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1. anelās n.

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(a) A two-edged stiletto or dagger; (b) a spike [see quot.].

2. bagge n.(1)

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(a) A bag or sack, with or without its contents; traveling bag, wallet, satchel, pouch; bagge portatif; undo the bagge; (b) a bag as a unit of measure.

3. bāle n.(3)

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(a) A package or bale (of merchandise), perh. specif. of a certain weight or size; (b) without of: ii bale(s flax, two bales of flax; etc.

4. ban n.

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(a) A proclamation or edict of an overlord; also, a summons by proclamation; crien (blouen) the ban; (b) one of the banns of marriage; asken (crien, greden, spiren) the ban(n)es; (c) a proclamation of…

5. batte n.

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A type of Flemish ship.

6. bẹ̄ken v.(1)

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To warm (sth.), expose to heat; keep oneself warm; season (wood) with heat.

7. bidel n.

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One who makes announcements or carries messages and performs other services on the authority of a lord, court, guild, etc.; herald, town crier, summoner; bidel hod, a beadle's hood; bidel land (a…

8. blister n.

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A blister.

9. blok(ke n.

Additional spellings: blokke
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(a) A large piece of wood, a block; also fig. or (as a type of something inert) in quasi-proverbial comparisons; blok bord, rough, unpolished board; also, specifically: (b) the executioner's block…

10. bǒket n.

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(a) Water bucket, well bucket; (b) a vessel used for other purposes.

11. bǒndel n.

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A bundle or pack; a bunch (of figs, grapes); a bale (of skins); a raft (of logs).

12. bōst n.

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(a) A brag, a boast; boastful speech, bragging, self-praise; (b) casten bost at, be boastful toward (sb.), insult; maken bost (of), brag (of, about); more bost is, etc., a pot of wine causes more…

13. brēme n.

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(a) A freshwater fish, the bream (Abramis brama); (b) breme de mere, some seafish, perh. the sea bream (Pagellus centrodontus).

14. bride n.(2)

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Bridle.

15. brọ̄ n.(2)

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(a) Meat broth, gravy; (b) a liquid for dyeing cloth; (c) a disagreeable business, a mess or pickle.

16. broth n.

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(a) Water in which meat or fish has been boiled, juice, broth; (b) in broth, served in its own juice; pot broth, broth with various added ingredients; ballok broth, flesh broth, ro broth; (c) water in…

17. brǒun adj.

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(a) Dark, dull; of the human body: black-and-blue [quot.: a1425]; (b) cheerless, frowning, gloomy; (c) with names of colors: dark, deep; ?also, mixed with brown, brownish; broun bai, dark bay; broun

18. carpe n.

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(a) The carp (Cyprinus carpio); (b) a heraldic representation of this fish.

19. chā̆r n.(1)

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A 'turn' in time: (a) adv. & prep. phrs.: on char, on one occasion, once; at som char, at a certain time; som char, sometimes; thrid char, (for) a third time; at on char, all at once; etc.; (b) a…

20. chīne n.(2)

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(a) The spinal column, backbone, chine; chine of the bakke; nekke of the chine, cervical spine; joint of the chine, vertebra; (b) chine bon, backbone, spine; (c) a vertebra.

21. crampe n.(1)

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(a) Violent contraction of muscles, a spasm; a disease characterized by contortion or spasms; the crampe; (b) crampe ring, a ring to ward off or cure such afflictions; crampe wort, a medicinal plant…

22. crap n.

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Chaff, siftings of grain; ?also, weed seeds; -- often in pl.

23. crāsen v.

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(a) To shatter (sth.), crush, break to pieces; (b) to perforate (sth.); make (a hole); (c) to crack (sth.), fill with cracks; also, become cracked; (d) ppl. crasing as adj., liable to crack or craze.

24. criket n.

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(a) A cricket; esp., the European house cricket (Gryllus domesticus); also, the mythical salamander; (b) a surname.

25. crūet n.

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(a) A small vessel for sacramental wine, holy water, or chrism; (b) a jug, bottle, or bowl (as for water); (c) fig.

26. darnel n.

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(a) A weed growing in grainfields: cockle, darnel (Lolium temulentum); (b) fig.

27. dart n.

