(a) To inquire, ask; (b) to grant (a request); baithen bon; (c) to consent, agree. …

(a) To be, exist, live; there is (was, were, etc.); that was, who formerly lived, now dead; if his liking be, if it be his will; if (sth.) ne were, if (sth.) had not been, if it were not for (sth.)……

(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……

(a) To talk, chat, converse, discourse; carpen toward, address (sb.); (b) tell (sth.), say; ask (a question); as I have herd carpen, as I have heard tell; as men do carpen, as people say; to carpen……

(a) To burn up (something), to consume or destroy by fire; (b) to ravage or lay waste (a country) with fire; (c) to burn up, to be destroyed by fire. …

(a) To prepare or equip (oneself); prepare (a corpse for burial); geren aweiward, prepare (oneself) to go away; (b) to equip (oneself) for fighting, arm (oneself); (c) to dress (sb., oneself); ppl. ge……

(a) To have or take lodging; stay (with sb., at or in a place) as a guest; spend (a night); also fig.; (b) to provide lodging for (sb.); entertain (sb.) as a guest; also fig.; (c) ?to feast. …

(a) To acquire (sth.), earn, buy, win, receive, find; ivel geten, ill-gotten; fals geten, got by falsehood; (b) refl. …

To fleece or despoil (sb.). …

(a) To strike (sb. or sth.); strike a blow; deliver (blows); hitten in, cut into (sb. or sth.); hitten on, beat upon (sb. or sth.); hitten on the hed of the nailes ende, hit the nail on the head……

To suspend (sb. or sth.) from an elevated point: (a) to hang (sb., his corpse, or parts of it) up by the feet, hands, or hair; hongen up, hongen up bi the fet, etc.; (b) to fasten or mount (sth. on……

To long; isken after, wish or long for (sth.). …

To afflict (sb.), crush; me knith it sore, it makes me contrite. …

(a) To secure (a door, gate, etc.) with lock and key; lock the entrance to (a sepulcher); (b) to lock the lid of (a chest or the like). …

(a) To darken, grow dark; (b) to cause darkness; darken (the sun), deprive (of light); overshadow (a country); make (darkness) dark; darken or blacken (the brain); (c) to make (someone's wits) dull……

To work with a pick or other digging implement; --also refl.; dig (sth.); break up (land, a field); dig up (weeds); piken awei, dig up (weeds); undermine (a foundation); piken oute, dig out (stones……

Of weather: to become stormy. …

Stinginess, niggardliness. …

(a) To make (sth.), build; (b) to bring about (sth.), effect, contrive; (c) to ordain (to do sth.); ben scapen, be allotted; (d) in surname. …

To leap, skip, bound. …

(a) To hasten from one place to another, move swiftly, rush; also fig.; plunge (into a river); duck (under a shield); refl. rush (into a ship); of a ship: sail swiftly; of an arrow: fly forth from a……

(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……

To strain (sth.). …

(a) To sink, fall; of tears: drop, flow; silen adoun (doun); geren silen, kill (sb.); ppl. silande as adj.: flowing; (b) to proceed, go; proceed (to do sth.); silen forth. …

(a) To clear (sb., oneself of a crime or misdeed); -- also without obj. [1st quot.]; exonerate (oneself), exculpate; defend (oneself) from a charge or an accusation; skeren hire of him, clear herself……

(a) To frighten (sb.), terrify; ppl. skered, frightened; also, alarmed, startled [quot.: c1400]; skered with, frightened by (sth.); (b) to become alarmed; of clamor: rise up; ppl. skerring as adj……

(a) To distinguish (good from evil); also, physically separate (one thing from another); skilled oute, set apart (from other people), marked off as different; (b) to cause (words) to differ, make……

(a) To throw (sb. or sth., esp. into a place or in a specified direction), hurl, fling; also, fell (an adversary) in battle; also, raze (a city); slingen abouten, swing (sb.) around; slingen doun……

To be lazy or slothful; ppl. slugginge, lazy, sluggish, characterized by sloth. …

To sneak, slink. …

To stab (sb.), run through with a sword; -- also without obj. …

To sniffle, sniff. …

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

(a) To sneer; snurted up, of the nose: wrinkled or turned up in scorn; (b) to snore, snort. …

(a) To calm (oneself), be put at ease; (b) to hasten (to do sth.). …

(a) Of a person, an animal: to leap, spring; also fig.; sprenten oute; (b) of drops of water, sparks: to leap, fly; of blood: spurt; of blood, water, etc.: spatter (on sth.); sprenten oute (abouten);……

