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1. archēr, -iēr n.

Additional spellings: archier
25 quotations in 2 senses
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One who is trained in the use of bow and arrow: (a) a soldier armed with a bow or longbow, longbowman, archer; also, crossbowman [quot. 1509]; archers and arblasters, longbowmen and crossbowmen; (b)…

2. assẹ̄th n.

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Fulfillment, satisfaction, reparation; maken (don) asseth, give satisfaction: (a) fulfillment of a wish, expectation or requirement; (b) fulfilling of a need; (c) satisfactory answer to a question or…

3. astǒned, astǒuned ppl.

Additional spellings: astouned
55 quotations in 4 senses
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Of persons: stupified, stunned; insensate, unconscious.

4. -aunt suf.

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(a) In many pr.ppls. taken from OF, e.g. abound-a(u)nt, appar-a(u)nt, ard-a(u)nt, arrog-a(u)nt, charge-a(u)nt, ramp-aunt, -and, etc.; (b) in a number of nouns (orig. ppls.) adopted from OF, as…

5. cǒutẹ̄r n.

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A piece of armor to protect the elbow, elbow-piece.

6. endǒuen v.

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(a) To provide (someone) with worldly goods, a livelihood, or privileges; to endow (a church, temple, etc.); --often with of, with, or in phrase of the thing given; (b) to grant (a privilege), to…

7. envoisen v.(1)

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Hunt. Of hounds: (a) to follow a scent; (b) to follow the wrong scent.

8. 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.

9. partrich(e n.

Additional spellings: partriche
81 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A partridge Perdix perdix; (b) partrich ei (galle, hed), partridge egg (gall, head); covei(e of partriches, a covey or flock of partridges; (c) partridge as food; partridge meat; (d) as surname.

10. pastūr(e n.

Additional spellings: pasture
77 quotations in 4 senses
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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

11. peverāde n.

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A peppery sauce served with meat; peverade sauce.

12. poisǒun n.

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(a) A poisonous or deadly substance, poison; poisoun makere, one who makes poison; poisoun mongere, a dealer in poison; (b) the crime of poisoning someone; (c) ?a drugged drink; ?a bitter drink; (d)…

13. polaine n.(2)

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The fur or pelt of a squirrel; polaine grei, the fur of a gray squirrel.

14. polet n.

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(a) A young chicken; a pullet; (b) in surnames.

15. pō̆rt-colī̆ce n.

Additional spellings: portcolice
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(a) A portcullis; (b) a representation of a portcullis used as a military badge; also, the leader using or authorizing such a badge; i.e., the Duke of Somerset [quot.: (c1450)]; (c) fig. a spiritual…

16. 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…

17. possenet n.

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(a) A cooking pot; vessel, pan; (b) potel possenet, possenet of a potel, a pot which holds a half-gallon; possenet of a quart, a pot which holds a quart.

18. pǒuche n.

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(a) A bag for carrying things; a pouch worn on one's person; al that hangeth in the pouche, everything; (b) a pouch for carrying money, purse; (c) pouche maker, a maker of pouches or purses; (d) in…

19. pǒuē̆r(e n.

Additional spellings: pouere
353 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) The ability of a person, an animal, a soul, an angel, a spirit, etc., to act; ability (to do sth.); pouer of, capacity for or power of (doing sth.); pouer of harm, means or capacity for doing…

20. prenāble adj.

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(a) Capable of being taken by force, pregnable; also fig. obtainable; (b) of words: weighty, convincing [confused with preignaunt].

21. pressǒur n.

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(a) A press for expressing juice from grapes, oil from olives, etc.; a wine press, oil press, etc.; also fig.; pressour hous, a building containing a wine press; (b) ?a cheese press; (c) a device for…

22. prēterit adj.

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(a) Before the present, past; preterit time; (b) having to do with the past; (c) gram. of tense in Latin: denoting action in the past; preterit imparfit tens, the imperfect tense.

23. prẹ̄ve n.

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(a) Observed or recorded evidence supporting a statement, an assertion, accusation, or a claim; a piece of such evidence; maken preve of, to give evidence of (sth.); (b) evidence such as instances…

24. prẹ̄ver(e n.

