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1. appurtenaunt adj. & n.

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(a) Belonging (to a country, a manor) as a possession or a right; (b) as noun: what belongs to or forms a subsidiary part (of a manor, etc.). …

2. barain(e adj.

Additional spellings: baraine
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(a) Barren (woman); sterile (woman or man); also fig.; (b) childless (woman or man); (c) unpregnant (animal); (d) infertile (egg). …

3. bẹ̄ne adj.

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Good, fair, pleasant, kindly. …

4. caitī̆f adj.

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Captured, imprisoned; enslaved; leden caitif, to lead (sb.) captive, enslave. …

5. caīve adj.

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Epileptic; goute caive, epilepsy. …

6. contrārie adj.

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Of paired entities: opposing, opposed, opposite, contrasting, contrastive; ben contrarie to, to be opposed to or contrast with (sth.); al contrarie, even contrarie, exactly opposite, reversed……

7. cǒuntāble adj. & n.

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(a) Containing a reckoning or account; (b) able to record or remember; (c) responsible, accountable. …

8. cǒurteis adj. & n.

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(a) Of persons: courtly or refined in manners; well-bred, urbane; polite, courteous; considerate, kind; courteis and hende; (b) of behavior, actions, words, etc.: refined, well-mannered, polite. …

9. dēceivāble adj.

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(a) Of persons or animals: deceitful, lying, treacherous; -- also as noun; (b) disloyal, seditious. …

10. dē̆ceivaunt adj. & n.

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(a) Lying, deceitful; (b) as noun: a deceiver, something that deceives. …

11. dē̆fendaunt adj.

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(a) Defending; him (him self, me) defendaunt, defending himself (myself), in self-defense [cp. OF se defendant]; mi sonne defendaunt, my son defending himself; (b) law defending in a suit; partie……

12. fẹ̄r adj.(2)

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(a) Of warriors: fierce, bold, proud; (b) of facial expression: bold, proud; (c) of an enterprise: worthy. …

13. fēsāble adj.

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Capable of being accomplished, feasible. …

14. fētīs, -īce adj.

Additional spellings: fetice
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(a) Of things: cleverly fashioned, neat, elegant; (b) of persons: shapely, handsome, pretty, neat [used ironically in quot.: 1477]. …

15. fōlīǒus adj.

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Foolish; ?sinful. …

16. grẹ̄vǒus adj.

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(a) Oppressive, burdensome, bitter; of temptation: hard severe; (b) of sin, crime: grave, serious; (c) tedious, difficult, distasteful; (d) important. …

17. interlīniārē̆ adj.

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Written between the lines of a text; glose interliniare, Anselm's interlinear gloss to the Vulgate; par interliniare, by interlining, in the manner of an interlinear gloss. …

18. lẹ̄ǧe adj.

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(a) Of a feudal superior: entitled to feudal allegiance and service; of a sovereign: entitled to a subject's allegiance; lege lord, lege ladie, lege soverain, etc.; (b) fig. lege lord, religious Lord……

19. ǒuele adj.

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Equal. …

20. ǒundẹ̄ adj.

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(a) Her. Wavy, undé; (b) decorated with undulating streaks of color; (c) of hair: wavy, curly. …

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