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1. spar-hauk n.

Additional spellings: sparhauk
33 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The European sparrow hawk Accipiter nisus; --often used in prov. expressions; also coll. [quot. a1387 vr.]; ?also, a falcon or similar bird of prey [quot. ?c1475]; (b) her. an image of a sparrow…

2. rāven n.

80 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) The raven (Corvus corax); ?also, the rook (Corvus frugilegus); (b) the carrion crow (Corvus corone); (c) raven(es brid, a young raven; raven(es fether; raven(es kinde, a raven's nature; buk-raven

3. līǒun n.(1)

216 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) A lion; (b) in comparisons: fers (hardi, wod) as lioun; cruel (real, sterne) as a lioun; strongere than a lioun; proudere (wildere) than the lioun; etc.; (c) in phrases: fers (gredi, grim, lothli,

4. bōle n.(1)

141 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) A bull; fre bole, a bull free to roam with the herd [see Homans Eng.Villagers 61-3]; (b) a steer or bullock.

5. cok n.(1)

81 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) The male of the common domestic fowl: cock, rooster; cok chike(n, ?a young cock; cok tord, a cock's excrement; (b) the male of other birds; culver cok; fesaunt cok; mor cok (q.v.); po cok (q.v.)…

6. armen v.

116 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) To equip oneself with weapons and armor, to arm oneself; don armen, leten armen, to cause (sb.) to arm himself, to have (oneself) armed; (b) refl. to put on one's battle gear, arm oneself; to…

7. pointe n.(1)

436 quotations in 15 senses
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(a) A small dot marked on a surface; also, a punctuation mark, period; (b) a small hole; prick, puncture; the pointes of peines, ?the marks of Christ's wounds; (c) a spot of dirt; med. a round spot or…

8. whīt adj.

656 quotations in 18 senses
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(a) Of a substance, structure, an object: white in color; whitish, pale-colored, light-colored; of the moon, a star: silvery-white; of a book or register: bound in a white or light-colored binding; of…

9. setten v.

1640 quotations in 40 senses
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(a) To make (sb.) sit, seat (sb.); also, with partitive construction: setten of..over heigh setle, fig. seat (someone's offspring) upon (his) high throne, make to rule; setten adoun (doun, up), make…

10. stirop n.

57 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A stirrup; paire stirop(es, paire del stiropes; (b) stirop iren, the metal part of a stirrup; stirop lether, a leather strap by which the stirrup is attached to the saddle; ?fals stirop, some kind…

11. endenten v.

53 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To make notches, dents, or indentations in (something); give (something) a toothed, serrate, or jagged character or appearance; (b) fig. heckle.

12. armes n. (plural)

183 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) The weapons of a warrior; also, defensive arms and armor; (b) in sg.: a weapon; (c) the tusks of a boar; (d) means of spiritual attack or defence; armes of penaunce, Godes armes, etc.

13. plā̆t(e n.

Additional spellings: plate
218 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) A flat piece of metal or other substance; esp. a sheet of metal, a metal plate or disk; (b) plat of bras (coper, gold, iren, led, silver); plat of lether (ston, tre); iren plat, an iron plate…

14. rēd adj.

521 quotations in 18 senses
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(a) Red, of various shades of purple, crimson, scarlet, pink, etc.; also fig. [last quot.]; (b) red colour, red color; also, red dye, red ink, red pigment, or red paint; (c) in fixed comparisons: red

15. kīnde n.

622 quotations in 17 senses
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(a) The aggregate of inherent qualities or properties of persons, animals, plants, elements, medicines, etc.; essential character; the nature of emotions, attributes, and the like; after the fleshes