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121. mis n.

129 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) Sin, sinfulness; guilt, culpability for sin; evil, wickedness; withouten mis, sinless, innocent; withouten mis of this man, he being sinless, innocent as he was; (b) a sin, an evil deed; criminal…

122. mǒrne adj.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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Mournful, sorrowful; grievous.

123. mō̆rther n.(1)

65 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Deliberate killing of a human being, murder; morther of self, soule morther, spiritual suicide or death; (b) in prov. sayings: morther wil out, etc.; (c) a massacre; (d) crime, outrage; injury or…

124. mō̆s n.(1)

70 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Moss, or a similar cryptogamous plant; ?also, hairiness, ?dirt [quot.: Pilgr.LM]; (b) mos crop, ?cotton grass; ?a moor flower; mos (be) growen, grown over with moss; grene mos, moss; whit mos

125. mōte n.(1)

37 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A natural or man-made mound; hill; ?also, an island [last quot.]; castel mote, mound or hill on which a castle is built; (b) a castle, dwelling; in mote, among men; (c) a city.

126. moue n.(2)

35 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A wry face, grimace, derisive expression, grin; also, a derisive remark, gibe, taunt; a knakke and a moue [see knakke n.]; (b) maken a (the) moue, to make a face, grimace, laugh derisively; make a…

127. musse n.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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Moss; also in place names.

128. nǒuche n.

34 quotations in 1 sense
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A mounted gem or cluster of gems; a brooch or pin; a buckle, clasp, bracelet, or earrings ornamented with gems; a necklace; ?also, a ring; also fig.

129. orguil(e n.

Additional spellings: orguile
13 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Pride, presumption, conceit; orguil pride; (b) fig. pride personified; (c) as surname.

130. ǒure n.

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(a) The aurochs or wild ox; (b) an Egyptian buffalo.

131. paket n.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A little package, packet; (b) as surname.

132. pī̆k(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: pike
124 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) A spike; a pointed tip or spike on a staff, pole, weapon, instrument of torture, etc.; a spike affixed to a door or wall; also, a spike used to tear or wound someone; also fig.; → of iren, an iron…

133. pōke n.

37 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A sack, pouch, bag [in some quots. perhaps a measure of quantity, but see quot.: a1500]; pissinge poke, provande poke, sond poke [see pissinge, provende, sond]; (b) a full, elongated type of…

134. pot(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: pote
218 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) A vessel, pot, container; (b) an earthenware vessel; pottery; also fig.; erthen pot, pot of erthe; (c) a metal pot; bras (brasen, gilt, gold, peutre) pot, etc.; pot of bras (gold, silver, peutre)

135. raspen v.

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To scratch, score; scratch (sth.), scrape, scrape away; raspen togeder, scrape (sth.) together, collect; raspen and raken, scratch and scrape away (food supplies), diminish, deplete.

136. rī̆che adj.

383 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) Of persons: rich, wealthy, prosperous; also, having sufficient wealth; for richere for poverer, whether richer or poorer; on riche reue, in a wealthy condition, among wealthy people; (b) riche of

137. ridelen v.(1)

5 quotations in 1 sense
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To sift (grain); also, fig. test (sb.); -- also without obj.; spread (ashes) by means of sifting; -- used without obj.; ridelen oute of, separate (sb.) from (God's chosen).

138. rī̆flen v.

22 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To rob, plunder, steal; (b) to plunder (lands, a house), ransack, pillage; rifle (bags); destroy (a city); (c) to rob (sb.); despoil (the dead); riflen of, rob (sb.) of (sth.); riflen route, fig.

139. Robert n.

18 quotations in 2 senses
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The personal name Robert: (a) as a designation for a robber, vagabond, or lowly person; robertes men (knaves), robbers, marauders; Robert renne-aboute, wastrel, good-for-nothing; (b) as a designation…

140. runten v.

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To rebuke (sb., one's own body).