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1. bolken v.

22 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To belch; retch, vomit; vomit (sth.); (b) to cast forth (sth.), cast up; pour out (one's blood), bleed to death; of a garner: spill over, be full to bursting. …

2. drullen v.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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?To feel dizzy, stagger; ?to drool. …

3. dwẹ̄re n.

16 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Doubt, perplexity, uncertainty; in (a) dwere, in doubt; without dwere, without question, certainly; (b) ?disagreement, dissension; ?distress, trouble; (c) amazement, awe; dread, fear. …

4. fokesail n.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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A sail attached to the foremast, a (triangular) foresail. …

5. kemp(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: kempe
7 quotations in 1 sense
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A container for bulk sale of fish, apparently equal to a barrel; a cask, barrel. …

6. knarre n.

19 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A crag, twisted rock; (b) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.102]. …

7. lǒuen n.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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A rascal, rogue. …

8. misellen v.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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To drizzle. …

9. pet(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: pete
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?A cornel cherry; pet tre, cornel cherry tree. …

10. shǒvelen v.(2)

2 quotations in 1 sense
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To shuffle; shovelen (forth) with fete. …

11. sobben v.

24 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To sob as a result of sorrow or gladness; weep in contrition or as a result of spiritual fervor; sobben and sighen (wepen), sighen (wepen) and (or) sobben, etc.; (b) to weep (to have sth.); sobben……

12. stul(le n.

Additional spellings: stulle
6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A large piece or chunk of food; (b) in surnames. …

13. toi(e n.

Additional spellings: toie
4 quotations in 1 sense
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A trifle, trifling thing; a sportive act; a jest. …

14. tọ̄̆spateren v.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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To smash (sth.) to pieces, scatter in fragments. …

15. trink n.

11 quotations in 1 sense
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A type of long fishing net, usually fixed, used in the Thames and its tributaries. …

16. vēren v.(1)

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Naut. To let out or slacken (a rope). …

17. weghin n.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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In comb.: fot weghin, ?floorboards, foot-waling [cp. fot-weir, s.v. weir n.]. …

18. weir n.

7 quotations in 1 sense
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Naut. A wooden member forming part of a ship, prob. a stringer or sleeper; fot weir, a plank or batten laid in a fore-and-aft direction to form foot-waling or floorboards;—also coll. …

19. wẹ̄veling n.

13 quotations in 1 sense
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Naut. A piece of caulking material placed between the lapstrakes while the ship is under construction;—also coll. …

20. wrikken v.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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To move to and fro, flit back and forth; also in fig. context. …

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