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301. antimber n.

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Phil. Substance.

302. an-uppe(n adv. & prep.

Additional spellings: anuppe, an-uppen, anuppen
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(a) Upon, on, onto; (b) above; (c) over.

303. anvelt n.

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(a) Anvil; (b) anfel-stock, the block or base of an anvil.

304. anwālden v.

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Overpower, conquer.

305. anweald adj.

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Powerful (spirits).

306. anwealdnesse n.

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Power.

307. anwenden v.

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Get away, escape.

308. ānydan ūt v. phr.

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Expel.

309. āpe n.

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(a) Any simian known on the Mediterranean during the Middle Ages; monkey or ape; maken apes mou, make a monkey-face, grimace; (b) ape-ward, ape-keeper, i.e. a juggler who keeps a trained monkey for…

310. apelder n.

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(a) Appletree; apelder rinde; (b) in surnames; (c) in place names [see The Place-names of Devon, EPNSoc. 8 & 9 (1931), pp. 102, 166, 364, 547, 626].

311. apostle n.

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One of the Twelve Apostles of Christ; apostles twelve; also, a missionary or evangelist of the early Church, such as St. Paul; apostle of Engelonde; apostle of hethen men; apostolene prince.

312. appel n.(1)

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(a) Any kind of fruit growing on a tree, shrub, or vine, such as an apple, crab apple, pear, peach, citron, banana, haw, berry, cucumber; also, a nut, a tuber; (b) a fruit-bearing tree; (c) appel of

313. appel-trẹ̄ n.

Additional spellings: appeltre
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(a) Appletree; also, fruit tree; swete appel-tre; sour appel-tre; (b) apple wood; a cross of apple wood.

314. aprikien v.

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To spur or ride (a horse).

315. aquāken v.

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To shudder; ben aquaked, be shaken, tremble.

316. aquecchen v.

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To tremble, quiver.

317. aquellen v.

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(a) To slay (sb.), put to death, kill; aquellen to dethe; (b) -- ?used without object.

318. aquenchen v.

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(a) To put out (a fire), extinguish; ppl. aquenched, aqueint, of a fire: extinguished; of a light: put out, snuffed [quot.: c1450]; -- also in fig. context; of hot vapors: cooled [quot.: c1300]; (b)…

319. aquēðen v.

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To speak out, ring out; resound.

320. aqueþer pron.

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Either; aqueþer bath, both.

321. aquikien v.

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(a) Of the soul: revive, recover; of lust: be aroused; of fire: rekindle; (b) revive (sb.), revive or save the soul of (sb.); arouse (lust).

322. arblast, -blastē̆r n.

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(a) A weapon for discharging quarrels, stones, etc., consisting of a bow set crosswise on a shaft; a crossbow, an arbalest; (b) a missile shot from a crossbow; arblast shute.

323. arche-bishop, erche-bishop n.

Additional spellings: archebishop, erche-bishop, erchebishop
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(a) An archbishop of the Roman (or Greek) Church; (b) the see of an archbishop.

324. archebishop-rīche, erchebishop- n.

Additional spellings: archebishopriche, erchebishopriche
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The province, jurisdiction, office, or seat of an archbishop.

325. arche-dēken, erche-dekēn n.

Additional spellings: archedeken, erche-deken, erchedeken
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The chief administrative officer of an archbishop or bishop, who presided over the ecclesiastical court of the diocese, had powers of visitation, inducted candidates into benefices, imposed penance…

326. arecchen v.

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To tell the meaning of (a dream, a text), interpret; describe (an appearance); exemplify or illustrate (a statement).

327. arēchen v.(1)

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(a) To succeed in reaching (sth. or sb.), get to or at, get hold of; get or reach (somewhere); (b) get possession of (sth.), obtain; get control over (sb.); attain (to honor, salvation, learning…

328. arēchen v.(2)

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To clear the throat noisily, hawk, retch.

329. āre dawes n. (plural)

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Only in bi are dawes, in days of yore, long ago.

330. aredden v.

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To deliver or save (a person, a country, etc., as from bondage, captivity, a siege, an enemy); liberate, set free, relieve; -- also without obj.; often with of (with) phrase.

331. arēden v.(1)

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(a) To form or render an opinion, make a conjecture or guess; (b) to guess (sth.); estimate (numbers).

332. arēden v.(2)

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(a) To make ready (sth.); restore (a wall); (b) get at (sb.), attack.

333. arēdī adj. & adv.

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(a) Prepared, ready, in readiness; haven aredi; maken aredi; stonden aredi; (b) already.

334. areinen v.(1)

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To make provision for (sth.).

335. āren v.

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(a) To show mercy, forgive; God are his saule, may God have mercy, etc.; (b) to treat (sb.) gently, spare.

336. arēpen v.

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Touch, attack, seize.

337. arēren, arẹ̄ren v.

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(a) To raise (sth.) to a vertical position; to set upright; areren up; (b) of a horse: to rear.

338. arēsen v.(1)

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To rush.

339. arẹ̄sen v.(2)

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To shake, totter.

340. ā̆re-thẹ̄de n.

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Only in the phrase in are-thede, among an ancient people, in days of yore.

341. areuen v.

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To feel pity or compassion; to pity (sb.), feel sorry about (sth.); -- (a) with personal obj.; (b) with personal subj.; also refl.

342. ārfastlīche adv.

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Piously, virtuously.

343. ārfest adj.

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(a) Kindly, gracious; (b) pious, virtuous.

344. ārfestnes(se n.

Additional spellings: arfestnesse
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Piety; also, kindness.

345. argh adj.

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(a) Of a timid nature, cowardly; (b) frightened, afraid (to do sth.); (c) ignoble, worthless, contemptible; -- as noun: a base fellow; (d) slow, sluggish, lazy; (e) weak.

