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20. bẹ̄ken, bēken n.
19 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A signal fire; esp., a fire signaling the approach of an enemy; (b) the tower or platform on which a beacon is lit; (c) a watch fire of an army; (d) a signal fire to guide ships into a port; a……
23. bẹ̄ld(e, bēlde n.
Additional spellings:
belde, belde
30 quotations in 3 senses
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Courage, strength, power.
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24. bẹ̄ld(e, bēld(e adj.
Additional spellings:
belde, belde
11 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Of persons: bold, brave, doughty; (b) of actions or words: bold, daring; (c) encouraging, helpful.
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25. bẹ̄lden, bēlden v.
38 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To encourage (sb.), strengthen, help, support; -- also refl.; (b) to instruct (sb.), edify; (c) to become strong, be strong; flourish; of a child: grow, mature.
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33. bēr(e)-man n.
Additional spellings:
berman, bere-man, bereman
17 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) One who carries, a bearer, a porter; (b) a servant who carries food to the table, a waiter; (c) personal name.
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40. biclēpen, -ien v.
Additional spellings:
beclepen, biclepien, beclepien
17 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To accuse (sb.); make a charge; (b) to plead (a cause).
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42. bidwēl(i)en v.
Additional spellings:
bedwelen, bidwelien, bedwelien
4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To delude, dupe; (b) to bewilder, confound.
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57. brightnesse n.
36 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Brightness, brilliance, radiance; (b) light; a flash of light; flash or glance (of an eye); (c) luster; transparency.
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58. buter-flīe n.
Additional spellings:
buterflie
28 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A butterfly; also, a moth; (b) a painted or embroidered representation of a butterfly; (c) something insignificant, a trifle; kepen (taken) buterflies, catch butterflies, waste time; not worth a……
72. cǒu-hē̆rde n.
Additional spellings:
couherde
22 quotations in 1 sense
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One who tends cows, a cowherd.
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77. dǣdbẹ̄ten v.
2 quotations in 1 sense
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To make amends, do penance.
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80. dẹ̄de, dēde n.
293 quotations in 13 senses
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(a) An action, a deed; god dede, ivel dede, etc.; see also almes dede, est dede, man dede, mis dede; (b) a marvelous act, miracle; also, a feat of magic; (c) a favor, kindness, service; (d) ?an……
84. dẹ̄̆reling n.
48 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Beloved person; friend, favorite, sweetheart; (b) in direct address; (c) of kings: Engle dereling, Englene dereling, beloved of the English; Brittene dereling, the darling of the Britons……
92. dīȝellīche adv.
10 quotations in 1 sense
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Secretly, mysteriously; in privacy, privately.
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93. dīȝelnesse n.
6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A secret; (b) in diȝelnesse, in secrecy.
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100. drīpen, drippen v.
Additional spellings:
drippen
9 quotations in 1 sense
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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……