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1. harwe n.

34 quotations in 2 senses
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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…

2. lit-mose n.

Additional spellings: litmose
6 quotations in 1 sense
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A blue pigment, litmus; ?also, lichens from which the pigment is obtained.

3. rumbelen v.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To make a rumbling sound; (b) to make a low noise; murmur, mumble, mutter; (c) of a crowd: to make noise or tumult; (d) to move with a rumbling sound; (e) to cause a rumbling sound by movement.

4. slabben v.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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To wallow (in a place), get dirty; -- used fig.; ppl. slabbing as adj.: trailing, dragging.

5. snīpe n.

9 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A snipe, esp. the common snipe (Gallinago gallinago), great snipe (G. media), or jacksnipe (Lymnocryptes minima); (b) the Egyptian ibis (Threskiornis aethiopica).

6. snǒuen v.(2)

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Of a hawk: to wipe (the beak) clean of food, etc.

7. spē̆l(e n.

Additional spellings: spele
4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A thin piece of wood; a splinter; (b) a spine-bearing animal, ?a hedgehog; (c) spel bon, a bone of the ankle.

8. stǒmblen v.

63 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Of a person, an animal: to stumble; trip; walk unsteadily; stagger so as to keep from falling; also in fig. contexts; (b) stomblen at, to trip over (sth.); bump into (sth.); stomblen at rishe and

9. tip(pe n.(1)

Additional spellings: tippe
12 quotations in 1 sense
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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…

10. wamelen v.

8 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To feel nausea; ?also, retch or vomit; ppl. wamling as adj.: producing or accompanied by nausea, nauseous; (b) wamelen and tumblen, to heave oneself about, roll around.