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1. benger(e n.

Additional spellings: bengere
2 quotations in 1 sense
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A grain bin; the hopper of a mill.

2. clint n.

9 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A ledge of rock; a cliff, steep bank; (b) in place names.

3. cros n.

251 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) A cross for crucifixion, a gibbet; (b) the cross of Christ; holi cros; Exaltacioun of the cros, a feast, Sept. 14; feste of the holi cros, feast of the Invention of the Cross, May 3; (c) winnen

4. gil(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: gile
10 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The gill of a fish; (b) gil fish, a kind of stockfish.

5. glenten v.

48 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To move or turn quickly to one side; dodge, flinch; glenten aside, glenten beside; glenten aside on, to fall upon (enemies) from the side; (b) to change one's behavior, deviate; (c) glenten from

6. hals n.

50 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) The neck; hongen bi the hals, to hang (sb.) with a rope around the neck; fro hals to croupoun, from neck to rump; hals gund [OE heals-gund], a neck tumor; also in asseveration: bi mi hals; (b) the…

7. harwe n.

34 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A harrow for cultivating land, a drag; gon at harwe, to drive a harrow; (b) fig. the Old or New Testament; the power of Love (with pun on arwe); also, in proverb; (c) harwe tind (toth), a tooth of…

8. hā̆ver n.(2)

33 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) The cereal grain, oats; (b) haver bern, haver gerner, a storehouse for oats; haver bred, oaten bread; haver cake, a loaf made from oaten flour; also as surname; haver mele, oaten flour; (c) haver

9. hilder n.

18 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The European elder (Sambucus nigra); hilder tre; (b) hilder tre, ?the European alder [see alder n. (1)]; (c) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.274].

10. kē̆r n.

33 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Low, swampy ground; a marsh, bog, fen; ker miln, a mill by a marsh; ker side, the side of a marsh; (b) a marsh overgrown with alders or other small trees or shrubs; alder ker.

11. kide n.

54 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) The young of a goat; kide lomb; (b) the meat of a young goat; -- often pl.; also, a carcass of a kid slaughtered for meat or prepared as a dish; (c) kides blod, the blood of a young goat; kide

12. nap n.(3)

1 quotation in 1 sense
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A suck, draught.

13. pilken v.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Of a bird: to strike at or pick clean (sth.) with the bill; used fig.; (b) to deprive (sb.) of goods by exercise of power; (c) in surname.

14. ruggen v.

30 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To pull or stretch (sb. or sth.), tug at fiercely; -- also without obj.; also, torture (sb.) by pulling or stretching; (b) to drag (sb.); (c) to tear (sb. or sth.), tear (one's hair); ruggen and

15. skulken v.

18 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To go or move furtively, slink; also fig. of death; skulken aboute; skulken awei; -- also refl.; skulken oute, make a sneak attack; (b) to hide, lie concealed; ben skulked, be in hiding, be…

16. slengen v.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To throw (sb., an animal), cast; put (sb. on sth.) forcefully; (b) ?in surname.

17. slugge n.(1)

4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A lazy person; (b) slothfulness, the sin of sloth; also person.

18. smīlen v.

52 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To assume an expression of amusement or pleasure, smile; smilen at (of), smile at (sth.), be pleased or amused by (sth.); (b) to assume a pleasant, kindly expression; wear a smile; smilen among

19. snivelen v.

9 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To run at the nose; sniffle; snivel, whine; ppl. snivelinge as adj.: congested, rheumy; sniveling, whining; (b) ?to slobber; ?stammer.

20. stǒmblen v.

63 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Of a person, an animal: to stumble; trip; walk unsteadily; stagger so as to keep from falling; also in fig. contexts; (b) stomblen at, to trip over (sth.); bump into (sth.); stomblen at rishe and

21. sum conj.

33 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) As; ?also, error for soth adj. [quot. a1225]; sum that, where [cp. as conj. 10.]; as fer sum, so fer..sum, insofar as; so (as) sum, as, just as; also, as though [quot.Orm .3694]; swich (al-swich)

22. twingen v.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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To afflict (sb.), torment, oppress.

23. whin n.(1)

25 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Common furze, gorse (Ulex europaeus); a gorse plant or clump; also, any of several similarly spiky plants; pl. a clump or quantity of gorse (b) whin bush (tre), a gorse plant or clump; whin

24. wī̆ke n.(2)

7 quotations in 1 sense
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A corner of a part of the body; the wike of the eie; the thinne wikes, the temples; share wikes, ?the groin.

25. wing(e n.

Additional spellings: winge
132 quotations in 10 senses
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An organ of flight, usu. paired: (a) a wing of a creature whose sole or primary means of locomotion is flight (a bird, an insect, a bat, etc.);—occas. with sg. for pl.; also in fig. context; also, fig

26. witter adj.

22 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Wise, prudent; knowledgeable; also, cunning, skilled, able [the precise gloss is determined by the context]; witter and wale (ware, wise), wise and witter; witter of eie, observant (b) requiring…