Search Constraints

1 - 17 of 17
Number of results to display per page

Search Results

1. cǒu-hē̆rde n.

Additional spellings: couherde
22 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
One who tends cows, a cowherd. …

2. gī̆ld(e n.

Additional spellings: gilde
58 quotations in 3 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) An association of dues-paying members, organized for charitable, religious, or political purposes; a fraternity, guild; (b) an association of craftsmen or tradesmen, a craft guild. …

3. gī̆ld(e-hal(le n.

Additional spellings: gildehalle, gilde-hal, gildehal, gild-halle, gildhalle, gild-hal, gildhal
35 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) A building used by a guild; the meeting house of the guild merchant; the hall of the corporation of a town, town hall; (b) in surnames & place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.201]. …

4. milce n.

108 quotations in 3 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) Mercy, pardon, forgiveness; (b) milce and ore, ore and milce, milce and merci, merci and milce, milce and mildhertnesse; (c) bidden (bisechen, crien, crien after, sechen, yernen) milce, to beg for……

5. neighebor n.

84 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) One who dwells nearby, a neighbor; a fellow citizen; an inhabitant of a nearby town or country; (b) of a country, part of the body, a bee: a neighbor (to another country, another bodily part……

6. oferȝitolnesse n.

1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Forgetfulness; ?lethargy. …

7. ofersīmen v.

1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
To overburden (sb.), oppress. …

8. ofhōlden v.

12 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) To defeat (sb.) in combat; (b) to restrain (sb. or sth.); (c) to keep (sb.) from moving away, detain; (d) to hold on to (sth.), keep, withhold; retain (sth.) in the mind. …

9. rāketeie n.

18 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
A chain; a fetter; -- also coll. …

10. rẹ̄men v.(4)

28 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) To cry out, utter a cry; shout (sth.), call out; of an elephant: trumpet; remen on, importune (sb. for sth.); remen ovenon, shout at (sb.); (b) to lament, mourn, express sorrow; cry out from grief……

11. rennen v.(1)

937 quotations in 33 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) Of humans: to run, move quickly on foot; also of angels, centaurs, devils, monopodes, etc.; rennen and (other) rennen, go on foot and (or) ride; (b) comen rennen, comen (gon) renninge, to come……

12. rīde n.(3)

11 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) Room, space; (b) in surnames and place names [see Smith PNElem.2.89]. …

13. seien v.(1)

1390 quotations in 25 senses
Sense / Definition
With direct quotation: (a) to say (certain specified words), utter; (b) to say (certain specified words to sb., to oneself, among a group, etc.); seien aye, say (certain specified words) in reply (to……

14. sē̆ven num.

238 quotations in 7 senses
Sense / Definition
Cardinal number as adj.: (a) seven; six other seven, six or seven (things); also, about half a dozen (summoners); (b) sevenfold; seven double, seven times as much; seven so, seven times as (bright……

15. sē̆venth(e num.

Additional spellings: seventhe
57 quotations in 2 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) Ordinal number as adj.: seventh; (b) in combs. & phrases: seventh dai, a commemorative service performed seven days after a person's death; in-to the seventh folde, seven times as much; the……

16. swīre n.

82 quotations in 3 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) The neck of a human being; also, the throat; ben filled unto swire, to be filled up to (one's) neck; crengen with swire, arch the neck haughtily; ibeien swire, fig. submit; sitten up to (stonden……

17. thank-worth adj.

Additional spellings: thankworth
3 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Of an activity or a thing: worthy of thanks. …

©2024 Regents of the University of Michigan. For details about this collection's copyright see the MEC copyright statement and the U-M Library Copyright Policy. Data last refreshed Wednesday, October 23, 2024 at 06:46:00.