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1. gāte n.(1)

239 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) A gateway; a gate of a city, castle, house, etc.; also, a doorway; flod gate, a floodgate; (b) the movable barrier which closes off a gateway; one of the valves of a double gate; ?a portcullis…

2. gē̆ten v.(1)

330 quotations in 13 senses
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(a) To acquire (sth.), earn, buy, win, receive, find; ivel geten, ill-gotten; fals geten, got by falsehood; (b) refl.

3. hẹ̄rd(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: herde
114 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A herdsman; a keeper of cattle, hogs, horses, goats, or any kind of livestock; asse herd, aver herd, calf herd, colt herd, cou herd, gelde herd, gos herd, got herd, hog herd, hors herd, lomb herd,

4. hīne n.

97 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A household, servants collectively; (b) a religious familia, monastic community; -- only in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.247].

5. iwhilch pron.

21 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Some people; (b) each one; anre iwhilch [OE ānra gehwilc], each one, every one.

6. iwiten v.(1)

72 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To know (sth.); bolder iwist, known to be bolder; (b) to learn (sth.), find out; -- also used absol.; (c) to know about (sth. or sb.), be aware of, notice; realize (that sth. is true); iwiten of

7. lāter(e adj. (comparative)

Additional spellings: latere
47 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Less early, later; produced, originating, born, brought out, uttered, coming, or occurring at a later time; of later date (yeres), of later date (years), more recent; (b) later ende, the latter…

8. lāter(e adv. comparative

Additional spellings: latere
26 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) At a later time; later or (other) rather, rather other later, er or later, sooner or later; (b) more tardily.

9. lēthen v.

26 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To free (sb.), let loose, set free; also, spare (sb.), save; (b) to loosen (bonds, a knot); also fig.; (c) to lessen the pressure on (one's heel).

10. listenen v.

90 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To listen to (sb. or sth.), be attentive to (sb. or sth.), pay heed to (sb. or sth.); hear and obey (sb. or sth.); hear (sb. or sth.); lithen and listenen, listenen and herkenen, lernen and

11. oul n.

20 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A hook or hooked instrument; esp., one used as a torture instrument; ?also, a fork [quot.: a1200]; (b) a fleshhook.

12. quēthen v.

177 quotations in 6 senses
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With direct discourse: (a) with a direct declarative, imperative, or exclamatory quotation: to say (sth.), command, exclaim; (b) quethen to (til, unto), with direct quotation: to say (sth.) to (sb.)…

13. shẹ̄ pron.

165 quotations in 3 senses
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As anaph. or pers. pron.: (a) the female person referred to, she; (b) used pleonastically, or for emphasis; (c) with antecedent in apposition following: she; she this, usu. translating L haec or ista

14. shulen v.(1)

1416 quotations in 35 senses
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(a) To owe (sb. money, a debt, etc.); owe (tribute to sb.), have to pay (a sum to the king or an official); shulen to, owe (tribute) to (the government); also, owe (a duty, fee) for (the customs…

15. stathel-fast adj.

Additional spellings: stathelfast
4 quotations in 1 sense
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Steadfast, sure.

16. swā̆thel n.

14 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A cloth binding used as a bandage or a restraint; -- also pl.; (b) swathel bond (binde), a swaddling band; swathel clout, a swaddling cloth; (c) ?as adj.: tightly bound; ?error for swa athel [cp…