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1. ā̆l-gē̆r n.

Additional spellings: alger
4 quotations in 1 sense
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Eel spear, fish spear.

2. anlē̆t n.

11 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Face; (b) forehead; (c) appearance, looks; image.

3. blēt adj. & n.

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(a) Bare (boughs); (b) bareness, lack of cover.

4. bōle n.(1)

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(a) A bull; fre bole, a bull free to roam with the herd [see Homans Eng.Villagers 61-3]; (b) a steer or bullock.

5. brīne n.(2)

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(a) Salt water, brine; (b) setten in brine, to make (land) salty (hence barren); lond of brine, a desert.

6. bught n.

13 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A bend or curve; loop (of thread or yarn); fold (of cloth); loop (in a dragon's tail); (b) a hollow or curve in the body; bught of the arm, the angle of the elbow; bught of the kne (leg), the…

7. buil n.

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A curved handle.

8. bush n.(1)

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(a) A woods, grove; thicket, underbrush; bank and bush, hill and (wooded) dale; under the bush, in (the shelter of) the woods; (b) rank growth.

9. butte n.(4)

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(a) The end of a spear or pike opposite the head, butt; (b) naut.?the end of a plank in a ship's side; ?also, one of the planks.

10. colk n.

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(a) The core (of an apple); the heart (of an onion); sparen neither appel ne colk, to do all one can, go as quickly as possible; (b) the center or bottom (of the heart).

11. crā̆k n.(2)

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(a) A bursting or splitting sound, a crash; (b) a fart; (c) the sound of a trumpet.

12. craue n.

7 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Neck; throat; (b) crop of a bird or fowl, craw.

13. cringle n.

11 quotations in 1 sense
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In place names only [see Smith PNElem. 2.7]: a circle, bend.

14. crop-mader n.

Additional spellings: cropmader
5 quotations in 1 sense
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Madder.

15. cunte n.

17 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A woman's private parts; cunte-beten, impotent (man); (b) the corresponding organ(s) of a female animal; (c) sexual intercourse; (d) in place names and surnames; grope cunte lane [see gropen v.]…

16. draf n.

43 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Refuse of grain, chaff, husks; ?also, bran; fig. the worthless part of something; (b) waste parts of grapes or olives after removal of juice or oil; also fig.; (c) solid parts of leaves or herbs…

17. draught n.

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(a) The action of pulling, a pull, pulling in harness; (b) pulling or drawing a net to catch birds or fish; (c) the drawing of water from a well; drawing of liquor from a cask, etc.; (d) one cut of a…

18. drift n.

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(a) Driving cattle to pasture; (b) a drove or herd; a group of persons; drift of fisheres.

19. 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.

20. elsen n.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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An awl or some other pointed instrument or tool; elsen blad, the blade of such an instrument.