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1. ā̆l-gē̆r n.

Additional spellings: alger
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Eel spear, fish spear. …

2. ascoile adv.

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?Askance; ?with a scowl. …

3. biker n.(1)

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(a) An ornate covered bowl for mixing wine; (b) a drinking vessel; goblet, beaker; biker cuppe; biker maker. …

4. bimodered ppl.

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Covered with mud. …

5. blī-gẹ̄ter n.

Additional spellings: bligeter
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A lead founder. …

6. brekke n.

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A flaw of some kind; ?a wrinkle. …

7. 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. …

8. clǒuchin n.

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A ball of thread. …

9. cragge n.

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The neck of an animal. …

10. dāsard, -art n.

Additional spellings: dasart
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A worthless person, a poor fellow. …

11. draf n.

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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……

12. flūe n.(1)

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A kind of fishing net. …

13. hukster(e n.

Additional spellings: hukstere
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(a) A petty merchant, a peddler; -- often used contemptuously; (b) in names. …

14. -kin suf.

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A diminutive suffix: (a) in nouns of foreign, usually MDu. or MLG origin; e.g. boidekin, cruskin, ferdekin, kilderkin; (b) in prob. ME formations; e.g. baudekin n. (2), fauntekin, fend(e)kin,……

15. kippe-họ̄k n.

Additional spellings: kippehok
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Naut. A hook let into the stem or stern post of a ship; ?error for pik-hok, cp. kippe-wrong. …

16. kippe-līne n.

Additional spellings: kippeline
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A rope or cord forming part of the harness of a cart horse; ?a kind of trace. …

17. knod n.

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An excrescence or lump in the flesh. …

18. lukken v.

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To happen, chance; also, happen fortunately; hit lukked hem, they chanced (to do sth.); and hit lukke, if Fortune smiles. …

19. maskel n.

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(a) Spot, mark; blemish; (b) pl. the strands or cords of a net; also, the openings between the strands or cords of a net; (c) gise of maskel, ?lozenge shaped. …

20. mǒdeland ppl.

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Wallowing; fig. engaged (in worldly matters). …

21. pīken v.(2)

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To peek; peer (at sb.); of the sun: peep above the horizon. …

22. pōken v.(1)

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(a) To poke (sb.), nudge; also, knock (sb.), strike; poken on; (b) to push or thrust (sth.) out, remove; (c) to stimulate (sb.), irritate; incite (sb. to do sth.); poken forth (out), bring out……

23. pū̆sh n.

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A pustule, pimple, boil. …

24. quaden-ramp n.

Additional spellings: quadenramp
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Misfortune [cp. quēd(e adj. (d)]. …

25. ramblen v.

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Of the mind: to wander, roam. …

26. ratele n.

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In the names of plants: (a) simply: any of several unrelated plants, including especially ground pine Ajuga chamaepitys, wall or common germander Teucrium chamaedrys, yellow rattle Rhinanthus……

27. reisen v.(2)

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To make a military expedition; also, journey, travel. …

28. rī̆de-wei n.

Additional spellings: ridewei
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A riding path, bridle path. …

29. ringil n.

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(a) A small metal ring; (b) in place name. …

30. ripel-stok n.

Additional spellings: ripelstok
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An implement for cleaning seeds from flax. …

31. rūen v.

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In phrase: ruen up, of hair: to stand on end. …

32. scot-nail n.

Additional spellings: scotnail
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A kind of nail; -- also coll. …

33. scot-sēm(e n.

Additional spellings: scotsem, scot-seme, scotseme
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Coll. Nails of some kind, perh. clinch nails or small nails used for fastening laths; scot-sem nail, clavus de scot-sem, a nail of this kind. …

34. ?scrīve n.

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A rushing noise, roar. …

35. Sēland n.

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(a) The county of Zealand in the Netherlands; (b) Seland cloth, a kind of cloth made in Zealand; (c) as title of a herald. …

36. shaltrẹ̄ n.

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Naut. Some kind of pole or spar. …

37. shelt-bēm n.

Additional spellings: sheltbem
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Naut. Some sort of beam, evidently slabbed; shelt-bem nail. …

38. shirten v.(2)

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Refl. To amuse oneself, enjoy oneself. …

39. ?sholpe n.

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?A splash; ?a leap. …

40. shovelard n.

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The European spoonbill Platalea leucorodia; also, the spoonbill used for food. …

41. shǒvelen v.(2)

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To shuffle; shovelen (forth) with fete. …

42. shrimpen v.

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To ruffle (a beard). …

43. shrīven v.

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(a) Refl. To make confession, make confession (to sb., to God); also iron., with implication of impending decease [quot.: Chaucer TC]; (b) refl. shriven o (of), to confess (sins), make confession of……

44. sigrī̆m n.

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A name for the wolf in beast fables. …

45. sirō̆n n.

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A shoot, sprout. …

46. skokning ger.

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Suffocation. …

47. slober(e n.

