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1. benger(e n.

Additional spellings: bengere
2 quotations in 1 sense
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A grain bin; the hopper of a mill.

2. clint n.

9 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A ledge of rock; a cliff, steep bank; (b) in place names.

3. cros n.

251 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) A cross for crucifixion, a gibbet; (b) the cross of Christ; holi cros; Exaltacioun of the cros, a feast, Sept. 14; feste of the holi cros, feast of the Invention of the Cross, May 3; (c) winnen

4. gil(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: gile
10 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The gill of a fish; (b) gil fish, a kind of stockfish.

5. hals n.

50 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) The neck; hongen bi the hals, to hang (sb.) with a rope around the neck; fro hals to croupoun, from neck to rump; hals gund [OE heals-gund], a neck tumor; also in asseveration: bi mi hals; (b) the…

6. 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…

7. kē̆r n.

33 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Low, swampy ground; a marsh, bog, fen; ker miln, a mill by a marsh; ker side, the side of a marsh; (b) a marsh overgrown with alders or other small trees or shrubs; alder ker.

8. kide n.

54 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) The young of a goat; kide lomb; (b) the meat of a young goat; -- often pl.; also, a carcass of a kid slaughtered for meat or prepared as a dish; (c) kides blod, the blood of a young goat; kide

9. ruggen v.

30 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To pull or stretch (sb. or sth.), tug at fiercely; -- also without obj.; also, torture (sb.) by pulling or stretching; (b) to drag (sb.); (c) to tear (sb. or sth.), tear (one's hair); ruggen and

10. slugge n.(1)

4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A lazy person; (b) slothfulness, the sin of sloth; also person.

11. sum conj.

33 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) As; ?also, error for soth adj. [quot. a1225]; sum that, where [cp. as conj. 10.]; as fer sum, so fer..sum, insofar as; so (as) sum, as, just as; also, as though [quot.Orm .3694]; swich (al-swich)

12. twingen v.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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To afflict (sb.), torment, oppress.

13. wī̆ke n.(2)

7 quotations in 1 sense
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A corner of a part of the body; the wike of the eie; the thinne wikes, the temples; share wikes, ?the groin.

14. wing(e n.

Additional spellings: winge
132 quotations in 10 senses
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An organ of flight, usu. paired: (a) a wing of a creature whose sole or primary means of locomotion is flight (a bird, an insect, a bat, etc.);—occas. with sg. for pl.; also in fig. context; also, fig

15. witter adj.

22 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Wise, prudent; knowledgeable; also, cunning, skilled, able [the precise gloss is determined by the context]; witter and wale (ware, wise), wise and witter; witter of eie, observant (b) requiring…