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81. 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.

82. ferten v.

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To break wind, fart; also, to make indecent or unseemly sounds.

83. 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).

84. firsten v.

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(a) To delay, postpone; (b) to grant a delay; (c) to lend (money) on credit.

85. fitel-fọ̄t n.

Additional spellings: fitelfot
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An epithet of the hare.

86. 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…

87. fixen n.

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

88. flaun n.

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

89. 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.

90. 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…

91. flēn v.(3)

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Of the mouth: to speak flatteringly or deceptively.

92. fletting ger.

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A tangled mass of hair, an elflock.

93. flīe n.(2)

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Flying, flight.

94. 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.

95. 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

96. -fōld suf.

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Forming adjs. (used also as advs., and occas. as nouns) on cardinal numerals and on indefinite numerals, and having such meanings as 'consisting of or comprising x parts, units, specimens, etc.'…

97. fǒnke n.

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

98. frẹ̄ adj.

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(a) Of a person: free in rank or condition, having the social status of a noble or a freeman, not a slave or serf; holding one's land in free tenure (i.e., a more or less permanent tenure depending…

99. frē̆k adj.

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(a) Eager (to do something), zealous; (b) bold, brave, fierce; (c) ?greedy; (d) quick, fast.

100. fremed adj.

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(a) Strange, foreign, remote, unfamiliar; as noun: an alien, a stranger; of a happening: strange, unheard of; of speech: distant and formal; fremed and frend, stranger and friend; fremed and kouth