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1. achēsǒun n.

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(a) Cause, reason; motive for doing something; objective, goal; withouten achesoun, in vain, for nothing; (b) that which furnishes a pretext, an opportunity; achesoun of sclaunder; (c) blame…

2. Aleman(n)es n. (plural)

Additional spellings: Alemannes
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The Germans, the German nation; also, the Teutons.

3. avēr n.(2)

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Things owned; possessions, property, wealth; -- coll. or pl.

4. camē̆l n.

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(a) A camel (Camelus dromedarius or C. bactrianus); (b) camel her, a cloth or garment of camel's hair; camel flesh, camel hide, camel skin; (c) cameles chaf, a medicinal plant; prob., camel grass…

5. campeine n.

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A small bell.

6. capitle n.

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(a) A short division of a book, a chapter; one of the twenty-two sections of Ps. 118 (119); (b) a short passage (usually Biblical or patristic) read in divine worship, a lesson; (c) ?an epitome.

7. castē̆l n.

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(a) A castle; also, a fortress similar to a medieval castle; (b) a fortified place, a stronghold.

8. caucẹ̄(e n.

Additional spellings: caucee
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(a) A raised and surfaced road; a highway or causeway; (b) cauce wei = caucee.

9. charitẹ̄ n.

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(a) The supreme virtue of Love or Charity according to Christian doctrine, comprising affection, devotion, benevolence, kindness, mercy, gratitude as between God and man or man and man; charite of,

10. chibol(le n.

Additional spellings: chibolle
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(a) A spring onion (bulb and stalk, as used in salads); (b) elecampane (error in transl.).

11. citisein n.

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A freeman of a city or town; also, any established inhabitant of a city or town.

12. cīve n.(1)

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Chive (Allium schoenoprasum); -- usually pl.

13. cǒunte n.(2)

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A count, an earl.

14. cǒuntǒur n.(1)

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(a) An accountant; esp., an official who oversees the collecting and auditing of taxes for a shire, a kingdom, etc.; (b) one who calculates, an arithmetician; (c) a pleader in court, a lawyer; (d) as…

15. cruddes n. (plural)

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Underground chambers, the crypt of a church.

16. dēceit(e n.

Additional spellings: deceite
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(a) Trickery, deceit, treachery; lying; (b) act of deceiving; a deception, stratagem, trick; a lie; (c) an ambush; (d) a fowler's snare or trap; some device to impede the passage of ships.

17. dettǒur n.

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(a) One who owes money or goods, a debtor; (b) money due from a debtor, an unpaid debt; (c) one who keeps account of unpaid debts.

18. dromǒun(d n.

Additional spellings: dromound
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A large, fast, sea-going vessel; a dromond.

19. estāt n.

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(a) State or condition; (b) stature, build, bodily form; (c) of God, the soul, immortal life, etc.: nature, essential character.

20. fecche n.

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Any of certain cultivated or wild leguminous plants belonging to the genus Vicia or to allied genera; vetch.

21. fertre n.

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(a) A shrine enclosing the body or relics of a saint; a tomb; (b) in fertre, enshrined; entombed.

22. fēs n.

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Load, pack.

23. fēt n.

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(a) What one does or succeeds in doing; act, deed, doings; the working or operation (of the universe); (b) in fet, in fact, actually.

24. flaume n.

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A small quantity of blazing vapor, a flame; also fig.;--usu.pl.; flaume of fir, a tongue of fire, a flame.

25. fǒundǒur, -ur n.(1)

Additional spellings: foundur
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The original builder of a city; the founder of a country; the builder of a castle, etc.

26. gǒurd(e n.

Additional spellings: gourde
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(a) A cucumber plant (Cucumis sativus); commune gourd; also, a cucumber; (b) the colocynth (Citrullus colocynthis); wilde gourd; also, the fruit of this plant; (c) a gourd plant (Lagenaria vulgaris…

27. heir n.

