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1. bēten v.(1)

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

2. 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

3. 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.

4. fīnden v.

437 quotations in 23 senses
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Of persons or of things viewed as agents: to come upon, encounter, or meet (someone or something) by chance or in the course of events (usually with the notion of perceiving or recognizing the person…

5. 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…

6. tēsen v.

20 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To separate and clean (the fibers of raw wool, flax, etc.) by drawing a comb or other instrument through them, card; (b) tesen upon, to use (a fuller's perch) in order to raise the nap on (cloth)…

7. trailen v.(1)

46 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) To hang down loosely, hang low so as to be dragged along the ground; also, of a horse: trail (its guts); trailen doun (adoun); trailen abouten, of a dragon's tail: ?hang looped around (a ball)…

8. wāren v.(1)

77 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To be mindful, be aware; waren of, be knowledgeable concerning (sth.), be skilled in; ware him his fal is nexte his honde, let him be mindful his fall is at hand (b) to be mindful of (sth.),…