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Þ þ (thorn)
Ð ð (eth)
Ʒ ʒ (yogh)
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1.
thurven
v.
172 quotations in 13 senses
Sense / Definition
(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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2.
wẹ̄
n.
5 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) Misery, trouble, woe;
wand-reth and we
;
we sith
, a time of woe or trouble; ?a trouble; (b)
we is him
, woe be to him.
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