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1. adlen v.

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(a) To earn (wages, a reward, etc.); to obtain (that which one has earned); -- also refl.; (b) to merit (spiritual blessings, heavenly bliss, etc.); to be deserving of (death, the tortures of hell)…

2. ai adv.

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Of continous actions or states: (a) all the time, always, constantly, unceasingly; (b) eternally, forever.

3. al-gāte(s adv.

Additional spellings: algate, al-gates, algates
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In all ways, in every way or respect; entirely, altogether.

4. alīche adv.

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(a) Of mode: in the same manner, similarly; without distinction; (b) of degree or extent: equally; (c) in equal measure or quantity (= Latin ana).

5. almes(se n.

Additional spellings: almesse
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(a) Anything given to relieve those in poverty or distress, any charitable gift or offering, alms; an allotment of alms; eten almes, be dependent on alms; gan on almes, liven bi, of almes, live on…

6. aloft(e adv.

Additional spellings: alofte
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(a) Up in the sky or air; high above, at or to a height; high aloft; (b) on top, atop; above, upstairs; also, on (a surface); lenden aloft, go up (to sb.); (c) upward; liften, heven aloft, lift up…

7. amboht n.

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Handmaid, bondwoman.

8. amis adv.

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(a) Of the actions of persons: in a wrong or mistaken manner; gon, faren amis, go astray, go wrong; leden, turnen amis, mislead; speden amis, fare badly; feren amis, be ill; sheten amis, miss the…

9. anclẹ̄ n.

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(a) The ankle; ankle bone, esp. the inner projection [quots. c1150, c1440]; innermore ancle; utward ancle, outer projection of the ankle; (b) ancle bon, ankle bone; utter ancle, outer projection of…

10. anger n.

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(a) Distress, suffering; anguish, agony; the anguish of love, love-longing; anger and wo (tene, care); (b) a source of distress, suffering, or discomfort; trouble, hardship; pl. troubles…

11. angren v.

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(a) To be anxious or grieved; -- intr. & refl.; (b) ben angred, be anxious or grieved; be in agony.

12. ar-dawe n.

Additional spellings: ardawe
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(a) Plowland; ar-dawe feld; (b) dais ar-dawe, an acre or juger of plowland (orig. a day's plowing).

13. arvel n.

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Funeral feast, wake.

14. at adv. with infinitive

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To (do, eat, etc.).

15. atlen, -ien v.

Additional spellings: atlien
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(a) To intend or plan (to do sth.); -- intr. or refl.; (b) seek or plan (sth.).

16. aue n.

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Fear, terror, dread; also, great reverence, veneration, awe.

17. auk(e adj.

Additional spellings: auke
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(a) From the left; of a stroke with the sword: from left to right, backhanded; (b) perverse, wrong; (c) strange, marvelous.

18. aun(e n.

Additional spellings: aune
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The beard on grain; an awn.

19. āv(e)len v.

Additional spellings: avelen
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(a) To make an effort, strive to obtain; to earn or merit; (b) ppl. endowed.

20. avelō̆ng adj.

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Oblong, elongated; of a round vessel: out of shape.

21. ayẹ̄n adv.

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(a) Back or away from something; to the rear, back, backwards; drawen ayen, ten ayen, draw back, withdraw; holden ayen, hold back, check, restrain; putten ayen, set or thrust back or away; turnen

22. bagge n.(1)

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(a) A bag or sack, with or without its contents; traveling bag, wallet, satchel, pouch; bagge portatif; undo the bagge; (b) a bag as a unit of measure.

23. bain adj.

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(a) Willing, inclined, eager; -- often with inf. phrase; (b) prepared, ready.

24. baisk adj.

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(a) Harsh, bitter, sour (to the taste); (b) bitter (tears), grievous (sin), etc.

25. bait n.

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(a) Bait for fish, fowl, or vermin; (b) a worm or insect to be used for bait.

26. baiten v.

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(a) To bait (an animal) with an attacking or herding dog; specif., to bait (a tied or confined bear, bull, or badger) in sport; (b) of a dog: to set on (an animal or person); perh. [quot.: a1375] to…

27. baithen v.

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(a) To inquire, ask; (b) to grant (a request); baithen bon; (c) to consent, agree.

28. bāl(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: bale
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A blazing fire, esp. one for burning victims or corpses; also, hell-fire; bale-fir.

29. bank(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: banke
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(a) A natural ridge; (b) a height, hill, mountain; (c) a slope, a hill-side; (d) ?the crest of a wave.

30. bannen v.

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(a) To summon (troops) by proclamation; assemble (a fighting force); bannen out; (b) to assemble (a fleet) for an attack; (c) to gather (arms), make ready; to man or make ready (a castle).

31. bāre n.(2)

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A wave, billow; se bare.

32. bark n.

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The bark of a tree or woody plant.

33. basken v.

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Intrans. to bathe (in blood), bask, wallow; also refl.; basken aboute.

34. bēlen v.

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To inflame; become inflamed, fester; fig. inflame with hate or rage.

35. benger(e n.

