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81. trillen v.(2)

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(a) To quiver, tremble; (b) to rock (a cradle); (c) in name of church window: trillen on (upon) min harpe.

82. twinken v.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To wink; ?also, blink [last quot.]; (b) to twinkle, flash.

83. vīring-rōp n.

Additional spellings: viringrop
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Naut. Some kind of rope used aboard a sailing vessel, ?a warp rope.

84. waften v.

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?To move gently through the air (near to the sun), float on a breeze; also [main text], ?propel (sth.), put to flight; ?error for wasten v. 7.(a).

85. wanhōpe n.

55 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) The theological error or sin of insufficient faith in God’s mercy, despair that denies the promise of salvation and divine forgiveness; despair of salvation, grace, etc.; wanhope of goddes merci

86. wanhōpen v.

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To lack or abandon hope, despair; also, abandon faith (in God’s mercy).

87. wā̆r-rōp n.

Additional spellings: warrop
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A rope associated with a fishing net, perh. by which the net is suspended or drawn.

88. wau(e n.

Additional spellings: waue
61 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A wave of water, esp. in the sea; ?also, a current; gon in wawes, to become tempestuous (b) pl. the sea, seen as a collection of individual waves; (c) used metonymically: the sea; water; wau of

89. weghin n.

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In comb.: fot weghin, ?floorboards, foot-waling [cp. fot-weir, s.v. weir n.].

90. welken v.(1)

36 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Of a flower, leaf, plant, etc.: to fade, droop, wither, dry up; also, of human tissue: shrivel [quot. c1425]; of an odor: ?dissipate [quot. a1450]; ppls. welkede & welkinge, withered, dried up…

91. wẹ̄r(e n.(5)

Additional spellings: were
67 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A feeling or personal condition of doubt or uncertainty; also, hesitancy, indecision; double wer, a state of doubt or indecision between two alternatives; in (a) wer, in a state of doubt or…

92. wẹ̄veling n.

13 quotations in 1 sense
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Naut. A piece of caulking material placed between the lapstrakes while the ship is under construction;—also coll.

93. whip(pe n.

Additional spellings: whippe
42 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A scourge, lash, whip; also fig.; whip of (knotted with) led, a whip furnished with leaden balls or pieces; whippes lash, a flexible switch used as a whip (b) an instrument for driving or…

94. whippen v.

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(a) To move rapidly, move back and forth quickly; specif. of a dragon: flap or flutter furiously (with its wings); of a bird: struggle (in a snare) by fluttering or flapping the wings; whippen in

95. wilkin n.

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(a) A pile-driving machine [cp. ram n. 3.(a)]; (b) in personal names and surnames.

96. wī̆nd-barǧe n.

Additional spellings: windbarge
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Arch. A piece of timber or stone prob. covering the joint between the gable edge and the roof and serving as protection from the wind, a bargeboard.

97. wīnd(e n.

Additional spellings: winde
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(a) An apparatus for hoisting or hauling, a winch, windlass [cp. windas n.]; naut. middel wind, ?a central garnet used in brailing up the sail (b) a wooden reel from which a hank or thread of yarn…

98. wisp(e n.

Additional spellings: wispe
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(a) A small gathering or bundle of cut grass, straw, or grain stalks; wisp of hei (strau) (b) a bundle of straw, hay, or similar material twisted together for use as a torch; wisp of fir; (c) a…

99. wọ̄de-wāle n.(1)

Additional spellings: wodewale
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Any of several varieties of bird, esp. the green woodpecker (Picus viridis) and the rarer golden oriole (Oriolus oriolus), with which, in its female and immature forms, the former may readily be…

100. wōken v.

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(a) To become physically weak or feeble; fail, deteriorate (b) to become less vigorous in fighting, quail; (c) to become less severe, diminish; (d) woken mid werk, ?to grow irresolute in one’s…