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1. benger(e n.

Additional spellings: bengere
2 quotations in 1 sense
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A grain bin; the hopper of a mill.

2. benk n.

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(a) A bench, a seat; esp., a long, backless seat; (b) a royal seat, the throne of a ruler; setten on benk, to put (sb.) on a throne, do honor to (sb.); (c) benk ende, the end of the bench.

3. n.

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A dwelling; farm, village, town; bi-milne, town mill. [Common in place names and field names of the East Midland and the North (the Danelaw). See A. H. Smith PNElem. 1.66, & the thorp, by, tun map in…

4. bing n.

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A coffer; a bin.

5. bọ̄th n.

37 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A stall at a market or fair, a merchant's shop; ?also, house of prostitution [L meritorium]; (b) a temporary dwelling, arbor of branches, tent, hut; also a poor dwelling, a hovel; (c) in personal…

6. brusket n.

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The brisket of an animal.

7. clint n.

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(a) A ledge of rock; a cliff, steep bank; (b) in place names.

8. craulen v.

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(a) To swarm, crawl; ben crauling, be crawling (with worms); (b) fig. to drag oneself, walk slowly.

9. cros n.

251 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) A cross for crucifixion, a gibbet; (b) the cross of Christ; holi cros; Exaltacioun of the cros, a feast, Sept. 14; feste of the holi cros, feast of the Invention of the Cross, May 3; (c) winnen

10. dam n.

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(a) A dam; also, the bank (of a stream); (b) dam bord, a sluice gate.

11. dǒmpen v.

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(a) To fall suddenly or headlong, plunge; dompen in the dep, dompen into hell, dompen to the devel; (b) to dive, plunge; (c) to drop (sb. into hell).

12. dunch(e n.

Additional spellings: dunche
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A loud noise, crash; a blow.

13. gil(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: gile
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(a) The gill of a fish; (b) gil fish, a kind of stockfish.

14. golf n.

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A heap of sheaves in a barn; prob. the heap of grain between any two upright posts of the barn.

15. hals n.

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(a) The neck; hongen bi the hals, to hang (sb.) with a rope around the neck; fro hals to croupoun, from neck to rump; hals gund [OE heals-gund], a neck tumor; also in asseveration: bi mi hals; (b) the…

16. harwe n.

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(a) A harrow for cultivating land, a drag; gon at harwe, to drive a harrow; (b) fig. the Old or New Testament; the power of Love (with pun on arwe); also, in proverb; (c) harwe tind (toth), a tooth of…

17. hein n.

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(a) An enclosed piece of land; in hide and in hein, in field and in enclosure, everywhere, completely [?nonce phr. due to exigencies of rime]; (b) hein wod-silver, the commutation of the service of…

18. īren n.

229 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) Iron, as ore, metal, or commodity; of iren, made of iron or consisting of iron parts; (b) a piece of iron; things made of iron; (c) filinge (limature) of iren, iron filings; filth (rust) of iren

19. kē̆r n.

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(a) Low, swampy ground; a marsh, bog, fen; ker miln, a mill by a marsh; ker side, the side of a marsh; (b) a marsh overgrown with alders or other small trees or shrubs; alder ker.

20. kide n.

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(a) The young of a goat; kide lomb; (b) the meat of a young goat; -- often pl.; also, a carcass of a kid slaughtered for meat or prepared as a dish; (c) kides blod, the blood of a young goat; kide

21. kilten v.

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To tuck up (clothes), gird; ppl. kilted in, fig. endowed with (power).

22. lāthe n.(2)

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(a) The movable batten of a handloom; (b) some kind of supporting frame or scaffold; (c) a device used by coopers, ?a turning lathe; lathe stok, ?the framework of such a device; lathe oke, ?error for…

23. midding n.

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(a) A dunghill, manure pile; (b) as a type of something vile; midding pit, a dung pit; (c) in place name [see Smith PNElem. 2.40].

24. ǒurnen v.(2)

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To become torpid or sluggish; ournand in elde, dull or heavy with age.

25. picchen v.

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(a) To thrust (sth.), drive (a stake, etc.); picchen in (o, to, into), stick, thrust, or drive (sth.) into (sth.); surround (a wood) with a palisade [quot.: a1450, 1st]; (b) to pierce (sb. or sth.)…

26. plǒugh n.

204 quotations in 11 senses
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(a) A plow; also, a plow with its draft animal(s; --also coll.; (b) gates of the plough, furrows; plough lenge, the length of a plowshare; ?the length of a plow; (c) gon (gangan) at the plough, gon

27. prīd(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: pride
250 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) Unreasonable self-esteem, pride; desire to exceed one's proper station; also, the sin of pride (shading into 1c.); prid of herte; (b) love of praise, vanity; (c) prideful bearing or behavior…

28. quert(e adj.

Additional spellings: querte
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(a) Of a person, an animal: healthy, sound; alive; uninjured, safe; (b) of a thing: intact, undamaged; (c) spiritually sound or healthy; quert from, safe from (sin); (d) at ease, untroubled.

29. rash(e adj.

Additional spellings: rashe
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(a) Unrestrained, rash; garrulous; rash and rank, eager and impetuous; (b) as surname.

30. ruggen v.

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(a) To pull or stretch (sb. or sth.), tug at fiercely; -- also without obj.; also, torture (sb.) by pulling or stretching; (b) to drag (sb.); (c) to tear (sb. or sth.), tear (one's hair); ruggen and

31. skerre adj.

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Excitable, easily frightened or provoked.

32. skrī̆ken v.

