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Þ þ (thorn)
Ð ð (eth)
Ʒ ʒ (yogh)
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1.
genou
n.
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
The mouth.
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2.
gulle
n.
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
A gull, water bird.
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3.
họ̄ne
n.(2)
13 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Delay, hesitation;
withouten (bouten) hone
, without delay, forthwith.
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4.
irk(e
adj.
Additional spellings:
irke
40 quotations in 2 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) Tired;
irk of
, weary of (sb. or sth.), bored with; tired (of doing sth.); (b) lax, slow;
irk of
, averse to (sth.), unwilling (to do sth.), reluctant, loath.
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5.
kẹ̄lim
n.
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
A little bell.
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6.
lavei
adj.
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
?Noisy; ?unruly.
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7.
lough
n.
25 quotations in 2 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) A lake; also, any body of water, ?a river [1st quot.]; (b) in place names [see Smith
PNElem.
2.27].
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8.
obilas
n. plural
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Some type of long ships.
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9.
ou
interj.
21 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Oh, ah; ?alas.
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10.
scailen
v.
13 quotations in 2 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) Of persons: to separate, part company; scatter, disperse; (b)
ben scailed
, to be scattered or dispersed; (c) of vapor or smoke; to dissipate, disperse; (d) of hair: ?to disperse; ?flow or hang…
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11.
skēne
n.
5 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) A kind of knife or dagger;
irish skene
; (b) in surname.
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12.
snī̆ȝen
v.
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
To creep.
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