(a) A flat cake or loaf; also, an unbaked cake or loaf, a lump of doug; haver (ote, oten) cake, a cake of oaten bread; therf cake, a cake of unleavened bread; barli cake, flouren cake, spiced cake……
(a) Decay, corruption, putrefaction; (b) a disease of sheep; (c) a wasting disease in man; also fig.; (d) ?fig. moral corruption; ?error for riot(e n., 'debauchery, dissipation'; (e) in place name.
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(a) To frighten (sb.), terrify; ppl.skered, frightened; also, alarmed, startled [quot.: c1400]; skered with, frightened by (sth.); (b) to become alarmed; of clamor: rise up; ppl.skerring as adj……
(a) To be in motion, esp. back and forth or up and down, shake, flutter, swing; also fig. with ref. to (e) [quots. a1387 & a1425]; of teeth: be loose; of a boat: rock with the waves; of flesh: wobble……
(a) A small gathering or bundle of cut grass, straw, or grain stalks; wisp of hei (strau)
(b) a bundle of straw, hay, or similar material twisted together for use as a torch; wisp of fir;
(c) a……
(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……