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21. cō n.

8 quotations in 1 sense
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A jackdaw; co-brid. …

22. colkenen v.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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To gasp or gulp. …

23. cǒuren v.

17 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To crouch, squat, or kneel; couren doun, couren on knes; (b) to cringe, cower; (c) fig. to lurk. …

24. cramsen v.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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To scratch. …

25. craulen v.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To swarm, crawl; ben crauling, be crawling (with worms); (b) fig. to drag oneself, walk slowly. …

26. cros n.

251 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) A cross for crucifixion, a gibbet; (b) the cross of Christ; holi cros; Exaltacioun of the cros, a feast, Sept. 14; feste of the holi cros, feast of the Invention of the Cross, May 3; (c) winnen……

27. dam n.

23 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A dam; also, the bank (of a stream); (b) dam bord, a sluice gate. …

28. dashen v.

36 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To strike (sb., sth.) violently, as with a weapon; dash to pieces, shatter; dashen to peces, dashen a two; dashen doun, strike or knock (sb., sth.) down; dashen out, knock or dash out (teeth, the……

29. deu-lap(pe n.

Additional spellings: deulap, deu-lappe, deulappe
7 quotations in 1 sense
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Dewlap of cattle. …

30. dǒmpen v.

8 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To fall suddenly or headlong, plunge; dompen in the dep, dompen into hell, dompen to the devel; (b) to dive, plunge; (c) to drop (sb. into hell). …

31. dunch(e n.

Additional spellings: dunche
2 quotations in 1 sense
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A loud noise, crash; a blow. …

32. flẹ̄rien v.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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To laugh derisively, mock, sneer; fleriende lippes, grimacing or sneering lips. …

33. garsel n.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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Brushwood used for fencing. …

34. gil(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: gile
10 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The gill of a fish; (b) gil fish, a kind of stockfish. …

35. glenten v.

48 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To move or turn quickly to one side; dodge, flinch; glenten aside, glenten beside; glenten aside on, to fall upon (enemies) from the side; (b) to change one's behavior, deviate; (c) glenten from……

36. golf n.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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A heap of sheaves in a barn; prob. the heap of grain between any two upright posts of the barn. …

37. halk-essing n.

Additional spellings: halkessing
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Naut.?A beam used to reinforce the gunwales at an angle of the ship. …

38. hals n.

50 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) The neck; hongen bi the hals, to hang (sb.) with a rope around the neck; fro hals to croupoun, from neck to rump; hals gund [OE heals-gund], a neck tumor; also in asseveration: bi mi hals; (b) the……

39. harsk adj.

8 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Rough-textured, coarse; (b) harsh-tasting, sour, astringent. …

40. harwe n.

34 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A harrow for cultivating land, a drag; gon at harwe, to drive a harrow; (b) fig. the Old or New Testament; the power of Love (with pun on arwe); also, in proverb; (c) harwe tind (toth), a tooth of……

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