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A metal-pointed missile, such as a javelin or spear, hurled by hand (perhaps also by the arbalest); [see esp. *Vegetius(1)]; casten dart, sheten dart; fishers dart, hunters dart.

28. diggen v.

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(a) To dig in or excavate earth with a mattock, spade, or other tool; ?also, dig with the fingers; diggen aboute, diggen under; (b) to dig up or excavate (earth); (c) to dig up (a field, balks) for…

29. dǒnǧǒun n.

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(a) A fortress, citadel, castle; (b) the most strongly fortified central part of a citadel or castle, donjon, keep; chef dongoun, roial dongoun; (c) fig. of a person: chief support, mainstay; (d) fig.

30. drogge n.

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Any medicinal preparation, a drug.

31. dubben v.

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(a) To create (a knight); confer knighthood on (sb.); give the accolade to (sb.); also, beat (sb.) [1st quot.]; neudubbed, of a knight: newly created; (b) dubben (to) knight, to make (sb.) a knight…

32. dubber n.

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A renovator of old cloth or clothing.

33. elf n.

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A supernatural being having magical powers for good or evil; a spirit, fairy, goblin, incubus, succubus, or the like.

34. fēd(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: fede
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(a) Mortal enmity, hostility, hostile conspiracy; revengeful spirit, homicide committed in revenge; (b) a mortal enemy; one of the three enemies of mankind (i.e. the flesh, the world, the Devil).

35. frecch(e adj.

Additional spellings: frecche
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(a) Greedy, voracious; (b) eager, bold, fierce.

36. frē̆sh adj.

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(a) Of recent making or occurrence, new, recent; fresh age, childhood or youth; fresh deluge, a new (or second) deluge; fresh and newe; (b) fresh god, a new or strange god, any god other than the…

37. gāble n.(1)

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(a) A gable of a building; also, a façade; (b) gable ende, gable wal, gable wough, the end wall surmounted by a gable, gable end; gable forke, a gable; gable windou, a window in a gable; (c) in place…

38. gāǧe n.

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(a) Something deposited as security, a pledge; leid in gage, given as security; holden under gage, to retain (sth.) by giving security, hostages, or the like; (b) a ransom, payment.

39. gai adj.

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Joyous, merry, gay; light-hearted, carefree; also, wanton, lewd, lascivious.

40. galopen v.

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To go at a gallop.

41. garanten v.

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To give warranty of title to (land, a castle).

42. gardin n.

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(a) A cultivated piece of land (large or small, usually enclosed) for vegetables, herbs, flowers, trees, etc.; a garden, park, orchard; clos gardin, a courtyard; fish gardin, a garden containing fish…

43. garsǒun n.

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(a) A boy or youth; a young male servant, squire, page, messenger, etc.; (b) a retainer, follower; (c) as surname.

44. gā̆vel n.(1)

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(a) Tribute; a tax, subsidy; (b) manorial or customary rent; ?also, a field rented for a customary service or payment; setten to gavel, to let (property) out to rent; (c) in combs: burgable, ?a tax on…

45. gein n.

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(a) Advantage, benefit; help, remedy; don gein, to benefit (sb.), do (sb.) good; ther is no gein, there is no help, nothing can be done; (b) worth, value or usefulness in battle; (c) reward, profit…

46. ǧerfaucǒun n.

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A large falcon used in hawking, a gerfalcon; whit gerfaucoun, the white gerfalcon of Iceland.

47. gēthe, gẹ̄the n.

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Only in phr. in a gethe, ?spiritedly, ?hastily.

48. gīen v.

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(a) To lead or guide (sb.); also fig.; refl. to take one's way, go; (b) to steer (a ship), steer (one's course); drive (a chariot); (c) to guide (someone's pen or stylus); --used fig.; of Fortune: to…

49. ǧilden n.

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A foot soldier.

50. gīle n.(3)

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(a) A crafty or fraudulent trick; a plot; stratagem, wile; a lie; (b) fraudulent behavior, treachery, double-dealing, lying; also, friendly trickery; (c) something deceptive or illusory, delusion.