346. arghen v.

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To grow faint or disheartened; be fearful, timid, or reticent; -- (a) with personal subj.; (b) with personal obj.

347. arghlī adv.

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(a) Timidly, cowardly; (b) disgracefully, wickedly; (c) slowly, with difficulty.

348. arghnes(se n.

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(a) Cowardice, timidity; (b) a branch of the deadly sin of sloth: timidity in doing good; (c) weakness, feebleness.

349. arghshipe n.

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Cowardice.

350. arghthe n.

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Cowardice.

351. arīmen v.

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To reckon up the total number of (sth.), count.

352. arīnen v.

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(a) To touch (sth.); also, to partake of (food); (b) to lay hands on (sth.), attack.

353. arīsen v.

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(a) To stand up; to get up from a sitting, kneeling, or reclining position; to rise (from prayer), get up (from the table), etc.; arisen ayeines, to rise to greet (sb.); -- often with up; also refl…

354. arist n.

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The rising of the sun; sonne arist, sunrise.

355. arixlien v.

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To dominate, have one's way.

356. ark(e n.

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(a) A chest or box; a large box or bin for storing meal or grain; a coffer for money or valuables, treasure chest; a coffin; (b) ark keper, a treasurer; ark maker, ark wright, a maker of chests or…

357. arm n.

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The human arm.

358. arm adj.

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(a) Poor, poverty-stricken; as noun: needy person; edi and arm, rich and poor; (b) miserable, unfortunate; unhappy, sad; as noun: miserable one, unhappy man; (c) arm lif, wretched life, i.e. life on…

359. arm-herted ppl.

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Contrite.

360. armlīch adj.

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Of punishment: grievous; of speech: sorrowful.

361. armlīche adv.

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Miserably, wretchedly, grievously, pitiably.

362. aroue adv.

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(a) In a row or column; in sequence; lien aroue, setten aroue, stonden aroue, writen aroue, etc.; (b) in the row.

363. arrēde n.

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?Advice, counsel; ?prior counsel or planning.

364. ărs n.

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(a) The anus, the rectum; excretory organ; (b) buttock(s, posteriors, rump; (c) ?hemorrhoids, ?rectum.

365. arudden v.

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(a) To rid (sb. of danger, an enemy), rescue, save; (b) to free (sb.), liberate (a city).

366. arūmðe adv.

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Over a large area, far and wide.

367. arveð adj. & adv. (also in adjectival compounds.)

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(a) Difficult, hard; it is arveð, it is hard (to do); him is arveð, it is hard for him (to do); (b) arveð finde, hard to find, rare; arveð forþe, hard to achieve or do; arveð healde, arveðihialde

368. arveðlīch adj.

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Full of hardship or suffering; onerous (tax), miserable (existence).

369. arveðlīche adv.

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(a) With difficulty, hardly; (b) wretchedly, miserably.

370. arveðnesse n.

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(a) Hard work; hardship; (b) suffering, pain, tribulation.

371. arveþ-sīþ n.

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Misfortune.

372. arwe n.

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(a) An arrow [a slender wooden shaft, with metal point of various design, usually feathered at the butt, and shot from a bow; cp. quarrel bolt, shot from a crossbow]; brod arwe, hoked arwe, an arrow…

373. ār-wurð adj.

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Worthy of respect or reverence.

374. ār-wurðen v.

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To honor or respect (sb.); confer honors upon.

375. ārwurðlīce adv.

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Reverently, honorably.

376. ārwurðnesse n.

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Dignity, high rank; reverence.

377. as conj.

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In the clause of manner: in the way that, in the same way as, just as, as; how; hou..as, how; -- (a) alone; also, so as, also as, right as, like as; (b) correlated with so, also, thus, such in the…

378. asad ppl.

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(a) Satiated, fed up (with); (b) stiffened, inflexible.

379. asāwen ppl.

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Sown (grain).

380. asceken ppl.

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Gone by, passed.

381. ascoile adv.

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?Askance; ?with a scowl.

382. ascorten v.

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Run short, i.e. fail.

383. asecgen v.

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To tell about, describe.

384. asẹ̄chen v.

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Seek, search; seek after (sth.).

385. asẹ̄n v.(1)

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Catch sight of, take a look at, see (sth.).

386. asenchen v.

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(a) To sink (a ship); drown (a person); (b) submerge, flood (land); (c) plunge (sth.) down.

387. asenden v.

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Of God: (a) to send (sb. or sth.) for the benefit of mankind; bestow; (b) to send or mete out (punishment).

388. asēren v.

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To dry up.

389. asetten v.

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(a) To put (in a place or position); (b) appoint or set (a date); impose or give (a name); (c) deck out.

390. ashāmed ppl.

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Filled with shame or a feeling of disgrace; ashamed, disgraced; ashamed of (sth.); ashamed of (oneself); -- also with that clause.

391. ashāmen v.

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To feel shame or embarrassment.

392. ashē̆nden v.

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(a) To treat (sb.) shamefully; (b) discomfit or ruin (an adversary); devastate (a country).

393. asheu(e)len v.

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To scare away (birds).

394. ashǒnen v.

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To shun (desire); escape (suffering).

395. ashrenchen v.

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(a) To trip or trick (sb.); deceive; (b) to foil.

396. asīen v.

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(a) Of the sun: to go down, set; (b) of a person: to decline, collapse.

397. asinken v.

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(a) To sink in water; (b) to go down, descend.

398. asitten v.(1)

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(a) To remain seated; (b) resist, withstand.

399. asitten v.(2)

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Be afraid of or fear (sth.); -- refl.

400. aske n.

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Lizard, newt.