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1. brẹ̄ n.

11 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Porridge, pulse; (b) broth (of meat), liquor (of vegetables); (c) ?a type of ale or beer; ?some sort of broth, juice, or liquor;bre mongere, a seller of such a commodity; ale bre, a drink made……

2. chiken n.

49 quotations in 4 senses
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A young chicken; chick, pullet; prob. also any chicken. …

3. dō-weche, -wǒrt n.

Additional spellings: doweche, do-wort, dowort
1 quotation in 1 sense
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A plant of the genus Solanum: nightshade. …

4. ȝ n.

9 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The letter ȝ in ME script [see Paues in MLR 6.441-54]; (b) as abbrev. for a name; (c) an error for the Tironian sign for and or et. …

5. mashen v.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To brew (ale, beer); mix malt and hot water to form wort; (b) to reduce (sb.) to a pulp, beat into a mash. …

6. plumpen v.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To plunge into water, dive; (b) to immerse (sth.) in liquid quickly, plunge. …

7. spiche-coke n.

Additional spellings: spichecoke
1 quotation in 1 sense
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A name given to a large eel, with ref. to the method for cooking it. …

8. thrumblen v.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To stumble, trip, lose one's footing; (b) thrumblen togeder, to crowd together, press together. …

9. warī̆angle n.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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A bird of the genus Lanius, a shrike or butcherbird; also used as a term of abuse. …

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