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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. caitivǒus adj.

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Miserable, poor, unhappy.

6. caīve adj.

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Epileptic; goute caive, epilepsy.

7. caumber adj.

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Curved.

8. 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…

9. cǒuntāble adj. & n.

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

10. 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.

11. debonaire adj. & n.

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(a) Mild, gentle, kind; courteous, gracious; humble, meek; (b) of things: benign, favorable; of winds: mild; of words or speech: kindly, courteous; of life, actions: gentle, meek; of eyes…

12. dēceivāble adj.

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

13. dē̆ceivaunt adj. & n.

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

14. 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

15. fẹ̄r adj.(2)

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

16. fēsāble adj.

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Capable of being accomplished, feasible.

17. 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].

18. fōlīǒus adj.

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Foolish; ?sinful.

19. 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.

20. 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.