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1. bọ̄th n.

37 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A stall at a market or fair, a merchant's shop; ?also, house of prostitution [L meritorium]; (b) a temporary dwelling, arbor of branches, tent, hut; also a poor dwelling, a hovel; (c) in personal…

2. hō̆lm(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: holme
22 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) An island; a peninsula; (b) a meadow on a river bank; (c) a hill; (d) in surnames & place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.258-9, 268].

3. intak n.

8 quotations in 1 sense
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A piece of enclosed land taken from a moor or from a common; -- only in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.304].

4. lūne n.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Peace, quiet.

5. raft n.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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A beam; also, a spear [last quot.].

6. rag(ge n.

Additional spellings: ragge
45 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A scrap of cloth, rag; (b) a strip of cloth, bandage; a streamer on a banner or pennon; (c) a flap or lappet of a garment; (d) sg.& pl. tattered or ragged clothing; also fig.; (e) ?a shred of…

7. rein n.(2)

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(a) A strip of land forming a boundary; also, a strip of land marked out as lists; (b) a furrow; (c) a barrier, an embankment; (d) in place names [see Smith PNElem.2. 82].

8. rushe-wāle n.

Additional spellings: rushewale
3 quotations in 1 sense
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Walrus hide.

9. 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…

10. stēn(e n.(3)

Additional spellings: stene
24 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A large stone; (b) in surnames and place names [see Smith PNElem.2.150].

11. weght n.(1)

203 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) The physical property of heaviness, mass; weight as an attribute of objects, living creatures, or substances; also, the abstract quality of weight as a component of due proportion in nature; also…

12. wẹ̄k(e n.(3)

Additional spellings: weke
179 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) The calendrical unit consisting of a cycle of seven successive named or numbered days and beginning or ending with a particularly specified day, the week of the Jewish or Christian calendar (b)…