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1. accǒuntāble adj.

7 quotations in 1 sense
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Charged with a duty or responsibility; responsible (for sth.), answerable (to sb.). …

2. appurtenaunt adj. & n.

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(a) Belonging (to a country, a manor) as a possession or a right; (b) as noun: what belongs to or forms a subsidiary part (of a manor, etc.). …

3. aunce(s)trel adj.

Additional spellings: auncestrel
2 quotations in 1 sense
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Derived from an ancestor, ancestral. …

4. Austī̆n n.(1) & adj.

11 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A friar of the Augustinian order; (b) Austin frere, an Augustinian friar. …

5. availāble adj.

25 quotations in 2 senses
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Beneficial, useful, helpful; available to (unto), helpful to (sb.), useful for (sth.). …

6. avǒut(e)rēr(e adj.

Additional spellings: avoutrer, avouterer, avoutrere
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Adulterous; adulterated. …

7. barain(e adj.

Additional spellings: baraine
55 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) Barren (woman); sterile (woman or man); also fig.; (b) childless (woman or man); (c) unpregnant (animal); (d) infertile (egg). …

8. bē̆l adj.

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(a) Fair, fine, good, excellent; of a woman: beautiful; bel cher, good company; bel chose, bel chist, female sex organ; bel sone, good son, ?grandson; la bel, the beautiful one; (b) in personal names……

9. bẹ̄ne adj.

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Good, fair, pleasant, kindly. …

10. blaun-nēr adj. as n.

Additional spellings: blaunner
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A kind of fur, ?ermine. …

11. caitī̆f adj.

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Captured, imprisoned; enslaved; leden caitif, to lead (sb.) captive, enslave. …

12. caīve adj.

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Epileptic; goute caive, epilepsy. …

13. capitūlēr adj.

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Of an ecclesiastical assembly or chapter, capitular. …

14. chausemles n.pl. ?or adj.

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A variety of leather-soled footgear. …

15. clamǒurǒus adj.

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(a) Clamorous; (b) extremely painful; clamourous goute, an extremely painful kind of gout. …

16. contrārie adj.

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Of paired entities: opposing, opposed, opposite, contrasting, contrastive; ben contrarie to, to be opposed to or contrast with (sth.); al contrarie, even contrarie, exactly opposite, reversed……

17. Corn-walish adj.

Additional spellings: Cornwalish
8 quotations in 1 sense
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Cornish; the Corn-walish bor, the Cornish boar [said of King Arthur]; as noun: Cornishman. …

18. cǒuntāble adj. & n.

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(a) Containing a reckoning or account; (b) able to record or remember; (c) responsible, accountable. …

19. cǒurteis adj. & n.

72 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) Of persons: courtly or refined in manners; well-bred, urbane; polite, courteous; considerate, kind; courteis and hende; (b) of behavior, actions, words, etc.: refined, well-mannered, polite. …

20. dēceivāble adj.

57 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Of persons or animals: deceitful, lying, treacherous; -- also as noun; (b) disloyal, seditious. …

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