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1. brā̆n n.

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(a) The ground husk of wheat (or other grain) as separated from the flour by bolting; bran; bran of whete, whete(n bran; (b) bran bred, bred of bran, bread containing bran.

2. brat n.

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A cloak of coarse cloth.

3. brok n.(1)

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(a) A badger; (b) a beaver.

4. cā̆der n.

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A cradle; cader cloutes, baby clothes.

5. candred(e n.

Additional spellings: candrede
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A land division in Wales and Ireland roughly equivalent to an English hundred.

6. cosh n.

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A hovel, hut; also, in names [see Smith PNElem. 1.108].

7. crag n.

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(a) A precipitous rock, a cliff, a mountain peak; (b) a headland, promontory, sea cliff; crag in (of) the se; (c) a projecting point of rock; (d) crag ston, a cliff, a rock.

8. drī n.

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Magician, sorcerer; dri man; dri craft, sorcery.

9. drogge n.

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Any medicinal preparation, a drug.

10. durdan n.

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Uproar, din.

11. gaffe n.

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An iron hook.

12. gaine n.

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An arrow or a crossbow bolt.

13. genou n.

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The mouth.

14. glen n.

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A valley, glen; -- only in names. [See Smith PNElem. 1.203.]

15. gloi n.

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Straw, thatching.

16. gǒuǧe n.

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A chisel with a concave blade, gouge; thixel gouge, an adz with a concave blade.

17. gulle n.

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A gull, water bird.

18. hog(ge n.(1)

Additional spellings: hogge
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(a) A swine; esp. a castrated male swine; bacoun hog [see bacoun]; (b) in proverb: cast not pearls before swine; (c) as a term of opprobrium: a greedy or gluttonous person.

19. Hǒmber n.

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(a) The river Humber in Yorkshire, Homber bord, ?lumber from the region of the Humber; Homber lond, the Scandinavian kingdom of York; (b) a river name (not necessarily the Humber) [see Smith PNElem. 1…

20. họ̄ne n.(2)

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Delay, hesitation; withouten (bouten) hone, without delay, forthwith.

21. kaire n.

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?The European rowan tree (Sorbus aucuparia).

22. kẹ̄lim n.

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A little bell.

23. lābī n.

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A burden; -- used fig.

24. lēge n.(1)

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A measure of distance, a league; French lege [cp. F lege Franceois].

25. Lǒndon n.

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(a) The city of London; London brigge, London Bridge (1209-1832); London toun; (b) in combs. indicative of something originating in or associated with the city of London; London ale, London botel

26. lough n.

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(a) A lake; also, any body of water, ?a river [1st quot.]; (b) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.27].

27. lǒupe n.(1)

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A loop of cloth, rope, leather, etc.

28. mattok n.

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(a) A mattock; an agricultural tool used for breaking up hard ground, gravel, etc. (sometimes identified with a pick, pickax, or twibill); also fig.; (b) ?as surname.

29. mēre n.(1)

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A riding horse, a steed; also, any beast of burden; also, cattle, livestock, pastured domesticated animals; grei mere, a gray horse; esp. an old one; cart mere [see cart 7.].

30. mīn(e n.(4)

Additional spellings: mine
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(a) A tunnel constructed to undermine fortifications or to permit underground entry into a besieged town; min postes, timbers supporting the roof of the tunnel; also fig. [quot.: Lydg.]; (b) a mine…

31. motǒun n.

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(a) The flesh of sheep, mutton; (b) a joint or cut of mutton; (c) gruel of motoun, mutton broth thickened with meal; poudred motoun, ?salted or spiced mutton; broth of motoun, flesh of motoun, leg of

32. mǒunthe n.

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(a) A mountain; (b) pl. the Alps.

33. obilas n. plural

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Some type of long ships.

34. pēte n.(2)

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(a) A peat, piece of peat; counten at on pete, to respect (sb.), give a straw for; (b) pete gardin, an area of land used for cutting peat; pete hous, a building for storing peats; pete hous dore; pete

35. phither n.

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A strip of unplowed land [Staffordshire].

36. piln n.

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A little cushion used in horseback riding, a pillion.

37. poullok n.

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The pollack of the coastal waters of Europe (Pollachius pollachius).

38. ron n.(1)

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A song, poem; love ron.

39. russī̆n n.

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A snack between the midday and evening meals.

40. skēne n.

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(a) A kind of knife or dagger; irish skene; (b) in surname.

41. skēt n.(1)

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An incision, a cut.

42. tor n.

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(a) A rocky peak or hill; (b) something resembling a peak or hill; (c) in surnames and place names [see Smith PNElem.2.184; surname quots. spelled tor may belong to tour n.(1) 10.].

43. warrok n.(1)

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A somewhat disparaging or contemptuous term for a dog; ?a hideous or monstrous creature.

44. wratbihe n.

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A fish of the Labridae family, a wrasse.