Additional spellings: bengere
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A grain bin; the hopper of a mill.

36. benk n.

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(a) A bench, a seat; esp., a long, backless seat; (b) a royal seat, the throne of a ruler; setten on benk, to put (sb.) on a throne, do honor to (sb.); (c) benk ende, the end of the bench.

37. berling n.(1)

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A pole (?for propelling a boat); berling tre.

38. n.

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A dwelling; farm, village, town; bi-milne, town mill. [Common in place names and field names of the East Midland and the North (the Danelaw). See A. H. Smith PNElem. 1.66, & the thorp, by, tun map in…

39. big n.(1)

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Barley; big bern, barley barn; big rid(d)el, barley riddle or sieve (for bolting).

40. Bigge n.

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A surname.

41. biggen v.

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(a) To dwell or live (in a place, among people), reside; inhabit (the Earth); ben bigged, have lodging; (b) biggen bour, to establish (head)quarters; refl. establish oneself (in a location); (c) to…

42. biglī adj.

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(a) Comfortable, stately (mansion); (b) perfect (happiness).

43. bing n.

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A coffer; a bin.

44. bir(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: bire
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Naut. A wind or breeze, esp. one favorable for sailing; haven bir at the bak, have a tail wind; abiden the bir, await favorable wind (i.e. circumstances).

45. birth(e n.

Additional spellings: birthe
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(a) The act of giving birth, childbirth; birth bering; labour of birth; at on (a) birth, in one delivery; (b) birth in wombe, conception.

46. bistad ppl.

Additional spellings: bestad
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Placed (in a certain location), situated, lodged; quartered or living (with sb.).

47. bleik adj.

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(a) Of complexion: pallid, sallow, pale; (b) whitish, white.

48. bleiken v.

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(a) To turn pale (as with fear); bleiken in blodi ble, blush; (b) to make (sb.) turn pale.

49. blē̆k n.

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(a) Ink; blek pot, inkhorn; (b) a black substance, ?tar; (c) a dark or somber mood.

50. blenchen v.

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(a) To move suddenly or sharply; jerk, twist; flinch, wince, dodge; blenchen aside; blenchen low, duck; blenchen broues, raise (one's) eyebrows or eyelids; blenchen of slepe, wake up suddenly; (b) of…

51. blesmen v.

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Of the ram: to copulate with (the ewe), tup; blismed, tupped, pregnant.

52. bliknen v.

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(a) To shine; (b) to lose color, turn pale [cp. bloknen].

53. blō adj.

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(a) Of the body: dark, discolored, black-and-blue, livid; fig. livid with anger; blo stroke, a bruise; (b) as blo as (eni) led, as livid as lead; blak and blo, blo and wan, black-and-blue, livid; blo

54. blọ̄m n.

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(a) A flower, blossom; flowers, bloom; flowering (as a stage in the development of a plant); also fig.; bright as blom; beren blom, to flower; (b) as an epithet: Christ; the Virgin; (c) pre-eminence…

55. blọ̄men v.

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(a) To come into flower, bloom, flower; (b) fig. to flourish, increase, abound, grow.

56. blǒnderen v.

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(a) To walk without seeing, go blindly; (b) to proceed ignorantly, act blindly or irrationally; refl. delude oneself, be out of one's senses; ppl. blundering, rash, clumsy, thoughtless; of things…

57. blōt adj.(1)

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(a) Swollen; bloated, plump; (b) softened, made pliable and moist; blot fish, bloatfish.

58. blotnen v.

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To anoint.

59. bōde-wǒrd n.

Additional spellings: bodeword
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(a) A commandment (of God); the bode-word(es, the (ten) Commandments; forbeden bode-word, impose a prohibition; (b) a command or edict.

60. bōl-ax(e n.

Additional spellings: bol-axe, bolax, bolaxe
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(a) An ax for cutting or splitting wood; (b) a poleax.

61. bōle n.(1)

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(a) A bull; fre bole, a bull free to roam with the herd [see Homans Eng.Villagers 61-3]; (b) a steer or bullock.

62. bōle n.(2)

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(a) The trunk (of a tree); also, a tree; (b) ?a branch or grape cluster [may be error for bobbe n].

63. bolnen v.

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(a) To swell, become distended; also, specif., swell from infection, poison, beating, etc.; (b) bolned, swollen (from infection, beating, etc.); also, corpulent; (c) bolned hering, bloated herring…

64. bọ̄n n.(2)

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(a) The act of praying, or what one asks for in praying; a prayer; a favor asked for; bidden, don, maken, praien bon, address a prayer (to God), say a prayer, pray; asken, bidden bon, pray for…

65. bō̆nd(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: bonde
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(a) A customary tenant (as distinct from a free-holder); a villager (villain) or farmer (husbandman) holding land under a lord in return for customary services, esp. plowing (cp. plough-man); specif…

66. bọ̄th n.

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(a) A stall at a market or fair, a merchant's shop; ?also, house of prostitution [L meritorium]; (b) a temporary dwelling, arbor of branches, tent, hut; also a poor dwelling, a hovel; (c) in personal…

67. bǒun adj.

