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1. anclẹ̄ n.

21 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) The ankle; ankle bone, esp. the inner projection [quots. c1150, c1440]; innermore ancle; utward ancle, outer projection of the ankle; (b) ancle bon, ankle bone; utter ancle, outer projection of…

2. asshe n.(2)

98 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) Ashes of combustible materials; brennen to asshe; turnen to asshe; (b) ashes as used in medicaments, for making lye, etc.; (c) hot ashes or coals, as for baking.

3. bīke n.(1)

5 quotations in 1 sense
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A nest of wild bees or wasps; a honeycomb; hony bike.

4. bī̆r-laue n.

Additional spellings: birlaue
5 quotations in 1 sense
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A body of customs or regulations current in a community (a village or district) and enforced locally, esp. regulations concerning land use, grazing, etc. [See G. C. Homans, Eng.Villagers (1942), pp…

5. birth(e n.

Additional spellings: birthe
116 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) The act of giving birth, childbirth; birth bering; labour of birth; at on (a) birth, in one delivery; (b) birth in wombe, conception.

6. blī-gẹ̄ter n.

Additional spellings: bligeter
1 quotation in 1 sense
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A lead founder.

7. bō̆nd n.

177 quotations in 10 senses
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Something used for tying, binding, wrapping, fastening, joining: (a) a cord, string (also fig.); a strap, halter, leash; a bowstring; (b) a twist of straw; a tendril; (c) a bandage or wrapping; (d) a…

8. bratthe n.

9 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Violence, impetuosity; (b) anger, rage; -- also pl.; (c) the deadly sin of Wrath.

9. brẹ̄ch n.

55 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) The undergarment covering the lower part of the body; underpants, drawers, or tights; brech and sherte, sark and brek; (b) brech, brek, as pl.; a pare brech, a pair of breeches.

10. brim n.(1)

7 quotations in 1 sense
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A body of water, such as the sea, a pool, spring, river.

11. būte-carl n.

Additional spellings: butecarl
2 quotations in 1 sense
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A boatman.

12. cāke n.

48 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A flat cake or loaf; also, an unbaked cake or loaf, a lump of doug; haver (ote, oten) cake, a cake of oaten bread; therf cake, a cake of unleavened bread; barli cake, flouren cake, spiced cake

13. chaft n.

10 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Jaw, jawbone; chaft bon; (b) pharynx; pl. tonsils.

14. dane-gẹ̄ld n.

Additional spellings: danegeld
21 quotations in 1 sense
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A land tax levied by the Norman kings [orig., either by the Anglo-Saxon kings for defense against the 'Danes', or by the 'Danish' rulers as a tribute].

15. drag(ge n.(1)

Additional spellings: dragge
14 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A dragnet; (b) a harrow or drag; (c) a barge or raft; (d) a grappling hook.

16. drēm n.(2)

60 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A vision experienced in sleep, a dream; a nightmare; a prophetic dream; (b) dremen drem, meten drem, sen drem, to have a dream; in drem, on drem, in a dream or dreams; sweven and drem, drem or

17. eg(ge n.(1)

Additional spellings: egge
36 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) The edible egg of a domesticated fowl; (b) glair or whit of an egge, the white of an egg; oil of egges, an oil extracted from eggs; yolk or yelk of an eg; (c) fried egge; hard eg, an egg roasted…

18. gerth n.

44 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A belt or strap passing under a horse's belly to secure a saddle, harness, load, etc. [see also hors gerth]; (b) a hoop for a barrel, keg, tub, etc.; (c) in cpds. & combs.: gerth bokel, a clasp or…

19. gēthe, gẹ̄the n.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Only in phr. in a gethe, ?spiritedly, ?hastily.

20. gosling, gẹ̄̆s-, gọ̄s- n.

Additional spellings: gesling
14 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A gosling; (b) as surname.