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1. craft n.(1)

200 quotations in 11 senses
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Strength, force, power; also, moral strength, a virtue.

2. hāsel n.

71 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) The European hazel bush or tree (Corylus avellana); flour (chattes) of hasel, catkins of the hazel; rednesse of hasel, ?the red stigmas of the female catkins of the hazel; (b) the wood of a hazel…

3. hīne n.

97 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A household, servants collectively; (b) a religious familia, monastic community; -- only in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.247].

4. lẹ̄che-craft n.

Additional spellings: lechecraft
45 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) The art or science of medicine and/or surgery; -- also used in pl.; also, magic [quot.: a1225]; (b) the practice or profession of medicine and/or surgery.

5. matte n.

38 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A mat made of rushes, straw, etc., used on the floor or as a seat cover; (b) a pad or underlay for a bed; ?also, bedcover, quilt; (c) a piece of coarse fabric or matting; naut. ?piece of coarse…

6. messe n.(1)

267 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) The celebration or occasion of the Eucharistic service; also, an instance of the celebration of this service; messe of the dai, the regular mass celebrated on any given day as specified by the…

7. nā̆ddre n.

153 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A serpent, a snake; (b) water naddre, a serpent that lives in water; naddre eiren, snake eggs; naddre fot, serpent-footed; naddre hedes, naddre skin; etc.; (c) with reference or allusion to Gen.3…

8. nailen v.

85 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To nail (sb. or sth. to sth.); nailen to cros (rode, tre), crucify (sb.); (b) to nail (sb. or sth. on sth.); nailen on cros (rode, rode-tre, tre), nailen o (a) rode, nailen upon cros (tre)

9. nes(se n.

Additional spellings: nesse
33 quotations in 1 sense
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In place names & surnames only: a headland, promontory: (a) in surnames; (b) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.48-49].

10. nimen v.

562 quotations in 19 senses
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(a) To take (sth.), pick up (sth.); draw (a weapon), take up, take out; grab (sth.), grasp, seize; pick (a fruit); also fig.; also, use (sth.); (b) to take away (sth.); bear (sth.), carry off; take…

11. ofernen v.(1)

5 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To overtake (sb.); (b) to flee from (sb.); (c) to be propagated; (d) to run (a horse) to exhaustion.

12. pratī(e adj.

Additional spellings: pratie
42 quotations in 4 senses
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Cunning, crafty, clever; of a bee: skillful.

13. smēgen v.

25 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To investigate, scrutinize; smegen bi, think about (sth.); also, investigate about or regarding (sth.); smegen of, meditate on (sb.); smegen umbe, meditate on (God, sth.), think about; also…

14. wei n.(1)

745 quotations in 19 senses
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(a) An established road, a main thoroughfare, highway; a principal road between cities; a city street; also, the surface of a road, roadbed; brod wei; commune (private) wei; pleine wei, level roadway…