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1. bile-whīt adj.

Additional spellings: bilewhit
6 quotations in 1 sense
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Pure in heart, virtuous; kind, gentle.

2. light adj.(2)

346 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) Of things: light in weight; light in proportion to bulk, of small specific gravity, not dense; of persons: thin; also fig.; (b) of containers: light in content, empty; of measures: underweight…

3. ō̆nfōld adj.

15 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Single, one, onefold; (b) simple, honest; (c) of interpretation: simple, literal; (d) bi onfold, onefold.

4. 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

5. rīf(e adj.

Additional spellings: rife
86 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Numerous; (b) widespread, plentiful, abundant, abounding; (c) great, intense, severe; (d) well endowed (with riches, etc.), luxuriant (with leaves); (e) habitual, customary.

6. Scottish adj.

31 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Of Scottish nationality; found or produced in Scotland; characteristic of Scotland; also, as noun: Scottish people or soldiers; Scottish man; (b) Scottish king, king of Scotland; Scottish langage

7. sẹ̄l(e adj.

Additional spellings: sele
33 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Good; also, brave; also, sup. as noun: the best men [quot.: Lay.Brut 1162]; (b) good for a purpose; skilled, efficacious, favorable; the selere, better, more favorable; (c) wealthy, prosperous…

8. sī̆k adj.

306 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) Suffering from disease, injury, or ill health; sick, diseased, ailing; also, in a special physiological state, such as pregnancy; also, ?dying [quot.: a1387]; (b) sik and (ner) sore, sore and sik

9. sī̆kel adj.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Ill, infirm, invalid; (b) of plants: diseased, feeble, drooping.

10. silveren adj.

29 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Made or consisting of silver; also fig.; also, silver-colored, lustrous like silver [quot.: ?a1450]; ben of silveren sight, to appear to be silver; (b) silveren time (world), fig. the age of…

11. sleuful adj.

8 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Slothful, lethargic; (b) as noun: a slothful person; -- also coll.

12. sleugh adj.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Slothful.

13. smēgh adj.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Crafty, cunning.

14. smọ̄th(e adj.

Additional spellings: smothe
49 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Free of protuberance or roughness, smooth, even; also fig.; (b) of land: level, flat; (c) of a part of the body: smooth-skinned; free from coarse hair or blemishes; ?free from wounds [quot. c1484…

15. sōrī adj.

251 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) Of a person, an animal: sad, sorrowful; grieved; melancholy; also fig. of heaven and earth [quot. a1450]; sori in (on) herte, sori in thought, sori on mod; clauen a sori mannes hed, to be sad; (b)…

16. strenger(e adj.comparative

Additional spellings: strengere
99 quotations in 12 senses
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More physically powerful, having greater physical strength.

17. thwīre adj.

7 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Of persons, the soul, etc.: obstinate in wrongdoing, willful, wicked, perverse; also, of a path, way: crooked;—used in fig. context; (b) as noun pl.: those who are obstinate or perverse, the…

18. thwī̆rlī adj.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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Of persons: obstinate in wrongdoing, perverse; of conduct, deeds: evil, iniquitous; of a thought, deed, etc.: sinful, wicked, depraved; also in fig. context.

19. tīder adj.

9 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Emotionally fragile or tender; (b) in place names [see Smith PNElem.2.178].

20. uplō̆ndish(e adj.

Additional spellings: uplondishe
17 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Of the country, rural, rustic; uplondish man, a peasant, countryman; (b) provincial, unsophisticated; (c) as surname.