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1. blēren v.(1)

21 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To have watery or rheumy eyes; (b) blered eies, watery or bleary eyes. …

2. bǒu(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: boue
3 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The bow of a ship; (b) in name of ship. …

3. dudde n.

8 quotations in 1 sense
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A cloak or mantle (?made of coarse, woolen cloth); also, a kind of cloth. …

4. dwẹ̄re n.

16 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Doubt, perplexity, uncertainty; in (a) dwere, in doubt; without dwere, without question, certainly; (b) ?disagreement, dissension; ?distress, trouble; (c) amazement, awe; dread, fear. …

5. fleǧǧe adj.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Of young birds: ready to fly, fledged; flegge-rip, full-fledged; (b) of persons: as if winged, ?ready for action; wordes flegge, winged words. …

6. graspen v.

15 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To grope, feel around; graspen about; (b) to reach with the hand(s; graspen after (on, to), reach for (sth.); (c) ppl. grasping, petting, caressing, cajoling. …

7. -k(e suf.

Additional spellings: -ke
1 quotation in 1 sense
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A derivational suffix in words from OE and borrowings from ON, MLG, and MDu.: (nouns) balk(e, larke, etc.; (verbs) lurken, runken, sanken, skulken, etc. It occasionally occurs in ME or possibly ME……

8. knarre n.

19 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A crag, twisted rock; (b) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.102]. …

9. knọ̄st n.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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A lump; ?a swelling, ?a tumor. …

10. lē̆ng(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: lenge
31 quotations in 1 sense
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The European ling Molva molva; also, any fish of the genus Molva; gret leng, a full-grown ling; leng fish, a ling; whit leng, ?white ling [?error for whiting]; leng drie, dried lings. …

11. prō̆k(i)en v.

Additional spellings: prokien
8 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To prod, poke; provoke (the heart); incite (sb. to do sth.); of temptation: assail; (b) to demand, make demands. …

12. quidel n.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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Some sort of raised inflammation of the skin, a pimple or pustule; pl. ?a rash. …

13. sheueles n.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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A scarecrow. …

14. sippen v.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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To drink in small mouthfuls, taste, sip. …

15. snakeren v.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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To sneak, slink. …

16. swam n.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A mushroom or other fungus; (b) swam water, ?a stagnant pool, swamp water; ?a bog or marsh; (c) in surname. …

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