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Þ þ (thorn)
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1.
brant
ppl. adj.
8 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) Steep, high;
brant up
, straight up, erect;
brant upright
, perpendicular; (b) arched (eyebrows) [cp. OI
bretta brȳrnar
raise the eyebrows]; (c) ?smooth (forehead); (d) in place names [see Smith
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livered
ppl. adj.
6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Of blood: clotted, coagulated; of a lip: broken into clot-like lumps; (b)
livered se
, the Red Sea.
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3.
living(e
ppl. adj.
Additional spellings:
livinge
148 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Living, alive;
living his fader
, his father being alive, while his father lived;
living the seid lord
, the said lord being alive, if the said lord is living;
living regioun
, ?the part of the body…
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lōnded
ppl. adj.(1)
1 quotation in 1 sense
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Having an estate in land, landowning.
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