Additional spellings: prevere
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(a) One who conducts tests or trials; (b) one who accuses another of a crime; often, a felon who gives evidence against his accomplices in exchange for a pardon; prever for the king, kinges prever

25. 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…

26. purloinen v.

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(a) To remove to a distance, put away; remove or entice away (a craftsman, an apprentice) from his proper master; remove or carry off (valuables), misappropriate (sth.); remove (a legal document) from…

27. purveien v.

228 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) To foresee (sth.), foreknow; (b) to think beforehand, consider, reflect; refl. purveien of, bethink oneself of (sth.), reflect on; ppl. purveiinge, prudent, provident [quot.: a1500]; (c) to take…

28. quaier n.

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(a) A group of sheets of paper, vellum, or parchment folded one within the other; writen quaier, to cover such a group with writing; (b) a gathering of a book or manuscript in a bound or an unbound…

29. quilt(e n.

Additional spellings: quilte
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(a) A sack stuffed with wool, down, hair, etc., used as a mattress, cushion, or coverlet for a bed; also, a stuffed bag used as defense against a battering ram [quots.: Vegetius(1) & (2)]; quiltes

30. quinsīme n.

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(a) The fifteenth day, inclusive, after a specified major liturgical feast; quinsime of seint hillar (jon, martin, mighel); quinsime of estern; quinsime of (after) pentecoste; (b) a period offifteen…

31. quī̆r-boilī n.

Additional spellings: quirboili
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Leather boiled in water and then molded to the required form and hardened by drying, cuir-bouilli; -- used esp. as armor; quir-boili vessel, a container made of cuir-bouilli.

32. quirrẹ̄ n.(1)

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Hunt. (a) The parts of a deer, usually placed on the animal's hide, which are given to the hounds as a reward for the chase; (b) the ceremony of giving the hounds their reward; (c) the collection of…

33. quishin n.

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(a) A cushion, bolster, or pillow; a cushion for the arm or for sitting or kneeling on; also, a hassock or footstool; (b) quishin(es cloth, a case or cover for a cushion.

34. quistrǒun n.

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A cook's assistant or errand boy, scullion; also, a page, lowly servant, knave; also, a sutler, camp follower; whel of quistrounes, a contemptuous epithet for the wheel of Fortune.

35. rachen v.

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To pull off (a helmet).

36. 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)…

37. raunsǒun n.

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(a) The release of a prisoner of war by payment; also, fig. with payment in blood; bien raunsoun [see bien v. 1a.(a)]; maken raunsoun, to effect (one's) ransom; also fig.; proferen to raunsoun, offer…

38. ravī̆n(e n.

Additional spellings: ravine
79 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) Robbery, rapine; also person.; don (usen) ravin; liven bi (of) ravin, to get a living from the profits of robbery; (b) an act of robbery; (c) in Bibl. transl. of Phil.2.6: robbery; ?usurpation…

39. rēal adj.(1)

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(a) Of a king, one of the royal family, his power, dignity, etc.: majestic, royal, kingly; real blod, blod real [see also blod n. 6a.(a)]; real estat, estat real [see also estat n. 11d.]; real

40. recet n.

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(a) A place of refuge, shelter, or accommodation; also fig.; (b) shelter, refuge, protection; asken recet, to request aid for (sb.); haven (taken) recet, obtain or take shelter, take refuge; (c) the…

41. reclaimen v.

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Hawk. (a) To call back (a hawk); also in sayings; (b) to make (a hawk) tame; ppl. reclaimed, tame, trained.

42. recoilen v.

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(a) To drive (an enemy or opponent) back; beat back (the devil); recoilen abak (ayen-ward); (b) to retreat, draw back; recoilen ayen.

43. recǒmforten v.

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(a) To comfort (sb., the heart), console; recomforten chere, brighten (someone's) appearance; recomforten of, relieve (sb.) of (sorrow); recomforten from, ease (someone's heart) of (misery or…

44. recordǒur(e n.

