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1. cǒu-hē̆rde n.

Additional spellings: couherde
22 quotations in 1 sense
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One who tends cows, a cowherd.

2. gāte n.(1)

239 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) A gateway; a gate of a city, castle, house, etc.; also, a doorway; flod gate, a floodgate; (b) the movable barrier which closes off a gateway; one of the valves of a double gate; ?a portcullis…

3. Hālī-wer n.

Additional spellings: Haliwer
12 quotations in 1 sense
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The holy man, St. Cuthbert of Lindisfarne; Hali-wer folk(es, people holding lands in return for the service of defending the body, relics, and territory of St. Cuthbert; people of the County of…

4. heifer n.

19 quotations in 1 sense
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A heifer; heifer hide, a piece of leather from a heifer's hide.

5. hẹ̄rd(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: herde
114 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A herdsman; a keeper of cattle, hogs, horses, goats, or any kind of livestock; asse herd, aver herd, calf herd, colt herd, cou herd, gelde herd, gos herd, got herd, hog herd, hors herd, lomb herd,

6. heu n.

134 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Color; also, brightness or freshness of color; of on heu, in solid color(s; clothen in heu, to take (a lady's) colors, become her servant; (b) paint, dye, pigment; fig. a rhetorical color; (c) fig

7. hīred n.

73 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A household; the familia of a cathedral; an eccl. court [last quot.]; the heavenly retinue of the Virgin Mary, the Devil's retinue; fig. the senses and desires of man; hiredes alder (lord), the…

8. imæhte n.

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Might, power.

9. Lā̆tī̆n n.

57 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) The Latin language; fals Latin, incorrect Latin; latines leden (lore, tonge), the Latin language; Latin makere (wright), one who understands or writes Latin; (b) Latin speech or writing; a book or…

10. lẹ̄che-craft n.

Additional spellings: lechecraft
45 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) The art or science of medicine and/or surgery; -- also used in pl.; also, magic [quot.: a1225]; (b) the practice or profession of medicine and/or surgery.

11. lent(en n.

Additional spellings: lenten
81 quotations in 4 senses
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Spring; lent corn, grains sown in spring; lent erthe, ?an extra plowing in spring; lent sed, any seed sown in spring; time of lent sed, the time at which such seed is sown.

12. lēp n.(1)

37 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The act of jumping; a jump, leap; a spring of a fish from the water; at a (o) lep, in one jump; at lepes, ?quickly; lepen (taken, nimen, yeven) lep, to take a leap; maken lepes, leap about, play…

13. līknes(se n.

Additional spellings: liknesse
138 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Appearance, guise, shape; gome liknes, the shape of a man; bi liknes, in this guise, in this manner; (b) a shade, a vision; (c) a soul; (d) a pretense.

14. lūding(e n.

Additional spellings: ludinge
4 quotations in 1 sense
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Noise, shouting.

15. māke n.(1)

82 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Either of a married human couple, mate, husband, wife; (b) either of a non-human couple, bird, animal or fish; a mate; (c) either of a betrothed human couple; also, lover, paramour, mistress; (d)…

16. man n.

695 quotations in 21 senses
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(a) A person, a man or woman; (b) erest men, the first men, Adam and Eve; cristen man, ded man, fals man, god man, haveles man, hethen man, ivel man, povre man, riche man, rightwis man, unilered man,

17. mer n.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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A hindrance; mer in mouth, a speech impediment.

18. messe n.(1)

267 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) The celebration or occasion of the Eucharistic service; also, an instance of the celebration of this service; messe of the dai, the regular mass celebrated on any given day as specified by the…

19. mid-night n.

Additional spellings: midnight
113 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) Midnight, 12 o'clock at night; houre (time) of mid-night, midnight; heigh mid-night, exactly midnight; (b) a the mid-night, at (the) mid-night, to (the) mid-night, at midnight; (c) abouten (the)

20. mōst adj. (superlative) & n.

306 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) Largest in size, highest, most extensive; very large [quot.: (a1382)]; ?tallest [quot.: c1380]; most finger, biggest or longest finger; (b) greatest in number or quantity; the majority of (sth.)…

21. mọ̄t n.(4)

2 quotations in 1 sense
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A tax.

22. nā̆ddre n.

153 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A serpent, a snake; (b) water naddre, a serpent that lives in water; naddre eiren, snake eggs; naddre fot, serpent-footed; naddre hedes, naddre skin; etc.; (c) with reference or allusion to Gen.3…

23. nes(se n.

Additional spellings: nesse
33 quotations in 1 sense
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In place names & surnames only: a headland, promontory: (a) in surnames; (b) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.48-49].

24. oxe n.

150 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) An ox; (b) oxe and asse, etc.; forwe oxe, ?an ox that walks in or near the previous furrow to align the one being plowed; plough oxe, an ox of a plow-team, ploued oxe, an ox that has plowed the…

25. pōke n.

