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1. doder n.

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(a) Flax dodder (Cuscuta epilinum), a greenish-yellow parasitic plant growing on flax; (b) ?hemlock (Conium maculatum). …

2. hake-bōt n.

Additional spellings: hakebot
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A kind of small ship [perh. orig. a boat with a broad stern or counter; cp. Arngart in EStudies 25.164]. …

3. hissen v.

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(a) Of serpents, geese, etc.: to emit a sharp sibilant sound, hiss; (b) hissen on, to make this sound as a sign of contempt, hiss at (sb. or sth.); (c) to whistle; (d) hissen to, to call (sb.) by……

4. husk(e n.

Additional spellings: huske
19 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) The outside covering of nuts, and certain fruits; (b) the cup of an acorn; (c) husk or chaff of grain; (d) a cocoon; (e) the carapace of a beetle. …

5. leu n.

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Only in leu of flaundres, a Flemish gold piece minted under the authority of the Counts of Flanders. …

6. pīles n.(2) plural

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(a) Hair; (b) feathers, plumage. …

7. quẹ̄̆k(e n.

Additional spellings: queke
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A kind of board game; the board on which it was played; quek borde, the game. …

8. runken v.

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To speak secretively, whisper; runken or rounen. …

9. spelked adj.

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Of beans: bruised, crushed, pounded. …

10. squil(le n.(1)

Additional spellings: squille
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(a) A woven basket; ?also, a bucket; (b) a hollow stem or cane. …

11. swalperen v.

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(a) To struggle in the water, splash about; (b) ben swalpird, of bodily humors: to be disturbed, be disordered. …

12. wrimplid adj.

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Marked with lines, wrinkled. …

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