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1. benger(e n.

Additional spellings: bengere
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A grain bin; the hopper of a mill.

2. bloderen v.

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To make inarticulate sounds; blubber, sob, 'carry on'.

3. blǒnderen v.

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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…

4. clint n.

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

5. 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

6. cukken v.

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To void excrement.

7. dappeld ppl.

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Spotted, dappled.

8. fraknes n. (plural)

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Freckles; also certain other skin blemishes.

9. gaggen v.

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(a) To strangle (sb.); (b) ?in surnames.

10. gaspen v.

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To open the mouth wide, gape; also, exhale.

11. gauren v.

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To look with wonder or curiosity; stare, gaze; gauren on (upon).

12. gessen v.

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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)…

13. gil(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: gile
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(a) The gill of a fish; (b) gil fish, a kind of stockfish.

14. glāde n.(2)

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Setting; gon to glade, drauen to glade, of the sun: to set, be setting.

15. glopnen v.

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(a) To fill (sb., the heart) with fear; frighten, alarm, startle; (b) to be distressed, be filled with fear or grief; glopnen in herte, become sad at heart; glopnen and greten [cp. OI glūpna ok grāta

16. glouen v.(2)

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To stare, gaze; glouen up)on, stare at (sth.).

17. glǒuten v.

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To scowl, look glum.

18. hals n.

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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…

19. harwe n.

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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…

20. -k(e suf.

Additional spellings: -ke
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A derivational suffix in words from OE and borrowings from ON, MLG, and MDu.: (nouns) balk(e, larke, etc.; (verbs) lurken, runken, sanken, skulken, etc. It occasionally occurs in ME or possibly ME…