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1. blēren v.(2)

9 quotations in 1 sense
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To cry, bellow, wail; of goats: bleat; bleren on, cry out at (sb.), mock, insult.

2. bush n.(1)

73 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) A woods, grove; thicket, underbrush; bank and bush, hill and (wooded) dale; under the bush, in (the shelter of) the woods; (b) rank growth.

3. closh n.

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pleien at the closh(es, to play ball, i.e. bowl or play croquet.

4. cracchen v.

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(a) To scratch (sth.); esp., scrape with claws or fingernails; -- also without object; (b) to scratch oneself to relieve itching; scrape (sth.) lightly with claws or nails; (c) to comb (cloth) to make…

5. damp n.

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In a coal mine: the choke-damp or fire-damp.

6. drift n.

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(a) Driving cattle to pasture; (b) a drove or herd; a group of persons; drift of fisheres.

7. drǒm n.

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A drum.

8. Dū̆che-lōnd n.

Additional spellings: Duchelond
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Germany, the German-speaking area of contintental Europe, usually including the Low Countries; Lou Duche-lond, Northern Germany.

9. 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.

10. fōr(e-dēl n.

Additional spellings: fore-del
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Advantage, advancement, benefit; ben at for-del, to have the upper hand.

11. glimeren v.

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(a) To shine brightly; gleam, glitter; (b) to shine faintly; glimmer.

12. glimsen v.

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(a) To glisten, be dazzling; (b) to glance with the eyes.

13. hechel(e n.

Additional spellings: hechele
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An instrument for carding flax, a flax comb, a hatchel; hechel maker.

14. hippen v.

32 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Of persons, animals, things: to leap, spring, hop, bounce; hippen ayen, spring back, rebound; -- also refl.; (b) to leap downward; of a thing: fall; hippen adoun, hippen to ground; (c) to travel…

15. knakken v.

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To trill (a musical note); also, sing (divine service) with trills or other artifices.

16. lǒuren v.

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(a) To frown or scowl for anger or hate; louren on (up, upon), frown or scowl at (sb.); also, look scornfully at (sb.); louren at, look scornfully at (a gift); (b) louring chere (face, semblaunt), a…

17. meis(e n.

Additional spellings: meise
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(a) A container (barrel, basket, or crate) holding 500 or 1000 herring, used as a measure in the fish trade; (b) the quantity of herring in such a container; (c) a container used as a measure for…

18. Rīnish adj.

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(a) Of or pertaining to the Rhine river or the regions near it, Rhenish; Rinish fat, ?a vessel manufactured in, or of a type common to, the Rhine region; Rinish gilder, a coin current in Germany…

19. shī̆den v.

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(a) To divide (sth.); ppl. shide as adj., of peas: separated from the pod, shelled; -- ?error for shilled, p.ppl. of shillen v.(2); (b) to shed (tears); -- ?error for sheden v.

20. shirten v.(2)

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Refl. To amuse oneself, enjoy oneself.