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1. wọ̄dringe ger.

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In comb.: laue wodringe, the service of carting firewood [cp. wode n.(2) 6a. & 6b.].

2. cud(e n.

Additional spellings: cude
32 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Gum, resin, mastic; cobbler's wax; cheuen cud, to chew mastic; (b) Spanish cud, a resin from Spain; whit cud [cp. OE hwit-cudu], mastic.

3. wọ̄de-leie n.

Additional spellings: wodeleie
17 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) ?A woodland glade or clearing; under wode-leie, in the woods, under cover of woods (b) a secluded grove as a place for furtive or illicit pleasures;—used in proverbs and prov. expressions; (c) in…

4. wīnd(e n.

Additional spellings: winde
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(a) An apparatus for hoisting or hauling, a winch, windlass [cp. windas n.]; naut. middel wind, ?a central garnet used in brailing up the sail (b) a wooden reel from which a hank or thread of yarn…