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1. gāte n.(1)

239 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) A gateway; a gate of a city, castle, house, etc.; also, a doorway; flod gate, a floodgate; (b) the movable barrier which closes off a gateway; one of the valves of a double gate; ?a portcullis…

2. hẹ̄rd(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: herde
114 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A herdsman; a keeper of cattle, hogs, horses, goats, or any kind of livestock; asse herd, aver herd, calf herd, colt herd, cou herd, gelde herd, gos herd, got herd, hog herd, hors herd, lomb herd,

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. oul n.

20 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A hook or hooked instrument; esp., one used as a torture instrument; ?also, a fork [quot.: a1200]; (b) a fleshhook.

5. swā̆thel n.

14 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A cloth binding used as a bandage or a restraint; -- also pl.; (b) swathel bond (binde), a swaddling band; swathel clout, a swaddling cloth; (c) ?as adj.: tightly bound; ?error for swa athel [cp…