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61. herle n.(1)

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A strand or twist of hair.

62. ?hirse n.

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Millet.

63. hodelnesse n.

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Secrecy, concealment; oblivion.

64. holken v.

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(a) To dig, excavate; holken out, gouge out (the eyes); ppl. holked, of eyes: sunken, hollow; (b) to form a hollow in (dough), shape into a shell.

65. hukker n.

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(a) A petty merchant, peddler, male huckster; ?also, an auctioneer; (b) in surnames.

66. hurkelen v.

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(a) To nestle, crouch; (b) hurkelen doun with hed, to bend the head down, cower; (c) to rest, lie; (d) hurkelen up, ?to stand up; (e) in surnames [see Smith PNElem. 1.260-1].

67. kip n.

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(a) A bundle or lot of animal hides; (b) ?the hide of a small animal; ?a particular kind of hide; (c) a bundle of sticks.

68. knar-hō̆lt n.

Additional spellings: knarholt
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A thin oak board [orig. prob. a board full of knots].

69. knarre n.

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

70. knobbe n.

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(a) A knot, a knob; (b) a knot in a tree; (c) a bulge, a convexity; a swelling; a hump; (d) a lump in the skin or flesh; (e) thickened and hardened skin, a callus; also, the bark of a tree.

71. knod n.

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An excrescence or lump in the flesh.

72. labben v.

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To talk foolishly; labben oute, let out (a secret); ppl. labbing, babbling, bigmouthed.

73. lak n.

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(a) Lack, absence, want; shortage, deficiency; default of payment; lak of sacramentes, failure to receive the sacraments; no lak (of, no shortage (of, no deficiency (of; pens lak, q.v.; (b) for lak of

74. lāk(e n.(2)

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Fine linen, ?cambric; whit as lak, as white as linen.

75. langrāvie n.

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A landgrave.

76. lask n.

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A flat piece of wood fastened across a joint to strengthen it, a fish-joint.

77. lēne n.

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Naut. The railing or bulwark of a ship's castle.

78. lis-punt n.

Additional spellings: lispunt
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A unit of weight, twenty of which made a ship pound, used in the Baltic trade; ?between 15 and 20 pounds.

79. lob n.

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(a) The pollack (Gadus pollachius); lob fish; (b) a lazy lout, lubber; ?also, a bundle of clothing [quot.: c1475]; (c) as surname.

80. lǒuen n.

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A rascal, rogue.