Additional spellings: slobere
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(a) Slime, mud; dirty dregs; (b) intestines, entrails. …

48. slǒmberen v.

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(a) To sleep, doze; slomberen and slepen, slepen and slomberen; ppl. slombring, dozing, sleepy, drowsy; (b) fig. to be quiescent, remain dormant; be spiritually unheeding or unaware; slomberen in……

49. slovein n.

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An immoral woman, a slut; also, a knave, rascal. …

50. smā̆ken v.

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(a) To taste something, sense flavor in the mouth; also fig.; smaken of, experience the flavor of (sth.); -- used fig.; ppl. smakinge as adj.: flavorful, savory; (b) to taste (sth.); also, fig. learn……

51. smeltes n.

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?A smeltery; ?smelting operations. …

52. smert(e n.

Additional spellings: smerte
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(a) Physical pain; also, harm [quot. a1420]; also, a burn [quot. 1440]; don smert, to cause (an animal) pain, harm; (b) grief, sorrow, annoyance; also fig. of Jesus; also, contrition, remorse; (c)……

53. snegge n.

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(a) A snail; (b) some kind of fish; ?an eel. …

54. snof(fe n.

Additional spellings: snoffe
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(a) The burnt end of a candlewick; candel snof; (b) ?a candle snuffer; (c) glossing L muco. …

55. snǒuen v.(2)

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Of a hawk: to wipe (the beak) clean of food, etc. …

56. soud(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: soude
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(a) A wage, stipend; also, pay, wages; (b) for soud, for pay; men of soud, mercenaries; quartere soud, wages or a stipend paid four times a year; with his ouen soudes, liable for his own wages, at his……

57. spalle n.

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A splinter, chip. …

58. sparren v.(1)

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(a) To lock; -- used in fig. context; (b) of a part of the body: to close up; also, refl. close itself; sparren after, of heaven: close behind (sb.). …

59. speier(e n.

Additional spellings: speiere
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(a) An opening in a garment; a hole or tatter [quot. c1450, 1st]; ?a pocket [quot. a1500(a1415)]; also [quot. c1440(?a1400)], ?a breeches opening; ?a vent in body armor; speier belt (?bilet), ?a belt……

60. spelked adj.

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Of beans: bruised, crushed, pounded. …

61. spelter n.(1)

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Some kind of metal used to make or plate armored headgear: ?an alloy of zinc. …

62. sperware n.

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?A canopy. …

63. spetifful adj.

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Harmful, injurious. …

64. spiche-coke n.

Additional spellings: spichecoke
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A name given to a large eel, with ref. to the method for cooking it. …

65. spīking(e n.

Additional spellings: spikinge
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A large iron nail; -- also coll.; ?also, the act of fastening with a spike [quot. 1431-2]; spiking nail; cok spiking, ?a nail resembling a cockspur; double (gret, gros, middel) spiking. …

66. spil(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: spile
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(a) A fragment of wood; a splinter; (b) spil bon, the thighbone, femur; also, a bone of the arm, prob. the radius. …

67. splē̆t(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: splete
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(a) One of the metal plates making up or reinforcing armor; (b) a surgical splint; (c) in cpds.: splet bon, the shoulder bone, scapula [cp. spel(e n. (c) & spil(e n.(1) (b)]; splet hat, ?a hat made of……

68. sprenklen v.(1)

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(a) To sprinkle (water, salt, etc.), scatter, strew; sprinkle (sth. on sb. or sth. or into sth.); also fig.; sprenklen abouten (aboven, on); (b) to sprinkle (sb. or sth. with sth.); also fig.; splash……

69. squil(le n.(1)

Additional spellings: squille
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(a) A woven basket; ?also, a bucket; (b) a hollow stem or cane. …

70. stand(e n.

Additional spellings: stande
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A barrel, tub, cask, or similar container; stand worter, a cooking vessel of some kind; ale stand, a vessel for ale. …

71. stef adj.

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(a) Rigid, stiff; (b) upright, straight; also, as adv. with sitten and stonden: in an upright position, straight; (c) taut; (d) fig. unwavering, resolute; (e) of a substance: viscous. …

72. stēken v.

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(a) To stab (sb. or sth.), pierce with a weapon; stab (sb., an animal) to death, kill; steken doun, cut (sb.) down with a sword; ppl. stekede, stabbed, killed; (b) to nail (Jesus on the cross); fig.……

73. stẹ̄r(e adj.

Additional spellings: stere
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(a) Of persons or animals: strong, hardy; of objects: sturdy; (b) powerful; ?also, harsh, tyrannical; (c) steadfast, faithful; (d) ?prosperous; (e) important, great; (f) as adv.: firmly, securely……

74. stikeling(e n.

Additional spellings: stikelinge
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Any of several spinous saltwater fishes, often of the family Gasterosteidae, a stickleback; also, a thornback Raia clavata [quot. 1412-13]; ban stikeling. …

75. stilt(e n.

