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1. bauderī̆k n.

29 quotations in 2 senses
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A sash or girdle, worn over the shoulder or around the waist, for carrying a sword, a hunting horn, a pouch; a baldric; also an ornamental sash or girdle. …

2. bō̆dī n.

336 quotations in 14 senses
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(a) The whole physical frame of a living being; physique, body; bodi-lich, body [cp. līch body]; assaien bodi, test (one's) physique or physical prowess; (b) build, stature, figure; (c) bodi and……

3. bōst n.

117 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) A brag, a boast; boastful speech, bragging, self-praise; (b) casten bost at, be boastful toward (sb.), insult; maken bost (of), brag (of, about); more bost is, etc., a pot of wine causes more……

4. brimme n.

21 quotations in 2 senses
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The shore (of the sea), the bank (of a river); water brimme, river brimme. …

5. bush n.(1)

73 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) A woods, grove; thicket, underbrush; bank and bush, hill and (wooded) dale; under the bush, in (the shelter of) the woods; (b) rank growth. …

6. caiser n.

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A Roman emperor, a Caesar; caiser of Rome. …

7. closh n.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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pleien at the closh(es, to play ball, i.e. bowl or play croquet. …

8. clot n.

33 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A lump; esp., a lump of earth, clod; clot of erthe, clei; erthe clot; stoni clot; (b) earth, ground; in clot, under clottes. …

9. crǒuser n.

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A Tyrolean silver coin imprinted with a double cross [issued 1271 by Meinhard II]. …

10. damp n.

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In a coal mine: the choke-damp or fire-damp. …

11. daue n.

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(a) A jackdaw; (b) ?a stupid fellow. …

12. 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]. …

13. dok n.

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Trimmed hair (of tail and forelock). …

14. dǒng n.(2)

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The pit of hell, an abyss. …

15. draie n.

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(a) A wheelless vehicle for hauling, a sledge; also, a cart with wheels; (b) draie lode, as much of a load as is normally hauled on a dray, a cartload. …

16. drift n.

25 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) Driving cattle to pasture; (b) a drove or herd; a group of persons; drift of fisheres. …

17. drǒm n.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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A drum. …

18. Dū̆che-lōnd n.

Additional spellings: Duchelond
8 quotations in 1 sense
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Germany, the German-speaking area of contintental Europe, usually including the Low Countries; Lou Duche-lond, Northern Germany. …

19. 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. …

20. ē̆rd n.(2)

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Character, nature, disposition. …

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