Additional spellings: recordoure
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(a) The chief legal official of a city; (b) a witness.

45. recoveren v.(2)

167 quotations in 11 senses
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(a) To recover from sickness, injury, etc., regain health; of a bodily part: regain normal functions; recoveren of, recover from (an illness); (b) ben recovered, to recover from illness or injury, be…

46. recoverer n.(1)

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(a) Relief from suffering or from the pain of hell; recovery; also, salvation; haven recoverer, to recover from defeat, rally; at no recoverer, having no power or chance to recover from defeat; (b)…

47. reddǒur n.

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(a) Severity, sternness, rigor, strictness; also, firmness of mind; also, a rule of a religious order [quot.: Rule Minoresses]; (b) severe treatment; (c) don (putten) reddour, to deal strictly or…

48. refē̆ten v.

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(a) To refresh (sb.), restore; feed (sb.); also fig.; (b) to fatten (livestock); (c) ben refeted, of a wild sow at mating time: to be cooled, cool off [cp. refreiden v. (b)].

49. refreinden v.

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To be tempered or restrained.

50. refrēt(e n.

Additional spellings: refrete
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(a) The refrain of a song or poem; also, a song; (b) a repeated phrase; ?also, liturg. a repeated response; (c) a debate.

51. regard(e n.

Additional spellings: regarde
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(a) A look; appearance; fairest of regard, best-looking; person. swete regard [F doulz regarde], sweet looks; sen a regard unto, to cast a glance at (sth.); (b) a consideration; a judgment; haven

52. rē̆ǧiǒun(e n.

Additional spellings: regioune
98 quotations in 2 senses
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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…

53. regnen v.

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(a) To exercise royal power, be king, queen, or emperor; also, reign as pope; -- also used fig. of the sun, the soul; impers. hit was regned, government continued; regnen on (upon), reign over (a…

54. rē̆hersen v.

166 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To narrate (sth., a story, that sth. happened), report, tell; describe (sth.); impers. hit reherseth; rehersen of, give a description of (sth.); rehersen of marble, ?carve (a description) in…

55. rehēt n.

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Good cheer, entertainment.

56. 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.

57. remaunden v.

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To send back (a document, message), return.

58. remembren v.

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(a) To bear (sb. or sth.) in mind, give heed to, reflect on, consider; take (sth.) into account; consider (that sth. is the case); (b) remembren of (on, upon), to pay heed to (sth.), meditate on…

59. remenaunt n.

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(a) The rest, remaining part or quantity; the residual portion of an estate; a remaining or reserved portion; also fig.; (b) the remaining part of a story, question, text, law, etc.; a remaining…

60. 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…

61. reneirīe n.

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Apostasy.

62. replīen v.(1)

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(a) To turn (sth.) back, fold; bend back (a probe), flex; (b) to make opposition; retaliate; oppose (sth.), object to; repudiate (a former opinion), divorce (one's wife), cancel (a command, decision)…

63. reprōchen v.(1)

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(a) To rebuke (sb.), reproach; ppl. reproching as noun: one who rebukes; (b) to insult (sb.), mock; (c) to condemn (sth.); also, belittle (a gift); (d) to reject (sth.), destroy; (e) reprochen of, ?by…

64. rē̆sǒun n.(2)

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(a) The intellectual faculty, intellectual power or capacity, reason; -- also pl.; light of resoun; (b) the exercise of the intellectual faculty, act or process of reasoning; mental processes…

65. resǒunen v.(1)

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(a) To re-echo, resound; return an echo; resounen of (with), ring with (a sound), reverberate with, be filled with; (b) to sound, make or utter a sound; also, to play (a tune); resounen in-to mirthe

66. 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…

67. salā̆rī(e n.

Additional spellings: salarie
37 quotations in 1 sense
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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…

68. Sarasī̆neis adj.

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(a) Of Saracen manufacture or style; brouet Sarasineis blaunk, a milk-based sauce; (b) of Saracen birth; (c) as noun: the territory of the Saracens [cp. Sarasinesse n.(a)].

69. servaunt n.

223 quotations in 6 senses
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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,