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1. stultherīe n.

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(a) Something stolen, stolen goods; (b) furtiveness, stealth. …

2. weght n.(2)

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(a) A farm implement used in winnowing grain, a winnowing tray or basket; (b) such an implement used as a measure of grain [could also be construed as weght n.(1)]. …

3. pakā̆ld n.

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A package, bundle; burden, load. …

4. twil(e n.

Additional spellings: twile
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A kind of woven fabric, twill; twil cloth. …

5. tangen v.

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(a) Of a snake or serpent: to bite (sb.), sting; tanged to ded, stung to death, killed by stinging; (b) ben tanged, to be pierced (with sorrow); (c) ben tanged, to come together, collect. …

6. wratthnesse n.

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Anger. …

7. wā adj.

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Customary, usual. …

8. sọ̄tī adj.

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Dirty, filthy; covered with soot. …

9. strenkelen v.

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(a) To sprinkle; strenkelen on, sprinkle (sb. with holy water); ppl. strinkelande, sprinkling water (on sb.); also [quot. c1450(?a1400)], ?being scattered; ?sparkling [cp. sprenklen v.(2) (a)]; (b) to……

10. wā̆f n.

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A scent or an odor; ivel waf, an unpleasant smell. …

11. shank(e n.

Additional spellings: shanke
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(a) The leg of a human or an animal; under shankes, below the legs; with (the) long shankes, with the shankes long, an epithet for Edward I; werpen shank over shench, to throw one leg over the other……

12. wandāle n.

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(a) A division of land; (b) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.245]. …

13. undērandnes(se n.

Additional spellings: underandnesse
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Innocence, blamelessness. …

14. undērand ppl.

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Blameless, innocent; also, as noun: blameless people, the innocent [2nd quot.]. …

15. thurghstangen v.

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To feel a piercing sensation throughout, sting. …

16. scōle n.(1)

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(a) A drinking cup or bowl; (b) ?a bucket, tub, or vat [cp. skele n.]; ?a storage container [cp. scale n.(1) 3.(b)]. …

17. yẹ̄̆tling n.

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A cooking vessel of cast metal, often brass; yetling pote. …

18. inlāte n.

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Entrance, ingress. …

19. dēceivandlī adv.

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Deceitfully. …

20. slā̆m(e n.

Additional spellings: slame
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Mud, slime. …

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