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1. anoselen v.

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To train (a hawk) to fly at birds. …

2. apresslī adv.

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Insistently, expressly. …

3. basse n.

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A kiss. …

4. bavein n.

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A bundle of brushwood. …

5. brust-wort n.

Additional spellings: brustwort
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A plant; ?the common herniary Herniaria glabra. …

6. dēfaitor n.

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?Frustration; ?fault. …

7. ensēred ppl.

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faire ensered, having good claws or talons. …

8. forrāǧing ger.

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The action of roving the countryside for forage; plundering, pillaging. …

9. heder-moder n.

Additional spellings: hedermoder
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Secrecy; in heder-moder, clandestinely. …

10. hoker-moker v.

Additional spellings: hokermoker
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To hoard (things), ?collect stealthily. …

11. hossing n.

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Buzzing. …

12. joppen v.

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To push or knock (sb.). …

13. mūtinge ger.

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Singing, warbling. …

14. nisebē̆k n.

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Cook. A dish made with sorrel and flour. …

15. onesprūte n.

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A blast, an outpouring (of the breath of God's anger). …

16. overslamen v.

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To smear (sth.) over. …

17. padelinge n.

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As term of association: a flock of hens (etc.) …

18. paggel n.

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The English cowslip Primula veris. …

19. perplextī̆f n.

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An uncertain or perilous condition or situation. …

20. pẹ̄wẹ̄-ars n.

Additional spellings: pewears
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A derogatory epithet …

21. pī̆peling adj.

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Of the wind: blowing gently. …

22. pirling ppl.

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Revolving. …

23. plūperfith adj.

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Gram. Of a verb tense: past perfect, pluperfect. …

24. pod-wāre n.

Additional spellings: podware
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Agr. Seed of legumes; ?other kinds of seed grains. …

25. pǒublī adj.

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Of cherries: plump, well filled out. …

26. prīde n.(3)

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?The spleen of a deer. …

27. prilled ppl.

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?Twisted, ?embroidered or purled. …

28. quar n.

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A stone quarry; also as place name [see Smith PNElem.2.77]. …

29. querī n.(1)

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A kind of square candle. …

30. quēsemen v.

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To suffocate (sb.), smother. …

31. refet(te n.

Additional spellings: refette
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?Edible entrails of a fish; ?a fish liver; ?also, fish roe [esp. last quot.]. …

32. relinxed adj.

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Exhausted, fatigued. …

33. remembrauncing ger.

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The act of reminding; a reminder. …

34. remembrauncing adj.

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Reminding, mnemonic. …

35. repleving ger.

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In phrase: maken repleving, to issue a writ of replevin. …

36. repọ̄n(e n.

Additional spellings: repone
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A rebound, bounce. …

37. rǒundeler n.

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One who makes the rounds of a military watch, a patrol. …

38. ruf n.(1)

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Elation. …

39. rugged adj.

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(a) Hairy, shaggy-haired; of hair: shaggy, bristly; (b) of clothing: tattered, ragged; (c) of a metal nail: ?blunt; ?crudely made. …

40. seter n.

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In cpds.: seter gras, the Christmas rose, black hellebore (Helleborus niger); also, ?another plant of the genus Helleborus, prob. bear's foot, stinking hellebore (H. foetidus); seter wort, a plant of……

41. sheldrāke n.

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(a) A multicolored duck, the common sheldrake (Tadorna tadorna); (b) as surname. …

42. shot-fāre n.

Additional spellings: shotfare
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?Coll. Mackerel fishing expeditions. …

43. shǒut(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: shoute
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(a) A shout, call, cry; shouting, outcry, clamor, uproar; (b) maken shout, to utter a shout, shout; setten (up) shout, raise a clamor, shout; (c) a cry of distress or lamentation; maken shout; (d) a……

44. smoǧinge ger.

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Soiling, smudging. …

45. snacled adj.

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Shackled, bound; -- used fig. …

46. sniteren v.

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Of snow: to fall; ppl. sniterand as adj.: falling. …

47. soteeche n. plural

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?Farm implements of some kind; ?canvas bags. …

48. sǒushen v.

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?To cause (a bird) to fly upward; ?strike at (a bird). …

49. spelers n. plural

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Hunt. Dentelations on the hind edge of the palm or the broad upper part of a buck's horn. …

50. spelt adj.

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= spelked adj. …

51. sperevuiste n.

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?A canopy for a bed. …

52. spetifful adj.

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Harmful, injurious. …

53. sprantlende ppl.

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Sprawling, writhing. …

54. sprongelen v.

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?To struggle or writhe in death pain. …

55. stabben v.

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(a) To thrust with a pointed weapon, stab; stabben thurgh, stab (sb.); (b) to thrust (a pronged implement into a person's body). …

56. stage adj.

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Of animal skins: dried by stretching, without seasoning; also, as noun: dried, unseasoned skins. …

57. stitton adj.

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An abusive epithet of uncertain meaning. …

58. stouring ger.(1)

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In cpd.: stouring nail, nails for joining or fastening stakes. …

59. sulse n.

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A tide, prob. an ebb-tide. …

60. suppliance n.

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?Succor, assistance; ? = error for pl. of suppliaunt n. (a): those who appeal to God. …

61. teneblus n.

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?The darkness of evening, dusk; ?the ecclesiastical service of Tenebrae [see tenebres n.]. …

62. tidif n.

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One of the birds commonly associated with fickleness and infidelity, the cuckoo, hoopoe, etc.; also, a representation of this bird. …

63. tolter adj.

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Unsteady, unstable; also, as adv.: unsteadily [last quot.]. …

64. tọ̄̆spateren v.

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To smash (sth.) to pieces, scatter in fragments. …

65. trinelin n.

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An item in an inventory of the contents of a cellar: ?some kind of tub or container. …

66. tuke n.

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Some kind of cloth. …

67. tupping ger.

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The mating or copulation of sheep. …

68. tusard n.

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?A wooden peg or post. …

69. tusch interj.

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An exclamation of scorn or rebuke. …

70. unmerficence n.

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Discord, disharmony. …

71. unwā̆rī adj.

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?Incautious, heedless. …

72. vessẹ̄ n.

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?A kind of worsted fabric. …

73. vī̆senāǧe n.

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As term of abuse: an unchaste woman. …

74. vumbarde n.

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Armor or a piece of armor. …

75. wad adj.

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Grayish, leaden. …

76. wal-fair n.

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The plant wallflower (Cheiranthus cheiri). …

77. wāning(e ger.

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(a) Decrease or diminution in volume or extent, ebbing, subsiding (b) ?a curtailing of an implied quantity, reduction [quot. could also be construed as woning(e ger.(2)]; (c) the act of bringing……

78. wēfter n.

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?A wooden foil or sword used for training and practice in fencing. …

79. wē̆rish adj.

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(a) Lacking in flavor, insipid; also, watery, thin in consistency; also fig. and in fig. context [quot. c1450]; ?also, insubstantial [1st quot.] (b) belonging to or identifying one of the nine……

80. werre-faringe ger.

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The act of waging war, warfare. …

81. whibeler n.

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A person given to petty argument, a quibbler. …

82. wistinge ger.

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?Knowing; ?ascertaining. …

83. yerkid ppl.

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Of a shoe: ?with stitches pulled tight. …

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