(a) Smoke produced by a burning or smoldering substance; aromatic smoke of incense; a column or cloud of smoke; a variety of smoke; also fig.; also in proverbs; smek hous, a smokehouse; -- used fig.……

(a) To deal a blow, strike, beat; do battle, fight; also fig.; also, slash with a sword [quots. a1420, a1450(1408), a1460]; also, of a battle: be fought, rage [quot. a1500 Octav.(1)]; smiten adoun……

To shrivel, dry up. …

(a) To leave someone unhurt; leave something undamaged; show mercy by refraining from injuring or punishing; sparen to (on, til, upon), refrain from causing injury to (sb.), refrain from punishing……

(a) To have or use the power of speech; of a person, the mouth, tongue: speak, articulate words; -- also used of the soul, dead bones, the dust of the dead in fig. context; of a bird, an animal: have……

(a) To spit out saliva, expectorate a liquid; spit (in someone's eyes, on sth., etc.); also, of sparks of fire: shoot out; (b) to spit out (blood, pennies, etc.); also fig.; also, exhale (fiery……

(a) A place or position; a dwelling place; a building site, foundation; also fig.; a battle station; also, a stack of hay, etc.; stathel of sinne, fig. the residue of sin; (b) a loom or the framework……

Steadfast, sure. …

Steadfastness, stability; stede stathel-fastnesse, permanence of abode. …

(a) A movement of the foot in walking, a step; -- also used of a horse's step; also, an act of taking a step; fot step; (b) fig. of (a); folwen (seuen, etc.) stepes, to follow the example (of sb……

(a) An arrow; (b) in surname and place names [see Smith PNElem.2.161]. …

(a) A body of water flowing in a natural channel, a river, stream, brook; also fig.; strem of water, flodes (water) strem; mid strem, the midstream of a river; (b) strem of rein (rein-water), ?a……

(a) A cloth binding used as a bandage or a restraint; -- also pl.; (b) swathel bond (binde), a swaddling band; swathel clout, a swaddling cloth; (c) ?as adj.: tightly bound; ?error for swa athel [cp……

(a) Sweet to the taste, having the quality of sweetness; sweetened; also fig. and in fig. context; (b) swet almaunde, an almond used as food, as opposed to the bitter almond used medicinally; swet……

(a) To speak, talk; say; speak (of sb. or sth.); speak (to sb., against sb.); make mention (of sth.); talk (to sb.); tellen of no mete, iron. have nothing to eat; tellen of textes, cite authorities……

As direct obj. of a verb or an inf.: (a) with ref. to persons or personifications: them;—sometimes used pleonastically and occas. with sg. antecedent; also followed by inf. [quot. a1400 (a1325), 1st]……

(a) A piece of textile twine; a piece of cord made from fibrous material; silke (silken) thred; wol thred; thred of twine, a twine(s (twinede) thred, a strand of twine; also in pictorial……

Cardinal number as adj.: (a) two; (b) in generalizing phrases: twein or thre, two or three (persons or things), a few (persons or things); also, in adv. usage: for two or three (days) [quot. a1400]……

(a) Any of several types of small, fleshy or sclerotic excrescences occurring at various locations in or on a human or an animal body, an unsightly growth, esp. on the face, a wart, mole [often……

(a) To be or become insane, go mad, lose one’s senses; also, rage with anger, desire, sorrow, etc., rave; weden of wit, be or go out of (one’s) mind; weden wode, with inf.: be raving mad (to do sth.)……