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1. barken v.(1)

14 quotations in 2 senses
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To tan (hides) with an infusion of bark. …

2. benger(e n.

Additional spellings: bengere
2 quotations in 1 sense
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A grain bin; the hopper of a mill. …

3. benk n.

20 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A bench, a seat; esp., a long, backless seat; (b) a royal seat, the throne of a ruler; setten on benk, to put (sb.) on a throne, do honor to (sb.); (c) benk ende, the end of the bench. …

4. bī n.

7 quotations in 1 sense
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A dwelling; farm, village, town; bi-milne, town mill. [Common in place names and field names of the East Midland and the North (the Danelaw). See A. H. Smith PNElem. 1.66, & the thorp, by, tun map in……

5. bland-corn n.

Additional spellings: blandcorn
5 quotations in 1 sense
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A blend of wheat and rye sown together. …

6. blǒnderen v.

11 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To walk without seeing, go blindly; (b) to proceed ignorantly, act blindly or irrationally; refl. delude oneself, be out of one's senses; ppl. blundering, rash, clumsy, thoughtless; of things……

7. brāke(n n.

Additional spellings: braken
23 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Any one of a variety of ferns [see quot. ?a1450 Agnus Castus]; bracken; (b) brake bush, a fern thicket; (c) brake of fern, fern-brake, a thicket of fern; (d) in place names [see A. H. Smith PNElem……

8. bred-ful adj.

Additional spellings: bredful
16 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Of a container: filled to the brim, brimful; (b) of an area: completely covered; (c) completely filled, chock-full. …

9. cāke n.

48 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A flat cake or loaf; also, an unbaked cake or loaf, a lump of doug; haver (ote, oten) cake, a cake of oaten bread; therf cake, a cake of unleavened bread; barli cake, flouren cake, spiced cake……

10. carald n.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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A cask; fig. a place of confinement. …

11. carpen v.

76 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To talk, chat, converse, discourse; carpen toward, address (sb.); (b) tell (sth.), say; ask (a question); as I have herd carpen, as I have heard tell; as men do carpen, as people say; to carpen……

12. clint n.

9 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A ledge of rock; a cliff, steep bank; (b) in place names. …

13. clọ̄ke n.(2)

14 quotations in 2 senses
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Claw; also fig.; -- only in pl. …

14. clǒmsen v.

13 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To become numb or stiff, as with cold; (b) clomsed, benumbed, stiffened; enfeebled. …

15. cǒuren v.

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(a) To crouch, squat, or kneel; couren doun, couren on knes; (b) to cringe, cower; (c) fig. to lurk. …

16. cros n.

251 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) A cross for crucifixion, a gibbet; (b) the cross of Christ; holi cros; Exaltacioun of the cros, a feast, Sept. 14; feste of the holi cros, feast of the Invention of the Cross, May 3; (c) winnen……

17. cukken v.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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To void excrement. …

18. dashen v.

36 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To strike (sb., sth.) violently, as with a weapon; dash to pieces, shatter; dashen to peces, dashen a two; dashen doun, strike or knock (sb., sth.) down; dashen out, knock or dash out (teeth, the……

19. garsel n.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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Brushwood used for fencing. …

20. gāsen v.

13 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To stare, gaze, look steadily or intently; (b) gasen abouten, to look after (sth.), watch intently; (c) fig. to fix one's attention, think longingly. …

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