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1. al limiting adj. & n.

239 quotations in 8 senses
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Denoting the total number of entities in a class or group: all (persons, creatures, things, units); all without exception: (a) with a noun: al(le men, al(le the knightes, the knightes al(le, etc.; (b)……

2. bed-rēde(n adj. & n.

Additional spellings: bedrede, bed-reden, bedreden
26 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Confined to bed, bedridden; (b) one who is confined to bed. …

3. dismā̆l n. & adj.

9 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) in the dismal, in days of misfortune or disaster, under inauspicious circumstances, at an unlucky time; (b) dismal dai, one of the two days in each month which were considered unlucky, a day of……

4. dǒuce adj. & n.

23 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Dear, beloved; douce amour, sweetheart; (b) douce Fraunce, beloved France; (c) douce vie, luxurious life; (d) as noun: paramour; foul douce, filthy harlot; (e) in surnames. …

5. doughtī adj. & n.

81 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Bold, brave, valiant, strong in battle or combat; (b) doughti in armes, doughti in (of) dede(s, doughti of hond, doughti of his hondes, doughti under sheld; (c) of an action, blow, fight, etc……

6. dusī(e adj. & n.

Additional spellings: dusie
21 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Foolish, unwise; -- of persons or actions; (b) giddy, dizzy; (c) dull, unresponsive. …

7. fēmē̆l(e, -āl(e adj. & n.

Additional spellings: femele, femal, female
50 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Of man and animals: female; a female; (b) femel complexioun, the physiological 'constitution' of a female (in accordance with the 'humor' theory). …

8. ?gẹ̄̆ldāble adj. & n.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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Liable to the payment of taxes to the English crown; as noun: geld. …

9. scul-eiȝede n. or adj.

Additional spellings: sculeiȝede
1 quotation in 1 sense
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?A squint-eyed person; ?squint-eyed. …

10. unnīthing adj. or n.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) ?Generous, open-handed; ?a generous man; (b) as surname. …

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