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1. abeien v.

19 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To bend (down); abeien face, incline the head; (b) to bow in homage (to sb.).

2. acōlden v.

10 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To make (sth.) cold or cool; to numb (the limbs) with cold; to become cold or numb; (b) of charity: to grow cold or slack; of strife: cool off.

3. ?ādẹ̄ven v.(2)

3 quotations in 1 sense
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To subdue or annihilate (an enemy).

4. afellen v.

22 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To lay (sb.) low, fell, kill; (b) to throw down or destroy (a building); cut down or fell (a tree).

5. afleien v.

10 quotations in 1 sense
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To put (sb.) to flight, discomfit; to drive out (disease, poison, sin, etc.), dispel.

6. al-mōst adv.

Additional spellings: almost
46 quotations in 3 senses
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Nearly all; for the most part, mostly; most of all.

7. amerren v.

19 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To damage or destroy (crops, a wall, etc.); (b) mar, harm, or destroy (virtue, reputation, the mind, etc.); amarred in minde, distraught; (c) discomfit or ruin (a person, a people); also, kill.

8. anlē̆t n.

11 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Face; (b) forehead; (c) appearance, looks; image.

9. ansẹ̄ne n.

18 quotations in 2 senses
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What is seen or visible: (a) visible form, figure, appearance; a vision; fallen in ansene, decline or fail in appearance (?in the view of others); (b) the sight or presence (of sb.); on or beforen

10. anwāld n.

16 quotations in 2 senses
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Power; power to rule, authority; the rule (of a lord, etc.); habben on anwalde, have in (one's) power, be able; setten on anwald, put (sb.) in power or authority.

11. awarien v.

29 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To damn (sb.); (b) ppl. awaried, of persons: damned, condemned; also, evil, wicked; as noun: wicked person, one of the damned; (c) ppl. awaried, of things, actions, emotions: evil, wicked…

12. awẹ̄lden v.

30 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To control, rule, govern, command; rule (a country); command (an army); have control of (one's body, desire, etc.), guide (one's) actions; wield (a weapon), manage (a horse); (b) to conquer…

13. awē̆rden v.

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To harm or destroy.

14. ayẹ̄lden v.

8 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To repay (money); (b) to surrender (a town); ayelden up; (c) refl. to give oneself up, surrender.

15. balgh adj.

8 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Bulging, stout (chest, haunches); (b) bulging, round (knoll); ?smooth; (c) stout, big (tree, pole, stone).

16. bēd(e n.

Additional spellings: bede
111 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) Act of praying, prayer; (b) request, supplication; any one of the petitions in the Lord's Prayer; (c) command, order, commandment; (d) ?speech, eloquence.

17. Bed(e)nal, -el n.

Additional spellings: Bedenal, Bednel, Bedenel
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Bednell (on the coast of Northumberland); Bednal codling, Bednal fish.

18. beien v.

35 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To bend (sth.), bow (the head), bend or flex (the back, knees, legs); refl. to bend, stoop, fall; (b) to turn or incline (one's ear, oneself) attentively; (c) to bend, give way, weaken.

19. beil(e n.

Additional spellings: beile
5 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A ring or bracelet; (b) the arched handle of a pot or the like; (c) a curved support for a roof or cover.

20. bẹ̄ken, bēken n.

19 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A signal fire; esp., a fire signaling the approach of an enemy; (b) the tower or platform on which a beacon is lit; (c) a watch fire of an army; (d) a signal fire to guide ships into a port; a…

21. bekenen v.

19 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To give a mute signal, communicate by signs or gestures, beckon; bekenen with the eie, to wink; (b) to summon (sb.); esp., summon with a signal or gesture; (c) to point, point to (sth.).

22. bekening ger.

9 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Mute signaling; nodding, beckoning, etc.; (b) a signal of any kind; esp., a sign of command, an order, a summons.

23. bẹ̄ld(e, bēlde n.

Additional spellings: belde, belde
30 quotations in 3 senses
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Courage, strength, power.

24. bẹ̄ld(e, bēld(e adj.

Additional spellings: belde, belde
11 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Of persons: bold, brave, doughty; (b) of actions or words: bold, daring; (c) encouraging, helpful.

25. bẹ̄lden, bēlden v.

38 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To encourage (sb.), strengthen, help, support; -- also refl.; (b) to instruct (sb.), edify; (c) to become strong, be strong; flourish; of a child: grow, mature.

26. belī n.

