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1. ancer n.

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A keg of a certain size; a liquid measure.

2. biker n.(1)

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(a) An ornate covered bowl for mixing wine; (b) a drinking vessel; goblet, beaker; biker cuppe; biker maker.

3. bǒndel n.

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A bundle or pack; a bunch (of figs, grapes); a bale (of skins); a raft (of logs).

4. bush n.(1)

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(a) A woods, grove; thicket, underbrush; bank and bush, hill and (wooded) dale; under the bush, in (the shelter of) the woods; (b) rank growth.

5. heuk(e n.

Additional spellings: heuke
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(a) An outer garment, a cloak with a hood; (b) ?an ornamental covering for a shield; (c) ?caparison of a horse [?error for hak n. (2)].

6. isigrī̆nus n.

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A name for the wolf in beast fables.

7. mandrag(e n.

Additional spellings: mandrage
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Either of two Old World mandrakes (Mandragora vernalis or M. officinarum); also, a part of these plants used in medicine; mandrag lef.

8. maskel n.

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(a) Spot, mark; blemish; (b) pl. the strands or cords of a net; also, the openings between the strands or cords of a net; (c) gise of maskel, ?lozenge shaped.

9. pakken v.

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(a) To package (sth.), bundle, wrap; pakken samen (togederes), pack up (articles, clothing); (b) to cram (a container with sth.); pack (sth.) compactly; (c) to carry (sth.); refl. betake (oneself)…

10. prī̆d(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: pride
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A lamprey, esp. the sand pride (Petromyzon planeri); prid net, a net for catching lampreys.

11. rastelinge n.

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Railing or grating for a barge.

12. rat n.

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(a) A rat; rat trappe; rattes bait; (b) in surnames and place names [see Smith PNElem.2.79].

13. scot n.(4)

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A Prussian coin or money of account, equal to one twenty-fourth of a mark.

14. scǒuren v.(2)

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(a) To scour, polish; polish or scour (metal, a pot, etc.); furbish (armor); ?also, fig. of a day: be bright and clear [quot.: a1375]; scouren bright (clene, neue), make (sth.) bright (clean, new) by…

15. Sēland n.

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(a) The county of Zealand in the Netherlands; (b) Seland cloth, a kind of cloth made in Zealand; (c) as title of a herald.

16. sigrī̆m n.

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A name for the wolf in beast fables.

17. sirō̆n n.

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A shoot, sprout.

18. sǒue n.(2)

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(a) A female swine, sow; soue swin, swin soue; soue blod (flesh, milk, pappe, tail); (b) a representation of a sow in sculpture; (c) fig. as a symbol of gluttony; (d) soues thistel, = soue-thistel n…

19. sparre n.

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(a) A piece of timber used in building; a rafter, beam; a board; -- also coll.; firre sparre; hilinge of sparres, a roof; joininge of sparres, a roof or building; maister sparre, a main beam or…

20. spọ̄le n.

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(a) A weaver's bobbin, spool; spole stikke, ?a weaver's shuttle; (b) in surnames.

21. stǒupe n.(1)

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(a) A jug, often made of leather; also, a measure for liquids, varying from one pint to several gallons; (b) a vessel or container for holy water; holi water stoupe.

22. talou(e n.

Additional spellings: taloue
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(a) The fatty tissue of an animal; fatty tissue from around the kidneys or other internal organs of an animal; also fig. and in fig. contexts [some fig. quots. could also be construed as other senses…

23. tapē̆t(e n.

Additional spellings: tapete
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(a) A piece of decorative fabric bearing a painted, embroidered, or woven pattern or figures and used variously as a carpet, coverlet, bed or wall hanging, or the like, a tapestry; also fig.; also in…

24. tī̆ke n.(2)

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(a) A case or cover for a pillow or bedding; (b) the material for making such a case.

25. trink n.

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A type of long fishing net, usually fixed, used in the Thames and its tributaries.

26. trust n.

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(a) Confidence (in sb. or sth.), reliance (on sb. or sth.), trust; haven trust, to have confidence (in sb. or sth.), rely (on sb. or sth.); with inf.: haven more trust..thanne, think it preferable (to…

27. wer(re n.

Additional spellings: werre
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(a) Large-scale military conflict between countries, peoples, rulers, etc. or between factions or forces within a single country, war, warfare;—also pl.; wer faringe, q.v.; open (pleine) wer, open…