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1. blī-gẹ̄ter n.

Additional spellings: bligeter
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A lead founder.

2. knod n.

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An excrescence or lump in the flesh.

3. plumpen v.

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(a) To plunge into water, dive; (b) to immerse (sth.) in liquid quickly, plunge.

4. pōken v.(1)

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(a) To poke (sb.), nudge; also, knock (sb.), strike; poken on; (b) to push or thrust (sth.) out, remove; (c) to stimulate (sb.), irritate; incite (sb. to do sth.); poken forth (out), bring out…

5. rampnen v.

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To force (sth. into or against sth. else), ram.

6. reisen v.(2)

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To make a military expedition; also, journey, travel.

7. ripel-stok n.

Additional spellings: ripelstok
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An implement for cleaning seeds from flax.

8. sā̆t-wort n.

Additional spellings: satwort
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?A type of lichen.

9. scot-nail n.

Additional spellings: scotnail
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A kind of nail; -- also coll.

10. scot-sēm(e n.

Additional spellings: scotsem, scot-seme, scotseme
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Coll. Nails of some kind, perh. clinch nails or small nails used for fastening laths; scot-sem nail, clavus de scot-sem, a nail of this kind.

11. self-eǧǧed adj.

Additional spellings: selfegged
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Having a selvage.

12. selvaǧe n.

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(a) The edge of a cloth, bandage, etc.; (b) an ornamental edging.

13. shaltrẹ̄ n.

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Naut. Some kind of pole or spar.

14. shēdel n.

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A parting of roads, an intersection; gate shedel [see gate-shadel n.]; thre-wei shedel.

15. shelt-bēm n.

Additional spellings: sheltbem
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Naut. Some sort of beam, evidently slabbed; shelt-bem nail.

16. shench n.

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The leg; werpen shanke over shench, to throw one leg over the other, cross one's legs.

17. shot-bō̆rd n.

Additional spellings: shotbord
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A kind of board of small size, often used for roofing; -- also coll.

18. shrimpen v.

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To ruffle (a beard).

19. sī̆len v.(2)

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To strain (sth.).

20. skrithe n.

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A loud cry.

21. slā̆m(e n.

Additional spellings: slame
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Mud, slime.

22. slẹ̄t n.(1)

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(a) Sleet; mingled snow and rain; also, a sleet shower [2nd quot.]; (b) ?mud, slush; -- in place names only [see Smith PNElem.2.128].

23. slǒmberen v.

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(a) To sleep, doze; slomberen and slepen, slepen and slomberen; ppl. slombring, dozing, sleepy, drowsy; (b) fig. to be quiescent, remain dormant; be spiritually unheeding or unaware; slomberen in

24. smā̆ken v.

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(a) To taste something, sense flavor in the mouth; also fig.; smaken of, experience the flavor of (sth.); -- used fig.; ppl. smakinge as adj.: flavorful, savory; (b) to taste (sth.); also, fig. learn…

25. smeltes n.

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?A smeltery; ?smelting operations.

26. smert(e n.

Additional spellings: smerte
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(a) Physical pain; also, harm [quot. a1420]; also, a burn [quot. 1440]; don smert, to cause (an animal) pain, harm; (b) grief, sorrow, annoyance; also fig. of Jesus; also, contrition, remorse; (c)…

27. snegge n.

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(a) A snail; (b) some kind of fish; ?an eel.

28. snig(ge n.

Additional spellings: snigge
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(a) An eel; (b) in surnames.

29. snobben v.

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To sob; snobben and sighen, sighen and snobben; snobben after, weep in longing for (sth.); ppl. snobbinge, sobbing; also, accompanied by sobs [quot. a1450 Aelred, 2nd].

30. snof(fe n.

Additional spellings: snoffe
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(a) The burnt end of a candlewick; candel snof; (b) ?a candle snuffer; (c) glossing L muco.

31. snǒuen v.(2)

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Of a hawk: to wipe (the beak) clean of food, etc.

32. sparren v.(1)

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(a) To lock; -- used in fig. context; (b) of a part of the body: to close up; also, refl. close itself; sparren after, of heaven: close behind (sb.).

33. spetifful adj.

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Harmful, injurious.

34. sprenklen v.(1)

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(a) To sprinkle (water, salt, etc.), scatter, strew; sprinkle (sth. on sb. or sth. or into sth.); also fig.; sprenklen abouten (aboven, on); (b) to sprinkle (sb. or sth. with sth.); also fig.; splash…

35. standel n.(2)

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In compound names of plants: standel gousse (gourde, gras, whelke, wort), an orchid of some kind, prob. the early purple orchid Orchis mascula or the lesser butterfly orchid Platanthera bifolia.

36. stẹ̄r(e adj.

