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21. gọ̄der hēle, gọ̄der-hēle phr. & n.
Additional spellings:
goder-hele, goderhele
15 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Good fortune; advantageously, fortunately; as interj.: Good luck!; (b) to goder hele, fortunately; (c) with dative: fortunately for (sb.); to goder hele, to goder hele to, fortunately for (sb.)……
22. gọ̄d man, gọ̄d-man phr. & n.
Additional spellings:
god-man, godman
60 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A good man, righteous man; excellent or worthy man; valiant man; god man and treue; god man of armes; (b) as item of address.
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23. gọ̄d spẹ̄de, gọ̄̆d-spẹ̄de phr. & n.
Additional spellings:
god-spede, godspede
11 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Quickly, speedily; a god spede; (b) as interj.; (c) as surname.
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24. gọ̄d wīf, gọ̄d-wīf phr. & n.
Additional spellings:
god-wif, godwif
20 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A good woman, a virtuous wife; (b) the mistress of a household; a female citizen; (c) as surname.
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25. gọ̄d wil(le, gọ̄d-wil(le phr. & n.
Additional spellings:
god wille, god-wil, godwil, god-wille, godwille
48 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A good disposition, goodness, piety, virtue; men of god wil, good men; (b) benevolence, kindness; friendliness; generosity; (c) don god wil, to act virtuously.
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26. hā̆lī̆-dai, hālī dai n. & phr.
Additional spellings:
halidai, hali dai
65 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A Christian festival, a day consecrated to religious observances, a day of rest; any holy day, including Sunday; (b) any Hebrew holy day, including Saturday; (c) fig. a day sacred to Cupid, a……
27. heil Marī(e phr. & n.
Additional spellings:
heil Marie
8 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The greeting of Gabriel to the Virgin Mary; (b) the prayer Ave Maria.
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30. malenǧīn(e n. & phr.
Additional spellings:
malengine
23 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Deceit, trickery; also a treacherous scheme; (b) law withouten fraude or (other) malengin, without fraud or deception.
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31. Merchene laue n. & phr.
Additional spellings:
Merchenelaue
11 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) An Old English code of laws, Mercian Law; (b) the area governed under this code in late OE and early ME times.
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33. ?retauthing n. phr.
1 quotation in 1 sense
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A pleasant thing; of retauthing to reden, to read of something pleasant.
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35. venīre facias n. phr.
6 quotations in 1 sense
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Law A writ directing a sheriff to summon a jury; also, a writ requiring a person indicted of a misdemeanor to appear in court.
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36. wīlde bēst(e phr. & n.
Additional spellings:
wilde beste
26 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) An untamed or undomesticated animal; also, a game animal; also, a wild animal kept for display or entertainment; also in fig. context
(b) a savage beast, ferocious animal; also in fig. context;……
37. wīlde brēde phr. & n.
2 quotations in 1 sense
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Roasted game; also, ?coll. game animals [2nd quot.].
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39. wīlde dẹ̄r phr. & n.
24 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) An undomesticated beast in contrast to a domesticated counterpart, a woodland creature, wild animal; also, a dumb beast, brute [1st quot.]; wilde der kin, any creature representing the general……
40. wīlde fīr(e phr. & n.
Additional spellings:
wilde fire
30 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Raging fire; a conflagration; a bonfire [quot. c1440 Perceval]; also, flames breathed out by a dragon [quot. c1440 Morte Arth.]
(b) a highly combustible and not easily extinguished substance used……
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