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1161. wrēke n.

14 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Vengeance, retribution; dai of wreke; taken wreke; (b) violence.

1162. wring(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: wringe
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A press, esp. an olive press or a wine press; also in fig. context; wring hous, a building in which a press is kept.

1163. writelinge ger.

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Warbling, twittering.

1164. wrīten v.

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(a) To form symbols, letters, words, etc.; write (in a book, on a wall, etc.); also fig.; also, carve (into a stone), incise (b) to form (runes, designs, letters, etc.); writen gold, produce gold…

1165. wrīter(e n.

Additional spellings: writere
35 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A scribe, copyist, court notary, etc.; also, a secretary; maister writer, a professional scribe; texte writer [see text(e n. 5.] (b) a reporter of events, deeds, etc., a chronicler, historian;…

1166. wrīthel n.

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(a) Wild lettuce or some other herb eaten ritually; (b) in surnames and place name [see Smith PNElem. 2.279].

1167. wrīting(e ger.

Additional spellings: writinge
127 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) The action or process of inscribing, forming, or otherwise recording characters, words, sentences, etc.; the craft of writing; also, one’s own handwriting, spelling, syntactic habits, etc (b)…

1168. wrixlunge ger.

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The action of changing or exchanging.

1169. wrōth adj.

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(a) Angry, irate; angry (with sb., sth., oneself); also in fig. context (b) inordinately angry, furious; violently enraged; visibly angry; crazed with rage; wode wroth [see also wod(e adv. (b)]; (c)…

1170. wrōther hēle phr. & n.

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(a) Destruction, ruin; disaster, harm;—sometimes used as an exclamation; also, in tmesis: to wrother here hele, to their disadvantage (b) in phrase: to wrother hele, preceded by dat. pers. pron.: to…

1171. wun-sēle n.

Additional spellings: wunsele
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A dwelling or dwelling place.

1172. wurp n.

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A throwing, cast; eie wurp, a casting of the eye, glance; also, in adv. phrase: the wurp of a ston, as far away as one can throw a stone.

1173. yarking ger.

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Preparation.

1174. yē̆ conj.

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(a) And, or; (b) in correl. constructions: ye…ye, either (iwhether) ye…ye, either) ye…and, etc., both…and (…and also.

1175. yẹ̄de v.

447 quotations in 19 senses
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(a) Of a person or creature: walked; also, was able to walk [quot. c1440]; yede on fot, yede on his fet, yede upright, etc.; yede afote, was on foot (b) walked (in a certain manner); (c) in…

1176. yēk n.

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(a) The European cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) (b) pl. an orchid of some kind, prob. the early purple orchid (Orchis mascula) or the lesser butterfly orchid (Plantanthera bifolia); yekes mete (soure),…

1177. yẹ̄ld n.

48 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) Tax; a tax, an exaction; also, a royal land tax; also, a sum paid in tax; dane yeld [see dane-geld n.] (b) a customary rent or payment; ?also, quittance or exemption from the obligation to pay…

1178. yellen v.

51 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Of a person, devil, etc.: to make a loud cry because of grief, joy, etc., cry out; also in metonymy [quot. a1382] (b) to exclaim loudly, shout; chant or sing loudly; (c) to utter (sth., certain…

1179. yelping(e ger.

Additional spellings: yelpinge
11 quotations in 1 sense
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The act of bragging, boasting; also, a boast; ?also, arrogance [quot. 1440]; idel yelping; maken yelping.

1180. yēnen v.

36 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To spread one’s jaws, open one’s mouth wide; also, let the mouth fall or hang open; gape, as in astonishment or scorn; ppl. ȝeninge, open-mouthed, with the mouth hanging open; ȝeninge with open