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1. bou-sprẹ̄t(e, bǒu(e)sprẹ̄t(e n.

Additional spellings: bouspret, bou-sprete, bousprete, bouesprete, bouspret, bouespret, bousprete
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Naut. Bowsprit. …

2. dwẹ̄re n.

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(a) Doubt, perplexity, uncertainty; in (a) dwere, in doubt; without dwere, without question, certainly; (b) ?disagreement, dissension; ?distress, trouble; (c) amazement, awe; dread, fear. …

3. fokesail n.

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A sail attached to the foremast, a (triangular) foresail. …

4. hurkelen v.

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(a) To nestle, crouch; (b) hurkelen doun with hed, to bend the head down, cower; (c) to rest, lie; (d) hurkelen up, ?to stand up; (e) in surnames [see Smith PNElem. 1.260-1]. …

5. knarre n.

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(a) A crag, twisted rock; (b) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.102]. …

6. lǒuen n.

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A rascal, rogue. …

7. pǒupen v.

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To make a gulping sound while drinking; also, blow a horn; poupen in. …

8. prīal n.

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?A kind of horizontal brail or an additional central parrel holding the belly of the sail to the mast; prial rop = prial [see Sandahl ME Sea Terms 3 70-78]. …

9. saggen v.

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(a) To sink, be mired; (b) to sag, hang down unevenly; (c) ?to weaken; ?sink down. …

10. sobben v.

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(a) To sob as a result of sorrow or gladness; weep in contrition or as a result of spiritual fervor; sobben and sighen (wepen), sighen (wepen) and (or) sobben, etc.; (b) to weep (to have sth.); sobben……

11. tā̆lmen v.

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(a) Of a person: to be overcome, faint; of the heart: weaken, become exhausted; (b) of the tongue: to falter when singing; (c) ?to exhaust (sb.), weary; ?refl. to grow tired. …

12. vēren v.(1)

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Naut. To let out or slacken (a rope). …

13. wẹ̄veling n.

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Naut. A piece of caulking material placed between the lapstrakes while the ship is under construction;—also coll. …

14. wriggen v.

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To wag (one’s tail);—used fig.; wriggen with the tail, of a bird: twist or flap its tail. …

15. wrikken v.

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To move to and fro, flit back and forth; also in fig. context. …

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