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1. aberdē̆n(e n.

Additional spellings: aberdene
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Sun-dried or salt codfish. …

2. adọ̄ n.

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(a) Dealings, intercourse, traffic; (b) sexual intercourse; (c) conflict, fighting. …

3. āker n.(2)

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A turbulent current (of the sea), ?a tidal wave. …

4. āl-ēgre, aleger n.

Additional spellings: alegre, aleger
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Soured ale, malt vinegar. …

5. ā̆l-gē̆r n.

Additional spellings: alger
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Eel spear, fish spear. …

6. alpe n.

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A songbird of some kind; ?a bullfinch, ?a thrush. …

7. al-wight n.

Additional spellings: alwight
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An uncanny creature. …

8. āme n.(2)

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A liquid measure (of varying capacity). …

9. arsmeche n.

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Culrage (Polygonum hydropiper). …

10. aske n.

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Lizard, newt. …

11. assignẹ̄ n.

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One (not an heir-at-law) to whom a property or right is bequeathed; heires and assignes. …

12. atter-cop(pe n.

Additional spellings: attercop, atter-coppe, attercoppe
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(a) A spider, esp. a venomous one; (b) atter-cop ei, the cocoon of a spider; atter-cop weft, spider web, cobweb; (c) ?some other arachnid. …

13. autēle n.

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A small duck of some kind. …

14. balgh-staf n.

Additional spellings: balghstaf
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A stout stick; quarterstaff, cudgel. …

15. banne-nǒte tre n.

Additional spellings: bannenote tre
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Prob. the English walnut tree (Juglans regia). …

16. bāre n.(2)

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A wave, billow; se bare. …

17. bās n.(1)

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A fish of the perch family; perch, bass. …

18. bataunt n.

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A finished board or bar (as used in paneling). …

19. bat-fǒulen, -fǒulere, -fǒuling v., n., & ger.

Additional spellings: batfoulen, bat-foulere, batfoulere, bat-fouling, batfouling
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To hunt birds (at night) by knocking them from the roost with a 'bat' or pole and netting them; etc. …

20. batildōre n.

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A beetle or bat used in washing clothes; ?also, some other implement of similar shape or function. …

21. bedocke n.

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An iron hook, perh. used as a seaman's weapon. …

22. bek(ke n.

Additional spellings: bekke
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A tool resembling a mattock. …

23. bigull n.

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?Corn marigold. …

24. biker n.(1)

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(a) An ornate covered bowl for mixing wine; (b) a drinking vessel; goblet, beaker; biker cuppe; biker maker. …

25. bīre n.(2)

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A shelter for cattle, cow house; bire tening, fencing of a cow house; bire hous. …

26. bǒm n.

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The anus. …

27. bǒnī n.

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A swelling, boil; a bump, hump. …

28. bothel n.

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(a) Rosemary Rosemarinus officinalis; (b) corn marigold Chrysanthemum segetum; yelwe bothel; (c) blue cornflower Centaurea cyanus; bleu bothel; (d) whit bothel, ox-eye daisy Chrysanthemum leucanthemum……

29. bǒude n.

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A beetle or weevil; used specif. of the dung beetle, the rose chafer, the ladybug, the corn or malt weevil [see gold boude (s.v. gold adj., sense 3.(b)), malt boude, sharn boude, somer boude]. …

30. brag n.(2)

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A kind of large nail or spike. …

31. brāke-mōl n.

Additional spellings: brakemol
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?A rent paid for salt, saltsilver. …

32. braket nail n.

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Some kind of nail. …

33. brẹ̄de n.(3)

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(a) Growth; (b) ?ancestry; ?breeding, manners. …

34. ?brẹ̄s n.

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A wind. …

35. bugge n.

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Bogy, hobgoblin, black-man; scarecrow; slotir bugge. …

36. buil n.

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A curved handle. …

37. bulberie n.

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?The fruit of the common barberry Berberis vulgaris; ?bilberry. …

38. bul-rish n.

Additional spellings: bulrish
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Used as gloss to L papirus. …

39. chep(pe n.

Additional spellings: cheppe
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One side of the jaw, chap. …

40. chevender n.

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A fresh-water fish: the chub. …

41. chīmb n.

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The rim (of a barrel, formed by the joined ends of the staves). …

42. chop n.(2)

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Jawbone, jaw. …

43. chǒumbe n.

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Said to be a nickname of the hare. …

44. chuffe n.

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A rustic, boor. …

45. clap-holt n.

Additional spellings: clapholt
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Small boards of split oak, board cut to make barrel staves. …

46. clǒnch n.

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(a) A lump; (b) as surname. …

47. clop-stert n.

