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1. bǒun adj.

114 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) Of persons: ready, prepared; also, armed; boun in, clothed in (sth.); expert in (astronomy); of things: in readiness, prepared; of a weapon: drawn; of parts of buildings: made, built; of wages or…

2. reisen v.(1)

261 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) To lift up (sb. or sth.), hold up; engage in lifting and carrying [quot.: 1446]; reisen up; reisen eien, reisen up eie-sight, look up; reisen eres, of an elephant: stretch out the ears; reisen up

3. rudnen v.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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To become flushed from strong emotion.

4. shāme n.

295 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) The feeling of having offended against propriety or decency; the feeling of having done something disgraceful; an instance of such feeling; embarrassment or revulsion caused by awareness of one's…

5. 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)

6. thei pron.

169 quotations in 5 senses
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As anaph. or pers. pron.: (a) the persons referred to, they; (b) used pleonastically or for emphasis; (c) with antecedent in apposition following; (d) as obj. of verb or prep.: them, those; (e) with…

7. thī̆r(e pron.

Additional spellings: thire
18 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Used anaphorically, pointing to previously mentioned persons, things, actions, etc.: these, they; also, these, them [quots. 1st & c1450(?a1400)]; alle thir; also, pointing to one of two previously…

8. yēven v.

1371 quotations in 35 senses
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(a) To give alms, gifts, etc., give something voluntarily, make a gift; give generously (to sb.); give alms, gifts, etc. (to sb.) in response to a request; also, in partitive construction: yeven of