Additional spellings: stere
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(a) Of persons or animals: strong, hardy; of objects: sturdy; (b) powerful; ?also, harsh, tyrannical; (c) steadfast, faithful; (d) ?prosperous; (e) important, great; (f) as adv.: firmly, securely…

37. stikeling(e n.

Additional spellings: stikelinge
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Any of several spinous saltwater fishes, often of the family Gasterosteidae, a stickleback; also, a thornback Raia clavata [quot. 1412-13]; ban stikeling.

38. stilt(e n.

Additional spellings: stilte
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(a) The handle of a plow; (b) a wooden crutch; an artificial leg, peg leg; also, a stilt; stilt bond, a strap for attaching a stilt or a peg leg; (c) ?one of the uprights of a ladder; (d) in surname.

39. 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.

40. strādelen v.

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Of a dialect: to be characterized by harsh sounds.

41. strā̆ken v.(1)

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To go, proceed rapidly; of blood: rush out swiftly; straken forth.

42. stuth n.

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A customary rent [see quots.]; shir-reve stuth, ?a payment to a sheriff for the expenses of his office [the combs. shir-reve toth & shir-reves teth s.v. shir-reve n. (d) should be changed to shir-reve

43. sweien v.(2)

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(a) To move, go, go quickly, hasten; also, of a current: move (sb.) along, carry; (b) to move in a swaying or sweeping motion; also, stoop, bend; ppl. sweande as adj., of a sail: billowing, swelling…

44. thurven v.

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(a) Of a candle: to be necessary (for sb.), be needed, avail; (b) impers. hit thare, used parenthetically: it is necessary; (c) ?impers. thurte, he experienced (no lack of knights at his disposal).

45. tọ̄̆murten v.

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To break apart, split.

46. tọ̄̆tag(ge n.

Additional spellings: totagge
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Fig. An attendant circumstance that can obscure the nature of a sin; an attendant circumstance affecting the gravity of a sin.

47. umbetrīn adv.

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Round about, around; ?set around, placed around.

48. vīring-rōp n.

Additional spellings: viringrop
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Naut. Some kind of rope used aboard a sailing vessel, ?a warp rope.

49. warī̆angle n.

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A bird of the genus Lanius, a shrike or butcherbird; also used as a term of abuse.

50. welken v.(1)

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(a) Of a flower, leaf, plant, etc.: to fade, droop, wither, dry up; also, of human tissue: shrivel [quot. c1425]; of an odor: ?dissipate [quot. a1450]; ppls. welkede & welkinge, withered, dried up…

51. wẹ̄r(e n.(5)

Additional spellings: were
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(a) A feeling or personal condition of doubt or uncertainty; also, hesitancy, indecision; double wer, a state of doubt or indecision between two alternatives; in (a) wer, in a state of doubt or…

52. wẹ̄veling n.

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Naut. A piece of caulking material placed between the lapstrakes while the ship is under construction;—also coll.

53. whip(pe n.

Additional spellings: whippe
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(a) A scourge, lash, whip; also fig.; whip of (knotted with) led, a whip furnished with leaden balls or pieces; whippes lash, a flexible switch used as a whip (b) an instrument for driving or…

54. whippen v.

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(a) To move rapidly, move back and forth quickly; specif. of a dragon: flap or flutter furiously (with its wings); of a bird: struggle (in a snare) by fluttering or flapping the wings; whippen in

55. wīnd(e n.

Additional spellings: winde
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(a) An apparatus for hoisting or hauling, a winch, windlass [cp. windas n.]; naut. middel wind, ?a central garnet used in brailing up the sail (b) a wooden reel from which a hank or thread of yarn…

56. wisp(e n.

Additional spellings: wispe
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(a) A small gathering or bundle of cut grass, straw, or grain stalks; wisp of hei (strau) (b) a bundle of straw, hay, or similar material twisted together for use as a torch; wisp of fir; (c) a…

57. wraggunge ger.

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= wragelinge n. (a).

58. wrak n.(1)

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A wrecked ship, shipwreck; ship wrak; toward a wrak, on the verge of being wrecked; gon (ben igone) to wrak, of a ship: to suffer destruction on the water, be wrecked; also in fig. context.

59. wrā̆ken v.

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(a) Of a person or God: to exact vengeance, inflict punishment for wrong done; display vindictive anger [last quot.]; exact vengeance (on sb. or a god); also, inflict punishment (on sb.) (b) to…

60. wrimplid adj.

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Marked with lines, wrinkled.

61. yēren v.(1)

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(a) To make a request, ask;—in as clause; also, ask (about sth.) (b) to ask for (sth.), request; also, ask (sth. of sb.), demand [1st quot.]; (c) to desire (sth.), long for; also with that clause as…

62. yespon n.

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A measure of volume equivalent to that contained in a person’s hands cupped together.