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141. step-suster n.

Additional spellings: stepsuster
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The daughter of one's stepmother or stepfather.

142. sterche n.

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?Any substance for whitening, bleaching, or stiffening fabrics; also used for washing the face [quot. a1500]; sterche flour, starch in powdered form.

143. stẹ̄r(e adj.

Additional spellings: stere
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(a) Of persons or animals: strong, hardy; of objects: sturdy; (b) powerful; ?also, harsh, tyrannical; (c) steadfast, faithful; (d) ?prosperous; (e) important, great; (f) as adv.: firmly, securely…

144. stilt(e n.

Additional spellings: stilte
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(a) The handle of a plow; (b) a wooden crutch; an artificial leg, peg leg; also, a stilt; stilt bond, a strap for attaching a stilt or a peg leg; (c) ?one of the uprights of a ladder; (d) in surname.

145. stilðe n.

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Silence.

146. strā̆ken v.(1)

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To go, proceed rapidly; of blood: rush out swiftly; straken forth.

147. terven v.

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(a) To throw (sb.) down; level (a town); also, fig. of the world: toss (sb.) about; terven to ground; (b) to resort (to deceit), have recourse, turn; (c) to move, go, turn; (d) to fall, collapse; (e)…

148. therne n.

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(a) A young woman; a girl; (b) a female servant, handmaid.

149. thixel n.

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An adz; a kind of ax; thixel gouge, an adz with a concave blade; staf (?ston) thixel, ?a long handled ax (?an ax for working stone).

150. tiken v.

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To touch or pat a person as part of a game, dally frivolously.

151. ?tọ̄̆shellen v.

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To break (a thumb, finger), shatter.

152. trennen v.(1)

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To separate (sth. from sth. else);— ?error for renden v.(2) or = torenden v.

153. twiteren v.

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Of a bird: to chirp, twitter; also, warble (songs), utter.

154. wacste n.

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The quality of having grown or increased, might, power.

155. wā̆delen v.

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To move or slide heavily (down the sides of a horse);—used of the two halves of the body of a rider split from head to saddle by a sword blow.

156. walten v.

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(a) To turn over, be overturned [quot. ?a1450, 1st]; also, turn (sb. or sth.) over, upend, invert; fig. turn (sth.) over in one’s mind, consider [1st quot.]; walten over (b) to topple, fall in…

157. waltrot n.

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In phrase: tale of (a) waltrot, a false or foolish story, an absurdity.

158. warī̆angle n.

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A bird of the genus Lanius, a shrike or butcherbird; also used as a term of abuse.

159. weoðelen v.

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To become unsteady, waver.

160. wẹ̄r(e n.(5)

Additional spellings: were
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(a) A feeling or personal condition of doubt or uncertainty; also, hesitancy, indecision; double wer, a state of doubt or indecision between two alternatives; in (a) wer, in a state of doubt or…