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1. clēthen v.

73 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To put clothing on (sb., the body, the flesh), dress; clethen in (with), to clothe (sb., one's body) in (a particular garment or kind of garments); (b) refl. to put on one's clothes, get dressed……

2. grippen v.

32 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To take hold of (sb. or sth.) with the hands; grab, grasp, snatch; --also refl.; (b) grippen out, to pull out (sth.); grippen to, seize (sth.), hold onto (sth.); grippen up, dig up (the ground)……

3. neighen v.(1)

218 quotations in 12 senses
Sense / Definition
To advance, move forward, move close: (a) in space or position; -- with adverbial constructions: neighen bi, to move by (sth.), come by; neighen hider, come here; neighen neigh, neighen nerhond,……

4. quēthen v.

177 quotations in 6 senses
Sense / Definition
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.)……

5. setten v.

1640 quotations in 40 senses
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(a) To make (sb.) sit, seat (sb.); also, with partitive construction: setten of..over heigh setle, fig. seat (someone's offspring) upon (his) high throne, make to rule; setten adoun (doun, up), make……

6. shulen v.(1)

1416 quotations in 35 senses
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(a) To owe (sb. money, a debt, etc.); owe (tribute to sb.), have to pay (a sum to the king or an official); shulen to, owe (tribute) to (the government); also, owe (a duty, fee) for (the customs……

7. sǒupen v.(1)

63 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To drink or swallow; drink in small mouthfuls, taste, sip; also, be sipped or drunk; also, slurp [quot. c1475 Babies' Bk.]; soupen of, drink (sth.), sip, swallow; also [quot. c1470], fig. extract……

8. thurven v.

172 quotations in 13 senses
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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). …

9. tọ̄̆hōlden v.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To reinforce (a hall) against attack; (b) toholden in ech half (everi side), to approach (people) from all sides, surround [could also be construed as post-posed prep. plus holden v.(1)]. …

10. underyẹ̄de v.

15 quotations in 5 senses
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Went to the help of (sb.), sustained or supported. …

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