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(a) To shriek with pain, fear, or grief; scream, screech; also used of a frightened bird or chicken; (b) to scream with anger or excitement; also used of a snake and a scorpion; (c) of a baby or an…

33. slenten v.

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(a) Of a blow or weapon: to glide, fall, or strike obliquely; of a person: slip; slenten doun; (b) to strike (at sb.); deliver (a stroke); strike (a blow at sb.); hurl (sth. at sth.); slenten oute

34. slugge n.(1)

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(a) A lazy person; (b) slothfulness, the sin of sloth; also person.

35. snibben v.

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(a) To rebuke, reprove; reprove (sb.), rebuke; also, abuse (sb.); censure (sinful behavior); (b) to rebuke (sb.) for (just criticism); snibben of (for), reprove (sb.) for (sinful or improper conduct)…

36. stakeren v.

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(a) To walk unsteadily, stagger; sway, reel; also fig.; (b) to stammer [cp. stakering(e ger. (b)]; (c) to waver, vacillate.

37. stont adj.

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Of short duration.

38. sum conj.

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(a) As; ?also, error for soth adj. [quot. a1225]; sum that, where [cp. as conj. 10.]; as fer sum, so fer..sum, insofar as; so (as) sum, as, just as; also, as though [quot.Orm .3694]; swich (al-swich)

39. thiggen v.

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(a) To ingest, drink; consume (food, drink); thiggen of, to drink from (pools of water); thiggen on et and on wet, consume (too much) in eating and drinking; also, in construction with infl. inf…

40. thixel n.

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An adz; a kind of ax; thixel gouge, an adz with a concave blade; staf (?ston) thixel, ?a long handled ax (?an ax for working stone).

41. thrē̆ve n.

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(a) A measure of wheat, straw, etc., usu. containing 12 or 24 sheaves [see Zupko Dictionary of Weights and Measures for the British Isles s.v. thrave]; (b) a large number, a multitude; a crowd of…

42. tip(pe n.(1)

Additional spellings: tippe
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(a) The extreme end of something, usu. rounded or pointed; also, a metal or other attachment to the end of something; (b) in cpd.: tip to, the end of the toe;—used in pl.; also, the end of a bird's…

43. trust n.

120 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) Confidence (in sb. or sth.), reliance (on sb. or sth.), trust; haven trust, to have confidence (in sb. or sth.), rely (on sb. or sth.); with inf.: haven more trust..thanne, think it preferable (to…

44. trusten v.

162 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To be confident; also refl.; also, take heart, take courage [quot. c1384, 1st]; trusten in (of, on, to, unto, upon), have confidence in (sb., sth., oneself); rely on (sb. or sth.) for guidance…

45. tū̆lk(e n.

Additional spellings: tulke
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(a) A man; a soldier, fighting man; also used with ref. to God [quot. c1400(?c1380), 1st]; (b) as surname.

46. twingen v.

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To afflict (sb.), torment, oppress.

47. unlauȝter-mīlde adj.

Additional spellings: unlauȝtermilde
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Not prone to laughter, sober.

48. upbrixle n.

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An object of reproach.

49. wāre n.(5)

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Suppurated matter, pus, ichor; ?also, ear wax [2nd quot.].

50. whirl n.

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(a) A small circular weight placed on a spindle to serve as a flywheel, a pulley used in the operation of a spinning wheel, a spindle whorl; ?also, a small circular object serving to attach or hold…

51. wī̆ke n.(2)

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A corner of a part of the body; the wike of the eie; the thinne wikes, the temples; share wikes, ?the groin.

52. windou(e n.

Additional spellings: windoue
65 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) An opening in the wall of a building, ship, etc., used to admit air or light and usu. fitted with a frame and glass or some similar material; also, a window fitting; in a (yon) windou, on the

53. wing(e n.

Additional spellings: winge
132 quotations in 10 senses
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An organ of flight, usu. paired: (a) a wing of a creature whose sole or primary means of locomotion is flight (a bird, an insect, a bat, etc.);—occas. with sg. for pl.; also in fig. context; also, fig

54. wisker n.

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A fan; also, a switch or fly swatter.

55. witter adj.

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(a) Wise, prudent; knowledgeable; also, cunning, skilled, able [the precise gloss is determined by the context]; witter and wale (ware, wise), wise and witter; witter of eie, observant (b) requiring…

56. wō̆nd(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: wonde
78 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) A sapling; also fig.; a cutting; also, a branch; tre (treen) wond; under wond, in the woods; wode wond, coll. branches (b) in stock similes and prov. expressions; (c) wond penies, a customary…

57. wō̆nd(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: wonde
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(a) Hesitation, vacillation; also [last quot.], ?a reason for hesitation; ?error for won(e n.(3) 1.(a); withouten wond; (b) fear; haven wond, to be afraid.

58. wrēth(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: wrethe
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(a) Anger, wrath; animosity, hostility; also, the deadly sin of wrath; also in fig. context [quot. ?a1475]; ?also, wrathful behavior [quot. a1500(?c1450)]; brother wreth, anger against one’s fellow…

59. wrō n.

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(a) An isolated or remote place, an out-of-the-way spot; a corner, nook; also, fig. a passage in a text [quot. c1400]; from ech a wro, from every nook and cranny, from everywhere;—used in fig.

60. wrobben v.

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To babble on, prattle; wrobben ayenes, voice complaints; also, rail against (God).

61. wrong adj.

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(a) Contrary to what is morally right, wicked, sinful; wrong peril, Fig. a morally or spiritually entangling danger (b) of persons: given to vice, depraved; also, as noun: sinners, the wicked [2nd…