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101. brennen v.

351 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) To be consumed by fire; burn, burn down; brennen awai; of fire: burn; brennen up, flame up; brenning, on fire, fiery; (b) to destroy (sth.) with fire; put to the torch, reduce to ashes; brennen up

102. brēsen v.

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To bristle; bresed, shaggy (eyebrows).

103. brẹ̄st n.(1)

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(a) The thorax or chest, esp. as containing the vital organs; streightnesse of brest, asthma; nimen under brest, swallow (sth.); (b) womb, bosom.

104. brid n.

164 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) A bird of any kind; briddes and bestes; (b) brid of prai, a bird of prey; brid of gentris, a noble bird; brid of plesaunce, a bird used in the sport of hunting; feld brid, wild fowl; (c) a bird as…

105. brim n.(1)

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A body of water, such as the sea, a pool, spring, river.

106. Britaine n.

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The island on which England, Cornwall, Wales, and Scotland are (or were) situated, or those parts of the island held by Celts after the Anglo-Saxon conquest; also, specif., Wales, Cornwall; Britaine

107. britnen v.

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(a) To divide (sth. into parts); (b) to cut (sb.) up; britnen into quarters, to quarter; (c) hunt. to cut up (a deer, etc.); britnen out, cut out.

108. būr-lō̆nd n.

Additional spellings: burlond
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Land occupied by country people or farmers; ?also, land held by cottagers.

109. 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.

110. būte-carl n.

Additional spellings: butecarl
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A boatman.

111. buttok n.

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(a) A buttock; pl. rump, posteriors; (b) rump, posteriors; (c) element in personal names.

112. calle n.

38 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A net for the hair, a kind of headdress; (b) comeli under calle, beautiful in one's headdress; uncomeli under calle; maken (sb.) a houve aboven a calle, to make a fool of (sb.); (c) ?a hood, ?a…

113. cal-meu n.

Additional spellings: calmeu
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A water bird; ?a kingfisher; fig. a loose woman.

114. carl-fǒul n.

Additional spellings: carlfoul
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A male bird.

115. chaffā̆re n.

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Trade in goods, buying and selling, commerce, bargaining; driven, usen chaffare, engage in trade, do business; chaffare of lesinges, dishonest trade or bargaining.

116. chāren v.(1)

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(a) To move or proceed (to or from a place or in a certain direction); charen ayen, return, turn back, retreat; charen from, leave or desert (sb.); charen hider, come back, return; charen thethen, go…

117. chā̆vel n.

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(a) A jaw; nethere (over) chavel, lower (upper) jaw; (b) chavel bon, jawbone, jaw; (c) the toothed jaw-like front (of a reaper).

118. chēpen v.

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(a) To engage in bargaining (either as buyer or seller), dicker; (b) chepen chaffare, to bid for or buy merchandise; (c) to sell or deliver (sth.); chepen to sale, chepen (to) sellen, offer to sell…

119. cherset n.

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A customary rent paid in grain or chickens for the support of the (parish) church, usually at Martinmas (Nov.11). [See Neilson Cust.Rents in OSSLH 2 193-6.]

120. chervel n.

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Chervil Anthriscus cerefolium, used as a pot-herb and in medicaments.