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1. bēm n.

133 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) A tree [cp. fike bem, note bem, etc.]; (b) the Cross; bote of bem, relief from suffering or misfortune; (c) bem of cloud, a pillar of cloud; (d) a specific kind of tree, probably one or more…

2. bō̆dī n.

336 quotations in 14 senses
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(a) The whole physical frame of a living being; physique, body; bodi-lich, body [cp. līch body]; assaien bodi, test (one's) physique or physical prowess; (b) build, stature, figure; (c) bodi and

3. drast n.

46 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Dregs, lees; sediment, scum; -- usually pl.; (b) the refuse of grapes after the juice has been pressed out; drastes of honi, wax; (c) dirt, refuse; also, garbage (?or mast) fed to hogs; (d) fig.

4. drīe n.(1)

29 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Dry or clear weather; in wet and drie, in all kinds of weather, rain or shine; also, the dry heat of the sun, dryness, drought; (b) dry land, land (as opposed to sea); (c) dead wood.

5. drīenes(se n.

Additional spellings: drienesse
46 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) The state of being dry or dried out; (b) dryness of weather, drought; (c) dry land (as opposed to sea); (d) desert; (e) dead wood.

6. drǒught(e n.

Additional spellings: droughte
35 quotations in 4 senses
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Dry weather or season; a dry spell; drought.

7. fīr n.

283 quotations in 16 senses
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(a) Fire as a physical phenomenon;--without article; (b) the fire of hell; helle-fir, eche fir.

8. flọ̄r n.

56 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) The floor of a room or building; i(n the flor, on the floor, to the floor; bar flor, paved flor, etc.; bour flor, dortour flor, temple flor, etc.; the bottom of a coffin [quot.: c1250]; (b) flor

9. hēte n.(1)

190 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) Heat; warmth from the sun, a fire, etc.; in chele and in hete, in hete and in cold, in all circumstances; (b) fig. of emotions, virtue, sin, devotion, etc.: intensity, ardor; (c) excessive heat…

10. hō̆t n.(1)

29 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Hotness of the atmosphere, hot weather; heat as perceptible to the touch; (b) in hot and cold, through thick and thin, at all times; neither in hot ne cold, never; for hot ne cold, for any reason…

11. hōtnes(se n.

Additional spellings: hotnesse
5 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) High temperature, heat; the sensation of heat; (b) phys., med. dominant hot quality; also, of a medicine: the degree of hot quality.

12. sight(e n.

Additional spellings: sighte
497 quotations in 13 senses
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(a) The faculty of sight, ability to see; also fig.; also in proverb; spirit (vertu) of sight; (b) sight as one of the five senses; sight eie, eyesight; sight of bodi (eie), bodilich sight, physical…

13. wē̆t n.

71 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) Water as a naturally occurring substance; water as a medium for preparing recipes, soaking, etc.; also, a fluid with properties similar to those of water (b) a naturally occurring body of water,…

14. wē̆tnes(se n.

Additional spellings: wetnesse
10 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Moisture, dampness, wetness; also fig. and in fig. context; haven wetnes, to endure a dousing (b) phys. & astron. the primary quality of wetness inherent in all things; (c) the moisture or…