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1. alīnen v.(2)

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Hunt. To copulate. …

2. as(s)emblẹ̄ n.

Additional spellings: assemble
39 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A getting together or gathering (of people or parties, on a particular occasion or by chance); maken asemble; (b) a meeting (of a constituted body, or called by an official); (c) hunt. the……

3. assignẹ̄ n.

14 quotations in 3 senses
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One (not an heir-at-law) to whom a property or right is bequeathed; heires and assignes. …

4. bērner n.

16 quotations in 2 senses
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Hunt. An attendant in charge of running or scenting hounds. …

5. bēst(e n.

Additional spellings: beste
197 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) One of the animal kingdom (including man), any living creature (non-vegetable); (b) best doumb, a dumb animal; dedli best, mortel best, mortal creature; devine best, spiritual or Godlike creature……

6. bēten v.(1)

241 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) To flog (sb.), beat, whip; (b) to punish (sb.). …

7. bēting ger.(1)

45 quotations in 7 senses
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A flogging, scourging, beating, flagellation; also, punishment of any kind. …

8. blọ̄dī adj.

57 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) Of blood, consisting of blood, full of blood; of the eyes: bloodshot; (b) physiol. the four blodi humoures, the four humors, formed from the blodi lompe and flowing in the bloodstream; blodi……

9. blouen v.(1)

189 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) Of the wind: to blow; also fig.; (b) of the wind: to blow against, beat upon; drive (sth.) by blowing; also fig.; blouen awei, blow (sth.) away; also fig.; blouen doun, blow down, destroy; blouen……

10. blouing ger.(1)

34 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The blowing of the wind; also fig.; (b) breathing, exhaling; blowing with the breath; med. blouing in, insufflation; (c) blowing a fire (with bellows); also fig.; (d) smelting; blouing hous; (e)……

11. brēken v.

618 quotations in 47 senses
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(a) To break (an object) into parts; dash to pieces; destroy the wholeness of (an object); shatter (a weapon) in combat; crush (the human body, etc.); breken atwo, breken asonder, breken in peces……

12. britnen v.

38 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To divide (sth. into parts); (b) to cut (sb.) up; britnen into quarters, to quarter; (c) hunt. to cut up (a deer, etc.); britnen out, cut out. …

13. casten v.

623 quotations in 27 senses
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(a) To throw (sth.) to a distance, fling, hurl; pour or sprinkle (water); (b) sift (sand); (c) scatter (seed), sow; (d) throw at (sb.). …

14. chaunǧe n.

66 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) Alteration, variation, change (as of character, attitude, circumstances), or an instance of it; chaunge of fortune, chaunge of herte; ben in chaunge, be mutable or unstable; (b) the changing of……

15. chaunǧen v.

212 quotations in 11 senses
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(a) To suffer alteration; change, vary; chaungen fro, diverge from; chaungen lowe or heighe, descend or ascend; (b) to alter (sth.), make different, change; chaungen colour, chaungen heu, change in……

16. coleren v.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Hunt.?To sever the head at the neck; ?cut up (a boar) in accordance with approved practice. …

17. cǒuntre n.(1)

9 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The contrary of something; a remedy; (b) the opposite half of a tally ( = countretaille); (c) ?a circular parry in fencing [cp.OD sb.(5)]; (d) hunt. the direction opposite that taken by the game……

18. daunǧẹ̄r n.

114 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) Domination, power, control, or possession (as exercised by a ruler, lord, or adversary); abiden daunger, to submit to control; ben in (under) daunger, be in (someone's) power or hands, be a……

19. dēth n.

329 quotations in 12 senses
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Loss of life; dying, death as an event; deth of the bodi, deth of lif; dout (dred) of deth, fear of dying; paien the dette of deth, to die as man must die; dethes cares, throes of death. …

20. dī̆visiǒun n.(1)

79 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) The act or processes of splitting or breaking up; branching (of arteries, streams); (b) separability, divisibility; (c) math. the process of dividing numbers, division; (d) hunt. the ceremonious……

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