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41. hā̆ver n.(2)

33 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) The cereal grain, oats; (b) haver bern, haver gerner, a storehouse for oats; haver bred, oaten bread; haver cake, a loaf made from oaten flour; also as surname; haver mele, oaten flour; (c) haver

42. hei interj.

23 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Implying challenge, rebuttal, anger, derision; (b) indicating sorrow or concern; hei weilawei; (c) an exclamation of encouragement to dogs, esp. in hunting; (d) as a burden in songs and carols…

43. hein n.

9 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) An enclosed piece of land; in hide and in hein, in field and in enclosure, everywhere, completely [?nonce phr. due to exigencies of rime]; (b) hein wod-silver, the commutation of the service of…

44. hilder n.

18 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The European elder (Sambucus nigra); hilder tre; (b) hilder tre, ?the European alder [see alder n. (1)]; (c) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.274].

45. hō̆l(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: hole
153 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) A perforation, bore, hole; the eye of a needle, the hole of a privy; (b) a window, loophole; a hole for smoke to escape; loupe hol, smoke hol, q. v.; (c) an opening in a lattice or a spider web; a…

46. insprǒut n.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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A blowing in.

47. īren n.

229 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) Iron, as ore, metal, or commodity; of iren, made of iron or consisting of iron parts; (b) a piece of iron; things made of iron; (c) filinge (limature) of iren, iron filings; filth (rust) of iren

48. kē̆r n.

33 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Low, swampy ground; a marsh, bog, fen; ker miln, a mill by a marsh; ker side, the side of a marsh; (b) a marsh overgrown with alders or other small trees or shrubs; alder ker.

49. kide n.

54 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) The young of a goat; kide lomb; (b) the meat of a young goat; -- often pl.; also, a carcass of a kid slaughtered for meat or prepared as a dish; (c) kides blod, the blood of a young goat; kide

50. kilten v.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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To tuck up (clothes), gird; ppl. kilted in, fig. endowed with (power).

51. knag(ge n.

Additional spellings: knagge
4 quotations in 1 sense
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A peg, fastener; hongen on knag, to hang (sb.) on a peg or hook; --?also intrans.

52. knap(pe n.(2)

Additional spellings: knappe
5 quotations in 1 sense
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A sharp blow or stroke.

53. lāthe n.(2)

5 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The movable batten of a handloom; (b) some kind of supporting frame or scaffold; (c) a device used by coopers, ?a turning lathe; lathe stok, ?the framework of such a device; lathe oke, ?error for…

54. loppe n.(1)

19 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A spider; loppe web, a spider's web, cobweb; (b) a flea; (c) pl. the flies of the fourth plague of Egypt; (d) in surnames and place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.26].

55. midding n.

13 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A dunghill, manure pile; (b) as a type of something vile; midding pit, a dung pit; (c) in place name [see Smith PNElem. 2.40].

56. mīre n.(2)

7 quotations in 1 sense
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An ant; also, as surname.

57. nap n.(3)

1 quotation in 1 sense
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A suck, draught.

58. nastī adj.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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Unclean, filthy.

59. ǒurnen v.(2)

5 quotations in 2 senses
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To become torpid or sluggish; ournand in elde, dull or heavy with age.

60. picchen v.

220 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To thrust (sth.), drive (a stake, etc.); picchen in (o, to, into), stick, thrust, or drive (sth.) into (sth.); surround (a wood) with a palisade [quot.: a1450, 1st]; (b) to pierce (sb. or sth.)…