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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. 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…

3. 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,

4. heu n.

134 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Color; also, brightness or freshness of color; of on heu, in solid color(s; clothen in heu, to take (a lady's) colors, become her servant; (b) paint, dye, pigment; fig. a rhetorical color; (c) fig

5. hīred n.

73 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A household; the familia of a cathedral; an eccl. court [last quot.]; the heavenly retinue of the Virgin Mary, the Devil's retinue; fig. the senses and desires of man; hiredes alder (lord), the…

6. imæhte n.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Might, power.

7. 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.

8. lēp n.(1)

37 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The act of jumping; a jump, leap; a spring of a fish from the water; at a (o) lep, in one jump; at lepes, ?quickly; lepen (taken, nimen, yeven) lep, to take a leap; maken lepes, leap about, play…

9. man n.

695 quotations in 21 senses
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(a) A person, a man or woman; (b) erest men, the first men, Adam and Eve; cristen man, ded man, fals man, god man, haveles man, hethen man, ivel man, povre man, riche man, rightwis man, unilered man,

10. mer n.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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A hindrance; mer in mouth, a speech impediment.

11. 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…

12. 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…

13. 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].

14. rī̆pe n.(1)

42 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The action of reaping or harvesting; also, harvest time; barli ripe; dai (time) of ripe; (b) that which is reaped, harvest, fruit; a sheaf of grain; also, ?a bundle or lot of metalware [quot…

15. 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…