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1. bǒu(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: boue
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(a) The bow of a ship; (b) in name of ship. …

2. bugge n.

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Bogy, hobgoblin, black-man; scarecrow; slotir bugge. …

3. chopin n.

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A liquid measure: ?half a pint. …

4. drāke n.(2)

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(a) The male of the duck, drake; ?also, a gander; (b) a representation of a drake. …

5. drǒm n.

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A drum. …

6. dudde n.

8 quotations in 1 sense
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A cloak or mantle (?made of coarse, woolen cloth); also, a kind of cloth. …

7. dwẹ̄re n.

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(a) Doubt, perplexity, uncertainty; in (a) dwere, in doubt; without dwere, without question, certainly; (b) ?disagreement, dissension; ?distress, trouble; (c) amazement, awe; dread, fear. …

8. grippel n.

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A small ditch or drain. …

9. hodelnesse n.

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Secrecy, concealment; oblivion. …

10. knag(ge n.

Additional spellings: knagge
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A peg, fastener; hongen on knag, to hang (sb.) on a peg or hook; --?also intrans. …

11. knarre n.

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(a) A crag, twisted rock; (b) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.102]. …

12. knobel n.

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(a) A small knot or knob on a root; (b) a swelling, a hump; (c) a thickening of the skin, a callus. …

13. knọ̄st n.

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A lump; ?a swelling, ?a tumor. …

14. lē̆ng(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: lenge
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The European ling Molva molva; also, any fish of the genus Molva; gret leng, a full-grown ling; leng fish, a ling; whit leng, ?white ling [?error for whiting]; leng drie, dried lings. …

15. merlin n.

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Naut. Small line of two strands, used for seizings; marline. …

16. misse-mashe n.

Additional spellings: missemashe
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A jumble, hodgepodge. …

17. mop(pe n.

Additional spellings: moppe
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(a) A fool, simpleton; a worthless person; (b) as adj.: foolish; (c) ?a derisive gesture; (d) a little child, baby; also, a doll; (e) as surname. …

18. nok(ke n.

Additional spellings: nokke
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(a) The tip of a bow, spindle, etc., often made of horn; the notch of an arrow; nok streng, ?a bowstring; (b) nok line, part of the rigging of a ship. …

19. quidel n.

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Some sort of raised inflammation of the skin, a pimple or pustule; pl. ?a rash. …

20. raga-muffin n.

Additional spellings: ragamuffin
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A ragged lout, tattered oaf; -- only as name. …

21. sheueles n.

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A scarecrow. …

22. spelter n.(1)

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Some kind of metal used to make or plate armored headgear: ?an alloy of zinc. …

23. swam n.

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(a) A mushroom or other fungus; (b) swam water, ?a stagnant pool, swamp water; ?a bog or marsh; (c) in surname. …

24. weimer n.

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?A mourner; ?mourning, lamentation, woe. …

25. wragelinge n.

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(a) Struggling, struggle; (b) contentiousness, quarreling. …

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