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1. a dai, adai phr. & adv.
Additional spellings:
adai
26 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) In the daytime (as opposed to night), by day; ayen eve a dai, toward evening; a dai or anight; (b) each day, daily, in the day; oft a dai, many times each day; (c) on a certain day, one day; (d)……
3. al-kin(nes adj. & (earlier) genitive phr.
Additional spellings:
alkin, al-kinnes, alkinnes
36 quotations in 1 sense
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Of every or any kind; of all kinds; in (on) al-kin wise (maner), in every or any way.
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4. anī-kin(nes phr. (used attributively) & adj.
Additional spellings:
anikin, ani-kinnes, anikinnes
19 quotations in 1 sense
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Any kind(s) of, any; also, every kind of [quot.Cursor 276]; for ani-kin aughte, by every means, all he could; on (in) ani-kin wise, in any way or manner; bi ani-kin wei, anyway; for ani-kin thing, for……
6. dai-werk, -work, daies werk n. & phr.
Additional spellings:
daiwerk, dai-work, daiwork, daies werk
11 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A normal day's work; a day's customary service; also, a day's fighting; (b) as a land measure: a plot of land that can be plowed by one team in one day [appar. from 3 to 5 poles].
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8. eies kunnes phr.
3 quotations in 1 sense
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Of any kind.
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9. ei(e)s-wei(e)s adverbial phr., adv.
Additional spellings:
eiesweies, eis-weis, eisweis, eies-weis, eiesweis, eis-weies, eisweies
3 quotations in 1 sense
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In any way or manner.
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10. ē̆rne morwe phr. (later cpd.)
Additional spellings:
ernemorwe
12 quotations in 1 sense
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12. gọ̄der hēle, gọ̄der-hēle phr. & n.
Additional spellings:
goder-hele, goderhele
15 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Good fortune; advantageously, fortunately; as interj.: Good luck!; (b) to goder hele, fortunately; (c) with dative: fortunately for (sb.); to goder hele, to goder hele to, fortunately for (sb.)……
13. hā̆lī̆-dai, hālī dai n. & phr.
Additional spellings:
halidai, hali dai
65 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A Christian festival, a day consecrated to religious observances, a day of rest; any holy day, including Sunday; (b) any Hebrew holy day, including Saturday; (c) fig. a day sacred to Cupid, a……
15. lille for lalle phr.
1 quotation in 1 sense
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Tit for tat; pleien lille for lalle, ?to sport (with sb.).
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16. lī̆tel what phr.
19 quotations in 2 senses
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A little bit, only a little; small things [quot.: a1121]; a small matter, a trifle [quot.: a1300].
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18. Merchene laue n. & phr.
Additional spellings:
Merchenelaue
11 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) An Old English code of laws, Mercian Law; (b) the area governed under this code in late OE and early ME times.
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19. West-sexene lawe phr.
Additional spellings:
Westsexene lawe
4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) An Anglo-Saxon code of laws, West Saxon law;
(b) the area governed under this code of laws in OE and early ME times.
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20. wīlde dẹ̄r phr. & n.
24 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) An undomesticated beast in contrast to a domesticated counterpart, a woodland creature, wild animal; also, a dumb beast, brute [1st quot.]; wilde der kin, any creature representing the general……
21. wrōther hēle phr. & n.
37 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Destruction, ruin; disaster, harm;—sometimes used as an exclamation; also, in tmesis: to wrother here hele, to their disadvantage
(b) in phrase: to wrother hele, preceded by dat. pers. pron.: to……