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Þ þ (thorn)
Ð ð (eth)
Ʒ ʒ (yogh)
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61.
braket nail
n.
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Some kind of nail.
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62.
branded
ppl.
2 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Brindled.
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63.
brẹ̄de
n.(3)
2 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) Growth; (b) ?ancestry; ?breeding, manners.
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64.
brēminge
ger.
4 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
The process of cleaning a ship's bottom with burning broom or reeds; also, material so used [first quot.].
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65.
?brẹ̄s
n.
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
A wind.
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66.
bugge
n.
4 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Bogy, hobgoblin, black-man; scarecrow;
slotir bugge
.
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67.
buil
n.
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
A curved handle.
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68.
bulberie
n.
3 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
?The fruit of the common barberry
Berberis vulgaris
; ?bilberry.
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69.
bul-rish
n.
Additional spellings:
bulrish
4 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Used as gloss to L
papirus
.
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70.
chep(pe
n.
Additional spellings:
cheppe
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
One side of the jaw, chap.
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71.
chevender
n.
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
A fresh-water fish: the chub.
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72.
chīmb
n.
3 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
The rim (of a barrel, formed by the joined ends of the staves).
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73.
chokelen
v.
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
To quaver or warble.
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74.
chop
n.(2)
2 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Jawbone, jaw.
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75.
choppen
v.(2)
3 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
To bargain;
choppen and chaungen
.
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76.
chǒumbe
n.
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Said to be a nickname of the hare.
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77.
chuffe
n.
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
A rustic, boor.
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78.
clagged
adj.
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
?Besmeared, bedaubed, covered.
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79.
claggen
v.
2 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) to clump or grow viscous; (b) ppl.
clagged
, ?besmeared, bedaubed, covered.
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80.
clap-holt
n.
Additional spellings:
clapholt
6 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Small boards of split oak, board cut to make barrel staves.
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