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1. bikeren v.

23 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To make an attack or assault; enter into or engage in combat; make war (upon an enemy); bikeren togeder, clash; (b) to attack (with missiles); bikeren at, bikeren ayen; also, struggle (against) or……

2. cliver adj.

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?Expert in seizing. …

3. gnof n.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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An ill-mannered fellow, churl, lout. …

4. hurlen v.

86 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To rush violently or quickly; charge (at sb.); of sound: rush (to the ears); also fig.; hurlen in, come charging in; hurlen hider and thider, hurlen her and ther, stumble or stagger this way and……

5. knag(ge n.

Additional spellings: knagge
4 quotations in 1 sense
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A peg, fastener; hongen on knag, to hang (sb.) on a peg or hook; --?also intrans. …

6. 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.)……

7. pīren v.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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To peer, look closely; gaze, look around. …

8. plek(ke n.

Additional spellings: plekke
19 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A piece or patch of land; (b) a spot or speck; a spot or blemish as an outward sign of sin; (c) in surnames and place names [see Smith PNElem.2.67]. …

9. pǒublī adj.

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Of cherries: plump, well filled out. …

10. pǒuten v.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To thrust out the lips in displeasure or sullenness, pout; (b) pouten oute, to swell, erupt. …

11. qualm n.(2)

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The cry of a raven. …

12. quē̆k(e interj.

Additional spellings: queke
7 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The sound made by a duck or goose, quack; quek cum quek; (b) seien quek, to fart; (c) a choking sound; in manus tuas quek, death rattle; (d) as surname. …

13. rubben v.

61 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) To apply friction on a surface, rub; sharpen a tool by filing or scrubbing; rubben on the rote of the red galle, touch on a sore spot; (b) of a boat: to rub against the bank; of an animal: rub……

14. ruffelen v.(1)

6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Of hair: to ruffle, become ruffled; (b) to ruffle (among things), poke about; also, disturb the order of (sth.); (c) to entangle; ?also, snare; ppl. ruffeled, entangled, tangled, knotted. …

15. ?scrīve n.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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A rushing noise, roar. …

16. shǒvelen v.(2)

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To shuffle; shovelen (forth) with fete. …

17. squirten v.

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To squirt water from the mouth. …

18. talken v.

65 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To speak, discourse, say something; of the tongue: speak freely, chatter; talken mid speche; talken to (til, with), speak to (sb., oneself, sth.), address;—also without prep. [quot. a1375, 2nd]……

19. tinken v.(2)

5 quotations in 1 sense
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To emit a light, short metallic sound, tinkle. …

20. tippen v.(3)

1 quotation in 1 sense
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To occur suddenly, strike. …

21. tod(de n.

Additional spellings: todde
6 quotations in 1 sense
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A measurement of weight for wool, usually 28 lbs. …

22. tọ̄̆murten v.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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To break apart, split. …

23. tọ̄̆spateren v.

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To smash (sth.) to pieces, scatter in fragments. …

24. tramplen v.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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To stamp (with one's foot or feet); tread; ppl. tramplid, well trodden. …

25. wrenkesing ger.

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?An act of taking vengeance; ?calling, clamoring. …

26. wriggen v.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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To wag (one’s tail);—used fig.; wriggen with the tail, of a bird: twist or flap its tail. …

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