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Þ þ (thorn)
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1.
frough
adj.
9 quotations in 2 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) Weak (in character), loose, fickle;
fals and frough
; (b) of a vision: delicate; ?delightful.
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2.
kē̆mpe
adj.
3 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Of hair: coarse, shaggy; of an eel: large, coarse; as noun: a kind of large eel.
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3.
raived
adj.
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Of a roof: broken open.
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4.
rẹ̄nish(e
adj.
Additional spellings:
renishe
2 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) Strange, uncouth; (b) of an emperor: stern, awful.
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5.
short
adj.
294 quotations in 7 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) Of little length;
smiten forth limes short
, to cut the legs off short;
shivered short
, broken off short; (b)
short iswired
;
short nosed
;
short pastroned
;
short ribbe
, an asternal rib;
short shapen
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6.
slag
n. or adj.
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
?A slippery or muddy place; ?slippery, muddy.
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7.
slāpe
adj.
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
In phrase:
slape of thrift
, smooth of fortune, i.e., fortunate.
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8.
snẹ̄pe
adj.
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
As coll. noun: fools.
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