Additional spellings: clopstert
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The stoat, European ermine Mustela erminea. …

48. clōve n.(1)

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(a) A bulbil or clove, esp. of garlic; (b) as surname. …

49. clyet-līne n.

Additional spellings: clyetline
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A line attached to an auxiliary sail or bonnet. …

50. ?cobart n.

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Some kind of bird, possibly an aquatic bird such as teal Anas crecca, or possibly the passerine yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella. …

51. cod-wǒrm n.

Additional spellings: codworm
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The larva of the caddis fly, caddis worm. …

52. cokei n.

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A stream, drain, or gutter. …

53. coket ?n.(4)

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Only in set on coket, set at a rakish angle. …

54. cōlder n.

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Stone or coal in small pieces; rubble. …

55. cowl n.

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A swelling raised by a blow, a lump. …

56. crop-mader n.

Additional spellings: cropmader
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Madder. …

57. crǒude-barow n.

Additional spellings: croudebarow
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A pushcart, wheelbarrow. …

58. cubbel n.

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(a) A block of wood tied to an animal to keep it from straying, a clog; (b) a surname. …

59. dable-wīf n.

Additional spellings: dablewif
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Only as surname: ?dabbler, ?meddler. …

60. dadel n.

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Tattling, gossip. …

61. dal n.

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Hand, paw. …

62. dalk n.(1)

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(a) A glen or gully; (b) a groove or notch; dalk in the nekke, the jugular notch (the hollow at the base of the neck above the collar-bone); (c) a cavity, hollow; anat. the concavity or socket……

63. dambre n.

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A kind of resin. …

64. demēnūre n.

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Behavior toward someone, treatment. …

65. demit n.

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Some kind of fabric. …

66. digge n.

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(a) A duck; (b) ?a surname. …

67. dimesey n.

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A kind of fabric. …

68. distaf n.

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(a) A distaff; spinnen at the distaf; instructen to the distaf, to teach (sb.) to spin; (b) haven tou on (one's) distaf, to have sth. to attend to; (c) in a street name. …

69. dod(de n.

Additional spellings: dodde
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(a) A measure of grain [more than a quarter]; (b) dod-corn, a manorial rent; (c) as surname and in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.133]. …

70. dǒude n.

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An unattractive woman. …

71. drant n.

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Grumbling, complaint. …

72. drawe n.

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?A cloth or drape. …

73. dreffil n.

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?A trickle or drizzle. …

74. dreue n.

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(a) A morsel, bit; a small quantity of liquid; (b) ilk a dreue, every bit; nought a dreue, not a bit. …

75. dudde n.

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A cloak or mantle (?made of coarse, woolen cloth); also, a kind of cloth. …

76. dunch(e n.

Additional spellings: dunche
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A loud noise, crash; a blow. …

77. edish n.

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?Underbrush or after-growth. …

78. eit n.

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An island. …

79. ē̆nde-mēte n.

Additional spellings: endemete
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Duckweed. …

80. epheds n.

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?The pasturing of sheep or cattle; ?an enclosure. …

81. esking n.

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A roof of some kind. …

82. fastning-sēd n.

Additional spellings: fastningsed
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?Seed sown during a fast (Lent). …

83. fēl-vēlde n.

Additional spellings: felvelde
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?The stomach of a ruminant; ?intestines. …

84. fēmē̆l(e, -āl(e adj. & n.

Additional spellings: femele, femal, female
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(a) Of man and animals: female; a female; (b) femel complexioun, the physiological 'constitution' of a female (in accordance with the 'humor' theory). …

85. ferdel n.

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A measure of land (varying in size); one-fourth of a virgate. …

86. fide-cok n.

Additional spellings: fidecok
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Penis. …

87. ?firtinge n.

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?Filtrate. …

88. fiteres n. (plural)

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Rags. …

89. fix-fax n.

Additional spellings: fixfax
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The large tendon in the neck of an animal. …

90. flānen n.

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Sackcloth. …

91. flaunk n.

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A spark. …

92. fleare n.

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light fleare, a blaze of light or flame. …

93. fleier n.

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?Internal fat (of a pig), kidney fat. …

94. flẹ̄th n.(2)

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Pig fat; a fatty cut of pork, probably the back fat. …

95. flī-fō n.

Additional spellings: flifo
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Ragwort; ?fleabane. …

96. flik n.

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The pelt of an animal; fig. the body as the mortal cover of the soul. …

97. flikke n.(1)

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Companion, mate; -- only in fere and flicke, flikke and his make. …

98. flindre n.

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A moth. …

99. floǧ n.

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Pool, puddle. …

100. flọ̄rī, -ey n.

Additional spellings: florey
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Froth of a fermenting liquid; dregs. …

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