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1. brag adj. & adv.

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(a) Ostentatious, proud; spirited, brave; (b) proudly, arrogantly.

2. 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.

3. brat n.

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A cloak of coarse cloth.

4. brok n.(1)

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

5. cā̆der n.

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A cradle; cader cloutes, baby clothes.

6. candred(e n.

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

7. car(e adj.

Additional spellings: care
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Left; car hond, left hand; of the car, from the left side.

8. cosh n.

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

9. 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.

10. dǒn adj.

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(a) Of hair or feathers: brownish-gray, dun; (b) of a person, the skin: dark; (c) of objects: dark.

11. drī n.

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

12. drogge n.

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Any medicinal preparation, a drug.

13. durdan n.

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Uproar, din.

14. gaffe n.

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An iron hook.

15. gaine n.

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An arrow or a crossbow bolt.

16. genou n.

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The mouth.

17. glāveren v.

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(a) To speak loudly or deceitfully; (b) to speak deceitfully about (sb.), deceive (sb.); (c) ppl. glaveringe, glaverande, of words: deceitful; of a person: loud-speaking; for glaveren, because of loud…

18. glen n.

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

19. gloi n.

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Straw, thatching.

20. gǒuǧe n.

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

21. gulle n.

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A gull, water bird.

22. hagh interj.

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An exclamation, either of grief or mirth.

23. 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.

24. 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…

25. họ̄ne n.(2)

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

26. irk(e adj.

Additional spellings: irke
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(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.

27. kaire n.

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?The European rowan tree (Sorbus aucuparia).

28. kẹ̄lim n.

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A little bell.

29. lābī n.

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A burden; -- used fig.

30. laggen v.(1)

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To soil (sb. or sth.), make dirty.

31. lavei adj.

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?Noisy; ?unruly.

32. lēge n.(1)

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

33. lenew(e adj.

Additional spellings: lenewe
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Of spiritual commitment or love: tenuous, lukewarm.

34. 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

35. 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].

36. lǒupe n.(1)

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A loop of cloth, rope, leather, etc.

37. 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.

38. 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.].

39. 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…

40. 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

41. mǒunthe n.

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

42. obilas n. plural

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Some type of long ships.

43. ou interj.

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Oh, ah; ?alas.

44. 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

45. phither n.

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A strip of unplowed land [Staffordshire].

46. piln n.

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A little cushion used in horseback riding, a pillion.

47. poullok n.

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

48. ron n.(1)

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A song, poem; love ron.

49. russī̆n n.

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A snack between the midday and evening meals.

50. scailen v.

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(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…

51. skelpen v.(1)

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To scourge (sb.), beat, strike.

52. skēne n.

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

53. skēt n.(1)

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An incision, a cut.

54. snī̆ȝen v.

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To creep.

55. 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.].

56. warrok n.(1)

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

57. wratbihe n.

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A fish of the Labridae family, a wrasse.