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1. bile-whīt adj.

Additional spellings: bilewhit
6 quotations in 1 sense
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Pure in heart, virtuous; kind, gentle.

2. lauelī adj.

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(a) Prescribed by law; also, permitted by law, lawful; (b) laueli man = laueful man; (c) in accordance with a legal pledge or agreement.

3. light adj.(2)

346 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) Of things: light in weight; light in proportion to bulk, of small specific gravity, not dense; of persons: thin; also fig.; (b) of containers: light in content, empty; of measures: underweight…

4. Norenish adj. & n.

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

5. ō̆nfōld adj.

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(a) Single, one, onefold; (b) simple, honest; (c) of interpretation: simple, literal; (d) bi onfold, onefold.

6. prǒud adj.

228 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) Guilty of the sin of Pride; haughty, arrogant; also, obstinate, rebellious; (b) proudest of pride, supremely proud; proud as lucifer; proud herte, proud heart; -- also as surname or epithet; maken

7. rẹ̄den(e adj.

Additional spellings: redene
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(a) Made of reed; -- used fig.; (b) growing with reeds; (c) in place name [see Smith PNElem.1.264].

8. rẹ̄re adj.(2)

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(a) Of eggs, egg yolks: soft-cooked, soft; ?also as adv. [quots.: c1150]; (b) fig. of sins: unconfessed.

9. rīf(e adj.

Additional spellings: rife
86 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Numerous; (b) widespread, plentiful, abundant, abounding; (c) great, intense, severe; (d) well endowed (with riches, etc.), luxuriant (with leaves); (e) habitual, customary.

10. rightful adj.

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(a) Impartial in judgment, fair, even-handed; maken rightful, to justify (sb.); (b) in accordance with justice, just, equitable; also, strict.

11. Scottish adj.

31 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Of Scottish nationality; found or produced in Scotland; characteristic of Scotland; also, as noun: Scottish people or soldiers; Scottish man; (b) Scottish king, king of Scotland; Scottish langage

12. sẹ̄l(e adj.

Additional spellings: sele
33 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Good; also, brave; also, sup. as noun: the best men [quot.: Lay.Brut 1162]; (b) good for a purpose; skilled, efficacious, favorable; the selere, better, more favorable; (c) wealthy, prosperous…

13. sī̆k adj.

306 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) Suffering from disease, injury, or ill health; sick, diseased, ailing; also, in a special physiological state, such as pregnancy; also, ?dying [quot.: a1387]; (b) sik and (ner) sore, sore and sik

14. sī̆kel adj.

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(a) Ill, infirm, invalid; (b) of plants: diseased, feeble, drooping.

15. silveren adj.

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(a) Made or consisting of silver; also fig.; also, silver-colored, lustrous like silver [quot.: ?a1450]; ben of silveren sight, to appear to be silver; (b) silveren time (world), fig. the age of…

16. singrẹ̄ne adj.

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Evergreen.

17. skēr(e adj.

Additional spellings: skere
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(a) Blameless, innocent, faultless; of speech: honest, straightforward, sincere; maken quite and sker, to consider (sb.) blameless; prove (oneself) innocent; (b) free (from sin), absolved; sker of

18. sleuful adj.

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(a) Slothful, lethargic; (b) as noun: a slothful person; -- also coll.

19. sleugh adj.

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Slothful.

20. smēgh adj.

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Crafty, cunning.

21. smert adj.

121 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Of a whip, rod, etc.: capable of causing physical pain, stinging; of penitential discipline, beating: causing pain, severe; with smert, with stinging scourges; (b) of a wound: painful, sore; also…

22. smọ̄th(e adj.

Additional spellings: smothe
49 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Free of protuberance or roughness, smooth, even; also fig.; (b) of land: level, flat; (c) of a part of the body: smooth-skinned; free from coarse hair or blemishes; ?free from wounds [quot. c1484…

23. snouī adj.

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Snowy; like snow: cold, icy; white; snoui whitnesse.

24. sōrī adj.

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(a) Of a person, an animal: sad, sorrowful; grieved; melancholy; also fig. of heaven and earth [quot. a1450]; sori in (on) herte, sori in thought, sori on mod; clauen a sori mannes hed, to be sad; (b)…

25. spādī adj.

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Bleary with morbid matter, rheumy; also, as noun: morbid matter secreted in the eye.

26. spāduǒus adj.

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Bleary with morbid matter, rheumy.

27. stōn-hard adj.

Additional spellings: stonhard
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(a) Merciless, without compassion; (b) as adv.: securely, firmly; (c) in surnames.

28. stọ̄r(e adj.

Additional spellings: store
80 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Of a person: strong, powerful; violent, cruel; robust, healthy; of an army, a host, etc.: powerful, fierce, cruel; also, as noun: powerful or high-ranking people [quot. c1425]; stor and stark

29. strenger(e adj.comparative

Additional spellings: strengere
99 quotations in 12 senses
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More physically powerful, having greater physical strength.

30. thwīre adj.

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(a) Of persons, the soul, etc.: obstinate in wrongdoing, willful, wicked, perverse; also, of a path, way: crooked;—used in fig. context; (b) as noun pl.: those who are obstinate or perverse, the…

31. thwī̆rlī adj.

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Of persons: obstinate in wrongdoing, perverse; of conduct, deeds: evil, iniquitous; of a thought, deed, etc.: sinful, wicked, depraved; also in fig. context.

32. tīder adj.

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(a) Emotionally fragile or tender; (b) in place names [see Smith PNElem.2.178].

33. unrightful adj.

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(a) Not in accordance with justice; unjust, unfair; as noun: that which is unjust [quot. a1402] (b) immoral, sinful; unrighteous, impious; dishonorable, vicious; as noun: an unrighteous person, a…

34. uplō̆ndish(e adj.

Additional spellings: uplondishe
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(a) Of the country, rural, rustic; uplondish man, a peasant, countryman; (b) provincial, unsophisticated; (c) as surname.

35. warm adj.

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(a) Of the sun, a fire: radiating a considerable degree of heat (b) of weather, wind: characterized by pleasantly warm temperatures, mild, balmy; ?also, hot, scorching [last quot.]; (c) of a day,…

36. welcǒm(e adj.

Additional spellings: welcome
80 quotations in 6 senses
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Used predicatively of persons: (a) well-met; pleasing as a visitor, companion, or resident, welcome;—used to characterize someone whom one is glad to see or receive [occas. difficult to distinguish…

37. wester adj.

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(a) West, western; wester wind, a wind blowing from the west; (b) in surnames and place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.256; some exx. could also be construed as comp. of western(e adj.].

38. whā̆t adj.(2)

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(a) Eager, keen; eager to go (to a place); also, active; also, bold; (b) in surnames.

39. whēten adj.

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(a) Made of wheat or wheat products, wheaten (b) pertaining to the wheat plant, of wheat; (c) wheten ere, her. a stylized ear of wheat used as a heraldic device; (d) in place names [see Smith PNElem.

40. witter adj.

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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…

41. wrecche adj.

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(a) Subjected to hardship, misfortune, etc.; miserable, unfortunate, unhappy (b) characterized by hardship or wretchedness; wrecche dom, ?grievous punishment; ?= wrecchedom n. (a); (c) poor,…

42. wrong-wīs(e adj.

Additional spellings: wrongwis, wrong-wise, wrongwise
22 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Contrary to what is morally right, sinful; of a person: given to sin, wicked, unrighteous; also, as noun: sinners, malefactors [1st quot.] (b) contrary to what is just, not in accordance with…