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1. wō̆rdī adj.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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Verbose, prolix; excessively talkative, garrulous. …

2. wit-word n.

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(a) A will, testament; (b) chiefly Bibl. the divine covenant with the faithful. …

3. sō̆da n.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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A severe headache, migraine. …

4. cokei n.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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A stream, drain, or gutter. …

5. unrīden v.

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Of a storm: ?to come on fiercely; ?rage violently. …

6. humbles(se n.

Additional spellings: humblesse
20 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The virtue of humility; also, patience; ?also, graciousness, gentleness; (b) humiliation, the act of humbling oneself; (c) humble behavior or conduct; in (with) al humbles, in all humility, very……

7. ?sǒuvicar n.

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A deputy sheriff. …

8. chokken v.

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(a) chokken thurgh, thrust through, pierce; (b) chokken togeder, cram or crowd together; (c) chokken on, ?thrust out (the chin). …

9. treunesse n.

14 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Loyalty, fidelity; faithfulness, constancy; also, steadfastness; (b) honor, integrity; (c) religious faithfulness, devotion. …

10. vomrel n.

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?A piece of armor, perh. part of the helmet. …

11. tǒuten v.(2)

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?To defend (one's behavior), ?pay heed to, ?account for. …

12. pitǒus adj.

73 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Merciful; compassionate; full of pity for another's distress; (b) pitous ayenes (of, to, toward), compassionate toward. …

13. wōning(e ger.(2)

Additional spellings: woninge
12 quotations in 1 sense
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Wailing, moaning; lamentation; ?also, distress, grief [quot. ?c1250]; woning and wepinge (groninge, etc.); woning dai, a day of wailing. …

14. streng(e adj.

Additional spellings: strenge
8 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Powerful, mighty; strong in battle; (b) of the pulse: strongly beating, steady; (c) of truth: enduring, prevailing; (d) in surnames. …

15. thīn pron.

425 quotations in 9 senses
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Thy, thine, your, of yours;—modifying a noun denoting: (a) something in the charge, control, or possession of the person addressed; thin god (hous, lond, riche, etc.); (b) something rhetorically……

16. ulner n.

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An official in charge of inspecting cloth and collecting the fee charged for this inspection, an alnager. …

17. brim n.(1)

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

18. tarāǧe n.

23 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Taste, flavor; also fig.; a flavor; ?also, scent [2nd quot.]; (b) the sense of taste; (c) ?the act of tasting; (d) a small amount (of sth.); also fig.; (e) fig. a quality, character……

19. helde adv.

17 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Certainly, probably, likely; with confidence; ful helde, very probably, very confidently; (b) comp. rather, sooner, more; never (the) helde, none the more; (c) sup. most, above all; al the (alder)……

20. boistǒus adj.

93 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Of persons or their behavior: lacking in polish, learning, skill, or experience; crude, unmannerly, awkward; unlearned, unskilled, ignorant; artless, simple, humble; of an animal: simple; (b) of……

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