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1. 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. …

2. nāmen v.

89 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To name (sb.), give a name to; namen..for, name (an angel) after (a star); ppl. named, named; named after, named after (sb. or sth.); (b) to call (sb.) something; give (sb.) a descriptive……

3. tup(pe n.

Additional spellings: tuppe
23 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A male sheep, ram; also, a ram's skin [quot. c1450]; tup hed; tup horn; (b) mil. a battering ram; (c) in surnames and place name. …

4. gọ̄me, gom(m)e n.(3)

Additional spellings: gomme
27 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The flesh surrounding the teeth, gums; -- also sg.; (b) the insides of the mouth; palate, upper throat, etc.; (c) the jaws; whetten gomes, to whet the jaws, beat one's gums; (d) molars. …

5. 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……

6. shadde n.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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A fish, probably, like modern 'shad,' one of the saltwater food fishes of the herring family (Clupeidae) that swim up rivers to spawn, 'allis shad' Alosa alosa or 'twaite shad' Alosa fallax. …

7. hẹ̄ pron.(2)

108 quotations in 4 senses
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As anaphoric or pers. pron., subject: (a) the female person referred to, she; (b) used pleonastically, or for emphasis; (c) with appositional adjunct; (d) he that, he the, he..that, she who. …

8. 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. …

9. 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……

10. light n.

339 quotations in 13 senses
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(a) Light as a substance that illuminates objects or colors, light as seen or present in a condition where vision is possible; lightes leme; (b) light as one of God's creations; (c) the property of……

11. kinrē̆de n.

125 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Stock, family, lineage, race; gret (god, heigh, noble, worthi) kinrede, high birth; loue (mene) kinrede, low birth; (b) descendants, progeny, posterity; also, a descendant; (c) forebears……

12. thẹ̄̆ def. art.

963 quotations in 13 senses
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Referring to a specific member of a class and used anaphorically, pointing to a person or thing previously mentioned: the, this, that; with plural: the, these, those: (a) with noun; also with adj. as……

13. sẹ̄n v.(1)

1447 quotations in 37 senses
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(a) To see (sb., sth., a place) with the eyes, catch sight of, notice; also, be able to see (sb., sth., a place); also fig.; (b) with ellipsis of obj. or rel.pron.; -- also in than clause; (c) ppl. se……

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