95 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) The belly of man or animal, abdomen; beli and bak, before and behind, all over; (b) the body; (c) beli blind, blind as the inside of the belly, pitch dark; beli bond, a band or strap passing under…

27. bẹ̄me n.(1)

35 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A trumpet, esp. one used in warfare or hunting; withouten ani beme, without noise or ostentation, quietly; (b) an angelic trumpet; esp., one of the trumpets of Judgment Day; bemene drem, bemes

28. bẹ̄mere n.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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A trumpeter.

29. bēr(e n.(8)

Additional spellings: bere
51 quotations in 2 senses
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A portable bed, a litter.

30. bē̆r(e n.(9)

Additional spellings: bere
25 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Outcry, clamor; commotion, disturbance; maken ber, cry out, make a noise or commotion; (b) bearing, gesture, manner; taken ber, conduct (oneself), behave.

31. bēren v.(2)

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(a) To cry out, bellow, howl, roar; (b) to sing loudly; of bells or trumpets: resound; (c) to conduct oneself (in a certain manner), behave. [Sense (c) has been largely taken over by bēren v. (1)…

32. bergh n.

21 quotations in 1 sense
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A hill; a mound, barrow; under bergh, beside or behind a hill, under cover of a hill.

33. bẹ̄tel n.

19 quotations in 2 senses
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A mallet, maul, hammer; also, a bat or club; blind as a betel, completely blind, stone-blind.

34. bicherren v.

Additional spellings: becherren
19 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To turn (sb.) away from the proper course; lead astray, mislead; (b) to delude, deceive; outwit, dupe.

35. biclēpen, -ien v.

Additional spellings: beclepen, biclepien, beclepien
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(a) To accuse (sb.); make a charge; (b) to plead (a cause).

36. bidwēl(i)en v.

Additional spellings: bedwelen, bidwelien, bedwelien
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(a) To delude, dupe; (b) to bewilder, confound.

37. bifellen v.

Additional spellings: befellen
1 quotation in 1 sense
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To fell (an enemy).

38. bigẹ̄men v.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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To have or take charge of (sth.), take care of.

39. bilẹ̄ven v.(2)

Additional spellings: beleven
64 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) Theol. To believe (in a doctrine, in God, etc.); -- with in, on, upon, to, into phrase; (b) to profess (a deity).

40. birthen n.

86 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) Something carried or supported; a load, a weight; (b) something carried within the body or as part of the body; a fetus; birthen of nature (womb), excrement; last (secound) birthen, afterbirth…

41. bī̆sten v.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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To buffet (sb.), pummel, flog, beat; also without obj., of waves: to dash, rage.

42. biyēten v.

Additional spellings: beyeten
87 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) To acquire (property, goods, etc.), get possession of, get; biyeten togedre, accumulate; lele, right bigeten, gotten rightfully, wrong biyeten, ill-gotten; (b) to get control over (a country, a…

43. bladdre n.

43 quotations in 3 senses
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Anat. (a) The urinary bladder; (b) a containing organ or bag; esp., the gall bladder; (c) the crop of a bird.

44. bōld adj.

126 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Of persons: brave, courageous, daring, fearless; bold of herte; bold in blod; bold brained; maken bold, encourage (sb.); (b) of animals: fearless, ?ferocious; (c) of actions: courageous, bold…

45. bōlden v.

38 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To become encouraged, take heart, cheer up; -- refl. or intr.; (b) to embolden or encourage (sb.); comfort (sb.), cheer up; bolden herte.

46. brẹ̄th n.(3)

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(a) The process of brewing; breth led, a vessel for brewing or cooking; (b) broth, soup.

47. breu n.

14 quotations in 2 senses
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An eyebrow; eie breu; above-bregh, over-brei [cp. L super-cilium].

48. bright adj.

147 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Of the sun, moon, stars, fire: giving off much light, shining brightly, bright; of light: intense, brilliant; also fig. [quot. 1421]; (b) of God, angels, saints, heaven: characterized by intense…

49. brighten v.

7 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To cleanse or purify (the soul); (b) to clarify or explain (an utterance); (c) to illuminate; (d) to grow light, dawn.

50. brightlī(che adv.

Additional spellings: brightliche
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(a) Clearly, distinctly; (b) brightly.

51. brightnesse n.

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(a) Brightness, brilliance, radiance; (b) light; a flash of light; flash or glance (of an eye); (c) luster; transparency.

52. ?bulch n.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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A hump (on the back).

53. buter-flīe n.

Additional spellings: buterflie
28 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A butterfly; also, a moth; (b) a painted or embroidered representation of a butterfly; (c) something insignificant, a trifle; kepen (taken) buterflies, catch butterflies, waste time; not worth a

54. calch n.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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The chalice used in celebration of the mass; the cup used at the Last Supper.

