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1. hīne n.

97 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A household, servants collectively; (b) a religious familia, monastic community; -- only in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.247]. …

2. lap-wink(e n.

Additional spellings: lapwink, lap-winke, lapwinke
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The hoopoe (Upupa epops); lap-wink eiren, a hoopoe's eggs; lap-wink nest. …

3. neigh adj.

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(a) Near (in space), nearby; close together; adjacent, surrounding; neigh costes, borders; to neigh, too close together; neigh biside, near; fer and neigh, neigh and fer (wid), far and near, near and……

4. on- pref.(1)

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A derivational prefix appearing in all parts of speech except pronouns, but most frequently in verbs. It is found in words descended from OE: (verbs) onblowen, onbrirden, onhauien, onheven [see……

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