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(a) One who inherits, or is entitled to inherit, the property, title, honors, etc. of a dead man; an heir or heiress; fals heir; verrei heir; kind heir, natural heir; thirde heir, the third in…

28. Jon n.

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(a) John; -- used as a familiar name for a priest; sire Jon; (b) used as a contemptuous name for a person of mean station. [See also herbe-jon, Seint Jones wort; Jon with the gilden mouth, see gilden

29. mǒunt n.(1)

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(a) A mountain or hill; also fig.; pl. mountains, mountainous region; mountain range; mount joie, mount of joy, highest bliss; bi mount(es, among the mountains; (b) the Alps; -- pl. & coll.; (c) in…

30. nǒmbre n.

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(a) A number; (b) nombre diminutif, a number greater than the sum of its aliquot parts; nombre dividing, a divisor; nombre exeant, quotient [see exeant]; nombre multipliing, a multiplier; nombre of

31. oil(e n.

Additional spellings: oile
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A liquid substance, natural or concocted, which is unctuous, usually inflammable, and insoluble in water; an oil or oily substance.

32. pastūr(e n.

Additional spellings: pasture
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(a) Land on which animals graze, pastureland; a field, pasture; (b) commune pastur, pastur commune, shared pastureland; feint pastur, poor pasture; gentil pastur, excellent pasture; worthi to pastur

33. pomis(e n.

Additional spellings: pomise
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(a) Pumice, used to smooth parchment, vellum, or paper; pomis ston, a pumice stone; (b) meerschaum, used medicinally; poudre of pomis, powdered meerschaum.

34. portē̆r n.

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(a) A gatekeeper, doorkeeper; also, one who guards the gate of a bridge; porter logge, a porter's lodge; (b) in titles: grom (sergeaunt, yeman) porter; (c) a keeper of the gates of heaven or hell…

35. propiciātōrī(e n.

Additional spellings: propiciatorie
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The mercy seat of the Ark and Solomon's Temple.

36. prōvīsǒur n.

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(a) Eccl. One to whom the pope has granted the right to be appointed to a benefice as soon as a vacancy occurs; also, a religious to whom the pope has granted exemption from the duty of obedience to…

37. raisī̆n n.

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(a) A grape, cluster of grapes; also in proverb; (b) a raisin; gret raisin; raisin graines, raisin seeds; (c) raisin corauns, raisin of corauns, a Corinthian raisin, currant [see also corauns n.]; (d)…

38. receptǒur n.

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A harborer of criminals, heretics, etc.

39. rē̆ǧiǒun(e n.

Additional spellings: regioune
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(a) A kingdom, an empire, a realm; a country, nation, province; scotland regioun, regioun of moab, regioun of jeues; (b) eccles. a district in Rome; (c) heaven; the realm of hell or the underworld…

40. reine n.(2)

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(a) A human or an animal kidney; -- usu. pl.; litel (smale) reines, the kidneys; reine guttes [see also gut n. 1a.(a)]; also, as translation term for L ilia groin; (b) pl. the loins, flanks; (c) pl.

41. remissiǒun n.

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(a) Release from duty or obligation; freeing of captives; Bibl. dai of remissioun, a holiday from work; yer of remissioun, a Jubilee year; also, a Sabbatical year; don (maken) remissioun, to grant…

42. resurrecciǒun n.

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(a) The Resurrection of Christ; also, the resurrection of Antichrist [quot.: Chester Pl.Antichr.]; (b) the religious festival commemorating the Resurrection; resurreccioun gilde, a guild that…

43. salā̆rī(e n.

Additional spellings: salarie
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(a) Compensation, payment, esp. a salary or compensation periodically paid for regular service [sometimes difficult to distinguish from (b)]; also fig.; (b) a payment for a specific service or limited…

44. servaunt n.

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(a) One owing a duty of service to a master or lord; a laborer for hire; a male or female domestic servant, household servant; servaunt man, servaunt womman; (b) servaunt familier (domestical,