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1. droppen v.

78 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) Of a liquid: to fall in drops, run down, drip down, trickle; droppen on the chimb, drip on the rim, run low; also fig. of the heavens: to fall as rain; droppen fro feith, turn from the true…

2. ispēken v.

56 quotations in 5 senses
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To make or deliver a speech, speak, ispeken of, speak about (sb. or sth.).

3. iwrā̆tthen v.

17 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To anger (sb.), offend; (b) fig. to stir up (the sea); (c) refl. to become angry.

4. liven v.(1)

564 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) To be alive, continue to live, survive; also, be alive spiritually; (b) liven longe, to live for a long time; liven leng (lengere, longere), live longer, live longer than someone else; liven litel

5. mē̆nǧen v.

212 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) To mix (sth. with sth. else), mingle; add (sth. to sth. else); mengen with (in, of, amonges, among with); (b) to mix (two or more things) together, blend; mengen togeder (tosamen, in fere); (c) to…

6. ofrēchen v.

9 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To reach (sth.), touch; arrive at (a place); find (sb.); (b) to reach (sb.) with a weapon, strike; (c) to extend to (sb.); (d) ben ofreched of, ?to be informed of (sth.).

7. overwerpen v.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To overturn (sth.), overthrow; fig. destroy (beauty); (b) of the heart: to sink, be downcast.

8. quelmen v.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To kill (sb.); (b) to die; (c) to torment (a body); (d) to suffer, endure torment.

9. rēden v.(1)

687 quotations in 24 senses
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To read; engage in reading; also, know how to read; reden in, read in (a book); also fig.; read on (a surface); reden on, read or read in (a book, etc.); also fig.; reden of (upon); connen reden, know…

10. rekenen v.

207 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To enumerate (a number of things), name one by one, list; run through (a list of things); rekenen forth; (b) to list (items) in order, enumerate serially; -- also without obj.; (c) rekenen a (bi,

11. reusen v.(1)

10 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To feel sorrow or repentance; repent (sin); ppl. reusende, repenting; also, repentant; (b) to feel pity or compassion; ppl. reusende as adj.: compassionate; (c) ppl. reusende as noun: one who…

12. ridelen v.(1)

5 quotations in 1 sense
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To sift (grain); also, fig. test (sb.); -- also without obj.; spread (ashes) by means of sifting; -- used without obj.; ridelen oute of, separate (sb.) from (God's chosen).

13. rīmen v.(3)

21 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To retreat, depart; die; refl. depart, go away; depart from (a land), leave; rimen abak (ayen), retreat; rimen flet, give ground; (b) to clear a way; clear (a way), clear (a path of enemies); (c)…

14. rīnen v.(1)

30 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To touch (sb. or sth.); also fig.; rinen on (to, upon); (b) to strike (sb. or sth.); also, pierce (sb.); rinen and rushen; rinen on (to); (c) to pertain to (sb.), concern; rinen on (to); (d) to…

15. saughten v.

53 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To make peace, be conciliated, be reconciled; saughten with, make peace with (sb.), become reconciled with; also, make peace by means of (tools of peace) [1st quot.]; (b) to conciliate (a land)…

16. sẹ̄den v.

20 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To produce seed; go or run to seed; also, take root, sprout, grow; (b) to sow seed; (c) fig. to flower, flourish.

17. sẹ̄n v.(1)

1447 quotations in 37 senses
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(a) To see (sb., sth., a place) with the eyes, catch sight of, notice; also, be able to see (sb., sth., a place); also fig.; (b) with ellipsis of obj. or rel.pron.; -- also in than clause; (c) ppl. se

18. sharpen v.

63 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To make the point of (an arrow, a pen, stake, etc.) sharp; make the edge of (a sword, tool, etc.) sharp; also fig.; sharpen in-to, sharpen (sth.) so as to become (a spear); -- used fig.; sharpen

19. shēden v.

261 quotations in 13 senses
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(a) To divide (people, things); separate (sb. or oneself from sb. or sth., sth. from sth.); also fig.; also, take (sb.) away [quot.: Gen.& Ex.208]; also, declare or determine (dissension between…

20. shē̆nden v.

