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1. blī-gẹ̄ter n.

Additional spellings: bligeter
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A lead founder. …

2. ripel-stok n.

Additional spellings: ripelstok
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An implement for cleaning seeds from flax. …

3. sā̆t-wort n.

Additional spellings: satwort
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?A type of lichen. …

4. scot-nail n.

Additional spellings: scotnail
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A kind of nail; -- also coll. …

5. scot-sēm(e n.

Additional spellings: scotsem, scot-seme, scotseme
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Coll. Nails of some kind, perh. clinch nails or small nails used for fastening laths; scot-sem nail, clavus de scot-sem, a nail of this kind. …

6. selvaǧe n.

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(a) The edge of a cloth, bandage, etc.; (b) an ornamental edging. …

7. shaltrẹ̄ n.

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Naut. Some kind of pole or spar. …

8. shēdel n.

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A parting of roads, an intersection; gate shedel [see gate-shadel n.]; thre-wei shedel. …

9. shelt-bēm n.

Additional spellings: sheltbem
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Naut. Some sort of beam, evidently slabbed; shelt-bem nail. …

10. shench n.

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

11. shot-bō̆rd n.

Additional spellings: shotbord
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A kind of board of small size, often used for roofing; -- also coll. …

12. skrithe n.

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A loud cry. …

13. slā̆m(e n.

Additional spellings: slame
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Mud, slime. …

14. slẹ̄t n.(1)

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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]. …

15. smeltes n.

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?A smeltery; ?smelting operations. …

16. smert(e n.

Additional spellings: smerte
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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)……

17. snegge n.

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(a) A snail; (b) some kind of fish; ?an eel. …

18. snig(ge n.

Additional spellings: snigge
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(a) An eel; (b) in surnames. …

19. snof(fe n.

Additional spellings: snoffe
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(a) The burnt end of a candlewick; candel snof; (b) ?a candle snuffer; (c) glossing L muco. …

20. standel n.(2)

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In cpds.: standel gousse (whelk), an orchid of some kind, prob. the early purple orchid (Orchis mascula) or the lesser butterfly orchid (Platanthera bifolia). …

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