55. calf n.(1)

125 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) The young of cattle, a calf; (b) veal; (c) the young of deer [cp. hert-calf, hinde-calf]; (d) with calf, in calf, bearing a calf, with calf.

56. calle n.

38 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A net for the hair, a kind of headdress; (b) comeli under calle, beautiful in one's headdress; uncomeli under calle; maken (sb.) a houve aboven a calle, to make a fool of (sb.); (c) ?a hood, ?a…

57. calven v.

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(a) Of a cow: to give birth to (a calf), have a calf; ben calved, of a calf: be born; of a cow: have a calf; (b) of a hind: to bear a fawn; ben calved, of a fawn: be born.

58. chẹ̄lde n.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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Cold or freezing weather, cold.

59. chēle n.

46 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Coldness of air, weather, or climate; in hete and chele, in hot and cold weather, all the time; (b) a cold spell or blast, frost.

60. chẹ̄pinge ger.

43 quotations in 4 senses
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Trade in goods, buying and selling, marketing; bargaining, asking or offering of a price.

61. chẹ̄se n.

117 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Curds or cheese as food; water of chese, whey; (b) fresh, grene, neue chese, fresh cheese; olde chese, aged cheese; hard chese, mene chese, softe chese; etc.; (c) got chese, goat cheese; chese of

62. chēsel n.

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(a) A pebble; chesel ston; (b) a mass of pebbles; gravel, coarse sand; sand chesel.

63. chiken n.

49 quotations in 4 senses
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A young chicken; chick, pullet; prob. also any chicken.

64. clēpen v.

196 quotations in 11 senses
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(a) To speak; call, shout; clepen out; clepen of, talk about (sth.); of birds: to sing; (b) to speak (to sb.); -- with to, upon phr.; (c) to say (sth.); utter (words, blasphemy, etc.); call (a name)…

65. cōld adj.

207 quotations in 8 senses
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Low in temperature: (a) cold, chilly (weather, season, climate); (b) cold or cool (dwelling); chilly (grave); (c) cold to the touch; cold as is, cold as a ston; (d) of food and drink: cold, cooled…

66. cōlden v.

45 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To grow or make cold; cool off; (b) of the human body or parts of it: to feel cold; lose warmth (as in death).

67. cot-setle n.

Additional spellings: cotsetle
16 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A cotter [only with L endings]; cot-setle man; (b) a cottage holding or the land belonging to it; cot-setle lond; cotsetles corn, an allowance of grainland in a cottage holding; (c) in place names…

68. crāne n.(1)

68 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) The European crane (Grus grus); herd of cranes, a flock of cranes; (b) a carved likeness of a crane; (c) crane beked, long-nosed; crane ei, a crane's egg; (d) a surname; (e) an element in place…

69. dẹ̄de, dēde n.

293 quotations in 13 senses
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(a) An action, a deed; god dede, ivel dede, etc.; see also almes dede, est dede, man dede, mis dede; (b) a marvelous act, miracle; also, a feat of magic; (c) a favor, kindness, service; (d) ?an…

70. dēden v.

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(a) To kill (sth.); also fig.; (b) to die; (c) to deaden (sth.), stupefy; (d) to become dull or insensible.

71. dẹ̄pen v.

18 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To dip (sth.), immerse; also, dye (sth), stain; idept in grain, dyed in grain, dyed with fast color; (b) to baptize; (c) fig. to immerse (oneself in a story, in a way of life); ben deped, be…

72. dẹ̄re adj.(1)

218 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) Of God, of persons: excellent, noble, honored, valiant; dere of degre, high in rank; often in direct address; dere God, dere ladi, dere lord, dere sire; (b) as noun: noble one(s, valiant man, etc…

73. dē̆rne adj.

77 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Secluded, solitary (place); secret (passage, etc.); (b) in names: derne-clive, derne hus, derne love, derne place [see also Smith PNElem. 1.131].

74. dē̆rne adv.

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(a) Secretly; in privacy, confidentially; (b) stealthily, slyly; (c) of loving: clandestinely; inwardly, deeply; (d) hidden.

75. dē̆rnen v.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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To keep (sth.) secret, conceal.

76. dẹ̄ven v.(2)

8 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To sink (sth.), plunge (sb. down to hell); (b) to dive, plunge downward, sink; (c) deven in, to sink into (sth.) by depressing the surface; of a blow: to cut into (the body).

77. dǒuen v.(1)

36 quotations in 3 senses
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Of actions or things: to have worth or validity; be useful, profitable, helpful, or effective; avail; douen the better, turn out all the better; douen litel (neked), have little (no) effect, avail…

78. drauen v.

