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21. garsel n.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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Brushwood used for fencing. …

22. gil(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: gile
10 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The gill of a fish; (b) gil fish, a kind of stockfish. …

23. golf n.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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A heap of sheaves in a barn; prob. the heap of grain between any two upright posts of the barn. …

24. halk-essing n.

Additional spellings: halkessing
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Naut.?A beam used to reinforce the gunwales at an angle of the ship. …

25. hals n.

50 quotations in 3 senses
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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……

26. 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……

27. hā̆ver n.(2)

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(a) The cereal grain, oats; (b) haver bern, haver gerner, a storehouse for oats; haver bred, oaten bread; haver cake, a loaf made from oaten flour; also as surname; haver mele, oaten flour; (c) haver……

28. 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……

29. hilder n.

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(a) The European elder (Sambucus nigra); hilder tre; (b) hilder tre, ?the European alder [see alder n. (1)]; (c) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.274]. …

30. hō̆l(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: hole
153 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) A perforation, bore, hole; the eye of a needle, the hole of a privy; (b) a window, loophole; a hole for smoke to escape; loupe hol, smoke hol, q. v.; (c) an opening in a lattice or a spider web; a……

31. insprǒut n.

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A blowing in. …

32. 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……

33. kē̆r n.

33 quotations in 2 senses
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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. …

34. kide n.

54 quotations in 3 senses
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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……

35. knag(ge n.

Additional spellings: knagge
4 quotations in 1 sense
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A peg, fastener; hongen on knag, to hang (sb.) on a peg or hook; --?also intrans. …

36. knap(pe n.(2)

Additional spellings: knappe
5 quotations in 1 sense
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A sharp blow or stroke. …

37. 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……

38. loppe n.(1)

19 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A spider; loppe web, a spider's web, cobweb; (b) a flea; (c) pl. the flies of the fourth plague of Egypt; (d) in surnames and place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.26]. …

39. midding n.

13 quotations in 1 sense
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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]. …

40. mīre n.(2)

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An ant; also, as surname. …

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