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21. heigh adj.

758 quotations in 11 senses
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(a) High, lofty, big, tall; heigh der, stag; heigh got, he-goat; heigh halle (hous, bold), large house [often connoting pride and ostentation]; heigh hors (stede), fine tall horse [also, like heigh……

22. hēlden v.

138 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) To pour (sth.), pour away, spill; heap, pile up; throw out (ashes); helden ful, fill (a dish) full (of blood); helden in with, pour (water) on (sth.); (b) fig. to shed (grace, joy, light, etc.)……

23. helpen v.

263 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To give aid or assistance to (sb. or sth.), be an assistant to (sb.); help (sb. to do sth.), help (sth. be done); helpen aloft (up), help (sb.) up; helpen doun with, help (sb.) get (sth.) down……

24. hẹ̄ning ger.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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An insult; haven in hening, to condemn (sb.), treat with contempt. …

25. hẹ̄rd(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: herde
114 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A herdsman; a keeper of cattle, hogs, horses, goats, or any kind of livestock; asse herd, aver herd, calf herd, colt herd, cou herd, gelde herd, gos herd, got herd, hog herd, hors herd, lomb herd,……

26. hẹ̄rsum adj.

7 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Obedient, compliant; (b) ?of worship: devout. …

27. hẹ̄̆rsumen v.

13 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To obey (sb.), serve; worship (God, a god, an idol); (b) to be subservient to (sin, one's belly). …

28. heu n.

134 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Color; also, brightness or freshness of color; of on heu, in solid color(s; clothen in heu, to take (a lady's) colors, become her servant; (b) paint, dye, pigment; fig. a rhetorical color; (c) fig……

29. hīred n.

73 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A household; the familia of a cathedral; an eccl. court [last quot.]; the heavenly retinue of the Virgin Mary, the Devil's retinue; fig. the senses and desires of man; hiredes alder (lord), the……

30. igladen v.

11 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To make (sb.) happy, gladden, cheer; (b) to be happy, rejoice; (c) to relieve (a diseased organ), soothe, comfort. …

31. ihẹ̄rsum adj.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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Obedient; obedient or docile to (sb.), compliant or submissive to (someone's words). …

32. ihẹ̄rsumen v.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To obey (sb.); (b) to be obedient. …

33. -ī̆ld suf.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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A derivational suffix forming agent nouns (orig. fem.); e.g., beggild, chepilt, chidild, cursild, forshuppild, fostrild, grucchild, menild, motild, sunegild. …

34. ilēchnen v.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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To heal or cure (sb.). …

35. imæhte n.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Might, power. …

36. imerren v.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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To impair (sth.), mar; disfigure (sb.), sLay. …

37. inlēden v.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To bring (sb. or sth.), lead (sb.); also, lead (sb.) in, bring in; also fig.; (b) to bring forth (a wind), cause (a wind) to blow. …

38. inwrītinge ger.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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An inscription on a coin. …

39. irī̆nen ppl.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Adorned. …

40. irīnen v.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To touch (someone's body); (b) to constrict (sth.), shut off [cp. rinen v.(1) (e) & rininge ger. (b)]; (c) ppl. irinen, adorned; (d) ppl. irined, ?mended. …

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