51. gīlen v.(1)

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(a) To deceive (sb.), beguile; delude, dupe; be false to, betray; --also without obj.; also fig.; (b) ppl. as noun: giling, those who cheat or deceive; giled, those who are deceived or cheated; (c) to…

52. gī̆rden v.(2)

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(a) To strike (sb.); girden at, aim a blow at (sb.); girden on, rain (blows) on (sb.); (b) girden abak, to drive (sb.) back with blows, repel; girden al to poudre, beat (sb.) to dust; girden doun

53. goǧet n.

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A grating of iron bars to cover a door or window.

54. gōl n.

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A boundary, limit.

55. gǒunfanǒun n.

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(a) A battle standard; the standard or banner of a king, an army, a division of an army, a troop; gounfanoun bere, maister of the gounfanoun, standard-bearer; maister gounfanoun, chief banner; (b) a…

56. grōser n.

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An iron tool with hooked ends used by glaziers to cut or trim glass, a grozing iron.

57. grū(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: grue
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A bit, a whit; no gru, not at all; not (nought) a (on) gru, not a bit.

58. hache n.(1)

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(a) A battle-ax; hache daneis, a Danish ax; (b) an ax, ?a hatchet.

59. haddok n.

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(a) The fish haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus); (b) as surname.

60. haine n.

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Hatred; ?also, wickedness; haven in haine, to hate (sb.).

61. hait n.

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Merriment, revelry; sitten at (in) hait, to engage in merrymaking.

62. hālen v.

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(a) To drag or pull (sb. or sth.) from one place or position to another; haul; (b) to draw up (sth.), raise; halen up; (c) to draw (an arrow); halen to the hokes, draw back the release-catches of a…

63. hal(le n.

Additional spellings: halle
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(a) A large private residence, a manorial hall; a royal residence, palace, castle; (b) a large public building for the transaction of business, holding court, worship, etc.; [see also both hal, mot

64. hamel n.

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A small village, hamlet.

65. hardī adj.

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(a) Of persons, animals, dispositions: strong in battle, fearless of danger, stout-hearted; hardi herted; hardi (hardiest) of honde; hardi as lioun; (b) daring (to do sth.), resolute, bold; ben hardi

66. harneis n. singular & plural

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(a) Personal fighting equipment, body armor; also, armor and weapons; leg harneis, leg armor; horse and harneis, horse and arms; to harneis, to arms!; wenden to harneis, to arm oneself; (b) a set of…

67. harp(e n.

Additional spellings: harpe
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(a) A harp; also, any of several ancient stringed instruments; in harp, with the harp, to the accompaniment of a harp; in proverb [see asse 1. (c)]; (b) harp long, the large harp; harp smal, a small…

68. harpen v.

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(a) To play a harp; (b) to play (notes, a tune, song, etc.) on a harp; of a harp: to play (sth.); (c) to play the harp for (sb.).

69. harper(e n.

Additional spellings: harpere
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(a) One who plays the harp, one who sings while accompanying himself on the harp, a minstrel; smal harper, one who plays a small harp; (b) in surnames; (c) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.240].

70. harping-īren n.

Additional spellings: harpingiren
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A harpoon.

71. harraunte adj.

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Shouting, yelling.

72. hasp(e n.

Additional spellings: haspe
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(a) A fastening for a door, gate, chest, etc.; a hasp; up bi the hasp, unfastened, unlatched; barre and hasp, stapel and hasp; (b) a fastening for a garment or a helmet; ?a buckle, ?a lace; (c) a hank…

73. hassel n.

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A retainer, young courtier; ?also coll.: retainers.

74. hā̆st(e n.

Additional spellings: haste
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(a) Hurrying, haste, speed; -- also in prov.; (b) violence, violent action; vehemence; (c) a need for quick action, urgency; a situation demanding quick action; haven hast, to be required to act…

75. hauberk n.

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(a) A coat of mail; also, plate armor or a coat of mail reinforced with plates; -- sometimes used interchangeably with habergeoun; (b) chain mail worn over a hair shirt as a form of penance; (c) fig.

76. haunche n.

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(a) The part of the human body between the lowest ribs and the thighs, the hips, haunch; haunche joint, the bones of the haunch; (b) one side of the haunch, a hip; pl. hips; also, buttocks; (c) the…

77. hei(e n.

Additional spellings: heie
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(a) A hedge or fence; (b) an enclosed plot of land; field, yard; also, an enclosed hunting park in a forest; chirche hei, q.v.; (c) cpds. & combs. hei brer, some kind of briar growing in hedges; hei

78. heirǒun n.

