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1. cǒu-hē̆rde n.

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

2. gī̆ld(e n.

Additional spellings: gilde
58 quotations in 3 senses
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(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
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(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
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(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.

83 quotations in 1 sense
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(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.

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Forgetfulness; ?lethargy.

7. rāketeie n.

18 quotations in 1 sense
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A chain; a fetter; -- also coll.

8. rīde n.(3)

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

9. swīre n.

82 quotations in 3 senses
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(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