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1. bught n.

13 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A bend or curve; loop (of thread or yarn); fold (of cloth); loop (in a dragon's tail); (b) a hollow or curve in the body; bught of the arm, the angle of the elbow; bught of the kne (leg), the…

2. cunte n.

17 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A woman's private parts; cunte-beten, impotent (man); (b) the corresponding organ(s) of a female animal; (c) sexual intercourse; (d) in place names and surnames; grope cunte lane [see gropen v.]…

3. dwẹ̄re n.

16 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Doubt, perplexity, uncertainty; in (a) dwere, in doubt; without dwere, without question, certainly; (b) ?disagreement, dissension; ?distress, trouble; (c) amazement, awe; dread, fear.

4. grāpe n.(2)

8 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A kind of pitchfork, dungfork; (b) ?a trowel.

5. grundel n.

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(a) ?A fish, a groundling; ?a bird [cp. L fringilla, ML frigellus]; (b) as surname.

6. harwe n.

34 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A harrow for cultivating land, a drag; gon at harwe, to drive a harrow; (b) fig. the Old or New Testament; the power of Love (with pun on arwe); also, in proverb; (c) harwe tind (toth), a tooth of…

7. hukker n.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A petty merchant, peddler, male huckster; ?also, an auctioneer; (b) in surnames.

8. knarre n.

19 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A crag, twisted rock; (b) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.102].

9. lak n.

124 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Lack, absence, want; shortage, deficiency; default of payment; lak of sacramentes, failure to receive the sacraments; no lak (of, no shortage (of, no deficiency (of; pens lak, q.v.; (b) for lak of

10. lob n.

10 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The pollack (Gadus pollachius); lob fish; (b) a lazy lout, lubber; ?also, a bundle of clothing [quot.: c1475]; (c) as surname.

11. molle n.(1)

27 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The common European mole (Talpa europæa); as an ingredient in medicine; also as an image of covetousness or folly; moseling molle [see moselen (d)]; (b) molle hep, molle hille, mole hill; molle

12. quēd(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: quede
93 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Evil, wickedness; (b) an evil thing or event; a wicked act or sin; harm or trouble; sickness or injury; (c) boden qued, to foretell evil; don (to) qued, do evil, do wrong; don (spien, waiten,

13. rē̆st(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: reste
281 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) Rest due to sleep; repose; slumber; -- also pl.; at (in, on) rest, at rest, asleep; oute of rest, out of sleep; (b) the repose of the grave, death; rest of the ded, repose of death; at rest, dead…

14. shel(le n.

Additional spellings: shelle
105 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) In general, the protective calcareous or chitinous outer covering of an invertebrate, a shell; (b) the shell of a mollusk, crustacean, or an echinoderm; also fig.; also in proverb; (c) shel fish […

15. shin(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: shine
30 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The leg below the knee; the front part of the lower leg, shin; also, the shinbone; ?also, the leg [quot.: NV Psalter]; (b) shin bon [OE scin-bān], the shinbone, tibia; ?also, error for chin-bon

16. shok n.

14 quotations in 2 senses
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A group of sheaves of grain placed on end and leaning against one another in order to dry, a shock, stook; (b) fig.

17. skil n.

340 quotations in 11 senses
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(a) The intellectual faculty, reason; also person.; wit and skil; (b) skil wille (lereth, mot sen), reason demands (teaches, might discover); skil witnesse, reason; -- ?error for skil-wisnes n.; a

18. skipper(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: skippere
8 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The captain or master of a ship; (b) as surname [some quots. may belong to skipper(e n.(2)(c)].

19. smert(e n.

Additional spellings: smerte
32 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Physical pain; also, harm [quot. a1420]; also, a burn [quot. 1440]; don smert, to cause (an animal) pain, harm; (b) grief, sorrow, annoyance; also fig. of Jesus; also, contrition, remorse; (c)…

20. snotte n.

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(a) Nasal mucus; (b) ?a head cold, the sniffles; ?nasal polyps.