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(a) The European heron (Ardea cinerea); bevei (sege) of heirounes, a flock of herons; (b) the heron used for food; (c) a piece of wood shaped like a heron; a heraldic representation of a heron; (d) as…

79. heraud n.

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(a) An officer of a tournament who makes announcements, introduces knights, reports their actions, awards prizes, etc.; heraud of armes [cp. OF hiraut darmes]; (b) an expert in the records of knights…

80. herberǧerī(e n.

Additional spellings: herbergerie
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(a) A temporary lodging place; also, the tents or camp of an army in the field; (b) a permanent dwelling place; a repository for treasures; (c) fig. a human being as God's dwelling place; the Virgin…

81. hẹ̄r(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: here
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(a) A stiff and coarse cloth made of hair, haircloth; (b) ?pl. for sg.

82. herien v.(2)

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(a) To pillage (a place), plunder (a house, town, country, etc.); rob (sb.); also, plunder (in a place), go pillaging; herien and brennen, pillage and burn, ravage; herien up, ravage (a country); (b)…

83. hē̆ring n.

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(a) A herring Clupea harengus; (b) red hering, smoked herring; whit hering, herring salted but not smoked; (c) hering barel, a cask for herring; hering breder (carter), one who roasts (hauls) herring…

84. heuk(e n.

Additional spellings: heuke
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(a) An outer garment, a cloak with a hood; (b) ?an ornamental covering for a shield; (c) ?caparison of a horse [?error for hak n. (2)].

85. hoche-pot n.

Additional spellings: hochepot
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(a) Law The blending together of property belonging to different persons for equal division; (b) cook. a kind of stew; esp. one made with goose, herbs, spices, wine, and other ingredients; gos (ges)

86. hō̆lm(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: holme
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(a) An island; a peninsula; (b) a meadow on a river bank; (c) a hill; (d) in surnames & place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.258-9, 268].

87. hotte n.

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(a) A basket or pannier for carrying earth, stone, mortar, and similar loads; (b) a unit of measure for grain; (c) a shed or hut [?orig. of wattlework]; (d) ?a lump of dirt; (e) in surnames.

88. houe n.(2)

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A mattock, pickax; also fig.

89. hǒulot n.

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An owlet; also, an owl.

90. hurdis n.

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(a) A wooden framework, a hurdle; (b) a hurdle used for defense in battles and sieges; also, a palisade, bulwark, or other structure made of hurdles; (c) a wooden bulwark or other structure on a ship…

91. hurt n.

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(a) A wound, an injury; also, disease, malady; also, the loss of a member, maiming [last quot.]; (b) sorrow, vexation; lovesickness; (c) spiritual injury, injury to the soul.

92. hurten v.

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(a) To injure (sb., a part of the body), wound, hurt; afflict (sb.) with disease [quot.: WB(1), Pecock]; of hunger: to pain (sb.); ben hurt, be wounded or injured; -- also intr.; (b) to receive an…

93. hūse n.

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A kind of large fish, sturgeon, beluga.

94. jangle n.

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(a) An idle word, idle speech, gossip, prating; (b) vicious gossip, slanderous conversation; (c) dispute.

95. jaudewin n.

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?A fool, jester.

96. jǒuk n.

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A snooze or nap; ?also as surname.

97. lainer(e n.

Additional spellings: lainere
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A thong used to fasten parts of armor, shields, clothing, etc.; strap, lace; ?also, a bandage; lainer knittere, one who makes thongs and straps; lainer line, some kind of line or rope.

98. lat n.

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(a) A long, thin strip of wood used in building; esp. such a strip nailed to rafters to form a support for shingles, tiles, or slates; ?also, a pole, stake; ?also, a shingle; hart lat, q.v.; (b) a…

99. lē̆che n.(2)

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Cook. (a) A strip, slice; (b) any of a number of jellylike dishes prepared from various ingredients and usually cut into strips or slices; (c) in names of specific dishes; (d) as adj.

100. lechǒur n.

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(a) A lascivious person, fornicator, adulterer; also, a lover or mistress, a pimp or bawd; also, one who sins sexually against nature; (b) a self-indulgent person; esp. a glutton; (c) Luxuria as one…