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Þ þ (thorn)
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Ʒ ʒ (yogh)
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1.
derth(e
n.
Additional spellings:
derthe
26 quotations in 2 senses
Sense / Definition
(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.
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2.
frough
adj.
9 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Weak (in character), loose, fickle;
fals and frough
; (b) of a vision: delicate; ?delightful.
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3.
therne
n.
4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A young woman; a girl; (b) a female servant, handmaid.
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