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1. al limiting adj. & n.

239 quotations in 8 senses
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Denoting the total number of entities in a class or group: all (persons, creatures, things, units); all without exception: (a) with a noun: al(le men, al(le the knightes, the knightes al(le, etc.; (b)…

2. anī limiting adj.

123 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) With concrete nouns: any (person (s), thing (s), etc.); often emphatic: any whatever, any at all; ani other, anyone else; best of ani man = better than ani; (b) with mass nouns, action nouns…

3. anī-kin(nes phr. (used attributively) & adj.

Additional spellings: anikin, ani-kinnes, anikinnes
19 quotations in 1 sense
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Any kind(s) of, any; also, every kind of [quot.Cursor 276]; for ani-kin aughte, by every means, all he could; on (in) ani-kin wise, in any way or manner; bi ani-kin wei, anyway; for ani-kin thing, for…

4. arveð adj. & adv. (also in adjectival compounds.)

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(a) Difficult, hard; it is arveð, it is hard (to do); him is arveð, it is hard for him (to do); (b) arveð finde, hard to find, rare; arveð forþe, hard to achieve or do; arveð healde, arveðihialde

5. aswǒue(n, aswoune predicate adj. & adv.

Additional spellings: aswouen, aswoune
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In a swoon or faint; ben, lien, fallen, tomblen aswoue.

6. bẹ̄chen adj.

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Consisting of beech trees; of a beech tree, of beech wood.

7. bed-rēde(n adj. & n.

Additional spellings: bedrede, bed-reden, bedreden
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(a) Confined to bed, bedridden; (b) one who is confined to bed.

8. bitel adj.

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Sharp-edged, sharp (weapon); sharp, cruel (blow).

9. borlī(ch adj.

Additional spellings: borlich
25 quotations in 2 senses
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Of persons: (a) excellent, noble; handsome, beautiful; -- also as noun; (b) stout, sturdy, burly.

10. clǒudī adj.

28 quotations in 4 senses
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Hilly, rocky.

11. cōf adj. (& adv.)

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(a) Eager, bold, courageous; cof on (sb.); cof and kene; cant and cof; as adv.: courageously; (b) quick; cof and quik; as adv.: swiftly, fast; quickly, promptly, soon.

12. Corn-walish adj.

Additional spellings: Cornwalish
8 quotations in 1 sense
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Cornish; the Corn-walish bor, the Cornish boar [said of King Arthur]; as noun: Cornishman.

13. cō̆st-lēue adj.

Additional spellings: costleue
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(a) Costly, expensive; sumptuous, magnificent; (b) lavish in expenditure, extravagant.

14. dẹ̄p adj.

145 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) Of a cave, ditch, pit, valley, water, etc.: stretching downward, deep; of the earth: having depth or thickness; also fig.; (b) of a wound, an ulcer, a hollow in a part of the body: extending well…

15. derk adj.

137 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Of a room, the underworld, the grave, etc.: lacking illumination; dark, dusky, dismal; also fig.; (b) of the atmosphere, the weather, etc.: dark (night); lowering, threatening (clouds, weather)…

16. doughtī adj. & n.

81 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Bold, brave, valiant, strong in battle or combat; (b) doughti in armes, doughti in (of) dede(s, doughti of hond, doughti of his hondes, doughti under sheld; (c) of an action, blow, fight, etc…

17. dusī(e adj. & n.

Additional spellings: dusie
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(a) Foolish, unwise; -- of persons or actions; (b) giddy, dizzy; (c) dull, unresponsive.

18. dusk adj.

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Dark, not bright, dim; dark-colored, dull, dingy; also fig. of visual perception: dull; of words: obscure.

19. ē̆rthelī, ē̆rthlī adj.

Additional spellings: erthli
66 quotations in 4 senses
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Belonging to this earth (i.e. not of heaven or hell), terrestrial, worldly; having material and transitory existence on this earth (i.e. not spiritual and lasting), mortal or mundane;-- (a) of man or…

20. fẹ̄nden(e adj.

Additional spellings: fendene
4 quotations in 1 sense
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Devilish, fiendish; -- only in attrib. position.