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1. rampnen v.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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To force (sth. into or against sth. else), ram. …

2. shench n.

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The leg; werpen shanke over shench, to throw one leg over the other, cross one's legs. …

3. slẹ̄t n.(1)

17 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Sleet; mingled snow and rain; also, a sleet shower [2nd quot.]; (b) ?mud, slush; -- in place names only [see Smith PNElem.2.128]. …

4. 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)……

5. sparren v.(1)

44 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To lock; -- used in fig. context; (b) of a part of the body: to close up; also, refl. close itself; sparren after, of heaven: close behind (sb.). …

6. stẹ̄r(e adj.

Additional spellings: stere
10 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Of persons or animals: strong, hardy; of objects: sturdy; (b) powerful; ?also, harsh, tyrannical; (c) steadfast, faithful; (d) ?prosperous; (e) important, great; (f) as adv.: firmly, securely……

7. stilt(e n.

Additional spellings: stilte
16 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The handle of a plow; (b) a wooden crutch; an artificial leg, peg leg; also, a stilt; stilt bond, a strap for attaching a stilt or a peg leg; (c) ?one of the uprights of a ladder; (d) in surname. …

8. thurven v.

172 quotations in 13 senses
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(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). …

9. tọ̄̆tag(ge n.

Additional spellings: totagge
4 quotations in 1 sense
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Fig. An attendant circumstance that can obscure the nature of a sin; an attendant circumstance affecting the gravity of a sin. …

10. umbetrīn adv.

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Round about, around; ?set around, placed around. …

11. warī̆angle n.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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A bird of the genus Lanius, a shrike or butcherbird; also used as a term of abuse. …

12. wẹ̄veling n.

13 quotations in 1 sense
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Naut. A piece of caulking material placed between the lapstrakes while the ship is under construction;—also coll. …

13. wīnd(e n.

Additional spellings: winde
7 quotations in 1 sense
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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……

14. wisp(e n.

Additional spellings: wispe
30 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A small gathering or bundle of cut grass, straw, or grain stalks; wisp of hei (strau) (b) a bundle of straw, hay, or similar material twisted together for use as a torch; wisp of fir; (c) a……

15. wraggunge ger.

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= wragelinge n. (a). …

16. wrā̆ken v.

14 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Of a person or God: to exact vengeance, inflict punishment for wrong done; display vindictive anger [last quot.]; exact vengeance (on sb. or a god); also, inflict punishment (on sb.) (b) to……

17. yēren v.(1)

9 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To make a request, ask;—in as clause; also, ask (about sth.) (b) to ask for (sth.), request; also, ask (sth. of sb.), demand [1st quot.]; (c) to desire (sth.), long for; also with that clause as……

18. yespon n.

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A measure of volume equivalent to that contained in a person’s hands cupped together. …

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