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41. snīten v.

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(a) To blow one's nose; blow (one's nose); also [1st quot.], with punning ref. to 1st quot. in (b); (b) to snuff (a candle); also, tweak or pull (a person's nose with tongs); sniten oute; (c) hawk. to…

42. stō interj.

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Hunt. A cry, or an element in a cry, used to direct the hounds; (b) hawk. a call to a hawk to make it come to the falconer's fist; (c) an exclamation: ho!

43. surrēal n.

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(a) Hunt. The third tine of a hart's antlers, tray; (b) hawk. pl. the outermost of the three anterior claws of a hawk [cp. sussengeles n.pl.].

44. sū̆ssengeles n. plural

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Hawk. The outermost of the three anterior claws of a hawk.

45. swẹ̄t(e adj.

Additional spellings: swete
375 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) Sweet to the taste, having the quality of sweetness; sweetened; also fig. and in fig. context; (b) swet almaunde, an almond used as food, as opposed to the bitter almond used medicinally; swet

46. throuen v.(1)

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(a) To hurl (sb. or sth.), fling, throw, cast;—also refl.; also fig. and in fig. contexts; of a whale: spew (water), spout; drop (a substance into another substance); also, with adverbs: throuen awei

47. toret n.(1)

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(a) Hawk. Each of the two rings by which the leash is attached to the jesses of a hawk, a varvel; ?also, a pair of varvels [quot. a1450]; peire of toretz; (b) a half-ring or eyelet that is fixed to a…

48. tǒur n.(2)

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(a) A turn of events; (b) a step in a sequence of events; (c) a turning motion; (d) ?a turning lathe; ?part of a turning lathe; (e) hawk. lofty flight; the act of soaring [this sense shows confusion…

49. uncappid ppl.

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Hawk. Of a hawk: having had a hood removed, unhooded.

50. verbel n.

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Hawk. A metal ring on a hawk’s jess, to which the leash is attached.

51. vertwel n.

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(a) Hawk. A metal ring on a hawk’s jess, to which the leash is attached; (b) a hinge or part of a hinge.

52. wambelle n.

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Hawk. Some part of a hawk, perh. the belly.

53. wam-piniọ̄̆n n.

Additional spellings: wampinion
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Hawk. A secondary wing feather.

54. wāren v.(1)

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(a) To be mindful, be aware; waren of, be knowledgeable concerning (sth.), be skilled in; ware him his fal is nexte his honde, let him be mindful his fall is at hand (b) to be mindful of (sth.),…

55. wā̆ter n.

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(a) Water as a naturally occurring element or substance; water as opposed to the other elements;—also pl.; wateres froren, the ice thought to surround the earth [quot. a1325] (b) precipitation;…

56. web n.

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(a) Woven fabric; a piece of woven fabric; also fig. & in fig. context; web bem, q.v.; web garn (threde), weaver’s yarn (thread); web lome, q.v.; web werk, the activity of weaving; spunne web, ?spun…

57. wē̆deren v.

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(a) To expose (sth.) to the open air; (b) hawk. to place (a hawk) in the open air in order to accustom it to being on a short leash.

58. wē̆dering(e ger.

Additional spellings: wederinge
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(a) The general condition of the atmosphere, weather; also, coll. & pl. weather conditions; art of wedering, familiarity with and understanding of weather conditions (b) favorable, propitious…

59. welke n.(2)

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Hawk. A disease affecting the mucous membranes in the head of a falcon or hawk, the pip; also, the film or scale produced by this disease.

60. wē̆t adj.

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(a) Consisting of moisture, flowing, fluid, wet, liquid;—freq. used pleonastically of liquid substances: wet se (teres), reines (teres, wateres, etc.) wet (b) full of moisture; of cheese: ?fresh;…