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1. brinke n.

65 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) The shore (of the sea); seashore, coast; se brinke; ?also, the top (of a mound) [quot.: 1607], ?a precipice [quot. a1425 Wycl.]; (b) the bank (of a stream); (c) the edge (of a spring); (d) in……

2. craulen v.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To swarm, crawl; ben crauling, be crawling (with worms); (b) fig. to drag oneself, walk slowly. …

3. cunte n.

17 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A woman's private parts; cunte-beten, impotent (man); (b) the corresponding organ(s) of a female animal; (c) sexual intercourse; (d) in place names and surnames; grope cunte lane [see gropen v.]……

4. curre n.

18 quotations in 1 sense
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A watchdog, such as a mastiff; a small hunting dog, such as a terrier; esp., a mongrel, cur, or stray dog; curre dogge; also fig. of the Devil. …

5. drīpen, drippen v.

Additional spellings: drippen
9 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To fall in drops, drip; dripen of, drip from (sth.); ppl. driping, dripping, misty; (b) dripen on, to drop or dab (a liquid or salve) on (sth.); (c) dripen mid, to moisten or daub (sth.) with……

6. gessen v.

105 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To infer (sth.) from observation, etc.; perceive, find out; gessen in, gessen of, perceive (sth.) in (sb.), suspect; (b) with clause as obj.: to conclude (that sth. is true or will happen)……

7. grei n.(2)

32 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A gray fur, prob. the fur from the back of the Eurasian red squirrel Sciurus vulgaris in winter; red (ruskin) grei, the fur of the Eurasian red squirrel in winter; tristi (tresti) grei, ?error……

8. harwe n.

34 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A harrow for cultivating land, a drag; gon at harwe, to drive a harrow; (b) fig. the Old or New Testament; the power of Love (with pun on arwe); also, in proverb; (c) harwe tind (toth), a tooth of……

9. kip n.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A bundle or lot of animal hides; (b) ?the hide of a small animal; ?a particular kind of hide; (c) a bundle of sticks. …

10. lak n.

124 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Lack, absence, want; shortage, deficiency; default of payment; lak of sacramentes, failure to receive the sacraments; no lak (of, no shortage (of, no deficiency (of; pens lak, q.v.; (b) for lak of……

11. pak(e n.

Additional spellings: pake
109 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) A bundle or package; a bundle of cloth, moss, skins, merchandise, etc.; also, pl. baggage [quot.: (a1393)]; also fig.; pak mailed, a tied bundle; priken in a pak, to pin (sth.) up in a bundle; (b)……

12. picchen v.

220 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To thrust (sth.), drive (a stake, etc.); picchen in (o, to, into), stick, thrust, or drive (sth.) into (sth.); surround (a wood) with a palisade [quot.: a1450, 1st]; (b) to pierce (sb. or sth.)……

13. rō n.(3)

5 quotations in 1 sense
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Naut. In cpds.: ro bende, a rope attaching the head of a sail to the yard [cp. ro-bond n.]; ro line (rop), ?a brace for swinging the yards horizontally; ?a footrope; ?a gasket of some kind. …

14. scul(le n.

Additional spellings: sculle
47 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The bony structure enclosing the brain, cranium; also, the skeleton of the entire head; also, the head; also in asseveration: bi mi scul; (b) scul bon, the cranium, skull; also, one of the bones……

15. shōre n.(3)

12 quotations in 1 sense
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A prop, support; a wooden prop used to support a wall, a fence, a ship under construction, etc.; shore tre, ?a piece of wood used for support in shipbuilding. …

16. shǒut(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: shoute
17 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A flat-bottomed boat, barge; (b) shout man, the master of a shoute; also, a sailor on a shoute; also as surname. …

17. skil n.

340 quotations in 11 senses
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(a) The intellectual faculty, reason; also person.; wit and skil; (b) skil wille (lereth, mot sen), reason demands (teaches, might discover); skil witnesse, reason; -- ?error for skil-wisnes n.; a……

18. skinner(e n.

Additional spellings: skinnere
32 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) One who prepares or sells animal skins, a furrier, skinner; skinnereswerk, a variety of peltry; grom skinner; (b) in surnames; (c) in place names. …

19. snīpe n.

9 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A snipe, esp. the common snipe (Gallinago gallinago), great snipe (G. media), or jacksnipe (Lymnocryptes minima); (b) the Egyptian ibis (Threskiornis aethiopica). …

20. sparre n.

45 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A piece of timber used in building; a rafter, beam; a board; -- also coll.; firre sparre; hilinge of sparres, a roof; joininge of sparres, a roof or building; maister sparre, a main beam or……

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