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41. thī̆r(e pron.

Additional spellings: thire
18 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Used anaphorically, pointing to previously mentioned persons, things, actions, etc.: these, they; also, these, them [quots. 1st & c1450(?a1400)]; alle thir; also, pointing to one of two previously…

42. umbetrīn adv.

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Round about, around; ?set around, placed around.

43. weght n.(1)

202 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) The physical property of heaviness, mass; weight as an attribute of objects, living creatures, or substances; also, the abstract quality of weight as a component of due proportion in nature; also…

44. wẹ̄k(e n.(3)

Additional spellings: weke
179 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) The calendrical unit consisting of a cycle of seven successive named or numbered days and beginning or ending with a particularly specified day, the week of the Jewish or Christian calendar (b)…

45. whē̆then adv. & conj.

27 quotations in 4 senses
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As interrog. adv. in direct questions: (a) from what place?, whence?; also in interrog. adv. phrase with prep. from [last quot.]; (b) by what means?, how?; for what reason?, why?

46. wīpe n.

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(a) The lapwing (Vanellus vanellus); also, in conventional comparison: wrethe as a wipe; (b) ?as surname.

47. wrēth(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: wrethe
40 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Anger, wrath; animosity, hostility; also, the deadly sin of wrath; also in fig. context [quot. ?a1475]; ?also, wrathful behavior [quot. a1500(?c1450)]; brother wreth, anger against one’s fellow…

48. wrēthen v.(1)

51 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To be or become angry, rage; be angry (with sb.); of God: be or become righteously wrathful (b) of anger: to be kindled (against sb.); (c) to become angry with (sb.); (d) refl. to be or become…

49. yēven v.

1371 quotations in 35 senses
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(a) To give alms, gifts, etc., give something voluntarily, make a gift; give generously (to sb.); give alms, gifts, etc. (to sb.) in response to a request; also, in partitive construction: yeven of