(a) To sleep, doze; slomberen and slepen, slepen and slomberen; ppl.slombring, dozing, sleepy, drowsy; (b) fig. to be quiescent, remain dormant; be spiritually unheeding or unaware; slomberen in……
(a) To taste something, sense flavor in the mouth; also fig.; smaken of, experience the flavor of (sth.); -- used fig.; ppl.smakinge as adj.: flavorful, savory; (b) to taste (sth.); also, fig. learn……
To sob; snobben and sighen, sighen and snobben; snobben after, weep in longing for (sth.); ppl.snobbinge, sobbing; also, accompanied by sobs [quot. a1450 Aelred, 2nd].
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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.).
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(a) To sprinkle (water, salt, etc.), scatter, strew; sprinkle (sth. on sb. or sth. or into sth.); also fig.; sprenklen abouten (aboven, on); (b) to sprinkle (sb. or sth. with sth.); also fig.; splash……
(a) To move, go, go quickly, hasten; also, of a current: move (sb.) along, carry; (b) to move in a swaying or sweeping motion; also, stoop, bend; ppl.sweande as adj., of a sail: billowing, swelling……
(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).
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(a) Of a flower, leaf, plant, etc.: to fade, droop, wither, dry up; also, of human tissue: shrivel [quot. c1425]; of an odor: ?dissipate [quot. a1450]; ppls.welkede & welkinge, withered, dried up……
(a) To move rapidly, move back and forth quickly; specif. of a dragon: flap or flutter furiously (with its wings); of a bird: struggle (in a snare) by fluttering or flapping the wings; whippen in……
(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.)
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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……
