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1. drǒm n.

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A drum. …

2. dwẹ̄re n.

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(a) Doubt, perplexity, uncertainty; in (a) dwere, in doubt; without dwere, without question, certainly; (b) ?disagreement, dissension; ?distress, trouble; (c) amazement, awe; dread, fear. …

3. fleǧǧe adj.

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(a) Of young birds: ready to fly, fledged; flegge-rip, full-fledged; (b) of persons: as if winged, ?ready for action; wordes flegge, winged words. …

4. -k(e suf.

Additional spellings: -ke
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A derivational suffix in words from OE and borrowings from ON, MLG, and MDu.: (nouns) balk(e, larke, etc.; (verbs) lurken, runken, sanken, skulken, etc. It occasionally occurs in ME or possibly ME……

5. knarre n.

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(a) A crag, twisted rock; (b) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.102]. …

6. knọ̄st n.

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A lump; ?a swelling, ?a tumor. …

7. mirtlen v.

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To crumble; mirtlen in (to) peces, fall to pieces. …

8. nok(ke n.

Additional spellings: nokke
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(a) The tip of a bow, spindle, etc., often made of horn; the notch of an arrow; nok streng, ?a bowstring; (b) nok line, part of the rigging of a ship. …

9. raga-muffin n.

Additional spellings: ragamuffin
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A ragged lout, tattered oaf; -- only as name. …

10. spelter n.(1)

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Some kind of metal used to make or plate armored headgear: ?an alloy of zinc. …

11. squirten v.

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To squirt water from the mouth. …

12. swam n.

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(a) A mushroom or other fungus; (b) swam water, ?a stagnant pool, swamp water; ?a bog or marsh; (c) in surname. …

13. tọ̄̆murten v.

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To break apart, split. …

14. tramplen v.

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To stamp (with one's foot or feet); tread; ppl. tramplid, well trodden. …

15. vēren v.(1)

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Naut. To let out or slacken (a rope). …

16. wranglen v.

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(a) To contend (with sb.) in a test of strength;—used in fig. context; also, engage in captious dispute (with the law); (b) as surname. …

17. wrikken v.

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To move to and fro, flit back and forth; also in fig. context. …

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