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1. abǒve(n adv. as n.

Additional spellings: aboven
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(a) A higher place; from (fro) above, from heaven; also, from the sky; (b) the upper part of the body or of a bodily organ.

2. ā̆lias n. & adv.

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Law (a) A second writ of attachment issued when the first proves ineffectual; from the phrase sicut alias praecipimus; (b) otherwise called; -- from phr. alias dictus.

3. atterling n. & adv.

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As noun: a malicious person, a shrew [cp. attri 2]; as adv.: bitterly, sharply.

4. babel adv. (?n.)

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As a fool.

5. bet adv. & adj. as n.

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(a) A better thing or person; better luck, advantage; haven the bet, have the advantage, be better off; tak þe bet, make the best of it, do your best; ben no bet, be of no advantage or use; him fil no

6. chois adj., n., & adv.

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(a) Distinguished, excellent, noble, handsome (person); fine (features); elegant (room, etc.); pure (gold); (b) as noun: the chois (of god men), the best; (c) as adv.: extremely (glad).

7. contrā adv. & n.

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(a) On the opposite side; (b) short for L contrā dīcō, I deny it; (c) as noun: a denial or objection; the pro and the contra.

8. dēvaunt n., adv., and interj.

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(a) A game played with dice [cp. adevaunt]; (b) com devaunt, of devaunt, ?as (mentioned) before; (c) away with! [cp. avaunt interj.]; (d) at devaunt, ?ahead [?error for at defaute]; (e) of devaunt

9. dīȝel adj., n., & adv.

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(a) Hidden, secret; of words: cryptic; (b) as noun: on diȝel, in secret; (c) as adv.: secretly.

10. drīe-fọ̄t adv. & n.

Additional spellings: driefot
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(a) Without wetting the feet, with dry feet; (b) as surname.

11. ē̆nde-ward adv. as n.

Additional spellings: endeward
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Only in the phrase drauen (labouren) to the endeward, approach the end of existence, draw to a close.

12. ē̆rtheward adv. and n.

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In phrases to (the) ertheward, towards the earth, earthward.

13. everi-dēl n. & adv.

Additional spellings: everidel
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As a noun: everything, all.

14. ever-lasting ppl. (also as n. & adv.)

Additional spellings: everlasting
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(a) Eternal; eternally; eternity; of the everlasting, from eternity; (b) enduring, continuing, or obtaining through all future time, perpetual; (c) constant, incessant.

15. frā̆kel adj. (Also as n. & adv.)

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Vile, foul, wretched, worthless; this frakel world.

16. giltlēs adj., adv., n.

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As adj.: (a) guiltless, sinless, innocent; blameless, inculpable; -- of persons, things, or actions; (b) giltles of, giltles from, not guilty of (sth.), innocent of (a misdeed, sin); giltles of blod

17. grēt adj. & adv. & n.

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(a) Large in size or quantity, big; gret and smal, large and small, all; gret ne smal, big or little, of no kind; althergrettest, largest of all [cp. alder- pref.]; gret belle, large bell; (b) much…

18. grū̆f(fe n. & adj. & adv.

Additional spellings: gruffe
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(a) As noun: a gruf, on (the) gruf, o gruf, face downward, on the face, prone; (b) as adj.: face downward; lien gruf; with face gruf, face downward; (c) as adv.: fallen (turnen) gruf, to fall (turn)…

19. halven-dēl(e n., adj., and adv.

Additional spellings: halvendel, halven-dele, halvendele
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As noun: (a) a half portion of anything; (b) an arithmetical half; (c) bi the halven-del, to the extent of one half; ?by a great deal, considerably; in halven-del, in half, into two equal parts; to

20. hēdlō̆ng n. or adv.

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In phrase only: bi hedlong, headlong.

21. hōt-fọ̄t adv. & n.

Additional spellings: hotfot
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(a) In haste, forthwith; (b) as surname.

22. hundfōld adj., adv., n.

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(a) As adj.: hundfold mede, a hundredfold reward; (b) as adv.: hundfold more, one hundred times as great; (c) as noun: bi hundfold, by a hundred times, a hundred times as much.

23. hundredfōld adj., adv., n.

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(a) As adj.: hundredfold mede (fruit, reward), a reward one hundred times as great as the service or sacrifice, a hundredfold reward; hundredfold fruit to virginite, the hundredfold reward for…

24. imperpetuitẹ̄ adv. & n.

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(a) Forever; (b) bi imperpetuite, perpetually, forever.

25. inmōst n., adj., & adv.

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(a) As noun: the inmost part, depth, deepest part; (b) as adj.: inmost, deepest, intimate; also, inner; (c) as adv.: within, inwardly.

26. item adv. & n.

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(a) As adv.: moreover, in addition, also; (b) as noun: the same.

27. iwis adv. & adj. & n.

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As adv.: (a) surely, certainly, indeed, in fact; (b) in phrases: ful iwis, wel iwis, very certainly; ye (yis) iwis, ye ful iwis, yes certainly; nai (no) iwis, certainly not.

28. līne-right n., adj., and adv.

Additional spellings: lineright
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(a) As noun: a straight line between two points; breken oute of line-right, to proceed crookedly or at an incorrect angle; fail to line up (with sth.); (b) as adj.: straight; of the sun and moon: in a…

29. mēn(e-tīme n. & adv.

Additional spellings: mentime, mene-time, menetime
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As noun: (a) a certain time or period; in the men-time of, during; in the men-time that, while; (b) in (the, this) men-time, in the interim, meanwhile; then.

30. mēne-whīle n. & adv.

Additional spellings: menewhile
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As noun: (a) meantime; in the (this, that) mene-while, in the meantime, meanwhile; (b) the time being; for the mene-while, for the time being; (c) a certain space of time; in the mene-while of, during…

31. mid-dai n., adj., & adv.

Additional spellings: middai
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(a) The middle of the day, the period around noon; devel of mid-dai, devil who is abroad in the middle of the day; in the time of mid-dai, in the middle of the day; in morwe and mid-dai and even-tide

32. mid-ward n.(1), adj., & adv.

Additional spellings: midward
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(a) The middle of a thing, center spatially; the middle of a book; the middle portion of a river's course; bi the mid-ward, at the middle of the body, at the waist; (b) aboven mid-ward of, in (into)

33. nē̆ver-a-dēl n. & adv.

Additional spellings: never adel, neveradel
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(a) Nothing at all, none at all; (b) not at all, not a bit.

34. north-ēst n., adj., & adv.

Additional spellings: northest
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(a) The point or direction which lies midway between north and east; the northeastern part of the sky or horizon; on north-est, in the northeast; (b) the northeast wind; (c) as adj.: northeast…

35. north-west n., adj., & adv.

Additional spellings: northwest
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(a) The point or direction which lies midway between north and west; at north-west, from the northwest; bi (in, on) north-west, to the northwest; in north-west, in the northwestern part of the sky…

36. parcelmēl(e adv. & n.

Additional spellings: parcelmele
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(a) In small pieces or portions, bit by bit, piecemeal; (b) separately; (c) ?indiscriminately; (d) as noun: in parcelmel, into separate parts or portions.