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1. cracchen v.

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(a) To scratch (sth.); esp., scrape with claws or fingernails; -- also without object; (b) to scratch oneself to relieve itching; scrape (sth.) lightly with claws or nails; (c) to comb (cloth) to make……

2. draie n.

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(a) A wheelless vehicle for hauling, a sledge; also, a cart with wheels; (b) draie lode, as much of a load as is normally hauled on a dray, a cartload. …

3. dwẹ̄re n.

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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. fōr(e-dēl n.

Additional spellings: fore-del
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Advantage, advancement, benefit; ben at for-del, to have the upper hand. …

5. glimeren v.

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(a) To shine brightly; gleam, glitter; (b) to shine faintly; glimmer. …

6. glimsen v.

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(a) To glisten, be dazzling; (b) to glance with the eyes. …

7. meis(e n.

Additional spellings: meise
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(a) A container (barrel, basket, or crate) holding 500 or 1000 herring, used as a measure in the fish trade; (b) the quantity of herring in such a container; (c) a container used as a measure for……

8. quil n.

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(a) A hollow stem or cane, small pipe; such a pipe used as a water conduit or as a tube by which to drain liquid from the body; also, a straw; (b) the shaft of a feather, quill; (c) a spool. …

9. sā̆t-wort n.

Additional spellings: satwort
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?A type of lichen. …

10. skelten v.

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(a) To come, go; skelten ther-at, apply oneself to something; (b) to raise (an alarm); cause (skirmishing), begin; (c) ?to cause (sb.) to go away, drive away; ?revile (sb.). …

11. slough n.(2)

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(a) A skin covering a body, the skin; fig. a covering; (b) the skin of a serpent, an eel, etc. [in the Titus & V. quot. the scribe who wrote the vr. slyme may have construed the slough of his exemplar……

12. smīlen v.

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(a) To assume an expression of amusement or pleasure, smile; smilen at (of), smile at (sth.), be pleased or amused by (sth.); (b) to assume a pleasant, kindly expression; wear a smile; smilen among……

13. snegge n.

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

14. snobben v.

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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]. …

15. spǒuten v.

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(a) To spit out saliva; ?splash (sth. on a place); -- used without obj. [quot. a1475 Hrl.Bk.Hawking]; of a lake: send out sprays of water; of a dragon: spit fire; also, spit (fire or sparks), spew; of……

16. tọ̄̆murten v.

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To break apart, split. …

17. tọ̄̆tag(ge n.

Additional spellings: totagge
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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. …

18. tramplen v.

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To stamp (with one's foot or feet); tread; ppl. tramplid, well trodden. …

19. warī̆angle n.

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A bird of the genus Lanius, a shrike or butcherbird; also used as a term of abuse. …

20. warmeth n.

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Heat, warmth;—used in fig. context; ?also, protection from the elements [1st quot.]. …

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