(a) To pierce (sb.) with a weapon; also fig.; ben stanged, be pierced; also, fig. be stricken with compunction [quot.: a1500(c1340)]; (b) fig. stangen to (til, thurgh), to give pain to (the heart). …

(a) To stop, halt; stand about, tarry; stemmen of stevene, cease (one's) speech, stop talking; stemmen stille, remain silent; (b) to stop (liquid) from flowing out of a container; delay (a step); (c)……

(a) To steer (a ship); also, control (oneself); (b) to inspire (sb.), encourage, incite; -- without obj.; (c) to move about, stir; sternen aboute, refl. turn around; sternen from foundements, move……

(a) To stroke (an animal) gently, pet, caress with the hand; streken doun, pass (the hand) downward in a caress; (b) to spread or smear a substance evenly; (c) to level (sth.); level off (a heaped……

To strike (sb.), scourge. …

To catch (sb. or sth.) in a noose or snare; ppl. suarled, tangled up. …

(a) To move, go, go quickly, hasten; also, of a current: move (sb.) along, carry; (b) to move in a swaying or sweeping motion; also, stoop, bend; ppl. sweande as adj., of a sail: billowing, swelling……

(a) To pitch (a tent), set up (a pavilion, tabernacle); telden up; (b) to set (a trap, snare), set out (a net);—often in fig. contexts; (c) to build (sth.), erect, raise; telden on (upon) loft; telden……

To cover the roof of a building with thatch or other material; cover the roof of (a building) with thatch; cover the roof of (a building or part of a building) with lead, tiles, etc.; also, cover (a……

(a) Of God's will: to be absent (from someone's sight), be unclear (to sb.); (b) to be without (sth. or sb.), lack [a few quots. could also be construed as (c)]; also, fail to gain (sth.) [quot……

(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). …

(a) To happen, occur; usu. in impers. constructions: hit) timeth, it happens, it befalls; also, it occurs; (b) to fare, get on, get along; also, prosper; ben timed; timen ille, fare badly; timen wel……

(a) To suffer material loss; ppl. tint, deprived (of goods); (b) to lose (goods, a prisoner, land, etc.), be dispossessed of, be deprived of; also in fig. context; also, lose (one's horse), fall off……

(a) To adorn or reinforce (sth.) with a tip; ppl. tipped, adorned or reinforced with a tip; also, of a staff: tipped (with horn); fig. of a person: ?well finished, consummate; (b) tipped staf, a staff……

To buffet (sb. or sth.) about, agitate, toss; also [1st quot.], sift or winnow (sth.);—used fig. …

To remove a gag from (sb.), ungag. …

To loosen (someone’s tongue), cause to speak. …

(a) To be in motion, esp. back and forth or up and down, shake, flutter, swing; also fig. with ref. to (e) [quots. a1387 & a1425]; of teeth: be loose; of a boat: rock with the waves; of flesh: wobble……

(a) To go, rush; also, depart [1st quot.]; descend rapidly [quot. c1540, 1st]; wainen up; wainen with the wind, ?dangle in the wind, i.e., be hanged [cp. weiven v.(2) 1.(a)] (b) wainen up, to open (a……

(a) To move back and forth; shift, swing; move unsteadily, totter; also in fig. context [quot. a1450, 2nd occurrence]; also, bob; ben wavered, shift position (b) to wander; waveren abouten (here and……

To become feeble or deranged. …

(a) To utter cries of sorrow, anguish, etc., moan, wail aloud; be in distress (because of sth., for sb. who is suffering); weilen and wepen, wepen and weilen; ppl. weilinge, sorrowing, crying aloud……

(a) To lament or wail; (b) ?to complain about (sth.); ?error for weiven v.(1) 1.(c). …

(a) To cause (sb.) to suffer (ruin, shame, etc.); contrive (injury) against (sb.), inflict (harm) on (sb.); do (sb. a bad turn); ?also, threaten (sb.) with (pain) [1st quot.] (b) to do (sb. a good……

(a) To toss (medicinal ingredients) together; (b) to go on foot, walk; (c) to pursue motion along (a course). …

(a) To go astray, wander, roam; ben willed, have wandered, be strayed; also, have escaped [quot. c1400]; ppl. willed, gone astray, lost; (b) to cause (sb.) to become confused, lead astray. …

(a) ?To bear witness on behalf of (sb.); (b) to provide legal written documentation (that sth. is so); also, give a legal account of (sth.); (c) to provide evidence of (sth.). …

(a) To make a loud cry because of grief, pain, rage, etc., cry out, wail; also fig.; (b) of an animal: to howl. …