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1. carpen v.

76 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To talk, chat, converse, discourse; carpen toward, address (sb.); (b) tell (sth.), say; ask (a question); as I have herd carpen, as I have heard tell; as men do carpen, as people say; to carpen

2. musteren v.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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To whisper; mumble.

3. rāven v.(2)

7 quotations in 1 sense
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To wander, stray, rove; raven awei, of the mind: to wander, be distracted; fig. stray morally, deviate (from what is right); also, ppl. raving as adj.: wandering, straying.

4. 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

5. skinnen v.

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(a) To remove the skin from (the penis), circumcise; (b) ppl. skinned, possessing a particular kind of skin; hard skinned, ?having a tough skin; ?having the shell of a shellfish; (c) in surname.

6. skrī̆ken v.

39 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To shriek with pain, fear, or grief; scream, screech; also used of a frightened bird or chicken; (b) to scream with anger or excitement; also used of a snake and a scorpion; (c) of a baby or an…

7. slāken v.(3)

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To cut (sth.).

8. slaveren v.

7 quotations in 1 sense
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To drool, salivate, slobber; crave; also, stammer [last quot.].

9. slengen v.

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

10. sneven v.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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To sniffle, snuffle; smell (sth.).

11. snō̆ken v.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To snuffle about, esp. as a hound on a scent; also fig.; (b) in cpd.: snoke-horn, ?one who snuffles into a horn, one who blows a horn, i.e., a worthless person [cp. blouen in an horn, etc., s.v. h

12. swarlen v.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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To catch (sb. or sth.) in a noose or snare; ppl. suarled, tangled up.

13. waggen v.

65 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To be in motion, esp. back and forth or up and down, shake, flutter, swing; also fig. with ref. to (e) [quots. a1387 & a1425]; of teeth: be loose; of a boat: rock with the waves; of flesh: wobble…

14. wamelen v.

8 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To feel nausea; ?also, retch or vomit; ppl. wamling as adj.: producing or accompanied by nausea, nauseous; (b) wamelen and tumblen, to heave oneself about, roll around.