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1. butte n.(4)

10 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) The end of a spear or pike opposite the head, butt; (b) naut.?the end of a plank in a ship's side; ?also, one of the planks.

2. hals n.

50 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) The neck; hongen bi the hals, to hang (sb.) with a rope around the neck; fro hals to croupoun, from neck to rump; hals gund [OE heals-gund], a neck tumor; also in asseveration: bi mi hals; (b) the…

3. lē̆r n.

64 quotations in 3 senses
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The cheek; in pl.: the face; loken under ler, to look down over (one's) cheek, look downward.

4. rennen v.(1)

937 quotations in 33 senses
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(a) Of humans: to run, move quickly on foot; also of angels, centaurs, devils, monopodes, etc.; rennen and (other) rennen, go on foot and (or) ride; (b) comen rennen, comen (gon) renninge, to come…

5. shrǒud n.

71 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) A garment, an article of clothing; a priestly vestment; also, an outfit of clothing or armor, a set of clothes; also, (one's) clothing, attire; also fig.; (b) coll. clothing, clothes…

6. spurnen v.

65 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To stumble, trip, stub the foot; also fig.; spurnen at (o, on), stumble or trip over (sth.); bump into (sth.); spurnen ayenes, bump into (sth.), strike inadvertently against; (b) in prov. sayings…

7. stai n.(1)

15 quotations in 1 sense
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Naut. A large rope used to secure the mast of a ship; stai nail, a nail used to secure a stay; stai of thre cordes, a tripartite rope; stai pin, a kind of belaying pin; bak stai [see also bak n. 10.(f…

8. stē̆ting n.

15 quotations in 1 sense
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Naut. A rope used to control and brace the yard; -- also coll.; steting rop; corde steting; steting puli, a pulley for hauling a steting; steting triplex, a steting made of three strands.

9. stodel n.

9 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A post, stud; also, naut. some kind of upright prop supporting the deck beam of a ship; -- also coll.; (b) a loom or the framework of a loom; (c) ?a band or thread woven in a fabric marking the…

10. stọ̄̆th(e n.

Additional spellings: stothe
23 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) An upright piece of timber used as support in a wall, partition, etc. [quots. ?c1475 and a1500 may belong to sense 4]; stoth nail, nails of some kind used in fastening such timbers; (b) fig. a…

11. suster n.

191 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) A female sibling, a sister or half-sister; suster quene, a sister who is a queen; seinte petres suster, ?a personification of the White Paternoster; trusten to suster no brother, to trust no one…

12. wāle n.(4)

5 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A root of a medicinal plant or herb (b) in combs.: helme wale [cp. OI hjālm-völr], naut. the tiller of a side rudder; liche wale [see liche-wal n.]; litel wale, the little wale or gromwell…

13. warp n.

22 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) The threads, taken collectively, among which the weft of cloth is woven, the warp; also, the foundation threads of a spider’s web; warp threde, yarn for the warp (b) the woof or weft [glossing L …

14. wē̆t n.

72 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) Water as a naturally occurring substance; water as a medium for preparing recipes, soaking, etc.; also, a fluid with properties similar to those of water (b) a naturally occurring body of water,…