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Þ þ (thorn)
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1.
glǒuten
v.
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
To scowl, look glum.
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2.
kebben
v.
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
To boast of (sth.); ?to contradict (sth.), deny.
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3.
rekelen
v.
2 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
To clatter, cackle.
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4.
riplen
v.
3 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) To wrinkle, crease; (b) to scratch (sth.), score; (c)
med.
to bore (a bone), trepan.
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5.
skelten
v.
5 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) To come, go;
skelten ther-at
, apply oneself to something; (b) to raise (an alarm); cause (skirmishing), begin; (c) ?to cause (sb.) to go away, drive away; ?revile (sb.).
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6.
slenden
v.
5 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) To split open, become cracked; fracture (a bone); (b)
slenden of
, to cut off (sth.).
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7.
snaffelen
v.
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
In phrase:
snaffelen to
, to suck (a nipple).
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8.
snifteren
v.
2 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
To sniffle.
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