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1. bringen v.

332 quotations in 11 senses
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(a) To bring (sth.), fetch, lead, convey, take, send; bringen awei, chase away; bringen into, drive (sb.) into (a place); (b) bringen biforen (toforen), to bring (sb.) into the presence of; also, say…

2. flīen v.

198 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) To fly with wings; flien with winges; flien in (bi) the lift (air); flien on heigh (upon height); flien (one's) wei; fleing kind, flying creature, birds; (b) comen flen, flien fleing, to come…

3. putten v.

1280 quotations in 42 senses
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(a) To push, shove, thrust; strike a blow, smite; putten with fet, trample, kick; putten with fet and hondes, thrust with feet and hands; putten ayen, push against (sb.); stumble against (sb.); putten

4. snīten v.

12 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To blow one's nose; blow (one's nose); also [1st quot.], with punning ref. to 1st quot. in (b); (b) to snuff (a candle); also, tweak or pull (a person's nose with tongs); sniten oute; (c) hawk. to…

5. swẹ̄t(e adj.

Additional spellings: swete
375 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) Sweet to the taste, having the quality of sweetness; sweetened; also fig. and in fig. context; (b) swet almaunde, an almond used as food, as opposed to the bitter almond used medicinally; swet

6. throuen v.(1)

244 quotations in 11 senses
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(a) To hurl (sb. or sth.), fling, throw, cast;—also refl.; also fig. and in fig. contexts; of a whale: spew (water), spout; drop (a substance into another substance); also, with adverbs: throuen awei

7. wāren v.(1)

77 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To be mindful, be aware; waren of, be knowledgeable concerning (sth.), be skilled in; ware him his fal is nexte his honde, let him be mindful his fall is at hand (b) to be mindful of (sth.),…

8. wā̆ter n.

710 quotations in 19 senses
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(a) Water as a naturally occurring element or substance; water as opposed to the other elements;—also pl.; wateres froren, the ice thought to surround the earth [quot. a1325] (b) precipitation;…

9. web n.

83 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) Woven fabric; a piece of woven fabric; also fig. & in fig. context; web bem, q.v.; web garn (threde), weaver’s yarn (thread); web lome, q.v.; web werk, the activity of weaving; spunne web, ?spun…

10. wē̆dering(e ger.

Additional spellings: wederinge
25 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) The general condition of the atmosphere, weather; also, coll. & pl. weather conditions; art of wedering, familiarity with and understanding of weather conditions (b) favorable, propitious…

11. wē̆t adj.

150 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) Consisting of moisture, flowing, fluid, wet, liquid;—freq. used pleonastically of liquid substances: wet se (teres), reines (teres, wateres, etc.) wet (b) full of moisture; of cheese: ?fresh;…

12. wō̆rd n.

363 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) A word as a lexical item or grammatical form, a string of characters representing a minimal unit of meaning, a word in isolation; also, a word or group of words as represented in graphic form…