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201. colken v.

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To clip or shave off the hair of the head.

202. colle n.

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A barrel.

203. coupen v.(4)

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To pay the penalty for (sth.), suffer for.

204. crā n.

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A corner, nook.

205. craft n.(2)

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(a) A kind of ship's timber, a knee or crotch in the bow; craft nail, a wooden peg for fastening such timbers; (b) ?a wooden brace.

206. crāk n.(1)

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(a) A member of the genus Corvus; esp., the English carrion crow (C. corone); (b) in surnames and place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.6]; (c) crak brid, young of the crow or the raven; crak fot

207. crask adj.

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(a) Vigorous, strong, stout, lusty; ?also, fat, plump; (b) a surname.

208. craulen v.

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(a) To swarm, crawl; ben crauling, be crawling (with worms); (b) fig. to drag oneself, walk slowly.

209. crẹ̄chen v.

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To hook (sb.), catch.

210. cremmen v.

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To stuff (sth.).

211. crẹ̄pel n.

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(a) A cripple; (b) ?a dwarf; (c) surname.

212. crẹ̄pen v.

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To crawl like a snake or worm; ppl. cropen, crawled, having crawled, that has (have) crawled; icropen in drit, crawling in filth.

213. crepping n.

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?A fastener of some kind.

214. crike n.(1)

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(a) An inlet of the sea, cove, small estuary; also, a small stream, creek; (b) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.6]; (c) in personal names.

215. cringle n.

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In place names only [see Smith PNElem. 2.7]: a circle, bend.

216. cripped ppl.

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Of testicles: bruised, crippled.

217. Crist(e)-man n.

Additional spellings: Criste-man, Cristman, Cristeman
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A Christian; -- also as surname.

218. crọ̄k n.

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(a) Any tool, implement, or utensil consisting of, or having as an important part, a curved piece of metal or hook, such as a grappling iron, a pot hook, a reaping hook or sickle, ?a hoe, ?a fork, a…

219. cros n.

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(a) A cross for crucifixion, a gibbet; (b) the cross of Christ; holi cros; Exaltacioun of the cros, a feast, Sept. 14; feste of the holi cros, feast of the Invention of the Cross, May 3; (c) winnen

220. crossen v.

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To make the sign of the cross on or over (sth.); cross (sb., oneself).

221. cruk n.

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A pot or crock.

222. cukken v.

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To void excrement.

223. culpes of the sē phr.

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Sea plants; ?kelp.

224. -cund suf.

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This suffix survives in Orm., supported by ON *-kund: god-cund divine, gram -cund angry, grim -cund fierce. Orm's name-cund 'famous' is an adaptation of ME name-cǒuþ (OE nam-cūþ).

225. cunte n.

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(a) A woman's private parts; cunte-beten, impotent (man); (b) the corresponding organ(s) of a female animal; (c) sexual intercourse; (d) in place names and surnames; grope cunte lane [see gropen v.]…

226. curre n.

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A watchdog, such as a mastiff; a small hunting dog, such as a terrier; esp., a mongrel, cur, or stray dog; curre dogge; also fig. of the Devil.

227. cuski v.

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To quiet down, rest.

228. cweise n.

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A boil or sore.

229. dabben v.

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To strike; dabben on the hed, strike on the head, defeat (an enemy).

230. daie n.

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(a) A woman in charge of milking and making butter and cheese, a dairymaid; also, a woman who keeps cows and other farm stock; (b) as surname.

231. dailen v.

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To have dealings with (sb.), be concerned with (sth.).

232. dam n.

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(a) A dam; also, the bank (of a stream); (b) dam bord, a sluice gate.

233. Dānes n. (plural) Also singular

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(a) The Danes or Northmen; (b) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.127 & 129].

234. Dānish adj. & n.

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(a) Danish or Norse; Danish ax, a kind of battle-ax; Danish lond, Denmark; Danish se, the North Sea; (b) a Dane or Northman; (c) the Danish language; (d) as surname.

235. dank adj. & n.

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Wet, damp; dampness, moisture.

236. dappeld ppl.

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Spotted, dappled.

237. dappel-grai adj. & n.

Additional spellings: dappelgrai
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Pied or dappled in gray, or a horse of that color; dapple-gray.

238. dāsen v.

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(a) To be stunned, bewildered, befuddled, or dumfounded; -- intr. or refl.; (b) dased, stunned, dazed, dizzy; (c) dasand, stupefying.