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(a) Of persons: ready, prepared; also, armed; boun in, clothed in (sth.); expert in (astronomy); of things: in readiness, prepared; of a weapon: drawn; of parts of buildings: made, built; of wages or…

68. brand-reth n.

Additional spellings: brandreth
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(a) A grate, gridiron, or trivet for supporting cooking utensils above a fire; (b) a gridiron for torture.

69. brant ppl. adj.

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(a) Steep, high; brant up, straight up, erect; brant upright, perpendicular; (b) arched (eyebrows) [cp. OI bretta brȳrnar raise the eyebrows]; (c) ?smooth (forehead); (d) in place names [see Smith PN

70. bratthe n.

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(a) Violence, impetuosity; (b) anger, rage; -- also pl.; (c) the deadly sin of Wrath.

71. brẹ̄ch n.

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(a) The undergarment covering the lower part of the body; underpants, drawers, or tights; brech and sherte, sark and brek; (b) brech, brek, as pl.; a pare brech, a pair of breeches.

72. breithen v.

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To rush.

73. brennen v.

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(a) To be consumed by fire; burn, burn down; brennen awai; of fire: burn; brennen up, flame up; brenning, on fire, fiery; (b) to destroy (sth.) with fire; put to the torch, reduce to ashes; brennen up

74. bresten v.

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(a) To be broken, fall apart, break, shatter; bresten atwo, bresten atwinne, bresten in peces, bresten in sunder; (b) to break (sth.), shatter, crush; break (one's arm); ppl. brosten, of grain or…

75. brēth n.(2)

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Wrath, anger, vengeful spirit; the fury (of battle); wreken breth, wreak vengeance.

76. brim n.(1)

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A body of water, such as the sea, a pool, spring, river.

77. brīn n. (plural)

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(a) Eyebrows, or the ridges of the eyebrows; (b) eyelid(s).

78. brinke n.

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(a) The shore (of the sea); seashore, coast; se brinke; ?also, the top (of a mound) [quot.: 1607], ?a precipice [quot. a1425 Wycl.]; (b) the bank (of a stream); (c) the edge (of a spring); (d) in…

79. britten v.

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(a) To mash; (b) to cut to pieces, dismember; (c) to shatter; demolish.

80. brixel n.

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Humiliating treatment or circumstances; shameless behavior, chiding.

81. brod n.(1)

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(a) A sprout, a shoot; (b) a pointed instrument, a goad; (c) a nail (applied to several types and sizes); (d) brod smith, a maker of goads, ?a maker of nails.

82. brǒnt n.

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(a) A sudden movement, a rush; at a bront, suddenly, speedily; (b) an attack, a charge; (c) a blow; also fig.; (d) the full force (of an attack, misfortune, etc.); a)biden (beren) the bront, endure…

83. brōth adj. & n.

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Sudden, hasty; of a person: quick, eager (to do sth.).

84. brōth(e)lī adv.

Additional spellings: brotheli
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(a) Suddenly, quickly; (b) violently, fiercely, angrily; (c) grievously, severely; ?wickedly, vilely.

85. bulk n.

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The cargo of a ship, a shipload (of a commodity).

86. cæppe n.

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Warrior.

87. cairen v.

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(a) To go, move, travel, depart; (b) refl. to betake oneself, go; (c) to carry (sth.), bring, convey, send; cairen at, pull at (a cart), draw; (d) fig. to proceed (with a story); of apples: develop…

88. cal n.

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(a) An outcry (against sb.), a charge, an accusation; maken cal; (b) a summons; an invitation.

89. calf n.(2)

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The calf of the leg.

90. callen v.

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(a) To cry out, call, shout; (b) to cry out (sth.), say (sth.) loudly; (c) callen after, to call for (sb.), summon; callen on (upon), call to (sb.), address, invoke, summon, call on (sb. for payment)…

91. camp adj.

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Shaggy (eyebrows).

92. cang adj. & n.

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(a) Foolish; also, lewd, worthless, ?wicked; cang eien, lustful eyes; (b) a fool.

93. cānunk n.

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A clergyman living under a rule of canons, a canon.

94. capel n.

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A horse or gelding; a warhorse, cart horse, riding horse, etc.; capel clauer, horse clawer, stable boy; cutted capel, a gelding.

95. carald n.

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A cask; fig. a place of confinement.

96. carflen v.

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To card (flax).

97. carl n.

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(a) A man (usually of low estate); often patronizingly or contemptuously: fellow; (b) a contemptuous term of address: fellow, knave, rascal; (c) as term of association: cloddre (cluster) of carles, a…

98. carling n.

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A kind of ship's timber; ?a timber in the kelson, ?the kelson, ?a mast-step.

99. car-man n.

Additional spellings: carman
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A male human being, a man.

100. carp n.

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(a) Talking, chatting, conversation, discourse; (b) a statement, a saying; a message (spoken or written); (c) a story, tale, poem, song; (d) mention, news; (e) meaning.