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101. 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].

102. 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…

103. nite n.(1)

13 quotations in 1 sense
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A nit, the egg of a louse, esp. of a head louse; also, young louse; also, a gnawing worm, ringworm, scabies.

104. 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.

105. onȝiten v.

20 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To perceive (sth.), see; med. observe (a symptom), experience (a condition); (b) to recognize (voices); (c) to understand (sth.), comprehend; perceive (that sth. is done, that sth. is the case…

106. onyẹ̄n prep.

21 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Towards (sb.), to meet (sb.); (b) in front of (sb.), before, facing; (c) against (sb. or sth.), contrary to, in opposition to; (d) in anticipation of (sb. or sth.), in preparation for; (e) in…

107. ought pron.

133 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Anything, anything whatever; also, anything of value or avail; ought muchel, any large amount of money; ought amounten, ben ought worth, to be worth anything, be of any avail; (b) ought of

108. 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.

109. pad(e n.

Additional spellings: pade
18 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A toad; (b) a frog; (c) pad pipe, a plant of the horsetail genus (Equisetum); pad stol, a mushroom, toadstool; (d) as surname and in place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.58].

110. pēk n.

26 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The name of a prominent hill in Derbyshire, the Peak; also, the hilly district of northern Derbyshire, especially the region of High Peak Hundred; north pek; also, in place names elsewhere [see…

111. pensen v.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To consider (sth.), study, think over; (b) to complain, be fretful or anxious.

112. pēse n.

131 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) The edible seed of the pea plant (Pisum sativum); (b) grei pese, a variety of edible pea; grene pese, the immature seed of the pea plant; whit pese, a variety of edible pea; (c) benen and pesen,

113. pratī(e adj.

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

114. prik(e n.

Additional spellings: prike
161 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) A pointed object, something that punctures or stabs; spike; prik wise, the fashion of a prick or point; (b) a tapering end, point; the point of a spear; (c) the sting of an insect or a scorpion…

115. priken v.

234 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) To pierce, stab; stab lightly, prick; (b) to pierce (sb. or sth.), stab, puncture; wound (sb.); stab (sb. or sth.) lightly, prick; of a bird: peck at (itself); (c) used fig. or in fig. context…

116. quēthen v.

177 quotations in 6 senses
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With direct discourse: (a) with a direct declarative, imperative, or exclamatory quotation: to say (sth.), command, exclaim; (b) quethen to (til, unto), with direct quotation: to say (sth.) to (sb.)…

117. radlī adv.

43 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Quickly, speedily, swiftly; (b) immediately, promptly, without delay; (c) as radli as, so radli so, as soon as; hou radli, as soon as possible, forthwith; (d) in a short while, before long; radli

118. rail n.

8 quotations in 1 sense
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A garment; clothing; also, a cloth [quot.: c1150]; rail hous [OE hrægel-hūs], a room for storing clothes; rail thein [OE hrægel-þegn], a monastic officer in charge of clothes and vestments, a…

119. rāketeie n.

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

120. rāth(e adv.

Additional spellings: rathe
78 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Immediately, quickly, at once; before long, shortly; rath and sone, sone and rath; (b) al (wel) rath, at once; more (ful, most, so, swithe, wonderli) rath; al) to rath; inough rath [see also inoug