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1. adrīgh adv.

7 quotations in 1 sense
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Only in the phrases: drauen (oneself) adrigh, go away or aside, withdraw (?orig., go to a suitable or safe distance); holden (oneself) adrigh, stay away. …

2. ai adv.

97 quotations in 5 senses
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Of continous actions or states: (a) all the time, always, constantly, unceasingly; (b) eternally, forever. …

3. ain num.

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One; mani ain, many a one. …

4. alder n.(1)

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(a) Alder (Alnus glutinosa); alder tre; (b) alder kerre, alder kyr, alder was, alder swamp; alder shawe, alder thicket. …

5. alīche adv.

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(a) Of mode: in the same manner, similarly; without distinction; (b) of degree or extent: equally; (c) in equal measure or quantity (= Latin ana). …

6. almes-gern adj.

Additional spellings: almesgern
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Eager to give alms, charitable, benevolent. …

7. almes(se n.

Additional spellings: almesse
144 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) Anything given to relieve those in poverty or distress, any charitable gift or offering, alms; an allotment of alms; eten almes, be dependent on alms; gan on almes, liven bi, of almes, live on……

8. amboht n.

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Handmaid, bondwoman. …

9. amis adv.

75 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Of the actions of persons: in a wrong or mistaken manner; gon, faren amis, go astray, go wrong; leden, turnen amis, mislead; speden amis, fare badly; feren amis, be ill; sheten amis, miss the……

10. anclẹ̄ n.

21 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) The ankle; ankle bone, esp. the inner projection [quots. c1150, c1440]; innermore ancle; utward ancle, outer projection of the ankle; (b) ancle bon, ankle bone; utter ancle, outer projection of……

11. ā̆nge adj. & n.

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(a) As pred. adj.: him was ange, he was vexed; dide hem ange, it troubled them; (b) as noun: vexation, trouble; pain. …

12. anlē̆t n.

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(a) Face; (b) forehead; (c) appearance, looks; image. …

13. āre dawes n. (plural)

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Only in bi are dawes, in days of yore, long ago. …

14. arudden v.

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(a) To rid (sb. of danger, an enemy), rescue, save; (b) to free (sb.), liberate (a city). …

15. arwe n.

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(a) An arrow [a slender wooden shaft, with metal point of various design, usually feathered at the butt, and shot from a bow; cp. quarrel bolt, shot from a crossbow]; brod arwe, hoked arwe, an arrow……

16. assh(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: asshe
40 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) The European ash Fraxinus excelsior; also, any of certain related or similar trees; oil of assh; sho assh, 'female' ash; (b) in surnames. …

17. atlen, -ien v.

Additional spellings: atlien
38 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To intend or plan (to do sth.); -- intr. or refl.; (b) seek or plan (sth.). …

18. āvel n.

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Strength. …

19. axel n.(2)

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(a) The bar or shaft on which the wheels of a cart turn, an axle; (b) axel man, workman who makes axles or fits them to the wheels; axel nail, a nail or pin used to hold a wheel on an axle. …

20. ayẹ̄n adv.

155 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) Back or away from something; to the rear, back, backwards; drawen ayen, ten ayen, draw back, withdraw; holden ayen, hold back, check, restrain; putten ayen, set or thrust back or away; turnen……

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