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1. availen v.

103 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To help (sb.), assist; do good to (sb.), benefit, be profitable to; (b) refl. to help oneself, succeed; (c) impers. or with delayed subject: availeth, it availeth, it avails (sb.), it profits, it…

2. avenǧen v.

27 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Refl. To avenge oneself, take or get revenge; -- often with of phrase; intr. in quot. 1420: (b) ben avenged, to get revenge; -- often with on, upon phrase.

3. cancellen v.

15 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To annul or revoke (a charter, patent, etc.), mark (a document) void; also, to have the king revoke (one's patent); (b) to make (an agreement or obligation) null and void; to mark (a document) in…

4. despẹ̄plen v.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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To make (sth.) public or known; promulgate (a law).

5. diggen v.

45 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To dig in or excavate earth with a mattock, spade, or other tool; ?also, dig with the fingers; diggen aboute, diggen under; (b) to dig up or excavate (earth); (c) to dig up (a field, balks) for…

6. endenten v.

51 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To make notches, dents, or indentations in (something); give (something) a toothed, serrate, or jagged character or appearance; (b) fig. heckle.

7. endeuen v.(1)

38 quotations in 3 senses
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To induct or put (someone into an office, benefice, or condition); to initiate (someone into a branch of learning).

8. endōsen v.

14 quotations in 3 senses
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Law (a) To confirm or approve (a charter, bill, agreement, etc.), [orig. by writing on the back of the document];--also fig.; (b) to approve a reply to (a petition), to grant (a petition) under seal…

9. endǒuen v.

21 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To provide (someone) with worldly goods, a livelihood, or privileges; to endow (a church, temple, etc.); --often with of, with, or in phrase of the thing given; (b) to grant (a privilege), to…

10. enfamishen v.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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To make (someone) starve or die of hunger;--often pass.

11. enfraunchīsen, -eisen v.

Additional spellings: enfrauncheisen
8 quotations in 2 senses
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To grant privileges (to a town).

12. entercomū̆nen, -comen(en v.

Additional spellings: entercomen, entercomenen
13 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To communicate, to confer; (b) to associate, fellowship, or have dealings (with someone); also fig.

13. entermē̆ten v.

62 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To intervene (in a conflict), to interpose, interfere;--often refl. and with of, in, on, with phrase; (b) to intrude (oneself), encroach (upon something), meddle or interfere (with matters which…

14. envoisen v.(1)

5 quotations in 1 sense
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Hunt. Of hounds: (a) to follow a scent; (b) to follow the wrong scent.

15. famishen v.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To reduce (a person) to extreme hunger or to death by starvation; to starve (b) to cause (a horse) to fast, whet appetite by withholding food.

16. fō̆rcen v.(2)

3 quotations in 1 sense
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To trim or clip (something); esp., to trim (a fleece, removing the coarser parts).

17. fǒulis v. (infinitive)

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Tread or trample upon.

18. mẹ̄ven v.

462 quotations in 14 senses
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(a) To move (sb. or sth.), shift; remove (sth.), dislodge; move (sth.) about, shake, disturb; stir (a liquid); apply (sth.); also fig.; meven hat ne hod, remove hat nor hood, uncover the head; meven

19. ǒutraien v.

33 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To overcome (sb.), conquer, vanquish; destroy (sb.), annihilate; outraied with hethen thede, destroyed by heathens; (b) to harry (sb.), oppress; have (sb.) at a disadvantage; (c) to do offense, do…

20. pẹ̄rcen v.

260 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) To thrust a weapon, a horn, a needle, etc., through or into (sb. or sth., part of the body, armor, etc.); cut into (skin or flesh); shoot missiles into (sth.); percen of, pierce (sth.); percen