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461. shōld(e adj.

Additional spellings: sholde
14 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Of water: shallow; (b) of a vessel or pit: shallow, not deep; (c) of the point of a surgical needle: short; (d) in surname and place names.

462. sitten v.

603 quotations in 21 senses
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(a) To be in a sitting position, be seated; occupy a seat; also, with adverbs: sitten abenche, be seated at table; sitten abouten, be sitting around in an area; sitten on, sit by; sitten softe, be…

463. sitthe adv.

76 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Afterward, after that, then; subsequently, since then; (b) sitthe after (hider-ward, til this time), from that time until now; al-weies (ever) sitthe, ever afterward, ever since; longe sitthe

464. sitthen adv.

104 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Afterward, after that, subsequently; then; (b) thenceforward, from that time on; (c) sitthen after (after-ward), then afterward; sitthen or soon, sooner or later, eventually; sitthen ther-after

465. slēn v.

449 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) To strike (sth.), beat; pitch (a tent); light (a fire); strike off (a head from the body); beat (metal into a shape) [quot.: c1175(?OE) HRood]; -- used without obj.; slen of, cut off (someone's…

466. slẹ̄p n.

120 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) The state of sleep; also person.; slepes bondes; the slep was in here eie, they were asleep; (b) slep of deth, dethes slep, death; ded (strong) slep, deep sleep [see ded adj.4.(e)]; fals slep

467. slẹ̄pen v.

235 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To sleep, be asleep; (b) slepen as a beste (a swin, hogges, swin); slepen drie (wet), to sleep in a dry (wet) place; slepen faste (kindeli, sadli, savourli, seurli, soft, sound, soundli, swote, sw

468. slẹ̄ve n.

58 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A sleeve; also, a sleeve not forming part of a garment [quots.: 1411, c1449, a1474]; also, pl. those wearing sleeves [quot.: c1475(c1399)]; -- used in fig. context; doublet sleves, sleeves to be…

469. slīven v.(2)

3 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To slip, slide; also fig.; sliven bak; (b) sliven doun, to slip (sth.) down, peel back.

470. slutte n.

13 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A dirty or slovenly person, usu. a woman; a lewd or lascivious woman [quot.: ?a1475]; (b) a scullery maid; (c) a beast messy or difficult to prepare as food; (d) ?mud, slush; -- in surnames and…

471. smellen v.

81 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To give off an odor; produce a fragrance or an aroma; also fig.; smellen on, send out a fragrance to (sb.); (b) ppl. smellinge, giving off an odor, smelling; fragrant; also in fig. context; swete

472. stathel n.

18 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A place or position; a dwelling place; a building site, foundation; also fig.; a battle station; also, a stack of hay, etc.; stathel of sinne, fig. the residue of sin; (b) a loom or the framework…

473. stathel-fast adj.

Additional spellings: stathelfast
4 quotations in 1 sense
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Steadfast, sure.

474. stathel-fastnesse n.

Additional spellings: stathelfastnesse
3 quotations in 1 sense
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Steadfastness, stability; stede stathel-fastnesse, permanence of abode.

475. stẹ̄ren v.(1)

100 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To guide the course of a ship or boat; steer (a vessel); also fig.; steren oute; (b) to lead (sb. to a place); guide the movement of (an animal or a bird); guide the direction of (sth.); direct…

476. strẹ̄pen v.

61 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To remove the clothes of (sb.); strepen naked (stert-naked, to flesh and bon), strip (sb.) naked; strepen (naked) oute of, strip (sb.) of (his or her clothes); strepen of, strip (a corpse) of…

477. strẹ̄t(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: strete
174 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) A road leading from one city or town to another, an open road; also, a path or way through a field, forest, etc.; heigh stret, a main road, highway [OE hēah-strǣt; see also ME heigh adj. 2b.(e)]…

478. swīre n.

82 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) The neck of a human being; also, the throat; ben filled unto swire, to be filled up to (one's) neck; crengen with swire, arch the neck haughtily; ibeien swire, fig. submit; sitten up to (stonden

479. sword n.

195 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A bladed weapon designed for cutting and thrusting, a sword; also fig. & in fig. context; pleien at the sword and bokeler, to fence; (b) death by the sword; don to (the) sword, to put (sb.) to the…

480. ten num.

157 quotations in 7 senses
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Cardinal number as adj.: (a) ten; ten or (other) twelve, around a dozen; (b) tenfold; also, as adv.: ten times; ten double, ten times as much; ten so, ten times as (bright, much, etc.).