275 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) To do harm to (sb.), injure; bring (sb.) to ruin, overcome; injure (sb., a part of the body, a faculty or capacity of the body), damage, afflict; of cattle: make (themselves) sick; (b) to bring…

21. shọ̄n v.

86 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To put shoes on (sb., oneself, a statue); provide (sb.) with shoes; also fig.; cover the feet of (sb. with sth.); also, cover (the feet with sth.); -- used fig.; hosen and shon; (b) ppl. shod

22. sī̆kelen v.(2)

8 quotations in 1 sense
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To fall ill, become weak or faint; also fig.

23. sīken v.(2)

87 quotations in 2 senses
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To sigh, moan: (a) expressing sorrow, grief, or a troubled frame of mind; also fig.; (b) in phrase: siken for, to sigh because of (sth.), sigh on behalf of (sb.); also, sigh with regret for (sth.)…

24. slēn v.

449 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) To strike (sth.), beat; pitch (a tent); light (a fire); strike off (a head from the body); beat (metal into a shape) [quot.: c1175(?OE) HRood]; -- used without obj.; slen of, cut off (someone's…

25. slẹ̄pen v.

235 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To sleep, be asleep; (b) slepen as a beste (a swin, hogges, swin); slepen drie (wet), to sleep in a dry (wet) place; slepen faste (kindeli, sadli, savourli, seurli, soft, sound, soundli, swote, sw

26. slī̆ken v.(1)

21 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To smooth, polish; smooth (sth.), polish; ?also, fatten (the flanks); (b) to make (words, speech) smooth; ppl. sliked, fair-seeming, deceptive, euphemistic; (c) to flatter; flatter (sb.); (d) refl

27. smẹ̄ken v.

10 quotations in 2 senses
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To give off smoke; also fig.; ppl. smekinge, smoking; swart-smeked, blackened with smoke.

28. smellen v.

81 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To give off an odor; produce a fragrance or an aroma; also fig.; smellen on, send out a fragrance to (sb.); (b) ppl. smellinge, giving off an odor, smelling; fragrant; also in fig. context; swete

29. smōken v.

25 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To emit smoke, smolder; also fig.; smoken up, to billow, rise, spread; -- used fig.; ppl. smokinge, emitting smoke, smoldering; also fig.; (b) to expose (sb.) to smoke as a means of torture…

30. stoppen v.

235 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) To obstruct (a street, lane, passage, an entrance, etc.) with a physical barrier, block; close (a port), prevent access to; blockade (the sea), close to traffic; block (someone's way); also fig.

31. theinen v.

33 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To minister, be of service;—chiefly with dat.: minister (to sb.); provide for the needs or take care (of sb.); minister (to sb.) spiritually; also, with acc.: take care of (sb.), provide for the…

32. threshen v.

47 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To separate grains or seeds from chaff, thresh; also in fig. context [quot. c1450]; (b) to thresh (wheat, a sheaf of grain, etc.); also fig. [quot. a1225]; threshen oute; ppl. throshen, threshed…

33. thwīren v.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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To be in opposition, be at variance, conflict.

34. tọ̄̆twēmen v.

8 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To part company; also, of the earth: split open; (b) to divide (people, things, etc.), separate; separate (the head from the body, the soul from the body).

35. welcǒmen v.(1)

56 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To speak words of greeting, welcome, etc. to (sb.), hail, greet; acknowledge the arrival of (sb.) with words of greeting; also, invite the presence of (the Holy Spirit) with a hymn; welcomen with

36. wẹ̄lden v.

250 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) To reign; with gen.: take control (of a land); ppl. weldinge, ruling; also, dominating, mighty [quot. a1400, 2nd]; omnipotent [quot. a1150(OE)]; al-welding, q.v.; (b) to dwell, reside.

37. yarken v.

87 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To make (sth.) ready, prepare; also in fig. context [3rd quot.]; also, have (a feast) prepared; yarken toward, prepare (a ship) to go to (a place) (b) to make (sb., oneself) ready, prepare;…