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61. derth(e n.

Additional spellings: derthe
26 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A period of scarcity or high prices, a famine; derth of scarcite, a famine caused by scarcity; (b) derth of, a shortage of (sth.), lack, scarcity; high price of (sth.), expensiveness.

62. deuen v.

19 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To shed dew or rain; also fig.; (b) of dawn or daylight: to come with refreshing dew, bring relief.

63. dīȝenlīch(e adj. & adv.

Additional spellings: diȝenliche
2 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Secret, mysterious; (b) secretly.

64. dimpel n.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A dimple; (b) in place name: ?a pool [see Smith PNElem. 1.137-8]; (c) ?as surname.

65. dingle n.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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A deep dell or hollow: (a) se dingle, a deep in the bed of the sea; (b) in names [see Smith PNElem. 1.133].

66. dǒng n.(2)

2 quotations in 1 sense
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The pit of hell, an abyss.

67. drāke n.(2)

12 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The male of the duck, drake; ?also, a gander; (b) a representation of a drake.

68. draught n.

163 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) The action of pulling, a pull, pulling in harness; (b) pulling or drawing a net to catch birds or fish; (c) the drawing of water from a well; drawing of liquor from a cask, etc.; (d) one cut of a…

69. Drihten n.

54 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) The Lord [said of God and of Christ]; (b) almighti Drihten, alwelding Drihten, hevenli Drihten, Drihten in trinite, Drihten in heven, etc.; drihtnes dom, God's Judgment; crist our Drihten, Drihten

70. drīpen, drippen v.

Additional spellings: drippen
9 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To fall in drops, drip; dripen of, drip from (sth.); ppl. driping, dripping, misty; (b) dripen on, to drop or dab (a liquid or salve) on (sth.); (c) dripen mid, to moisten or daub (sth.) with…

71. dusk adj.

10 quotations in 1 sense
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Dark, not bright, dim; dark-colored, dull, dingy; also fig. of visual perception: dull; of words: obscure.

72. ēden n.(1)

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Thrashing floor.

73. elringe n.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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A small fish of some kind. [See OD eldring.]

74. ender adj. or n.

22 quotations in 1 sense
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Only in set phrases: this ender(s) dai, recently, the other day; this ender(s) night, one night not long ago; this ender(s) yer, formerly, in recent times.

75. ēr(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: ere
14 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The grain-bearing head of a cereal plant, as wheat, barley, or the like; also fig.; (b) a fruit-cluster, as of olives.

76. fẹ̄ n.(1)

38 quotations in 3 senses
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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.

77. fei(e adj.

Additional spellings: feie
31 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Doomed to death; fated to die; (b) mortally wounded; dying, dead; (c) (the) doomed; (the) mortally wounded; (the) dead.

78. feied ppl.

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(a) At enmity, hostile; fig. on bad terms (with God); (b) ben feied with, to be an enemy of (someone); (c) treated or regarded as an enemy, hated.

79. feien v.(1)

23 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To put or join (things) together, combine; feien togederes, feien samed, feien in fere; (b) to put together, unite; pass. to be composed (of constituent parts); be constituted or disposed (in a…

80. fēr n.(1)

46 quotations in 2 senses
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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