239. dauen v.

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To dawn, grow light; dauen clere, dauen light, dauen (to) dai; (a) with subj. it; (b) with subj. dai.

240. dēflī adj.

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Dull, desolate.

241. depthe n.

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(a) Deep water, the sea; the primeval waters that preceded creation; also fig.; (b) the bottom of the sea; also fig.; (c) the innermost part, bottom of a wound or ulcer; fig. bottom (of the heart).

242. derf adj.

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(a) Bold, daring, courageous; valiant, doughty, noble (knight, king); (b) audacious, forward; impudent, wicked.

243. derth(e n.

Additional spellings: derthe
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(a) A period of scarcity or high prices, a famine; derth of scarcite, a famine caused by scarcity; (b) derth of, a shortage of (sth.), lack, scarcity; high price of (sth.), expensiveness.

244. desselī adv.

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(a) Stacked up, in a pile; (b) repeatedly, constantly, busily.

245. deuen v.

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(a) To shed dew or rain; also fig.; (b) of dawn or daylight: to come with refreshing dew, bring relief.

246. dī̆ch(e n.

Additional spellings: diche
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(a) An excavated trench; a ditch for fencing an enclosure, marking a boundary, draining water, etc.; (b) fig. & prov. expressions: as water of dich, freely, unstintingly; commune as water in a dich

247. dīen v.

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(a) Of a person, animal, soul, body, part of body: to cease living, die; liven or dien, liven and dien; (b) refl.

248. dile n.

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(a) The plant dill (Anethum graveolens); also, its seed; (b) dile man, ?a seller of dill; dile sed, the seed of dill; (c) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.133].

249. dillen v.(2)

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(a) To hide (sth.), conceal, keep secret; (b) to hide oneself.

250. dillidǒun n.

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A darling, a pet.

251. dingen v.

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To beat (sb.), scourge; also, overcome in fighting, defeat; intr. deal blows; of storms: beat upon (sb.).

252. dingle n.

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A deep dell or hollow: (a) se dingle, a deep in the bed of the sea; (b) in names [see Smith PNElem. 1.133].

253. dinten v.

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(a) To beat (sb.) with blows, strike with a weapon or missile; (b) to deal blows in combat.

254. dipt n.

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A deep place; derknes dipt, the pit of darkness, hell.

255. dirne n.

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(a) Doorjamb; (b) ouer-dorne, lintel of a doorframe [cp. OE ofer-dyre.]

256. dǒmpen v.

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(a) To fall suddenly or headlong, plunge; dompen in the dep, dompen into hell, dompen to the devel; (b) to dive, plunge; (c) to drop (sb. into hell).

257. dǒun n.

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The soft feathers of birds, down [used for stuffing pillows and featherbeds]; doun pilwe; Cuthbert doun, down of the Cuthbert duck.

258. dǒuve n.

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(a) A pigeon or dove; also, a young pigeon or squab, esp. in the phr. turtle or douve; (b) the image of a dove; (c) as a term of endearment: darling; (d) flight (slight) of douves, a flock of pigeons…

259. dowwnen v.

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To smell (sth.).

260. draf n.

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(a) Refuse of grain, chaff, husks; ?also, bran; fig. the worthless part of something; (b) waste parts of grapes or olives after removal of juice or oil; also fig.; (c) solid parts of leaves or herbs…

261. drag(ge n.(1)

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(a) A dragnet; (b) a harrow or drag; (c) a barge or raft; (d) a grappling hook.

262. draggen v.

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(a) To pull or draw (sth.); (b) to transport (sth.); (c) to dredge (oysters); -- OF text & inflection.

263. drauen v.

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(a) To pull, tug, draw; pull in harness; (b) to pull (sb. or sth.), drag, tug at; pull up (a drawbridge); (c) to draw or withdraw (a part of the body); (d) to pull (a vehicle), tow (a ship), turn…

264. draught n.

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(a) The action of pulling, a pull, pulling in harness; (b) pulling or drawing a net to catch birds or fish; (c) the drawing of water from a well; drawing of liquor from a cask, etc.; (d) one cut of a…

265. dravelen v.

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To mumble, mutter.

266. dregges n.

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(a) The lees or dregs (of a liquid); (b) residue or refuse of grapes; (c) fig. refuse, dirt; (d) in a surname.

