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21. gọ̄der hēle, gọ̄der-hēle phr. & n.

Additional spellings: goder-hele, goderhele
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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.

23. gọ̄d spẹ̄de, gọ̄̆d-spẹ̄de phr. & n.

Additional spellings: god-spede, godspede
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(a) Quickly, speedily; a god spede; (b) as interj.; (c) as surname.

24. gọ̄d wīf, gọ̄d-wīf phr. & n.

Additional spellings: god-wif, godwif
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(a) A good woman, a virtuous wife; (b) the mistress of a household; a female citizen; (c) as surname.

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.

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
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(a) The greeting of Gabriel to the Virgin Mary; (b) the prayer Ave Maria.

28. il wil(le phr. & n.

Additional spellings: il wille
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(a) Malevolence, hostility, ill will; il wil of, ill will towards (sb.); (b) ?as adj. = il-willed.

29. ma-dam(e n. & phr.

Additional spellings: madam, ma-dame, madame
35 quotations in 1 sense
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My lady: (a) used as a respectful form of address, usually to a woman of the upper classes; (b) used as part of a title; (c) in the name of a dish; ?in the title of a dance tune.

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.

31. Merchene laue n. & phr.

Additional spellings: Merchenelaue
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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.

32. nō-man phr. & n.

Additional spellings: noman
79 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) No one, nobody; (b) in proverbs and sayings; (c) no-mannes-lond-lond, a piece of unowned land; esp. one outside London used for executions; (d) no creature; (e) in place name.

33. ?retauthing n. phr.

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A pleasant thing; of retauthing to reden, to read of something pleasant.

34. sǒm-thing phr. & n.

Additional spellings: somthing
43 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) An undetermined or unspecified thing, some thing; (b) an unspecified act or deed; aginnen (don, hoten) som-thing, to undertake (do, enjoin) some deed; (c) an unspecified event or occurrence; (d)…

35. venīre facias n. phr.

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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.

36. wīlde bēst(e phr. & n.

Additional spellings: wilde beste
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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.

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Roasted game; also, ?coll. game animals [2nd quot.].

38. wīlde cat phr. & n.

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(a) An undomesticated cat in contrast to a domesticated cat (b) the European wildcat, prob. Felis catus, or a similar fur-bearing animal; ?specif. the marten; (c) pl. skins of the wildcat used as fur…

39. wīlde dẹ̄r phr. & n.

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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
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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…