Additional spellings: stilte
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(a) The handle of a plow; (b) a wooden crutch; an artificial leg, peg leg; also, a stilt; stilt bond, a strap for attaching a stilt or a peg leg; (c) ?one of the uprights of a ladder; (d) in surname. …

76. stǒupe n.(1)

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(a) A jug, often made of leather; also, a measure for liquids, varying from one pint to several gallons; (b) a vessel or container for holy water; holi water stoupe. …

77. thurven v.

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(a) Of a candle: to be necessary (for sb.), be needed, avail; (b) impers. hit thare, used parenthetically: it is necessary; (c) ?impers. thurte, he experienced (no lack of knights at his disposal). …

78. tip(pe n.(1)

Additional spellings: tippe
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(a) The extreme end of something, usu. rounded or pointed; also, a metal or other attachment to the end of something; (b) in cpd.: tip to, the end of the toe;—used in pl.; also, the end of a bird's……

79. tọ̄̆mortlen v.

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To crumble. …

80. tọ̄̆murten v.

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To break apart, split. …

81. trillen v.(2)

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(a) To quiver, tremble; (b) to rock (a cradle); (c) in name of church window: trillen on (upon) min harpe. …

82. twinken v.

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(a) To wink; ?also, blink [last quot.]; (b) to twinkle, flash. …

83. vīring-rōp n.

Additional spellings: viringrop
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Naut. Some kind of rope used aboard a sailing vessel, ?a warp rope. …

84. waften v.

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?To move gently through the air (near to the sun), float on a breeze; also [main text], ?propel (sth.), put to flight; ?error for wasten v. 7.(a). …

85. wanhōpe n.

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(a) The theological error or sin of insufficient faith in God’s mercy, despair that denies the promise of salvation and divine forgiveness; despair of salvation, grace, etc.; wanhope of goddes merci……

86. wanhōpen v.

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To lack or abandon hope, despair; also, abandon faith (in God’s mercy). …

87. wā̆r-rōp n.

Additional spellings: warrop
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A rope associated with a fishing net, perh. by which the net is suspended or drawn. …

88. wau(e n.

Additional spellings: waue
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(a) A wave of water, esp. in the sea; ?also, a current; gon in wawes, to become tempestuous (b) pl. the sea, seen as a collection of individual waves; (c) used metonymically: the sea; water; wau of……

89. weghin n.

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In comb.: fot weghin, ?floorboards, foot-waling [cp. fot-weir, s.v. weir n.]. …

90. welken v.(1)

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(a) Of a flower, leaf, plant, etc.: to fade, droop, wither, dry up; also, of human tissue: shrivel [quot. c1425]; of an odor: ?dissipate [quot. a1450]; ppls. welkede & welkinge, withered, dried up……

91. wẹ̄r(e n.(5)

Additional spellings: were
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(a) A feeling or personal condition of doubt or uncertainty; also, hesitancy, indecision; double wer, a state of doubt or indecision between two alternatives; in (a) wer, in a state of doubt or……

92. wẹ̄veling n.

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Naut. A piece of caulking material placed between the lapstrakes while the ship is under construction;—also coll. …

93. whip(pe n.

Additional spellings: whippe
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(a) A scourge, lash, whip; also fig.; whip of (knotted with) led, a whip furnished with leaden balls or pieces; whippes lash, a flexible switch used as a whip (b) an instrument for driving or……

94. whippen v.

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(a) To move rapidly, move back and forth quickly; specif. of a dragon: flap or flutter furiously (with its wings); of a bird: struggle (in a snare) by fluttering or flapping the wings; whippen in……

95. wilkin n.

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(a) A pile-driving machine [cp. ram n. 3.(a)]; (b) in personal names and surnames. …

96. wī̆nd-barǧe n.

Additional spellings: windbarge
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Arch. A piece of timber or stone prob. covering the joint between the gable edge and the roof and serving as protection from the wind, a bargeboard. …

97. wīnd(e n.

Additional spellings: winde
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(a) An apparatus for hoisting or hauling, a winch, windlass [cp. windas n.]; naut. middel wind, ?a central garnet used in brailing up the sail (b) a wooden reel from which a hank or thread of yarn……

98. wisp(e n.

Additional spellings: wispe
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(a) A small gathering or bundle of cut grass, straw, or grain stalks; wisp of hei (strau) (b) a bundle of straw, hay, or similar material twisted together for use as a torch; wisp of fir; (c) a……

99. wọ̄de-wāle n.(1)

Additional spellings: wodewale
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Any of several varieties of bird, esp. the green woodpecker (Picus viridis) and the rarer golden oriole (Oriolus oriolus), with which, in its female and immature forms, the former may readily be……

100. wōken v.

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(a) To become physically weak or feeble; fail, deteriorate (b) to become less vigorous in fighting, quail; (c) to become less severe, diminish; (d) woken mid werk, ?to grow irresolute in one’s……

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