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1. belī n.

95 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) The belly of man or animal, abdomen; beli and bak, before and behind, all over; (b) the body; (c) beli blind, blind as the inside of the belly, pitch dark; beli bond, a band or strap passing under…

2. calle n.

38 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A net for the hair, a kind of headdress; (b) comeli under calle, beautiful in one's headdress; uncomeli under calle; maken (sb.) a houve aboven a calle, to make a fool of (sb.); (c) ?a hood, ?a…

3. chẹ̄lde n.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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Cold or freezing weather, cold.

4. chiken n.

49 quotations in 4 senses
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A young chicken; chick, pullet; prob. also any chicken.

5. dwergh n.

34 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A supernatural being of subhuman size, dwarf; on dwergh, possessed by a dwarf; dwergh dwosle, pennyroyal (Mentha Pulegium); (b) a member of a race of small people, Pygmy; (c) an undersized or…

6. gọ̄d-dẹ̄de n.

Additional spellings: goddede
16 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Good deed(s, pious action(s; (b) act(s of kindness, benefit(s, favor(s; don god-dede, to do good to (sb.), confer benefits upon.

7. hīne n.

97 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A household, servants collectively; (b) a religious familia, monastic community; -- only in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.247].

8. lap-wink(e n.

Additional spellings: lapwink, lap-winke, lapwinke
22 quotations in 3 senses
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The hoopoe (Upupa epops); lap-wink eiren, a hoopoe's eggs; lap-wink nest.

9. lẹ̄th n.(1)

15 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Relief from pain, peace; mercy; don leth, show mercy (to sb.), obtain mercy for (sb.); withouten leth, without relief or respite; (b) calm, ceasing of a storm; warmth, sunshine [1st quot.]; (c)…

10. light n.

339 quotations in 13 senses
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(a) Light as a substance that illuminates objects or colors, light as seen or present in a condition where vision is possible; lightes leme; (b) light as one of God's creations; (c) the property of…

11. neighebor n.

83 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) One who dwells nearby, a neighbor; a fellow citizen; an inhabitant of a nearby town or country; (b) of a country, part of the body, a bee: a neighbor (to another country, another bodily part…

12. ōld-mọ̄der n.

Additional spellings: oldmoder
4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A grandmother; (b) an ancestress; (c) a mother-in-law.

13. skẹ̄ling(e n.

Additional spellings: skelinge
4 quotations in 1 sense
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An outbuilding; a shed, lean-to.

14. slẹ̄t n.(1)

17 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Sleet; mingled snow and rain; also, a sleet shower [2nd quot.]; (b) ?mud, slush; -- in place names only [see Smith PNElem.2.128].