(a) A loop or strap on a horse's harness; ?also, some kind of strap for a cart; (b) naut. a loop of rope, hide, or metal used to connect blocks and yards with the ropes in a ship's rigging, a strop……

Itching; fever of the crevil, excess of the sex urge. …

Something extra giver to clinch a bargain. …

= mekking(e. …

(a) To be confident; also refl.; also, take heart, take courage [quot. c1384, 1st]; trusten in (of, on, to, unto, upon), have confidence in (sb., sth., oneself); rely on (sb. or sth.) for guidance……

To glut or surfeit. …

A prop, support; support for a vine or other plant [transl. ML cervus]. …

Shining, glittering. …

(a) A trap, snare; mous snacche; (b) a hasp, catch; (c) a bite; -- used fig. …

(a) To squeeze (sb.); squeeze (sb. by the hand); (b) to constrain (sb.), bind; (c) to torment (sb., the heart), oppress, press upon; (d) ?to writhe, turn; ? = (c) without obj. …

(a) A graft, a cutting for grafting; also fig.; (b) a twig, branch, shoot; also fig. …

A basket; also, a measure, prob. of weight, for dry products. …

Belching; a belch; ?also, vomiting. …

(a) A strong, heavy cord, a rope; a tightrope [quots.: a1425, ?c1475]; leten haven to longe rop, to give (sb.) too much freedom; pullen up rop and stake, break camp; taken everi ropes ende, ?join in……

An ant; also, as surname. …

(a) Flax dodder (Cuscuta epilinum), a greenish-yellow parasitic plant growing on flax; (b) ?hemlock (Conium maculatum). …

(a) In general, the protective calcareous or chitinous outer covering of an invertebrate, a shell; (b) the shell of a mollusk, crustacean, or an echinoderm; also fig.; also in proverb; (c) shel fish [……

(a) The leg below the knee; the front part of the lower leg, shin; also, the shinbone; ?also, the leg [quot.: NV Psalter]; (b) shin bon [OE scin-bān], the shinbone, tibia; ?also, error for chin-bon……

(a) A brick; a masonry tile;—also coll.; brenned tile; clei tile; (b) in related cpds., combs., & phrases: tile of flaundres, flaundres (flaundrish) tile, bricks or tile made in Flanders; tile ston……

(a) A shelf; (b) in place names [see Smith PNElem.2. 125]. …