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21. hals n.

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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…

22. harwe n.

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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…

23. hā̆ver n.(2)

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(a) The cereal grain, oats; (b) haver bern, haver gerner, a storehouse for oats; haver bred, oaten bread; haver cake, a loaf made from oaten flour; also as surname; haver mele, oaten flour; (c) haver

24. hilder n.

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(a) The European elder (Sambucus nigra); hilder tre; (b) hilder tre, ?the European alder [see alder n. (1)]; (c) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.274].

25. insprǒut n.

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A blowing in.

26. kē̆r n.

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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.

27. kide n.

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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

28. ladde n.(1)

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(a) A young male attendant; one of a king's or nobleman's retinue; a servant; (b) a foot soldier; fot ladde; (c) ladde cf kichene, an attendant in the kitchen of a noble household, a kitchen boy.

29. lag-mon n.

Additional spellings: lagmon
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In phrase leden bi lag-mon, to lead (sb.) astray [in which 'lag-mon' probably denotes the last or hindmost person; see Menner PQ 10.163-168 and early Modern English 'lag-man' (OED s.v. lag, n.1 and…

30. lit-mose n.

Additional spellings: litmose
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A blue pigment, litmus; ?also, lichens from which the pigment is obtained.

31. luddok n.

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(a) The loin; also, pl. the buttocks; (b) as surname.

32. muk n.

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(a) Animal or human excrement; dung; manure; also, dirt, filth; sewage; putrescence; ech muk, each piece of dung, every turd; (b) fig. property, possessions, wealth, worldly gain; -- also personified…

33. nap n.(3)

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A suck, draught.

34. nippe n.

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(a) A hill or crag; ?an extremity; (b) in place name [see Smith PNElem. 1.254].

35. nirt n.

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A nick, a slight cut or scar.

36. nirvil n.

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A small person, a dwarfor midget.

37. nọ̄k n.

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(a) An angle formed by the meeting of two lines; an angular symbol used in musical notation; lettre nok, part of an alphabetic character; (b) the corner of a cloth or document; mantel nok [see mantel

38. overleith n.

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Excessive harm.

39. rak n.(1)

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(a) A rain cloud, storm cloud, storm; rein and rak; (b) movement, rapid movement; a rush; haven rap and rak, to have swift passage; on rak, god (gret) rak, immediately, very quickly.

40. rī̆ndes n. plural

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Low ridges of earth, banks; also, the banks of a river.