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1. Britǒun n. & adj.

31 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A native of the British Isles, a Celt; Britones se, the Britons' (or Bretons') Sea = Brittish se, the English channel; (b) a Breton; (c) a Breton apple. …

2. brǒun adj.

114 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) Dark, dull; of the human body: black-and-blue [quot.: a1425]; (b) cheerless, frowning, gloomy; (c) with names of colors: dark, deep; ?also, mixed with brown, brownish; broun bai, dark bay; broun……

3. crampe adj.

12 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Curved, bent; (b) in surnames; also in name of a horse. …

4. crisp adj.

42 quotations in 3 senses
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Of hair, wool, etc.: curly. …

5. Cristen adj. & n.

101 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Of persons: Christian; Cristen soule, Christian soul; also, a Christian; (b) Cristen man, a Christian. …

6. Ēǧipcien, -ian n. and adj.

Additional spellings: Egipcian
20 quotations in 2 senses
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As noun: a native of Egypt, an Egyptian. …

7. frē̆sh adj.

219 quotations in 11 senses
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(a) Of recent making or occurrence, new, recent; fresh age, childhood or youth; fresh deluge, a new (or second) deluge; fresh and newe; (b) fresh god, a new or strange god, any god other than the……

8. frīk(e adj.

Additional spellings: frike
15 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Vigorous, brisk; fressh (hol) and frike, hail and hearty; (b) eager, zestful; with a frik wil, with zest, eagerly. …

9. ǧēaunt n. & adj.

50 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A fabulous manlike creature of great size; also, a man of extraordinary size or strength; geaunt berd, a giant's beard; geauntes fight, the war of the giants against the Greek gods; fig. Genesis……

10. Lā̆tī̆n adj.

25 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Of the Latin language, Latin; (b) of a book: written in Latin; (c) Latin-speaking, Latin-writing; Latin chirche, the Western church; (d) of the original Latin-speaking peoples; port Latin, the……

11. lō̆ng adj.(1)

347 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) Of space, distance: long, extensive, far-reaching; also fig. large, great; (b) of height or stature: tall, high; in epithets: long wille, leofwine long; (c) longer than wide, elongated; long……

12. mischaunt adj.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Unfortunate, unbecoming. …

13. mǒrne adj.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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Mournful, sorrowful; grievous. …

14. prǒud adj.

228 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) Guilty of the sin of Pride; haughty, arrogant; also, obstinate, rebellious; (b) proudest of pride, supremely proud; proud as lucifer; proud herte, proud heart; -- also as surname or epithet; maken……

15. rad(e adj.(1)

Additional spellings: rade
17 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Fast, quick, rapid; (b) hasty in action or speech, rash; rad mod [OE hræd-mod], rash, angry; (c) ready; prepared (to do sth.), eager, willing; rad to, ready for (sth.), eager. …

16. rī̆che adj.

383 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) Of persons: rich, wealthy, prosperous; also, having sufficient wealth; for richere for poverer, whether richer or poorer; on riche reue, in a wealthy condition, among wealthy people; (b) riche of……

17. rō̆sen(e adj.

Additional spellings: rosene
16 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Made of or consisting of roses; rosen flour, a rose; mel rosen, a mixture of honey and an extract of roses; (b) rose-colored, rosy; (c) as noun: a red pigment, red ink. …

18. seint(e adj.

Additional spellings: seinte
246 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Holy, divinely inspired, worthy of worship; also in oaths; in personification: seint treuth; (b) in phrases: for (par, etc.) seint charite, for the sake of charity; -- common in entreaties and……

19. Sirī̆en adj.

10 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Of or from Syria, Syrian; (b) as noun: an inhabitant of Syria, a Syrian. …

20. sot adj.

14 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Stupid, foolish [some exx. could be construed as sot n.(1)]; (b) ?in surname. …

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