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1. achēsǒun n.

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(a) Cause, reason; motive for doing something; objective, goal; withouten achesoun, in vain, for nothing; (b) that which furnishes a pretext, an opportunity; achesoun of sclaunder; (c) blame……

2. Aleman(n)es n. (plural)

Additional spellings: Alemannes
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The Germans, the German nation; also, the Teutons. …

3. avēr n.(2)

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Things owned; possessions, property, wealth; -- coll. or pl. …

4. camē̆l n.

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(a) A camel (Camelus dromedarius or C. bactrianus); (b) camel her, a cloth or garment of camel's hair; camel flesh, camel hide, camel skin; (c) cameles chaf, a medicinal plant; prob., camel grass……

5. campeine n.

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A small bell. …

6. capitle n.

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(a) A short division of a book, a chapter; one of the twenty-two sections of Ps. 118 (119); (b) a short passage (usually Biblical or patristic) read in divine worship, a lesson; (c) ?an epitome. …

7. castē̆l n.

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(a) A castle; also, a fortress similar to a medieval castle; (b) a fortified place, a stronghold. …

8. caucẹ̄(e n.

Additional spellings: caucee
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(a) A raised and surfaced road; a highway or causeway; (b) cauce wei = caucee. …

9. charitẹ̄ n.

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(a) The supreme virtue of Love or Charity according to Christian doctrine, comprising affection, devotion, benevolence, kindness, mercy, gratitude as between God and man or man and man; charite of,……

10. chibol(le n.

Additional spellings: chibolle
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(a) A spring onion (bulb and stalk, as used in salads); (b) elecampane (error in transl.). …

11. citisein n.

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A freeman of a city or town; also, any established inhabitant of a city or town. …

12. cīve n.(1)

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Chive (Allium schoenoprasum); -- usually pl. …

13. cǒunte n.(2)

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A count, an earl. …

14. cǒuntǒur n.(1)

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(a) An accountant; esp., an official who oversees the collecting and auditing of taxes for a shire, a kingdom, etc.; (b) one who calculates, an arithmetician; (c) a pleader in court, a lawyer; (d) as……

15. cruddes n. (plural)

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Underground chambers, the crypt of a church. …

16. dēceit(e n.

Additional spellings: deceite
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(a) Trickery, deceit, treachery; lying; (b) act of deceiving; a deception, stratagem, trick; a lie; (c) an ambush; (d) a fowler's snare or trap; some device to impede the passage of ships. …

17. dettǒur n.

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(a) One who owes money or goods, a debtor; (b) money due from a debtor, an unpaid debt; (c) one who keeps account of unpaid debts. …

18. dromǒun(d n.

Additional spellings: dromound
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A large, fast, sea-going vessel; a dromond. …

19. estāt n.

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(a) State or condition; (b) stature, build, bodily form; (c) of God, the soul, immortal life, etc.: nature, essential character. …

20. fecche n.

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Any of certain cultivated or wild leguminous plants belonging to the genus Vicia or to allied genera; vetch. …

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