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1. rixlen v.

21 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To rule, reign, exercise royal power; of God: rule the world or the universe; also fig.; (b) of Christ, the devil: to rule over a person, be in control; of sins, vices: rule over human nature or……

2. rīnen v.(1)

30 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To touch (sb. or sth.); also fig.; rinen on (to, upon); (b) to strike (sb. or sth.); also, pierce (sb.); rinen and rushen; rinen on (to); (c) to pertain to (sb.), concern; rinen on (to); (d) to……

3. 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). …

4. snēsen v.(1)

1 quotation in 1 sense
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To stab (sb.), run through with a sword; -- also without obj. …

5. sẹ̄den v.

21 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To produce seed; go or run to seed; also, take root, sprout, grow; (b) to sow seed; (c) fig. to flower, flourish. …

6. reusen v.(1)

10 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To feel sorrow or repentance; repent (sin); ppl. reusende, repenting; also, repentant; (b) to feel pity or compassion; ppl. reusende as adj.: compassionate; (c) ppl. reusende as noun: one who……

7. sharpen v.

63 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To make the point of (an arrow, a pen, stake, etc.) sharp; make the edge of (a sword, tool, etc.) sharp; also fig.; sharpen in-to, sharpen (sth.) so as to become (a spear); -- used fig.; sharpen……

8. setligen v.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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To impose a settlement on (sb.). …

9. rīmen v.(3)

21 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To retreat, depart; die; refl. depart, go away; depart from (a land), leave; rimen abak (ayen), retreat; rimen flet, give ground; (b) to clear a way; clear (a way), clear (a path of enemies); (c)……

10. tọ̄̆twēmen v.

8 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To part company; also, of the earth: split open; (b) to divide (people, things, etc.), separate; separate (the head from the body, the soul from the body). …

11. upbreiden v.(2)

35 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To offer reproach or disparagement, utter a rebuke; ppl. upbreidinge as noun: those who reproach, disparagers [quot. a1400] (b) to reproach (sb.), disparage, upbraid; upbreiden for (of), reproach……

12. tāken v.

3094 quotations in 85 senses
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(a) To grip, take hold; taken to, clutch at (sb.), hold tight to; also, grasp [transl. of L adprehendere]; (b) to take hold of (sb. or sth.), grasp with the hand(s, grab; pick (sb. or sth.) up, lift……

13. stoppen v.

235 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) To obstruct (a street, lane, passage, an entrance, etc.) with a physical barrier, block; close (a port), prevent access to; blockade (the sea), close to traffic; block (someone's way); also fig.……

14. sīken v.(2)

87 quotations in 2 senses
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To sigh, moan: (a) expressing sorrow, grief, or a troubled frame of mind; also fig.; (b) in phrase: siken for, to sigh because of (sth.), sigh on behalf of (sb.); also, sigh with regret for (sth.)……

15. sī̆kelen v.(2)

8 quotations in 1 sense
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To fall ill, become weak or faint; also fig. …

16. shē̆nden v.

275 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) To do harm to (sb.), injure; bring (sb.) to ruin, overcome; injure (sb., a part of the body, a faculty or capacity of the body), damage, afflict; of cattle: make (themselves) sick; (b) to bring……

17. slẹ̄pen v.

235 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To sleep, be asleep; (b) slepen as a beste (a swin, hogges, swin); slepen drie (wet), to sleep in a dry (wet) place; slepen faste (kindeli, sadli, savourli, seurli, soft, sound, soundli, swote, sw……

18. slēn v.

449 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) To strike (sth.), beat; pitch (a tent); light (a fire); strike off (a head from the body); beat (metal into a shape) [quot.: c1175(?OE) HRood]; -- used without obj.; slen of, cut off (someone's……

19. shọ̄n v.

86 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To put shoes on (sb., oneself, a statue); provide (sb.) with shoes; also fig.; cover the feet of (sb. with sth.); also, cover (the feet with sth.); -- used fig.; hosen and shon; (b) ppl. shod……

20. smellen v.

81 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To give off an odor; produce a fragrance or an aroma; also fig.; smellen on, send out a fragrance to (sb.); (b) ppl. smellinge, giving off an odor, smelling; fragrant; also in fig. context; swete……

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