37 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A sack, pouch, bag [in some quots. perhaps a measure of quantity, but see quot.: a1500]; pissinge poke, provande poke, sond poke [see pissinge, provende, sond]; (b) a full, elongated type of…

26. rẹ̄kels n.

41 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Incense, frankincense; rekels fat [OE recels-fæt], a vessel for incense; a censer, thurible; (b) the smoke or aroma of incense; rekels smoke; (c) med. frankincense used in ointments, etc.; bastard

27. rī̆pe n.(1)

42 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The action of reaping or harvesting; also, harvest time; barli ripe; dai (time) of ripe; (b) that which is reaped, harvest, fruit; a sheaf of grain; also, ?a bundle or lot of metalware [quot…

28. shāmefulnes(se n.

Additional spellings: shamefulnesse
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(a) The feeling of being in disgrace; the outward manifestation of this feeling, blushing; (b) the state of being in dishonor or disgrace, ignominy; humiliation.

29. shẹ̄p n.

286 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) A ruminant of the genus Ovis, a domestic sheep; (b) a male sheep, a ram; also, Aries, a sign of the zodiac; shep wether, wether shep; (c) a female sheep, a ewe; moder shep.

30. sheppende n.

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(a) God as the creator of the universe, its parts, creatures, etc.; (b) pl. the Fates as the shapers of a child's destiny.

31. shraf n.

16 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A cave; also fig.; (b) in place names [see Smith PNElem.2.113-14].

32. shulder n.

110 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) The shoulder of a person; also used of an image or of God; also, the part of the body comprising the shoulders and the region between them; shulder joint; (b) more (louer) bi the shulderes, head…

33. silver n.

193 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) The metal silver; also, silver ore; also fig. [quot.: Rolle Psalter, 1st occurrence]; filinge (isweorf, shavinge) of silver, silver filings; gobet of silver, a piece or strip of silver; (b) silver

34. stiche n.(2)

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A piece of something; a fragment, morsel, bit; also, fig. a section of a text, portion; bi litel stiches, detail by detail.

35. strẹ̄n n.

46 quotations in 2 senses
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Gain, acquisition.

36. sulou n.

42 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A plow; also fig.; also, a plowshare [quots. ?a1475 & perh. c1230]; glossing L iugum: ?a yoke by which a plow is drawn [quot. 1460]; (b) in cpds. & combs.: ?sulou al, an adjustable piece of wood…

37. suster n.

191 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) A female sibling, a sister or half-sister; suster quene, a sister who is a queen; seinte petres suster, ?a personification of the White Paternoster; trusten to suster no brother, to trust no one…

38. sword n.

195 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A bladed weapon designed for cutting and thrusting, a sword; also fig. & in fig. context; pleien at the sword and bokeler, to fence; (b) death by the sword; don to (the) sword, to put (sb.) to the…

39. therne n.

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(a) A young woman; a girl; (b) a female servant, handmaid.

40. theu n.(1)

124 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A way of behaving toward others; deportment, bearing, manners;—usu. pl.; (b) a habitual mode of conduct; a habit, practice [occas. difficult to distinguish from (a)]; (c) proper conduct, good…

41. tī̆tle n.

91 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) An inscription, esp. the superscription on Christ's cross; (b) a stone memorial; also, a stone altar.

42. twig n.

37 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A small branch of a tree, a twig, shoot; also, the stem of a plant; a sprig of a medicinal plant or herb; a leafy branch, frond; any green and growing part of a plant; lim twig [see lim n.(2) 4.(c…

43. uniðor n.

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No good end or purpose, mischief; on uniðor, to no good end, unprofitably; to uniðor, astray, amiss.

44. vīne-yē̆rd n.

Additional spellings: vineyerd
48 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A vineyard; also, a pictorial representation of a vineyard [quot. a1398]; vine-yerd of plesire, ?a vineyard designed for recreational or aesthetic purposes; vine-yerd silver, a customary rent paid…

45. warth n.

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(a) A shore; ?also, a ford [quot. c1400(?c1390); cp. wath n.]; se warth [OE sǣ-waroþ], the seashore; (b) the sea floor; (c) in surnames; (d) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.246,255].

46. wẹ̄ n.

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(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.

47. wẹ̄de n.(2)

91 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A garment, an article of clothing; also, coll. & pl. clothes, apparel, attire; also fig. & in fig. context; wede brech [cp. OE wǣd-brēc], some kind of covering for the loins; cloth wede; hali-dai

48. wei n.(1)

745 quotations in 19 senses
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(a) An established road, a main thoroughfare, highway; a principal road between cities; a city street; also, the surface of a road, roadbed; brod wei; commune (private) wei; pleine wei, level roadway…

49. wē̆l n.

26 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A deep pool or turbulent whirlpool, as in the sea; also, a rushing stream, torrent; also fig. (b) a pit; an infernal pool or pit; also fig.; also, the pit or abyss of hell; helle wel; (c) in…