies.

124. knāve n.(2)

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(a) ?A bed frame, bedstead; (b) ?a cooper's tool.

125. latthe n.

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(a) A long, thin strip of wood used in building; esp. such a strip nailed to rafters to form a support for shingles, tiles, or slates; ?also, a shingle; herte latthe [see herte 1d. (c)]; (b) latthe

126. lonke n.

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?The side of the human body, flank.

127. meneu n.

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A small fish; the minnow (Leuciscus phoxinus); the stickleback (?Gasterosteus aculeatus).

128. mē̆r(e-min n.

Additional spellings: mermin, mere-min, mere-min
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(a) = mer(e-maid(e 1.; (b) = mer(e-maiden (b).

129. mī̆chen v.

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To pilfer (small things), steal; -- also without obj.

130. milthe n. & adj.

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(a) Mercy, kindness; (b) as adj.: merciful, kind.

131. nodden v.

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(a) To nod the head in drunkenness, sleepiness, gloominess, etc.; nodden with hed (bek), nod (one's) head; (b) ?to fall asleep, become drowsy.

132. pǒuren v.(1)

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(a) To gaze intently, look closely; pouren after, watch closely for (sth.); pouren in, gaze intently into or at (sth.), stare into; pouren upon, gaze on (sth.), look closely on; (b) pouren in (on,

133. rammen v.

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To make the ground firm by tamping, beat down the earth; also, crumble the earth; ram, strike; (b) to make (the ground) firm, compress, beat down; rammen doun; (c) cook. rammen up, ?to place…

134. ritten v.

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(a) To cut through (armor), split; cut open (a stomach); also, stab (sb.), pierce; (b) to cut with a knife, slit, make a cut; also, pierce; (c) to cut the skin round (the leg of a deer); (d) to tear…

135. runten v.

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To rebuke (sb., one's own body).

136. shīve n.

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(a) A slice, piece, usu. of bread or other food; also in proverb; also, a portion of food; shive (of) bred; step-moder shive, a thin slice, an insufficient portion; (b) ?a slab or length of wood; ?a…

137. shiver(e n.

Additional spellings: shivere
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(a) A slice, piece, usu. of bread or other food; (b) a splinter, fragment, chip; ?also, a rock fragment, mason-chip [quot.: 1432]; shiveres of the rib, fragments of a broken rib; gon (shaken, toflien

138. smert(e n.

Additional spellings: smerte
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(a) Physical pain; also, harm [quot. a1420]; also, a burn [quot. 1440]; don smert, to cause (an animal) pain, harm; (b) grief, sorrow, annoyance; also fig. of Jesus; also, contrition, remorse; (c)…

139. solwen v.

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(a) To defile (sb., the soul with sin, etc.); ?also [quots.: 1440], make (sb. or sth.) dirty; (b) to become dirty; grow dark.

140. step-brọ̄ther n.

Additional spellings: stepbrother
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The son of one's stepfather or stepmother.