766 quotations in 21 senses
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(a) To pull, tug, draw; pull in harness; (b) to pull (sb. or sth.), drag, tug at; pull up (a drawbridge); (c) to draw or withdraw (a part of the body); (d) to pull (a vehicle), tow (a ship), turn…

79. drẹ̄men v.(1)

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(a) Of a musical instrument: to resound; also fig.; (b) to sing; (c) to shout, clamor, talk loudly, be hilarious; (d) to rejoice; dremen of, rejoice in (sth.).

80. drẹ̄pen v.(2)

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(a) To drip; of a liquid: to fall in drops, drip; (b) drepen with, to moisten or smear (sb.) with (sth.); (c) to droop, sink down; be faint-hearted, languish; dreping mone, ?a waning moon; (d) to lie…

81. dwellen v.

193 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) To procrastinate, delay (to do sth.); be tardy in coming, starting, etc.; tarry, linger; also fig.; (b) to spend time, linger; take time (to tell sth.); dwellen in, linger over (sth.); dwellen

82. dweomer-cræft n.

Additional spellings: dweomercræft
1 quotation in 1 sense
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Witchcraft, sorcery.

83. dweomerlāk n.

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Magic art, witchcraft.

84. dwergh n.

34 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A supernatural being of subhuman size, dwarf; on dwergh, possessed by a dwarf; dwergh dwosle, pennyroyal (Mentha Pulegium); (b) a member of a race of small people, Pygmy; (c) an undersized or…

85. eie n.(1)

490 quotations in 19 senses
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(a) The organ of vision, the eye; (b) bodili (erthli, fleshes, fleshli, outer) eie.

86. ei-shel n.

Additional spellings: eishel
9 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The hard outer shell of an egg; (b) a rough measure of quantity.

87. fellen v.

90 quotations in 8 senses
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To make (something) fall or drop from a supported or hanging position; to knock (fruit, flowers, leaves) from a tree; to cut (a person) down from a cross or gibbet; to shed (tears); fellen a)doun.

88. fēsen v.

17 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Drive or chase; spur (a horse); incite (to action); (b) put to flight, rout (an enemy); discomfit.

89. fīle n.(1)

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(a) A metal instrument having cutting edges or teeth on its surface and used for reducing, smoothing, or cleaning the surfaces of various materials; an abrading or sharpening tool used by carpenters…

90. fleien v.

31 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To put to flight; drive away; pursue; (b) to rout or defeat (an enemy).

91. flẹ̄me n.(1) & adj.

15 quotations in 1 sense
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An exile, a fugitive, an outlaw; crien (greden) fleme, to proclaim (someone) an outlaw, to banish; don (maken) fleme, to outlaw or exile (someone); as adj.: exiled, outlawed.

92. flẹ̄men v.(1)

53 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To expel, banish, exile, outlaw; -- often with from, of, out, out of; (b) flemed man, an exile, an outlaw; (c) to disgrace (someone); to condemn; ppl. flemed, disgraced, condemned, destitute of…

93. flẹ̄ten v.(2)

4 quotations in 1 sense
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To skim (a liquid); to take the cream off (milk), remove the scum of (ale), etc.

94. forōlden v.

7 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To become feeble or decrepit with age; of clothing: to become worn out or shabby; (b) to grow old or ancient.

95. foryē̆ten v.

179 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To fail to remember (an action, emotion, idea), to forget or disregard (a condition, fact, quality, duty, promise); (b) to overlook, mislay, or leave behind (a material object); (c) with inf.: to…

96. foryēven v.

135 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) To pardon (sb., a sin, one's guilt, etc.), absolve (sb.); forgive (sb., sth.) --also with to phrase; (b) God foryeve, may God forgive; (c) to pardon (a crime or offense), show mercy to (a…

97. galle n.(1)

94 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) The gall bladder of man or animal; (b) the secretion of the liver, bile; chest (kist, hucche) of galle, the gall bladder; (c) as a type of the ultimate in bitterness: bitter as galle, bitterer

98. galle n.(2)

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A sore on the skin, a gall; fig. tender spot, sensitive subject.

99. galwe n.

60 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A gallows; ?also, a cross for crucifixion; (b) a cross for crucifixion; esp. the cross of Christ; (c) ?a place of execution; (d) in proverbs; (e) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.192].

100. gā̆r-lē̆k n.

Additional spellings: garlek
53 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Garlic (Allium sativum); also, a bulb or a clove of garlic; clove of gar-lek, one of the small bulbs making up a bulb of garlic; (b) wilde gar-lek, some uncultivated member of the genus Allium…