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1. calketrappe n.

19 quotations in 2 senses
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Mil. A device with sharp iron spikes set on the ground to cripple the feet of an advancing enemy; similar device used against trespassers, etc.; fig. a spiritual trap or pitfall.

2. perselī n.

57 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) One of several plants belonging to the parsley family; esp. the common or garden parsley (Petroselinum crispum); (b) wilde perseli, one of several uncultivated plants allied to common parsley…

3. shop(pe n.

Additional spellings: shoppe
67 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A room or building used as a place of business by a victualer, craftsman, etc.; also fig.; boueres (corveiseres, etc.) shop; open shop, a shop open to the public; also fig.; spice shop; (b) shop

4. smaragd(e n.

Additional spellings: smaragde
13 quotations in 1 sense
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A precious stone, green in color, esp. an emerald; also, emerald; smaragd ston.

5. somnen v.

105 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To urge (sb. to do sth.), invite, call upon; order (sb. to do sth.); -- also with that clause; ben somned, be called upon (to do sth.), be obliged; ben somned to, be invited to (a feast); (b) ?to…

6. sot n.(1)

45 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A fool, simpleton; a madman; also, an innocent [quot. a1500]; sottes iferen, fellow fools; siti sot, q.v.; (b) a wretch, rascal, villain; (c) as a term of abuse; (d) in proverbs; (e) ?as surname.

7. stal(le n.

Additional spellings: stalle
145 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) An enclosed or partially enclosed place for keeping a domesticated animal, a stall; a stable; also in fig. context [quot.: ?a1425]; also in proverbs and prov. expressions; asse (oxe) stal; (b) a…

8. sterling n.

37 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The English silver penny; -- also coll.; also, the value of such a coin [quot. 1469, 2nd occurrence]; lushe-burgh sterling, a light coin imported from Luxembourg and used to counterfeit the…

9. sturǧeǒun n.

45 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) The sturgeon (Acipenser sturio); -- also coll.; ?also, another fish or aquatic animal [quot. ?c1475]; (b) cook. a sturgeon used as food; maken a sturgeoun, to prepare a sturgeon for the table; (c)…

10. tǒnne n.

86 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A large barrel for wine, ale, or other liquid; a cask; also fig.; (b) fig. something to be partaken of; a source of vitality or enjoyment; (c) a wine cask of a definite capacity; a measure of…

11. trōper(e n.

Additional spellings: tropere
6 quotations in 1 sense
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Eccl. A book containing tropes or sequences, a troper or sequencer.

12. turnen v.

923 quotations in 33 senses
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(a) To move about an axis, a center, or a fixed position, pivot;—also refl. [quot. a1393]; revolve; also fig. and in fig. context; also, spin, whirl; turnen abouten; turnen of herre, of the heavens…

13. ward(e n.

Additional spellings: warde
190 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) Keeping, care, custodial possession; safekeeping, storage; protection, preservation; maintenance; sauf ward [see also sauf adj. 6.(c)]; ward store, provisions, stores [prob. by reanalysis of warne

14. warnen v.

207 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) To give notice of some existing circumstance or a past or coincident event, make something known (b) to inform (sb., sb. of sth.), notify, advise; (c) to announce (sth. to sb.), proclaim,…