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1. crike n.(1)

28 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) An inlet of the sea, cove, small estuary; also, a small stream, creek; (b) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.6]; (c) in personal names. …

2. crullen v.

9 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To curl (the hair); (b) to bend (sth.), twist; (c) ?to crease (sth.), fold. …

3. dod(de n.

Additional spellings: dodde
7 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A measure of grain [more than a quarter]; (b) dod-corn, a manorial rent; (c) as surname and in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.133]. …

4. grīmen v.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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To blacken (sth.), cover with soot; make (sth.) dark or gloomy; fig. make (robbers) unhappy, punish. …

5. happen v.(2)

24 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To cover (sth.) over; enclose, imprison, or conceal with a covering; (b) to attach (sth.) by wrapping, make fast; also fig.; (c) to embrace; happen in hert, love (sb.). …

6. vēren v.(1)

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Naut. To let out or slacken (a rope). …

7. wā̆r- combining element

1 quotation in 1 sense
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As the first element in a group of nouns primarily associated with ships’ rigging or cart harnesses, war- prob. conveys the notion of tightening or securing, perh. by twisting: war-pin, war-rop,……

8. weghin n.

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In comb.: fot weghin, ?floorboards, foot-waling [cp. fot-weir, s.v. weir n.]. …

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