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1. benger(e n.

Additional spellings: bengere
2 quotations in 1 sense
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A grain bin; the hopper of a mill.

2. blǒnderen v.

11 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To walk without seeing, go blindly; (b) to proceed ignorantly, act blindly or irrationally; refl. delude oneself, be out of one's senses; ppl. blundering, rash, clumsy, thoughtless; of things…

3. clint n.

9 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A ledge of rock; a cliff, steep bank; (b) in place names.

4. cros n.

251 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) A cross for crucifixion, a gibbet; (b) the cross of Christ; holi cros; Exaltacioun of the cros, a feast, Sept. 14; feste of the holi cros, feast of the Invention of the Cross, May 3; (c) winnen

5. cukken v.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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To void excrement.

6. fraknes n. (plural)

9 quotations in 1 sense
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Freckles; also certain other skin blemishes.

7. gaspen v.

7 quotations in 1 sense
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To open the mouth wide, gape; also, exhale.

8. gessen v.

105 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To infer (sth.) from observation, etc.; perceive, find out; gessen in, gessen of, perceive (sth.) in (sb.), suspect; (b) with clause as obj.: to conclude (that sth. is true or will happen)…

9. gil(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: gile
10 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The gill of a fish; (b) gil fish, a kind of stockfish.

10. glouen v.(2)

4 quotations in 1 sense
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To stare, gaze; glouen up)on, stare at (sth.).

11. glǒuten v.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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To scowl, look glum.

12. hals n.

50 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) The neck; hongen bi the hals, to hang (sb.) with a rope around the neck; fro hals to croupoun, from neck to rump; hals gund [OE heals-gund], a neck tumor; also in asseveration: bi mi hals; (b) the…

13. harwe n.

34 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A harrow for cultivating land, a drag; gon at harwe, to drive a harrow; (b) fig. the Old or New Testament; the power of Love (with pun on arwe); also, in proverb; (c) harwe tind (toth), a tooth of…

14. kē̆r n.

33 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Low, swampy ground; a marsh, bog, fen; ker miln, a mill by a marsh; ker side, the side of a marsh; (b) a marsh overgrown with alders or other small trees or shrubs; alder ker.

15. kide n.

54 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) The young of a goat; kide lomb; (b) the meat of a young goat; -- often pl.; also, a carcass of a kid slaughtered for meat or prepared as a dish; (c) kides blod, the blood of a young goat; kide

16. lit-mose n.

Additional spellings: litmose
6 quotations in 1 sense
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A blue pigment, litmus; ?also, lichens from which the pigment is obtained.

17. ok adv. & conj.

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(a) Introducing a sentence or an independent clause: moreover, likewise, also; (b) modifying the predicate: too, also, in the same manner; (c) connecting nouns, usually following the last member…

18. picchen v.

220 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To thrust (sth.), drive (a stake, etc.); picchen in (o, to, into), stick, thrust, or drive (sth.) into (sth.); surround (a wood) with a palisade [quot.: a1450, 1st]; (b) to pierce (sb. or sth.)…

19. ruggen v.

30 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To pull or stretch (sb. or sth.), tug at fiercely; -- also without obj.; also, torture (sb.) by pulling or stretching; (b) to drag (sb.); (c) to tear (sb. or sth.), tear (one's hair); ruggen and

20. rūke n.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A heap, pile; also, a haystack; (b) a unit of measure; (c) a group of common people.