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1. aida(u)nt ppl. & n.

Additional spellings: aidaunt
4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Giving aid; (b) mil. auxiliary (i.e. lightly armed, or allied with the main body of an army); -- also as noun. …

2. aide n.

16 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Assistance, help, support; (b) a helper; (c) mil. an auxilliary, a mercenary; (d) law aide prier [OF phrase, lit. 'ask for help'], an appeal for help from a party interested in the matter in……

3. astraien v.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Mil. Break formation. …

4. avail(e n.

Additional spellings: availe
68 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) Benefit, advantage, profit; ben avail, to be useful or effective; ben litel avail, to be of little value; (b) of persons: worthiness. …

5. bōr n.

114 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) An uncastrated male swine (either wild or domesticated); (b) bores brain, brain of a boar used medicinally; bor(es grece, fat of a boar; bores herte, a bold or fierce heart; bor(es tusk, one of……

6. calketrappe n.

19 quotations in 2 senses
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Mil. A device with sharp iron spikes set on the ground to cripple the feet of an advancing enemy; similar device used against trespassers, etc.; fig. a spiritual trap or pitfall. …

7. cōordinārie n.

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Mil. A commander of subordinate rank. …

8. crīǒur n.

40 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) One who cries out; (b) one who makes a public complaint, accuser, agitator. …

9. eǧǧe n.(2)

66 quotations in 7 senses
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The cutting edge of a tool or instrument. …

10. enkernelen v.

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Mil. To provide (the walls of a stronghold) with battlements; to crenelate. …

11. ensigne n.

9 quotations in 2 senses
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A token, sign, symbol; also (in pl.), the insignia of authority or rank. …

12. fīaunce n.

11 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Trust or faith (in someone or something); (b) confidence based on trust, assurance. …

13. fǒuler n.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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Mil. A type of cannon or mortar. …

14. ǧin(ne n.

Additional spellings: ginne
140 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) Inventive talent, ingenuity, cleverness, skill; also, skill in magic or occult science; bi (mid, thurgh, with) gin, ingeniously, cleverly, skillfully; by magic; (b) queint of gin, of queint gin……

15. ǧinnǒur n.

10 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A stone-mason, builder; (b) mil. one who operates siege engines; (c) as surname. …

16. helper(e n.

Additional spellings: helpere
22 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) One who, or that which, gives help, an ally, assistant, supporter, collaborator; (b) surg. pl.: the humerus bone; (c) mil. pl.: auxiliary troops. …

17. minstral n.

50 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) An instrumental musician, singer, or story-teller; also fig.; minstral of mouth, ?a singer; godes minstral, the poor, lunatics, and lepers; kinges (lordes) minstral, a minstrel retained by a king……

18. muscle n.(1)

31 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) An edible bivalve mollusc, mussel; muscle bed, portion of sea bottom on which mussels grow; muscle man, ?one who gathers or sells mussels; (b) mil. muscle, muscle shelle, a kind of siege engine……

19. scarmuch(e n.

Additional spellings: scarmuche
18 quotations in 1 sense
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Mil. An engagement between small bodies of soldiers, a skirmish; a battle; an encounter between besieging and besieged forces; also, the manner of fighting characteristic of a skirmish. …

20. sīthe n.

44 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) An agricultural implement used for mowing or pruning, a scythe; also fig.; (b) the curved blade of a scythe; (c) sithe ale, a drinking celebration held for mowers as compensation for mowing some……

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