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1. faster-man n.

Additional spellings: fasterman
1 quotation in 1 sense
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A surety or sponsor.

2. grei n.(2)

32 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A gray fur, prob. the fur from the back of the Eurasian red squirrel Sciurus vulgaris in winter; red (ruskin) grei, the fur of the Eurasian red squirrel in winter; tristi (tresti) grei, ?error…

3. grith n.

110 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) The peace of a nation or society, law and order; fig. the peace resulting from the observation of God's will; breken (fordon) grith, to disturb the peace, break the law; holden (maken, setten)

4. hā̆m-fāre n.

Additional spellings: hamfare
6 quotations in 1 sense
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Law = hamsokne.

5. hō̆lm(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: holme
22 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) An island; a peninsula; (b) a meadow on a river bank; (c) a hill; (d) in surnames & place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.258-9, 268].

6. hǒus-carl n.

Additional spellings: houscarl
13 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A member of the household troops of a Danish king, an armed retainer; (b) as surname.

7. knīf n.

117 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A knife; a dagger or sheath knife carried or worn on the person; a knife as a weapon [usually distinguished from sword]; also fig.; (b) an instrument for cutting or scraping made of material other…

8. last n.(3)

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(a) A moral defect, a vice, a sin; beden lastes, ?to tempt (sb.) to sin; (b) the quality of sinfulness, wickedness, guilt; (c) grounds for blame, fault, discredit; last finden, to find fault with…

9. lith n.(3)

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(a) A body of fighting men, army; (b) ?family, household, ?body of persons; -- used of the Trinity; (c) ?aid, assistance; ?var. of leth n. (1).

10. market n.(1)

103 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) A periodical public assembly for buying or selling; also, an occasion of such a gathering; beten market, to linger or hang about at a market; crien a market, announce the holding of a market…

11. nīthing n.

23 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A wretch, coward; good-for-nothing; -- also as term of address; nithinges bearde [see bearde]; (b) as term of familiar address: boy, lad, fellow.

12. Norenish adj. & n.

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(a) Norse, Norwegian; (b) as noun: Norwegians.

13. Norrene n.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Norway; (b) Norwegians; (c) as surname.

14. Nor-wei(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: Norwei, Nor-weie, Norweie
19 quotations in 1 sense
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Norway; Nor-wei coste, the Norwegian coast; Nor-wei man, a Norwegian.

15. orest(e n.

Additional spellings: oreste
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(a) Combat, struggle; (b) law the right of jurisdiction over cases involving trial by combat; (c) by misunderstanding of (b): the liberty of entering woods or lands; (d) by false etymologizing [cp. or

16. plǒugh n.

204 quotations in 11 senses
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(a) A plow; also, a plow with its draft animal(s; --also coll.; (b) gates of the plough, furrows; plough lenge, the length of a plowshare; ?the length of a plow; (c) gon (gangan) at the plough, gon

17. rọ̄te n.(4)

260 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) A root of a tree or other plant; the underground stock of a plant from which new shoots or leaves are periodically produced, a rhyzome, tuber; rote ne braunch; dokke rote [see also dokke n.1.(d)]…

18. scōr(e n.

Additional spellings: score
73 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) A crack, crevice; (b) a mark on a tree to be felled; (c) a track, way; holden scor after, to follow (sb.); (d) a limit, boundary; oute of scor, immoderately, unreasonably; also, at all [quot.: HS

19. shau(e n.

Additional spellings: shaue
51 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A wood or forest; a grove; a thicket; at a shau side, at the edge of a forest; shau of (the) wod, a wodes shau; under (the) shau, beneath the foliage of a wood, in the shade; in thickets; also…

20. sineu n.

65 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A fibrous cord connecting a muscle to a bone or other bodily part, a tendon; a ligament or other connective tissue; also, a muscle [quot.: ?a1450 Macer]; hole in sineu and veine, completely…