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1. alīnen v.(2)

2 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Hunt. To copulate.

2. bēten v.(1)

240 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) To flog (sb.), beat, whip; (b) to punish (sb.).

3. blouen v.(1)

187 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) Of the wind: to blow; also fig.; (b) of the wind: to blow against, beat upon; drive (sth.) by blowing; also fig.; blouen awei, blow (sth.) away; also fig.; blouen doun, blow down, destroy; blouen

4. brēken v.

592 quotations in 47 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) To break (an object) into parts; dash to pieces; destroy the wholeness of (an object); shatter (a weapon) in combat; crush (the human body, etc.); breken atwo, breken asonder, breken in peces

5. britnen v.

38 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To divide (sth. into parts); (b) to cut (sb.) up; britnen into quarters, to quarter; (c) hunt. to cut up (a deer, etc.); britnen out, cut out.

6. casten v.

623 quotations in 27 senses
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(a) To throw (sth.) to a distance, fling, hurl; pour or sprinkle (water); (b) sift (sand); (c) scatter (seed), sow; (d) throw at (sb.).

7. chaunǧen v.

212 quotations in 11 senses
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(a) To suffer alteration; change, vary; chaungen fro, diverge from; chaungen lowe or heighe, descend or ascend; (b) to alter (sth.), make different, change; chaungen colour, chaungen heu, change in…

8. coleren v.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Hunt.?To sever the head at the neck; ?cut up (a boar) in accordance with approved practice.

9. drīven v.

369 quotations in 15 senses
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(a) To chase (sb. or sth.), pursue, drive; driven abak, driven forth, driven fro, driven in, driven into, driven of, driven to, etc.; (b) to move (sth.), propel, push; driven ayen, force back (water)…

10. encornen v.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Hunt. To lay a deer on its back so that the head rests on the horns.

11. enquirreien v.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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Hunt. To reward (hounds) with a part of the deer.

12. enterchaunǧen v.

17 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To exchange (two things); (b) to reciprocate; to share (something), to enjoy mutually or in common; (c) to interchange (opposites), to transpose.

13. entermarchen v.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Hunt. To run in such manner that the hind feet fall either between or beyond the prints of the forefeet. [Cp. enterchaungen, 4.]

14. envoisen v.(1)

5 quotations in 1 sense
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Hunt. Of hounds: (a) to follow a scent; (b) to follow the wrong scent.

15. fīnden v.

437 quotations in 23 senses
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Of persons or of things viewed as agents: to come upon, encounter, or meet (someone or something) by chance or in the course of events (usually with the notion of perceiving or recognizing the person…

16. foilen v.(2)

15 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To trample (sth.), tread upon; fig. to mortify (the flesh), to oppress or torment. [=fullen trample, tread.]; (b) to trample (sb.) down; ?to conquer (sb.), overcome, destroy [cp. defoilen v., 2.(d…

17. fǒurchen v.

6 quotations in 4 senses
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Of a tree: to branch, fork.

18. fraien v.(2)

6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To wear, bruise, crush; to beat so as to bruise the skin; of weapons: to clash; (b) hunt. of harts: to rub (the horns against a tree); rub (off the bark), wear off.

19. hardlen v.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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Hunt. To tie together the feet of (a deer); tie together (hounds) in small groups.

20. herberwen v.

150 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) To entertain (sb.) as a guest, lodge (a guest); entertain (a paying guest); (b) to give shelter to (the homeless), entertain (a pilgrim, wayfarer, stranger); (c) to harbor (a criminal), shelter…