267. drēm n.(2)

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(a) A vision experienced in sleep, a dream; a nightmare; a prophetic dream; (b) dremen drem, meten drem, sen drem, to have a dream; in drem, on drem, in a dream or dreams; sweven and drem, drem or

268. drī(e adj.(2)

Additional spellings: drie
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(a) Great, large, tall; of blows: hard, heavy; of a warrior: strong, valorous; driest del, greater part; (b) lasting, long; of a way or path: long, tedious; dri fro, distant from.

269. drīen v.(2)

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To perform or do (sth.); commit (sins); do (penance); drien wille, do (someone's) will; drien lif, lead (a certain kind of) life; drien wirdes, try (one's) luck.

270. drift n.

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(a) Driving cattle to pasture; (b) a drove or herd; a group of persons; drift of fisheres.

271. dring n.

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Naut. Some kind of sling arrangement needed for the yards.

272. drink heil phr.

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A salutation given in response to the toast wes hail: drink to your health!, good luck to you!

273. drīpen, drippen v.

Additional spellings: drippen
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(a) To fall in drops, drip; dripen of, drip from (sth.); ppl. driping, dripping, misty; (b) dripen on, to drop or dab (a liquid or salve) on (sth.); (c) dripen mid, to moisten or daub (sth.) with…

274. drit n.

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(a) Excrement, droppings; dung; feces; (b) hunt. the dung of certain animals; (c) cattes drit, dove drit, gandres drit, gotes drit, hors drit, mannes drit, mous drit, swines drit.

275. drīten v.

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To defecate; inf. as n. defecation or excrement.

276. drǒuknen v.

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To be overcome; ppl. droukning, dejected, downcast.

277. drǒunen v.(1)

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(a) To drown (sb.), kill by drowning; -- also refl.; (b) to be drowned, die by drowning; (c) ppl. drouned, drowned; ben drouned, to be drowned, drown.

278. drǒupen v.

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(a) To sag, slump, droop; fig. weak, failing; droupen doun; (b) to sink or fall down; of the sun: to set.

279. drūp adj.

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Sad, wretched.

280. dudde n.

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A cloak or mantle (?made of coarse, woolen cloth); also, a kind of cloth.

281. dunch(e n.

Additional spellings: dunche
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A loud noise, crash; a blow.

282. dū̆sten v.

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(a) Of dust: to rise into the air, be scattered about; (b) to reduce (sth.) to dust.

283. dweomerlāk n.

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Magic art, witchcraft.

284. ebland adv. & prep.

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(a) Mixed together, together; al ebland, all together; (b) among, amongst.

285. ēgē̆rn adj.

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Self-willed, stubborn; ?lustful.

286. eg(ge n.(1)

Additional spellings: egge
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(a) The edible egg of a domesticated fowl; (b) glair or whit of an egge, the white of an egg; oil of egges, an oil extracted from eggs; yolk or yelk of an eg; (c) fried egge; hard eg, an egg roasted…

287. eggen v.(1)

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(a) To urge (someone) on; (b) to tempt or entice (someone), to incite (to evil) or lure (awai from good); (c) to stimulate, encourage, exhort (someone); eggen to gōd; (d) refl. to bestir oneself.

288. eightend ord. num.

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Eighth in order;-- (a) with a noun; (b) without a noun.

289. ēke-nāme n.

Additional spellings: ekename
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An added or another name; epithet, nickname; surname, title.

290. ēlden v.(3)

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To fire (bricks).

291. elles adv.

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As an alternative; as another choice or possibility; otherwise; -- often after or, and. Modifying (a) a predicate, (b) an adv. expression; (c) introducing a sentence.

292. elm(e n.

Additional spellings: elme
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(a) The wych elm (Ulmus montana), native to Britain, and the (so-called) common elm (u. campestris), which is Eurasian and apparently introduced; also in surnames; (b) elm wood.

293. elten v.

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To mold (bricks); ?to work (clay).

294. emel(le adv.

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Along with, besides; together.

295. emēthen adv.

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In the meantime; ever emethen, at all times, always.

296. ender adj. or n.

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Only in set phrases: this ender(s) dai, recently, the other day; this ender(s) night, one night not long ago; this ender(s) yer, formerly, in recent times.

297. ē̆ng n.

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(a) A meadow; (b) as an element in place names and surnames.

298. enker-grẹ̄ne adj.

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Very green, vivid green.

299. enkerlī adv.

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Eagerly, boldly.

300. ẹ̄pen v.

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To cry out.