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1. -and suf.(1)

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The regional variant of the suffix of the pr.ppl. peculiar to the North and parts of the North Midland, corresp. to -ende, -inde, -inge in other areas.

2. asald n.

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A silly fellow, an upstart.

3. asterten v.

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to rush (at sb.); run away (into a safe place).

4. beft v. (past) & ppl.

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To beat (sb.), buffet, whip; beft fro (out), to drive away (out) with blows; beft to (upon), to beat against (upon).

5. bēr(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: bere
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(a) A bear; (b) blak ber, a bear with black fur; whit ber, white bear, polar bear; wild ber, untamed bear; (c) ber baiting, the sport of setting dogs upon a bear chained to a stake; ber binder, bear…

6. bidẹ̄ne adv.

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Of an action or process: (a) completely, entirely, utterly; (b) immediately, forthwith; (c) as an emphatic, or for rime's sake: indeed.

7. clēthen v.

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(a) To put clothing on (sb., the body, the flesh), dress; clethen in (with), to clothe (sb., one's body) in (a particular garment or kind of garments); (b) refl. to put on one's clothes, get dressed…

8. clōthen v.

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(a) To put clothing on (sb.), dress; clothe (sb. in a certain way); clothen in, clothen with, clothe (sb., the flesh) in (sth.); clothen in Stafford bleu, beat (sb.) black and blue; (b) refl. to put…

9. cōbel n.

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A rowboat of some kind (with 2 or 4 oars).

10. cǒu-hē̆rde n.

Additional spellings: couherde
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One who tends cows, a cowherd.

11. craft n.(1)

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Strength, force, power; also, moral strength, a virtue.

12. -(e)s suf.(4)

Additional spellings: -es
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Forming the pres. & past ind.sg.2 of all verbs (exc. the present of some of the preterit presents) in the North and the North Midland [Nhb. -es, -as]: e.g. sing-es, tāk-es, lǒv-es; sang-es, tōk-es,

13. fright n.

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Terror, fright.

14. gāte n.(1)

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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…

15. gē̆ten v.(1)

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

16. grappen v.

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(a) To feel of (sb.) with the hands; (b) to find one's way in the dark, grope; (c) to take hold of (sth.), grasp, clutch; (d) to experience (a spiritual state), feel.

17. grippen v.

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(a) To take hold of (sb. or sth.) with the hands; grab, grasp, snatch; --also refl.; (b) grippen out, to pull out (sth.); grippen to, seize (sth.), hold onto (sth.); grippen up, dig up (the ground)…

18. Hālī-wer n.

Additional spellings: Haliwer
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The holy man, St. Cuthbert of Lindisfarne; Hali-wer folk(es, people holding lands in return for the service of defending the body, relics, and territory of St. Cuthbert; people of the County of…

19. hā̆ven v.

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(a) To possess (sth.), own; nadda non, she had none; we havt, we have it; ppl. havand, wealthy; (b) to possess (land, an estate or inheritance, a city, town, manor, etc.); -- also used fig.; (c) to…

20. heifer n.

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A heifer; heifer hide, a piece of leather from a heifer's hide.